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The First Book of the Chronicles

The First Book of the Chronicles

{1:1} Adam, Seth, Enosh, {1:2} Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, {1:3} Enoch,Methuselah, Lamech, {1:4} Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

{1:5} The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. {1:6} And the sons of Gomer:Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah. {1:7} And the sons of Javan:Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

{1:8} The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. {1:9} Andthe sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca.And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan. {1:10} And Cush begat Nimrod;he began to be a mighty one in the earth. {1:11} And Mizraim begatLudim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, {1:12} and Pathrusim,and Casluhim (from whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim. {1:13}And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth, {1:14} and theJebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, {1:15} and the Hivite,and the Arkite, and the Sinite, {1:16} and the Arvadite, and theZemarite, and the Hamathite.

{1:17} The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud,and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. {1:18} AndArpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. {1:19} And unto Eberwere born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days theearth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. {1:20} And Joktanbegat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, {1:21} andHadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, {1:22} and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,{1:23} and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons ofJoktan.

{1:24} Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, {1:25} Eber, Peleg, Reu, {1:26}Serug, Nahor, Terah, {1:27} Abram (the same is Abraham).

{1:28} The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael. {1:29} These aretheir generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, andAdbeel, and Mibsam, {1:30} Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,{1:31} Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

{1:32} And the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: she bareZimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. Andthe sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan. {1:33} And the sons of Midian:Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were thesons of Keturah.

{1:34} And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

{1:35} The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, andKorah. {1:36} The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam,Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. {1:37} The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah,Shammah, and Mizzah.

{1:38} And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, andAnah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. {1:39} And the sons of Lotan:Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan’s sister. {1:40} The sons ofShobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sonsof Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah. {1:41} The sons of Anah: Dishon. And thesons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. {1:42} Thesons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, andAran.

{1:43} Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom,before there resigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela theson of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. {1:44} And Beladied, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. {1:45}And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in hisstead. {1:46} And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smoteMidian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of hiscity was Avith. {1:47} And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reignedin his stead. {1:48} And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by theRiver reigned in his stead. {1:49} And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan theson of Achbor reigned in his stead. {1:50} And Baal-hanan died, andHadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai: and hiswife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter ofMe-zahab. {1:51} And Hadad died.

And the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chiefJetheth, {1:52} chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, {1:53} chiefKenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, {1:54} chief Magdiel, chief Iram.These are the chiefs of Edom.

{2:1} These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,Issachar, and Zebulun, {2:2} Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad,and Asher.

{2:3} The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three wereborn unto him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’sfirst-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him. {2:4}And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons ofJudah were five.

{2:5} The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul. {2:6} And the sons ofZerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of themin all. {2:7} And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, whocommitted a trespass in the devoted thing. {2:8} And the sons of Ethan:Azariah.

{2:9} The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel,and Ram, and Chelubai. {2:10} And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadabbegat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; {2:11} and Nahshonbegat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, {2:12} and Boaz begat Obed, and Obedbegat Jesse; {2:13} and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadabthe second, and Shimea the third, {2:14} Nethanel the fourth, Raddaithe fifth, {2:15} Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; {2:16} and theirsisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, andJoab, and Asahel, three. {2:17} And Abigail bare Amasa; and the fatherof Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

{2:18} And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his]wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, andArdon. {2:19} And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, whobare him Hur. {2:20} And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.

{2:21} And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir thefather of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] when he was threescore yearsold; and she bare him Segub. {2:22} And Segub begat Jair, who had threeand twenty cities in the land of Gilead. {2:23} And Geshur and Aramtook the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villagesthereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir thefather of Gilead. {2:24} And after that Hezron was dead inCaleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashhur the fatherof Tekoa.

{2:25} And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ramthe first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. {2:26} AndJerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the motherof Onam. {2:27} And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel wereMaaz, and Jamin, and Eker. {2:28} And the sons of Onam were Shammai,and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur. {2:29} And thename of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, andMolid. {2:30} And the sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled diedwithout children. {2:31} And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons ofIshi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. {2:32} And the sons ofJada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether diedwithout children. {2:33} And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza.These were the sons of Jerahmeel. {2:34} Now Sheshan had no sons, butdaughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name wasJarha. {2:35} And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant towife; and she bare him Attai. {2:36} And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathanbegat Zabad, {2:37} and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,{2:38} and Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, {2:39} and Azariahbegat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, {2:40} and Eleasah begat Sismai,and Sismai begat Shallum, {2:41} and Shallum begat Jekamiah, andJekamiah begat Elishama.

{2:42} And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha hisfirst-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah thefather of Hebron. {2:43} And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah,and Rekem, and Shema. {2:44} And Shema begat Raham, the father ofJorkeam; and Rekem begat Shammai. {2:45} And the son of Shammai wasMaon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. {2:46} And Ephah, Caleb’sconcubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.{2:47} And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, andPelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. {2:48} Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bareSheber and Tirhanah. {2:49} She bare also Shaaph the father ofMadmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; andthe daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

{2:50} These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-bornof Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, {2:51} Salma thefather of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. {2:52} AndShobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of theMenuhoth. {2:53} And the families of Kiriath-jearim: The Ithrites, andthe Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came theZorathites and the Eshtaolites. {2:54} The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem,and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites,the Zorites. {2:55} And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez:the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenitesthat came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

{3:1} Now these were the sons of David, that were born unto him inHebron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second,Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; {3:2} the third, Absalom the son ofMaacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah theson of Haggith; {3:3} the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth,Ithream by Eglah his wife: {3:4} six were born unto him in Hebron; andthere he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem hereigned thirty and three years; {3:5} and these were born unto him inJerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, ofBath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; {3:6} and Ibhar, and Elishama, andEliphelet, {3:7} and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, {3:8} and Elishama,and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. {3:9} All these were the sons ofDavid, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

{3:10} And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son,Jehoshaphat his son, {3:11} Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash hisson, {3:12} Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, {3:13}Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, {3:14} Amon his son,Josiah his son. {3:15} And the sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan,the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. {3:16}And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. {3:17}And the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son, {3:18} andMalchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.{3:19} And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons ofZerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;{3:20} and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,Jushab-hesed, five. {3:21} And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, andJeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah,the sons of Shecaniah. {3:22} And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. Andthe sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, andShaphat, six. {3:23} And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah,and Azrikam, three. {3:24} And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, andEliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani,seven.

{4:1} The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, andShobal. {4:2} And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahathbegat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. {4:3}And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma,and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi; {4:4} andPenuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These arethe sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.{4:5} And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.{4:6} And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, andHaahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. {4:7} And the sons of Helahwere Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. {4:8} And Hakkoz begat Anub, andZobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. {4:9} And Jabezwas more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his nameJabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. {4:10} And Jabez calledon the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed,and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and thatthou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And Godgranted him that which he requested. {4:11} And Chelub the brother ofShuhah begat Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. {4:12} And Eshtonbegat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash.These are the men of Recah. {4:13} And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, andSeraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath. {4:14} And Meonothai begatOphrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they werecraftsmen. {4:15} And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru,Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz. {4:16} And the sons ofJehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. {4:17} And the sons ofEzrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bare Miriam,and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. {4:18} And his wife theJewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco,and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiahthe daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. {4:19} And the sons of thewife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah theGarmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. {4:20} And the sons of Shimon:Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth,and Ben-zoheth. {4:21} The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er thefather of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families ofthe house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;{4:22} and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who haddominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient. {4:23}These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah:there they dwelt with the king for his work.

