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Amaziah, his son, Azariah, his son, Jotham, his son,

Ahaz, his son, Hezekiah, his son, Manasseh, his son,

Amon, his son, and Josiah, his son.

The sons of Jehoiakim were his son Jeconiah and his son Zedekiah.

The sons of Jeconiah, the prisoner, were his son Shealtiel

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez, saying, "Because I gave birth to him in pain."

(His Jewish wife gave birth to Jered, the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Bithia the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married.

These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.

Shallum was his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.

The sons of Mishma were Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, and Shimei his son.

Now Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family increase like the sons of Judah.

Now the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; so he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright.

Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came the leader, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

and Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria took into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites.

His relatives by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, were Jeiel the chief, then Zechariah

Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.

The sons of Kohath were Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,