Chapter
1 Chronicles 2

Book of 1 Chronicles - Chapter 2

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These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

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Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and he killed him.

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Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

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The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.

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The sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

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The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.

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The sons of Ethan: Azariah.

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The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

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Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

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and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,

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and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;

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and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

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Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

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Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

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and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

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Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

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Azubah died, and Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

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Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.

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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.

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Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

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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.

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After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

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The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.

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Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

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The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

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

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The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban, and Molid.

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The sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without children.

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The sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.

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The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.

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The sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

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Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

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Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.

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Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,

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and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,

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and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,

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and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,

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and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,

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and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.

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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.

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

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Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.

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The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

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Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.

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The sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

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Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

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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.

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These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,

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Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

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Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

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The families of Kiriath Jearim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

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The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

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The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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