1 Chronicles 2:3
The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.
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2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
4Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
Cross References
Genesis 38:3So she conceived and gave birth to a son, and Judah named him Er.
Genesis 38:5Then she gave birth to another son and named him Shelah; it was at Chezib that she gave birth to him.
Genesis 38:10What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.
Numbers 26:19The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but they died in the land of Canaan.
1 Chronicles 9:5From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn 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 →