1 Chronicles 2 - EasyEnglish Bible 2024（EASY）

Chapter 2The 12 sons of Israel

1The sons of Israel were: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. Judah's sons and their descendants

3Judah's sons were: Er, Onan and Shelah. Their mother was Bath-shua, who was a woman from Canaan. Judah's firstborn son Er did things that the Lord saw were evil. So the Lord killed him.

4Tamar was Er's widow. She gave birth to two sons for Judah, Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father of five sons.

5Perez's sons were: Hezron and Hamul.

6Zerah's five sons were: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara.

7Carmi's son was Achar. Achar caused a lot of trouble for Israel. He took for himself things that belonged to God.

8Ethan's son was Azariah.

9Hezron's sons were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb. The descendants of Ram

10Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the leader of Judah's tribe.

11Nahshon became the father of Salma. Salma became the father of Boaz.

12Boaz became the father of Obed. Obed became the father of Jesse.

13Jesse's firstborn son was Eliab. His second son was Abinadab, and his third son was Shimea.

14His fourth son was Nethanel and his fifth son was Raddai.

15His sixth son was Ozem and his seventh son was David.

16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.

17Abigail gave birth to Amasa. Amasa's father was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. The descendants of Caleb

18Hezron's son Caleb married Azubah, who was also called Jerioth. Her sons were Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.

19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. She gave birth to a son called Hur.

20Hur became the father of Uri. Uri became the father of Bezalel.

21After some time, when Hezron was 60 years old, he married Makir's daughter. She was Gilead's sister. Hezron had sex with her and she gave birth to a son called Segub.

22Segub became the father of Jair. Jair ruled 23 towns in the region of Gilead.

23But later Geshur and Aram attacked Jair's towns and took them for themselves. They also took Kenath and the 60 small towns around it.

All those people were descendants of Gilead's father, Makir.

24After Hezron died, Caleb married his father's widow, Ephrathah. She gave birth to a son for him. His name was Ashhur, and he became the father of Tekoa.

The descendants of Jerahmeel

25Hezron's firstborn son was Jerahmeel. Jerahmeel's sons were: Ram (his firstborn son), Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.

26Jerahmeel had another wife, called Atarah. She gave birth to Onam.

27The sons of Jerahmeel's firstborn son, Ram, were: Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

28Onam's sons were: Shammai and Jada.

Shammai's sons were: Nadab and Abishur.

29Abishur's wife was called Abihail. She gave birth to Ahban and Molid.

30Nadab's sons were: Seled and Appaim. When Seled died, he had no sons.

31Appaim's son was Ishi. Ishi's son was Sheshan. Sheshan's son was Ahlai.

32The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother, were: Jether and Jonathan. When Jether died, he had no sons.

33Jonathan's sons were: Peleth and Zaza.

All those men were Jerahmeel's descendants.

34Sheshan did not have any sons but he did have daughters. He had a servant from Egypt called Jarha.

35Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha, to be his wife. She gave birth to a son for him, called Attai.

36Attai became the father of Nathan. Nathan became the father of Zabad.

37Zabad became the father of Ephlal. Ephlal became the father of Obed.

38Obed became the father of Jehu. Jehu became the father of Azariah.

39Azariah became the father of Helez. Helez became the father of Eleasah.

40Eleasah became the father of Sismai. Sismai became the father of Shallum.

41Shallum became the father of Jekamiah. Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.

More descendants of Caleb

42The sons of Jerahmeel's brother, Caleb, were: Mesha, his firstborn son. Mesha became the father of Ziph. His son Mareshah became the father of Hebron.

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

44Shema became the father of Raham, who became the father of Jorkeam. Rekem became the father of Shammai.

45Shammai's son was Maon, who became the father of Beth-Zur.

46Caleb had a slave wife called Ephah. She gave birth to Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran became the father of Gazez.

47Jahdai's sons were: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.

48Caleb's other slave wife Maakah gave birth to Sheber, Tirhanah,

49Shaaph and Sheva. Shaaph became the father of Madmannah. Sheva became the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb had a daughter called Acsah.

50-51Those people were Caleb's descendants.

The sons of Ephrath's firstborn son, Hur, were: Shobal, Salma and Hareph. Shobal became the ancestor of Kiriath-Jearim. Salma became the ancestor of Bethlehem. Hareph became the ancestor of Beth-Gader.

52The sons of Shobal, the ancestor of Kiriath-Jearim, were: Haroeh, half the Manahath people

53and the clans of Kiriath-Jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. The Zorathites and Eshtaolites were descendants of these clans.

54Salma's descendants were: the people of Bethlehem, the people of Netophah, the clan of Atroth-Beth-Joab, half the Manahath people and the Zorites.

55His descendants also included the people who lived in Jabez. They were people who could write down important things. Their clans were called the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These clans were descendants of Hammath, the Kenite man. He was also the ancestor of the Rekabites.