I Chronicles
1:1 Adam,
Sheth, Enosh,
1:2 Kenan,
Mahalaleel, Jered,
1:3
Henoch, 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; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
1:7 And
the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
1:8
The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
1:9 And the
sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the
sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
1:10
And Cush brings forth Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon
the earth.
1:11 And
Mizraim brings forth Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
1:12
And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,)
and Caphthorim.
1:13 And
Canaan brings forth Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
1:14
The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
1:15 And
the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
1:16
And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
1:17 The
sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul,
and Gether, and Meshech.
1:18
And Arphaxad brings forth Shelah, and Shelah brings forth
Eber.
1:19 And
unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days
the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.
1:20
And Joktan brings forth Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth,
and Jerah,
1:21 Hadoram
also, 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
of Joktan.
1:24 Shem,
Arphaxad, 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 are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth;
then Kedar, and Adbeel, 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 Now
the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan,
and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
1:33 And
the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these
are the sons of Keturah.
1:34
And Abraham brings forth Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau
and Israel.
1:35 The
sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
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, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar,
and Dishan.
1:39 And
the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
1:40
The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi,
and Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
1:41
The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram,
and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
1:42
The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons
of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
1:43
Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom
before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and
the name of his city was Dinhabah.
1:44
And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah
reigned in his position.
1:45
And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites
reigned in his position.
1:46
And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which
stroke Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his position: and the name of his
city was Avith.
1:47 And
when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his position.
1:48
And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river
reigned in his position.
1:49
And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned
in his position.
1:50 And
when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his position: and the name of his city
was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter
of Mezahab.
1:51 Hadad
died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
1:52 Duke
Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
1:53
Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
1:54
Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes 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
were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn
of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
2:4
And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah.
All the sons of Judah were five.
2:5
The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
2:6
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and
Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
2:7
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who
transgressed in the thing accursed.
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 brings forth Amminadab; and Amminadab brings forth
Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
2:11
And Nahshon brings forth Salma, and Salma brings forth Boaz,
2:12 And
Boaz brings forth Obed, and Obed brings forth Jesse,
2:13
And Jesse brings forth his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab
the second, and Shimma the third,
2:14
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
2:15
Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
2:16
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of
Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
2:17
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether
the Ishmeelite.
2:18 And
Caleb the son of Hezron brings forth children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth:
her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
2:19
And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which
bare him Hur.
2:20 And
Hur brings forth Uri, and Uri brings forth Bezaleel.
2:21
And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the
father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare
him Segub.
2:22 And
Segub brings forth Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
2:23 And
he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and
the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir
the father of Gilead.
2:24
And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah
Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
2:25
And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were,
Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
2:26
Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah;
she was the mother of Onam.
2:27
And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz,
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 the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she
bare him Ahban, and Molid.
2:30
And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died
without children.
2:31
And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan.
And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
2:32
And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and
Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
2:33
And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the
sons of Jerahmeel.
2:34
Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had
a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
2:35
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife;
and she bare him Attai.
2:36
And Attai brings forth Nathan, and Nathan brings forth Zabad,
2:37 And
Zabad brings forth Ephlal, and Ephlal brings forth Obed,
2:38
And Obed brings forth Jehu, and Jehu brings forth Azariah,
2:39 And
Azariah brings forth Helez, and Helez brings forth Eleasah,
2:40
And Eleasah brings forth Sisamai, and Sisamai brings forth
Shallum,
2:41 And
Shallum brings forth Jekamiah, and Jekamiah brings forth Elishama.
2:42
Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha
his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father
of Hebron.
2:43 And
the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
2:44
And Shema brings forth Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and
Rekem brings forth Shammai.
2:45
And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father
of Bethzur.
2:46 And
Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran brings forth
Gazez.
2:47 And
the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
2:48 Maachah,
Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
2:49
She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the
father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
2:50 These
were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father
of Kirjathjearim.
2:51
Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
2:52 And
Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
2:53 And
the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites,
and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites,
2:54 The
sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and
half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
2:55
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the
Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came
of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
3:1
Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him
in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel,
of Abigail the Carmelitess:
3:2
The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai
king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3:3
The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah
his wife.
3:4 These
six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months:
and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
3:5
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab,
and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
3:6
Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
3:7
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
3:8
And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
3:9
These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the
concubines, and Tamar their sister.
3:10
And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
3:11
Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
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 were, the firstborn 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; Assir, Salathiel his son,
3:18
Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama,
and Nedabiah.
3:19 And
the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel;
Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
3:20
And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed,
five.
3:21 And
the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of
Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
3:22
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah;
Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
3:23
And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,
three.
3:24 And
the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and
Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
4:1
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and
Shobal.
4:2 And
Reaiah the son of Shobal brings forth Jahath; and Jahath brings forth Ahumai,
and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
4:3
And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma,
and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
4:4
And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.
These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
4:5 And
Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
4:6
And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
4:7
And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
4:8 And
Coz brings forth Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
4:9 And
Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez,
saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
4:10
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you
would bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that yours hand might be with
me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted
him that which he requested.
4:11
And Chelub the brother of Shuah brings forth Mehir, which
was the father of Eshton.
4:12
And Eshton brings forth Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah
the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.
4:13
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons
of Othniel; Hathath.
4:14
And Meonothai brings forth Ophrah: and Seraiah brings forth
Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
4:15 And
the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah,
even Kenaz.
4:16 And
the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
4:17
And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher,
and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
4:18 And
his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho,
and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter
of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
4:19
And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the
father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
4:20
And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan,
and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
4:21
The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father
of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of
them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
4:22
And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph,
who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.
4:23 These
were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt
with the king for his work.
4:24
The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah,
and Shaul:
4:25 Shallum
his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
4:26
And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son,
Shimei his son.
4:27 And
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren had not many children,
neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.
4:28 And
they dwelt at Beersheba, 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 at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei,
and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
4:32
And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen,
and Ashan, five cities:
4:33
And all their villages that were round about the same cities,
unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
4:34
And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
4:35 And
Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
4:36 And
Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and
Benaiah,
4:37 And
Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri,
the son of Shemaiah;
4:38
These mentioned by their names were princes in their families:
and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
4:39
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east
side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
4:40
And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide,
and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
4:41
And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king
of Judah, and stroke their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and
destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there
was pasture there for their flocks.
4:42
And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred
men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and
Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
4:43
And they stroke the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped,
and dwelt there unto this day.
5:1
Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he
was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright
was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not
to be reckoned after the birthright.
5:2
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came
the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
5:3
The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were,
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, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
5:6
Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried
away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
5:7
And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of
their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
5:8 And Bela
the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto
Nebo and Baalmeon:
5:9
And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness
from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of
Gilead.
5:10 And
in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand:
and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
5:11 And
the children of Gad dwelt opposite to them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah:
5:12 Joel
the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
5:13
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael,
and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
5:14 These
are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead,
the son of Michael, 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 the house of their fathers.
5:16 And
they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon,
upon their borders.
5:17
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
5:18
The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe
of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot
with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore,
that went out to the war.
5:19
And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish,
and Nodab.
5:20 And
they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand,
and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was implored
of them; because they put their trust in him.
5:21
And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand,
and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of
men an hundred thousand.
5:22
For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God.
And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
5:23
And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in
the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount
Hermon.
5:24 And
these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and
Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour,
famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
5:25
And they transgressed against the God of their fathers,
and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed
before them.
5:26 And
the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit
of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites,
and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah,
and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
6:1
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
6:2
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
6:3 And
the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
6:4
Eleazar brings forth Phinehas, Phinehas brings forth Abishua,
6:5 And
Abishua brings forth Bukki, and Bukki brings forth Uzzi,
6:6
And Uzzi brings forth Zerahiah, and Zerahiah brings forth
Meraioth,
6:7 Meraioth
brings forth Amariah, and Amariah brings forth Ahitub,
6:8
And Ahitub brings forth Zadok, and Zadok brings forth Ahimaaz,
6:9 And
Ahimaaz brings forth Azariah, and Azariah brings forth Johanan,
6:10
And Johanan brings forth Azariah, (he it is that executed
the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
6:11
And Azariah brings forth Amariah, and Amariah brings forth
Ahitub,
6:12 And
Ahitub brings forth Zadok, and Zadok brings forth Shallum,
6:13
And Shallum brings forth Hilkiah, and Hilkiah brings forth
Azariah,
6:14 And
Azariah brings forth Seraiah, and Seraiah brings forth Jehozadak,
6:15
And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried
away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
6:16
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
6:17
And these be 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
families of the Levites according to their fathers.
6:20
Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
6:21 Joah
his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
6:22
The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir
his son,
6:23 Elkanah
his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
6:24
Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul
his son.
6:25 And
the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
6:26
As for Elkanah: the sons of 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; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
6:29 The
sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
6:30
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
6:31 And
these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD,
after that the ark had rest.
6:32
And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle
of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD
in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order.
6:33 And
these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites:
Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
6:34
The son of Elkanah, 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 of Amasai,
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, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
6:38 The
son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
6:39
And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even
Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
6:40
The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
6:41 The
son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
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 their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left
hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
6:45
The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
6:46 The
son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
6:47
The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the
son of Levi.
6:48 Their
brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle
of the house of God.
6:49
But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt
offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of
the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that
Moses the servant of God had commanded.
6:50
And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas
his son, Abishua his son,
6:51
Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
6:52
Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
6:53 Zadok
his son, Ahimaaz his son.
6:54
Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles
in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for
theirs was the lot.
6:55
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the
suburbs thereof round about it.
6:56
But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they
gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
6:57
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah,
namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and
Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
6:58
And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
6:59 And
Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
6:60
And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs,
and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities
throughout their families were thirteen cities.
6:61
And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family
of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half
tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
6:62
And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out
of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe
of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
6:63 Unto
the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe
of Reuben, 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 Levites these cities with their suburbs.
6:65 And
they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe
of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these
cities, which are called by their names.
6:66
And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had
cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
6:67
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem
in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
6:68 And
Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
6:69
And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
6:70 And
out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her
suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
6:71
Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of
the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with
her suburbs:
6:72 And
out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
6:73 And
Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
6:74
And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs,
and Abdon with her suburbs,
6:75
And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
6:76 And
out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with
her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
6:77
Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of
the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
6:78 And
on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them
out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah
with her suburbs,
6:79
Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
6:80 And
out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with
her suburbs,
6:81 And
Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
7:1
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and
Shimrom, four.
7:2 And
the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and
Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to know, of Tola: they were valiant men
of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty
thousand and six hundred.
7:3
And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah;
Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
7:4
And with them, by their generations, after the house of
their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for
they had many wives and sons.
7:5
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were
valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies 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 the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and
were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
7:8 And
the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and
Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
7:9 And
the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house
of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
7:10 The
sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and
Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
7:11
All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,
mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to
go out for war and battle.
7:12
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim,
the sons of Aher.
7:13
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
7:14
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine
the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
7:15
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,
whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and
Zelophehad had daughters.
7:16
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called
his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam
and Rakem.
7:17 And
the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the
son of Manasseh.
7:18 And
his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
7:19
And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi,
and Aniam.
7:20 And
the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah
his son, and Tahath his son,
7:21
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and
Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came
down to take away their cattle.
7:22
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren
came to comfort him.
7:23
And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare
a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
7:24 (And
his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
7:25 And
Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son.
7:26 Laadan
his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
7:27
Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
7:28
And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the
towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof;
Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
7:29
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean
and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns.
In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
7:30
The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah,
and Serah their sister.
7:31
And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the
father of Birzavith.
7:32
And Heber brings forth Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham,
and Shua their sister.
7:33
And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath.
These are the children of Japhlet.
7:34
And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
7:35 And
the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
7:36 The
sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
7:37
Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and
Beera.
7:38 And
the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
7:39
And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
7:40 All
these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty
men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of
them that were able to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
8:1 Now
Benjamin brings forth Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
8:2 Nohah
the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
8:3
And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
8:4 And
Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
8:5
And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
8:6
And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the
fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
8:7 And Naaman,
and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and brings forth Uzza, and Ahihud.
8:8 And Shaharaim
brings forth children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim
and Baara were his wives.
8:9
And he brings forth of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia,
and Mesha, and Malcham,
8:10
And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads
of the fathers.
8:11 And
of Hushim he brings forth Abitub, and Elpaal.
8:12
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built
Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
8:13
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of
the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
8:14
And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
8:15
And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
8:16
And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
8:17 And
Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
8:18
Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
8:19 And
Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
8:20
And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
8:21
And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
8:22 And
Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
8:23
And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
8:24
And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
8:25
And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
8:26 And
Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
8:27
And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
8:28 These
were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
8:29 And
at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
8:30
And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal,
and Nadab,
8:31 And
Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
8:32
And Mikloth brings forth Shimeah. And these also dwelt with
their brethren in Jerusalem, opposite to them.
8:33
And Ner brings forth Kish, and Kish brings forth Saul, and
Saul brings forth Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
8:34 And
the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal brings forth Micah.
8:35
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea,
and Ahaz.
8:36 And
Ahaz brings forth Jehoadah; and Jehoadah brings forth Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and
Zimri; and Zimri brings forth Moza,
8:37
And Moza brings forth Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah
his son, Azel his son:
8:38
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,
and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of
Azel.
8:39 And
the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and
Eliphelet the third.
8:40
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers,
and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the
sons of Benjamin.
9:1 So
all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the
book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their
transgression.
9:2 Now
the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the
Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
9:3
And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of
the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
9:4 Uthai
the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the
children of Pharez the son of Judah.
9:5
And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
9:6 And
of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
9:7 And of
the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son
of Hasenuah,
9:8 And
Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam
the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
9:9
And their brethren, according to their generations, nine
hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house
of their fathers.
9:10
And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and 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 Pashur, the son
of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam,
the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
9:13
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers,
a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the
service of the house of God.
9:14
And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son
of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
9:15
And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son
of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
9:16
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son
of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the
villages of the Netophathites.
9:17
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and
Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
9:18
Who until now waited in the king's gate eastward: they were
porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
9:19
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son
of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over
the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers,
being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
9:20
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them
in time past, and the LORD was with him.
9:21
And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gate keeper of
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
9:22
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were
two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages,
whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
9:23
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates
of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
9:24 In four
quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
9:25
And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to
come after seven days from time to time with them.
9:26
For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their
set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
9:27 And
they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and
the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
9:28
And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,
that they should bring them in and out by tale.
9:29
Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels,
and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and
the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
9:30
And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of
the spices.
