Person Old Testament
Calcol
Also known as Calcol =ESV, KJV; Kalkol =NIV
Calcol, a son of Zerah, was a grandson of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 2:6.
Why it matters. Son of Zerah, grandson of Judah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Calcol
Calcol is mentioned in 1Ch.2.6 as one of the five sons of Zerah, who was a son of Judah. The other sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, and Dara. This genealogy traces the descendants of Judah, one of the twelve sons of Israel (or 'Jacob'), and highlights the family line of David, who would later become king of Israel. Calcol's inclusion in this genealogy demonstrates his connection to the tribe of Judah and his place in the ancestral line of important figures in Israel's history.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Zerah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)