The Book of Chronicles is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books in the Christian Old Testament. Chronicles is the final book of the Hebrew Bible, concluding the third section of the Jewish Tanakh, the Ketuvim.
This document lists genealogies and descendants of important biblical figures like Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It traces lineage from these patriarchs down through their sons and grandsons, detailing the tribes and nations that emerged. Specific lineages mentioned include the descendants of Shem, Ham and Japheth; the sons and grandsons of Ishmael, Keturah, Esau and others; and the lineage of David and his sons.
This document provides commentary from multiple scholars on Chapter 2 of 1 Chronicles. It begins by listing the 12 sons of Israel and noting that the order differs slightly from other biblical sources. It then discusses the genealogy of Judah and some of the good and bad individuals mentioned. Finally, it examines Caleb's family tree and provides parallel biblical references for many of the individuals listed. While the exact relationships cannot always be determined, the genealogies were important for establishing Jesus' lineage. The commentators discuss various details and differences of opinion but agree the overall purpose is to introduce the lineage of Israel.
This document discusses the history of the Amalekites according to the Bible. It describes how Esau's grandson Amalek was the progenitor of the Amalekite people and nation. Several biblical passages are cited that reference the Amalekites attacking the Israelites or being defeated by them. The document suggests that Saul failed to completely destroy the Amalekites as God commanded. It notes that the Book of Esther identifies Haman, the main villain, as being a descendant of Agag, the Amalekite king captured by Saul. The document analyzes the biblical theme of obedience being more important than sacrifice and connects this to Saul's disobedience in sparing Agag.
The document provides genealogies for Jesus from both Joseph and Mary's lineage according to the gospels of Matthew and Luke. It traces Jesus's lineage back to Abraham and notes some of the notable figures in his ancestry including Abraham, David, Solomon, and Josiah. It also mentions some of the women in the lineage like Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba and provides brief context about them. The document emphasizes that while many of Jesus's ancestors were notable, they also struggled with failures, and it was part of God's plan for Jesus to be born as a human to serve as the ultimate propitiation for sins.
The document describes the generations of Terah and his sons Abram, Nahor and Haran. It details how Terah took Abram, Sarai and Lot to travel from Ur of the Chaldeans to the land of Canaan, settling temporarily in Haran where Terah died at 205 years old. God then calls Abram to leave his country and kindred and go to the land that God will show him, promising to make Abram into a great nation and bless all people through him. Abram departs from Haran at age 75, taking his family and possessions to the land of Canaan.
This document traces the genealogy of Jesus Christ from Abraham to Joseph. It lists the fathers and some of the mothers at each generation. Some of the women mentioned in Jesus' lineage include Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, who was the wife of Uriah. The genealogy is divided into 14 generations from Abraham to David, 14 generations from David to the exile to Babylon, and 14 generations from the exile to Jesus Christ. It establishes Jesus' credentials as a descendant of Abraham and David and traces his lineage through the royal house of Judah.
This document lists genealogies and descendants of important biblical figures like Adam, Noah, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. It traces lineage from these patriarchs down through their sons and grandsons, detailing the tribes and nations that emerged. Specific lineages mentioned include the descendants of Shem, Ham and Japheth; the sons and grandsons of Ishmael, Keturah, Esau and others; and the lineage of David and his sons.
This document provides commentary from multiple scholars on Chapter 2 of 1 Chronicles. It begins by listing the 12 sons of Israel and noting that the order differs slightly from other biblical sources. It then discusses the genealogy of Judah and some of the good and bad individuals mentioned. Finally, it examines Caleb's family tree and provides parallel biblical references for many of the individuals listed. While the exact relationships cannot always be determined, the genealogies were important for establishing Jesus' lineage. The commentators discuss various details and differences of opinion but agree the overall purpose is to introduce the lineage of Israel.
This document discusses the history of the Amalekites according to the Bible. It describes how Esau's grandson Amalek was the progenitor of the Amalekite people and nation. Several biblical passages are cited that reference the Amalekites attacking the Israelites or being defeated by them. The document suggests that Saul failed to completely destroy the Amalekites as God commanded. It notes that the Book of Esther identifies Haman, the main villain, as being a descendant of Agag, the Amalekite king captured by Saul. The document analyzes the biblical theme of obedience being more important than sacrifice and connects this to Saul's disobedience in sparing Agag.
