And Jesse was the father of Eliab, his oldest son, and Abinadab, the second, and Shimea, the third,

And Abigail was the mother of Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

And after the death of Azubah, Caleb took as his wife Ephrath, who was the mother of Hur.

And Hur was the father of Uri; and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

And after that, Hezron had connection with the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, whom he took as his wife when he was sixty years old; and she had Segub by him.

And Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.

And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah: she was the mother of Onam.

And the name of Abishur's wife was Abihail; and she had Ahban and Molid by him.

Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha.

And Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad,

And Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed,

And Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah,

And Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah,

And Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum,

And Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron.

And Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

And Ephah, Caleb's servant-wife, had Haran and Moza and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez.

Maacah, Caleb's servant-wife, was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah,

And Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva, the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and Caleb's daughter was Achsah. These were the sons of Caleb.

He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years.

All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of his servant-wives; and Tamar was their sister.

And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

And the sons of Jeconiah, who was taken prisoner: Shealtiel his son,

And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;

And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath; and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

And Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow.

And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen.

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.

And these whose names are given came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and made an attack on the Meunim who were living there, and put an end to them to this day, and took their place, because there was grass there for their flocks.

And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.

Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)

Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, took away as a prisoner: he was chief of the Reubenites.

And his brothers by their families, when the list of their generations was made up: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

And Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who was living in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;

And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.

And the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh were living in the land: and their numbers were increased till all the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and the mountain Hermon was theirs.

Eleazar was the father of Phinehas; Phinehas was the father of Abishua;

And Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi,

And Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth;

Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz,

And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan,

And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:)

And Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub,

And Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum,

And Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah,

And Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak;

And his brother Asaph, whose place was at his right hand, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

And the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Ibsam and Shemuel, heads of their families; they were men of war; in the record of their generations their number in the time of David was twenty-two thousand, six hundred.

(And Gilead took a wife, whose name was Maacah, and his sister's name was Hammoleketh;) and the name of his brother was Zelophehad, who was the father of daughters.

And Maacah, the wife of Gilead, gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Peresh; and his brother was named Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

And his sister Hammoleketh was the mother of Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.

And his daughter was Sheerah, the builder of Beth-horon the lower and the higher, and Uzzen-sheerah.

And Rephah was his son, and Resheph; his son was Telah, and his son was Tahan;

Ladan was his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

And Heber was the father of Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham and Shua, their sister.

And Benjamin was the father of Bela his oldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

And Naaman and Ahijah and Gera; and Iglaam was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

And the sons of Elpaal: Eber and Misham and Shemed (he was the builder of Ono and Lod and their daughter-towns);

And in Gibeon was living the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah;

And Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. And they were living with their brothers in Jerusalem opposite their brothers.

And Ner was the father of Abner, and Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan and Malchi-shua and Abinadab and Eshbaal.

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.

And Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza;

And Moza was the father of Binea: Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son;

So all Israel was listed by their families; and, truly, they are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was taken away as prisoners to Babylon because of their sin.

And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.

Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting.

There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions.

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the oldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for cooking the flat cakes.

And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.

And in Gibeon was living the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah;

Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They were living with their brothers in Jerusalem opposite their brothers.

And Ner was the father of Kish; and Kish was the father of Saul; and Saul was the father of Jonathan and Malchi-shua and Abinadab and Eshbaal.

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.

And Ahaz was the father of Jarah; and Jarah was the father of Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

And Moza was the father of Binea; and Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.

In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.

And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.

And after him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three great fighters.

He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines had come together for the fight, near a bit of land full of barley; and the people went in flight before the Philistines.

At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.

Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.

He was honoured over the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three: and David put him over his servants.

Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.

Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite;

These Gadites were captains of the army; the least of them was captain over a hundred men, and the greatest over a thousand.

It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.

Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.