So they reported this to the king.

King Josiah's Religious Reforms-2 Chronicles 34:29-33, 4-7; 35:1-27; 36:1 23 1 Then the king sent for all the respected leaders of Judah and Jerusalem to join him. 2 The king, everyone in Judah, everyone living in Jerusalem, the priests, the prophets, and all the people (young and old) went to Yahweh's temple. Josiah read everything written in the Book of the Promisea found in Yahweh's temple so that they could hear it. 3 The king stood beside the pillar and made a promise to Yahweh that he would follow Yahweh and obey his commands, instructions, and laws with all his heart and soul. He confirmed the terms of the promise written in this book. And all the people joined in the promise.

4 Then the king ordered the chief priest Hilkiah, the priests who served under Hilkiah, and the doorkeepers to take out of Yahweh's temple all the utensils that had been made for Baal, Asherah, and the entire army of heaven. Josiah burned the utensils outside Jerusalem in an open field near the Kidron Brook. Then he carried their ashes to Bethel.

5 He got rid of the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to sacrifice at the illegal places of worship in the cities of Judah and all around Jerusalem. They had been sacrificing to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the zodiac, and the entire army of heaven. 6 He took the pole dedicated to the goddess Asherah from the temple to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem. He burned it in the Kidron Valley, ground it to dust, and threw its ashes on the tombs of the common people. 7 He tore down the houses of the male temple prostitutes who were in Yahweh's temple, where women did weaving for Asherah.

8 He brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah from Geba to Beersheba and made the places where those priests sacrificed unclean.b He tore down the worship site at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua, the gate named after the mayor of the city. (The worship site was to the left of anyone going through the city gate.) 9 The priests of the illegal worship sites had never gone to Yahweh's altar in Jerusalem. Instead, they ate their unleavened bread among the other worshipers.

10 Josiah also made Topheth in the valley of Ben Hinnom unclean so that people would never again sacrifice their sons or daughters by burning them to the god Molech.

11 He removed the horses that Judah's kings had dedicated to the sun god at the entrance of Yahweh's temple. They were in the temple courtyard near the room of the eunuch Nathan Melech. He also burned the chariots of the sun god, 12 the altars that Judah's kings had made and placed on the roof of Ahaz's upstairs room, and the altars Manasseh had made in the two courtyards of Yahweh's temple. The king tore them down from there, crushed them, and dumped their rubble in the Kidron Valley.

13 The king made the illegal places of worship east of Jerusalem unclean. They were on the southern part of the Hill of Destruction. King Solomon of Israel had built them for Astarte (the disgusting goddess of the Sidonians), Chemosh (the disgusting god of Moab), and Milcom (the disgusting god of the Ammonites). 14 Josiah crushed the sacred stones, cut down the poles dedicated to Asherah, and filled their places with human bones. 15 He also tore down the altar at Bethel-the place of worship made by Jeroboam (Nebat's son), who had made Israel sin. He tore down both the altar and the place of worship. They burned the worship site, crushing it to powder and burning the pole dedicated to Asherah.

16 When Josiah turned and saw the tombs on the hill there, he sent men to take the bones out of the tombs and burn them on the altar to make it unclean. This fulfilled the word of Yahweh announced by the man of Elohim. 17 Then he asked, "What is this monument that I see?"

The people of the city answered him, "It's the tomb of the man of Elohim who came from Judah to announce that you would do these things to the altar of Bethel."

18 So Josiah said, "Let him rest. Don't disturb his bones." So they left his bones with the bones of the prophet who had come from Samaria.

19 Josiah also got rid of all the temples at the illegal places of worship in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had built these places to make Yahweh furious. He did to them everything that he had done to the worship places at Bethel. 20 He slaughtered all the priests of the illegal worship sites on their altars and then burned human bones on them. He went back to Jerusalem.

21 The king ordered all the people to celebrate the Passover for Yahweh their Elohim as it is written in this Book of the Promise. 22 The Passover had never been celebrated like this during the time of the judges who governed Israel or during the entire time of the kings of Israel and Judah. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, this Passover was celebrated in Jerusalem for Yahweh.

