A Genealogy of David
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These were the a sons of Israel: b Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
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Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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The sons of c Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of d Shua, the Canaanitess. e Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so He killed him.
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And f Tamar, his daughter-in-law, g bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
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The sons of h Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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The sons of Zerah were Zimri, i Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara - five of them in all.
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The son of j Carmi was Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the k accursed thing.
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The son of Ethan was Azariah.
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Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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Ram l begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, m leader of the children of Judah;
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Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz;
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Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse;
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n Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
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Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Ozem the sixth, and David the o seventh.
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Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. p And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel - three.
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Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
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Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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When Azubah died, Caleb took q Ephrath as his wife, who bore him Hur.
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And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot r Bezalel.
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Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of s Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
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Segub begot t Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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u (Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns - sixty towns.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
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After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron's wife Abijah bore him v Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
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The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
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Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
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The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
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And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children.
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The son of Appaim was Ishi, the son of Ishi was Sheshan, and w Sheshan's son was Ahlai.
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The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children.
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The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
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Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.
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Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai.
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Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot x Zabad;
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Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot y Obed;
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Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah;
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Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah;
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Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum;
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Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
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The descendants of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
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The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
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Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai.
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And the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
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Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.
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And the sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
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Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
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She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was z Achsah.
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These were the descendants of Caleb: The sons of a Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of b Kirjath Jearim,
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Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
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And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had descendants: Haroeh, and half of the families of Manuhoth.
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The families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
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The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.
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And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These were the c Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of d Rechab.
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Genesis 29:32 - 35
So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, "The LORD has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 35:26
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maidservant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Padan Aram.
Genesis 46:8 - 27
Now these were the names of the children of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben was Jacob's firstborn.
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Genesis 29:32
So Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben; for she said, "The LORD has surely looked on my affliction. Now therefore, my husband will love me.
Genesis 35:22
And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard about it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
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Genesis 38:3 - 5
So she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Er.
Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Numbers 26:19
The sons of Judah were Er and Onan; and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan.
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Genesis 38:2
And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua, and he married her and went in to her.
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Genesis 38:7
But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD killed him.
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Genesis 38:6
Then Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.
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Matthew 1:3
Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.
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Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Ruth 4:18
Now this is the genealogy of Perez: Perez begot Hezron.
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1 Kings 4:31
For he was wiser than all men - than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations.
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1 Chronicles 4:1
The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
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Joshua 6:18
And you, by all means abstain from the accursed things, lest you become accursed when you take of the accursed things, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
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Ruth 4:19 - 22
Hezron begot Ram, and Ram begot Amminadab.
Matthew 1:4
Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon.
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Numbers 1:7
From Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Numbers 2:3
"On the east side, toward the rising of the sun, those of the standard of the forces with Judah shall camp according to their armies; and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be the leader of the children of Judah."
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1 Samuel 16:6
So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, "Surely the LORD's anointed is before Him!
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1 Samuel 16:10
Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these.
1 Samuel 16:11
And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all the young men here?" Then he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here.
1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul.
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2 Samuel 2:18
Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel was as fleet of foot as a wild gazelle.
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1 Chronicles 2:50
These were the descendants of Caleb: The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim.
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Exodus 31:2
See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
Exodus 38:22
Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Numbers 27:1
Then came the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
Judges 5:14
From Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek. After you, Benjamin, with your peoples, From Machir rulers came down, And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter's staff.
1 Chronicles 7:14
The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel.
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Judges 10:3
After him arose Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years.
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Numbers 32:41
Also Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its small towns, and called them Havoth Jair.
Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and called Bashan after his own name, Havoth Jair, to this day.)
Joshua 13:30
Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair which are in Bashan, sixty cities.
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1 Chronicles 4:5
And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
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1 Chronicles 2:34
Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.
1 Chronicles 2:35
Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai.
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1 Chronicles 11:41
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai.
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2 Chronicles 23:1
In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and made a covenant with the captains of hundreds: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.
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Joshua 15:17
So Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
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1 Chronicles 4:4
And Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.
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Joshua 9:17
Then the children of Israel journeyed and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kirjath Jearim.
Joshua 18:14
Then the border extended around the west side to the south, from the hill that lies before Beth Horon southward; and it ended at Kirjath Baal (which is Kirjath Jearim), a city of the children of Judah. This was the west side.
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Judges 1:16
Now the children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the City of Palms with the children of Judah into the Wilderness of Judah, which lies in the South near Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
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2 Kings 10:15
Now when he departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab, coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is toward your heart?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot.
Jeremiah 35:2
"Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink."
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