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Text -- 1 Chronicles 2:1-11 (NET)
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Israel’s Descendants
2:1 These were the sons of Israel : Reuben , Simeon , Levi , and Judah ; Issachar and Zebulun ;
2:2 Dan , Joseph , and Benjamin ; Naphtali , Gad , and Asher .
Judah’s Descendants
2:3 The 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.
2:4 Tamar , Judah’s daughter-in-law , bore to him Perez and Zerah . Judah had five sons in all .
2:5 The sons of Perez : Hezron and Hamul .
2:6 The sons of Zerah : Zimri , Ethan , Heman , Kalkol , Dara – five in all .
2:7 The son of Carmi : Achan , who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God.
2:8 The son of Ethan : Azariah .
2:9 The sons born to Hezron : Jerahmeel , Ram , and Caleb .
Ram’s Descendants
2:10 Ram was the father of Amminadab , and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon , the tribal chief of Judah .
2:11 Nahshon was the father of Salma , and Salma was the father of Boaz .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
AARON |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 |
PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2B |
Genealogy |
CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Polygamy |
Jacob |
MAON; MAONITES |
David |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 |
RUTH, THE BOOK OF |
Carmi |
Heman |
Azariah |
Hamul |
Ethan |
Chelubai |
ZERAH |
Shelah |
Nahshon |
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:1 The groupings in the list that follows, as well as the conjunctions (vav-consecutives in Hebrew), reflect those of the Hebrew text.
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:3 Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:4 Heb “his”; the referent (Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:6 Many medieval Hebrew mss, some LXX mss, and Syriac read “Darda” (see 1 Kgs 4:31 ET = 1 Kgs 5:11 HT).
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:7 Heb “the troubler of Israel who was unfaithful with respect to the devoted [things].”
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:9 The Hebrew text has “Celubai,” but see v. 18, where Caleb is described as the son of Hezron.
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