Caleb Son of Hezron

Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.

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

The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

and these were the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba daughter of Ammiel.

(His wife from the tribe of Judah gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah.

Reuben

The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,

The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.” But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord; he did not keep the word of the Lord and even consulted a medium for guidance,

and did not inquire of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

said to David, “You will not get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion—which is the City of David.

“God forbid that I should do this!” he said. “Should I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives?” Because they risked their lives to bring it back, David would not drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty warriors.

He was doubly honored above the Three and became their commander, even though he was not included among them.

He was held in greater honor than any of the Thirty, but he was not included among the Three. And David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

Some of the tribe of Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (He and his men did not help the Philistines because, after consultation, their rulers sent him away. They said, “It will cost us our heads if he deserts to his master Saul.”)

Let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we did not inquire of it during the reign of Saul.”

He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, “Do not go directly after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.

It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the Lord our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.”

you his servants, the descendants of Israel, his chosen ones, the children of Jacob.

“Do not touch my anointed ones; do my prophets no harm.”

“Go and tell my servant David, ‘This is what the Lord says: You are not the one to build me a house to dwell in.