1 Chronicles 2:18-21

Caleb’s Descendants

2:18 Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). ¹  Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 2:19 When Azubah died, Caleb married ²  Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 2:20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

2:21 Later ³  Hezron had sexual relations with ⁴  the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married ⁵  her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.

[2:18]  ¹ 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.

[2:19]  ² tn Heb “took for himself.”

[2:21]  ³ sn This means “later” in relation to the births of the three sons (Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb) mentioned in v. 9.

[2:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “Hezron went to.”

[2:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “he took,” referring to taking in marriage.