The document provides genealogies for Jesus from both Joseph and Mary's lineage according to the gospels of Matthew and Luke. It traces Jesus's lineage back to Abraham and notes some of the notable figures in his ancestry including Abraham, David, Solomon, and Josiah. It also mentions some of the women in the lineage like Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba and provides brief context about them. The document emphasizes that while many of Jesus's ancestors were notable, they also struggled with failures, and it was part of God's plan for Jesus to be born as a human to serve as the ultimate propitiation for sins.
The document describes the generations of Terah and his sons Abram, Nahor and Haran. It details how Terah took Abram, Sarai and Lot to travel from Ur of the Chaldeans to the land of Canaan, settling temporarily in Haran where Terah died at 205 years old. God then calls Abram to leave his country and kindred and go to the land that God will show him, promising to make Abram into a great nation and bless all people through him. Abram departs from Haran at age 75, taking his family and possessions to the land of Canaan.
This document traces the genealogy of Jesus Christ from Abraham to Joseph. It lists the fathers and some of the mothers at each generation. Some of the women mentioned in Jesus' lineage include Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba, who was the wife of Uriah. The genealogy is divided into 14 generations from Abraham to David, 14 generations from David to the exile to Babylon, and 14 generations from the exile to Jesus Christ. It establishes Jesus' credentials as a descendant of Abraham and David and traces his lineage through the royal house of Judah.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll", is a book in the third section of the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the Five Scrolls in the Hebrew Bible and later became part of the Christian Old Testament.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, largely takes the form of a first-person memoir by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, concerning the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and the dedication of the city and its people to God's laws.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Book of Esther, also known in Hebrew as "the Scroll", is a book in the third section of the Hebrew Bible. It is one of the Five Scrolls in the Hebrew Bible and later became part of the Christian Old Testament.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans is an epistle attributed to Ignatius of Antioch, a second-century bishop of Antioch. It was written during his transport from Antioch to his execution in Rome. It contains Ignatius’ most detailed explanation of his views on martyrdom.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Story of Ahikar, folktale of Babylonian or Persian origin, about a wise and moral man who supposedly served as one of the chief counselors of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (704–681 bc). Like the biblical Job, Ahikar was a prototype of the just man whose righteousness was sorely tested and ultimately rewarded by God.
The Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, largely takes the form of a first-person memoir by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, concerning the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile and the dedication of the city and its people to God's laws.
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Romans 3:24-26
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The Laws of the Jungle of Ocelotlcoatl
"The Laws of the Jungle of Ocelotlcoatl" is an enchanting tale that chronicles the journey of Maya, a young woman who finds herself immersed in the vast and mysterious jungle. Guided by the ancient wisdom of Ocelotlcoatl, an emblematic spirit of the forest, Maya embarks on a path of self-discovery and growth, learning the timeless principles that govern the natural world.
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1. 1 Chronicles
CHAPTER 1
1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and
Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and
Togarmah.
7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and
Dodanim.
8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and
Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba,
and Dedan.
10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon
the earth.
11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim,
and Naphtuhim,
12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the
Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad,
and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and
Meshech.
18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one
was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and
his brother's name was Joktan.
20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and
Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the
sons of Joktan.
24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 Abram; the same is Abraham.
28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael,
Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of
Ishmael.
32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she
bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and
Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and
Dedan.
33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch,
and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and
Israel.
35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and
Jaalam, and Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and
Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah.
38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon,
and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna
was Lotan's sister.
40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal,
Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and
Anah.
41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon;
Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The
sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of
Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel;
Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was
Dinhabah.
44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of
Bozrah reigned in his stead.
45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the
Temanites reigned in his stead.
46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad,
which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his
stead: and the name of his city was Avith.
47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah
reigned in his stead.
48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the
river reigned in his stead.
49 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of
Achbor reigned in his stead.
50 And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his
stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name
was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of
Mezahab.
51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke
Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
CHAPTER 2
1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and
Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which
three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the
Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the
sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and
Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman,
and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who
transgressed in the thing accursed.
8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him;
Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat
Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
2. 1 CHRONICLES
11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the
second, and Shimma the third,
14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons
of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was
Jether the Ishmeelite.
18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah
his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and
Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him
Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of
Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was
threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities
in the land of Gilead.
23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair,
from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even
threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir
the father of Gilead.
24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then
Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were,
Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and
Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was
Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were,
Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And
the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and
she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled
died without children.
31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi;
Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether,
and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were
the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan
had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to
wife; and she bare him Attai.
36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat
Elishama.
