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And Er, Judahs firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, so He put him to death. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>The sons of Perez <i>were</i> Hezron and Hamul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>The sons of Zerah <i>were</i> Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara; five of them in all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>The son of Carmi <i>was</i> Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated the ban. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>The son of Ethan <i>was</i> Azariah. <p><font color="#000000"><b><i>Genealogy of David</i></b></font><p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him <i>were</i> Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Nahshon became the father of Salma, Salma became the father of Boaz, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>and their sisters <i>were</i> Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah <i>were</i> Abshai, Joab and Asahel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Now Caleb the son of Hezron had sons by Azubah <i>his</i> wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-20.htm" target="_top"><b>20</b></a></span>Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-21.htm" target="_top"><b>21</b></a></span>Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-22.htm" target="_top"><b>22</b></a></span>Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-23.htm" target="_top"><b>23</b></a></span>But Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, <i>even</i> sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-24.htm" target="_top"><b>24</b></a></span>After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezrons wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-25.htm" target="_top"><b>25</b></a></span>Now the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron <i>were</i> Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem <i>and</i> Ahijah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-26.htm" target="_top"><b>26</b></a></span>Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-27.htm" target="_top"><b>27</b></a></span>The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin and Eker. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai <i>were</i> Nadab and Abishur. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>The name of Abishurs wife <i>was</i> Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>The sons of Nadab <i>were</i> Seled and Appaim, and Seled died without sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>The son of Appaim <i>was</i> Ishi. And the son of Ishi <i>was</i> Sheshan. And the son of Sheshan <i>was</i> Ahlai. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai <i>were</i> Jether and Jonathan, and Jether died without sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>The sons of Jonathan <i>were</i> Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-34.htm" target="_top"><b>34</b></a></span>Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-35.htm" target="_top"><b>35</b></a></span>Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant in marriage, and she bore him Attai. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-36.htm" target="_top"><b>36</b></a></span>Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-37.htm" target="_top"><b>37</b></a></span>and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-38.htm" target="_top"><b>38</b></a></span>and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-39.htm" target="_top"><b>39</b></a></span>and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-40.htm" target="_top"><b>40</b></a></span>and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-41.htm" target="_top"><b>41</b></a></span>and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama. <p>      <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-42.htm" target="_top"><b>42</b></a></span>Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, <i>were</i> Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-43.htm" target="_top"><b>43</b></a></span>The sons of Hebron <i>were</i> Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-44.htm" target="_top"><b>44</b></a></span>Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-45.htm" target="_top"><b>45</b></a></span>The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon <i>was</i> the father of Bethzur. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-46.htm" target="_top"><b>46</b></a></span>Ephah, Calebs concubine, bore Haran, Moza and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-47.htm" target="_top"><b>47</b></a></span>The sons of Jahdai <i>were</i> Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-48.htm" target="_top"><b>48</b></a></span>Maacah, Calebs concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-49.htm" target="_top"><b>49</b></a></span>She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb <i>was</i> Achsah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-50.htm" target="_top"><b>50</b></a></span>These were the sons of Caleb.<br>      The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, <i>were</i> Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-51.htm" target="_top"><b>51</b></a></span>Salma the father of Bethlehem <i>and</i> Hareph the father of Beth-gader. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-52.htm" target="_top"><b>52</b></a></span>Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites, <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-53.htm" target="_top"><b>53</b></a></span>and the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-54.htm" target="_top"><b>54</b></a></span>The sons of Salma <i>were</i> Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/2-55.htm" target="_top"><b>55</b></a></span>The families of scribes who lived at Jabez <i>were</i> the Tirathites, the Shimeathites <i>and</i> the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Juda: Her, Onan and Sela. These three were born to him of the Chanaanitess the daughter of Sue. And Her the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/1_chronicles/2.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the first-born of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/sayce/early_israel_and_the_surrounding_nations/chapter_ii_canaan.htm">Canaan</a><br></span><span class="snippet">Canaan was the inheritance which the Israelites won for themselves by the sword. Their ancestors had already settled in it in patriarchal days. Abraham "the Hebrew" from Babylonia had bought in it a burying-place near Hebron; Jacob had purchased a field near Shechem, where he could water his flocks from his own spring. It was the "Promised Land" to which the serfs of the Pharaoh in Goshen looked forward when they should again become free men and find a new home for themselves. Canaan had ever been <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/sayce/early_israel_and_the_surrounding_nations/chapter_ii_canaan.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Archibald Sayce—</span><span class="citation2">Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_quotation_in_matt_ii.htm">The Quotation in Matt. Ii. 6. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Several interpreters, Paulus especially, have asserted that the interpretation of Micah which is here given, was that of the Sanhedrim only, and not of the Evangelist, who merely recorded what happened and was said. But this assertion is at once refuted when we consider the object which Matthew has in view in his entire representation of the early life of Jesus. His object in recording the early life of Jesus is not like that of Luke, viz., to communicate historical information to his readers. <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/the_quotation_in_matt_ii.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg—</span><span class="citation2">Christology of the Old Testament</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/chronicles.htm">Chronicles</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction_to_the_old_testament/chronicles.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Edgar McFadyen—</span><span class="citation2">Introduction to the Old Testament</span><p><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">1 Chronicles 2:3 NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">1 Chronicles 2:3 NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">1 Chronicles 2:3 ESV</a> • <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">1 Chronicles 2:3 NASB</a> • <a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">1 Chronicles 2:3 KJV</a> • <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">1 Chronicles 2:3 Bible Apps</a> • <a href="/1_chronicles/2-3.htm">1 Chronicles 2:3 Parallel</a> • <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_chronicles/2-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 2:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 2:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_chronicles/2-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 2:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 2:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mp/1_chronicles/2-3.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhbl.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /></div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhparnew.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></body></html>