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.
1 These [are] the names of the sons of Israel;
1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2 Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthali, Gad, Aser.
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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.
3 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh’s sight; and he killed him.
4 And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda [were] five.
4 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Phares, Esrom, and Jemuel.
5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
6 And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Ætham, and Æmuan, and Calchal, and Darad, [in] all five.
6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.
7 And the sons of Charmi; Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing.
7 The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
8 And the sons of Ætham; Azarias,
8 The son of Ethan: Azariah.
9 and the sons of Esrom who were born to him; Jerameel, and Aram, and Chaleb.
9 The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
10 And Aram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Naasson, chief of the house of Juda.
10 Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
11 And Naasson begot Salmon, and Salmon begot Booz,
11 and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,
12 and Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jessæ.
12 and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;
13 And Jessæ begot his first-born Eliab, Aminadab [was] the second, Samaa the third,
13 and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
14 Nathanael the fourth, Zabdai the fifth,
14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Asam the sixth, David the seventh.
15 Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh;
16 And their sister [was] Saruia, and [another] Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia [were] Abisa, and Joab, and Asael, three.
16 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
17 And Abigaia bore Amessab: and the father of Amessab [was] Jothor the Ismaelite.
17 Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
18 And Chaleb the son of Esrom took Gazuba to wife, and Jerioth: and these [were] her sons; Jasar, and Subab, and Ardon.
18 Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And Gazuba died; and Chaleb took to himself Ephrath, and she bore to him Or.
19 Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
20 And Or begot Uri, and Uri begot Beseleel.
20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
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.
21 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
22 And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad.
22 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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.
23 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
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.
24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerameel the first-born of Esron [were], the first-born Ram, and Banaa, and Aram, and Asan his brother.
25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 And Jerameel had another wife, and her name [was] Atara: she is the mother of Ozom.
26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerameel were Maas, and Jamin, and Acor.
27 The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
28 And the sons of Ozom were, Samai, and Jadae: and the sons of Samai; Nadab, and Abisur.
28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of Abisur [was] Abichaia, and she bore him Achabar, and Moel.
29 The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
30 And the sons of Nadab; Salad and Apphain; and Salad died without children.
30 The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children.
31 And the sons of Apphain, Isemiel; and the sons of Isemiel, Sosan; and the sons of Sosan, Dadai.
31 The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Dadai, Achisamas, Jether, Jonathan: and Jether died childless.
32 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.
33 And the sons of Jonathan; Phaleth, and Hozam. These were the sons of Jerameel.
33 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 And Sosan had no sons, but daughters. And Sosan had an Egyptian servant, and his name [was] Jochel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35 And Sosan gave his daughter to Jochel his servant to wife; and she bore him Ethi.
35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.
36 And Ethi begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabed,
36 Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,
37 and Zabed begot Aphamel, and Aphamel begot Obed.
37 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,
38 And Obed begot Jeu, and Jeu begot Azarias,
38 and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,
39 and Azarias begot Chelles, and Chelles begot Eleasa,
39 and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,
40 and Eleasa begot Sosomai, and Sosomai begot Salum,
40 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,
41 and Salum begot Jechemias, and Jechemias begot Elisama, and Elisama begot Ismael.
41 and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.
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.
42 The sons 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.
43 And the sons of Chebron; Core, and Thapphus, and Recom, and Samaa.
43 The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
44 And Samaa begot Raem the father of Jeclan: and Jeclan begot Samai.
44 Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
45 And his son [was] Maon: and Maon [is] the father of Bæthsur.
45 The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46 And Gæpha the concubine of Chaleb bore Aram, and Mosa, and Gezue.
46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.
47 And the sons of Addai [were] Ragem, and Joatham, and Sogar, and Phalec, and Gæpha, and Sagae.
47 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jothan, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 And Chaleb's concubine Mocha bore Saber, and Tharam.
48 Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
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.
49 She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
50 These were the sons of Chaleb: the sons of Or the first-born of Ephratha; Sobal the father of Cariathiarim,
50 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
51 Salomon the father of Bætha, Lammon the father of Bæthalaem, and Arim the father of Bethgedor.
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
52 And the sons of Sobal the father of Cariathiarim were Araa, and Æsi, and Ammanith,
52 Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
53 and Umasphaë, cities of Jair; Æthalim, and Miphithim, and Hesamathim, and Hemasaraim; from these went forth the Sarathæans, and the sons of Esthaam.
53 The families of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of Salomon; Bæthalaem, the Netophathite, Ataroth of the house of Joab, and half of the family of Malathi, Esari.
54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
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.
55 The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
People & places in this chapter
From this site's family tree and Bible maps, only where those guides cite this chapter.
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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