1 Chronicles 2:21-55 ▼

21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he married her. And he was a son of sixty years, and she bore to him Segub.

22 And Segub begat Jair, and he had unto him twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

23 And Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair, with Kenath and its daughters—sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

24 And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, the wife of Hezron, Abijah, bore to him Ashhur father of Tekoa.

25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: The firstborn Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

26 And to Jerahmeel was another wife, and her name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were: Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

28 And the sons of Onam were: Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.

30 And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. And Seled died without sons.

31 And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.

32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. And Jether died without sons.

33 And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

34 Unto Sheshan there were no sons, but only daughters. And unto Sheshan was a servant, an Egyptian, and his name was Jarha.

35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife, and she bore to him Attai.

36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

37 and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

38 and Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

39 and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

40 and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum,

41 and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

42 And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn (he was the father of Ziph), and his son Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

43 And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

44 And Shema begat Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begat Shammai.

45 And a son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

46 And Ephah, concubine of Caleb, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez. And Haran begat Gazez.

47 And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

48 The concubine of Caleb, Maacah, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

49 And she gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah and to Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Acsah.

50 These were the sons of Caleb. The sons 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 And the sons Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim were: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,

53 and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrite, and the Puthite, and the Shumathite, and the Mishraite. From these came the Zorathite and the Eshtaolite.

54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth-beth-joab, and half the Manahathite, the Zorite,

55 and the clans of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez—the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.