9:31 And
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite,
had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
9:32
And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites,
were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
9:33
And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites,
who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day
and night.
9:34 These
chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt
at Jerusalem.
9:35 And
in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:
9:36 And
his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab.
9:37 And
Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
9:38
And Mikloth brings forth Shimeam. And they also dwelt with
their brethren at Jerusalem, opposite to their brethren.
9:39
And Ner brings forth Kish; and Kish brings forth Saul; and
Saul brings forth Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
9:40 And
the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal brings forth Micah.
9:41
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,
and Ahaz.
9:42 And
Ahaz brings forth Jarah; and Jarah brings forth Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri;
and Zimri brings forth Moza;
9:43
And Moza brings forth Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah
his son, Azel his son.
9:44
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru,
and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
10:1 Now
the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before
the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
10:2
And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after
his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the
sons of Saul.
10:3 And
the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded
of the archers.
10:4 Then
said Saul to his armour bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through therewith;
lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armour bearer would not; for
he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
10:5
And when his armour bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell
likewise on the sword, and died.
10:6
So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died
together.
10:7 And
when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that
Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the
Philistines came and dwelt in them.
10:8
And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines
came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
10:9 And
when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and
to the people.
10:10 And
they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple
of Dagon.
10:11 And
when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
10:12 They
arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of
his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in
Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
10:13
So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against
the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking
counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
10:14
And enquired not of the LORD: 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 your bone and your flesh.
11:2
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, you
were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD your God said unto you,
You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.
11:3 Therefore
came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant
with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel,
according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
11:4
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus;
where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
11:5
And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not
come here. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
11:6 And
David said, Whosoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.
So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
11:7
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it
the city of David.
11:8
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round
about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
11:9
So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts
was with him.
11:10 These
also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves
with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the
word of the LORD concerning Israel.
11:11
And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had;
Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against
three hundred slain by him at the same.
11:12
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite,
who was one of the three mighty men.
11:13
He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines
were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley;
and the people fled from before the Philistines.
11:14
And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and
delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
11:15 Now
three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of
Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
11:16 And
David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
11:17 And
David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well
of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
11:18
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines,
and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it,
and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to
the LORD.
11:19 And
said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood
of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their
lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these
three might.
11:20 And
Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear
against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.
11:21
Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he
was their captain: nevertheless he attained not to the first three.
11:22
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of
Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went
down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
11:23
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits
high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went
down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and
slew him with his own spear.
11:24
These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the
name among the three mighty men.
11:25
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained
not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
11:26
Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother
of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
11:27
Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
11:28
Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
11:29 Sibbecai
the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
11:30
Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
11:31 Ithai
the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah
the Pirathonite,
11:32
Hurai of the brooks 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 Shage
the Hararite,
11:35 Ahiam
the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
11:36
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
11:37
Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
11:38
Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
11:39 Zelek
the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armour bearer of Joab 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 the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites,
and thirty with him,
11:43
Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
11:44 Uzzia
the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
11:45
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
11:46 Eliel
the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
11:47 Eliel,
and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
12:1
Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he
yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the
mighty men, helpers of the war.
12:2
They were armed with bows, and could use both the right
hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of
Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
12:3
The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the
Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu
the Antothite.
12:4 And
Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and
Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
12:5
Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah
the Haruphite,
12:6 Elkanah,
and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
12:7
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
12:8 And
of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness
men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and
buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes
upon the mountains;
12:9
Ezer the first, 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, Machbanai the eleventh.
12:14
These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one
of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
12:15
These are they that went over Jordan in the first month,
when it had overflowed all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys,
both toward the east, and toward the west.
12:16
And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to
the hold unto David.
12:17
And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto
them, If all of you be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be
knit unto you: but if all of you be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing
there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke
it.
12:18 Then
the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Yours
are we, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto you, and
peace be to yours helpers; for your God helps you. Then David received them, and
made them captains of the band.
12:19
And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with
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 to his
master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
12:20
As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah,
and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains
of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
12:21
And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for
they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
12:22
For at that time day by day there came to David to help
him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
12:23
And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed
to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according
to the word of the LORD.
12:24
The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six
thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
12:25
Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the
war, seven thousand and one hundred.
12:26
Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
12:27 And
Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and
seven hundred;
12:28 And
Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two
captains.
12:29 And
of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for until now
the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
12:30
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight
hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
12:31 And
of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name,
to come and make David king.
12:32
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had
understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them
were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
12:33
Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war,
with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were
not of double heart.
12:34
And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with
shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
12:35
And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand
and six hundred.
12:36
And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war,
forty thousand.
12:37 And
on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half
tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred
and twenty thousand.
12:38
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a
perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest
also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
12:39
And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking:
for their brethren had prepared for them.
12:40
Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and
Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and
on oxen, and food, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and
oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
13:1
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds,
and with every leader.
13:2
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it
seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto
our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them
also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they
may gather themselves unto us:
13:3
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we
enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
13:4
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for
the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
13:5
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt
even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
13:6 And
David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged
to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwells between the
cherubims, whose name is called on it.
