1 Chronicles 2:4-15

2:4 Tamar, Judah’s ¹  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 ²  – five in all.

2:7 The son ³  of Carmi:

Achan, ⁴  who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God. ⁵ 

2:8 The son ⁶  of Ethan:

Azariah.

2:9 The sons born to Hezron:

Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. ⁷ 

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, ⁸  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.

[2:4]  ¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:6]  ² tc Many medieval Hebrew mss, some LXX mss, and Syriac read “Darda” (see 1 Kgs 4:31 ET = 1 Kgs 5:11 HT).

[2:7]  ³ tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.

[2:7]  ⁴ tc The Hebrew text has “Achar,” which means “disaster,” but a few medieval Hebrew mss read “Achan.” See Josh 7:1.

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “the troubler of Israel who was unfaithful with respect to the devoted [things].”

[2:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.

[2:9]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text has “Celubai,” but see v. 18, where Caleb is described as the son of Hezron.

[2:11]  ⁶ tc The LXX reads “Salmon” (cf. Ruth 4:21) and is followed by some English versions (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).