1 Chronicles 2

¹These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

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, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara —five in all.

⁷The son of Carmi: Achar, 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.

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, 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 third,

¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.