The posterity of Judah. The posterity of Caleb 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. I. CHRONICLES. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto 11 And Nahshon begat Sa'ma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse. 13 ¶ And Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. 18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 42 1 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Je- 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tap- 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Skeva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. 50 ¶ These were the sons of Caleb the son of 52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. 21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he mar-rites, and the Pubites, and the Shumathites, and ried when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. the Mishraites: of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54 The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. 23 And he took Geshur, aud Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath and the 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came 24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab ephratah, then Abiah, Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. OW CHAP. III. 25 T And the sons of Jerameel the first-born Now these were the sins of David, whic of Hezron were, Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name 10 as Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. were born unto him Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess: 2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the 27 And the sons of Ram, the first-born of Jerah-daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, meel, were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan and Jether died without children. 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37 And Zabad begat Ephial, and Ephilal begat Obed, 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, Adonijah the son of Haggiti: 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh son, Josiah his son. 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the first-born 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; Assir, Salathiel his son. 39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai be-18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar gat Shallum, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. kuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright Mered took. 19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the first-born of Is rael were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, va o ano 11 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince 21 1 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Maresbah and the families of the house of them 7 And his brethren by their families, (when the The half-tribe of Manasseh. 1. CHRONICLES. Of Gershom, Kohath and Meravi genealogy of their generations was reckoned,)| Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinelas begat 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, Abishua, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto 5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Nebo, and Baal-meon : Uzzi, 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: Meraioth, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. 11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah: 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. 14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 15 Ahi the son of Abdie!, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword,and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their band, and all that were with them for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him. 21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand. 22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. 23 ¶ And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. 25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem :) 11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16 ¶ The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. 20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Abimoth. 26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 And the sons of Samuel; the first-born Vashni, and Abiah. 29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. 32 And they ministered before the dwellingplace of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath- their office, according to their order. pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them 33 And these are they that waited with their away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and children. Of the sons of the Kohathites; Heman the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. CHAP. VI. 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. Cities of the priests and Levites. 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, the son of Shimea, 68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs, 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. 15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Hup- 6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are pim and Shuppim, whose siste's name was the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Maachah;) and the name of the second was Ze-Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: Jophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he re16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, moved them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. and she called his name Peresh; and the name 8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim Ulam, and Rakem. and Baara were his wives. 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. 12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: 13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Ajalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath: 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; 17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; 19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; 22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Atha |