Berean Standard Bible

1 Chronicles 2:6-16

6The sons of Zerah: Zimri,1 Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara2—five in all.

7The son3 of Carmi: Achar,4 who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

8The son of Ethan: Azariah.

9The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.5

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

11Nahshon was the father of Salmon,6 and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

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

13Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea7 third,

14Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

15Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

Notes

1. 1 Chronicles 2:6 Zimri is a variant of Zabdi; see Joshua 7:1. ↩
2. 1 Chronicles 2:6 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31) Darda ↩
3. 1 Chronicles 2:7 Hebrew sons ↩
4. 1 Chronicles 2:7 Achar means troubler; also called Achan in Joshua 7 and Joshua 22. ↩
5. 1 Chronicles 2:9 Hebrew Chelubai, a variant of Caleb; see verse 18. ↩
6. 1 Chronicles 2:11 LXX (see also Ruth 4:20–21); Hebrew Salma; twice in this verse ↩
7. 1 Chronicles 2:13 Shimea is a variant of Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimei; see 1 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 13:3, and 2 Samuel 21:21. ↩