1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 2:3–15

³The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.

⁴Tamar, Judah’s 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,^a Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara^b— five in all.

⁷The son^c of Carmi:

Achar,^d who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

⁸The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

⁹The sons who were born to Hezron:

Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.^e

¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon,^f and Salmon 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^g third, ¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, ¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

Footnotes

a 2:6 Zimri is a variant of Zabdi; see Joshua 7:1|JOS 7:1.
b 2:6 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31|1KI 4:31) Darda
c 2:7 Hebrew sons
d 2:7 Achar means troubler; also called Achan in Joshua 7 and Joshua 22.
e 2:9 Hebrew Chelubai, a variant of Caleb; see verse 18.
f 2:11 LXX (see also Ruth 4:20–21|RUT 4:20-21); Hebrew Salma; twice in this verse
g 2:13 Shimea is a variant of Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimei; see 1 Samuel 16:9|1SA 16:9, 2 Samuel 13:3, and 2 Samuel 21:21.