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

¹ These are David's descendants who were born to him in Hebron: Amnon his firstborn by Ahinoam the Jezreelite, Daniel his second born by Abigail the Carmelite, ² Absalom his third born by Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur, Adonijah his fourth born by Haggith, ³ Shephatiah his fifth born by Abital, and Ithream his sixth born by his wife Eglah. ⁴ These six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. ⁵ He reigned 33 years in Jerusalem. These four children were born to David by Bath-shua daughter of Ammiel while he was living in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, ⁶ followed by nine more: Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, ⁷ Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸ Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. ⁹ All these were David's sons, besides children born to his mistresses. Tamar was their sister.

¹⁰ Solomon's descendants included Rehoboam, his son Abijah, his son Asa, his son Jehoshaphat, ¹¹ his son Joram, his son Ahaziah, his son Joash, ¹² his son Amaziah, his son Azariah, his son Jotham, ¹³ his son Ahaz, his son Hezekiah, his son Manasseh, ¹⁴ his son Amon, and his son Josiah. ¹⁵ Josiah's descendants included Johanan his firstborn, his second born Jehoiakim, his third born Zedekiah, and his fourth born Shallum. ¹⁶ Jehoiakim's descendants included his son Jeconiah, and his son Zedekiah.

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

¹ Judah's descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ² Shobal's son Reaiah fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. ³ These were the descendants of the ancestor of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and their sister's name was Hazzelelponi. ⁴ Penuel fathered Gedor and Ezer fathered Hushah. ⁵ These were the descendants of Hur, Ephrathah's firstborn, who fathered Bethlehem: Tekoa's father Ashhur had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶ Naarah bore him these sons: Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. ⁷ The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. ⁸ Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Harum's son Aharhel.

⁹ Jabez enjoyed more honor than his relatives his mother named him Jabez, she said, "because I bore him in pain."

¹⁰ Later on, Jabez called on the God of Israel, asking him, ""whether you would bless me again and again, enlarge my territory, keep your power with me, keep me from evil, and keep me from harm!" And God granted what he had requested. ¹¹ Chelub, Shuhah's brother, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton. ¹² Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, who fathered Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. ¹³ Kenaz's descendants were Othniel and Seraiah. ¹⁴ Othniel's descendants were Hathath and Meonothai, who fathered Ophrah. Seraiah fathered Joab, who fathered the Ge-harashim, because they became artisans. ¹⁵ The descendants of Jephunneh's son Caleb were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah's son was Kenaz. ¹⁶ Jehallelel's descendants were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ¹⁷ Ezrah's descendants were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. ¹⁸ Mered's wife conceived Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who fathered Eshtemoa. Then his Judean wife bore Jered, who fathered Gedor and then Heber, who fathered Soco and Jekuthiel, who fathered Zanoah. These are the descendants of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married. ¹⁹ The descendants of Hodiah's wife, Naham's sister, fathered Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. ²⁰ Shimon's descendants were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. Ishi's descendants were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

²¹ The descendants of Judah's son Shelah were Er, who fathered Lecah, Laadah (who fathered Mareshah and the families who belonged to the guild of linen workers at Beth-ashbea), ²² Jokim, the men who lived in Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph (who married Moabite families), and Jashubi-lehem. (The records are ancient.) ²³ These people were potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah in service to their king, who lived there.