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<h2><a onclick="return mV('1Ch',2,'all');">1Ch 2</a> - Descendents of Abraham and Judah</h2>
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<p>A. Descendents of Abraham.</p>
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<p class="c1"><span>1. (<a onclick="return mV('1Ch',2,'1-2');">1-2</a>) <span>The</span> descendents of Abraham through Israel.</span></p>
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<p class="c2">These <i>were</i> the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">These were the sons of Israel</span></b></span>: The line of the patriarchs began with Abraham, and was passed down to Isaac (and not Ishmael) and then to Jacob/Israel (and not to Esau). Yet with the <b><span class="c3">sons of Israel</span></b>, all the sons were chosen as inheritors of the covenant.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher</span></b>: These twelve sons of Israel actually became 13 tribes of Israel, because two tribes came from <b><span class="c3">Joseph</span></b> (Manasseh and Ephraim).</p>
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<p class="c5"><span>i. "The order of names follows <a onclick="return mV('Gen',35,'23-26');">Gen 35:23-26</a>, with one exception.</span> Dan is expected after Benjamin, and no convincing reason has been put forward for the change (<i>cf</i>. also <a onclick="return mV('Exd',1,'2-4');">Exd 1:2-4</a>). A different order is used in the following chapters." (Selman)</p>
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<p class="c1"><span>2. (<a onclick="return mV('1Ch',2,'3-17');">3-17</a>) <span>The</span> descendents of Judah to the family of Jesse, the father of David.</span></p>
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<p class="c2">The sons of Judah <i>were</i> Er, Onan, and Shelah. <i>These</i> three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of <span>Judah,</span> was wicked in the sight of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>; so He killed him. And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah <i>were</i> five. The sons of Perez <i>were</i> Hezron and Hamul. The sons of Zerah <i>were</i> Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all. The son of Carmi <i>was</i> Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing. The son of Ethan <i>was</i> Azariah. Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him <i>were</i> Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, leader of the children of Judah; Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz; Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, <i>and</i> David the seventh. Now their sisters <i>were</i> Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah <i>were</i> Abishai, Joab, and Asahel; three. Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa <i>was</i> Jether the Ishmaelite.</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">The sons of Judah</span></b></span>: There were twelve sons of Israel, and thirteen tribes from those twelve sons. Yet the tribe of <b><span class="c3">Judah</span></b> received first attention from the Chronicler.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "<i>Judah</i> heads the tribal genealogies, and receives more extensive treatment than any other tribe. The reason for this special prominence is to be found in the central position of <i>David's</i> line (<a onclick="return mV('1Ch',2,'10-17');">2:10-17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('1Ch',3,'1-24');">3:1-24</a>)." (Selman)</p>
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<p class="c5">ii. "But while our Chronicler lists all twelve of the sons of Israel-Jacob, his attention quickly focuses on Judah (2:3), the description of whose tribe occupies the next two and one-half chapters." (Payne)</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the <span class="c6">Lord</span>; so He killed him</span></b>: This listing of the line of Judah also includes those with a darker testimony of life, including <b><span class="c3">Er</span></b>, <b><span class="c3">Onan</span></b>, <b><span class="c3">Tamar</span></b>, and <b><span class="c3">Achar</span></b> (also known as <i>Achan</i> in <a onclick="return mV('Jos',7,'24-26');">Jos 7:24-26</a>).</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "Achan was also guilty of 'unfaithfulness', a key term in Chronicles . . . This word has the nuance of depriving God of his due, and is Chronicles' favourite explanation for the disaster of the exile." (Selman)</p>
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<p class="c4">c. <b><span class="c3">Jesse begot . . . David the seventh</span></b>: This section of genealogy deals with the line of Judah to David, the founder of the Davidic dynasty that ruled over Israel and Judah.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. <b><span class="c3">Abishai</span></b>, <b><span class="c3">Joab</span></b>, <b><span class="c3">Asahel</span></b>, and <b><span class="c3">Amasa</span></b>: "The genealogies of these four warriors, made famous under their half-uncle David (cf. <a onclick="return mV('2Sa',2,'18-19');">2Sa 2:18-19</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Sa',19,13);">19:13</a>), are not drawn from <a onclick="return mV('2Sa',2,18);">2Sa 2:18</a> and <a onclick="return mV('2Sa',17,25);">17:25</a>; but apart from this later passage, we would not have known that their mothers, Zeruiah and Abigail, were step-daughters of Jesse, born to David's mother by her presumably earlier marriage to Nahash." (Payne)</p>
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<p><span>B. Other descendents of the tribe of Judah.</span></p>
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<p class="c1"><span>1. (<a onclick="return mV('1Ch',2,'18-24');">18-24</a>) <span>The</span> family of Hezron, a grandson of Judah.</span></p>
