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Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

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

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

And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

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

The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.

And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.

And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.

And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.

He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;

And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.

And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.