1 Chronicles 3:1-24 - The Descendants Of David

¹ Now these were David's sons, whose birth took place in Hebron: the oldest Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite woman; ² The third Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, the son of Haggith; ³ The fifth Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth Ithream, by Eglah his wife. ⁴ He had six sons in Hebron; he was ruling there for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem for thirty-three years. ⁵ And in Jerusalem he had four sons, Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon, by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel; ⁶ And Ibhar and Elishama and Eliphelet ⁷ And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia ⁸ And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹ All these were the sons of David, in addition to the sons of his servant-wives; and Tamar was their sister.

¹⁰ And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, ¹¹ Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, ¹² Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³ Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, ¹⁴ Amon his son, Josiah his son. ¹⁵ And the sons of Josiah: the oldest Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶ And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

¹⁷ And the sons of Jeconiah, who was taken prisoner: Shealtiel his son, ¹⁸ And Malchiram and Pedaiah and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah. ¹⁹ And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister; ²⁰ And Hashubah and Ohel and Berechiah and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. ²¹ And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. ²² And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush and Igal and Bariah and Neariah and Shaphat, six. ²³ And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai and Hizkiah and Azrikam, three. ²⁴ And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah and Eliashib and Pelaiah and Akkub and Johanan and Delaiah and Anani, seven.

¹ The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal. ² 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. ³ And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi; ⁴ And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem. ⁵ And Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶ And Naarah had Ahuzzam by him, and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷ And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan. ⁸ And Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire. ¹¹ And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹² And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. ¹³ And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath. ¹⁴ And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen. ¹⁵ And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz. ¹⁶ And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel. ¹⁷ And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸ And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. ¹⁹ And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. ²⁰ And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth; and the son of Zoheth. ...

²¹ The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the families of those who made delicate linen, of the family of Ashbea; ²² And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and went back to Beth-lehem. And the records are very old. ²³ These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.