The Genealogy of David

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

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

³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three were born to him from Bathshua the Canaanite. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he put him to death.

⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore Perez and Zerah to him. The sons of Judah were five in all.

⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

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

⁷ The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who acted unfaithfully in the matter of the devoted thing.

⁸ And the son of Ethan was Azariah.

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

¹⁰ And Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.

¹¹ And Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz.

¹² And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

¹³ And Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

¹⁴ Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.

¹⁶ And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

¹⁷ And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸ And Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah his wife and by Jerioth. And these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹ And when Azubah died, Caleb married¹ Ephrathah, and she bore Hur to him.

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²⁰ And Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.

²¹ And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. And he married¹ her when he was sixty years old. And she bore Segub to him.

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²² And Segub fathered Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

²³ And Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-Jair from them, Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were the ⌞descendants⌟¹ of Makir, the father of Gilead.

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²⁴ And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

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

²⁶ And Jerahmeel had another wife, and her name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

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

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

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

³⁰ And the sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. And Seled died without children.

³¹ And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.

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

³³ And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the children of Jerahmeel.

³⁴ And Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, and his name was Jarha.

³⁵ So Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his slave for a wife, and she bore to him Attai.

³⁶ And Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad.

³⁷ And Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed.

³⁸ And Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.

³⁹ And Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah.

⁴⁰ And Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum.

⁴¹ And Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

⁴² And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn; he was the father of Ziph. The sons of Mareshah: Hebron.

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

⁴⁴ And Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem fathered Shammai.

⁴⁵ And the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-Zur.

⁴⁶ And Ephah, the concubine of Caleb, gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. And Haran fathered Gazez.

⁴⁷ And the sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸ Maacah, the concubine of Caleb, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹ She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Acsah.

⁵⁰ These were the ⌞descendants⌟¹ of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim,

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⁵¹ Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-Gader.

⁵² And Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

⁵³ And the families of Kiriath-Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Ataroth-Beth-Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

⁵⁵ And the families of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These were the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Recab.