13:7
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the
house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
13:8
And David and all Israel played before God with all their
might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels,
and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
13:9
And when they came unto the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza
put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
13:10
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and
he stroke him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
13:11 And
David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore
that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
13:12
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall
I bring the ark of God home to me?
13:13
So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city
of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
13:14 And
the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months.
And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
14:1
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber
of cedars, with stone workers and carpenters, to build him an house.
14:2
And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king
over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
14:3 And
David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David brings forth more sons and daughters.
14:4 Now
these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab,
Nathan, and Solomon,
14:5
And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
14:6
And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
14:7
And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
14:8
And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king
over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of
it, and went out against them.
14:9
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley
of Rephaim.
14:10 And
David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will
you deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will
deliver them into yours hand.
14:11
So they came up to Baalperazim; and David stroke them there.
Then David said, God has broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking
out of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
14:12 And
when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned
with fire.
14:13 And
the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
14:14
Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto
him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them opposite to
the mulberry trees.
14:15
And it shall be, when you shall hear a sound of going in
the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle: for God
is gone forth before you to strike the host of the Philistines.
14:16
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they stroke
the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
14:17
And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD
brought the fear of him upon all nations.
15:1
And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared
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 has the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister
unto him for ever.
15:3
And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to
bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
15:4 And
David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
15:5
Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren
an hundred and twenty:
15:6
Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren
two hundred and twenty:
15:7
Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren
an hundred and thirty:
15:8
Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren
two hundred:
15:9 Of
the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
15:10
Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren
an hundred and twelve.
15:11
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and
for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
15:12 And
said unto them, All of you are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify
yourselves, both all of you and your brethren, that all of you may bring up the
ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
15:13 For
because all of you did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon
us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
15:14
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to
bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
15:15
And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon
their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word
of the LORD.
15:16 And
David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers
with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by 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 the second degree, Zechariah,
Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and
Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel,
the porters.
15:19 So
the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of
brass;
15:20 And
Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah,
and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
15:21
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom,
and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
15:22
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed
about the song, because he was skilful.
15:23
And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
15:24 And
Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah,
and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and
Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
15:25
So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over
thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house
of Obededom with joy.
15:26
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare
the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven
rams.
15:27 And
David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the
ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David
also had upon him an ephod of linen.
15:28
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the
LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with
cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
15:29
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD
came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a
window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
16:1 So
they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had
pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
16:2 And
when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings,
he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
16:3
And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman,
to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
16:4 And
he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and
to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
16:5
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth,
and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with
psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
16:6
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually
before the ark of the covenant of God.
16:7
Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank
the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
16:8
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known
his deeds among the people.
16:9
Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk all of you of
all his wondrous works.
16:10
Glory all of you in his holy name: let the heart of them
rejoice that seek the LORD.
16:11
Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
16:12 Remember
his marvellous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
16:13 O
all of you seed of Israel his servant, all of you children of Jacob, his chosen
ones.
16:14 He
is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
16:15
Be all of you mindful always of his covenant; the word which
he commanded to a thousand generations;
16:16
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of
his oath unto Isaac;
16:17
And has confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel
for an everlasting covenant,
16:18
Saying, Unto you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot
of your inheritance;
16:19
When all of you were but few, even a few, and strangers
in it.
16:20 And
when they went 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, and do my prophets no harm.
16:23
Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; show forth from day to
day his salvation.
16:24
Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works
among all nations.
16:25
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also
is to be feared above all gods.
16:26
For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made
the heavens.
16:27 Glory
and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
16:28 Give
unto the LORD, all of you families of the people, give unto the LORD glory and
strength.
16:29 Give
unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before
him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
16:30
Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be
stable, that it be not moved.
16:31
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and
let men say among the nations, The LORD reigns.
16:32
Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof: let the fields
rejoice, and all that is therein.
16:33
Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence
of the LORD, because he comes to judge the earth.
16:34
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy
endures for ever.
16:35
And say all of you, Save us, O God of our salvation, and
gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to
your holy name, and glory in your praise.
16:36
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And
all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
16:37
So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD
Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's
work required:
16:38 And
Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun
and Hosah to be porters:
16:39
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before
the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
16:40
To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of
the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all
that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
16:41
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were
chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy
endures for ever;
16:42
And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals
for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the
sons of Jeduthun were porters.
16:43
And all the people departed every man to his house: and
David returned to bless his house.
17:1
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David
said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of
the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains.
17:2
Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in yours heart;
for God is with you.
17:3
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God
came to Nathan, saying,
17:4
Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall
not build me an house to dwell in:
17:5
For I have not dwelt in an 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 Where
ever I have walked with all Israel, spoke I a word to any of the judges of Israel,
whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have all of you not built me an
house of cedars?
17:7 Now
therefore thus shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts,
I took you from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that you should
be ruler over my people Israel:
17:8
And I have been with you anywhere you have walked, and have
cut off all yours enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name
of the great men that are in the earth.
17:9
Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will
plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
17:10 And
since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I
will subdue all yours enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the LORD will build
you an house.
17:11 And
it shall come to pass, when your days be expired that you must go to be with your
fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your sons;
and I will establish his kingdom.
17:12
He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne
for ever.
17:13 I
will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away
from him, as I took it from him that was before you:
17:14
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for
ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
17:15
According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
17:16
And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said,
Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that you have brought me until now?
17:17 And
yet this was a small thing in yours eyes, O God; for you have also spoken of your
servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the
estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
17:18
What can David speak more to you for the honour of your
servant? for you know your servant.
17:19
O LORD, for your servant's sake, and according to yours
own heart, have you done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
17:20 O
LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to
all that we have heard with our ears.
17:21
And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel,
whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness
and terribleness, by driving out nations from before your people whom you have
redeemed out of Egypt?
17:22
For your people Israel did you make yours own people for
ever; and you, LORD, became their God.
17:23
Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that you have spoken
concerning your servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and
do as you have said.
17:24
Let it even be established, that your name may be magnified
for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel:
and let the house of David your servant be established before you.
17:25
For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will
build him an house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before
you.
17:26 And
now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this goodness unto your servant:
17:27 Now
therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may be
before you for ever: for you bless, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
18:1 Now
after this it came to pass, that David stroke the Philistines, and subdued them,
and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
18:2
And he stroke Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants,
and brought gifts.
18:3
And David stroke Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as
he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
18:4
And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also cut the hamstrings of all the
chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
18:5
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer
king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
18:6 Then
David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants,
and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David anywhere he went.
18:7
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants
of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
18:8
Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,
brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the
pillars, and the vessels of brass.
18:9
Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten
all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
18:10
He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his
welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and
smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels
of gold and silver and brass.
18:11
Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver
and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab,
and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
18:12 Moreover
Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen
thousand.
18:13 And
he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the
LORD preserved David anywhere he went.
18:14
So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment
and justice among all his people.
18:15
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud, recorder.
18:16
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,
were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
18:17
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites
and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
19:1
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of
the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his position.
19:2
And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son
of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers
to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land
of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
19:3
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun,
Think you that David does honour your father, that he has sent comforters unto
you? are not his servants come unto you in order to search, and to overthrow,
and to spy out the land?
19:4
Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them,
and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them
away.
19:5 Then
there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet
them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until
your beards be grown, and then return.
19:6
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves
abhorrent to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of
silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah,
and out of Zobah.
19:7
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the
king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children
of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
19:8 And
when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
19:9 And
the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of
the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
19:10 Now
when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose
out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
19:11 And
the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and
they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
19:12
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you
shall help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you, then I will
help you.
19:13 Be
of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for
the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
19:14 So
Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle;
and they fled before him.
19:15
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were
fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city.
Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
19:16
And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse
before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond
the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
19:17 And
it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came
upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the
battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
19:18
But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the
Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen,
and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
19:19
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put
to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants:
neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
20:1
And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at
the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and
wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But
David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab stroke Rabbah, and destroyed it.
20:2 And
David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a
talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's
head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
20:3
And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them
with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all
the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to
Jerusalem.
20:4 And
it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines;
at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of
the giant: and they were subdued.
20:5
And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan
the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff
was like a weaver's beam.
20:6
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of
great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand,
and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.
20:7
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's
brother slew him.
20:8
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by
the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
21:1
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to
number Israel.
21:2 And
David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba
even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
21:3
And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times
so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants?
why then does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to
Israel?
21:4 Nevertheless
the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout
all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
21:5
And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.
And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that
drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew
sword.
21:6 But
Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable
to Joab.
21:7 And
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he stroke Israel.
21:8
And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because
I have done this thing: but now, I plead to you, do away the iniquity of your
servant; for I have done very foolishly.
21:9
And the LORD spoke unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
21:10 Go
and tell David, saying, Thus says the LORD, I offer you three things: choose you
one of them, that I may do it unto you.
21:11
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD,
Choose you
21:12 Either
three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before your foes, while that
the sword of yours enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of the
LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout
all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise yourself what word I shall bring
again to him that sent me.
21:13
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me
fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me
not fall into the hand of man.
21:14
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell
of Israel seventy thousand men.
21:15
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and
as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said
to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now yours hand. And the angel
of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
21:16
And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD
stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched
out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth,
fell upon their faces.
21:17
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the
people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but
as for these sheep, what have they done? let yours hand, I pray you, O LORD my
God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on your people, that they should
be plagued.
21:18 Then
the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up,
and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
21:19 And
David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the LORD.
21:20 And
Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves.
Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
21:21
And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David,
and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face
to the ground.
21:22 Then
David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build
an altar therein unto the LORD: you shall grant it me for the full price: that
the plague may be stayed from the people.
