{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/1-chronicles/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:18:48.990Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"1 Chronicles","bookSlug":"1-chronicles","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":29,"totalVerses":55},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The sons of Ethan: Azariah."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,"},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Azubah died, and Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"The sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban, and Molid."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"The sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without children."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"The sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"The sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai."},{"verseNumber":36,"text":"Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,"},{"verseNumber":37,"text":"and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,"},{"verseNumber":38,"text":"and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,"},{"verseNumber":39,"text":"and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,"},{"verseNumber":40,"text":"and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,"},{"verseNumber":41,"text":"and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama."},{"verseNumber":42,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":43,"text":"The sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema."},{"verseNumber":44,"text":"Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai."},{"verseNumber":45,"text":"The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur."},{"verseNumber":46,"text":"Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez."},{"verseNumber":47,"text":"The sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph."},{"verseNumber":48,"text":"Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah."},{"verseNumber":49,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":50,"text":"These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,"},{"verseNumber":51,"text":"Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth Gader."},{"verseNumber":52,"text":"Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth."},{"verseNumber":53,"text":"The families of Kiriath Jearim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites."},{"verseNumber":54,"text":"The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites."},{"verseNumber":55,"text":"The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab."}],"citation":{"inline":"1 Chronicles 2 (WEB)","markdown":"[1 Chronicles 2](https://primebible.com/web/1-chronicles/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/1-chronicles/2 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}