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title: 1 Chronicles 2
slug: kjv/1-chronicles-2
createdAt: 2024-08-18T01:58:32.996Z
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**1 **These *are* the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, **2 **Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

**3 **The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: *which* three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. **4 **And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah *were* five.

**5 **The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. **6 **And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. **7 **And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. **8 **And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

**9 **The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. **10 **And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; **11 **And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, **12 **And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

**13 **And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, **14 **Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, **15 **Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: **16 **Whose sisters *were* Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. **17 **And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa *was* Jether the Ishmeelite.

**18 **And Caleb the son of Hezron begat *children* of Azubah *his* wife, and of Jerioth: 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 **And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

**21 **And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he *was* threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. **22 **And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. **23 **And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, *even* threescore cities. All these *belonged to* the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. **24 **And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

**25 **And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, *and* Ahijah. **26 **Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name *was* Atarah; she *was* the mother of Onam. **27 **And the sons of Ram the firstborn 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* Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. **30 **And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. **31 **And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. **32 **And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. **33 **And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. **34 **Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name *was* 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 Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, **41 **And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

**42 **Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel *were*, Mesha his firstborn, which *was* the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. **43 **And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. **44 **And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. **45 **And the son of Shammai *was* Maon: and Maon *was* the father of Bethzur. **46 **And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. **47 **And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. **48 **Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. **49 **She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb *was* Achsah. **50 **These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim, **51 **Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. **52 **And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, *and* half of the Manahethites. **53 **And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. **54 **The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. **55 **And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, *and* Suchathites. These *are* the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.