24 Josiah also got rid of the mediums, psychics, family idols, other idols, and disgusting gods that could be seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to confirm the words of the Teachings written in the book that the priest Hilkiah found in Yahweh's temple.

25 No king before Josiah had turned to Yahweh with all his heart, soul, and strength, as directed in Moses' Teachings. No other king was like Josiah.

26 But Yahweh still didn't turn his hot, burning anger from Judah. After all, Manasseh had done all these things to make him furious. 27 Yahweh had said, "I will put Judah out of my sight as I put Israel out of my sight. I will reject Jerusalem, the city that I chose, and I will reject the temple where I said my name would be."

28 Isn't everything else about Josiah-everything he did-written in the official records of the kings of Judah?

29 In Josiah's days Pharaoh Necoh (the king of Egypt) came to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went to attack Necoh. When Pharaoh saw him at Megiddo, Pharaoh killed him. 30 His officers put his dead body in a chariot and brought it from Megiddo to Jerusalem. They buried Josiah in his tomb.

King Jehoahaz of Judah-2 Chronicles 36:1-4 Then the people of the land took Josiah's son Jehoahaz, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father. 31 Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he was king for 3 months in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. 32 He did what Yahweh considered evil, as his ancestors had done. 33 Pharaoh Necoh made him a prisoner at Riblah in the territory of Hamath during his reigna in Jerusalem and fined the country 7,500 pounds of silver and 75 pounds of gold.

34 Then Pharaoh Necoh made Josiah's son Eliakim king in place of his father Josiah and changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz away to Egypt, where he died. 35 Jehoiakim gave Pharaoh the silver and the gold. But he had to tax the country to pay the silver Pharaoh had demanded. He taxed each person according to his wealth so that he could get the silver and gold from the people of the land and give it to Pharaoh Necoh.

King Jehoiakim of Judah-2 Chronicles 36:5-8 36 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he began to rule, and he was king for 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zebidah, daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah. 37 Jehoiakim did what Yahweh considered evil, as his ancestors had done.

24 1 During Jehoiakim's reign King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Judah, and Jehoiakim became subject to him for three years. Then Jehoiakim turned against him and rebelled.

2 Yahweh sent raiding parties of Babylonians, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah as Yahweh had predicted through his servants the prophets. 3 Without a doubt, this happened to Judah because Yahweh had commanded it to happen. He wanted to remove the people of Judah from his sight because of Manasseh's sins-everything he had done, 4 including the innocent blood he had shed. He had a lot of innocent people in Jerusalem killed, and Yahweh refused to forgive him.

5 Isn't everything else about Jehoiakim-everything he did-written in the official records of the kings of Judah? 6 Jehoiakim lay down in death with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiakin succeeded him as king.

7 The king of Egypt didn't leave his own country again because the king of Babylon had taken all the territory from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates River. This territory had belonged to the king of Egypt.

King Jehoiakin of Judah-2 Chronicles 36:9-10 8 Jehoiakin was 18 years old when he began to rule as king. He was king for three months in Jerusalem. His mother was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem. 9 Jehoiakin did what Yahweh considered evil, as his father had done.

10 At that time the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem. (The city was blockaded.) 11 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon arrived while his officers were blockading the city. 12 King Jehoiakin of Judah, his mother, officials, generals, and eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. In the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon captured Jehoiakin. 13 He also took away all the treasures in Yahweh's temple and the royal palace. As Yahweh had predicted, Nebuchadnezzar stripped the gold off all the furnishings that King Solomon of Israel had made for Yahweh's temple. 14 He captured all Jerusalem, all the generals, all the soldiers (10,000 prisoners), and all the craftsmen and smiths. Only the poorest people of the land were left. 15 He took Jehoiakin to Babylon as a captive. He also took the king's mother, wives, eunuchs, and the leading citizens of the land from Jerusalem as captives to Babylon. 16 The king of Babylon brought all 7,000 of the prominent landowners, 1,000 craftsmen and smiths, and all the men who could fight in war as captives to Babylon.

