1 Chronicles 2:18-4:4

New King James Version

The Family of Hezron

¹⁸Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb ^[a]took ^(A)Ephrath^[b] as his wife, who bore him Hur. ²⁰And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot ^(B)Bezalel.

²¹Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of ^(C)Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. ²²Segub begot ^(D)Jair,^[c] who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³^(E)(Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns—sixty towns.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. ²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah bore him ^(F)Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

The Family of Jerahmeel

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel 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. ²⁸The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children. ³¹The son of Appaim was Ishi, the son of Ishi was Sheshan, and ^(G)Sheshan’s son was Ahlai. ³²The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children. ³³The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. ³⁶Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot ^(H)Zabad; ³⁷Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot ^(I)Obed; ³⁸Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah; ³⁹Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah; ⁴⁰Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum; ⁴¹Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.

The Family of Caleb

⁴²The descendants 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. ⁴³The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai. ⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

⁴⁶Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. ⁴⁷And the sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was ^(J)Achsah.^[d]

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb: The sons of ^(K)Hur, the firstborn of ^[e]Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of ^(L)Kirjath Jearim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

⁵²And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had descendants: ^[f]Haroeh, and half of the ^[g]families of Manuhoth. ⁵³The families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, ^[h]Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.

⁵⁵And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These were the ^(M)Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of ^(N)Rechab.

The Family of David^(O)

3 Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was ^(P)Amnon, by ^(Q)Ahinoam the ^(R)Jezreelitess; the second, ^[i]Daniel, by ^(S)Abigail the Carmelitess; ²the third, ^(T)Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, ^(U)Adonijah the son of Haggith; ³the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife ^(V)Eglah.

⁴These six were born to him in Hebron. ^(W)There he reigned seven years and six months, and ^(X)in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. ⁵^(Y)And these were born to him in Jerusalem: ^[j]Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and ^(Z)Solomon—four by ^[k]Bathshua the daughter of ^[l]Ammiel. ⁶Also there were Ibhar, ^[m]Elishama, ^[n]Eliphelet, ⁷Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸Elishama, ^[o]Eliada, and Eliphelet—^(AA)nine in all. ⁹These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and ^(AB)Tamar their sister.

The Family of Solomon^(AC)

¹⁰Solomon’s son was ^(AD)Rehoboam; ^[p]Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, ¹¹^[q]Joram his son, ^[r]Ahaziah his son, ^[s]Joash his son, ¹²Amaziah his son, ^[t]Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, ¹⁴Amon his son, and Josiah his son. ¹⁵The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second ^[u]Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth ^[v]Shallum. ¹⁶The sons of ^(AE)Jehoiakim were ^[w]Jeconiah his son and ^[x]Zedekiah his son.

The Family of Jeconiah

¹⁷And the sons of ^[y]Jeconiah ^[z]were Assir, Shealtiel ^(AF)his son, ¹⁸and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, Hananiah, Shelomith their sister, ²⁰and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed—five in all.

²¹The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shechaniah. ²²The son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah were ^(AG)Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all. ²³The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hezekiah, and Azrikam—three in all. ²⁴The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.

The Family of Judah

4 The sons of Judah were ^(AH)Perez, Hezron, ^[aa]Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ²And ^[ab]Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. ³These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; ⁴and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.