Bible Chapter Summary
1 Chronicles 2 Summary
Genealogy of Israel and Judah
This chapter begins with the twelve sons of Israel and then focuses on the line of Judah. It traces Judah's descendants through Pharez and includes the genealogy leading to David, listing David's eight sons by various wives. The chapter continues with the line of Solomon through the kings of Judah, concluding with the descendants of King Jeconiah and the post-exile lineage through Zerubbabel.
Key themes
Key verses
1 Chronicles 2:1
“These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,”
1 Chronicles 2:13
“And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,”
1 Chronicles 2:17
“And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.”
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