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  First Chronicles

1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, ²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, ³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, ⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Ja-pheth. ⁵The sons of Ja-pheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶And the sons of Gomer: Ash-ke-naz, and Diphath, and To-gar-mah. ⁷And the sons of Javan: E-li-shah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. ⁸The sons of Ham: Cush, and Miz-ra-im, Put, and Canaan. ⁹And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Hav-i-lah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Ra-a-mah: She-ba, and De-dan. ¹⁰And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. ¹¹And Miz-ra-im begot Ludim, and An-a-mim, and Le-ha-bim, and Naph-tu-him, ¹²and Path-ru-sim, and Cas-lu-him (from where came the Philistines), and Caph-to-rim. ¹³And Canaan begot Sidon his first-born, and Heth, ¹⁴and the Jeb-u-site, and the Amorite, and the Gir-gash-ite, ¹⁵and the Hi-vite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, ¹⁶and the Ar-va-dite, and the Zem-a-rite, and the Ha-math-itr. ¹⁷The sons of Shem: E-lam, and Assh-ur, and Ar-phax-ad, and Lud, and Ar-am, and Uz, and Hul, and Ge-ther, and Meshech. ¹⁸And Ar-phax-ad begot Sa-lah, and Sa-lah begot E-ber. ¹⁹And unto E-ber were born two sons: the name of the one was Pe-leg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Jok-tan. ²⁰And Jok-tan begot Al-mo-dad, and She-leph, and Ha-zar-ma-veth, and Je-rah, ²¹and Ha-dor-am, and U-zal, and Dik-lah, ²²and E-bal, and A-bim-a-el, and She-ba, ²³and O-phir, and Hav-i-lah, and Jo-bab. All these were the sons of Jok-tan. ²⁴Shem, Ar-phax-ad, Sa-lah, ²⁵Eber, Pe-leg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Te-rah, ²⁷Abram (the same is Abraham).

²⁸The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael. ²⁹These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Ne-ba-joth; then Ke-dar, and Ad-beel, and Mib-sam, ³⁰Mishma, and Du-mah, Mas-sa, Ha-dar, and Te-ma, ³¹Jetur, Na-phish, and Ke-de-mah. These are the sons of Ishmael. ³²And the sons of Ke-tu-rah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jok-shan, and Me-dan, and Mid-i-an, and Ish-bak, and Shu-ah. And the sons of Jok-shan: She-ba, and De-dan. ³³And the sons of Mid-i-an: E-phah, and E-pher, and Ha-noch, and A-bi-da, and El-da-ah. All these were the sons of Ke-tu-rah. ³⁴And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel. ³⁵The sons of Esau: E-li-phaz, Reu-el, and Je-ush, and Ja-lam, and Kor-ah. ³⁶The sons of E-li-phaz: Te-man, and Omar, Zephi, and gotam, Ke-naz, and Tim-na, and Am-a-lek. ³⁷The sons of Reu-el: Nahath, Ze-rah, Sham-mah, and Miz-zah. ³⁸And the sons of Se-ir: Lo-tan, and Sho-bal, and Zib-e-on, and A-nah, and Di-shon, and E-zer, and Di-shan. ³⁹And the sons of Lo-tan: Hor-i, and Homam; and Tim-na was Lo-tan’s sister. ⁴⁰The sons of Sho-bal: Alian, and Man-a-hath, and E-bal, Shephi, and O-nam. And the sons of Zib-e-on: A-jah, and A-nah. ⁴¹The sons of A-nah: Di-shon. And the sons of Di-shon: Hamran, and Esh-ban, and Ith-ran, and Che-ran. ⁴²The sons of E-zer: Bilhan, and Za-a-van, Jaakan. The sons of Di-shan: Uz, and Ar-an. ⁴³Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of E-dom, before there resigned any king over the children of Israel: Be-la the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Din-ha-bah. ⁴⁴And Be-la died, and Jo-bab the son of Ze-rah of Boz-rah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁵And Jo-bab died, and Hu-sham of the land of the Te-man-ites reigned in his stead. ⁴⁶And Hu-sham died, and Ha-dar the son of Bedad, who struck Mid-i-an in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was A-vith. ⁴⁷And Ha-dar died, and Sam-lah of Mas-re-kah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁸And Sam-lah died, and Saul of Re-ho-both by the River reigned in his stead. ⁴⁹And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Ach-bor reigned in his stead. ⁵⁰And Baal-hanan died, and Ha-dar reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife’s name was Me-het-a-bel, the daughter of Ma-tred, the daughter of Me-zahab. ⁵¹And Ha-dar died. And the chiefs of E-dom were: chief Tim-na, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth, ⁵²chief A-hol-i-ba-mah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ⁵³chief Ke-naz, chief Te-man, chief Mibzar, ⁵⁴chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of E-dom.

