1 These were Israel's sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 Judah's sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah, who were born to him by Shua's daughter, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh, and Yahweh killed him. 4 Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons. 5 Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul. 6 Zerah's sons were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, and Darda, five in all. 7 Karmi's son was Achar, who brought trouble on Israel when he stole what was reserved for God. 8 Ethan's son was Azariah. 9 Hezron's sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. 10 Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, a leader among Judah's descendants. 11 Nahshon became the father of Salmon, and Salmon became the father of Boaz. 12 Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse. 13 Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh. 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three of them. 17 Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite. 18 Caleb son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. His sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 Azubah died, and then Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel. 21 Later Hezron (when he was sixty years old) married the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. She bore him Segub. 22 Segub became the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23 Geshur and Aram took Havvoth Jair and Kenath, as well as sixty surrounding towns. All these inhabitants were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead. 24 After the death of Hezron, Caleb slept with Ephrathah, the wife of his father Hezron. She bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. 25 The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. 27 The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. 28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur. 29 The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. 30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without children. 31 The son of Appaim was Ishi. The son of Ishi was Sheshan. The son of Sheshan was Ahlai. 32 The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children. 33 The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as his wife. She bore him Attai. 36 Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad. 37 Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed. 38 Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah. 39 Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah. 40 Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum. 41 Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama. 42 The sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph. His second son, Mareshah, was the father of Hebron. 43 The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. 44 Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. Rekem became the father of Shammai. 45 The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur. 46 Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran became the father of Gazez. 47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maakah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Makbenah and the father of Gibea. The daughter of Caleb was Aksah. These were the descendants of Caleb. 50 These were the sons of Hur, his firstborn by Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim, 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader. 52 Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had descendants: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites, 53 and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these. 54 The clans of Salma were the following: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites—the Zorites, 55 the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These were the Kenites who descended from Hammath, the ancestor of the Rekabites.
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Abigail
David's sister, mother of Amasa, who later commanded Absalom's army.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:16-17
Abihail
Wife of Abishur, who bore him Ahban and Molid.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:29
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
Ahijah
Listed fifth among the sons of Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:25
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
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
Dara
Listed fifth among the five sons of Zerah, the son of Judah and Tamar.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:6
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
Eker
Listed third among the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:27
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
Haroeh
Listed first among the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, along with half the Manahathites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:52
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
Jada
Son of Onam and brother of Shammai, and father of Jether and Jonathan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:28; 1 Chronicles 2:32
Jahdai
Man listed in Caleb's genealogy as the father of Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph; the text does not state his relation to Caleb.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:47
Jamin
Listed second among the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:27
Jarha
Egyptian servant of Sheshan to whom Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage; she bore him Attai.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:34; 1 Chronicles 2:35
Jehu
Son of Obed and father of Azariah in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:38
Jekamiah
Son of Shallum and father of Elishama in the line descended from Jarha and Sheshan's daughter.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:41
Jerahmeel
Firstborn son of Hezron and brother of Ram and Caleb, whose sons Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah are listed, along with Onam, born to his other wife Atarah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:9; 1 Chronicles 2:25; 1 Chronicles 2:26
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
Jesher
Listed first among the sons of Azubah, wife of Caleb son of Hezron.
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
Jotham
Listed second among the six sons of Jahdai.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:47
Korah
Listed first among the four sons of Hebron.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:43
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
Nethanel
A brother of David, named as the fourth son of Jesse in the Chronicler's record.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:14
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
Perez
Born of Judah and Tamar, he became the head of the leading clan of Judah.
Cited in the guide: Gen. 38; Ruth 4:18; 1 Chron. 2:4-5; Matt. 1:3
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
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
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
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
Sheva
Son of Caleb by his concubine Maacah, called the father of Machbenah and of Gibea (towns of those names).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:49
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
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences