Introduction to the Book of 1 Chronicles
The Book of 1 Chronicles is a part of the historical books in the Old Testament, and it serves as a genealogical and historical record of the descendants of Adam and the lineage of David, with a particular emphasis on the tribe of Judah. The book also includes an account of the reign of King David, highlighting his achievements and the preparations for building the temple in Jerusalem.
Chapter 1: Genealogy from Adam to Abraham
[1:1] Adam, Seth, Enosh;
[1:2] Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared;
[1:3] Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech;
[1:4] Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
[1:5] The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
[1:6] The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
[1:7] The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
[1:8] The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
[1:9] The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
[1:10] Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.
[1:11] Egypt fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
[1:12] Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorim.
[1:13] Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,
[1:14] and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
[1:15] the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
[1:16] the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
[1:17] The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.
[1:18] The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
[1:19] Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber.
[1:20] To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg (for in his days the earth was divided), and his brother’s name was Joktan.
[1:21] Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
[1:22] Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
[1:23] Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
[1:24] Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.
[1:25] Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;
[1:26] Eber, Peleg, Reu;
[1:27] Serug, Nahor, Terah;
[1:28] Abram, that is, Abraham.
Chapter 2: Genealogy of the Sons of Israel
[2:1] These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
[2:2] Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
[2:3] The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.
[2:4] His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
[2:5] The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
[2:6] The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.
[2:7] The son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing;
[2:8] and Ethan’s son was Azariah.
[2:9] The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
[2:10] Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.
[2:11] Nahshon fathered Salmon, Salmon fathered Boaz,
[2:12] Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse.
[2:13] Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
[2:14] Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
[2:15] Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.
[2:16] And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.
[2:17] Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
[2:18] Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
[2:19] When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
[2:20] Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.
[2:21] Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.
[2:22] And Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
[2:23] But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath, and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead.
This concludes the first two chapters of the Book of 1 Chronicles, outlining the genealogy from Adam to Abraham and providing a detailed account of the sons of Israel, with a focus on the descendants of Judah and the lineage leading to David.