2 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ³The sons of Judah: Er, and O-nan, and Sa-lah; which three were born unto him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him. ⁴And Ta-mar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Ze-rah. All the sons of Judah were five. ⁵The sons of Perez: Hez-ron, and Hamul. ⁶And the sons of Ze-rah: Zimri, and Ethan, and He-mam, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all. ⁷And the sons of Car-mi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing. ⁸And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹The sons also of Hez-ron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰And Ram begot Am-min-a-dab, and Am-min-a-dab begot Na-ash-on, prince of the children of Judah; ¹¹and Na-ash-on begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz, ¹²and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; ¹³and Jesse begot his first-born Eliab, and A-bin-a-dab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; ¹⁶and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. ¹⁷And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hez-ron begot children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him E-phrath, who bare him Hur. ²⁰And Hur begot U-ri, and U-ri begot Be-zal-e-el. ²¹And afterward Hez-ron went in to the daughter of Ma-chir the father of Gil-e-ad, whom he took to wife when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. ²²And Segub begot Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gil-e-ad. ²³And Geshur and Ar-am took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Ma-chir the father of Gil-e-ad. ²⁴And after that Hez-ron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then A-bi-ah Hez-ron’s wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. ²⁵And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hez-ron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, A-hi-ah. ²⁶And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of O-nam. ²⁷And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Ja-min, and Eker. ²⁸And the sons of O-nam were Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur. ²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. ³⁰And the sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without children. ³¹And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³²And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children. ³³And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. ³⁴Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. ³⁵And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. ³⁶And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad, ³⁷and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed, ³⁸and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah, ³⁹and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah, ⁴⁰and Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum, ⁴¹and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama. ⁴²And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Me-sha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of He-bron. ⁴³And the sons of He-bron: Kor-ah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begot Shammai. ⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. ⁴⁶And E-phah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Har-an, and Moza, and Gazez; and Har-an begot Gazez. ⁴⁷And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and E-phah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. ⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Sho-bal the father of Kir-jath-je’a-rim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. ⁵²And Sho-bal the father of Kir-jath-je’a-rim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. ⁵³And the families of Kir-jath-je’a-rim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. ⁵⁴The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. ⁵⁵And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

3 Now these were the sons of David, that were born unto him in He-bron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; ²the third, Absalom the son of Ma-a-chah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; ³the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife: ⁴six were born unto him in He-bron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years; ⁵and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; ⁶and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, ⁷and Nogah, and Neph-eg, and Japhia, ⁸and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Ta-mar was their sister.

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

4 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hez-ron, and Car-mi, and Hur, and Sho-bal. ²And Reaiah the son of Sho-bal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. ³And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi; ⁴and Pen-u-el the father of Gedor, and E-zer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem. ⁵And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Iz-har, and Ethnan. ⁸And Hakkoz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. ⁹And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. ¹⁰And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.

¹¹And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. ¹³And the sons of Ke-naz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath. ¹⁴And Meonothai begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen. ¹⁵And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Ke-naz. ¹⁶And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ¹⁷And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and E-pher, and Jalon; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. ¹⁹And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. ²⁰And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. ²¹The sons of Sa-lah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; ²²and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient. ²³These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

²⁴The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Ja-min, Jarib, Ze-rah, Saul; ²⁵Shallum his son, Mib-sam his son, Mish-ma his son. ²⁶And the sons of Mish-ma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shim-i his son. ²⁷And Shim-i 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. ²⁸And they dwelt at Beer-She-ba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, ²⁹and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, ³⁰and at Be-thu-el, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, ³¹and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. ³²And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; ³³and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy. ³⁴And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, ³⁵and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, ³⁶and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, ³⁷and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah-- ³⁸these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers’ houses increased greatly. ³⁹And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham. ⁴¹And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks. ⁴²And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Se-ir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uz-zi-el, the sons of Ishi. ⁴³And they struck the remnant of the A-mal-ek-ites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.

