Judah's daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah, so Judah had five sons in all.

Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul.

Judah's descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

Ammihud's son Uthai, who was the grandson of Omri, who was the great-grandson of Imri, who was fathered by Bani from the descendants of Judah's son Perez.

David flew into a rage because the LORD had killed Uzzah. As a result, that place was called Perez-uzzah to this day.

David told Ornan, "Give me the threshing floor as a site to build an altar to the LORD on it. Give it to me at its full price, so the plague may be averted from the people."

But King David told Ornan, "No. I will buy them for the full price because I will not offer to the LORD what is yours or offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing."

A descendant of Perez, he was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.