1 Chronicles 2:3
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.
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2Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
4And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.
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Genesis 38:3And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.
Genesis 38:5Then she had another son, to whom she gave the name Shelah; she was at Chezib when the birth took place.
Genesis 38:10And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah, Er and Onan: and Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan.
1 Chronicles 9:5And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the oldest, and his sons.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 2:2-18
Genealogies. ( b. c. 1751.) 1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord ; and he slew him. 4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 6 And the… Read the whole commentary →