1 These are the sonnes of Israel, Reuben, Simeon, Leui and Iudah, Isshachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Ioseph, and Beniamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 The sonnes of Iudah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah. these three were borne to him of ye daughter of Shua the Canaanite: but Er the eldest sonne of Iudah was euil in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him. 4 And Thamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez, and Zerah: so al the sonnes of Iudah were fiue. 5 The sonnes of Pharez, Hezron and Hamul. 6 The sonnes also of Zerah were Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara, which were fiue in all. 7 And the sonne of Carmi, Achar that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing excommunicate. 8 The sonne also of Ethan, Azariah. 9 And the sonnes of Hezron that were borne vnto him, Ierahmeel, and Ram and Chelubai. 10 And Ram begate Aminadab, and Aminadab begate Nahshon prince of the children of Iudah, 11 And Nahshon begate Salma, and Salma begate Boaz, 12 And Boaz begate Obed, and Obed begate Ishai, 13 And Ishai begate his eldest sonne Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, 14 Nathaneel the fourth, Raddai the fift, 15 Ozem the sixt, and Dauid the seuenth. 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sonnes of Zeruiah, Abishai, and Ioab, and Asahel. 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Iether an Ishmeelite. 18 And Caleb the sonne of Hezron begate Ierioth of Azubah his wife, and her sonnes are these, Iesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb tooke vnto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 20 And Hur begate Vri, and Vri begate Bezaleel. 21 And afterward came Hezron to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and tooke her when hee was threescore yere olde, and shee bare him Segub. 22 And Segub begate Iair, which had three and twentie cities in the land of Gilead. 23 And Gesthur with Aram tooke the townes of Iair from them, and Kenath and the townes thereof, euen threescore cities. All these were the sonnes of Machir the father of Gilead. 24 And after that Hezron was dead at Caleb Ephratah, then Abiah Hezrons wife bare him also Ashur the father of Tekoa. 25 And ye sonnes of Ierahmeel the eldest sone of Hezron were Ram the eldest, then Bunah, and Oren and Ozen and Ahiiah. 26 Also Ierahmeel had another wife named Atarah, which was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sonnes of Ram the eldest sonne of Ierahmeel were Maaz, and Iamin and Ekar. 28 And the sonnes of Onam were Shammai and Iada. And the sonnes of Shammai, Nadab and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was called Abiahil, and shee bare him Ahban and Molid. 30 The sonnes also of Nadab were Seled and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31 And the sonne of Appaim was Ishi, and the sonne of Ishi, Sheshan, and the sonne of Sheshan, Ahlai. 32 And the sonnes of Iada the brother of Shammai were Iether and Ionathan: but Iether dyed without children. 33 And the sonnes of Ionathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sonnes of Ierahmeel. 34 And Sheshan had no sonnes, but daughters. And Sheshan had a seruant that was an Egyptian named Iarha. 35 And Sheshan gaue his daughter to Iarha his seruant to wife, and she bare him Attai. 36 And Attai begate Nathan, and Nathan begate Zabad, 37 And Zabad begate Ephlal, and Ephlal begate Obed, 38 And Obed begate Iehu, and Iehu begate Azariah, 39 And Azariah begate Helez, and Helez begate Eleasah, 40 And Eleasah begate Sisamai, and Sisamai begate Shallum, 41 And Shallum begate Iekamiah, and Iekamiah begate Elishama. 42 Also the sonnes of Caleb the brother of Ierahmeel, were Mesha his eldest sonne, which was the father of Ziph: and the sonnes of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 And the sonnes of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah, and Rekem and Shema. 44 And Shema begate Raham the father of Iorkoam: and Rekem begate Shammai. 45 The sonne also of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46 And Ephah a concubine of Caleb bare Haran and Moza, and Gazez: Haran also begate Gazez. 47 The sonnes of Iahdai were Regem, and Iotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Calebs concubine Maachah bare Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, and Sheua the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. And Achsah was Calebs daughter. 50 These were the sonnes of Caleb the sone of Hur the eldest sonne of Ephrathah, Shobal the father of Kiriath-iearim. 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kiriath-iearim had sonnes, and he was the ouerseer of halfe Hammenoth. 53 And the families of Kiriath-iearim were the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and ye Mishraites of them came the Zarreathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54 The sonnes of Salma of Beth-lehem, and the Netophathite, the crownes of the house of Ioab, and halfe the Manahthites and the Zorites. 55 And the families of the Scribes dwelling at Iabez, the Tirathites, the Shimmeathites, the Shuchathites, which are the Kenites, that came of Hammath the father of the house of Rechab.
