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The First Book of the [a]Chronicles, or [b]Paralipomenon
1 1 The genealogy of Adam and Noah until Abraham. 27 And from Abraham to Esau. 35 His children. 43 Kings and Dukes came of him.
1 Adam, [c]Seth, Enosh,
2 Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared,
3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4 Noah, [d]Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5 ¶ (A)The sons of Japheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6 And the sons of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and [e]Diphath and Togarmah.
7 Also the sons of Javan, Elishah and Tarshishah, Kittim, and [f]Dodanim.
8 ¶ The sons of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
9 And the sons of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabtecha. Also the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.
10 And Cush begat [g](B)Nimrod, who began to be mighty in the earth.
11 And Mizraim begat Ludim and Anamim, Lehabim, and Naphtuhim:
12 Pathrusim also, and Casluhim, of whom came the Philistines, and Caphtorim.
13 Also Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
14 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17 ¶ (C)The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and [h]Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
18 Also Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat [i]Eber.
19 Unto Eber also were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg: for in his days was the earth divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.
20 Then Joktan begat Almodad and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth and Jerah,
21 And Hadoram, and Uzal and Diklah,
22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
24 [j]Shem, [k]Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 (D)Abram, which is Abraham.
28 ¶ The sons of Abraham were Isaac, and Ishmael.
29 These are their generations. (E)The eldest son of Ishmael was Nebajoth, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, [l]Hadad, and Tema,
31 Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah: these are the sons of Ishmael.
32 ¶ And Keturah Abraham’s [m]concubine bare sons, Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah: and the sons of Jokshan, Sheba, and Dedan.
33 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch and Abida, and Eldaah: (F)All these are the sons of Keturah.
34 And (G)Abraham begat Isaac: the sons of Isaac, Esau and Israel.
35 ¶ The sons of Esau were [n](H)Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz, Teman, and Omar, [o]Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and [p]Timna, and Amalek.
37 The sons of Reuel, Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.
38 And the sons of [q]Seir, Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
39 And the sons of Lotan, Hori, and Homam, and Timna Lotan’s sister.
40 The sons of Shobal were Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon, Ajah and Anah.
41 The son of Anah was Dishon. And the sons of Dishon, Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
42 The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz, and Aran.
43 ¶ And these were the [r]Kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before a King reigned over the children of Israel, to wit, Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
44 Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of [s]Bozrah reigned in his stead.
45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was Avith.
47 So Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
48 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
49 And when Saul was dead, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
50 And Baal-Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was [t]Pai, and his wife’s name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab.
51 Hadad died also, and there were dukes in Edom, duke Timnah, duke [u]Aliah, duke Jetheth,
52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these were the dukes of Edom.
2 3 The genealogy of Judah unto Jesse the father of David.
1 These are the sons of Israel, (I)Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 (J)The sons of [v]Judah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanite: but Er the eldest son of Judah was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him.
4 (K)And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez, and Zerah: so all the sons of Judah were five.
5 (L)The sons of Perez, Hezron, and Hamul.
6 The sons also of Zerah were [w]Zimri, and [x]Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara, which were five in all.
7 And the son of Carmi, [y](M)Achar that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing excommunicate.
8 The son also of Ethan, Azariah.
9 And the sons of Hezron that were born unto him, Jerahmeel, and [z]Ram and Chelubai.
10 And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon [aa]prince of the children of Judah,
11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat [ab]Ishai,
13 (N)And Jesse begat his eldest son Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and [ac]Shimea the third,
14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh.
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah, Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel.
17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether an Ishmaelite.
18 ¶ And [ad]Caleb the son of Hezron begat Jerioth of Azubah his wife, and her sons are these, Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 (O)And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.
21 And afterward came Hezron to the daughter of Machir the father of [ae]Gilead, and took her when he was threescore years old, and she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begat Jair, which had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23 And Geshur with Aram took the towns of Jair [af]from them, and Kenath and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24 And after that Hezron was dead at [ag]Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron’s wife bare him also Ashhur the [ah]father of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the eldest son of Hezron were Ram the eldest, then Bunah, and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.
