1 {1:1} Adam, Sheth, Enosh, {1:2} Kenan, Mahalaleel,
Jered, {1:3} Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, {1:4} Noah,
Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
{1:5} The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
{1:6} And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and
Togarmah. {1:7} And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and
Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
{1:8} The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and
Canaan. {1:9} And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah,
and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of
Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. {1:10} And Cush begat
Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. {1:11} And
Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
Napthtuhim, {1:12} And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of
whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim. {1:13} And
Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, {1:14} The
Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, {1:15}
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, {1:16} And
the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
{1:17} The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and
Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and
Gether, and Meshech. {1:18} And Arphaxad begat Shelah,
and Shelah begat Eber. {1:19} And unto Eber were born
two sons: the name of the one [was] Peleg; because in his
days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name [was]
Joktan. {1:20} And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph,
and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, {1:21} Hadoram also, and
Uzal, and Diklah, {1:22} And Ebal, and Abimael, and
Sheba, {1:23} And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these
[were] the sons of Joktan.
{1:24} Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, {1:25} Eber, Peleg, Reu,
{1:26} Serug, Nahor, Terah, {1:27} Abram; the same [is]
Abraham. {1:28} The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
{1:29} These [are] their generations: The firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
{1:30} Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
{1:31} Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of
Ishmael.
{1:32} Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine:
she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and
Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and
Dedan. {1:33} And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher,
and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these [are] the sons
of Keturah. {1:34} And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of
Isaac; Esau and Israel.
{1:35} The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and
Jaalam, and Korah. {1:36} The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and
Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
{1:37} The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah. {1:38} And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal,
and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.
{1:39} And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and
Timna [was] Lotan’s sister. {1:40} The sons of Shobal;
Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the
sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. {1:41} The sons of Anah;
Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and
Ithran, and Cheran. {1:42} The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and
Zavan, [and] Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
{1:43} Now these [are] the kings that reigned in the land
of Edom before [any] king reigned over the children of
Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city [was]
Dinhabah. {1:44} And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son
of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. {1:45} And when
Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites
reigned in his stead. {1:46} 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. {1:47} And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of
Masrekah reigned in his stead. {1:48} And when Samlah
was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his
stead. {1:49} And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the
son of Achbor reigned in his stead. {1:50} 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.
{1:51} Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were;
duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, {1:52} Duke
Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, {1:53} Duke Kenaz,
duke Teman, duke Mibzar, {1:54} Duke Magdiel, duke
Iram. These [are] the dukes of Edom.

2 {2:1} These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon,
Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, {2:2} Dan, Joseph,
and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
{2:3} The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah:
[which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua
the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in
the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. {2:4} And Tamar
his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons
of Judah [were] five. {2:5} The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and
Hamul. {2:6} And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and
Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. {2:7}
And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who
transgressed in the thing accursed. {2:8} And the sons of
Ethan; Azariah. {2:9} The sons also of Hezron, that were
born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. {2:10}
And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat
Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; {2:11} And
Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, {2:12} And
Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
{2:13} And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab
the second, and Shimma the third, {2:14} Nethaneel the
fourth, Raddai the fifth, {2:15} Ozem the sixth, David the
seventh: {2:16} Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail.
And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel,
three. {2:17} And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of
Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmeelite.
{2:18} And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of
Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth: her sons [are] these;
Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. {2:19} And when Azubah
was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him
Hur. {2:20} And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
{2:21} And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of
Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he
[was] threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. {2:22}
And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in
the land of Gilead. {2:23} And he took Geshur, and Aram,
with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the
towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged
to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. {2:24} And after
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that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah
Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
{2:25} And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron
were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem,
[and] Ahijah. {2:26} Jerahmeel had also another wife,
whose name [was] Atarah; she [was] the mother of Onam.
{2:27} And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel
were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. {2:28} And the sons of
Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai;
Nadab, and Abishur. {2:29} And the name of the wife of
Abishur [was] Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
{2:30} And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but
Seled died without children. {2:31} And the sons of
Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the
children of Sheshan; Ahlai. {2:32} And the sons of Jada the
brother of Shammai; Jether and Jonathan: and Jether died
without children. {2:33} And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth,
and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
{2:34} Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And
Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name [was]
Jarha. {2:35} And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his
servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. {2:36} And Attai
begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, {2:37} And Zabad
begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, {2:38} And Obed
begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, {2:39} And Azariah
begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, {2:40} And Eleasah
begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, {2:41} And
Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
{2:42} Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel
[were,] Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph;
and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. {2:43} And
the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and
Shema. {2:44} And Shema begat Raham, the father of
Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. {2:45} And the son
of Shammai [was] Maon: and Maon [was] the father of
Beth-zur. {2:46} And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare
Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
{2:47} And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and
Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. {2:48}
Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
{2:49} She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah,
Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and
the daughter of Caleb [was] Achsa.
{2:50} These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the
firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
{2:51} Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of
Beth- gader. {2:52} And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim
had sons; Haroeh, [and] half of the Manahethites. {2:53}
And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and the
Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them
came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. {2:54} The sons
of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the
house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
{2:55} And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez;
the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These
[are] the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the
house of Rechab.

3 {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 Carmeli-
tess: {3:2} The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daugh-
ter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of
Haggith: {3:3} The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth,
Ithream by Eglah his wife. {3:4} [These] six were born unto
him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six
months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
{3:5} And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea,
and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua
the daughter of Ammiel: {3:6} Ibhar also, and Elishama,
and Eliphelet, {3:7} And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
{3:8} And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. {3:9}
[These were] all the sons of David, beside the sons of the
concubines, and Tamar their sister.
{3:10} And Solomon’s son [was] Rehoboam, Abia his
son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, {3:11} Joram his son,
Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, {3:12} Amaziah his son,
Azariah his son, Jotham his son, {3:13} Ahaz his son,
Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, {3:14} Amon his son,
Josiah his son. {3:15} And the sons of Josiah [were,] the
firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah,
the fourth Shallum. {3:16} And the sons of Jehoiakim:
Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
{3:17} And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
{3:18} Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar,
Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. {3:19} And the sons of
Pedaiah [were,] Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of
Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their
sister: {3:20} And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and
Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. {3:21} And the sons of
Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the
sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
{3:22} And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah; and the sons
of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah,
and Shaphat, six. {3:23} And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai,
and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. {3:24} And the sons of
Elioenai [were,] Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and
Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.

4 {4:1} The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and
Hur, and Shobal. {4:2} And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat
Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These [are]
the families of the Zorathites. {4:3} And these [were of] the
father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the
name of their sister [was] Hazelelponi: {4:4} And Penuel
the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah. These
[are] the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father
of Bethlehem.
{4:5} And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives,
Helah and Naarah. {4:6} And Naarah bare him Ahuzam,
and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These [were] the
sons of Naarah. {4:7} And the sons of Helah [were,] Zereth,
and Jezoar, and Ethnan. {4:8} And Coz begat Anub, and
Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
{4:9} And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren:
and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I
bare him with sorrow. {4:10} And Jabez called on the God
of Israel, saying, Oh that 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.
{4:11} And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir,
which [was] the father of Eshton. {4:12} And Eshton begat
Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irna-
hash. These [are] the men of Rechah. {4:13} And the
sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of
Othniel; Hathath. {4:14} And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and
Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim;
for they were craftsmen. {4:15} And the sons of Caleb the
son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of
Elah, even Kenaz. {4:16} And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph,
and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. {4:17} And the sons of Ezra
[were,] Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she
bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of
Eshtemoa. {4:18} And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the
father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and
Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these [are] the sons of
Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. {4:19}
And the sons of [his] wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the
father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the
Maachathite. {4:20} And the sons of Shimon [were,]
Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of
Ishi [were,] Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
{4:21} The sons of Shelah the son of Judah [were,] Er the
father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the
families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the
house of Ashbea, {4:22} And Jokim, and the men of
Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in
Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And [these are] ancient things.
{4:23} These [were] the potters, and those that dwelt among
plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his
work.
{4:24} The sons of Simeon [were,] Nemuel, and Jamin,
Jarib, Zerah, [and] Shaul: {4:25} Shallum his son, Mibsam
his son, Mishma his son. {4:26} And the sons of Mishma;
Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. {4:27}
And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his
brethren had not many children, neither did all their family
multiply, like to the children of Judah. {4:28} And they
dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, {4:29}
And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, {4:30} And at
Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, {4:31} And at Beth-
marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth- birei, and at
Shaaraim. These [were] their cities unto the reign of David.
{4:32} And their villages [were,] Etam, and Ain, Rimmon,
and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: {4:33} And all their
villages that [were] round about the same cities, unto Baal.
These [were] their habitations, and their genealogy. {4:34}
And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of
Amaziah, {4:35} And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the
son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, {4:36} And Elioenai, and
Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and
Jesimiel, and Benaiah, {4:37} And Ziza the son of Shiphi,
the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the
son of Shemaiah; {4:38} These mentioned by [their] names
[were] princes in their families: and the house of their
fathers increased greatly.
{4:39} And they went to the entrance of Gedor, [even]
unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their
flocks. {4:40} And they found fat pasture and good, and the
land [was] wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for [they] of
Ham had dwelt there of old. {4:41} And these written by
name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and
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.
{4:42} And [some] of them, [even] of the sons of Simeon,
five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their
captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel,
the sons of Ishi. {4:43} And they smote the rest of the
Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

