Discovery Box1 Chronicles 2:4-15 
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
Azariah.
2:9 The sons born to Hezron:
Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. 7
2:10 Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah. 2:11 Nahshon was the father of Salma, 8 and Salma was the father of Boaz. 2:12 Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
2:13 Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, 2:14 Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, 2:15 Ozem sixth, David seventh.
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].”
6 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.
7 tn The Hebrew text has “Celubai,” but see v. 18, where Caleb is described as the son of Hezron.
8 tc The LXX reads “Salmon” (cf. Ruth 4:21) and is followed by some English versions (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).