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<p class="c2">Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah, <i>his</i> wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. When Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath as his wife, who bore him Hur. And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel. Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he <i>was</i> sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. (Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns; sixty towns.) All these <i>belonged to</i> the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron's wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">Caleb the son of Hezron</span></b></span>: This traces a side-line in the tribe of Judah, separate from the line that culminated in David.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "In practice, the otherwise unknown Caleb son of Hezron is probably distinct from Caleb, a Kenizzite and son of Jephunneh, who is frequently said to have 'followed the <span class="c6">Lord</span> wholeheartedly' (<i>e.g.</i> <a onclick="return mV('Num',14,24);">Num 14:24</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Num',32,12);">32:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jos',14,6);">Jos 14:6</a>, <a onclick="return mV('Jos',14,'13-14');">13-14</a>)." (Selman) Caleb the Kenizzite seems to be mentioned in <a onclick="return mV('1Ch',4,'15-16');">1Ch 4:15-16</a>.</p>
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<p class="c4">b. <b><span class="c3">Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon</span></b>: These obscure names connected with the tribe of Judah are listed for an important general reason. Most of the returning exiles in the general time Chronicles was written were connected to the tribe of Judah.</p>
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<p class="c5"><span>i. "The land that was occupied by the Jews who had returned from the Babylonian exile consisted primarily of the tribal territories of Judah and Benjamin.</span> Also, the people who make up Ezra's community were largely from these same two tribes (<a onclick="return mV('Ezr',1,5);">Ezr 1:5</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Ezr',10,9);">10:9</a>)." (Payne)</p>
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<p class="c1"><span>2. (<a onclick="return mV('1Ch',2,'25-41');">25-41</a>) <span>The</span> family of Jerahmeel, a great-grandson of Judah.</span></p>
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<p class="c2">The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, <i>were</i> Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, <i>and</i> Ahijah. Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai <i>were</i> Nadab and Abishur. And the name of the wife of Abishur <i>was</i> Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. The sons of Nadab <i>were</i> Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children. The son of Appaim <i>was</i> Ishi, the son of Ishi <i>was</i> Sheshan, and Sheshan's child <i>was</i> Ahlai. The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, <i>were</i> Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children. The sons of Jonathan <i>were</i> Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name <i>was</i> Jarha. Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad; Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed; Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah; Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah; Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum; Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">The sons of Jerahmeel</span></b></span>: This traces a side-line in the tribe of Judah, separate from the line that culminated in David.</p>
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<p class="c1"><span>3. (<a onclick="return mV('1Ch',2,'42-55');">42-55</a>) <span>The</span> family of Caleb, a great-grandson of Judah.</span></p>
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<p class="c2">The descendants of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel <i>were</i> Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. The sons of Hebron <i>were</i> Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai. And the son of Shammai <i>was</i> Maon, and Maon <i>was</i> the father of Beth Zur. Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. And the sons of Jahdai <i>were</i> Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb <i>was</i> Achsah. These were the descendants of Caleb: The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, <i>were</i> Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim, Salma the father of Bethlehem, <i>and</i> Hareph the father of Beth Gader. And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had descendants: Haroeh, <i>and</i> half of the <i>families of</i> Manuhoth. The families of Kirjath Jearim <i>were</i> the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. The sons of Salma <i>were</i> Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites. And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez <i>were</i> the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, <i>and</i> the Suchathites. These <i>were</i> the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>a. <b><span class="c3">The descendants of Caleb</span></b></span>: This traces another side-line in the tribe of Judah, separate from the line that culminated in David.</p>
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<p class="c5">i. "Caleb's 'daughter' Acsah was only a distant descendant of Caleb the son of Hezron, though she was an immediate daughter of Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the faithful spy (listed in <a onclick="return mV('1Ch',4,15);">4:15</a>). She is remembered as the bride of Othniel, the first of the judges (<a onclick="return mV('Jdg',3,'9-11');">Jdg 3:9-11</a>), having been promised to him for his conquest of Debir (<a onclick="return mV('Jos',15,'15-19');">Jos 15:15-19</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jdg',1,'11-15');">Jdg 1:11-15</a>)." (Payne)</p>
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<p class="c4"><span>b. <b><span class="c3">These are the Kenites</span></b></span>: "The Kenites were originally a foreign people (<a onclick="return mV('Gen',15,19);">Gen 15:19</a>), some of whom, by marriage or adoption, became incorporated into the tribe of Judah." (Payne)</p>
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