King Zedekiah of Judah-2 Chronicles 36:11-13; Jeremiah 52:1-3 17 The king of Babylon made King Jehoiakin's Uncle Mattaniah king in his place and changed Mattaniah's name to Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. 19 Zedekiah did what Yahweh considered evil, as Jehoiakim had done.

20 Yahweh became angry with Jerusalem and Judah and threw the people out of his sight.

Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

The Fall of Jerusalem-2 Chronicles 36:19-21; Jeremiah 39:1-10; 40:5-9; 41:1-3, 16-18; 52:4-30 25 1 On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp and built dirt ramps around the city walls. 2 The blockade of the city lasted until Zedekiah's eleventh year as king. 3 On the ninth day of the fourtha month, the famine in the city became so severe that the common people had no food.

4 The enemy broke through the city walls that night. All Judah's soldiers left on the road of the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden. While the Babylonians were attacking the city from all sides, the king took the road to the plain of Jericho. 5 The Babylonian army pursued King Zedekiah and caught up with him in the plain of Jericho. His entire army had deserted him. 6 The Babylonians captured the king, brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and passed sentence on him. 7 They slaughtered Zedekiah's sons as he watched, and then they blinded Zedekiah. They put him in bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.

8 On the seventh day of the fifth month of Nebuchadnezzar's nineteenth year as king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, who was the captain of the guard and an officer of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. 9 He burned down Yahweh's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem. Every important building was burned down. 10 The entire Babylonian army that was with the captain of the guard tore down the walls around Jerusalem.

11 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, captured the few people left in the city, those who surrendered to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the population. 12 The captain of the guard left some of the poorest people in the land to work in the vineyards and on the farms.

13 The Babylonians broke apart the bronze pillars of Yahweh's temple, the stands, and the bronze pool in Yahweh's temple. They shipped the bronze to Babylon. 14 They took the pots, shovels, snuffers, dishes, and all the bronze utensils used in the temple service. 15 The captain of the guard took all of the incense burners and bowls that were made of gold or silver. 16 The bronze from the two pillars, the pool, and the stands that Solomon had made for Yahweh's temple couldn't be weighed. 17 One pillar was 27 feet high and had a bronze capital on it that was 4 feet high. The filigree and the pomegranates around the capital were all made of bronze. The second pillar and its filigree were the same.

18 The captain of the guard took the chief priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and the 3 doorkeepers. 19 From the city he also took an army commander, 5 men who had access to the king whom he found in the city, the scribe who was in charge of the militia, and 60 of the common people whom he found in the city. 20 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 The king of Babylon executed them at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So the people of Judah were captives when they left their land.

22 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah, son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to govern the remaining people in the land of Judah. 23 When all the army commanders and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah. They were Ishmael (son of Nethaniah), Johanan (son of Kareah), Seraiah (son of Tanhumeth from Netophah), and Jaazaniah from Beth Maacah and their men. 24 Gedaliah swore an oath to them and their men. He said, "Don't be afraid of the Babylonian officers. Live in this country, serve the king of Babylon, and you will prosper."

25 In the seventh month Ishmael (son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama, a descendant of the kings) went with ten men to kill Gedaliah and the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah. 26 Then people of all classes and the army commanders left for Egypt because they were afraid of the Babylonians.

