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1 Chronicles 2:8-25 New International Version (NIV)

8. The son of Ethan: Azariah.

9. The sons born to Hezron were: Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.

10. Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah.

11. Nahshon was the father of Salmon, Salmon the father of Boaz,

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

13. Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea,

14. the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai,

15. the sixth Ozem and the seventh David.

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

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.

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