5 And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. ²For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s:) ³the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Ha-noch, and Pal-lu, Hez-ron, and Car-mi. ⁴The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shim-i his son, ⁵Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, ⁶Beerah his son, whom TilGath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. ⁷And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, ⁸and Be-la the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: ⁹and eastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gil-e-ad. ¹⁰And in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the land east of Gil-e-ad. ¹¹And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah: ¹²Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. ¹³And their brethren of their fathers’ houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and She-ba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and E-ber, seven. ¹⁴These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gil-e-ad, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; ¹⁵Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses. ¹⁶And they dwelt in Gil-e-ad in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders. ¹⁷All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able to go forth to war. ¹⁹And they made war with the Hagrites, with Je-tur, and Na-phish, and Nodab. ²⁰And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him. ²¹And 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 a hundred thousand. ²²For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity. ²³And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-Her-mon and She-nir and mount Her-mon. ²⁴And these were the heads of their fathers’ houses: even E-pher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses. ²⁵And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them. ²⁶And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of TilGath-pilneser 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 of Gozan, unto this day.

6 The sons of Levi: Ger-shon, Ko-hath, and Me-rar-i. ²And the sons of Ko-hath: Amram, Iz-har, and He-bron, and Uz-zi-el. ³And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and A-bi-hu, El-e-a-zar, and Ith-a-mar. ⁴Eleazar begot Phin-e-has, Phin-e-has begot Abishua, ⁵and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi, ⁶and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth, ⁷Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot A-hi-tub, ⁸and A-hi-tub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz, ⁹and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan, ¹⁰and Johanan begot Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem), ¹¹and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot A-hi-tub, ¹²and A-hi-tub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum, ¹³and Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah, ¹⁴and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak; ¹⁵And Jehozadak went into captivity, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁶The sons of Levi: Ger-shom, Ko-hath, and Me-rar-i. ¹⁷And these are the names of the sons of Ger-shom: Lib-ni and Shim-i. ¹⁸And the sons of Ko-hath were Amram, and Iz-har, and He-bron, and Uz-zi-el. ¹⁹The sons of Me-rar-i: Ma-ha-li and Mu-shi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. ²⁰Of Ger-shom: Lib-ni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son, Iddo his son, Ze-rah his son, Jeatherai his son. ²²The sons of Ko-hath: Am-min-a-dab his son, Kor-ah his son, As-sir his son, ²³Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and As-sir his son, ²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Saul his son. ²⁵And the sons of El-ka-nah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. ²⁶As for El-ka-nah, the sons of El-ka-nah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, ²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, El-ka-nah his son. ²⁸And the sons of Samuel: the first-born Joel, and the second A-bi-ah. ²⁹The sons of Me-rar-i: Ma-ha-li, Lib-ni his son, Shim-i his son, Uzzah his son, ³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

³¹And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah, after that the ark had rest. ³²And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order. ³³And these are they that waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: He-mam the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, ³⁴the son of El-ka-nah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, ³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of El-ka-nah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, ³⁶the son of El-ka-nah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, ³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of As-sir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Kor-ah, ³⁸the son of Iz-har, the son of Ko-hath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. ³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, ⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, ⁴¹the son of Ethni, the son of Ze-rah, the son of Adaiah, ⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shim-i, ⁴³the son of Jahath, the son of Ger-shom, the son of Levi. ⁴⁴And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Me-rar-i: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, ⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, ⁴⁷the son of Ma-ha-li, the son of Mu-shi, the son of Me-rar-i, the son of Levi. ⁴⁸And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. ⁵⁰And these are the sons of Aaron: El-e-a-zar his son, Phin-e-has his son, Abishua his son, ⁵¹Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, ⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, A-hi-tub his son, ⁵³Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

⁵⁴Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot), ⁵⁵to them they gave He-bron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it; ⁵⁶but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, He-bron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs, ⁵⁸and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, ⁵⁹and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-she-mesh with its suburbs; ⁶⁰and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. ⁶¹And unto the rest of the sons of Ko-hath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. ⁶²And to the sons of Ger-shom, according to 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. ⁶³Unto the sons of Me-rar-i were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁶⁴And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs. ⁶⁵And 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 mentioned by name. ⁶⁶And some of the families of the sons of Ko-hath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of E-phra-im. ⁶⁷And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, She-chem in the hill-country of E-phra-im with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs, ⁶⁸and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs, ⁶⁹and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; ⁷⁰and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Ko-hath. ⁷¹Unto the sons of Ger-shom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ash-ta-roth with its suburbs; ⁷²and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, ⁷³and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs; ⁷⁴and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs, ⁷⁵and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; ⁷⁶and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs. ⁷⁷Unto the rest of the Levites, the sons of Me-rar-i, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Ta-bor with its suburbs; ⁷⁸and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs, ⁷⁹and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; ⁸⁰and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gil-e-ad with its suburbs, and Ma-ha-na-im with its suburbs, ⁸¹and Hesh-bon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.

