The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Chronicles 02
1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben,
Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad,
and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and
Shelah, which three were born to him of
Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s†
sight; and he killed him.
4 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him
Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah
were five.
5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.
7 The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler
of Israel, who committed a trespass in the
devoted thing.
8 The son of Ethan: Azariah.
9 The sons also of Hezron, who were
born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and
Chelubai.
10 Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadabbecame the father
of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
11 and Nahshon became the father of
Salma, and Salma became the father of
Boaz,
12 and Boaz became the father of Obed,
and Obed became the father of Jesse;
13 and Jessebecame the father ofhisfirstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea
the third,
14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozemthe sixth, and Davidthe seventh;
16 and their sisters were Zeruiah and
Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai,Joab,
and Asahel, three.
17 Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of
Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
18 Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, and by
Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher,
Shobab, and Ardon.
19 Azubah died, and Caleb married
Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri
became the father of Bezalel.
21 Afterward Hezron went in to the
daughter of Machir the father of Gilead,
whom he took as wife when he was sixty
years old; and she bore him Segub.
22 Segub became the father of Jair, who
had twenty-three cities in the land of
Gilead.
23 Geshur and Aram took the towns of
Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the
sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah,
Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur
the father of Tekoa.
25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn
of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, Bunah,
Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose
name was Atarah. She was the mother of
Onam.
27The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and
Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and
Abishur.
29 The name of the wife of Abishur was
Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and
Molid.
30 The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim;
but Seled died without children.
31 The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of
Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.
32 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died
without children.
33 The sons ofJonathan: Peleth and Zaza.
These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but only
daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an
Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his
servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.
36 Attai became the father of Nathan, and
Nathan became the father of Zabad,
37 and Zabad became the father of
Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of
Obed,
38 and Obed became the father of Jehu,
and Jehu became the father of Azariah,
39 and Azariah became the father of
Helez, and Helez became the father of
Eleasah,
40 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,
41 and Shallum became the father of
Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.
42 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was
the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43 The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah,
Rekem, and Shema.
44 Shema became the father of Raham,
the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became
the father of Shammai.
45 The son of Shammai was Maon; and
Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became
the father of Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jothan,
Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She bore also Shaaph the father of
Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena 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 Ephrathah: Shobal
the father of Kiriath Jearim,
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and
Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
52 Shobalthe father of KiriathJearimhad
sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
53 The families of Kiriath Jearim: the
Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and
the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the
Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half
of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
55 The families of scribes who lived at
Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites,
and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites
who came from Hammath, the father of
the house of Rechab.