5 {5:1} Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for
he [was] the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his
father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of
Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be
reckoned after the birthright. {5:2} For Judah prevailed
above his brethren, and of him [came] the chief ruler; but
the birthright [was] Joseph’s:) {5:3} The sons, [I say,] of
Reuben the firstborn of Israel [were,] Hanoch, and Pallu,
Hezron, and Carmi. {5:4} The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his
son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, {5:5} Micah his son,
Reaia his son, Baal his son, {5:6} Beerah his son, whom
Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away [captive:] he
[was] prince of the Reubenites. {5:7} And his brethren by
their families, when the genealogy of their generations was
reckoned, [were] the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, {5:8} And
Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,
who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: {5:9}
And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the
wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle
were multiplied in the [land] of Gilead. {5:10} And in the
days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by
their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the
east land of Gilead.
{5:11} And the children of Gad dwelt over against them,
in the land of Bashan unto Salchah: {5:12} Joel the chief,
and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
{5:13} And their brethren of the house of their fathers
[were,] Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and
Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. {5:14} These [are] the
children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the
son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the
son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; {5:15} Ahi the son of Abdiel,
the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. {5:16}
And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and
in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. {5:17} All
these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
{5:18} The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the
tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler
and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, [were]
four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that
went out to the war. {5:19} And they made war with the
Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. {5:20} And
they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were
delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for
they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of
them; because they put their trust in him. {5:21} And they
took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of
sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two
thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. {5:22} For
there fell down many slain, because the war [was] of God.
And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
{5:23} And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh
dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-
hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. {5:24} And
these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers, even
Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and
Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men,
[and] heads of the house of their fathers.
{5:25} And they transgressed against the God of their
fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of
the land, whom God destroyed before them. {5:26} And the
God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and
the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried
them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and
Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