{4:24} The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;{4:25} Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. {4:26} And thesons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. {4:27}And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had notmany children, neither did all their family multiply like to thechildren of Judah. {4:28} And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah,and Hazarshual, {4:29} and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, {4:30}and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, {4:31} and atBeth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim.These were their cities unto the reign of David. {4:32} And theirvillages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, fivecities; {4:33} and all their villages that were round about the samecities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have theirgenealogy. {4:34} And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son ofAmaziah, {4:35} and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son ofSeraiah, the son of Asiel, {4:36} and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, andJeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, {4:37}and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, theson of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah- {4:38} these mentioned by name wereprinces in their families: and their fathers’ houses increased greatly.{4:39} And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east sideof the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. {4:40} And they foundfat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable;for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham. {4:41} And thesewritten by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smotetheir tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed themutterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there waspasture there for their flocks. {4:42} And some of them, even of thesons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for theircaptains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons ofIshi. {4:43} And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped,and have dwelt there unto this day.

{5:1} And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he wasthe first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s couch, hisbirthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and thegenealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. {5:2} For Judahprevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but thebirthright was Joseph’s:) {5:3} the sons of Reuben the first-born ofIsrael: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. {5:4} The sons of Joel:Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, {5:5} Micah his son,Reaiah his son, Baal his son, {5:6} Beerah his son, whomTilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince ofthe Reubenites. {5:7} And his brethren by their families, when thegenealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, andZechariah, {5:8} and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son ofJoel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: {5:9} andeastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of the wilderness from theriver Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land ofGilead. {5:10} And in the days of Saul, they made war with theHagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tentsthroughout all the [land] east of Gilead.

{5:11} And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land ofBashan unto Salecah: {5:12} Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, andJanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. {5:13} And their brethren of theirfathers’ houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, andJacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven. {5:14} These were the sons of Abihail,the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son ofMichael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; {5:15}Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses.{5:16} And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in allthe suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders. {5:17} All these werereckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in thedays of Jeroboam king of Israel.

{5:18} The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe ofManasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and toshoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty and four thousand sevenhundred and threescore, that were able to go forth to war. {5:19} Andthey made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.{5:20} And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites weredelivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they criedto God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they puttheir trust in him. {5:21} And they took away their cattle; of theircamels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, andof asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand. {5:22} For therefell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in theirstead until the captivity.

{5:23} And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in theland: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and mountHermon. {5:24} And these were the heads of their fathers’ houses: evenEpher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, andJahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’houses.

{5:25} And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, andplayed the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom Goddestroyed before them. {5:26} And the God of Israel stirred up thespirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser kingof Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and theGadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah,and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

{6:1} The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. {6:2} And thesons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. {6:3} And thechildren of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron:Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. {6:4} Eleazar begat Phinehas,Phinehas begat Abishua, {6:5} and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begatUzzi, {6:6} and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, {6:7}Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, {6:8} and Ahitubbegat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, {6:9} and Ahimaaz begat Azariah,and Azariah begat Johanan, {6:10} and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it isthat executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built inJerusalem), {6:11} and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,{6:12} and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, {6:13} andShallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, {6:14} and Azariahbegat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak; {6:15} And Jehozadak went[into captivity], when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by thehand of Nebuchadnezzar.

{6:16} The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. {6:17} Andthese are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. {6:18}And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.{6:19} The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the familiesof the Levites according to their fathers’ [houses]. {6:20} Of Gershom:Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, {6:21} Joah his son,Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. {6:22} The sons ofKohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, {6:23} Elkanahhis son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, {6:24} Tahath hisson, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. {6:25} And thesons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. {6:26} As for Elkanah, the sonsof Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, {6:27} Eliab his son,Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. {6:28} And the sons of Samuel: thefirst-born [Joel], and the second Abijah. {6:29} The sons of Merari:Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, {6:30} Shimea hisson, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

{6:31} And these are they whom David set over the service of song inthe house of Jehovah, after that the ark had rest. {6:32} And theyministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and theywaited on their office according to their order. {6:33} And these arethey that waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Hemanthe singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, {6:34} the son ofElkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, {6:35}the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son ofAmasai, {6:36} the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah,the son of Zephaniah, {6:37} the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, theson of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, {6:38} the son of Izhar, the son ofKohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. {6:39} And his brotherAsaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah,the son of Shimea, {6:40} the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, theson of Malchijah, {6:41} the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son ofAdaiah, {6:42} the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,{6:43} the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. {6:44}And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the sonof Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, {6:45} the son ofHashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, {6:46} the son ofAmzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, {6:47} the son of Mahli, theson of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. {6:48} And theirbrethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of thetabernacle of the house of God.

{6:49} But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar ofburnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of themost holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to allthat Moses the servant of God had commanded. {6:50} And these are thesons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,{6:51} Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, {6:52} Meraiothhis son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, {6:53} Zadok his son, Ahimaazhis son.

{6:54} Now these are their dwelling-places according to theirencampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families ofthe Kohathites (for theirs was the [first] lot), {6:55} to them theygave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round aboutit; {6:56} but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, theygave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. {6:57} And to the sons of Aaronthey gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs,and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, {6:58} and Hilen with itssuburbs, Debir with its suburbs, {6:59} and Ashan with its suburbs, andBeth-shemesh with its suburbs; {6:60} and out of the tribe of Benjamin,Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth withits suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteencities.

{6:61} And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath [were given] by lot,out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half ofManasseh, ten cities. {6:62} And to the sons of Gershom, according totheir families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe ofAsher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe ofManasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. {6:63} Unto the sons of Merari[were given] by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe ofReuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun,twelve cities. {6:64} And the children of Israel gave to the Levitesthe cities with their suburbs. {6:65} And they gave by lot out of thetribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children ofSimeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these citieswhich are mentioned by name.

{6:66} And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities oftheir borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. {6:67} And they gave untothem the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim withits suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs, {6:68} and Jokmeam with itssuburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs, {6:69} and Aijalon with itssuburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; {6:70} and out of thehalf-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with itssuburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

{6:71} Unto the sons of Gershom [were given], out of the family ofthe half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, andAshtaroth with its suburbs; {6:72} and out of the tribe of Issachar,Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, {6:73} and Ramothwith its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs; {6:74} and out of thetribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs,{6:75} and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; {6:76}and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs,and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs.

{6:77} Unto the rest of [the Levites], the sons of Merari, [weregiven], out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Taborwith its suburbs; {6:78} and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the eastside of the Jordan, [were given them], out of the tribe of Reuben,Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,{6:79} and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;{6:80} and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs,and Mahanaim with its suburbs, {6:81} and Heshbon with its suburbs, andJazer with its suburbs.

{7:1} And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, andShimron, four. {7:2} And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, andJeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’houses, [to wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations:their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and sixhundred. {7:3} And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons ofIzrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of themchief men. {7:4} And with them, by their generations, after theirfathers’ houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirtythousand; for they had many wives and sons. {7:5} And their brethrenamong all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned inall by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.

{7:6} [The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.{7:7} And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,and Iri, five; heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and theywere reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.{7:8} And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, andElioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, andAlemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. {7:9} And they werereckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred. {7:10}And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, andBenjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, andAhishahar. {7:11} All these were sons of Jediael, according to theheads of their fathers’ [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeenthousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host forwar. {7:12} Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sonsof Aher.

{7:13} The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, andShallum, the sons of Bilhah.

{7:14} The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine theAramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead: {7:15} and Machirtook a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah; andthe name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.{7:16} And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called hisname Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons wereUlam and Rakem. {7:17} And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sonsof Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. {7:18} And his sisterHammolecheth bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah. {7:19} And the sonsof Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

{7:20} And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, andTahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, {7:21} andZabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the menof Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to takeaway their cattle. {7:22} And Ephraim their father mourned many days,and his brethren came to comfort him. {7:23} And he went in to hiswife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah,because it went evil with his house. {7:24} And his daughter wasSheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, andUzzen-sheerah. {7:25} And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telahhis son, and Tahan his son, {7:26} Ladan his son, Ammihud his son,Elishama his son, {7:27} Nun his son, Joshua his son.

{7:28} And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and thetowns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the townsthereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the townsthereof; {7:29} and by the borders of the children of Manasseh,Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns,Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son ofIsrael.

{7:30} The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah,and Serah their sister. {7:31} And the sons of Beriah: Heber, andMalchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. {7:32} And Heber begatJaphlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. {7:33} And thesons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are thechildren of Japhlet. {7:34} And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah,Jehubbah, and Aram. {7:35} And the sons of Helem his brother: Zophah,and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. {7:36} The sons of Zophah: Suah, andHarnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, {7:37} Bezer, and Hod, andShamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. {7:38} And the sons ofJether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. {7:39} And the sons of Ulla:Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. {7:40} All these were the children ofAsher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor,chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy forservice in war was twenty and six thousand men.

{8:1} And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, andAharah the third, {8:2} Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. {8:3}And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, {8:4} and Abishua, andNaaman, and Ahoah, {8:5} and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. {8:6} Andthese are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers’ [houses] ofthe inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:{8:7} and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive: and hebegat Uzza and Ahihud. {8:8} And Shaharaim begat children in the fieldof Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.{8:9} And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, andMalcam, {8:10} and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons,heads of fathers’ [houses]. {8:11} And of Hushim he begat Abitub andElpaal. {8:12} And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed,who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof; {8:13} and Beriah, andShema, who were heads of fathers’ [houses] of the inhabitants ofAijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath; {8:14} and Ahio,Shashak, and Jeremoth, {8:15} and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder, {8:16}and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah, {8:17} andZebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber, {8:18} and Ishmerai, andIzliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal, {8:19} and Jakim, and Zichri,and Zabdi, {8:20} and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel, {8:21} andAdaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei, {8:22} andIshpan, and Eber, and Eliel, {8:23} and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,{8:24} and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah, {8:25} and Iphdeiah,and Penuel, the sons of Shashak, {8:26} and Shamsherai, and Shehariah,and Athaliah, {8:27} and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sonsof Jeroham. {8:28} These were heads of fathers’ [houses] throughouttheir generations, chief men: these dwelt in Jerusalem.

{8:29} And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel],whose wife’s name was Maacah; {8:30} and his first-born son Abdon, andZur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, {8:31} and Gedor, and Ahio, andZecher. {8:32} And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also dwelt withtheir brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren. {8:33} AndNer begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, andMalchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. {8:34} And the son of Jonathanwas Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. {8:35} And the sons ofMicah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. {8:36} And Ahaz begatJehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; andZimri begat Moza. {8:37} And Moza begat Binea; Raphah was his son,Eleasah his son, Azel his son. {8:38} And Azel had six sons, whosenames are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, andObadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. {8:39} And thesons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Jeush the second, andEliphelet the third. {8:40} And the sons of Ulam were mighty men ofvalor, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, a hundred and fifty.All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

{9:1} So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, theyare written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carriedaway captive to Babylon for their transgression. {9:2} Now the firstinhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities wereIsrael, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. {9:3} And inJerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children ofBenjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh: {9:4} Uthai theson of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, ofthe children of Perez the son of Judah. {9:5} And of the Shilonites:Asaiah the first-born, and his sons. {9:6} And of the sons of Zerah:Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. {9:7} And of thesons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, theson of Hassenuah, {9:8} and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah theson of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah,the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; {9:9} and their brethren,according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. Allthese men were heads of fathers’ [houses] by their fathers’ houses.

{9:10} And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin, {9:11}and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;{9:12} and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son ofMalchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son ofMeshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; {9:13} and theirbrethren, heads of their fathers’ houses, a thousand and seven hundredand threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the houseof God.

{9:14} And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son ofAzrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; {9:15} andBakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son ofZichri, the son of Asaph, {9:16} and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, theson of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, theson of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

{9:17} And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman,and their brethren (Shallum was the chief), {9:18} who hitherto[waited] in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for thecamp of the children of Levi. {9:19} And Shallum the son of Kore, theson of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of his father’shouse, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of thethresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp ofJehovah, keepers of the entry. {9:20} And Phinehas the son of Eleazarwas ruler over them in time past, [and] Jehovah was with him. {9:21}Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent ofmeeting. {9:22} All these that were chosen to be porters in thethresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned bygenealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordainin their office of trust. {9:23} So they and their children had theoversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of thetent, by wards. {9:24} On the four sides were the porters, toward theeast, west, north, and south. {9:25} And their brethren, in theirvillages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be withthem: {9:26} for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in anoffice of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries inthe house of God. {9:27} And they lodged round about the house of God,because the charge [thereof] was upon them; and to them pertained theopening thereof morning by morning.

{9:28} And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; forby count were these brought in and by count were these taken out.{9:29} Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and overall the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and thewine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. {9:30} Andsome of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.{9:31} And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born ofShallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that werebaked in pans. {9:32} And some of their brethren, of the sons of theKohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

{9:33} And these are the singers, heads of fathers’ [houses] of theLevites, [who dwelt] in the chambers [and were] free [from otherservice]; for they were employed in their work day and night. {9:34}These were heads of fathers’ [houses] of the Levites, throughout theirgenerations, chief men: these dwelt at Jerusalem.

{9:35} And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whosewife’s name was Maacah: {9:36} and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur,and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, {9:37} and Gedor, and Ahio, andZechariah, and Mikloth. {9:38} And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they alsodwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.{9:39} And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begatJonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. {9:40} And the sonof Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. {9:41} And thesons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, [and Ahaz]. {9:42} AndAhaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; andZimri begat Moza; {9:43} and Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son,Eleasah his son, Azel his son. {9:44} And Azel had six sons, whosenames are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, andObadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

{10:1} Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men ofIsrael fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mountGilboa. {10:2} And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and afterhis sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, andMalchi-shua, the sons of Saul. {10:3} And the battle went sore againstSaul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason ofthe archers. {10:4} Then said Saul unto his armor-bearer, Draw thysword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised comeand abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid.Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. {10:5} And when hisarmor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword,and died. {10:6} So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his housedied together.

{10:7} And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley sawthat they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsooktheir cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.{10:8} And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came tostrip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mountGilboa. {10:9} And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor,and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry thetidings unto their idols, and to the people. {10:10} And they put hisarmor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house ofDagon. {10:11} And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that thePhilistines had done to Saul, {10:12} all the valiant men arose, andtook away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and broughtthem to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, andfasted seven days.

{10:13} So Saul died for his trespass which he committed againstJehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and alsofor that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire[thereby], {10:14} and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him,and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

{11:1} Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron,saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. {11:2} In times past,even when Saul was king, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest inIsrael: and Jehovah thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt be shepherd ofmy people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over my people Israel.{11:3} So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; andDavid made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and theyanointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah bySamuel.

{11:4} And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same isJebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.{11:5} And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not comein hither. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same isthe city of David. {11:6} And David said, Whosoever smiteth theJebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiahwent up first, and was made chief. {11:7} And David dwelt in thestronghold; therefore they called it the city of David. {11:8} And hebuilt the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joabrepaired the rest of the city. {11:9} And David waxed greater andgreater; for Jehovah of hosts was with him.

{11:10} Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had,who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with allIsrael, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerningIsrael. {11:11} And this is the number of the mighty men whom Davidhad: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; helifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time.{11:12} And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who wasone of the three mighty men. {11:13} He was with David at Pasdammim,and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was aplot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before thePhilistines. {11:14} And they stood in the midst of the plot, anddefended it, and slew the Philistines; and Jehovah saved them by agreat victory.

{11:15} And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock toDavid, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines wereencamped in the valley of Rephaim. {11:16} And David was then in thestronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.{11:17} And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water todrink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! {11:18} And thethree brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out ofthe well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and broughtit to David: but David would not drink thereof, but poured it out untoJehovah, {11:19} and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this:shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives injeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it.Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

{11:20} And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three;for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and hada name among the three. {11:21} Of the three, he was more honorablethan the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not tothe [first] three.

{11:22} Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man ofKabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two [sons of] Ariel ofMoab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in timeof snow. {11:23} And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, fivecubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’sbeam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear outof the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear. {11:24} Thesethings did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the threemighty men. {11:25} Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, buthe attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.

{11:26} Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother ofJoab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, {11:27} Shammoth theHarorite, Helez the Pelonite, {11:28} Ira the son of Ikkesh theTekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, {11:29} Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilaithe Ahohite, {11:30} Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanahthe Netophathite, {11:31} Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of thechildren of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, {11:32} Hurai of thebrooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, {11:33} Azmaveth the Baharumite,Eliahba the Shaalbonite, {11:34} the sons of Hashem the Gizonite,Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite, {11:35} Ahiam the son of Sacarthe Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, {11:36} Hepher the Mecherathite,Ahijah the Pelonite, {11:37} Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son ofEzbai, {11:38} Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,{11:39} Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armorbearer ofJoab the son of Zeruiah, {11:40} Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,{11:41} Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, {11:42} Adina theson of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty withhim, {11:43} Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,{11:44} Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham theAroerite, {11:45} Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, theTizite, {11:46} Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, thesons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, {11:47} Eliel, and Obed, andJaasiel the Mezobaite.

{12:1} Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yetkept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were amongthe mighty men, his helpers in war. {12:2} They were armed with bows,and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones andin shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul’s brethren ofBenjamin. {12:3} The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaahthe Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, andBeracah, and Jehu the Anathothite, {12:4} and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, amighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, andJahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite, {12:5} Eluzai, andJerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,{12:6} Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, theKorahites, {12:7} and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham ofGedor.

{12:8} And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David tothe stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained forwar, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like thefaces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;{12:9} Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, {12:10}Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, {12:11} Attai the sixth,Eliel the seventh, {12:12} Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,{12:13} Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. {12:14} These ofthe sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equalto a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand. {12:15} These are theythat went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowedall its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, bothtoward the east, and toward the west.

{12:16} And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to thestronghold unto David. {12:17} And David went out to meet them, andanswered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to helpme, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if [ye be come] to betray meto mine adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God ofour fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. {12:18} Then the Spirit cameupon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, [and he said], Thine are we,David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee,and peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then Davidreceived them, and made them captains of the band.

{12:19} Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he camewith the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not;for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying,He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.{12:20} As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, andJozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, andZillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh. {12:21} Andthey helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mightymen of valor, and were captains in the host. {12:22} For from day today men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, likethe host of God.

{12:23} And these are the numbers of the heads of them that werearmed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saulto him, according to the word of Jehovah. {12:24} The children of Judahthat bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armedfor war. {12:25} Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for thewar, seven thousand and one hundred. {12:26} Of the children of Levifour thousand and six hundred. {12:27} And Jehoiada was the leader of[the house of] Aaron; and with him were three thousand and sevenhundred, {12:28} and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of hisfather’s house twenty and two captains. {12:29} And of the children ofBenjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto thegreatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.{12:30} And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eighthundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses.{12:31} And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who werementioned by name, to come and make David king. {12:32} And of thechildren of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to knowwhat Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and alltheir brethren were at their commandment. {12:33} Of Zebulun, such aswere able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array,with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that couldorder [the battle array, and were] not of double heart. {12:34} And ofNaphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spearthirty and seven thousand. {12:35} And of the Danites that could setthe battle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. {12:36}And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could setthe battle in array, forty thousand. {12:37} And on the other side ofthe Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribeof Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, ahundred and twenty thousand.

{12:38} All these being men of war, that could order the battlearray, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over allIsrael: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make Davidking. {12:39} And they were there with David three days, eating anddrinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them. {12:40}Moreover they that were nigh unto them, [even] as far as Issachar andZebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and onmules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters ofraisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for therewas joy in Israel.

{13:1} And David consulted with the captains of thousands and ofhundreds, even with every leader. {13:2} And David said unto all theassembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of Jehovahour God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are leftin all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are intheir cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves untous; {13:3} and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for wesought not unto it in the days of Saul. {13:4} And all the assemblysaid that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of allthe people. {13:5} So David assembled all Israel together, from theShihor [the brook] of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bringthe ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. {13:6} And David went up, and allIsrael, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged toJudah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth[above] the cherubim, that is called by the Name. {13:7} And theycarried the ark of God upon a new cart, [and brought it] out of thehouse of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. {13:8} And Davidand all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs,and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and withcymbals, and with trumpets.

{13:9} And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzzaput forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. {13:10} Andthe anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him,because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.{13:11} And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth uponUzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day. {13:12} AndDavid was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark ofGod home to me? {13:13} So David removed not the ark unto him into thecity of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom theGittite. {13:14} And the ark of God remained with the family ofObed-edom in his house three months: and Jehovah blessed the house ofObed-edom, and all that he had.

{14:1} And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, andcedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house. {14:2}And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel;for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel’s sake.

