Thematic Bible

1 Chronicles 2:1

These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;

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Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin; Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah's firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him.

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

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The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

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The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara -- five in all.

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The son of Carmi: Achan, who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God.

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The son of Ethan: Azariah.

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The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

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Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah.

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Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz.

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Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

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Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

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Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

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Ozem sixth, David seventh.

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Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.

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Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

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Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

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When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

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Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

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Later Hezron had sexual relations with the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.

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Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

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(Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

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After Hezron's death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron's widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

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The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron's firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

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Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was Onam's mother.

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The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel's firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

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The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

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Abishur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.

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The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. (Seled died without having sons.)

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The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

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The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan. (Jether died without having sons.)

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The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

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Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

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Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother: His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

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The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

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

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Shammai's son was Maon, who was the father of Beth-Zur.

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Caleb's concubine Ephah bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

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The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

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Caleb's concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

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She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Achsah.

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These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath: Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim,

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Salma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-Gader.

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The sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,

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the clans of Kiriath Jearim -- the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.)

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The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

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and the clans of the scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab.