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Text -- 1 Chronicles 2:1-43 (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 .
2:12 Boaz was the father of Obed , and Obed was the father of Jesse .
2:13 Jesse was the father of Eliab , his firstborn ; Abinadab was born second , Shimea third ,
2:14 Nethanel fourth , Raddai fifth ,
2:15 Ozem sixth , David seventh .
2:16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail . Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai , Joab , and Asahel .
2:17 Abigail bore Amasa , whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite .
Caleb’s Descendants
2:18 Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth ). Her sons were Jesher , Shobab , and Ardon .
2:19 When Azubah died , Caleb married Ephrath , who bore him Hur .
2:20 Hur was the father of Uri , and Uri was the father of Bezalel .
2:21 Later Hezron had sexual relations with the daughter of Makir , the father of Gilead . (He had married her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub .
2:22 Segub was the father of Jair , who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead .
2:23 (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 .
2:24 After Hezron’s death , Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath , his father Hezron’s widow , and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa .
Jerahmeel’s Descendants
2:25 The sons of Jerahmeel , Hezron’s firstborn , were Ram , the firstborn , Bunah , Oren , Ozem , and Ahijah .
2:26 Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah ; she was Onam’s mother .
2:27 The sons of Ram , Jerahmeel’s firstborn , were Maaz , Jamin , and Eker .
2:28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada . The sons of Shammai : Nadab and Abishur .
2:29 Abishur’s wife was Abihail , who bore him Ahban and Molid .
2:30 The sons of Nadab : Seled and Appaim . (Seled died without having sons .)
2:31 The son of Appaim : Ishi . The son of Ishi : Sheshan . The son of Sheshan : Ahlai .
2:32 The sons of Jada , Shammai’s brother : Jether and Jonathan . (Jether died without having sons .)
2:33 The sons of Jonathan : Peleth and Zaza . These were the descendants of Jerahmeel .
2:34 Sheshan had no sons , only daughters . Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha .
2:35 Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife ; she bore him Attai .
2:36 Attai was the father of Nathan , and Nathan was the father of Zabad .
2:37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal , and Ephlal was the father of Obed .
2:38 Obed was the father of Jehu , and Jehu was the father of Azariah .
2:39 Azariah was the father of Helez , and Helez was the father of Eleasah .
2:40 Eleasah was the father of Sismai , and Sismai was the father of Shallum .
2:41 Shallum was the father of Jekamiah , and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama .
More of Caleb’s Descendants
2:42 The sons of Caleb , Jerahmeel’s brother : His firstborn Mesha , the father of Ziph , and his second son Mareshah , the father of Hebron .
2:43 The sons of Hebron : Korah , Tappuah , Rekem , and Shema .
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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 |
Polygamy |
PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2B |
MAON; MAONITES |
CHRONOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 |
Jacob |
Genealogy |
GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 |
David |
Obed |
Zabad |
RUTH, THE BOOK OF |
Jerahmeel |
CALEB |
Segub |
Sheshan |
Azariah |
Jesse |
Ozem |
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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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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:11 The LXX reads “Salmon” (cf. Ruth 4:21) and is followed by some English versions (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:16 In 2 Sam 2:18 this name appears as “Abishai,” a spelling followed by many English versions here.
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:18 Heb “and Caleb son of Hezron fathered [children] with Azubah, a wife, and with Jerioth.” Jerioth could be viewed as a second wife (so NLT;...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:23 Or “Havvoth Jair” (NIV, NRSV). Some translations do not translate the phrase (“havvoth” = “the towns of”), but tre...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:24 Heb “And after the death of Hezron in Caleb Ephrathah, and the wife of Hezron, Abijah, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.” Pe...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 2:31 Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural “sons” in all three instances in this verse, even though the following lists have o...
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