7 And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Pu-ah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. ²And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred. ³And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men. ⁴And with them, by their generations, after their fathers’ houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons. ⁵And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand. ⁶The sons of Benjamin: Be-la, and Becher, and Jediael, three. ⁷And the sons of Be-la: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uz-zi-el, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. ⁸And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and El-i-e-zer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and A-bi-ah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. ⁹And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred. ¹⁰And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Je-ush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war. ¹²Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher. ¹³The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. ¹⁴The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Ma-chir the father of Gil-e-ad: ¹⁵and Ma-chir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Ma-a-chah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. ¹⁶And Ma-a-chah the wife of Ma-chir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. ¹⁷And the sons of Ulam: Be-dan. These were the sons of Gil-e-ad the son of Ma-chir, the son of Manasseh. ¹⁸And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah. ¹⁹And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and She-chem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

²⁰And the sons of E-phra-im: Shuthelah, and Be-red his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, ²¹and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and E-zer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. ²²And E-phra-im their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. ²³And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. ²⁴And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah. ²⁵And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, ²⁶Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ²⁷Nun his son, Joshua his son. ²⁸And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; She-chem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the towns thereof; ²⁹and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. ³⁰The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. ³¹And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. ³²And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. ³³And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. ³⁴And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Ar-am. ³⁵And the sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. ³⁶The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, ³⁷Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ith-ran, and Beera. ³⁸And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. ³⁹And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. ⁴⁰All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.

8 And Benjamin begot Be-la his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, ²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. ³And Be-la had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, ⁴and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, ⁵and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. ⁶And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Man-a-hath: ⁷and Naaman, and A-hi-ah, and Gera, he carried them captive: and he begot Uzza and Ahihud. ⁸And Shaharaim begot children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. ⁹And he begot of Hodesh his wife, Jo-bab, and Zibia, and Me-sha, and Malcam, ¹⁰and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers’ houses. ¹¹And of Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal. ¹²And the sons of Elpaal: E-ber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof; ¹³and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath; ¹⁴and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, ¹⁵and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder, ¹⁶and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah, ¹⁷and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber, ¹⁸and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jo-bab, the sons of Elpaal, ¹⁹and Jakim, and Zich-ri, and Zabdi, ²⁰and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel, ²¹and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shim-i, ²²and Ishpan, and E-ber, and Eliel, ²³and Abdon, and Zich-ri, and Hanan, ²⁴and Hananiah, and E-lam, and Anthothijah, ²⁵and Iphdeiah, and Pen-u-el, the sons of Shashak, ²⁶and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, ²⁷and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zich-ri, the sons of Jeroham. ²⁸These were heads of fathers’ houses throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt in Jerusalem. ²⁹And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife’s name was Ma-a-chah; ³⁰and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, ³¹and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher. ³²And Mikloth begot Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

³³And Ner begot Kish; and Kish begot Saul; and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and A-bin-a-dab, and Eshbaal. ³⁴And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begot Micah. ³⁵And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. ³⁶And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begot Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza. ³⁷And Moza begot Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. ³⁸And 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. ³⁹And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Je-ush the second, and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

9 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression. ²Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. ³And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of E-phra-im and Manasseh: ⁴Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah. ⁵And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons. ⁶And of the sons of Ze-rah: Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. ⁷And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah, ⁸and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reu-el, the son of Ibnijah; ⁹and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers’ houses by their fathers’ houses. ¹⁰And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Ja-chin, ¹¹and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of A-hi-tub, the ruler of the house of God; ¹²and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; ¹³and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

¹⁴And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Me-rar-i; ¹⁵and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zich-ri, the son of Asaph, ¹⁶and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of El-ka-nah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief), ¹⁸who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi. ¹⁹And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Kor-ah, and his brethren, of his father’s house, the Kor-a-hites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entry. ²⁰And Phin-e-has the son of El-e-a-zar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him. ²¹Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting. ²²All these that were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust. ²³So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards. ²⁴On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. ²⁵And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them: ²⁶for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God. ²⁷And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning. ²⁸And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out. ²⁹Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices. ³¹And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans. ³²And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath. ³³And these are the singers, heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night. ³⁴These were heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt at Jerusalem.

10 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. ²And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and A-bin-a-dab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. ³And the battle went greatly against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers. ⁴Then said Saul unto his armor-bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through therewith, unless these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. ⁵And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died. ⁶So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together. ⁷And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

⁸And 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. ⁹And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people. ¹⁰And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fasten ed his head in the house of Dagon. ¹¹And when all Ja-besh-gil-e-ad heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, ¹²all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Ja-besh, and buried their bones under the oak in Ja-besh, and fasted seven days. ¹³So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby, ¹⁴and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

11 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto He-bron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. ²In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you that led out and brought in Israel: and Jehovah your God said unto you, you shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel. ³So all the elders of Israel came to the king to He-bron; and David made a covenant with them in He-bron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel. ⁴And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there. ⁵And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, you shall not come in hither. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. ⁶And David said, whoeverever smite the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief. ⁷And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David. ⁸And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city. ⁹And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah of hosts was with him.

¹⁰Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. ¹¹And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time. ¹²And after him was El-e-a-zar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men. ¹³He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. ¹⁴And they stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and Jehovah saved them by a great victory. ¹⁵And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were camped in the valley of Reph-a-im. ¹⁶And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. ¹⁷And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! ¹⁸And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah, ¹⁹and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: 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 the three mighty men. ²⁰And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three. ²¹Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. ²²Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. ²³And 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. ²⁴These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men. ²⁵Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. ²⁶Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, ²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, ²⁸Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, ²⁹Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, ³⁰Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, ³¹Ithai the son of Ribai of Gib-e-ah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, ³²Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, A-bi-el the Arbathite, ³³Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, ³⁴the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite, ³⁵Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, ³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, A-hi-ah the Pelonite, ³⁷Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, ³⁸Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri, ³⁹Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, ⁴⁰Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, ⁴¹Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, ⁴²Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, ⁴³Hanan the son of Ma-a-chah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, ⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, ⁴⁵Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, ⁴⁶Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, ⁴⁷Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

12 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, his helpers in war. ²They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin. ³The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite, ⁴and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite, ⁵Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, ⁶Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Kor-a-hites, ⁷and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. ⁸And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; ⁹Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, ¹⁰Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, ¹¹Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, ¹²Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, ¹³Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. ¹⁴These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand. ¹⁵These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. ¹⁶And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David. ¹⁷And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If you be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if you be come to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. ¹⁸Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, your are we, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. ¹⁹Of Manasseh also there fell away some 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 away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. ²⁰As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and E-li-hu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh. ²¹And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host. ²²For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.

²³And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, who came to David to He-bron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah. ²⁴The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war. ²⁵Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. ²⁶Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. ²⁷And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred, ²⁸and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains. ²⁹And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. ³⁰And of the children of E-phra-im twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses. ³¹And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king. ³²And of the children of Issachar, 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. ³³Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that could order the battle array, and were not of double heart. ³⁴And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. ³⁵And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. ³⁶And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand. ³⁷And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand. ³⁸All these being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to He-bron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. ³⁹And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them. ⁴⁰Moreover they that were near unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, goods of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.

13 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader. ²And David said unto all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us; ³and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul. ⁴And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. ⁵So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kir-jath-je’a-rim. ⁶And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kir-jath-je’a-rim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God Jehovah that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name. ⁷And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of A-bin-a-dab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. ⁸And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

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

14 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house. ²And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel’s sake. ³And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begot more sons and daughters. ⁴And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, ⁵and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet, ⁶and Nogah, and Neph-eg, and Japhia, ⁷and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

⁸And 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. ⁹Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Reph-a-im. ¹⁰And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and will you deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand. ¹¹So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim. ¹²And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire. ¹³And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley. ¹⁴And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, you shall not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees. ¹⁵And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God is gone out before you to strike the host of the Philistines. ¹⁶And David did as God commanded him: and they struck the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer. ¹⁷And the fame of David went out into all lands; and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations.

15 And David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. ²Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. ³And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it. ⁴And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites: ⁵of the sons of Ko-hath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty; ⁶of the sons of Me-rar-i, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty; ⁷of the sons of Ger-shom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty; ⁸of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred; ⁹of the sons of He-bron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore; ¹⁰of the sons of Uz-zi-el, Am-min-a-dab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve. ¹¹And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Am-min-a-dab, ¹²and said unto them, you are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it. ¹³For because you bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance. ¹⁴So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel. ¹⁵And 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 Jehovah. ¹⁶And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. ¹⁷So the Levites appointed He-mam the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Me-rar-i their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; ¹⁸and 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 Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-E-dom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers. ¹⁹So the singers, He-mam, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed with cymbals of brass to sound aloud; ²⁰and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth; ²¹and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-E-dom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead. ²²And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. ²³And Berechiah and El-ka-nah were doorkeepers for the ark. ²⁴And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and El-i-e-zer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-E-dom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

²⁵So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-E-dom with joy. ²⁶And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams. ²⁷And 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: and David had upon him an ephod of linen. ²⁸Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps. ²⁹And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

16 And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God. ²And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah. ³And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion of flesh, and a cake of raisins. ⁴And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel: ⁵Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-E-dom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud; ⁶and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

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

³⁷So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required; ³⁸and Obed-E-dom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-E-dom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers; ³⁹and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon, ⁴⁰to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah upon the altar of burnt-offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Jehovah, which he commanded unto Israel; ⁴¹and with them He-mam and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his lovingkindness endures for ever; ⁴²and with them He-mam and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate. ⁴³And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.

17 And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwells under curtains. ²And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you. ³And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, ⁴Go and tell David my servant, Thus says Jehovah, you shall not build me a house to dwell in: ⁵for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. ⁶In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spoke I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? ⁷Now therefore thus shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel: ⁸and I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth. ⁹And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first, ¹⁰and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that Jehovah will build you a house. ¹¹And it shall come to pass, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. ¹²He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever. ¹³I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you; ¹⁴but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever. ¹⁵According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

¹⁶Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? ¹⁷And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; but you have spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and has regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God. ¹⁸What can David say yet more unto you concerning the honor which is done to your servant? for you know your servant. ¹⁹O Jehovah, for your servant’s sake, and according to your own heart, has you worked all this greatness, to make known all these great things. ²⁰O Jehovah, there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²¹And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make you a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before your people, whom you redeemed out of Egypt? ²²For your people Israel did you make your own people for ever; and you, Jehovah, became their God. ²³And now, O Jehovah, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as you have spoken. ²⁴And let your name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David your servant is established before you. ²⁵For you, O my God, has revealed to your servant that you will build him a house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray before you. ²⁶And now, O Jehovah, you are God, and has promised this good thing unto your servant: ²⁷and now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue for ever before you: for you, O Jehovah, has blessed, and it is blessed for ever.

18 And after this it came to pass, that David struck the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines. ²And he struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute. ³And David struck Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates. ⁴And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots. ⁵And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. ⁶Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David wherever he went. ⁷And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

⁹And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had crushed all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah, ¹⁰he sent Ha-dor-am his son to king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and crushed him; (for Hadarezer had wars with Tou;) and he had with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. ¹¹These also did king David dedicate unto Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from E-dom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Am-a-lek. ¹²Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah struck of the E-dom-ites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand. ¹³And he put garrisons in E-dom; and all the E-dom-ites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David wherever he went. ¹⁴And David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness unto all his people. ¹⁵And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; ¹⁶and Zadok the son of A-hi-tub, and A-bim-e-lech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe; ¹⁷and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.

19 And it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. ²And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. ³But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, think you that David does honor your father, in that he has sent comforters unto you? are not his servants come unto you to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? ⁴So Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. ⁵Then there went certain persons, 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.

20 And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led forth the army, and wearied the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it. ²And 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 forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much. ³And he brought forth the people that were therein, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

⁴And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued. ⁵And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. ⁶And there was again 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 born unto the giant. ⁷And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him. ⁸These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

21 And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. ²And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-She-ba even to Dan; and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them. ³And Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of guilt unto Israel? ⁴Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. why Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. ⁵And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. ⁶But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

⁷And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel. ⁸And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing: but now, put away, I beseech you, the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. ⁹And Jehovah spoke unto Gad, David’s seer, saying, ¹⁰Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus says Jehovah, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it unto you. ¹¹So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus says Jehovah, Take which you will: ¹²either three years of famine; or three months to be consumed before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtake you; or else three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him that sent me. ¹³And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man. ¹⁴So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. ¹⁵And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jeb-u-site. ¹⁶And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. ¹⁷And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let your hand, I pray you, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against my father’s house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued.

¹⁸Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jeb-u-site. ¹⁹And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of Jehovah. ²⁰And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. ²¹And 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. ²²Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full price shall you give it me, that the plague may be stayed from the people. ²³And 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 for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I give it all. ²⁴And king David said to Ornan, no; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is your for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost. ²⁵So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. ²⁶And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. ²⁷And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. ²⁸At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jeb-u-site, then he sacrificed there. ²⁹For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon. ³⁰But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.

22 Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel. ²And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God. ³And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight; ⁴and cedar-trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar-trees in abundance to David. ⁵And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for Jehovah must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

⁶Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel. ⁷And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house unto the name of Jehovah my God. ⁸But the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, you have shed blood abundantly, and has made great wars: you shall not build a house unto my name, because you have shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. ⁹Behold, 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: ¹⁰he shall build a 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. ¹¹Now, my son, Jehovah be with you; and prosper you, and build the house of Jehovah your God, as he has spoken concerning you. ¹²Only Jehovah give you discretion and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel; that so you may keep the law of Jehovah your God. ¹³Then shall you prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; fear not, neither be dismayed. ¹⁴Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah a 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. ¹⁵Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are skilful in every manner of work: ¹⁶of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Jehovah be with you.

