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¹⁸ Caleb the son of Hezron had children by his wife Azu′bah, and by Jer′ioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ When Azu′bah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. ²⁰ Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bez′alel.

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; ²² and Segub was the father of Ja′ir, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³ But Geshur and Aram took from them Hav′voth-ja′ir, Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead. ²⁴ After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Eph′rathah,^[a] the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Teko′a.

²⁵ The sons of Jerah′meel, the first-born of Hezron: Ram, his first-born, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahi′jah. ²⁶ Jerah′meel also had another wife, whose name was At′arah; she was the mother of Onam. ²⁷ The sons of Ram, the first-born of Jerah′meel: Ma′az, Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸ The sons of Onam: Sham′mai and Jada. The sons of Sham′mai: Nadab and Abi′shur. ²⁹ The name of Abi′shur’s wife was Ab′ihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰ The sons of Nadab: Seled and Ap′pa-im; and Seled died childless. ³¹ The sons of Ap′pa-im: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³² The sons of Jada, Sham′mai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless. ³³ The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerah′meel. ³⁴ Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters; but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, whose name was Jarha. ³⁵ So Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Jarha his slave; and she bore him Attai. ³⁶ Attai was the father of Nathan and Nathan of Zabad. ³⁷ Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal of Obed. ³⁸ Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu of Azari′ah. ³⁹ Azari′ah was the father of Helez, and Helez of Ele-a′sah. ⁴⁰ Ele-a′sah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum. ⁴¹ Shallum was the father of Jekami′ah, and Jekami′ah of Elish′ama.

⁴² The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerah′meel: Mare′shah^[b] his first-born, who was the father of Ziph. The sons of Mare′shah: Hebron.^{[c] 43} The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tap′pu-ah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴ Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jor′ke-am; and Rekem was the father of Sham′mai. ⁴⁵ The son of Sham′mai: Ma′on; and Ma′on was the father of Beth-zur. ⁴⁶ Ephah also, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez. ⁴⁷ The sons of Jah′dai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Sha′aph. ⁴⁸ Ma′acah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tir′hanah. ⁴⁹ She also bore Sha′aph the father of Madman′nah, Sheva the father of Machbe′nah and the father of Gib′e-a; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. ⁵⁰ These were the descendants of Caleb.

The sons^[d] of Hur the first-born of Eph′rathah: Shobal the father of Kir′iath-je′arim, ⁵¹ Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. ⁵² Shobal the father of Kir′iath-je′arim had other sons: Haro′eh, half of the Menu′hoth. ⁵³ And the families of Kir′iath-je′arim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shu′mathites, and the Mish′ra-ites; from these came the Zor′athites and the Esh′taolites. ⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netoph′athites, At′roth-beth-jo′ab, and half of the Man′aha′thites, the Zorites. ⁵⁵ The families also of the scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Ti′rathites, the Shim′e-athites, and the Su′cathites. These are the Ken′ites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Descendants of David and Solomon

3 These are the sons of David that were born to him in Hebron: the first-born Amnon, by Ahin′o-am the Jez′reelitess; the second Daniel, by Ab′igail the Car′melitess, ² the third Ab′salom, whose mother was Ma′acah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth Adoni′jah, whose mother was Haggith; ³ the fifth Shephati′ah, by Abi′tal; the sixth Ith′ream, by his wife Eglah; ⁴ six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. ⁵ These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shim′e-a, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, four by Bath-shu′a, the daughter of Am′mi-el; ⁶ then Ibhar, Elish′ama, Eliph′elet, ⁷ Nogah, Nepheg, Japhi′a, ⁸ Elish′ama, Eli′ada, and Eliph′elet, nine. ⁹ All these were David’s sons, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

