⁴² And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then are ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift?

¹² Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king?

¹ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

³ The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.

⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.

⁶ And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

⁷ And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.

⁸ And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.

⁹ The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

¹⁰ And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

¹¹ and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

¹² and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;

¹³ and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

¹⁴ Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

¹⁶ and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

¹⁷ And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.