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1 Chronicles 2:17-31 New International Version (NIV)

17. Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

18. Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.

19. When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

20. Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.

21. Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. He made love to her, and she bore him Segub.

22. Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.

23. (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair, as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

24. After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

25. The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.

26. Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

27. The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

28. The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

29. Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.

30. The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

31. The son of Appaim: Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan. Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.

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