21:23
And Ornan said unto David, Take it to you, and let my lord
the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give you the oxen also for burnt
offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the food
offering; I give it all.
21:24
And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy
it for the full price: for I will not take that which is yours for the LORD, nor
offer burnt offerings without cost.
21:25
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels
of gold by weight.
21:26
And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered
him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
21:27
And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword
again into the sheath thereof.
21:28
At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him
in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
21:29 For
the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar
of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
21:30 But
David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the
sword of the angel of the LORD.
22:1
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and
this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
22:2
And David commanded to gather together the strangers that
were in the land of Israel; and he set stone workers 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 the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
22:4 Also
cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar
wood to David.
22:5 And
David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built
for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout
all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared
abundantly before his death.
22:6
Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build
an house for the LORD God of Israel.
22:7
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in
my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
22:8
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed
blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build an house unto
my name, because you have shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
22:9 Behold,
a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest
from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give
peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
22:10
He shall build an house 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, the LORD be with you; and prosper you, and
build the house of the LORD your God, as he has said of you.
22:12
Only the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, and give
you charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
22:13 Then
shall you prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which
the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage;
dread not, nor be dismayed.
22:14
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house
of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents
of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber
also and stone have I prepared; and you may add thereto.
22:15
Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, hewers
and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner
of work.
22:16 Of
the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore,
and be doing, and the LORD be with you.
22:17
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon
his son, saying,
22:18
Is not the LORD your God with you? and has he not given
you rest on every side? for he has given the inhabitants of the land into mine
hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
22:19 Now
set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build
all of you the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of
the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the
name of the LORD.
23:1
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon
his son king over Israel.
23:2
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with
the priests and the Levites.
23:3
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years
and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight
thousand.
23:4 Of
which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the
LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
23:5
Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised
the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
23:6 And
David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath,
and Merari.
23:7 Of
the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
23:8
The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and
Joel, three.
23:9 The
sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief
of the fathers of Laadan.
23:10
And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and
Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
23:11
And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush
and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according
to their father's house.
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 for ever, to burn incense before the LORD,
to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
23:14
Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named
of the tribe of Levi.
23:15
The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
23:16
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
23:17
And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer
had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
23:18
Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
23:19
Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
23:20
Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.
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, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish
took them.
23:23 The
sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
23:24
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers;
even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their
polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age
of twenty years and upward.
23:25
For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest unto
his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
23:26
And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the
tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
23:27
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered
from twenty years old and above:
23:28
Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for
the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and
in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house
of God;
23:29 Both
for the showbread, and for the fine flour for food offering, and for the unleavened
cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and
for all manner of measure and size;
23:30
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD,
and likewise at even:
23:31
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths,
in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded
unto them, continually before the LORD:
23:32
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of
the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons
of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
24:1
Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons
of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24:2
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no
children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
24:3 And
David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the
sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
24:4
And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar
than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar
there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the
sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
24:5
Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for
the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the
sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
24:6
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the
Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests
and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for
Ithamar.
24:7 Now
the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
24:8
The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
24:9
The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
24:10
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
24:11
The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,
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 The
seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
24:16
The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
24:17 The
one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
24:18
The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth
to Maaziah.
24:19 These
were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD,
according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel
had commanded him.
24:20
And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons
of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
24:21
Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first
was Isshiah.
24:22 Of
the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
24:23
And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24:24
Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
24:25 The
brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.
24:26
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah;
Beno.
24:27 The
sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
24:28
Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
24:29
Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
24:30 The
sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the
Levites after the house of their fathers.
24:31
These likewise cast lots opposite to their brethren the
sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and
the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers
opposite to their younger brethren.
25:1
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to
the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy
with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according
to their service was:
25:2
Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah,
and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according
to the order of the king.
25:3
Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and
Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun,
who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
25:4
Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel,
Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer,
Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:
25:5
All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the
words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three
daughters.
25:6 All
these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD,
with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according
to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
25:7
So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed
in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore
and eight.
25:8 And
they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher
as the scholar.
25:9 Now
the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with
his brethren and sons were twelve:
25:10
The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
25:11 The
fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:12
The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
25:13 The
sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:14
The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
25:15 The
eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:16
The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
25:17 The
tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:18
The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
25:19 The
twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:20
The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
25:21 The
fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:22 The
fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:23
The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
25:24 The
seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:25 The
eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:26
The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
25:27 The
twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:28
The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
25:29 The
two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:30 The
three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:31 The
four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
26:1 Concerning
the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore,
of the sons of Asaph.
26:2
And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn,
Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
26:3
Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
26:4 Moreover
the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah
the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth.
26:5
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth:
for God blessed him.
26:6
Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout
the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
26:7
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,
whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
26:8
All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and
their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two
of Obededom.
26:9 And
Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
26:10
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the
chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
26:11 Hilkiah
the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren
of Hosah were thirteen.
26:12
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among
the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the
LORD.