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People
Abigail
David's sister, mother of Amasa, who later commanded Absalom's army.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:16-17
Abijah
Hezron's wife, who bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa after Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:24
Abishur
Son of Shammai whose wife Abihail bore him Ahban and Molid.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:28; 1 Chronicles 2:29
Ahban
Ahlai
Listed in the genealogy as a child of Sheshan, though the same passage says Sheshan had no sons, only daughters (the BSB renders verse 31 as 'the son of Sheshan').
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:31
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
Appaim
Son of Nadab and father of Ishi.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:30; 1 Chronicles 2:31
Ardon
Listed third among the sons of Azubah, wife of Caleb son of Hezron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:18
Ashhur
Born to Hezron's wife Abijah after Hezron died and called the father of Tekoa (that is, the founder or head of that town's families); he had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:24; 1 Chronicles 4:5
Atarah
Another wife of Jerahmeel, and the mother of Onam.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:26
Attai
Son born to Sheshan's daughter and her husband Jarha, and father of Nathan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:35; 1 Chronicles 2:36
Azariah
Named as the son of Ethan, and so a grandson of Zerah, in the genealogy of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:8
Azariah
Son of Jehu and father of Helez in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:38; 1 Chronicles 2:39
Azubah
Wife of Caleb son of Hezron, whose sons were Jesher, Shobab and Ardon; after she died Caleb married Ephrath.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:18; 1 Chronicles 2:19
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
Bunah
Listed second among the sons of Jerahmeel, after the firstborn Ram.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:25
Calcol
Listed fourth among the five sons of Zerah, the son of Judah and Tamar.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:6
Caleb
Son of Hezron and brother of Jerahmeel who had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth, married Ephrath after Azubah died, and fathered more sons by his concubines Ephah and…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:9; 1 Chronicles 2:18; 1 Chronicles 2:19
Carmi
A man of Judah, son of Zabdi, named as the father of Achan, who troubled Israel.
Cited in the guide: Joshua 7:1; Joshua 7:18; 1 Chronicles 2:7
Dara
Listed fifth among the five sons of Zerah, the son of Judah and Tamar.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:6
Elasah
Son of Helez and father of Sismai in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:39; 1 Chronicles 2:40
Elishama
Son of Jekamiah, the last name in the line traced from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:41
Ephah
Concubine of Caleb son of Hezron, and the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:46
Ephah
Listed fifth among the six sons of Jahdai.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:47
Ephlal
Son of Zabad and father of Obed in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:37
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
Ethan
Listed second among the five sons of Zerah, and the father of Azariah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:6; 1 Chronicles 2:8
Gazez
Son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah; the same verse also says Haran was the father of Gazez.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:46
Geshan
Listed third among the six sons of Jahdai.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:47
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
Hamul
The second-listed son of Perez, who went to Egypt with Jacob's household and founded the Hamulite clan of Judah.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:21; 1 Chronicles 2:5
Haran
Son of Caleb by his concubine Ephah, who is also called the father of Gazez.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:46
Hareph
Son of Hur, called the father of Beth-gader (a town).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:51
Hebron
Named as the father of Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema; the name is also that of a town in Judah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:42; 1 Chronicles 2:43
Helez
Son of Azariah and father of Elasah in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:39
Heman
Listed third among the five sons of Zerah, the son of Judah and Tamar.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:6
Hezron
A son of Perez who carried Judah's royal line down into the years of Egypt.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 46:12; Ruth 4:18; 1 Chron. 2:5, 9; Matt. 1:3
Hur
Son of Caleb and Ephrath, called the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem; he was the father of Uri, whose son was Bezalel, the craftsman of the tabernacle (Exodus…