42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were,
Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the
sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and
Rekem, and Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and
Rekem begat Shammai.
45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the
father of Bethzur.
46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza,
and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and
Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva
the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the
daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the
firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of
Bethgader.
52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons;
Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the
Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them
came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites,
Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites,
the Zorites.
55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the
Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the
Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of
Rechab.
CHAPTER 3
1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto
him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of
Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of
Haggith:
3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by
Eglah his wife.
4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he
reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he
reigned thirty and three years.
5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and
Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the
daughter of Ammiel:
6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the
concubines, and Tamar their sister.
10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa
his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the
second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah
his son.
17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah,
Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
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19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei:
and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and
Shelomith their sister:
20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,
Jushabhesed, five.
21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the
sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah,
the sons of Shechaniah.
22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of
Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah,
and Shaphat, six.
23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and
Azrikam, three.
24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib,
and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and
Anani, seven.
CHAPTER 4
1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur,
and Shobal.
2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath
begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the
Zorathites.
3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma,
and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of
Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of
Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and
Naarah.
6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni,
and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and
Ethnan.
8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of
Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and
his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare
him with sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that
thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and
that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest
keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God
granted him that which he requested.
11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which
was the father of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah
the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.
13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the
sons of Othniel; Hathath.
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab,
the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were
craftsmen.
15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah,
and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and
Asareel.
17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and
Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and
Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor,
and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of
Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of
Pharaoh, which Mered took.
19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham,
the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the
Maachathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah,
Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth,
and Benzoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father
of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the
families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the
house of Ashbea,
22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and
Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem.
And these are ancient things.
23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among
plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his
work.
24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib,
Zerah, and Shaul:
25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his
son, Shimei his son.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his
brethren had not many children, neither did all their family
multiply, like to the children of Judah.
28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and
Hazarshual,
29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at
Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the
reign of David.
32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and
Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
33 And all their villages that were round about the same
cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their
genealogy.
34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of
Amaziah,
35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of
Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and
Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of
Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their
families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the
east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was
wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt
there of old.
41 And these written by name came in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the
habitations that were found there, and destroyed them
utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because
there was pasture there for their flocks.
42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five
hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains
Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons
of Ishi.
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43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were
escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
CHAPTER 5
1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he
was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's
bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the
son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after
the birthright.
2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came
the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were,
Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei
his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria
carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of
their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and
Zechariah,
8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of
Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the
wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle
were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the
Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their
tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the
land of Bashan unto Salchah:
12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and
Shaphat in Bashan.
13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were,
Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan,
and Zia, and Heber, seven.
14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the
son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the
son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the
house of their fathers.
16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns,
and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of
Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of
Israel.
18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe
of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and
sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four
and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went
out to the war.
19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and
Nephish, and Nodab.
20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites
were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them:
for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of
them; because they put their trust in him.
21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty
thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand,
and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred
thousand.
22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of
God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in
the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and
Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers,
even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah,
and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous
men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers,
and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land,
whom God destroyed before them.
26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of
Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria,
and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them
unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan,
unto this day.
CHAPTER 6
1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel.
3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and
Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu,
Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the
priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in
Jerusalem:)
11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat
Jehozadak,
15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD
carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar.
16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni,
and Shimei.
18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and
Hebron, and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are
the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his
son,
21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his
son.
22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son,
Assir his son,
23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul
his son.
25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son,
and Nahath his son,
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27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and
Abiah.
29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his
son, Uzza his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31 And these are they whom David set over the service of
song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of the
tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon
had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then
they waited on their office according to their order.
33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of
the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel,
the son of Shemuel,
34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel,
the son of Toah,
35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath,
the son of Amasai,
36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah,
the son of Zephaniah,
37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph,
the son of Korah,
38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the
son of Israel.
39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand,
even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of
Malchiah,
41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left
hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of
Malluch,
45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of
Hilkiah,
46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,
the son of Levi.
48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all
manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the
burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were
appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to
make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses
the servant of God had commanded.
50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son,
Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their
castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families
of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and
the suburbs thereof round about it.
56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they
gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah,
namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her
suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her
suburbs:
60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her
suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with
her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were
thirteen cities.
61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the
family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe,
namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families
out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher,
and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of
Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout
their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the
tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these
cities with their suburbs.
65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of
Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and
out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities,
which are called by their names.
66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath
had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge,
Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave
also Gezer with her suburbs,
68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with
her suburbs,
69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with
her suburbs:
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her
suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the
remnant of the sons of Kohath.
