NETtext - I Chronicles - 2

2:1  These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;Issachar and Zebulun;

2:2  Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin;Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

2:3  The sons of Judah:Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah's firstborn, displeased the LORD, so the LORD killed him.

2:4  Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

2:5  The sons of Perez:Hezron and Hamul.

2:6  The sons of Zerah:Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara - five in all.

2:7  The son of Carmi:Achan, who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God.

2:8  The son of Ethan:Azariah.

2:9  The sons born to Hezron:Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

2:10  Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah.

2:11  Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz.

2:12  Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

2:13  Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

2:14  Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

2:15  Ozem sixth, David seventh.

2:16  Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.

2:17  Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

2:18  Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

2:19  When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

2:20  Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

2:21  Later Hezron had sexual relations with the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.

2:22  Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

2:23  (Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

2:24  After Hezron's death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron's widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

2:25  The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron's firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

2:26  Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was Onam's mother.

2:27  The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel's firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

2:28  The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada.The sons of Shammai:Nadab and Abishur.

2:29  Abishur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.

2:30  The sons of Nadab:Seled and Appaim. (Seled died without having sons.)

2:31  The son of Appaim:Ishi.The son of Ishi:Sheshan.The son of Sheshan:Ahlai.

2:32  The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother:Jether and Jonathan. (Jether died without having sons.)

2:33  The sons of Jonathan:Peleth and Zaza.These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

2:34  Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

2:35  Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.

2:36  Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad.

2:37  Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed.

2:38  Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah.

2:39  Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah.

2:40  Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum.

2:41  Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

2:42  The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother:His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

2:43  The sons of Hebron:Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

2:44  Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.

2:45  Shammai's son was Maon, who was the father of Beth-Zur.

2:46  Caleb's concubine Ephah bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

2:47  The sons of Jahdai:Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

2:48  Caleb's concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

2:49  She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Achsah.

2:50  These were the descendants of Caleb.The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath: Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim,

2:51  Salma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-Gader.

2:52  The sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,

2:53  the clans of Kiriath Jearim - the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.)

2:54  The sons of Salma:Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

2:55  and the clans of the scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab.