(A)The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, so He put him to death. (B)His daughter-in-law Tamar bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. The sons of Zerah were [a]Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and [b]Dara; five of them in all. The [c]son of Carmi was [d](C)Achar, the one who brought disaster on Israel [e]by violating the [f]ban. The [g]son of Ethan was Azariah.

Genealogy of David

Now the sons of Hezron who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:6 In Josh 7:1, Zabdi
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:6 In 1 Kin 4:31, Darda
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:7 Lit sons
  4. 1 Chronicles 2:7 In Josh 7:18, Achan
  5. 1 Chronicles 2:7 Lit who violated
  6. 1 Chronicles 2:7 I.e., the ban against forbidden spoils
  7. 1 Chronicles 2:8 Lit sons

The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.

And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

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Judah had three sons by Bathshua, a girl from Canaan: Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the oldest son, Er, was so wicked that the Lord killed him.

Then Er’s widow, Tamar, and her father-in-law, Judah, became the parents of twin sons, Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons.

The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

The sons of Zerah were: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara.

(Achan, the son of Carmi, was the man who robbed God and was such a troublemaker for his nation.)

Ethan’s son was Azariah.

The sons of Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

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