26:13 And
they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their
fathers, for every gate.
26:14
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah
his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
26:15 To
Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
26:16
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the
gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
26:17 Eastward
were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim
two and two.
26:18 At
Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
26:19
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of
Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
26:20
And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the
house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
26:21
As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite
Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
26:22
The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which
were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.
26:23
Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and
the Uzzielites:
26:24 And
Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
26:25 And
his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his
son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
26:26
Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures
of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains
over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
26:27 Out
of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD.
26:28 And
all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner,
and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing,
it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
26:29
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward
business over Israel, for officers and judges.
26:30
And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of
valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this
side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the
king.
26:31 Among
the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to
the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they
were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer
of Gilead.
26:32 And
his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers,
whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe
of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
27:1 Now
the children of Israel after their number, to know, the chief fathers and captains
of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter
of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months
of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
27:2
Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam
the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:3
Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains
of the host for the first month.
27:4
And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite,
and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty
and four thousand.
27:5
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:6 This
is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in
his course was Ammizabad his son.
27:7
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother
of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
27:8 The
fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the 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 the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:10
The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the
Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:11 The
eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites:
and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:12
The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite,
of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:13
The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite,
of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:14
The eleventh captain for the eleventh 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, of Othniel:
and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
27:16
Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the
Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son
of Maachah:
27:17 Of
the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
27:18
Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar,
Omri the son of Michael:
27:19
Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth
the son of Azriel:
27:20
Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of
the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
27:21
Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of
Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
27:22
Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes
of the tribes of Israel.
27:23
But David took not the number of them from twenty years
old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the
stars of the heavens.
27:24
Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished
not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put
in the account of the chronicles of king David.
27:25
And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel:
and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and
in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
27:26
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage
of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
27:27
And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the
increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
27:28 And
over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan
the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
27:29
And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite:
and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
27:30 Over
the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
27:31 And
over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance
which was king David's.
27:32
Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man,
and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
27:33 And
Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion:
27:34 And
after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general
of the king's army was Joab.
28:1
And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes
of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by
course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and
the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons,
with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto
Jerusalem.
28:2 Then
David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my
people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready
for the building:
28:3
But God said unto me, You shall not build an house for my
name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood.
28:4
Nevertheless the LORD God of Israel chose me before all
the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he has chosen Judah
to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among
the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
28:5
And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,)
he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD
over Israel.
28:6 And
he said unto me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for
I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
28:7
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be
constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
28:8
Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation
of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments
of the LORD your God: that all of you may possess this good land, and leave it
for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
28:9
And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father,
and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches
all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek
him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for
ever.
28:10 Take
heed now; for the LORD has chosen you to build an house for the sanctuary: be
strong, and do it.
28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch,
and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers
thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
28:12 And
the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the
LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God,
and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
28:13
Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and
for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels
of service in the house of the LORD.
28:14
He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments
of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight,
for all instruments of every kind of service:
28:15
Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their
lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and
for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for
the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
28:16
And by weight he gave gold for the tables of showbread,
for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
28:17
Also pure gold for the forks, and the bowls, and the cups:
and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every basin; and likewise
silver by weight for every basin of silver:
28:18
And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and
gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings,
and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
28:19
All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing
by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
28:20
And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good
courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God,
will be with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until you have finished
all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
28:21
And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites,
even they shall be with you for all the service of the house of God: and there
shall be with you for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for
any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at your
commandment.
29:1 Furthermore
David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God
has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is
not for man, but for the LORD God.
29:2
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my
God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver,
and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things
of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, flashing stones, and of divers colours,
and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
29:3
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of
my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given
to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house.
29:4 Even
three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents
of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses likewise:
29:5
The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of
silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And
who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
29:6 Then
the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains
of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
29:7 And
gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten
thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand
talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
29:8
And they with whom precious stones were found gave them
to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
29:9 Then
the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart
they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great
joy.
29:10 Wherefore
David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be
you, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever.
29:11
Yours, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory,
and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth
is yours; yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all.
29:12 Both
riches and honour come of you, and you reign over all; and in yours hand is power
and might; and in yours hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
29:13 Now
therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your 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 all things come of you, and of yours
own have we given you.
29:15
For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as were
all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.
29:16 O
LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you an house for yours
holy name comes of yours hand, and is all yours own.
29:17
I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure
in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered
all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, which are present
here, to offer willingly unto you.
29:18
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers,
keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people,
and prepare their heart unto you:
29:19
And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your
commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things,
and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
29:20
And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD
your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and
bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
29:21
And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered
burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the next day after that day, even a thousand
bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and
sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
29:22
And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great
gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed
him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.
29:23
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead
of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
29:24
And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons
likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
29:25
And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight
of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any
king before him in Israel.
29:26
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
29:27 And
the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in
Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
29:28
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and
honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his position.
29:29
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the
prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
29:30
With all his reign and his might, and the times that went
over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.