{14:3} And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begat moresons and daughters. {14:4} And these are the names of the children whomhe had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, {14:5}and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet, {14:6} and Nogah, and Nepheg, andJaphia, {14:7} and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

{14:8} And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed kingover all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and Davidheard of it, and went out against them. {14:9} Now the Philistines hadcome and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. {14:10} And Davidinquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? andwilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up;for I will deliver them into thy hand. {14:11} So they came up toBaal-perazim, and David smote them there; and David said, God hathbroken mine enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Thereforethey called the name of that place Baal-perazim. {14:12} And they lefttheir gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned withfire.

{14:13} And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.{14:14} And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thoushalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon themover against the mulberry-trees. {14:15} And it shall be, when thouhearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, thatthen thou shalt go out to battle; for God is gone out before thee tosmite the host of the Philistines. {14:16} And David did as Godcommanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeoneven to Gezer. {14:17} And the fame of David went out into all lands;and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations.

{15:1} And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and heprepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. {15:2}Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites:for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to ministerunto him for ever. {15:3} And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem,to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had preparedfor it. {15:4} And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and theLevites: {15:5} of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and hisbrethren a hundred and twenty; {15:6} of the sons of Merari, Asaiah thechief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty; {15:7} of the sons ofGershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty; {15:8}of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren twohundred; {15:9} of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and hisbrethren fourscore; {15:10} of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief,and his brethren a hundred and twelve. {15:11} And David called forZadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah,and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, {15:12} and said untothem, Ye are the heads of the fathers’ [houses] of the Levites:sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring upthe ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto [the place] that I haveprepared for it. {15:13} For because ye [bare it] not at the first,Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him notaccording to the ordinance. {15:14} So the priests and the Levitessanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God ofIsrael. {15:15} And the children of the Levites bare the ark of Godupon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commandedaccording to the word of Jehovah.

{15:16} And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint theirbrethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harpsand cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. {15:17}So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren,Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren,Ethan the son of Kushaiah; {15:18} and with them their brethren of thesecond degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, andJehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, andEliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.{15:19} So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] withcymbals of brass to sound aloud; {15:20} and Zechariah, and Aziel, andShemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, andBenaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth; {15:21} and Mattithiah, andEliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, withharps set to the Sheminith, to lead. {15:22} And Chenaniah, chief ofthe Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, becausehe was skilful. {15:23} And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers forthe ark. {15:24} And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, andAmasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blowthe trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah weredoorkeepers for the ark.

{15:25} So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains overthousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out ofthe house of Obed-edom with joy. {15:26} And it came to pass, when Godhelped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, thatthey sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams. {15:27} And David wasclothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare theark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song [with] thesingers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen. {15:28} Thus allIsrael brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, andwith sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, soundingaloud with psalteries and harps.

{15:29} And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovahcame to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked outat the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despisedhim in her heart.

{16:1} And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midstof the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offeredburnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God. {16:2} And when Davidhad made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings,he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah. {16:3} And he dealt toevery one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread,and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins.

{16:4} And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister beforethe ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah,the God of Israel: {16:5} Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah,Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, andBenaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; andAsaph with cymbals, sounding aloud; {16:6} and Benaiah and Jahaziel thepriests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant ofGod.

{16:7} Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks untoJehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.{16:8} O give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name;Make known his doings among the peoples.{16:9} Sing unto him, sing praises unto him;Talk ye of all his marvellous works.
{16:10} Glory ye in his holy name;
Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.{16:11} Seek ye Jehovah and his strength;Seek his face evermore.
{16:12} Remember his marvellous works that he hath done,His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,{16:13} O ye seed of Israel his servant,Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
{16:14} He is Jehovah our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
{16:15} Remember his covenant for ever,The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,{16:16} [The covenant] which he made with Abraham,And his oath unto Isaac,
{16:17} And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute,To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
{16:18} Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan,The lot of your inheritance;
{16:19} When ye were but a few men in number,Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
{16:20} And they went about from nation to nation,And from one kingdom to another people.{16:21} He suffered no man to do them wrong;Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,{16:22} [Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones,And do my prophets no harm.
{16:23} Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth;Show forth his salvation from day to day.{16:24} Declare his glory among the nations,His marvellous works among all the peoples.{16:25} For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised:He also is to be feared above all gods.{16:26} For all the gods of the peoples are idols:But Jehovah made the heavens.
{16:27} Honor and majesty are before him:Strength and gladness are in his place.{16:28} Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kindreds of the peoples,Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength;{16:29} Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name:Bring an offering, and come before him:Worship Jehovah in holy array.
{16:30} Tremble before him, all the earth:The world also is established that it cannot be moved.{16:31} Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;And let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth.{16:32} Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;Let the field exult, and all that is therein;{16:33} Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Jehovah;For he cometh to judge the earth.
{16:34} O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.{16:35} And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation,And gather us together and deliver us from the nations,To give thanks unto thy holy name,
And to triumph in thy praise.
{16:36} Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,From everlasting even to everlasting.

And all the people said, Amen, and praised Jehovah.

{16:37} So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah,Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, asevery day’s work required; {16:38} and Obed-edom with their brethren,threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah tobe doorkeepers; {16:39} and Zadok the priest, and his brethren thepriests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was atGibeon, {16:40} to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah upon the altar ofburnt-offering continually morning and evening, even according to allthat is written in the law of Jehovah, which he commanded unto Israel;{16:41} and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that werechosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, becausehis lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; {16:42} and with them Heman andJeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud,and [with] instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthunto be at the gate. {16:43} And all the people departed every man to hishouse: and David returned to bless his house.

{17:1} And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, thatDavid said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, butthe ark of the covenant of Jehovah [dwelleth] under curtains. {17:2}And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God iswith thee. {17:3} And it came to pass the same night, that the word ofGod came to Nathan, saying, {17:4} Go and tell David my servant, Thussaith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in: {17:5} forI have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel,unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one]tabernacle [to another]. {17:6} In all places wherein I have walkedwith all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whomI commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not builtme a house of cedar? {17:7} Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto myservant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from thesheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince overmy people Israel: {17:8} and I have been with thee whithersoever thouhast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and Iwill make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are inthe earth. {17:9} And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, andwill plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be movedno more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more,as at the first, {17:10} and [as] from the day that I commanded judgesto be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies.Moreover I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house. {17:11} Andit shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go tobe with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shallbe of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. {17:12} He shallbuild me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. {17:13} Iwill be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take mylovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was beforethee; {17:14} but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established for ever. {17:15} Accordingto all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathanspeak unto David.

{17:16} Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and hesaid, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hastbrought me thus far? {17:17} And this was a small thing in thine eyes,O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while tocome, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of highdegree, O Jehovah God. {17:18} What can David [say] yet more unto theeconcerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thyservant. {17:19} O Jehovah, for thy servant’s sake, and according tothine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make knownall [these] great things. {17:20} O Jehovah, there is none like thee,neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we haveheard with our ears. {17:21} And what one nation in the earth is likethy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people,to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving outnations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt?{17:22} For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people forever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God. {17:23} And now, OJehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, andconcerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hastspoken. {17:24} And let thy name be established and magnified for ever,saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel:and the house of David thy servant is established before thee. {17:25}For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt buildhim a house: therefore hath thy servant found [in his heart] to praybefore thee. {17:26} And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hastpromised this good thing unto thy servant: {17:27} and now it hathpleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continuefor ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it isblessed for ever.

