Discovery Box1 Chronicles 2:1-18
Context2:1 These were the sons of Israel: 1
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Issachar and Zebulun;
2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin;
Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
2:3 The sons of Judah:
Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, 2 a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. 3
2:4 Tamar, Judah’s 4 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 5 – five in all.
Achan, 7 who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God. 8
Azariah.
2:9 The sons born to Hezron:
Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. 10
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, 11 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, 12 Joab, and Asahel. 2:17 Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
2:18 Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). 13 Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
[2:1] 1 tn The groupings in the list that follows, as well as the conjunctions (vav-consecutives in Hebrew), reflect those of the Hebrew text.
[2:3] 2 tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”
[2:3] 3 tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the
[2:4] 4 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[2:6] 5 tc Many medieval Hebrew
[2:7] 6 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.
[2:7] 7 tc The Hebrew text has “Achar,” which means “disaster,” but a few medieval Hebrew
[2:7] 8 tn Heb “the troubler of Israel who was unfaithful with respect to the devoted [things].”
[2:8] 9 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.
[2:9] 10 tn The Hebrew text has “Celubai,” but see v. 18, where Caleb is described as the son of Hezron.
[2:11] 11 tc The LXX reads “Salmon” (cf. Ruth 4:21) and is followed by some English versions (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).
[2:16] 12 tn In 2 Sam 2:18 this name appears as “Abishai,” a spelling followed by many English versions here.
[2:18] 13 tn 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; cf. also NASB, NIV, NRSV), but the following context mentions only “her [presumably Azubah’s] sons.” Another option, the one chosen in the translation, is that Jerioth is another name for Azubah.
