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1 Chronicles 2:11These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:22Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin; Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:33The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:44Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:55The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:66The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara —five in all.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:77The son of Carmi: Achan, who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:88The son of Ethan: Azariah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:99The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:1010Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:1111Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:1212Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:1313Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:1414Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:1515Ozem sixth, and David seventh.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:1616Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:1717Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:1818Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:1919When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:2020Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:2121Later Hezron slept with the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:2222Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:2323(Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:2424After Hezron’s death, Caleb slept with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:2525The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:2626Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was Onam’s mother.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:2727The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:2828The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:2929Abishur’s wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:3030The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. (Seled died without having sons.)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:3131The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:3232The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan. (Jether died without having sons.)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:3333The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:3434Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:3535Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:3636Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:3737Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:3838Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:3939Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:4040Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:4141Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:4242The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel’s brother: His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, the father of Hebron.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:4343The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:4444Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:4545Shammai’s son was Maon, who was the father of Beth Zur.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:4646Caleb’s concubine Ephah bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:4747The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:4848Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:4949She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:5050These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath: Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:5151Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph, the father of Beth Gader.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:5252The sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half the Manahathites,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:5353the clans of Kiriath Jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.)Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:5454The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
1 Chronicles 2:5555and the clans of the scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of Beth Rechab.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’s
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