¹⁷David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, ¹⁸Is not Jehovah your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and before his people. ¹⁹Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God; arise therefore, and build you the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Jehovah.

23 Now David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel. ²And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. ³And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. ⁴Of these, twenty and four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and six thousand were officers and judges; ⁵and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. ⁶And David divided them into courses according to the sons of Levi: Ger-shon, Ko-hath, and Me-rar-i. ⁷Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shim-i. ⁸The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹The sons of Shim-i: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Har-an, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Ladan. ¹⁰And the sons of Shim-i: Jahath, Zina, and Je-ush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shim-i. ¹¹And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Je-ush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they became a fathers’ house in one reckoning. ¹²The sons of Ko-hath: Amram, Iz-har, He-bron, and Uz-zi-el, four. ¹³The 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 Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever. ¹⁴But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. ¹⁵The sons of Moses: Ger-shom and El-i-e-zer. ¹⁶The sons of Ger-shom: Shebuel the chief. ¹⁷And the sons of El-i-e-zer were: Rehabiah the chief; and El-i-e-zer had no other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. ¹⁸The sons of Iz-har: Shelomith the chief. ¹⁹The sons of He-bron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰The sons of Uz-zi-el: Micah the chief, and Isshiah the second. ²¹The sons of Me-rar-i: Ma-ha-li and Mu-shi. The sons of Ma-ha-li: El-e-a-zar and Kish. ²²And El-e-a-zar died, and had no sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them to wife. ²³The sons of Mu-shi: Ma-ha-li, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

²⁴These were the sons of Levi after their fathers’ houses, even the heads of the fathers’ houses of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from twenty years old and upward. ²⁵For David said, Jehovah, the God of Israel, has given rest unto his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem for ever: ²⁶and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service thereof. ²⁷For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward. ²⁸For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God; ²⁹for the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size; ³⁰and to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at even; ³¹and to offer all burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Jehovah; ³²and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.

24 And the courses of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and A-bi-hu, El-e-a-zar and Ith-a-mar. ²But Nadab and A-bi-hu died before their father, and had no children: therefore El-e-a-zar and Ith-a-mar executed the priest’s office. ³And David with Zadok of the sons of El-e-a-zar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ith-a-mar, divided them according to their ordering in their service. ⁴And there were more chief men found of the sons of El-e-a-zar than of the sons of Ith-a-mar; and thus were they divided: of the sons of El-e-a-zar there were sixteen, heads of fathers’ houses; and of the sons of Ith-a-mar, according to their fathers’ houses, eight. ⁵Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of El-e-a-zar, and of the sons of Ith-a-mar. ⁶And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers’ house being taken for El-e-a-zar, and one taken for Ith-a-mar. ⁷Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, ⁸the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, ⁹the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, ¹⁰the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to A-bi-ah, ¹¹the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, ¹²the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, ¹³the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, ¹⁴the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, ¹⁵the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, ¹⁶the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, ¹⁷the one and twentieth to Ja-chin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, ¹⁸the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. ¹⁹This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance given unto them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

²⁰And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. ²¹Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. ²²Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. ²³And the sons of He-bron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. ²⁴The sons of Uz-zi-el, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. ²⁵The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. ²⁶The sons of Me-rar-i: Ma-ha-li and Mu-shi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno. ²⁷The sons of Me-rar-i: of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸Of Ma-ha-li: El-e-a-zar, who had no sons. ²⁹Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. ³⁰And the sons of Mu-shi: Ma-ha-li, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers’ houses. ³¹These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers’ houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother.

25 Moreover David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of He-mam, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of them that did the work according to their service was: ²of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king. ³Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah. ⁴Of He-mam; the sons of He-mam: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uz-zi-el, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-E-zer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. ⁵All these were the sons of He-mam the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to He-mam fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and He-mam being under the order of the king. ⁷And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

⁸And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. ⁹Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve: ¹⁰the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹²the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹³the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹⁴the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹⁵the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹⁶the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹⁷the tenth to Shim-i, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹⁸the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ²⁰for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ²¹for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ²²for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ²³for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ²⁴for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ²⁵for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ²⁶for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ²⁷for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ²⁸for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ²⁹for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ³⁰for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve: ³¹for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

26 For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Kor-a-hites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. ²And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. ⁴And Obed-E-dom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth, ⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. ⁶Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor. ⁷The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, E-li-hu, and Semachiah. ⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-E-dom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-E-dom. ⁹And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen. ¹⁰Also Hosah, of the children of Me-rar-i, had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief), ¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. ¹²Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah. ¹³And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate. ¹⁴And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. ¹⁵To Obed-E-dom southward; and to his sons the store-house. ¹⁶To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that go up, watch against watch. ¹⁷Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two. ¹⁸For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. ¹⁹These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Kor-a-hites, and of the sons of Me-rar-i.

