Fathers must not be put to death for what their children ¹  do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.

He said, “I will reject them, ¹  I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children ²  who show no loyalty.

But Naomi replied, “Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! ¹  I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands! ² 

He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, ¹  for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She ²  is better to you than seven sons!”

So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord’s sanctuary. ¹ 

David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.

Your servant ¹  has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.

Absalom had ¹  three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a very attractive woman. ² 

Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. ¹  So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab’s dynasty. This is what the letters said, ² 

Two sons were born to Eber: the first was named Peleg, for during his lifetime the earth was divided; ¹  his brother’s name was Joktan.

Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, ¹  followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, ²  Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, ¹  followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility.

The son of Eliezer was ¹  Rehabiah, the oldest. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many descendants.

Eleazar died without having sons; he had only daughters. The sons of Kish, their cousins, married them. ¹ 

Obed-Edom’s sons: The firstborn Shemaiah, the second Jehozabad, the third Joah, the fourth Sakar, the fifth Nethanel,

Hosah, one of the descendants of Merari, had sons: The firstborn Shimri (he was not actually the firstborn, but his father gave him that status),

From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel. ¹ 

Abijah’s power grew; he had ¹  fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it ¹  back to Samaria. ²