THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. Before CHRIST 4004, &c. a Gen. 4 25, 26. & 5. 3,9. b Gen. 10. 2, &c. 1Or, Diphath, as it is in some copies. Or, Roda nim,according to some copies. © Gen. 10. 6, &c. d Gen, 10. 8, 13, &c. CHAPTER I. 1 Adam's line to Noah. 5 The sons of Ja- Ishmael's sons. 32 The sons of Keturah. ADAM, & Sheth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the PhilisDeut. 2. 23. tines,) and Caphtorim. f Gen. 10. 15. &c. Gen. 10. 22 & 11, 10. 19r, Mash, Gen, 10, 23, I That is, Diriston 13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 17 The sons of 5 Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. 18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. 19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one Gen. 10. 25. was Peleg; because in his days The kings of Edom. Before and Homam: and Timna was and Judah, Issachar, and ZebuCHRIST Lotan's sister. about 1853. Or, Hemam, Gen. 36. 22. Gen. 36. 23. u Gen. 36. 25. Or, Or, Akan, Gen. 36. 27. about 1676. 40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. 41 The sons of Anah; " Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran. 43 Now these are the kings Gen. 36. 31, that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. &c. y Gen. 36. 37. Gen. 36. 39. 10r, Pau, Gen. 36, 39. lun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 The sons of Judah; Er, b Gen. 38. 3. & and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And dEr, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. 4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, Gen. 46. 12. and Hamul. 6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, g and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 7 And the sons of hCarmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing Te-accursed. 44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the manites reigned in his stead. 46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. 47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48 y And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 50 And when Baal-hanan was Or, Hadar, dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city i was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 51 ¶ Hadad died also. And the z dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, about 1496. Gen. 36. 40. Or, Alvah. 1752, &c. 1 Or, Jacob. a Gen. 29. 32. & 30, 5, &c. & 35. 18, 22. & 46. 8, &c. 52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. CHAPTER II. 1 The sons of Israel. 3 The posterity of Juulah by Tamar. 13 The children of Jesse 18 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hezron. 21 Hezron's posterity by the daughter of Machir. 25 Jerahmeel's posterity. 34 Sheshan's posterity. 42 Another branch of Caleb's posterity. 50 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur. HESE are the sons of Is 8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. e Gen. 38. 29, 30. Matt. 1. 3. Ruth 4. 18. Or. Zabdi, 81 Kings 4.31. Josh. 7. 1. Or, Darda. See ch. 4. 1. i Josh. 6. 18. & 7. 1. 1Or, Aram, Matt. 1. 3, 4. 9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and I Chelubai. 10 And Ram k begat Ammina-Or, dab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11 And Nahshon begat I Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse. Caleb, ver. 18, 42. Ruth 4. 19, 20. Matt. 1. 4. Num. 1.7. & 2.3. about 1471. Or. Salmon, Ruth 4. 21. Matt. 1. 4. about 1090. 13¶m And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the m1 Sam. 16.6. second, and I Shimma the third, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh : Or. Shammah, 1 Sam. 16. 9. 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of 2 Sam. 2. 18. Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: 2 Sam.17.25. and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. 18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 12 Sam. 17.25, Ithra an Is raelite. about 1471. Trael; a Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Machir the father Gilead, Num. 27. 1. Jerahmeel's posterity. Before I. CHRONICLES. whom het married when he was CHRIST threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. about 1471. † Heb. took. S Num. 32. 41. Deut. 3. 14. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23 And he took Geshur, and Josh. 13. 30. Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. about 1471. tch. 4. 5. 24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him tAshur the father of Tekoa. 25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. 29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; She"See ver. 34, shan. And "the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 35. ch. 11. 41. 32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 30 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, The posterity of Caleb. Before CHRIST about 1471. &c. 40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 42 Now the sons of Caleb the about 1471, brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. 47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was y Achsa. y Josh. 15, 17. 50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal theor father of Kirjath-jearim, 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kir-! jath-jearim had sons; Haroch, and half of the Manahethites. 53 And the families of Kirjath- | jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of a Rechab. Ephrath, ver. 19. or, Reaiah, ch. 4.2. Or, half of the Menu chites, or, Hatsi-hammenuchoth. The sons of David. Before CHRIST &c. to him in Hebron; the firstborn the sons of Obadiah, the sons of of Abigail the Carmelitess: Before CHRIST about 1053, &c. about 1053, reelit ess: the second, Daniel, 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Ezra 8. 2. Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. a 2 Sam. 3. 2. I Or. 2 Sam. 3. 3. 2 Sam. 3. 5. 2 The third, Absalom the son C (2 Sam. 5. 14. ch. 14. 4. 1Or. Shammua, 2 Sam. 5. 14. 82Sam. 12.24. Or, Bath-sheba, 2 Sam. 11. 3. Or, Eliam, 2 Sam. 11. 3. Or. Ehshua, 2 Sam. 5. 15. Or. Beeliada, ch. 14. 7. h See 2 Sam. 12 Sam. 13. 1. 5. 14, 15, 16. k1 Kings 11. 43. & 15. 6. Or, Abijam, 1 Kings 15. 1. | Or. Azariah, 2 Chr. 22. 6. or, Jehoahaz, 2 Chr. 21. 17. I Or, Uzziah, 5 f And these were born unto 6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, hnine. 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These 9 These were all the sons of Da-are the families of the Zorath- 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his 2 Kings 15. 30. Son, Manasseh his son, 19r. Jehoahaz, 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15 And the sons of Josiah were, 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim; son. 2 Kings 23.30. Jer. 22. 24. m2 Kings 24. 17, being his uncle. † Heb. Shealtiel. n Matt. 1. 12. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. 21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, 3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: & 46, 12. Or. Chelubai, ch 2.9. or, Caleb, cli. 2 Is. Or, Haroch, cl. 2.52. 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, bcl. 2. 50. the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. 5 And Ashur the father of cl. 2. 24. Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 And Jabez was more hon-d Gen. 34. 19. ourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Ja- That is, bez, saying, Because I bare him Sorrowful. with sorrow. 1 Or. 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. 17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his wife Jehudijah The Jewess. bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. I Or, Jehuulijah, inentioned before. Gen. 38. 1,5. & 46. 12. 1Or. Gen. 46. 10. Num. 26. 12. 19 And the sons of his wife | Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. 24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, | Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his Or, Jachin, son, Mishma his son. Zohar. 26 And the sons of Mishma; cities of Simeon. Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. Before CHRIST 1300, &c. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, t like to the children of Judali. 28 And they dwelt at h Beer- h Josh. 19. 2. sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar- | shual, ↑ Heb. unto. Josh. 19. 3. 29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, Or. Balah, and at Tolad, 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, Or. Eltolad, Joshi. 19. 4. zar-susah, Josh. 19.5. 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, Or. Ha and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. were, Josh. 19. 7. 32 And their villages Etam, and Ain, Riminon, and Or, Ether Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: 33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their hab-Or, Baalitations, and their genealogy. 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; 38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39 ¶ And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. |