1 Tawarikh 2:3-4

Judah’s Descendants

2:3 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, ¹  a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. ² 

2:4 Tamar, Judah’s ³  daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

[2:3]  ¹ tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”

[2:3]  ² tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”

[2:4]  ³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.