6 {6:1} The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
{6:2} And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron,
and Uzziel. {6:3} And the children of Amram; Aaron, and
Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
{6:4} Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
{6:5} And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
{6:6} And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat
Meraioth, {6:7} Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah
begat Ahitub, {6:8} And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok
begat Ahimaaz, {6:9} And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and
Azariah begat Johanan, {6:10} And Johanan begat Azariah,
(he [it is] that executed the priest’s office in the temple
that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) {6:11} And Azariah begat
Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, {6:12} And Ahitub
begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, {6:13} And
Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, {6:14}
And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
{6:15} And Jehozadak went [into captivity,] when the
LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar.
{6:16} The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
{6:17} And these [be] the names of the sons of Gershom;
Libni, and Shimei. {6:18} And the sons of Kohath [were,]
Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. {6:19} The
sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these [are] the
families of the Levites according to their fathers. {6:20} Of
Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
{6:21} Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai
his son. {6:22} The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son,
Korah his son, Assir his son, {6:23} Elkanah his son, and
Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, {6:24} Tahath his son,
Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. {6:25}
And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. {6:26} [As
for] Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and
Nahath his son, {6:27} Eliab his son, Jeroham his son,
Elkanah his son. {6:28} And the sons of Samuel; the
firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. {6:29} The sons of Merari;
Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, {6:30}
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. {6:31}
And these [are they] whom David set over the service of
song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
{6:32} And they ministered before the dwelling place of the
tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon
had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and [then]
they waited on their office according to their order. {6:33}
And these [are] they that waited with their children. Of the
sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel,
the son of Shemuel, {6:34} The son of Elkanah, the son of
Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, {6:35} The son
of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of
Amasai, {6:36} The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son
of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, {6:37} The son of Tahath,
the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
{6:38} The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi,
the son of Israel. {6:39} And his brother Asaph, who stood
on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berachiah, the
son of Shimea, {6:40} The son of Michael, the son of
Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, {6:41} The son of Ethni, the
son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, {6:42} The son of Ethan,
the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, {6:43} The son of
Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. {6:44} And
their brethren the sons of Merari [stood] on the left hand:
Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
{6:45} The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son
of Hilkiah, {6:46} The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the
son of Shamer, {6:47} The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi,
the son of Merari, the son of Levi. {6:48} Their brethren
also the Levites [were] appointed unto all manner of ser-
vice of the tabernacle of the house of God.
{6:49} But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of
the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, [and were
appointed] for all the work of the [place] most holy, and to
make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses
the servant of God had commanded. {6:50} And these [are]
the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son, {6:51} Bukki his son, Uzzi his son,
Zerahiah his son, {6:52} Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,
Ahitub his son, {6:53} Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
{6:54} Now these [are] their dwelling places throughout
their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the
families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. {6:55}
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the
suburbs thereof round about it. {6:56} But the fields of the
city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of
Jephunneh. {6:57} And to the sons of Aaron they gave the
cities of Judah, [namely,] Hebron, [the city] of refuge, and
Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with
their suburbs, {6:58} And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir
with her suburbs, {6:59} And Ashan with her suburbs, and
Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: {6:60} And out of the tribe
of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her
suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities
throughout their families [were] thirteen cities. {6:61} And
unto the sons of Kohath, [which were] left of the family of
that tribe, [were cities given] out of the half tribe, [namely,
out of] the half [tribe] of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. {6:62}
And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of
the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out
of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities. {6:63} Unto the sons of Merari
[were given] by lot, throughout their families, out of the
tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the
tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. {6:64} And the children of
Israel gave to the Levites [these] cities with their suburbs.
{6:65} And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children
of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and
out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities,
which are called by [their] names. {6:66} And [the residue]
of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their
coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. {6:67} And they gave
unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount
Ephraim with her suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her
suburbs, {6:68} And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-
horon with her suburbs, {6:69} And Aijalon with her
suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: {6:70} And
out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs,
and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant
of the sons of Kohath. {6:71} Unto the sons of Gershom
[were given] out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh,
Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her
suburbs: {6:72} And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh
with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, {6:73} And
Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
{6:74} And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her
suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, {6:75} And Hukok
with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: {6:76} And
out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her
suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim
with her suburbs. {6:77} Unto the rest of the children of
Merari [were given] out of the tribe of Zebulun. Rimmon
with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: {6:78} And on
the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan,
[were given them] out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the
wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
{6:79} Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with
her suburbs: {6:80} And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in
Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
{6:81} And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her
suburbs.

7 {7:1} Now the sons of Issachar [were,] Tola, and Puah,
Jashub, and Shimrom, four. {7:2} And the sons of Tola;
Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and
Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, [to 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. {7:3} And the sons of Uzzi;
Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah,
and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. {7:4} And with
them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers,
[were] bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand
[men:] for they had many wives and sons. {7:5} And their
brethren among all the families of Issachar [were] valiant
men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore
and seven thousand.
{7:6} [The sons] of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and
Jediael, three. {7:7} And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi,
and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of
[their] fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by
their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and
four. {7:8} And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and
Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah,
and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these [are] the sons of
Becher. {7:9} And the number of them, after their
genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of the
fathers, mighty men of valour, [was] twenty thousand and
two hundred. {7:10} The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and
the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and
Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
{7:11} All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their
fathers, mighty men of valour, [were] seventeen thousand
and two hundred [soldiers,] fit to go out for war [and] battle.
{7:12} Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, [and]
Hushim, the sons of Aher.
{7:13} The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer,
and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
{7:14} The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare:
[(but] his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of
Gilead: {7:15} And Machir took to wife [the sister] of
Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name [was]
Maachah;) and the name of the second [was] Zelophehad:
and Zelophehad had daughters. {7:16} And Maachah the
wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh;
and the name of his brother [was] Sheresh; and his sons
[were] Ulam and Rakem. {7:17} And the sons of Ulam;
Bedan. These [were] the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir,
the son of Manasseh. {7:18} And his sister Hammoleketh
bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. {7:19} And the sons
of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and
Aniam.
{7:20} And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered
his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath
his son,
{7:21} And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and
Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath [that were] born in
[that] land slew, because they came down to take away
their cattle. {7:22} And Ephraim their father mourned many
days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
{7:23} And when he went in to his wife, she conceived,
and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it
went evil with his house. {7:24} (And his daughter [was]
Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper,
and Uzzen-sherah.) {7:25} And Rephah [was] his son, also
Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, {7:26}
Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, {7:27}
Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
{7:28} And their possessions and habitations [were,]
Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and
westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and
the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: {7:29}
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean
and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her
towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of
Joseph the son of Israel.
{7:30} The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai,
and Beriah, and Serah their sister. {7:31} And the sons of
Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who [is] the father of
Birzavith. {7:32} And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer,
and Hotham, and Shua their sister. {7:33} And the sons of
Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These [are] the
children of Japhlet. {7:34} And the sons of Shamer; Ahi,
and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. {7:35} And the sons of
his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and
Amal. {7:36} The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher,
and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, {7:37} Bezer, and Hod, and
Shamma and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. {7:38} And
the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. {7:39}
And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. {7:40}
All these [were] the children of Asher, heads of [their]
father’s house, choice [and] mighty men of valour, chief of
the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of
them that were apt to the war [and] to battle [was] twenty
and six thousand men.

