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Descendants of David

^1 (a)These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, ^(b)Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite, ² the third, Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; ³ the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah; ⁴ six were born to him in Hebron, ^(c)where he reigned for seven years and six months. ^(d)And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem. ^5 (e)These were born to him in Jerusalem: ^(f)Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and ^(g)Solomon, four by ^(h)Bath-shua, the daughter of ⁽ⁱ⁾Ammiel; ⁶ then Ibhar, ^(j)Elishama, Eliphelet, ⁷ Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸ Elishama, ^(k)Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹ All these were David's sons, besides the sons of the concubines, ^(l)and Tamar was their sister.

¹⁰ The son of Solomon was ^(m)Rehoboam, ⁽ⁿ⁾Abijah his son, ^(o)Asa his son, ^(p)Jehoshaphat his son, ^11 (q)Joram his son, ^(r)Ahaziah his son, ^(s)Joash his son, ^12 (t)Amaziah his son, ^(u)Azariah his son, ^(v)Jotham his son, ^13 (w)Ahaz his son, ^(x)Hezekiah his son, ^(y)Manasseh his son, ^14 (z)Amon his son, ^(aa)Josiah his son. ¹⁵ The sons of Josiah: ^(ab)Johanan the firstborn, the second ^(ac)Jehoiakim, the third ^(ad)Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶ The descendants of ^(ae)Jehoiakim: ^(af)Jeconiah his son, ^(ag)Zedekiah his son; ¹⁷ and the sons of Jeconiah, the ^(ah)captive: ^(ai)Shealtiel his son, ¹⁸ Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah; ¹⁹ and the sons of Pedaiah: ^(aj)Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of ^(ak)Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister; ²⁰ and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed, five. ²¹ The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, his son^[a] Rephaiah, his son Arnan, his son Obadiah, his son Shecaniah. ²² The son^[b] of Shecaniah: ^(al)Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: ^(am)Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat, six. ²³ The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. ²⁴ The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.