4. Perez (1): Hezron (5), Hamul, Gn 46^^ Nu 26^1, 1 Ch 2\
5. Hezron (4): Jerahmeel (6), Kam (i6), Chelu- bai (Caleb) (29) (35), 1 Ch 2^.
Ram as a second son of Hezron is suspicious : (1) Because OT knows of u^ Jiidaian clan Raiu co-ordinate with Caleb and Jerahmeel. (J) The descendants are given, not in families and cities, but simply in a pediL,'ree of David. This pedigree in 1 Ch 2"*i* appears taken from Ru 418-22^ where Ram may have stood for Ram the son of Jerahmeel (6), the father's name being omitted (We. p. 17 f.). Yet, while the pedigree of David may be conjectural, the Chronicler is clearly nearer the truth in deriving his descent from Ram s. Hezron than from Ran) s. Jerahmeel, since, according to the narrative of 1 and ^ 8, David cannot have been a Jerahraeelite. That the Chroniclers Judiean genealogies should principally consist of Calebite auvi Jerahmeelite families, as we shall see, is probably due to the fact that family names and traditions, along with family or clan life, are held more tenaciously among rural and pastoral peoples than the inhabitants of cities or more highly organized oommunities.
6. Jerahmeel (5) : Ram (7), Bunah, Oren, Ozem, Ahijah? (m. Atarah), Onam (8), 1 Ch 2^'-.
Ahijah (n»riN) is either to be struck out, having arisen from a misinterpretation of an original ^Tnx or vriK 'his brother' (LXX, Ki. VnN 'his brothers,' We. p. 15), or held to be the mother of the preceding sons (Be. Ke. Zoe. Oe.), the original text having been 'Ozem (and his brothers) from Ahijah' ('t.'ONp Di'N). The former is preferable.
7. Ram (6) : Maaz, Jamin, Eker, 1 Ch 2".
8. Onam (G) : Shammai (9), Jada (14), 1 Ch 2-s.
9. Shammai (8): Nadab (10), Abishur (13), 1 Ch 2^.
10. Nadab (9) : Seled, Appaim (11), 1 Ch 2»».
11. Appaim (10): Ishiy Sheshan (12), Ahlai, 1 Ch 23>.
12. Sheshan (11): Jarha (son-in-law), Attain Nathan, Zabad^ Ephlal, Obed, Jehu, Azariah^ Helczy Elea^aK Sismai. Shcdlum, JelcamXahy Eli- shama. 1 Ch 2*°-'.
This pedigree of '5je ocherwise unknown Elishama— for he is not to be inentifieti with others of the same name mentioned elsewhere in uT— was derived evidently from atiotlier source than tliat of the preceding, and (in our lists) following descend- ants of Jerahmeel (Ki. We. p. 18). To remove the discrepancy between the mention of Ahlai (11) and the statement (v.^W) that Sheshan had no sons, ignoring the fact of different sources, it has been assumed that Ahlai was a daughter (Ke. Zoe. et al.). Jarha is said to have been an Egyptian servant (v. 3^). Some family represented by Elishama, probably near the time of the Chronicler, evidently traced their descent from the family or clon of Sheshan and an Egyp. individual or family who united with it. The free intercourse between Canaan and Egypt 8er\'e8 to confirm this statement.
13. Abishur (9) : (m. Abihail) Ahban, Molid, 1 Ch 2-".
14. Jada (8) : Jether, Jonathan (15), 1 Ch 2^^.
15. Jonathan (14) : Peleth, Zaza, 1 Ch 2^.
This (lf>) completes the list of the descendants of Jerahmeel
SI Ch 225^). It is evidently a record of the families of the erahmeelites, who are mentioned in 1 8 27^0 as inhabiting a Negeb or south country distinct from that of Judah (see Jerahmeel). The binary fonn of descent suggests an artistic construction. The names Bunah, Oren, Maaz, Eker, Abishur, Ahban, yolid, Seled, Appaim, Sheshan, and Zaza, occur only
In this connexion, also Ozem, except as that of a brother ol L»avid mentioned only in 1 Ch 2io. Onam is the name of a family of Edoui (Gn ;Hj^); «amin of Simeon (Gn 46i") ; Jether an Ishmaelite name (1 Ch 217), or Midianite(Ex 4i« UVm). (It ia equivalent to Jethro). These names Huggest a close relationship with these neighbours. The m. Atarah of Onam (Oj, the most widely extended family, probably arose from their inhabiting Ataroth or protected places (We. p. 10). The Jerahmeehtes do not ajijiear in connexion with the restoration, and the 13 genertitiona between Sheshan and Elishama show that their families were thought of as living at least some &UU years before the time of the Chronicler. The list ia probably of pre-exilic origin, and historicaL
16. Ram (5) : AiuTninadab, Nalishon, Salma^* Bonz, Obedy Jesse ; Eliab,t Abinadab, Sliimea.J Nethanel, Raddai, Ozem, David (17), d. Zuruiali (27), d. Abigail (28), 1 Ch 2i*>-i«, cf. Ku 4^'*-2<
Ace. to 1 8 1712 Jesse had eight sons (cf. 1 S 162rf.) ; Syr. has in our passage eight eons, Elihu (cf. 1 Ch 27ls) being the seventh.
In addition to the descendants of Jesse recorded in (l7)-<2i;) we have Jesse, Eliab, d. Abihail (f. Jerimoth), rf. Mahalath (f. Rehoboam), Jeush, Sheniariah, Zaham, 2 Ch lli***^- ; or Jesse, Eliab, d. Abihail (f. Rehoboam), Jeush, Shemariah, Zaham, 2 Ch 1118 RVm. Cf. (18) note.
17. David (16) : (ni. Ahinoam) Aninon, (ni. Abi- gail) Chileab, (m. Maacali) Absalom (see below), (m. Haggith) Adonijah, (m. Abital) Shephatiah, (m. Eglah) Ithreara, (m. Bathslieba) Shammua, Shobab, Nathan (see below), Solomon (18), (m. un- kno\vn) Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, Eliphelet, 2 S S--** 5J^-»«, cf. 1 Ch 3'-» U**-'.
The names of the ss. David in 1 Ch 3i-8 144-7, owing in the main to erroneous transcription, are somewhat diff. from those in the earlier and more authentic source (2 S> given in (17) : Daniel (3i) for Chileab (see Daniel), Shimea (y* for Shammua (perhaps mere variation of spelling itj^OU, yiStf'), Elishama (38) for Elishua ; Eliphelet (36), or Elpelet (14^), Nogah (37 14«), two additional names developed, one from the precetling, and the other from the following names (Ki.); Beeliada (147) for Eliada. The former probably is correct (see Beeliada). Bath-sheba, written Bathshua, is mentioned as the m. in 1 Ch 3^.