{18:1} And after this it came to pass, that David smote thePhilistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of thehand of the Philistines. {18:2} And he smote Moab; and the Moabitesbecame servants to David, and brought tribute.

{18:3} And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as hewent to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates. {18:4} And Davidtook from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, andtwenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, butreserved of them for a hundred chariots.

{18:5} And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezerking of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.{18:6} Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syriansbecame servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victoryto David whithersoever he went. {18:7} And David took the shields ofgold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them toJerusalem. {18:8} And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer,David took very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, andthe pillars, and the vessels of brass.

{18:9} And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten allthe host of Hadarezer king of Zobah, {18:10} he sent Hadoram his son toking David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had foughtagainst Hadarezer and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had wars with Tou;)and [he had with him] all manner of vessels of gold and silver andbrass. {18:11} These also did king David dedicate unto Jehovah, withthe silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; fromEdom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from thePhilistines, and from Amalek.

{18:12} Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites inthe Valley of Salt eighteen thousand. {18:13} And he put garrisons inEdom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gavevictory to David whithersoever he went.

{18:14} And David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justiceand righteousness unto all his people. {18:15} And Joab the son ofZeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud wasrecorder; {18:16} and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son ofAbiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe; {18:17} and Benaiah theson of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and thesons of David were chief about the king.

{19:1} And it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of thechildren of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. {19:2} AndDavid said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, becausehis father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comforthim concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land ofthe children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. {19:3} But the princesof the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David dothhonor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are nothis servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy outthe land? {19:4} So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, andcut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sentthem away. {19:5} Then there went certain persons, and told David howthe men were served. And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatlyashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards begrown, and then return.

{19:6} And when the children of Ammon saw that they had madethemselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent athousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out ofMesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out of Zobah. {19:7} So theyhired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah andhis people, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the children ofAmmon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came tobattle. {19:8} And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all thehost of the mighty men. {19:9} And the children of Ammon came out, andput the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings thatwere come were by themselves in the field.

{19:10} Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him beforeand behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them inarray against the Syrians. {19:11} And the rest of the people hecommitted into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselvesin array against the children of Ammon. {19:12} And he said, If theSyrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if thechildren of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.{19:13} Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, andfor the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good.{19:14} So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before theSyrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. {19:15} And when thechildren of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fledbefore Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab cameto Jerusalem.

{19:16} And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worsebefore Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians thatwere beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host ofHadarezer at their head. {19:17} And it was told David; and he gatheredall Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them,and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put thebattle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. {19:18} Andthe Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians [the menof] seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killedShophach the captain of the host. {19:19} And when the servants ofHadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they madepeace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help thechildren of Ammon any more.

{20:1} And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year,at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth thearmy, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came andbesieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah,and overthrew it. {20:2} And David took the crown of their king fromoff his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there wereprecious stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he broughtforth the spoil of the city, exceeding much. {20:3} And he broughtforth the people that were therein, and cut [them] with saws, and withharrows of iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the citiesof the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned toJerusalem.

{20:4} And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezerwith the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, of thesons of the giant; and they were subdued. {20:5} And there was againwar with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi thebrother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like aweaver’s beam. {20:6} And there was again war at Gath, where was a manof great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six [oneach hand], and six [on each foot]; and he also was born unto thegiant. {20:7} And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of ShimeaDavid’s brother slew him. {20:8} These were born unto the giant inGath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of hisservants.

{21:1} And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to numberIsrael. {21:2} And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people,Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring me word, thatI may know the sum of them. {21:3} And Joab said, Jehovah make hispeople a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, arethey not all my lord’s servants? why doth my lord require this thing?why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel? {21:4} Nevertheless theking’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and wentthroughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. {21:5} And Joab gave upthe sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they ofIsrael were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drewsword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men thatdrew sword. {21:6} But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; forthe king’s word was abominable to Joab. {21:7} And God was displeasedwith this thing; therefore he smote Israel. {21:8} And David said untoGod, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing: but now,put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for I have donevery foolishly.

{21:9} And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying, {21:10} Goand speak unto David, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I offer thee threethings: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. {21:11} SoGad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith Jehovah, Take whichthou wilt: {21:12} either three years of famine; or three months to beconsumed before thy foes, while the sword of thine enemies overtakeththee; or else three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in theland, and the angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders ofIsrael. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him thatsent me. {21:13} And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: letme fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are hismercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man. {21:14} So Jehovahsent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventythousand men. {21:15} And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroyit: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he repented himof the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now staythy hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floorof Ornan the Jebusite. {21:16} And David lifted up his eyes, and sawthe angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawnsword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and theelders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. {21:17} And Davidsaid unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered?even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep,what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, beagainst me, and against my father’s house; but not against thy people,that they should be plagued.

{21:18} Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David,that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in thethreshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. {21:19} And David went up at thesaying of Gad, which he spake in the name of Jehovah. {21:20} And Ornanturned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with himhid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. {21:21} And as Davidcame to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of thethreshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to theground. {21:22} Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of thisthreshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: forthe full price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayedfrom the people. {21:23} And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee,and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give[thee] the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments forwood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all. {21:24} Andking David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the fullprice: for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer aburnt-offering without cost. {21:25} So David gave to Ornan for theplace six hundred shekels of gold by weight. {21:26} And David builtthere an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings andpeace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him fromheaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. {21:27} And Jehovahcommanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheaththereof.

{21:28} At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered himin the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.{21:29} For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in thewilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in thehigh place at Gibeon. {21:30} But David could not go before it toinquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel ofJehovah.

{22:1} Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and thisis the altar of burnt-offering for Israel. {22:2} And David commandedto gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; andhe set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. {22:3}And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of thegates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;{22:4} and cedar-trees without number: for the Sidonians and they ofTyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David. {22:5} And David said,Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be buildedfor Jehovah must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glorythroughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. SoDavid prepared abundantly before his death.

{22:6} Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to builda house for Jehovah, the God of Israel. {22:7} And David said toSolomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house untothe name of Jehovah my God. {22:8} But the word of Jehovah came to me,saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thoushalt not build a house unto my name, because thou hast shed much bloodupon the earth in my sight. {22:9} Behold, a son shall be born to thee,who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all hisenemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will givepeace and quietness unto Israel in his days: {22:10} he shall build ahouse for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father;and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.{22:11} Now, my son, Jehovah be with thee; and prosper thou, and buildthe house of Jehovah thy God, as he hath spoken concerning thee.{22:12} Only Jehovah give thee discretion and understanding, and givethee charge concerning Israel; that so thou mayest keep the law ofJehovah thy God. {22:13} Then shalt thou prosper, if thou observe to dothe statutes and the ordinances which Jehovah charged Moses withconcerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; fear not, neither bedismayed. {22:14} Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for thehouse of Jehovah a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousandthousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; forit is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thoumayest add thereto. {22:15} Moreover there are workmen with thee inabundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that areskilful in every manner of work: {22:16} of the gold, the silver, andthe brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, andJehovah be with thee.