71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family
of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her
suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:
72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her
suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,
73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her
suburbs:
74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs,
and Abdon with her suburbs,
75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her
suburbs:
76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with
her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and
Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of
the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with
her suburbs:
78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side
of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben,
Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with
her suburbs,
79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with
her suburbs:
80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her
suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her
suburbs.
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CHAPTER 7
1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub,
and Shimron, four.
2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and
Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's
house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in
their generations; whose number was in the days of David
two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah;
Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them
chief men.
4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of
their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty
thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar
were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their
genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael,
three.
7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and
Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers,
mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their
genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer,
and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and
Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their
generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty
men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan;
Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and
Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their
fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand
and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and
Hushim, the sons of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his
concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and
Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the
name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had
daughters.
16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she
called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was
Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of
Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer,
and Mahalah.
19 And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem,
and Likhi, and Aniam.
20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son,
and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer,
and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that
land slew, because they came down to take away their
cattle.
22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his
brethren came to comfort him.
23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and
bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went
evil with his house.
24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the
nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his
son, and Tahan his son,
26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and
the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward
Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns
thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh,
Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo
and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the
children of Joseph the son of Israel.
30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and
Beriah, and Serah their sister.
31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the
father of Birzavith.
32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and
Shua their sister.
33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and
Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah,
and Aram.
35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna,
and Shelesh, and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual,
and Beri, and Imrah,
37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran,
and Beera.
38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their
father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of
the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of
them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and
six thousand men.
CHAPTER 8
1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the
second, and Aharah the third,
2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the
fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them
to Manahath:
7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them,
and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab,
after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his
wives.
9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and
Mesha, and Malcham,
10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons,
heads of the fathers.
11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
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12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed,
who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers
of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the
inhabitants of Gath:
14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of
Shimhi;
22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations,
chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's
name was Maachah:
30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and
Baal, and Nadab,
31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with
their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul
begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and
Eshbaal.
34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal
begat Micah.
35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and
Tarea, and Ahaz.
36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth,
and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his
son, Azel his son:
38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam,
Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and
Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his
firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour,
archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and
fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
CHAPTER 9
1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold,
they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and
Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their
transgression.
2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions
in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and
the Nethinims.
3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of
the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim,
and Manasseh;
4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of
Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of
Judah.
5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six
hundred and ninety.
7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam,
the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of
Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of
Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine
hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the
fathers in the house of their fathers.
10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam,
the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub,
the ruler of the house of God;
12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the
son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of
Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith,
the son of Immer;
13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a
thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men
for the work of the service of the house of God.
14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the
son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of
Merari;
15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the
son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the
son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of
Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon,
and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they
were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the
son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father,
the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of
the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the
host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over
them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of
the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates
were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by
their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel
the seer did ordain in their set office.
23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates
of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the
tabernacle, by wards.
24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west,
north, and south.
25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to
come after seven days from time to time with them.
26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their
set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the
house of God.
27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because
the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every
morning pertained to them.
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28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering
vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the
vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the
fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense,
and the spices.
30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment
of the spices.
31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the
firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over
the things that were made in the pans.
32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the
Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every
sabbath.
33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the
Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they
were employed in that work day and night.
34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout
their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose
wife's name was Maachah:
36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and
Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with
their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul
begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and
Eshbaal.
40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal
begat Micah.
41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and
Tahrea, and Ahaz.
42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah
his son, Azel his son.
44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam,
Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and
Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
CHAPTER 10
1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of
Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain
in mount Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his
sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and
Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit
him, and he was wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and
thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come
and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was
sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he
fell likewise on the sword, and died.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died
together.
7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley
saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead,
then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines
came and dwelt in them.
8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines
came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons
fallen in mount Gilboa.
9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and
his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round
about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and
fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines
had done to Saul,
12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body
of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to
Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and
fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed
against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD,
which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that
had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it;
14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him,
and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
CHAPTER 11
1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto
Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king,
thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and
the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my
people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to
Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron
before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel,
according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is
Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt
not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion,
which is the city of David.
6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first
shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went
first up, and was chief.
7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the
city of David.
8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round
about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of
hosts was with him.
10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David
had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom,
and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the
word of the LORD concerning Israel.
11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David
had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains:
he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at
one time.
12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite,
who was one of the three mighties.
13 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the
Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a
parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from
before the Philistines.
