1 Chronicles 2:1-15 New English Translation

Israel’s Descendants

2 These were the sons of Israel:^[a] Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;

²Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin;

Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Judah’s Descendants

³The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua,^[b] a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him.^[c]

⁴Tamar, Judah’s^[d] daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

⁵The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara^[e]—five in all.

⁷The son^[f] of Carmi: Achan,^[g] who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God.^[h]

⁸The son^[i] of Ethan: Azariah.

⁹The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.^[j]

Ram’s Descendants

¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salma,^[k] and Salma was the father of Boaz. ¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, ¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, ¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

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Footnotes

1 Chronicles 2:1 tn The groupings in the list that follows, as well as the conjunctions (vav-consecutives in Hebrew), reflect those of the Hebrew text.
1 Chronicles 2:3 tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”
1 Chronicles 2:3 tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”
1 Chronicles 2:4 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 Chronicles 2:6 tc Many medieval Hebrew mss, some LXX mss, and Syriac read “Darda” (see 1 Kgs 4:31 ET = 1 Kgs 5:11 HT).
1 Chronicles 2:7 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.
1 Chronicles 2:7 tc The Hebrew text has “Achar,” which means “disaster,” but a few medieval Hebrew mss read “Achan.” See Josh 7:1.
1 Chronicles 2:7 tn Heb “the troubler of Israel who was unfaithful with respect to the devoted [things].”
1 Chronicles 2:8 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.
1 Chronicles 2:9 tn The Hebrew text has “Celubai,” but see v. 18, where Caleb is described as the son of Hezron.
1 Chronicles 2:11 tc The LXX reads “Salmon” (cf. Ruth 4:21) and is followed by some English versions (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).

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