26 Also Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, which was the mother of Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram the eldest son 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 called Abihail, and she bare him Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons also of Nadab were Seled and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
31 And the son of Appaim was Ishi, and the son of Ishi, Sheshan, and the son of Sheshan, [ai]Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan: but Jether died without children.
33 And the sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant that was an Egyptian named Jarha.
35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife, and she bare 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 Also the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his eldest son, which was the [aj]father of Ziph: and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah, and Rekem and Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
45 The son also of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46 And Ephah a [ak]concubine of Caleb bare Haran and Moza, and Gazez: Haran also begat Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Caleb’s concubine Maachah bare Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. (P)And Achsah was Caleb’s daughter.
50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur the eldest son of Ephrathah, Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim.
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had sons, and he [al]was the overseer of half Manuhoth.
53 And the families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites: of them came the Zorathites, and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of Salma of Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, the [am]crowns of the house of Joab, and [an]half the Manahethites and the Zorites.
55 And the families of the [ao]Scribes dwelling at Jabez, the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites, which are the [ap]Kenites, that came of Hammath the father of the house of Rechab.
3 1 The genealogy of David, and his posterity unto the sons of Josiah.
1 These also were the sons of [aq]David, which were born unto him in Hebron: the eldest Amnon of Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess: the second [ar]Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess:
2 The third Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai King of Geshur: the fourth Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3 The fifth Shephatiah of Abital, the sixth Ithream by Eglah his wife.
4 These six were born unto him in Hebron: and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years.
5 And these four were born unto him in Jerusalem, Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon of [as]Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
6 Ibhar also, and [at]Elishama, and Eliphelet,
7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine in number.
9 These are all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
10 ¶ And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, whose son was Abijah, and Asa his son, and Jehoshaphat his son,
11 And Joram his son, and Ahaziah his son, and Joash his son,
12 And Amaziah his son, and Azariah his son, and Jotham his son,
13 And Ahaz his son, and Hezekiah his son, and Manasseh his son,
14 And Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
15 ¶ And of the sons of Josiah, the [au]eldest was [av]Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.
17 And the sons of Jeconiah, Assir and Shealtiel his son:
18 Malchiram also and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 And the sons of Pedaiah were [aw]Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister,
20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed, five in number.
21 And the sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
22 And the son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah were Hattush and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, [ax]six.
23 And the sons of Neariah were Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
24 And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
25 [a]Verily, verily I say unto you, the hour shall come, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear it shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so likewise hath he given to the Son to have life in himself.
27 And hath given him [b]power also to execute judgment, in that he is the [c]Son of man.
28 [d]Marvel not at this: for the hour shall come, in the which all that are in the graves, shall hear his voice.
29 [e]And they shall come [f]forth, (A)that have done good, unto the [g]resurrection of life: but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of condemnation.
30 [h]I can [i]do nothing of mine own self: [j]as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just, because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me.
31 If I (B)should bear witness of myself, my witness were not [k]true.
32 (C)There is another that beareth witness of me, and I know that the witness, which he beareth of me, is true.
33 (D)[l]Ye sent unto John, and he bore witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not the record of man: nevertheless these things I say, that ye might be saved.
35 He was a burning and a shining candle: and ye would for [m]a season have rejoiced in his light.
36 But I have greater witness than the witness of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father sent me.
37 And the (E)Father himself, which hath sent me, beareth witness of me. Ye have not heard his voice at any time, (F)neither have ye seen his shape.
38 And his word have you not abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believed not.
39 (G)Search the Scriptures: for in them ye think to have eternal life, and they are they which testify of me.
40 But ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
41 I receive not the praise of men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the [n]love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Father’s Name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him will ye receive.
44 How can ye believe, which receive (H)honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh of God alone?
45 [o]Do not think that I will accuse you to my Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he (I)wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words.
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