8 {8:1} Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the
second, and Aharah the third, {8:2} Nohah the fourth, and
Rapha the fifth. {8:3} And the sons of Bela were, Addar,
and Gera, and Abihud, {8:4} And Abishua, and Naaman,
and Ahoah, {8:5} And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
{8:6} And these [are] the sons of Ehud: these are the heads
of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed
them to Manahath: {8:7} And Naaman, and Ahiah, and
Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. {8:8}
And Shaharaim begat [children] in the country of Moab,
after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara [were] his
wives. {8:9} And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and
Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, {8:10} And Jeuz, and
Shachia, and Mirma. These [were] his sons, heads of the
fathers. {8:11} And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
{8:12} The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed,
who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: {8:13}
Beriah also, and Shema, who [were] heads of the fathers of
the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants
of Gath: {8:14} And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, {8:15}
And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, {8:16} And Michael,
and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; {8:17} And
Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, {8:18}
Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
{8:19} And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, {8:20} And
Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, {8:21} And Adaiah, and
Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; {8:22} And
Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, {8:23} And Abdon, and
Zichri, and Hanan, {8:24} And Hananiah, and Elam, and
Antothijah, {8:25} And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of
Shashak; {8:26} And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and
Athaliah, {8:27} And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the
sons of Jeroham. {8:28} These [were] heads of the fathers,
by their generations, chief [men.] These dwelt in Jerusalem.
{8:29} And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose
wife’s name [was] Maachah: {8:30} And his firstborn son
Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, {8:31}
And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. {8:32} And Mikloth
begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in
Jerusalem, over against them.
{8:33} And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and
Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi- shua, and Abinadab, and
Esh-baal. {8:34} And the son of Jonathan [was] Merib-baal;
and Merib-baal begat Micah. {8:35} And the sons of Micah
[were,] Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. {8:36}
And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth,
and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, {8:37}
And Moza begat Binea: Rapha [was] his son, Eleasah his
son, Azel his son: {8:38} And Azel had six sons, whose
names [are] these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and
Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these [were] the
sons of Azel. {8:39} And the sons of Eshek his brother
[were,] Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet
the third. {8:40} And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of
valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an
hundred and fifty. All these [are] of the sons of Benjamin.