King Jehoiakin Released from Prison-Jeremiah 52:31-34 27 On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the imprisonment of King Jehoiakin of Judah, King Evil Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, freed King Jehoiakin of Judah from prison. 28 He treated him well and gave him a special position higher than the other kings who were with him in Babylon. 29 Jehoiakin no longer wore prison clothes, and he ate his meals in the king's presence as long as he lived. 30 The king of Babylon gave him a daily food allowance as long as he lived.

a 1:17 Greek; Masoretic Text ". . . succeeded him in Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram's second year as king of Judah, because Ahaziah had no son."

a 3:1 In the Masoretic Text this king of Israel is also called Jehoram, a longer form of Joram.

b 3:11 Or "He used to pour water on Elijah's hands."

a 5:10 "Clean" refers to anything that Moses' Teachings say is presentable to God.

a 6:25 Or "pigeon."

b 6:27 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.

a 8:16 In the Masoretic Text this king of Judah is also called Joram, a shorter form of Jehoram.

a 9:8 Hebrew uses a coarse term for "male" here.

a 11:6 Hebrew meaning uncertain.

a 11:20 2 Kings 11:21 in English Bibles is 2 Kings 12:1 in the Hebrew Bible.

b 11:21 In the Masoretic Text this king of Judah is also called Jehoash, a longer form of Joash.

c 12:1 2 Kings 12:1-21 in English Bibles is 2 Kings 12:2-22 in the Hebrew Bible.

a 13:1 In the Masoretic Text this king of Israel is also called Joahaz, a shorter form of Jehoahaz.

b 13:9 In the Masoretic Text this king of Israel is also called Joash, a shorter form of Jehoash.

a 13:23 Or "covenant."

a 14:28 Syriac; Masoretic Text "for Judah in Israel."

b 15:1 In the Masoretic Text this king of Judah is also called Uzziah.

a 16:6 Masoretic Text "Aram." (The Hebrew words for "Aram" and "Edom" are nearly identical.) a 17:13 A seer is a prophet.

b 17:15 Or "covenant."

a 18:12 Or "covenant."

a 19:15 Or "cherubim."

b 19:17 Greek; Masoretic Text "nations and their country."

a 19:23 Isaiah 37:24; Masoretic Text "kings."

a 22:13 Masoretic Text adds "about us."

a 23:2 Or "Covenant."

b 23:8 "Unclean" refers to anything that Moses' Teachings say is not presentable to God.

a 23:33 Or "to keep him from ruling."

a 25:3 Jeremiah 39:2; 52:6; Masoretic Text omits "fourth."

Introduction to 1 CHRONICLES.

The books of Samuel and Kings told a sad story of a nation who repeatedly rejected God and was eventually invaded and destroyed. The first and second books of Chronicles tell many of the same stories, but they feel far more hopeful. What makes the difference?

While Samuel and Kings were written near the time of Judah's collapse, the Chronicles were written when the people of Judah had returned to their homeland. After years of captivity, they were wondering, What does it mean to be God's people? How can we live in faithfulness to him?

To answer these questions, the chronicler looks at the hopeful side of their history. The genealogies in chapters 1-9 give a clear message: as children of Adam, Abraham, and Israel, the people of Judah are God's people. Chapters 10-28 recount the reign of their greatest and most faithful king, David. If the people claim their noble heritage and imitate David's faithfulness, they too will be blessed.

When David wants to build a temple, God says no: David will not build a house for God. Instead, God will build a house for David. His royal line will last forever, and his people will always belong to God. Hear David's response to God's promise: "Who is like your people Israel? It is the one nation on earth that Elohim came to free in order to make its people his own, to make your name known, and to do great and wonderful things for them. . . You made the people of Israel to be your people forever" (17:21-22).

David's dynasty appears to end when Babylon conquers Judah, but God's promise is permanent. Early in Jesus' story comes this prophecy, very much like God's promise in 1 Chronicles: "Praise the Lord God of Israel! He has come to take care of his people and to set them free. He has raised up a mighty Savior for us in the family of his servant David" (Luke 1:68-69).

In the Chronicles as in the Gospels-and, indeed, in all of Scripture-we see God's eternal faithfulness to his people. When we are faithful to him in return, he blesses us. When we are not, he pursues us. "If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful because he cannot be untrue to himself" (2 Timothy 2:13).

Key Names of God in 1 Chronicles Yahweh LORD Elohim God Yahweh Tsebaoth the LORD Almighty, the LORD of Armies, the LORD of Hosts Ruach Spirit Ab Father 1 CHRONICLES.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20.

