These are the family records of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, bore to Abraham.

Saul approached Samuel in the gate area and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

Seir’s sons: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

Zerah’s sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

Then King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to sing praise to the Lord in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with rejoicing and bowed down and worshiped.

After these events, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra—

Seraiah’s son, Azariah’s son,
Hilkiah’s son,