9 {9:1} So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and,
behold, they [were] written in the book of the kings of Israel
and Judah, [who] were carried away to Babylon for their
transgression.
{9:2} Now the first inhabitants that [dwelt] in their poss-
essions in their cities [were,] the Israelites, the priests,
Levites, and the Nethinims. {9:3} And in Jerusalem dwelt
of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin,
and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; {9:4} Uthai
the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the
son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
{9:5} And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his
sons. {9:6} And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their
brethren, six hundred and ninety. {9:7} And of the sons of
Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of
Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, {9:8} And Ibneiah the son
of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and
Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son
of Ibnijah; {9:9} And their brethren, according to their
generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men
[were] chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
{9:10} And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and
Jachin, {9:11} And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of
Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son
of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; {9:12} And
Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of
Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of
Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith,
the son of Immer; {9:13} And their brethren, heads of the
house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and
threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the
house of God. {9:14} And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son
of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of
the sons of Merari; {9:15} And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and
Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri,
the son of Asaph; {9:16} And Obadiah the son of
Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and
Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in
the villages of the Netophathites. {9:17} And the porters
[were,] Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and
their brethren: Shallum [was] the chief; {9:18} Who
hitherto [waited] in the king’s gate eastward: they were
porters in the companies of the children of Levi. {9:19}
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son
of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the
Korahites, [were] over the work of the service, keepers of
the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, [being] over
the host of the LORD, [were] keepers of the entry. {9:20}
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in
time past, [and] the Lord [was] with him. {9:21} [And]
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation. {9:22} All these
[which were] chosen to be porters in the gates were two
hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their
genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the
seer did ordain in their set office. {9:23} So they and their
children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of
the Lord, [namely,] the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
{9:24} In four quarters were the porters, toward the east,
west, north, and south. {9:25} And their brethren, [which
were] in their villages, [were] to come after seven days from
time to time with them. {9:26} For these Levites, the four
chief porters, were in [their] set office, and were over the
chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
{9:27} And they lodged round about the house of God,
because the charge [was] upon them, and the opening
thereof every morning [pertained] to them. {9:28} And
[certain] of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,
that they should bring them in and out by tale. {9:29}
[Some] of them also [were] appointed to oversee the
vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the
fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense,
and the spices. {9:30} And [some] of the sons of the priests
made the ointment of the spices. {9:31} And Mattithiah,
[one] of the Levites, who [was] the firstborn of Shallum the
Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made
in the pans. {9:32} And [other] of their brethren, of the sons
of the Kohathites, [were] over the shewbread, to prepare [it]
every sabbath. {9:33} And these [are] the singers, chief of
the fathers of the Levites, [who remaining] in the chambers
[were] free: for they were employed in that work day and
night. {9:34} These chief fathers of the Levites [were] chief
throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
{9:35} And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel,
whose wife’s name [was] Maachah: {9:36} And his
firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner,
and Nadab, {9:37} And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah,
and Mikloth. {9:38} And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And
they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over
against their brethren. {9:39} And Ner begat Kish; and Kish
begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and
Abinadab, and Esh-baal. {9:40} And the son of Jonathan
[was] Merib- baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah. {9:41}
And the sons of Micah [were,] Pithon, and Melech, and
Tahrea, [and Ahaz. ]{9:42} And Ahaz begat Jarah; and
Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri
begat Moza; {9:43} And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah
his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. {9:44} And Azel had
six sons, whose names [are] these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and
Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these
[were] the sons of Azel.

10 {10:1} Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the
men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down
slain in mount Gilboa. {10:2} And the Philistines followed
hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew
Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
{10:3} And the battle went sore against Saul, and the
archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. {10:4}
Then said Saul to his 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. {10:5}
And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell
likewise on the sword, and died. {10:6} So Saul died, and
his three sons, and all his house died together. {10:7} And
when all the men of Israel that [were] in the valley saw that
they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they
forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and
dwelt in them.
{10:8} And it came to pass on the morrow, when the
Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and
his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. {10:9} And when they had
stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent
into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings
unto their idols, and to the people. {10:10} And they put his
armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in
the temple of Dagon.
{10:11} And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the
Philistines had done to Saul, {10:12} They arose, all the
valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies
of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their
bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
{10:13} So Saul died for his transgression which he
committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of
the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel]
of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to enquire [of it;] {10:14}
And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and
turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