¹⁰ The descendants of Solomon: Rehobo′am, Abi′jah his son, Asa his son, Jehosh′aphat his son, ¹¹ Joram his son, Ahazi′ah his son, Jo′ash his son, ¹² Amazi′ah his son, Azari′ah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³ Ahaz his son, Hezeki′ah his son, Manas′seh his son, ¹⁴ Amon his son, Josi′ah his son. ¹⁵ The sons of Josi′ah: Joha′nan the first-born, the second Jehoi′akim, the third Zedeki′ah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶ The descendants of Jehoi′akim: Jeconi′ah his son, Zedeki′ah his son; ¹⁷ and the sons of Jeconi′ah, the captive: She-al′ti-el his son, ¹⁸ Malchi′ram, Peda′iah, Shenaz′zar, Jekami′ah, Hosh′ama, and Nedabi′ah; ¹⁹ and the sons of Peda′iah: Zerub′babel and Shim′e-i; and the sons of Zerub′babel: Meshul′lam and Hanani′ah, and Shelo′mith was their sister; ²⁰ and Hashu′bah, Ohel, Berechi′ah, Hasadi′ah, and Ju′shab-he′sed, five. ²¹ The sons of Hanani′ah: Pelati′ah and Jesha′iah, his son^[e] Repha′iah, his son^[f] Arnan, his son^[g] Obadi′ah, his son^[h] Shecani′ah. ²² The sons of Shecani′ah: Shemai′ah. And the sons of Shemai′ah: Hattush, Igal, Bari′ah, Neari′ah, and Shaphat, six. ²³ The sons of Neari′ah: Eli-o-e′nai, Hizki′ah, and Azri′kam, three. ²⁴ The sons of Eli-o-e′nai: Hodavi′ah, Eli′ashib, Pela′iah, Akkub, Joha′nan, Delai′ah, and Ana′ni, seven.

Descendants of Judah

4 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ² Re-a′iah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahu′mai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zor′athites. ³ These were the sons^[i] of Etam: Jezre′el, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelpo′ni, ⁴ and Penu′el was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the first-born of Eph′rathah, the father of Bethlehem.

Paul before Felix at Caesarea

24 And after five days the high priest Anani′as came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertul′lus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul; ² and when he was called, Tertul′lus began to accuse him, saying:

“Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your provision, most excellent Felix, reforms are introduced on behalf of this nation, ³ in every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude. ⁴ But, to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly. ⁵ For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. ⁶ He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.^{[a] 8} By examining him yourself you will be able to learn from him about everything of which we accuse him.”

⁹ The Jews also joined in the charge, affirming that all this was so.

Paul’s Defense before Felix

¹⁰ And when the governor had motioned to him to speak, Paul replied:

“Realizing that for many years you have been judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense. ¹¹ As you may ascertain, it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem; ¹² and they did not find me disputing with any one or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues, or in the city. ¹³ Neither can they prove to you what they now bring up against me. ¹⁴ But this I admit to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the law or written in the prophets, ¹⁵ having a hope in God which these themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust. ¹⁶ So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward God and toward men. ¹⁷ Now after some years I came to bring to my nation alms and offerings. ¹⁸ As I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia— ¹⁹ they ought to be here before you and to make an accusation, if they have anything against me. ²⁰ Or else let these men themselves say what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council, ²¹ except this one thing which I cried out while standing among them, ‘With respect to the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you this day.’”

²² But Felix, having a rather accurate knowledge of the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lys′ias the tribune comes down, I will decide your case.” ²³ Then he gave orders to the centurion that he should be kept in custody but should have some liberty, and that none of his friends should be prevented from attending to his needs.

Paul Held in Custody

²⁴ After some days Felix came with his wife Drusil′la, who was a Jewess; and he sent for Paul and heard him speak upon faith in Christ Jesus. ²⁵ And as he argued about justice and self-control and future judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present; when I have an opportunity I will summon you.” ²⁶ At the same time he hoped that money would be given him by Paul. So he sent for him often and conversed with him. ²⁷ But when two years had elapsed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

Confident Plea for Deliverance from Enemies

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.