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14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and
delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved
them by a great deliverance.
15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock
to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the
Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines'
garrison was then at Bethlehem.
17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me
drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the
gate!
18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines,
and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by
the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David
would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,
19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this
thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put
their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives
they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These
things did these three mightiest.
20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the
three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew
them, and had a name among the three.
21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for
he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first
three.
22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of
Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike
men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in
a snowy day.
23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five
cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a
weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and
plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him
with his own spear.
24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had
the name among the three mighties.
25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but
attained not to the first three: and David set him over his
guard.
26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the
brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the
Netophathite,
31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the
children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of
Shage the Hararite,
35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of
Ur,
36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the
armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the
Reubenites, and thirty with him,
43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of
Hothan the Aroerite,
45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the
Tizite,
46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons
of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
CHAPTER 12
1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while
he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish:
and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right
hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out
of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah
the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth;
and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the
thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and
Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and
Shephatiah the Haruphite,
6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and
Jashobeam, the Korhites,
7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto
David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and
men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and
buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were
as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one
of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a
thousand.
15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month,
when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight
all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward
the west.
16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah
to the hold unto David.
17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and
said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help
me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to
betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in
mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and
rebuke it.
18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the
captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side,
thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be
to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David
received them, and made them captains of the band.
19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he
came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they
helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon
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advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his
master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh,
Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and
Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands
that were of Manasseh.
21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers:
for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains
in the host.
22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help
him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready
armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the
kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the
LORD.
24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were
six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the
war, seven thousand and one hundred.
26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with
him were three thousand and seven hundred;
28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his
father's house twenty and two captains.
29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul,
three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had
kept the ward of the house of Saul.
30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and
eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout
the house of their fathers.
31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand,
which were expressed by name, to come and make David
king.
32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that
had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought
to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their
brethren were at their commandment.
33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war,
with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could
keep rank: they were not of double heart.
34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them
with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight
thousand and six hundred.
36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war,
forty thousand.
37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and
the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all
manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and
twenty thousand.
38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a
perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel:
and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make
David king.
39 And there they were with David three days, eating and
drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar
and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on
camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes
of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen,
and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
CHAPTER 13
1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and
hundreds, and with every leader.
2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it
seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God,
let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are
left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the
priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs,
that they may gather themselves unto us:
3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we
enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for
the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of
Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of
God from Kirjathjearim.
6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to
Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence
the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the
cherubims, whose name is called on it.
7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the
house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their
might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries,
and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon,
Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen
stumbled.
10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza,
and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and
there he died before God.
11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had
made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called
Perezuzza to this day.
12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How
shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city
of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom
the Gittite.
14 And the ark of God remained with the family of
Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD
blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
CHAPTER 14
1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and
timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him
an house.
2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him
king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high,
because of his people Israel.
3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David
begat more sons and daughters.
4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in
Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed
king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek
David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.
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9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the
valley of Rephaim.
10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up
against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into
mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will
deliver them into thine hand.
11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them
there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine
enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters:
therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a
commandment, and they were burned with fire.
13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad
in the valley.
14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said
unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and
come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in
the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to
battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of
the Philistines.
16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they
smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to
Gazer.
17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the
LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
CHAPTER 15
1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and
prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but
the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the
ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to
bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had
prepared for it.
4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the
Levites:
5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren
an hundred and twenty:
6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren
two hundred and twenty:
7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren
an hundred and thirty:
8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his
brethren two hundred:
9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren
fourscore:
10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his
brethren an hundred and twelve.
11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests,
and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah,
and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of
the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren,
that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel
unto the place that I have prepared for it.
13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God
made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the
due order.
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to
bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God
upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses
commanded according to the word of the LORD.
16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint
their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick,
psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up
the voice with joy.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of
his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons
of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18 And with them their brethren of the second degree,
Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel,
and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and
Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom,
and Jeiel, the porters.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were
appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel,
and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with
psalteries on Alamoth;
21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and
Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the
Sheminith to excel.
22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he
instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the
ark.
24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and
Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the
priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God:
and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over
thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the
LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that
bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered
seven bullocks and seven rams.
27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all
the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and
Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David
also had upon him an ephod of linen.
28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the
LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and
with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with
psalteries and harps.
29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the
LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter
of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing
and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
CHAPTER 16
1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of
the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered
burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt
offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in
the name of the LORD.