11 {11:1} Then all Israel gathered themselves to David
unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy
flesh. {11:2} 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, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
{11:3} Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to
Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron
before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel,
according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
{11:4} And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which
[is] Jebus; where the Jebusites [were,] the inhabitants of
the land. {11:5} And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David,
Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the
castle of Zion, which [is] the city of David. {11:6} 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. {11:7} And David dwelt in the castle;
therefore they called it the city of David. {11:8} And he
built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and
Joab repaired the rest of the city. {11:9} So David waxed
greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts [was] with him.
{11:10} These also [are] the chief of the mighty men
whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in
his kingdom, [and] with all Israel, to make him king,
according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
{11:11} And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom
David had; Jashobeam, and Hachmonite, the chief of the
captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain
[by him] at one time. {11:12} And after him [was] Eleazar
the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who [was one] of the three
mighties. {11:13} He was with David at Pas-dammim, and
there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where
was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled
from before the Philistines. {11:14} And they set
themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, and delivered it,
and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved [them] by a
great deliverance.
{11:15} Now three of the thirty captains went down to the
rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the
Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. {11:16}
And David [was] then in the hold, and the Philistines’
garrison [was] then at Bethlehem. {11:17} And David
longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the
water of the well of Bethlehem, that [is] at the gate! {11:18}
And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and
drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that [was] by the
gate, and took [it,] and brought [it] to David: but David
would not drink [of] it, but poured it out to the LORD,
{11:19} And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do
this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put
their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy of] their lives
they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These
things did these three mightiest.
{11:20} And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of
the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he
slew [them,] and had a name among the three. {11:21} Of
the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was
their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.
{11:22} Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant
man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two
lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in
a pit in a snowy day. {11:23} And he slew an Egyptian, a
man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the
Egyptian’s hand [was] a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he
went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of
the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
{11:24} These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
had the name among the three mighties. {11:25} Behold, he
was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the
[first] three: and David set him over his guard.
{11:26} Also the valiant men of the armies [were,] Asahel
the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
{11:27} Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
{11:28} Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the
Antothite, {11:29} Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the
Ahohite, {11:30} Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son
of Baanah the Netophathite, {11:31} Ithai the son of Ribai
of Gibeah, [that pertained] to the children of Benjamin,
Benaiah the Pirathonite, {11:32} Hurai of the brooks of
Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, {11:33} Azmaveth the
Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, {11:34} The sons of
Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the
Hararite, {11:35} Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite,
Eliphal the son of Ur, {11:36} Hepher the Mecherathite,
Ahijah the Pelonite, {11:37} Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai
the son of Ezbai, {11:38} Joel the brother of Nathan,
Mibhar the son of Haggeri, {11:39} Zelek the Ammonite,
Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of
Zeruiah, {11:40} Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, {11:41}
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, {11:42} Adina the
son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and
thirty with him, {11:43} Hanan the son of Maachah, and
Joshaphat the Mithnite, {11:44} Uzzia the Ashterathite,
Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, {11:45}
Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
{11:46} Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the
sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, {11:47} Eliel, and
Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

12 {12:1} Now these [are] they that came to David to Ziklag,
while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of
Kish: and they [were] among the mighty men, helpers of the
war. {12:2} [They were] armed with bows, and could use
both the right hand and the left in [hurling] stones and
[shooting] arrows out of a bow, [even] of Saul’s brethren of
Benjamin. {12:3} The chief [was] Ahiezer, then Joash, the
sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the
sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
{12:4} And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among
the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel,
and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, {12:5} Eluzai,
and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah
the Haruphite, {12:6} Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and
Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, {12:7} And Joelah,
and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. {12:8} And of
the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the
hold to the wilderness men of might, [and] men of war [fit]
for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose
faces [were like] the faces of lions, and [were] as swift as
the roes upon the mountains; {12:9} Ezer the first, Obadiah
the second, Eliab the third, {12:10} Mishmannah the fourth,
Jeremiah the fifth, {12:11} Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
{12:12} Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, {12:13}
Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. {12:14} These
[were] of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the
least [was] over an hundred, and the greatest over a
thousand. {12:15} These [are] they that went over Jordan in
the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and
they put to flight all [them] of the valleys, [both] toward the
east, and toward the west. {12:16} And there came of the
children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
{12:17} And David went out to meet them, and answered
and said unto them, If 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.] {12:18} 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. {12:19} And there fell [some] of
Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines
against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the
lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away,
saying, He will fall to his master Saul to [the jeopardy of]
our heads. {12:20} As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him
of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and
Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of
the thousands that [were] of Manasseh. {12:21} And they
helped David against the band [of the rovers:] for they
[were] all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the
host. {12:22} For at [that] time day by day there came to
David to help him, until [it was] a great host, like the host of
God.
{12:23} And these [are] the numbers of the bands [that
were] ready armed to the war, [and] came to David to
Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to
the word of the LORD. {12:24} The children of Judah that
bare shield and spear [were] six thousand and eight
hundred, ready armed to the war. {12:25} Of the children of
Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand
and one hundred. {12:26} Of the children of Levi four
thousand and six hundred. {12:27} And Jehoiada [was] the
leader of the Aaronites, and with him [were] three thousand
and seven hundred; {12:28} And Zadok, a young man
mighty of valour, and of his father’s house twenty and two
captains. {12:29} And of the children of Benjamin, the
kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part
of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. {12:30}
And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight
hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the
house of their fathers. {12:31} And of the half tribe of
Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by
name, to come and make David king. {12:32} And of the
children of Issachar, [which were men] that had
understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do;
the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their brethren
[were] at their commandment. {12:33} Of Zebulun, such as
went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of
war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: [they were] not
of double heart. {12:34} And of Naphtali a thousand
captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and
seven thousand. {12:35} And of the Danites expert in war
twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. {12:36} And of
Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty
thousand. {12:37} And on the other side of Jordan, of the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of
Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the
battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. {12:38} All these
men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart
to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the
rest also of Israel [were] of one heart to make David king.
{12:39} And there they were with David three days, eating
and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
{12:40} Moreover they that were nigh them, [even] unto
Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses,
and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, [and] meat,
meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and
oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for [there was] joy in
Israel.

