1 Chronicles 2 - New Living Translation (NLT)

Descendants of Israel

2 The sons of Israel^[a] were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Descendants of Judah

³ Judah had three sons from Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Their names were Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the Lord saw that the oldest son, Er, was a wicked man, so he killed him. ⁴ Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.

⁵ The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

⁶ The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda^[b]—five in all.

⁷ The son of Carmi (a descendant of Zimri) was Achan,^[c] who brought disaster on Israel by taking plunder that had been set apart for the Lord.^[d]

⁸ The son of Ethan was Azariah.

From Judah’s Grandson Hezron to David

⁹ The sons of Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.^[e]

¹⁰ Ram was the father of Amminadab.
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of Judah.
¹¹ Nahshon was the father of Salmon.^[f]
Salmon was the father of Boaz.
¹² Boaz was the father of Obed.
Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³ Jesse’s first son was Eliab, his second was Abinadab, his third was Shimea, ¹⁴ his fourth was Nethanel, his fifth was Raddai, ¹⁵ his sixth was Ozem, and his seventh was David.

¹⁶ Their sisters were named Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah had three sons named Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷ Abigail married a man named Jether, an Ishmaelite, and they had a son named Amasa.

Other Descendants of Hezron

¹⁸ Hezron’s son Caleb had sons from his wife Azubah and from Jerioth.^[g] Her sons were named Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrathah,^[h] and they had a son named Hur. ²⁰ Hur was the father of Uri. Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹ When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Gilead’s sister, the daughter of Makir. They had a son named Segub. ²² Segub was the father of Jair, who ruled twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead. ²³ (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair^[i] and also took Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴ Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of^[j] Tekoa).

Descendants of Hezron’s Son Jerahmeel

²⁵ The sons of Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, were Ram (the firstborn), Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶ Jerahmeel had a second wife named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

²⁷ The sons of Ram, the oldest son of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸ The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada.

The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹ The sons of Abishur and his wife Abihail were Ahban and Molid.

³⁰ The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children, ³¹ but Appaim had a son named Ishi. The son of Ishi was Sheshan. Sheshan had a descendant named Ahlai.

³² The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother, were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children, ³³ but Jonathan had two sons named Peleth and Zaza.

These were all descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴ Sheshan had no sons, though he did have daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. ³⁵ Sheshan gave one of his daughters to be the wife of Jarha, and they had a son named Attai.

³⁶ Attai was the father of Nathan.
Nathan was the father of Zabad.
³⁷ Zabad was the father of Ephlal.
Ephlal was the father of Obed.
³⁸ Obed was the father of Jehu.
Jehu was the father of Azariah.
³⁹ Azariah was the father of Helez.
Helez was the father of Eleasah.
⁴⁰ Eleasah was the father of Sismai.
Sismai was the father of Shallum.
⁴¹ Shallum was the father of Jekamiah.
Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

Descendants of Hezron’s Son Caleb

⁴² The descendants of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, included Mesha (the firstborn), who became the father of Ziph. Caleb’s descendants also included the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron.^[k]

⁴³ The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴ Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵ The son of Shammai was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

⁴⁶ Caleb’s concubine Ephah gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷ The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸ Another of Caleb’s concubines, Maacah, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹ She also gave birth to Shaaph (the father of Madmannah) and Sheva (the father of Macbenah and Gibea). Caleb also had a daughter named Acsah.

⁵⁰ These were all descendants of Caleb.

Descendants of Caleb’s Son Hur

The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Caleb’s wife Ephrathah, were Shobal (the founder of Kiriath-jearim), ⁵¹ Salma (the founder of Bethlehem), and Hareph (the founder of Beth-gader).

⁵² The descendants of Shobal (the founder of Kiriath-jearim) were Haroeh, half the Manahathites, ⁵³ and the families of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites, from whom came the people of Zorah and Eshtaol.

⁵⁴ The descendants of Salma were the people of Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, the other half of the Manahathites, the Zorites, ⁵⁵ and the families of scribes living at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. All these were Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of the family of Recab.^[l]

Footnotes

1. 2:1 Israel is the name that God gave to Jacob.
2. 2:6 As in many Hebrew manuscripts, some Greek manuscripts, and Syriac version (see also 1 Kgs 4:31); Hebrew reads Dara.
3. 2:7a Hebrew Achar; compare Josh 7:1. Achar means “disaster.”
4. 2:7b The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
5. 2:9 Hebrew Kelubai, a variant spelling of Caleb; compare 2:18.
6. 2:11 As in Greek version (see also Ruth 4:20); Hebrew reads Salma.
7. 2:18 Or Caleb had a daughter named Jerioth from his wife, Azubah. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
8. 2:19 Hebrew Ephrath, a variant spelling of Ephrathah; compare 2:50 and 4:4.
9. 2:23 Or captured Havvoth-jair.
10. 2:24 Or the founder of; also in 2:42, 45, 49.
11. 2:42 Or who founded Hebron. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
12. 2:55 Or the founder of Beth-recab.