3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman,
to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and
a flagon of wine.
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4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister
before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank
and praise the LORD God of Israel:
5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and
Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with
harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets
continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank
the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make
known his deeds among the people.
9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his
wondrous works.
10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice
that seek the LORD.
11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face
continually.
12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his
wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his
chosen ones.
14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the
earth.
15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which
he commanded to a thousand generations;
16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham,
and of his oath unto Isaac;
17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to
Israel for an everlasting covenant,
18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot
of your inheritance;
19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from
one kingdom to another people;
21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved
kings for their sakes,
22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets
no harm.
23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day
to day his salvation.
24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous
works among all nations.
25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he
also is to be feared above all gods.
26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD
made the heavens.
27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and
gladness are in his place.
28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give
unto the LORD glory and strength.
29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring
an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in
the beauty of holiness.
30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be
stable, that it be not moved.
31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let
men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields
rejoice, and all that is therein.
33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence
of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his
mercy endureth for ever.
35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather
us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may
give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever.
And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the
LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark
continually, as every day's work required:
38 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight;
Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be
porters:
39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests,
before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that
was at Gibeon,
40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar
of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and
to do according to all that is written in the law of the
LORD, which he commanded Israel;
41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that
were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks
to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and
cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with
musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun
were porters.
43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and
David returned to bless his house.
CHAPTER 17
1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that
David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house
of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD
remaineth under curtains.
2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart;
for God is with thee.
3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God
came to Nathan, saying,
4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD,
Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I
brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to
tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a
word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to
feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an
house of cedars?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the
sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou
shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast
walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee,
and have made thee a name like the name of the great men
that are in the earth.
9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will
plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be
moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness
waste them any more, as at the beginning,
10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over
my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.
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Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an
house.
11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that
thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy
seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will
establish his kingdom.
12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his
throne for ever.
13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will
not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him
that was before thee:
14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom
for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
15 According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and
said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house,
that thou hast brought me hitherto?
17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for
thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great
while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate
of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of
thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine
own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making
known all these great things.
20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any
God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with
our ears.
21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people
Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to
make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving
out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast
redeemed out of Egypt?
22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people
for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast
spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be
established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be
magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God
of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David
thy servant be established before thee.
25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt
build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his
heart to pray before thee.
26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this
goodness unto thy servant:
27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy
servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou
blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
CHAPTER 18
1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the
Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her
towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's
servants, and brought gifts.
3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath,
as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven
thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David
also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an
hundred chariots.
5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help
Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two
and twenty thousand men.
6 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the
Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus
the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the
servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of
Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith
Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the
vessels of brass.
9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had
smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of
his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought
against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had
war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold
and silver and brass.
11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with
the silver and the gold that he brought from all these
nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children
of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the
Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites
became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment
and justice among all his people.
15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of
Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the
Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were
chief about the king.
CHAPTER 19
1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of
the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his
stead.
2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son
of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And
David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his
father. So the servants of David came into the land of the
children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun,
Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he
hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come
unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the
land?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved
them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their
buttocks, and sent them away.
5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men
were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were
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greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until
your beards be grown, and then return.
6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had
made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children
of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them
chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of
Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the
king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched
before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered
themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the
host of the mighty men.
9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle
in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were
come were by themselves in the field.
10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel,
and put them in array against the Syrians.
11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of
Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array
against the children of Ammon.
12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then
thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too
strong for thee, then I will help thee.
13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves
valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and
let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh
before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians
were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother,
and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the
worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth
the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the
captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them.
17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and
passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle
in array against them. So when David had put the battle in
array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the
Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and
forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of
the host.
19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were
put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David,
and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help
the children of Ammon any more.
CHAPTER 20
1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the
time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of
the army, and wasted the country of the children of
Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried
at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head,
and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were
precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and
he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut
them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes.
Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of
Ammon. And David and all the people returned to
Jerusalem.
4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at
Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the
Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the
giant: and they were subdued.
5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and
Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath
the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of
great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty,
six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the
son of the giant.
7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea
David's brother slew him.
8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by
the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
CHAPTER 21
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to
number Israel.
2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people,
Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring
the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an
hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the
king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my
lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass
to Israel?
4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab.
Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel,
and came to Jerusalem.
5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto
David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and
an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was
four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew
sword.
