UST 1 CHR Chapter 2

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2 The following are the sons of Israel (whose original name was Jacob): Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

3 Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Bath Shua, a Canaanite woman, was the mother of those three men. When Judah’s oldest son Er grew up, he did something that Yahweh considered very wicked. So Yahweh caused him to die. 4 Then Judah had twin boys whose names were Perez and Zerah. Their mother was Tamar, who had been married to Judah’s son Er. So altogether Judah had five sons.

5 Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.

6 Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara.

7 Zimri’s son Carmi had a son whose name was Achan. He caused trouble for the Israelites by stealing some things that Yahweh had told them to destroy completely.

8 Ethan’s son was Azariah.

9 Hezron had three sons: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

10 Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was a leader of the tribe of Judah.

11 Nahshon was the father of Salmon. 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 son was Abinadab. His third son was Shimea. 14 His fourth son was Nethanel. His fifth son was Raddai. 15 His sixth son was Ozem. His seventh son was David.

16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 Abigail’s son was Amasa. Amasa’s father was Jether, who was a descendant of Ishmael.

18 Hezron’s son Caleb had children with Azubah, who was his full wife, and also with Jerioth. Azubah’s sons, who had inheritance rights, were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. She had a son whose name was Hur.

20 Hur was the father of Uri. Uri was the father of Bezalel.

21 Later, when Hezron was sixty years old, he married a daughter of Machir, who settled the region of Gilead. They had sexual relations, and she later gave birth to their son Segub. 22 Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled 23 cities in the region of Gilead.

23 The people who lived in those cities were descendants of Machir, who settled the region of Gilead. However, the Geshurite and Aramean armies defeated them and captured the villages of Jair, Kenath, and the nearby towns. They captured 60 towns altogether.

24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s widow, gave birth to Ashhur, who became the father of Tekoa.

25 Hezron’s oldest son was Jerahmeel. His sons were Ram (the oldest), Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had another wife whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

27 Jerahmeel’s oldest son Ram had three sons: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

28 Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada.

Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur.

29 The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail. Their sons were Ahban and Molid.

30 Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without having any sons.

31 Appaim’s son was Ishi. Ishi’s son was Sheshan. Sheshan’s son was Ahlai.

32 The sons of Jada, who was Shammai’s brother, were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without having any sons.

33 Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza.

These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

34 Sheshan did not have any sons; he only had daughters. He had a servant from Egypt whose name was Jarha.

35 Sheshan arranged for his daughter to marry Jarha, his servant. She and Jarha had a son, 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.

42 The oldest son of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, was Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Ziph. Ziph was the father of Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron. 43 Hebron’s sons 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 Shammai’s son was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

46 Caleb had a concubine whose name was Ephah. She was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran had a son whom he named Gazez in honor of his brother.

47 Jahdai’s sons were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

48 Caleb had another concubine whose name was Maacah. She was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She was also the mother of Shaaph and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb also had a daughter, whose name was Achsah.

50-51 50-51The following people were also descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Caleb’s wife Ephrathah, were Shobal, Salma, and Hareph. Shobal started the city of Kiriath Jearim. Salma started the city of Bethlehem. Hareph started the city of Beth Gader. 52 The descendants of Shobal, who started the city of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh and half of the Menuhoth. 53 His descendants also included clans that lived in Kiriath Jearim, the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. The Zorathites and Eshtaolites came from these other clans.

54 Salma’s descendants were the people of Bethlehem, the clan of Netophath, the clan of Atroth Beth Joab, and the half of the Manahathites who were Zorites.

55 Some families who wrote and copied important documents lived in the town of Jabez. They included the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. They were all Kenites, descendants of Hammath, the ancestor of the Rechabites.

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UST 1 CHR Chapter 2

UST 1 CHR Chapter 2