²⁰And of the Levites, A-hi-ah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. ²¹The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. ²²The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of Jehovah. ²³Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: ²⁴and Shebuel the son of Ger-shom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures. ²⁵And his brethren: of El-i-e-zer came Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zich-ri his son, and Shelomoth his son. ²⁶This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. ²⁷Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of Jehovah. ²⁸And 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, whoeverever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brethren.

²⁹Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. ³⁰Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Jehovah, and for the service of the king. ³¹Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers’ houses. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gil-e-ad. ³²And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred, heads of fathers’ houses, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.

27 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the heads of fathers’ houses and the captains of thousands and of 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. ²Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ³He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. ⁴And over the course of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his course; and Mikloth the ruler: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ⁵The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ⁶This is that Benaiah, who was the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and of his course was Ammizabad his son. ⁷The 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. ⁸The fifth captain for this fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ⁹The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ¹⁰The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of E-phra-im: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ¹¹The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ¹²The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ¹³The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ¹⁴The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of E-phra-im: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. ¹⁵The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

¹⁶Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was El-i-e-zer the son of Zich-ri the ruler: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Ma-a-chah: ¹⁷of Levi, Hashabiah the son of Ke-mu-el: of Aaron, Zadok: ¹⁸of Judah, E-li-hu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: ¹⁹of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel: ²⁰of the children of E-phra-im, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: ²¹of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gil-e-ad, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: ²²of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel. ²³But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of heaven. ²⁴Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but finished not; and there came wrath for this upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David. ²⁵And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah: ²⁶And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: ²⁷and over the vineyards was Shim-i the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: ²⁸and over the olive-trees and the sycomore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: ²⁹and 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: ³⁰and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite. ³¹All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s. ³²Also Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counsellor, a man of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons: ³³And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend: ³⁴and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the captain of the king’s host was Joab.

28 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers, and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto Jerusalem. ²Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: as for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made ready for the building. ³But God said unto me, you shall not build a house for my name, because you are a man of war, and has shed blood. ⁴Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel, chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he has chosen Judah to be prince; and in the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel; ⁵And of all my sons (for Jehovah has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel. ⁶And 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. ⁷And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day. ⁸Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children after you for ever. ⁹And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah 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. ¹⁰Take heed now; for Jehovah has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

¹¹Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch of the temple, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat; ¹²and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things; ¹³also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah; ¹⁴of gold by weight for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; of silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service; ¹⁵by weight also for the candlesticks of gold, and for the lamps thereof, of gold, by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof; and for the candlesticks of silver, silver by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick; ¹⁶and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for every table; and silver for the tables of silver; ¹⁷and the flesh-hooks, and the basins, and the cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl; ¹⁸and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, even the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of Jehovah. ¹⁹All this, said David, have I been made to understand in writing from the hand of Jehovah, even all the works of this pattern. ²⁰And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished. ²¹And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with you in all manner of work every willing man that has skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at your commandment.

29 And David the king said unto all the assembly, 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 Jehovah God. ²Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the brass for the things of brass, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. ³Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it unto the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house, ⁴even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of O-phir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses; ⁵of gold for the things of gold, and of silver for the things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. Who then offers willingly to consecrate himself this day unto Jehovah? ⁶Then the princes of the fathers’ houses, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king’s work, offered willingly; ⁷and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents. ⁸And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of Jehovah, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. ⁹Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

¹⁰why David blessed Jehovah before all the assembly; and David said, Blessed be you, O Jehovah, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. ¹¹Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is your; your is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and you are exalted as head above all. ¹²Both riches and honor come of you, and you rule over all; and in your hand is power and might; and in your hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. ¹³Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name. ¹⁴But 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 your own have we given you. ¹⁵For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding. ¹⁶O Jehovah our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you a house for your holy name comes of your hand, and is all your own. ¹⁷I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, that are present here, offer willingly unto you. ¹⁸O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of 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; ¹⁹and 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 which I have made provision. ²⁰And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and the king. ²¹And they sacrificed sacrifices unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, 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, ²²and did eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.