1 Chronicles 2:4-7
Context2:4 Tamar, Judah’s 1 daughter-in-law, bore to 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, Kalkol, Dara 2 – five in all.
Achan, 4 who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God. 5
1 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tc Many medieval Hebrew
3 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.
4 tc The Hebrew text has “Achar,” which means “disaster,” but a few medieval Hebrew
5 tn Heb “the troubler of Israel who was unfaithful with respect to the devoted [things].”