1 CHRONICLES
Chapter 1
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1 The first person God created was Adam. Adam's son was Seth. Seth's son was Enosh. Enosh's son was Kenan. 2 Kenan's son was Mahalalel. Mahalalel's son was Jared. Jared's son was Enoch. 3 Enoch's son was Methuselah. Methusalah's son was Lamech. Lamech's son was Noah. 4 Noah's sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
7 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
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8 The sons of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteka.
The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
10 Another son of Cush was Nimrod. When he grew up, he became a mighty warrior on the earth.
11 Egypt was the ancestor of the Lud , the Anam, the Lehab, the Naphtuh, 12 the Pathrus, the Kasluh, and the Caphtor people groups. The people of the region of Philistia were descended from the Kasluh people group.
13 Canaan's first son was Sidon. He was also the ancestor of the people groups of the Hethites, 14 the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
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17 The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
Aram's sons were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
18 Arphachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.
19 Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg which sounds like the word that means 'divided' because during the time that he lived, the people on the earth were divided into various language groups. Peleg's younger brother was Joktan.
20 Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Obal, Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.
24 These are the descendants of Shem, in order from him to Abraham: Arphaxad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 and Abram, whose name was later changed to Abraham.
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28 Abraham's sons were Isaac and Ishmael.
29 The son of Abraham's slave wife Hagar was Ishmael. Ishmael's twelve sons were Nebaioth, his firstborn, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
32 After Abraham's wife Sarah died, he took another wife named Keturah. Her sons were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
Jokshan's sons were Sheba and Dedan.
33 Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah.
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34 The son of Abraham's wife Sarah was Isaac, and Isaac's sons were Esau and Jacob, whose name was later changed to Israel.
35 The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
37 Reuel's sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
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38 Another descendant of Esau was Seir. His descendants lived in the region of Edom. Seir's sons were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
39 Lotan's sons were Hori and Homam, and Lotan's sister was Timna.
40 Shobal's sons were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
Zibeon's sons were Aiah and Anah.
41 Anah's son was Dishon.
1 Dishon's sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.
42 Ezer's sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
Dishan's sons were Uz and Aran.
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43 These are the names of the kings who ruled the region of Edom before any kings ruled over Israel:
Bela son of Beor, was king in Edom, and the name of the city in which he lived was Dinhabah.
44 When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah, from the city of Bozrah, became the king.
45 When Jobab died, Husham became the king. He was from the region where the Teman people group lived.
46 When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, became the king. He ruled in the city of Avith. Hadad's army defeated the army of the Midian people group in the region of Moab.
47 When Hadad died, Samlah became the king. He was from the city of Masrekah.
48 When Samlah died, Shaul became the king. He was from the city of Rehoboth Hannahar.
49 When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor became the king.
50 When Baal-Hanan died, Hadar became the king. He was from the city of Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel; she was the daughter of Matred and the granddaughter of Me-Zahab. 51 Then Hadad died.
The chiefs of the Edom people group were Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, 52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 54 and Magdiel. These were the chiefs of Edom.
Chapter 2
1 The sons of Jacob were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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3 Judah's sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Their mother was the daughter of Shua from the Canaan people group. When Judah's oldest son Er grew up, he did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die. 4 Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar had twin boys named Perez and Zerah. So altogether Judah had five sons.
5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
6 Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, and Darda.
7 One of the sons of Zimri was Karmi. Karmi's son Achar caused the people of Israel to experience much trouble, because he stole some of the things that were to be destroyed because they were dedicated to God.
8 Ethan's son was Azariah.
9 Hezron's sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
10 Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was a leader of the tribe of Judah.
11 Nahshon was the father of Salmon, who was the father of Boaz. 12 Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
13 Jesse's oldest son was Eliab. His other sons were Abinadab, Shimea, 14 Nethanel, Raddai, 15 Ozem. The youngest was David.
16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 Abigail's husband was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and their son was Amasa,
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18 Hezron's younger son Caleb had two wives. One of them, Azubah, gave birth to three sons, Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. (The other wife's name was Jerioth.) 19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. Their son was Hur. 20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
21 When Hezron was sixty years old, he married a daughter of Makir, who was also the father of Gilead. The son of Hezron and Makir was Segub. 22 Segub was the father of Jair. Jair's army controlled twenty-three cities in the region ruled by Gilead.
23 But the armies of Geshur and Aram captured those towns controlled by Jair. They also captured the city of Kenath and the nearby towns; altogether they captured sixty towns. The people who lived there were all descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
24 Shortly after Hezron died, Caleb slept with Ephrathah, his father's widow. She bore a son for Caleb, whose name was Ashhur. Asshur became the father of Tekoa.
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25 Hezron's oldest son was Jerahmeel. His sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel's oldest son was Ram. 26 Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah. Their son was Onam.
27 The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel's oldest son, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
28 Onam's sons were Shammai and Jada.
Shammai's sons were Nadab and Abishur.
29 Abishur's wife was Abihail. The sons of Abishur and Abihail were Ahban and Molid.
30 Nadab's sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled did not have any children. 31 Appaim's son was Ishi; Ishi's son was Sheshan. One of Sheshan's daughters was Ahlai.
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Shammai's younger brother was Jada. Jada's sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether did not have any children.
33 Jonathan's sons were Peleth and Zaza.
Those were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
34 Sheshan did not have any sons; he had only daughters. He had a servant from Egypt whose name was Jarha. 35 Sheshan allowed his daughter to marry Jarha, and their son was Attai.
36 Attai was the father of Nathan.
Nathan was the father of Zabad.
37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal.
Ephlal was the father of Obed.
38 Obed was the father of Jehu.
Jehu was the father of Azariah.
39 Azariah was the father of Helez.
Helez was the father of Eleasah.
40 Eleasah was the father of Sismai.
Sismai was the father of Shallum.
41 Shallum was the father of Jekamiah.
And Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
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42 Jerahmeel's younger brother was Caleb.
Caleb's oldest son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. Ziph was the father of Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron. 43 Hebron's sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. 44 Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.
45 Shammai was the father of Maon. Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46 Caleb had a slave wife who was named Ephah. Caleb and Ephah's sons were Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran had a son whom he also named Gazez.
47 Ephah's father was Jahdai. Jahdai was the father of six sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Caleb had another slave wife whose name was Maacah. Caleb and Maacah's sons were Sheber, Tirhanah, 49 Shaaph, and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Aksah.
50-51 These people were also descendants of Caleb: Caleb had another wife whose name was Ephrathah. Their oldest son was Hur. Hur's sons were Shobal, Salma, and Hareph. Shobal started the city of Kiriath Jearim. Salma started the city of Bethlehem. Hareph started the city of Beth Gader.
52 Shobal's descendants were Haroeh, and half of the Manahath people group. 53 His descendants also included these clans that lived in Kiriath Jearim: Ithri, Put, Shumath, and Mishra. The clans of Zorath and Eshtaol were descendants of the clan of Mishra.
54 Salma's descendants in Bethlehem were the Netophath clan, the clan of Atroth Beth Joab, the other half of the clan of Manahath, and the clan of Zor. 55 Salma's descendants also included the families in the city of Jabez who wrote and copied important documents. These were the clan of Tirath, the clan of Shimeath, and the clan of Sucath. They were all from the Kenite people group who came from the city of Hammath, and who had married members of the family of Rekab.