1 Chronicles 2, side by side

¹These were the sons of Israel:

¹These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

²Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

³The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

⁴Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

⁴And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁵The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

⁵The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

⁶And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

⁷The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

⁷And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

⁸The son of Ethan: Azariah.

⁸And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

⁹The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

⁹The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

¹⁰And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

¹¹And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹²And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

¹³Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

¹³And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

¹⁴Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

¹⁶Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁷And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.

¹⁹And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

²⁰Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²⁰And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

²¹Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

²¹And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

²²Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

²²And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

²³But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

²³And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

²⁴And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:

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

²⁶Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

²⁶Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

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

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

²⁸The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai:

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

²⁹Nadab and Abishur. Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.

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

³⁰The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

³⁰And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.

³¹The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

³¹And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.

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

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

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

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

³⁴Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters; but he did have an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

³⁴Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.

³⁵And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

³⁶Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad,

³⁶And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

³⁷Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed,

³⁷And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

³⁸Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,

³⁸And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

³⁹Azariah was the father of Helez, Helez was the father of Elasah,

³⁹And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

⁴⁰Elasah was the father of Sismai, Sismai was the father of Shallum,

⁴⁰And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

⁴¹Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

⁴¹And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.

⁴²Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

⁴³The sons of Hebron:

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

⁴⁴Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

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

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

⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.

⁴⁶Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁶And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.

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

⁴⁷And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁸Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

⁴⁹She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:

⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,

⁵¹Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.

⁵²These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:

⁵²And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

⁵³Haroeh, half the Manahathites, and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

⁵³And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

⁵⁴The descendants of Salma:

⁵⁴The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

⁵⁵Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

⁵⁵And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.