Cited in the guide: Exodus 31:2; 1 Chronicles 2:19; 1 Chronicles 2:20
Ishi
Korah
Listed first among the four sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:43
Maacah
Concubine of Caleb son of Hezron, and the mother of Sheber, Tirhanah, Shaaph and Sheva.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:48
Maaz
Listed first among the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:27
Maon
Son of Shammai, called the father of Beth-zur.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:45
Mareshah
Second son of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, described as the father of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:42
Mesha
Firstborn son of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, called the father of Ziph (a town of that name).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:42
Molid
Moza
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
Onam
Son of Jerahmeel by his wife Atarah, and father of Shammai and Jada.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:26; 1 Chronicles 2:28
Oren
Listed third among the sons of Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:25
Ozem
A brother of David, named as the sixth son of Jesse in the genealogies.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:15
Ozem
Listed fourth among the sons of Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:25
Pelet
Listed fourth among the six sons of Jahdai.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:47
Peleth
Son of Jonathan, listed among the descendants of Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:33
Raddai
A brother of David, listed as the fifth son of Jesse in Chronicles.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:14
Raham
Son of Shema, called the father of Jorkeam.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:44
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
Regem
Listed first among the six sons of Jahdai.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:47
Rekem
Listed third among the sons of Hebron and father of Shammai.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:43; 1 Chronicles 2:44
Salma
Son of Hur, called the father of Bethlehem (that is, the head or founder of that town's families), whose descendants are listed as Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab,…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:51; 1 Chronicles 2:54
Segub
Son born to Hezron by the daughter of Machir, whom Hezron married at the age of sixty; he was the father of Jair.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:21; 1 Chronicles 2:22
Seled
Shaaph
Son of Caleb by his concubine Maacah, called the father of Madmannah (a town of that name).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:49
Shaaph
Listed sixth among the six sons of Jahdai.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:47
Shallum
Son of Sismai and father of Jekamiah in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:40; 1 Chronicles 2:41
Shammai
Son of Onam and brother of Jada, and father of Nadab and Abishur.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:28; 1 Chronicles 2:32
Shammai
Son of Rekem and father of Maon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:44; 1 Chronicles 2:45
Sheber
Shema
Listed fourth among the sons of Hebron and father of Raham.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:43; 1 Chronicles 2:44
Sheshan
Son of Ishi who had no sons, only daughters, and gave a daughter in marriage to his Egyptian servant Jarha.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:31; 1 Chronicles 2:34; 1 Chronicles 2:35
Shobab
Listed second among the sons of Azubah, wife of Caleb son of Hezron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:18
Shobal
Son of Hur, called the father of Kiriath-jearim (a town), with descendants including Haroeh, the clans of Kiriath-jearim and Reaiah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 2:52; 1 Chronicles 4:1
Sismai
Son of Elasah and father of Shallum in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:40
Tappuah
Listed second among the four sons of Hebron (the name is also that of a town).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:43
Tirhanah
Zabad
Son of Nathan and father of Ephlal in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:36; 1 Chronicles 2:37
Zaza
Son of Jonathan, listed among the descendants of Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:33
Zerah
The twin brother of Perez, born to Judah and Tamar, whose hand first reached out at birth.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 38:29-30; 1 Chronicles 2:4
Zeruiah
David's sister, mother of the mighty warriors Joab, Abishai, and Asahel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:16; 2 Samuel 2:18
Zimri
Listed first among the five sons of Zerah, the son of Judah and Tamar.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:6
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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