{22:17} David also commanded all the princes of Israel to helpSolomon his son, [saying], {22:18} Is not Jehovah your God with you?and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath delivered theinhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued beforeJehovah, and before his people. {22:19} Now set your heart and yoursoul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build ye thesanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah,and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to thename of Jehovah.

{23:1} Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon hisson king over Israel. {23:2} And he gathered together all the princesof Israel, with the priests and the Levites. {23:3} And the Leviteswere numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number bytheir polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. {23:4} Ofthese, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the houseof Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges; {23:5} and fourthousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with theinstruments which I made, [said David], to praise therewith. {23:6} AndDavid divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Gershon,Kohath, and Merari.

{23:7} Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. {23:8} The sons ofLadan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. {23:9} The sonsof Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were theheads of the fathers’ [houses] of Ladan. {23:10} And the sons ofShimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sonsof Shimei. {23:11} And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: butJeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers’house in one reckoning.

{23:12} The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.{23:13} The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was separated,that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before Jehovah, to minister unto him, and tobless in his name, for ever. {23:14} But as for Moses the man of God,his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. {23:15} The sons of Moses:Gershom and Eliezer. {23:16} The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief.{23:17} And the sons of Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezerhad no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. {23:18} Thesons of Izhar: Shelomith the chief. {23:19} The sons of Hebron: Jeriahthe chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam thefourth. {23:20} The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and Isshiah thesecond.

{23:21} The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli:Eleazar and Kish. {23:22} And Eleazar died, and had no sons, butdaughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them [towife]. {23:23} The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

{23:24} These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses,even the heads of the fathers’ [houses] of those of them that werecounted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work forthe service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward.{23:25} For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath given restunto his people; and he dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever: {23:26} andalso the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle andall the vessels of it for the service thereof. {23:27} For by the lastwords of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years oldand upward. {23:28} For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaronfor the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in thechambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of theservice of the house of God; {23:29} for the showbread also, and forthe fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or ofthat which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for allmanner of measure and size; {23:30} and to stand every morning to thankand praise Jehovah, and likewise at even; {23:31} and to offer allburnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and onthe set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them,continually before Jehovah; {23:32} and that they should keep thecharge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, andthe charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of thehouse of Jehovah.

{24:1} And the courses of the sons of Aaron [were these]. The sonsof Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. {24:2} But Nadab andAbihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazarand Ithamar executed the priest’s office. {24:3} And David with Zadokof the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, dividedthem according to their ordering in their service. {24:4} And therewere more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons ofIthamar; and [thus] were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar therewere sixteen, heads of fathers’ houses; and of the sons of Ithamar,according to their fathers’ houses, eight. {24:5} Thus were theydivided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of thesanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of thesons of Ithamar. {24:6} And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe,who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and theprinces, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, andthe heads of the fathers’ [houses] of the priests and of the Levites;one fathers’ house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

{24:7} Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second toJedaiah, {24:8} the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, {24:9} thefifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, {24:10} the seventh toHakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, {24:11} the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth toShecaniah, {24:12} the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,{24:13} the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, {24:14}the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, {24:15} theseventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, {24:16} thenineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, {24:17} the one andtwentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, {24:18} the threeand twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. {24:19}This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the houseof Jehovah according to the ordinance [given] unto them by Aaron theirfather, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

{24:20} And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram,Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. {24:21} Of Rehabiah: of thesons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. {24:22} Of the Izharites,Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. {24:23} And the sons [ofHebron]: Jeriah [the chief], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third,Jekameam the fourth. {24:24} The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons ofMicah, Shamir. {24:25} The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons ofIsshiah, Zechariah. {24:26} The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; thesons of Jaaziah: Beno. {24:27} The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno,and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. {24:28} Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had nosons. {24:29} Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. {24:30} And thesons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons ofthe Levites after their fathers’ houses. {24:31} These likewise castlots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of Davidthe king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers'[houses] of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers’ [houses] ofthe chief even as those of his younger brother.

{25:1} Moreover David and the captains of the host set apart for theservice certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun,who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: andthe number of them that did the work according to their service was:{25:2} of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, andAsharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesiedafter the order of the king. {25:3} Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun:Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, underthe hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied ingiving thanks and praising Jehovah. {25:4} Of Heman; the sons of Heman:Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani,Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir,Mahazioth. {25:5} All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer inthe words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteensons and three daughters. {25:6} All these were under the hands oftheir father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals,psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph,Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king. {25:7} And thenumber of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singingunto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore andeight. {25:8} And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as wellthe small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

{25:9} Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the secondto Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve: {25:10} thethird to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:11} the fourthto Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:12} the fifth toNethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:13} the sixth toBukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:14} the seventh toJesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:15} the eighth toJeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:16} the ninth toMattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:17} the tenth toShimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:18} the eleventh toAzarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:19} the twelfth toHashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:20} for thethirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:21} for thefourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:22} forthe fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:23}for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:{25:24} for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren,twelve: {25:25} for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and hisbrethren, twelve: {25:26} for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons andhis brethren, twelve: {25:27} for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sonsand his brethren, twelve: {25:28} for the one and twentieth to Hothir,his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:29} for the two and twentieth toGiddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:30} for the three andtwentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve: {25:31} forthe four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brethren,twelve.

{26:1} For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites,Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. {26:2} AndMeshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second,Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, {26:3} Elam the fifth,Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. {26:4} And Obed-edom hadsons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third,and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth, {26:5} Ammiel the sixth,Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.{26:6} Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over thehouse of their father; for they were mighty men of valor. {26:7} Thesons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethrenwere valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah. {26:8} All these were of thesons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men instrength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom. {26:9} AndMeshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen. {26:10} AlsoHosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, (forthough he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),{26:11} Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth:all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

{26:12} Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of thechief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the houseof Jehovah. {26:13} And they cast lots, as well the small as the great,according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate. {26:14} And the loteastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreetcounsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. {26:15} ToObed-edom southward; and to his sons the store-house. {26:16} ToShuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causewaythat goeth up, watch against watch. {26:17} Eastward were six Levites,northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house twoand two. {26:18} For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two atParbar. {26:19} These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sonsof the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.

{26:20} And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of thehouse of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. {26:21}The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, theheads of the fathers’ [houses] belonging to Ladan the Gershonite:Jehieli. {26:22} The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother,over the treasures of the house of Jehovah. {26:23} Of the Amramites,of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: {26:24} andShebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over thetreasures. {26:25} And his brethren: of Eliezer [came] Rehabiah hisson, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, andShelomoth his son. {26:26} This Shelomoth and his brethren were overall the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, andthe heads of the fathers’ [houses], the captains over thousands andhundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. {26:27} Out ofthe spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house ofJehovah. {26:28} And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son ofKish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, haddedicated, whosoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand ofShelomoth, and of his brethren.