6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for
the king's word was abominable to Joab.
7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he
smote Israel.
8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because
I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away
the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer
thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it
unto thee.
11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith
the LORD, Choose thee
12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be
destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine
enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the
LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of
the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel.
Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again
to him that sent me.
13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me
fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his
mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
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14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell
of Israel seventy thousand men.
15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and
as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented
him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is
enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD
stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the
LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a
drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem.
Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in
sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded
the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned
and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have
they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God,
be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people,
that they should be plagued.
18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to
David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the
LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he
spake in the name of the LORD.
20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four
sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing
wheat.
21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw
David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed
himself to David with his face to the ground.
22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this
threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the
LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the
plague may be stayed from the people.
23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my
lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give
thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing
instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering;
I give it all.
24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily
buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is
thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred
shekels of gold by weight.
26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and
offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called
upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire
upon the altar of burnt offering.
27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his
sword again into the sheath thereof.
28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had
answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite,
then he sacrificed there.
29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in
the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at
that season in the high place at Gibeon.
30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for
he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the
LORD.
CHAPTER 22
1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God,
and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers
that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew
wrought stones to build the house of God.
3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for
the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in
abundance without weight;
4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they
of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender,
and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be
exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all
countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So
David prepared abundantly before his death.
6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to
build an house for the LORD God of Israel.
7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in
my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my
God:
8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou
hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou
shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast
shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, 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.
10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be
my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou,
and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said
of thee.
12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding,
and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest
keep the law of the LORD thy God.
13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the
statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses
with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage;
dread not, nor be dismayed.
14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the
house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold,
and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and
iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and
stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance,
hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of
cunning men for every manner of work.
16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there
is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD
be with thee.
17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help
Solomon his son, saying,
18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not
given you rest on every side? for he hath given the
inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is
subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD
your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the
LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD,
and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be
built to the name of the LORD.
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CHAPTER 23
1 So when David was old and full of days, he made
Solomon his son king over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with
the priests and the Levites.
3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty
years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by
man, was thirty and eight thousand.
4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward
the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were
officers and judges:
5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand
praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said
David, to praise therewith.
6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of
Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham,
and Joel, three.
9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran,
three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush,
and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but
Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in
one reckoning, according to their father's house.
12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel,
four.
13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was
separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he
and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to
minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were
named of the tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And
Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were
very many.
18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the
second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the
second.
21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of
Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and
their brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth,
three.
24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their
fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted
by number of names by their polls, that did the work for
the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of
twenty years and upward.
25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest
unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the
tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
27 For by the last words of David the Levites were
numbered from twenty years old and above:
28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron
for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and
in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and
the work of the service of the house of God;
29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat
offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which
is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all
manner of measure and size;
30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the
LORD, and likewise at even;
31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the
sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by
number, according to the order commanded unto them,
continually before the LORD:
32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle
of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and
the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the
service of the house of the LORD.
CHAPTER 24
1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The
sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no
children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the
priest's office.
3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of
Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according
to their offices in their service.
4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of
Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they
divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen
chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the
sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for
the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house
of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of
Ithamar.
6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the
Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and
Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and
before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites:
one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one
taken for Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to
Jedaiah,
8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
11 The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth
to Gamul,
18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and
twentieth to Maaziah.
19 These were the orderings of them in their service to
come into the house of the LORD, according to their
manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of
Israel had commanded him.
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20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons
of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first
was Isshiah.
22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth;
Jahath.
23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the
second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah;
Shamir.
25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of
Isshiah; Zechariah.
26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of
Jaaziah; Beno.
27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and
Zaccur, and Ibri.
28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth.
These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their
fathers.
31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the
sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok,
and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests
and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their
younger brethren.
CHAPTER 25
1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to
the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of
Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries,
and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen
according to their service was:
2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah,
and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph,
which prophesied according to the order of the king.
3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri,
and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the
hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp,
to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah,
Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah,
Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi,
Hothir, and Mahazioth:
5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the
words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman
fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in
the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps,
for the service of the house of God, according to the king's
order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were
instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were
cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small
as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the
second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were
twelve:
10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
31 The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve.
CHAPTER 26
1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites
was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the
firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel
the fourth,
3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the
firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar
the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the
eighth: for God blessed him.
6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled
throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty
men of valour.
7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed,
Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and
Semachiah.