A Genealogy of David
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These are the sons of t Israel: u Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, v Issachar, Zebulun,
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w Dan, x Joseph, y Benjamin, z Naphtali, a Gad, and Asher.
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b The sons of Judah: c Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.
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His daughter-in-law d Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
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The e sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
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The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
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The son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who f broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing;
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and Ethan's son was Azariah.
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The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, g Ram, and h Chelubai.
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g Ram fathered Amminadab, and i Amminadab fathered j Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.
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Nahshon fathered k Salmon, Salmon fathered l Boaz,
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Boaz fathered Obed, l Obed fathered Jesse.
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m Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, n Shimea the third,
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Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
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Ozem the sixth, o David the seventh.
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And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. p The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
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q Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was q Jether the Ishmaelite.
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r Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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When Azubah died, r Caleb married s Ephrath, who bore him t Hur.
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Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered u Bezalel.
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Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of v Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.
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And Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
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w But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath, and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
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After the death of Hezron, x Caleb went in to Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him y Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
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The sons of z Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
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Jerahmeel also 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: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
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The name of Abishur's wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
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The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died childless.
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The son of Appaim: Ishi. a The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.
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The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.
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The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
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Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha.
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So Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Jarha his slave, and she bore him Attai.
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Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered b Zabad.
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b Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered c Obed.
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Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.
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Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah.
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Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum.
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Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered d Elishama.
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The sons of e Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah his firstborn, who fathered Ziph. The son of Mareshah: f Hebron.
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The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.
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Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem fathered Shammai.
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The son of Shammai: Maon; and Maon fathered Beth-zur.
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Ephah also, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez.
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The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
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Maacah, 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 g daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
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These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of h Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
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i Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
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Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had other sons: j Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
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And the clans of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the k Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
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The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
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The clans also of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. These are the l Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of m the house of Rechab.
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1 Chronicles 1:34
Abraham fathered Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
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Genesis 29:32 - 35
And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
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Genesis 30:18 - 20
Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my servant to my husband." So she called his name Issachar.
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Genesis 30:6
Then Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son." Therefore she called his name Dan.
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Genesis 30:22 - 24
Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.
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Genesis 35:18
And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin.
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Genesis 30:8
Then Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed." So she called his name Naphtali.
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Genesis 30:10 - 13
Then Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son.
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Genesis 38:2 - 5
There Judah saw the daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her and went in to her.
Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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Genesis 38:7
But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.
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Genesis 38:11
Then Judah said to Tamar his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, till Shelah my son grows up" - for he feared that he would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went and remained in her father's house.
Genesis 38:14
She took off her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapping herself up, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. For she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she had not been given to him in marriage.
Genesis 38:29 - 30
But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. And she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" Therefore his name was called Perez.
Ruth 4:12
And may your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring that the Lord will give you by this young woman.
Matthew 1:3
And Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
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Genesis 46:12
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan); and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Ruth 4:18
Now these are the generations of Perez: Perez fathered Hezron.
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Joshua 6:18
But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction and bring trouble upon it.
Joshua 7:1
But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the Lord burned against the people of Israel.
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Ruth 4:19
Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab.
Matthew 1:3 - 4
And Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.
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1 Chronicles 2:13
Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third.
1 Chronicles 2:42
The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah his firstborn, who fathered Ziph. The son of Mareshah: Hebron.
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1 Chronicles 2:9
The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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Ruth 4:19
Hezron fathered Ram, Ram fathered Amminadab.
Matthew 1:4
And Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
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Numbers 1:7
From Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
Numbers 2:3
Those to camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah by their companies, the chief of the people of Judah being Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
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Ruth 4:20 - 21
Amminadab fathered Nahshon, Nahshon fathered Salmon.
Matthew 1:4
And Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.
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Ruth 4:21 - 22
Salmon fathered Boaz, Boaz fathered Obed.
Matthew 1:5 - 6
And Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.
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1 Chronicles 2:11
Nahshon fathered Salmon, Salmon fathered Boaz.
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1 Samuel 16:6
When they came, he looked on Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord 's anointed is before him.
1 Samuel 16:8
Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one.
1 Samuel 17:13
The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
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1 Samuel 16:9
Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one.
1 Samuel 17:13
The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
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1 Samuel 16:10
And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The Lord has not chosen these.
1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, named Jesse, who had eight sons. In the days of Saul the man was already old and advanced in years.
1 Samuel 17:14
David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul.
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2 Samuel 2:18
And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.
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2 Samuel 17:25
Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
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2 Samuel 17:25
Now Absalom had set Amasa over the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra the Ishmaelite, who had married Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.
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1 Chronicles 2:9
The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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1 Chronicles 2:18
Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
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1 Chronicles 2:50
These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim.
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Exodus 17:10
So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Exodus 17:12
But Moses' hands grew weary, so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it, while Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side. So his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
Exodus 24:14
And he said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever has a dispute, let him go to them.
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Exodus 31:2
See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.
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Numbers 27:1
Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of Manasseh the son of Joseph. The names of his daughters were: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
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Numbers 32:41 - 42
And Jair the son of Manasseh went and captured their villages, and called them Havvoth-jair.
Deuteronomy 3:14
Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.)
Joshua 13:30
Their region extended from Mahanaim, through all Bashan, the whole kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities.
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1 Chronicles 2:19
When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
1 Chronicles 2:50
These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim.
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1 Chronicles 4:5
Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
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1 Chronicles 2:9
The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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1 Chronicles 2:34 - 35
Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha.
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1 Chronicles 11:41
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai.
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1 Chronicles 2:36
Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad.
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2 Chronicles 23:1
But in the seventh year Jehoiada took courage and entered into a covenant with the commanders 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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2 Kings 25:25
But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down Gedaliah and put him to death along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
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1 Chronicles 2:9
The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
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Joshua 14:13
Then Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
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Joshua 15:17
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.
Judges 1:13
And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it. And he gave him Achsah his daughter for a wife.
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1 Chronicles 4:4
And Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 2:19
When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
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1 Chronicles 4:4
And Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
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1 Chronicles 4:2
Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
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1 Chronicles 4:2
Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
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Judges 1:16
And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.
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2 Kings 10:15
And 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 true to my heart as mine is to yours?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." So he gave him his hand. And Jehu took him up with him into the chariot.
Jeremiah 35:2
"Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak with them and bring them to the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers; then offer them wine to drink."
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