2 3 The genealogy of Judah unto Jesse the father of David.
1 These are the sons of Israel, (A)Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 (B)The sons of [a]Judah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanite: but Er the eldest son of Judah was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him.
4 (C)And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez, and Zerah: so all the sons of Judah were five.
5 (D)The sons of Perez, Hezron, and Hamul.
6 The sons also of Zerah were [b]Zimri, and [c]Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara, which were five in all.
7 And the son of Carmi, [d](E)Achar that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing excommunicate.
8 The son also of Ethan, Azariah.
9 And the sons of Hezron that were born unto him, Jerahmeel, and [e]Ram and Chelubai.
10 And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon [f]prince of the children of Judah,
11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat [g]Ishai,
13 (F)And Jesse begat his eldest son Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and [h]Shimea the third,
14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh.
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah, Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel.
17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether an Ishmaelite.
18 ¶ And [i]Caleb the son of Hezron begat Jerioth of Azubah his wife, and her sons are these, Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 (G)And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.
21 And afterward came Hezron to the daughter of Machir the father of [j]Gilead, and took her when he was threescore years old, and she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begat Jair, which had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23 And Geshur with Aram took the towns of Jair [k]from them, and Kenath and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24 And after that Hezron was dead at [l]Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron’s wife bare him also Ashhur the [m]father of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the eldest son of Hezron were Ram the eldest, then Bunah, and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.
26 Also Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, which was the mother of Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram the eldest son of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin and Eker.
28 And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai, Nadab and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was called Abihail, and she bare him Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons also of Nadab were Seled and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
31 And the son of Appaim was Ishi, and the son of Ishi, Sheshan, and the son of Sheshan, [n]Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan: but Jether died without children.
33 And the sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant that was an Egyptian named Jarha.
35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife, and she bare him Attai.
36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
40 And Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum,
41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42 Also the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his eldest son, which was the [o]father of Ziph: and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah, and Rekem and Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
45 The son also of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46 And Ephah a [p]concubine of Caleb bare Haran and Moza, and Gazez: Haran also begat Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Caleb’s concubine Maachah bare Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. (H)And Achsah was Caleb’s daughter.
50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur the eldest son of Ephrathah, Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim.
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had sons, and he [q]was the overseer of half Manuhoth.
53 And the families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites: of them came the Zorathites, and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of Salma of Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, the [r]crowns of the house of Joab, and [s]half the Manahethites and the Zorites.
55 And the families of the [t]Scribes dwelling at Jabez, the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites, which are the [u]Kenites, that came of Hammath the father of the house of Rechab.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 2:3 Though Judah was not Jacob’s eldest son, yet he first beginneth at him, because he would come to the genealogy of David, of whom came Christ.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6 Or, Zabdi.
- 1 Chronicles 2:6 Of these read 1 Kings 4:31.
- 1 Chronicles 2:7 Or, Achan.
- 1 Chronicles 2:9 Whom Saint Matthew calleth Aram, Matt. 1:3.
- 1 Chronicles 2:10 That is, chief of the family.
- 1 Chronicles 2:12 Or, Jesse.
- 1 Chronicles 2:13 Or, Shammah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:18 Who was called Chelubai the son of Hezron, verse 9.
- 1 Chronicles 2:21 Who was prince of mount Gilead, read Num. 32:40.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23 That is, the Geshurites and Syrians took the towns from Jair’s children.
- 1 Chronicles 2:24 Which was a town named of the husband and wife, called also Bethlehem Ephrathah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:24 Meaning, the chief and prince.
- 1 Chronicles 2:31 Who died while his father was alive, and therefore it is said, verse 34, that Sheshan had no sons.
- 1 Chronicles 2:42 That is, the chief governor or prince of the Ziphims, because the prince ought to have a fatherly care and affection toward his people.
- 1 Chronicles 2:46 This difference was between the wife and the concubine, that the wife was taken with certain solemnities of marriage, and her children did inherit: the concubine had no solemnities in marriage, neither did her children inherit, but had a portion of goods or money given them.
- 1 Chronicles 2:52 Or, he that saw the half, because the prince ought to oversee his subjects.
- 1 Chronicles 2:54 Meaning, the chief and principle.
- 1 Chronicles 2:54 Or, the Zorites, the half of the Manahethites.
- 1 Chronicles 2:55 Which were men learned and expert in the law.
- 1 Chronicles 2:55 Read Num. 10:29; Judg. 1:16.
Cross references
- 1 Chronicles 2:1 : Gen. 29:32; Gen. 30:5; Gen. 35:28
- 1 Chronicles 2:3 : Gen. 38:3; Gen. 46:12; 1 Chron. 4:1
- 1 Chronicles 2:4 : Gen. 38:29; Matt. 1:3
- 1 Chronicles 2:5 : Ruth 4:18
- 1 Chronicles 2:7 : Josh. 7:1
- 1 Chronicles 2:13 : 1 Sam. 16:19; 1 Sam. 17:12
- 1 Chronicles 2:20 : Exod. 31:2
- 1 Chronicles 2:49 : Josh. 15:17