1 Chronicles 2:5-15

2:5 The sons of Perez:

Hezron and Hamul.

2:6 The sons of Zerah:

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara ¹  – five in all.

2:7 The son ²  of Carmi:

Achan, ³  who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God. ⁴ 

2:8 The son ⁵  of Ethan:

Azariah.

2:9 The sons born to Hezron:

Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. ⁶ 

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, ⁷  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.

[2:6]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.

[2:7]  ³ tc The Hebrew text has “Achar,” which means “disaster,” but a few medieval Hebrew mss read “Achan.” See Josh 7:1.

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “the troubler of Israel who was unfaithful with respect to the devoted [things].”

[2:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.

[2:9]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text has “Celubai,” but see v. 18, where Caleb is described as the son of Hezron.

[2:11]  ⁷ tc The LXX reads “Salmon” (cf. Ruth 4:21) and is followed by some English versions (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).