⁴² All the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is a close relative to us: why then are you angry for this matter? have we eaten at all at the king's cost? or has he given us any gift?

¹² You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king?

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

³ The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh; and he killed him.

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

⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.

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

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

⁸ The sons of Ethan: Azariah.

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

¹⁰ Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

¹¹ and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,

¹² and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;

¹³ and Jesse became the father of his firstborn 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. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

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