Common English Bible

1 Chronicles 2:9-25 Common English Bible (CEB)

9. Hezron’s family, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

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

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

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

13. Jesse was the father of Eliab his oldest son, Abinadab his second, Shimea his third,

14. Nethanel his fourth, Raddai his fifth,

15. Ozem his sixth, and David his seventh.

16. Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail.Zeruiah’s family: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel—three in all.

17. Abigail gave birth to Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

18. Caleb, Hezron’s son, had children with his wife Azubah, and with Jerioth. These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

19. After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who gave birth to Hur for him.

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

21. Later, Hezron had sexual relations with the daughter of Machir, Gilead’s father, whom he married when he was 60 years old, and she gave birth to Segub for him.

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

23. but Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair from them, as well as Kenath and its villages, sixty towns.All these were descendants of Machir, Gilead’s father.

24. After Hezron’s death, Caleb went to Ephrath. Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur, Tekoa’s father.

25. The family of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s oldest son: Ram his oldest, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.