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23 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, along with Kenath and its villages,[a] sixty cities in all. All these were the sons of Makir, the father of Gilead.

24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, gave birth to Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.[b]

The Clan Descended From Jerahme’el

25 The sons of Jerahme’el, the firstborn son of Hezron, were Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:23 Literally its daughters
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:24 This difficult text has also been translated: After Hezron’s death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s wife (v 19), and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa, but this translation requires some emendation of the text.