1Ch 1 Chronicles1. Paralipomenon, chapterkapitola First Book of ChroniclesPrvní kniha Paralipomenon, chapterkapitola 2

Israel’s Sons

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Judah

To Hezron’s Sons

• The sons of Judah:
• Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua.
• (Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.)
• Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah.

He had five sons in all.

• The sons of Perez:
• Hezron and Hamul.
• The sons of Zerah:
• Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda(a)2:6 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31); most Hebrew manuscripts Dara—five in all.
• The son of Karmi:
• Achar,(b)2:7 Achar means trouble; Achar is called Achan in Joshua. who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.(c)2:7 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
• The son of Ethan:
• Azariah.
• The sons born to Hezron were:
• Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.(d)2:9 Hebrew Kelubai, a variant of Caleb

From Ram Son of Hezron

• Ram was the father of Amminadab,
• and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah.
• Nahshon was the father of Salmon,(e)2:11 Septuagint (see also Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma
• Salmon the father of Boaz,
• Boaz the father of Obed
• and Obed the father of Jesse.
• Jesse was the father of
• Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab,
• the third Shimea, the fourth Nethanel,
• the fifth Raddai, the sixth Ozem
• and the seventh David.
• Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail.
• Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.
• Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Caleb Son of Hezron

• Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons:
• Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.
• When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
• Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.
• Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. He made love to her, and she bore him Segub.
• Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.
• (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,(f)2:23 Or captured the settlements of Jair as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.)

All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

• After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father(g)2:24 Father may mean civic leader or military leader; also in verses 42, 45, 49-52 and possibly elsewhere. of Tekoa.

Jerahmeel Son of Hezron

• The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:
• Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and(h)2:25 Or Oren and Ozem, by Ahijah. Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
• The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel:
• Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
• The sons of Onam:
• Shammai and Jada.
• The sons of Shammai:
• Nadab and Abishur. Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.
• The sons of Nadab:
• Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
• The son of Appaim:
• Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan. Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.
• The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother:
• Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
• The sons of Jonathan:
• Peleth and Zaza.

These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

• Sheshan had no sons—only daughters.
• He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.
• Attai was the father of Nathan,
• Nathan the father of Zabad,
• Zabad the father of Ephlal,
• Ephlal the father of Obed,
• Obed the father of Jehu,
• Jehu the father of Azariah,
• Azariah the father of Helez,
• Helez the father of Eleasah,
• Eleasah the father of Sismai,
• Sismai the father of Shallum,
• Shallum the father of Jekamiah,
• and Jekamiah the father of Elishama.

The Clans of Caleb

• The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:
• Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph,
• and his son Mareshah,(i)2:42 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain. who was the father of Hebron.
• The sons of Hebron:
• Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.
• Shema was the father of Raham,
• and Raham the father of Jorkeam.
• Rekem was the father of Shammai.
• The son of Shammai was Maon,
• and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
• Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of
• Haran, Moza and Gazez.
• Haran was the father of Gazez.
• The sons of Jahdai:
• Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
• Caleb’s concubine Maakah was the mother of
• Sheber and Tirhanah.
• She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah
• and to Sheva the father of Makbenah and Gibea.
• Caleb’s daughter was Aksah.

These were the descendants of Caleb.

• The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:
• Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim, Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
• The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were:
• Haroeh, half the Manahathites, and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
• The descendants of Salma:
• Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of scribes(j)2:55 Or of the Sopherites who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the Rekabites.(k)2:55 Or father of Beth Rekab