1 These [are] the names of the sons of Israel; 2 Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthali, Gad, Aser. 3 The sons of Juda; Er, Aunan, Selom. [These] three were born to him of the daughter of Sava the Chananitish woman: and Er, the first-born of Juda, [was] wicked before the Lord, and he slew him. 4 And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda [were] five. 5 The sons of Phares, Esrom, and Jemuel. 6 And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Ætham, and Æmuan, and Calchal, and Darad, [in] all five. 7 And the sons of Charmi; Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing. 8 And the sons of Ætham; Azarias, 9 and the sons of Esrom who were born to him; Jerameel, and Aram, and Chaleb. 10 And Aram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Naasson, chief of the house of Juda. 11 And Naasson begot Salmon, and Salmon begot Booz, 12 and Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jessæ. 13 And Jessæ begot his first-born Eliab, Aminadab [was] the second, Samaa the third, 14 Nathanael the fourth, Zabdai the fifth, 15 Asam the sixth, David the seventh. 16 And their sister [was] Saruia, and [another] Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia [were] Abisa, and Joab, and Asael, three. 17 And Abigaia bore Amessab: and the father of Amessab [was] Jothor the Ismaelite. 18 And Chaleb the son of Esrom took Gazuba to wife, and Jerioth: and these [were] her sons; Jasar, and Subab, and Ardon. 19 And Gazuba died; and Chaleb took to himself Ephrath, and she bore to him Or. 20 And Or begot Uri, and Uri begot Beseleel. 21 And after this Esron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and he took her when he was sixty-five years old; and she bore him Seruch. 22 And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad. 23 And he took Gedsur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; [with] Canath and its towns, sixty cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Galaad. 24 And after the death of Esron, Chaleb came to Ephratha; and the wife of Esron [was] Abia; and she bore him Ascho the father of Thecoe. 25 And the sons of Jerameel the first-born of Esron [were], the first-born Ram, and Banaa, and Aram, and Asan his brother. 26 And Jerameel had another wife, and her name [was] Atara: she is the mother of Ozom. 27 And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerameel were Maas, and Jamin, and Acor. 28 And the sons of Ozom were, Samai, and Jadae: and the sons of Samai; Nadab, and Abisur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abisur [was] Abichaia, and she bore him Achabar, and Moel. 30 And the sons of Nadab; Salad and Apphain; and Salad died without children. 31 And the sons of Apphain, Isemiel; and the sons of Isemiel, Sosan; and the sons of Sosan, Dadai. 32 And the sons of Dadai, Achisamas, Jether, Jonathan: and Jether died childless. 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Phaleth, and Hozam. These were the sons of Jerameel. 34 And Sosan had no sons, but daughters. And Sosan had an Egyptian servant, and his name [was] Jochel. 35 And Sosan gave his daughter to Jochel his servant to wife; and she bore him Ethi. 36 And Ethi begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabed, 37 and Zabed begot Aphamel, and Aphamel begot Obed. 38 And Obed begot Jeu, and Jeu begot Azarias, 39 and Azarias begot Chelles, and Chelles begot Eleasa, 40 and Eleasa begot Sosomai, and Sosomai begot Salum, 41 and Salum begot Jechemias, and Jechemias begot Elisama, and Elisama begot Ismael. 42 And the sons of Chaleb the brother of Jerameel [were], Marisa his first-born, he [is] the father of Ziph:—and the sons of Marisa the father of Chebron. 43 And the sons of Chebron; Core, and Thapphus, and Recom, and Samaa. 44 And Samaa begot Raem the father of Jeclan: and Jeclan begot Samai. 45 And his son [was] Maon: and Maon [is] the father of Bæthsur. 46 And Gæpha the concubine of Chaleb bore Aram, and Mosa, and Gezue. 47 And the sons of Addai [were] Ragem, and Joatham, and Sogar, and Phalec, and Gæpha, and Sagae. 48 And Chaleb's concubine Mocha bore Saber, and Tharam. 49 She bore also Sagae the father of Madmena, and Sau the father of Machabena, and the father of Gæbal: and the daughter of Chaleb [was] Ascha. 50 These were the sons of Chaleb: the sons of Or the first-born of Ephratha; Sobal the father of Cariathiarim, 51 Salomon the father of Bætha, Lammon the father of Bæthalaem, and Arim the father of Bethgedor. 52 And the sons of Sobal the father of Cariathiarim were Araa, and Æsi, and Ammanith, 53 and Umasphaë, cities of Jair; Æthalim, and Miphithim, and Hesamathim, and Hemasaraim; from these went forth the Sarathæans, and the sons of Esthaam. 54 The sons of Salomon; Bæthalaem, the Netophathite, Ataroth of the house of Joab, and half of the family of Malathi, Esari. 55 The families of the scribes dwelling in Jabis; Thargathiim, and Samathiim, and Sochathim, these [are] the Kinæans that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
1 Chronicles · Brenton's English Septuagint
1 Chronicles 2 Brenton's English Septuagint
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Amminadab
His family rose to prominence in Judah around the time of the Exodus.