{26:29} Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for theoutward business over Israel, for officers and judges. {26:30} Of theHebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a thousand andseven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward,for all the business of Jehovah, and for the service of the king.{26:31} Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of theHebronites, according to their generations by fathers’ [houses]. In thefortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and therewere found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead. {26:32}And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred,heads of fathers’ [houses], whom king David made overseers over theReubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, forevery matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.

{27:1} Now the children of Israel after their number, [to wit], theheads of fathers’ [houses] and the captains of thousands and ofhundreds, and their officers that served the king, in any matter of thecourses which came in and went out month by month throughout all themonths of the year-of every course were twenty and four thousand.{27:2} Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the sonof Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. {27:3} [Hewas] of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of thehost for the first month. {27:4} And over the course of the secondmonth was Dodai the Ahohite, and his course; and Mikloth the ruler: andin his course were twenty and four thousand. {27:5} The third captainof the host for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada thepriest, chief: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. {27:6}This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and overthe thirty: and [of] his course was Ammizabad his son. {27:7} Thefourth [captain] for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab,and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand. {27:8} The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuththe Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. {27:9}The sixth [captain] for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh theTekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. {27:10} Theseventh [captain] for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of thechildren of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.{27:11} The eighth [captain] for the eighth month was Sibbecai theHushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand. {27:12} The ninth [captain] for the ninth month was Abiezerthe Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty andfour thousand. {27:13} The tenth [captain] for the tenth month wasMaharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course weretwenty and four thousand. {27:14} The eleventh [captain] for theeleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim:and in his course were twenty and four thousand. {27:15} The twelfth[captain] for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, ofOthniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

{27:16} Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites wasEliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah theson of Maacah: {27:17} of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron,Zadok: {27:18} of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: ofIssachar, Omri the son of Michael: {27:19} of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the sonof Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel: {27:20} of thechildren of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half-tribe ofManasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: {27:21} of the half -[tribe] ofManasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel theson of Abner: {27:22} of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were thecaptains of the tribes of Israel. {27:23} But David took not the numberof them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said hewould increase Israel like to the stars of heaven. {27:24} Joab the sonof Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and there came wrath forthis upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account in thechronicles of king David.

{27:25} And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel:and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in thevillages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah: {27:26}And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the groundwas Ezri the son of Chelub: {27:27} and over the vineyards was Shimeithe Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for thewine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: {27:28} and over the olive-treesand the sycomore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan theGederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: {27:29} and over theherds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herdsthat were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: {27:30} and overthe camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah theMeronothite: and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. {27:31} Allthese were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.

{27:32} Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counsellor, a man ofunderstanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was withthe king’s sons: {27:33} And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: andHushai the Archite was the king’s friend: {27:34} and after Ahithophelwas Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of theking’s host was Joab.

{28:1} And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes ofthe tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king bycourse, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds,and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king andof his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mightymen of valor, unto Jerusalem. {28:2} Then David the king stood up uponhis feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: as for me, itwas in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant ofJehovah, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for thebuilding. {28:3} But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house formy name, because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood. {28:4}Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of myfather to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to beprince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and amongthe sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over allIsrael; {28:5} And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me manysons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of thekingdom of Jehovah over Israel. {28:6} And he said unto me, Solomon thyson, he shall build my house and my courts; for I have chosen him to bemy son, and I will be his father. {28:7} And I will establish hiskingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and mineordinances, as at this day. {28:8} Now therefore, in the sight of allIsrael, the assembly of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God,observe and seek out all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that yemay possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to yourchildren after you for ever.

{28:9} And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father,and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovahsearcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of thethoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thouforsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. {28:10} Take heed now; forJehovah hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong,and do it.

{28:11} Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch[of the temple], and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuriesthereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambersthereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat; {28:12} and the pattern ofall that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah,and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the houseof God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things; {28:13} alsofor the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work ofthe service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of servicein the house of Jehovah; {28:14} of gold by weight for the [vessels of]gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; [of silver] for all thevessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;{28:15} by weight also for the candlesticks of gold, and for the lampsthereof, of gold, by weight for every candlestick and for the lampsthereof; and for the candlesticks of silver, [silver] by weight for[every] candlestick and for the lamps thereof, according to the use ofevery candlestick; {28:16} and the gold by weight for the tables ofshowbread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver;{28:17} and the flesh-hooks, and the basins, and the cups, of puregold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for thesilver bowls by weight for every bowl; {28:18} and for the altar ofincense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of thechariot, [even] the cherubim, that spread out [their wings], andcovered the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. {28:19} All this, [saidDavid], have I been made to understand in writing from the hand ofJehovah, even all the works of this pattern.

{28:20} And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of goodcourage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even myGod, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until allthe work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished. {28:21}And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, forall the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee inall manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner ofservice: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thycommandment.

{29:1} And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon myson, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the workis great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God. {29:2}Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the goldfor the [things of] gold, and the silver for the [things of] silver,and the brass for the [things of] brass, the iron for the [things of]iron, and wood for the [things of] wood; onyx stones, and [stones] tobe set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner ofprecious stones, and marble stones in abundance. {29:3} Moreover also,because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that Ihave a treasure of mine own of gold and silver, I give it unto thehouse of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holyhouse, {29:4} even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold ofOphir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, wherewith tooverlay the walls of the houses; {29:5} of gold for the [things of]gold, and of silver for the [things of] silver, and for all manner ofwork [to be made] by the hands of artificers. Who then offerethwillingly to consecrate himself this day unto Jehovah?

{29:6} Then the princes of the fathers’ [houses], and the princes ofthe tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds,with the rulers over the king’s work, offered willingly; {29:7} andthey gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousandtalents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents,and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousandtalents. {29:8} And they with whom [precious] stones were found gavethem to the treasure of the house of Jehovah, under the hand of Jehielthe Gershonite. {29:9} Then the people rejoiced, for that they offeredwillingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly toJehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

{29:10} Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the assembly; andDavid said, Blessed be thou, O Jehovah, the God of Israel our father,for ever and ever. {29:11} Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and thepower, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that isin the heavens and in the earth [is thine]; thine is the kingdom, OJehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all. {29:12} Both richesand honor come of thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand ispower and might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to givestrength unto all. {29:13} Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, andpraise thy glorious name. {29:14} But who am I, and what is my people,that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for allthings come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. {29:15} Forwe are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were:our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. {29:16}O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee ahouse for thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own.{29:17} I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hastpleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart Ihave willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joythy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee. {29:18} OJehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keepthis for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thypeople, and prepare their heart unto thee; {29:19} and give untoSolomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thytestimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to buildthe palace, for which I have made provision.

{29:20} And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah yourGod. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers,and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king.{29:21} And they sacrificed sacrifices unto Jehovah, and offeredburnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the morrow after that day, even athousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with theirdrink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel, {29:22}and did eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great gladness.

And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, andanointed him unto Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be priest. {29:23}Then Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David hisfather, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. {29:24} And all theprinces, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David,submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. {29:25} And Jehovahmagnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowedupon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him inIsrael.

{29:26} Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. {29:27}And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven yearsreigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three [years] reigned he inJerusalem. {29:28} And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches,and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. {29:29} Now theacts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in thehistory of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet,and in the history of Gad the seer, {29:30} with all his reign and hismight, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over allthe kingdoms of the countries.

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