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29.

The Genealogy of Isaac's Descendants-Genesis 5:1-32; 10:1-32; 11:10-26; 25:1-4, 12-16; 36:1-43 1 1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4 Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5 Japheth's descendants were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. 6 Gomer's descendants were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. 7 Javan's descendants were the people from Elishah, Tarshish, Cyprus, and Rhodes.

8 Ham's descendants were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. 9 Cush's descendants were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca. Raama's descendants were Sheba and Dedan. 10 Cush was the father of Nimrod, the first mighty warrior on the earth. 11 Egypt was the ancestor of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, 12 Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and the Caphtorites. 13 Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, then Heth, 14 also the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

17 The descendants of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. 18 Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. 19 Two sons were born to Eber. The name of the one was Peleg [Division], because in his day the earth was divided. His brother's name was Joktan. 20 Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, 25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 Abram (that is, Abraham). 28 Abraham's sons were Isaac and Ishmael.

29 This is their list of descendants: Ishmael's firstborn was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.

32 Keturah, Abraham's concubine,a gave birth to the following sons: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. Jokshan's sons were Sheba and Dedan. 33 The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

34 Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac's sons were Esau and Israel. 35 Esau's sons were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 36 Eliphaz's sons were Teman and Omar, Zephi and Gatam, Kenaz and Amalek, son of Timna.b 37 Reuel's sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 38 Seir's sons were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. 39 Lotan's sons were Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan's sister. 40 Shobal's sons were Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. Zibeon's sons were Aiah and Anah. 41 Anah's son was Dishon. Dishon's sons were Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. 42 Ezer's sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan. Dishan's sons were Uz and Aran.

43 These were the kings who ruled Edom before any king ruled the people of Israel: Bela, son of Beor, and the name of his capital city was Dinhabah. 44 After Bela died, Jobab, son of Zerah from Bozrah, succeeded him as king. 45 After Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him as king. 46 After Husham died, Hadad, son of Bedad, who defeated the Midianites in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king, and the name of his capital city was Avith. 47 After Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king. 48 After Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him as king. 49 After Shaul died, Baal Hanan, son of Achbor, succeeded him as king. 50 After Baal Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him as king, and the name of his capital city was Pai. His wife's name was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred and granddaughter of Mezahab. 51 Then Hadad died.

The tribal leaders of Edom were Timna, Aliah, Jetheth, 52 Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, 53 Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, 54 Magdiel, and Iram. These were the tribal leaders of Edom.

Israel's Twelve Sons-Genesis 35:16-26 2 1 These were Israel's sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Judah's Descendants-Genesis 46:12 3 Judah's sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Yahweh considered Er, Judah's firstborn, evil, so Yahweh killed Er. 4 Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, gave birth to Judah's sons Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

5 Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul. 6 Zerah's sons were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Daraa-five in all. 7 Carmi's son was Achar, who caused trouble for Israel by taking goods that were claimed by God. 8 Ethan's son was Azariah.

9 The sons born to Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. 10 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, leader of Judah's people. 11 Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz. 12 Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. 13 Jesse was the father of Eliab (his firstborn), Abinadab (his second son), Shimea (his third son), 14 Nethanel (his fourth son), Raddai (his fifth son), 15 Ozem (his sixth son), and David (his seventh son). 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael.

18 Hezron's son was Caleb. Caleb and his wife Azubah had a son named Jerioth. Her other sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. She gave birth to Hur. 20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

21 Afterwards, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir, the man who first settled Gilead. Hezron had married her when he was 60 years old. She gave birth to Segub. 22 Segub was the father of Jair, who had 23 towns in Gilead. 23 Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair with Kenath and its villages (60 cities in all). All of these people were descendants of Machir, the man who first settled Gilead. 24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron's wife Abijah gave birth to Ashhur, who first settled Tekoa.

25 Jerahmeel (the firstborn son of Hezron) fathered Ram (his firstborn), then Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had another wife. Her name was Atarah, and she was the mother of Onam.