Cited in the guide: Exod. 6:23; Ruth 4:19-20; 1 Chron. 2:10; Matt. 1:4
Ardon
Listed third among the sons of Azubah, wife of Caleb son of Hezron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:18
Boaz
The kind landowner of Bethlehem who redeemed and married Ruth the Moabite.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 2-4; 1 Chron. 2:11-12; Matt. 1:5
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Ephrath
Caleb son of Hezron married her after Azubah died and she bore him Hur, who is called the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:19; 1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 4:4
Hammath
Ancestor from whom the Kenite clans of the scribes at Jabez came, called the father of the house of Rechab.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:55
Jamin
Listed second among the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:27
Jerioth
Named alongside Azubah as a woman by whom Caleb son of Hezron had children; the text says nothing more about her.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:18
Jether
Jonathan
Son of Jada and father of Peleth and Zaza.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:32; 1 Chronicles 2:33
Maon
Son of Shammai, called the father of Beth-zur.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:45
Nadab
Son of Shammai, brother of Abishur, and father of Seled and Appaim.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:28; 1 Chronicles 2:30
Nathan
Son of Attai and father of Zabad in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:36
Obed
Son of Boaz and Ruth, and grandfather of King David.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 4:13-22; 1 Chron. 2:12; Matt. 1:5; Luke 3:32
Obed
Son of Ephlal and father of Jehu in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:37; 1 Chronicles 2:38
Ram
A little-known link in the chain, faithfully recorded between Hezron and Amminadab.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 4:19; 1 Chron. 2:9-10; Matt. 1:3-4; Luke 3:33
Ram
Firstborn of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, and father of Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:25; 1 Chronicles 2:27
Rechab
Named as the father of Jonadab, from whom the Rechabites descended.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 10:15; 2 Kings 10:23; 1 Chronicles 2:55
Salmon
He married Rahab of Jericho and fathered Boaz as Israel settled the land.
Cited in the guide: Ruth 4:20-21; 1 Chron. 2:11; Matt. 1:4-5
Cross references (33)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 32:28; Revelation 7:5–8; Genesis 35:22–26; Genesis 49:2; Exodus 1:2–4
- 3 Genesis 38:2–10; Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19; 1 Chronicles 9:5
- 4 Matthew 1:3; Genesis 38:13–30; Nehemiah 11:24; Genesis 38:11; Ruth 4:18
- 5 Genesis 46:12; Ruth 4:18; Numbers 26:21; Matthew 1:3; Luke 3:33
- 6 1 Kings 4:31; Joshua 7:17–18; Joshua 7:1
- 7 Joshua 6:18; Joshua 7:25; Joshua 22:20; Joshua 7:1–5; Joshua 7:11–15
- 9 Matthew 1:3; 1 Chronicles 2:42; Ruth 4:19; Luke 3:3; 1 Chronicles 2:18–19
- 10 Matthew 1:4; Numbers 1:7; Ruth 4:19–20; Numbers 2:3; Luke 3:32–33
- 11 Ruth 4:21; Matthew 1:4–5; Luke 3:32
- 12 Isaiah 11:10; 1 Samuel 16:1; Romans 15:12; Ruth 4:22; Isaiah 11:1
- 13 1 Samuel 17:13; 1 Samuel 16:6–13; 1 Samuel 17:28; 1 Chronicles 27:18; 1 Chronicles 20:7
- 15 1 Samuel 17:12–14; 1 Samuel 16:10–11
- 16 1 Samuel 26:6; 2 Samuel 3:39; 2 Samuel 2:18–23; 2 Samuel 16:9–11; 2 Samuel 19:22
- 17 2 Samuel 17:25; 2 Samuel 20:4–12; 2 Samuel 19:13; 1 Kings 2:5; 1 Kings 2:32
- 19 1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 2:24; Micah 5:2; 1 Chronicles 4:4
- 20 Exodus 31:2; Exodus 36:1–2; 2 Chronicles 1:5; Exodus 37:1; Exodus 38:22
- 21 Numbers 27:1; Genesis 50:23; Deuteronomy 3:15; Numbers 26:29; Numbers 32:39–40
- 22 Numbers 32:41; Joshua 13:30; Deuteronomy 3:14
- 23 Numbers 32:41–42; Deuteronomy 3:14; 2 Samuel 13:38; Joshua 13:13; Joshua 13:30
- 24 1 Chronicles 4:5; 1 Samuel 30:14; 1 Chronicles 2:9; Amos 1:1; 2 Samuel 14:2
- 31 1 Chronicles 2:34–35
- 36 1 Chronicles 11:41
- 42 Hebrews 12:23; 1 Chronicles 2:49; Genesis 49:3; Nehemiah 7:25–38; 1 Chronicles 2:52
- 45 Joshua 15:58
- 46 1 Chronicles 2:48; 1 Chronicles 2:18–19
- 48 1 Chronicles 2:46; Genesis 25:5–6
- 49 Joshua 15:31; 1 Chronicles 2:42; 2 Samuel 21:6; Joshua 15:57; Isaiah 10:31
- 50 1 Chronicles 2:19–20; 1 Chronicles 2:53; 1 Chronicles 13:5–6; 1 Samuel 7:1; Joshua 15:9
- 51 1 Chronicles 4:4; Ruth 2:4; Matthew 2:6; John 7:42; Matthew 2:1
- 52 1 Chronicles 4:2
- 53 Judges 13:25; Judges 13:2; 2 Samuel 23:38; Joshua 15:33; 1 Chronicles 11:40
- 54 Nehemiah 7:26; Nehemiah 12:28; Ezra 2:22; 2 Samuel 23:29; Joshua 16:2
- 55 Judges 1:16; 2 Kings 10:15; Jeremiah 35:2–8; Judges 4:11; Jeremiah 35:19
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