Contemporary English Version Anglicised

1 Chronicles 2:27-52 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

27. Ram was the father of Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

28. Onam was the father of Shammai and Jada.Shammai was the father of Nadab and Abishur.

29. Abishur married Abihail, and their two sons were Ahban and Molid.

30. Nadab was the father of Seled and Appaim. Seled had no children;

31. Appaim's son was Ishi, the father of Sheshan and the grandfather of Ahlai.

32. Jada was the father of Jether and Jonathan. Jether had no children,

33. but Jonathan had two sons: Peleth and Zaza.

34-35. Sheshan had no sons, and so he let one of his daughters marry Jarha, his Egyptian slave. Their son was Attai,

36. the father of Nathan and the grandfather of Zabad.

37-41. Zabad's descendants included Ephlal, Obed, Jehu, Azariah, Helez, Eleasah, Sismai, Shallum, Jekamiah, and Elishama.

42. Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, had the following descendants: Mesha, Ziph, Mareshah, Hebron,

43. and Hebron's four sons, Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

44. Shema was the father of Raham and the grandfather of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai,

45. the grandfather of Maon, and the great-grandfather of Bethzur.

46. Ephah was one of Caleb's wives, and their sons were Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran named his son after his brother Gazez.

47. Ephah was the daughter of Jahdai, who was also the father of Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, and Shaaph.

48. Maacah was another of Caleb's wives, and their sons were Sheber and Tirhanah.

49. Later, they had two more sons: Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Achsah.

50-51. All of these were Caleb's descendants.Hur, the eldest son of Caleb and Ephrath, had three sons: Shobal, Salma, and Hareph, who settled the town of Beth-Gader.

52. Shobal, who settled the town of Kiriath-Jearim, was the ancestor of Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth clan,