1 Chronicles 2:1-23 ▼

1 These are the names of the sons of Israel;

2 Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthali, Gad, Aser.

3 The sons of Juda; Er, Aunan, Selom. These three were born to him of the daughter of Sava the Chananitish woman: and Er, the first-born of Juda, was wicked before the Lord, and he slew him.

4 And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda were five.

5 The sons of Phares, Esrom, and Jemuel.

6 And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Aetham, and Aemuan, and Calchal, and Darad, in all five.

7 And the sons of Charmi; Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing.

8 And the sons of Aetham; Azarias,

9 and the sons of Esrom who were born to him; Jerameel, and Aram, and Chaleb.

10 And Aram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Naasson, chief of the house of Juda.

11 And Naasson begot Salmon, and Salmon begot Booz,

12 and Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jessae.

13 And Jessae begot his first-born Eliab, Aminadab was the second, Samaa the third,

14 Nathanael the fourth, Zabdai the fifth,

15 Asam the sixth, David the seventh.

16 And their sister was Saruia, and another Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia were Abisa, and Joab, and Asael, three.

17 And Abigaia bore Amessab: and the father of Amessab was Jothor the Ismaelite.

18 And Chaleb the son of Esrom took Gazuba to wife, and Jerioth: and these were her sons; Jasar, and Subab, and Ardon.

19 And Gazuba died; and Chaleb took to himself Ephrath, and she bore to him Or.

20 And Or begot Uri, and Uri begot Beseleel.

21 And after this Esron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and he took her when he was sixty-five years old; and she bore him Seruch.

22 And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad.

23 And he took Gedsur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; with Canath and its towns, sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Galaad.