13 {13:1} And David consulted with the captains of
thousands and hundreds, [and] with every leader. {13:2}
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If [it
seem] good unto you, and [that it be] of the LORD our God,
let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, [that are]
left in all the land of Israel, and with them [also] to the
priests and Levites [which are] in their cities [and] suburbs,
that they may gather themselves unto us: {13:3} And let us
bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at
it in the days of Saul. {13:4} And all the congregation said
that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of
all the people. {13:5} So David gathered all Israel together,
from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to
bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. {13:6} And
David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is,] to Kirjath-
jearim, 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.] {13:7} And they
carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of
Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. {13:8} And
David and all Israel played before God with all [their]
might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries,
and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
{13:9} And when they came unto the threshingfloor of
Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the
oxen stumbled. {13:10} And the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his
hand to the ark: and there he died before God. {13:11} And
David was displeased, because the LORD had made a
breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza
to this day. {13:12} And David was afraid of God that day,
saying, How shall I bring the ark of God [home] to me?
{13:13} So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to
the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of
Obededom the Gittite. {13:14} And the ark of God remained
with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months.
And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all
that he had.

14 {14:1} Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to
David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters,
to build him an house. {14:2} And David perceived that the
LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom
was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
{14:3} And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and
David begat more sons and daughters. {14:4} Now these
[are] the names of [his] children which he had in Jerusalem;
Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, {14:5} And
Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, {14:6} And Nogah, and
Nepheg, and Japhia, {14:7} And Elishama, and Beeliada,
and Eliphalet.
{14:8} And when the Philistines heard that David was
anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to
seek David. And David heard [of it,] and went out against
them. {14:9} And the Philistines came and spread
themselves in the valley of Rephaim. {14:10} And David
enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the
Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And
the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into
thine hand. {14:11} So they came up to Baal-perazim; 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 Baal-
perazim. {14:12} And when they had left their gods there,
David gave a commandment, and they were burned with
fire. {14:13} And the Philistines yet again spread
themselves abroad in the valley. {14:14} Therefore David
enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up
after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over
against the mulberry trees. {14:15} 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. {14:16}
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they
smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
{14:17} And the fame of David went out into all lands; and
the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

15 {15:1} And [David] made him houses in the city of
David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched
for it a tent. {15:2} Then David said, None ought to carry
the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD
chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him
for ever. {15:3} And David gathered all Israel together to
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place,
which he had prepared for it. {15:4} And David assembled
the children of Aaron, and the Levites: {15:5} Of the sons
of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and
twenty: {15:6} Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and
his brethren two hundred and twenty: {15:7} Of the sons of
Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and
thirty: {15:8} Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief,
and his brethren two hundred: {15:9} Of the sons of
Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: {15:10}
Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his
brethren an hundred and twelve. {15:11} And David called
for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for
Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and
Amminadab, {15:12} And said unto them, 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. {15:13} 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. {15:14} So the priests
and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of
the LORD God of Israel. {15:15} And the children of the
Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the
staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word
of the LORD. {15:16} And David 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. {15:17} So the
Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his
brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of
Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; {15:18}
And with them their brethren of the second [degree,]
Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel,
and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and
Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom,
and Jeiel, the porters. {15:19} So the singers, Heman,
Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] to sound with cym-
bals of brass; {15:20} And Zechariah, and Aziel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and
Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
{15:21} And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and
Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the
Sheminith to excel. {15:22} And Chenaniah, chief of the
Levites, [was] for song: he instructed about the song,
because he [was] skilful. {15:23} And Berechiah and
Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark. {15:24} And
Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai,
and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did
blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obe-
dedom and Jehiah [were] doorkeepers for the ark.
{15:25} So David, and the elders of Israel, and the
captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the
covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-edom with
joy. {15:26} And it came to pass, when God helped the
Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that
they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. {15:27} And
David [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the
Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the
master of the song with the singers: David also [had] upon
him an ephod of linen. {15:28} Thus all Israel brought up
the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and
with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with
cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
{15:29} And it came to pass, [as] the ark of the covenant
of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the
daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David
dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

16 {16:1} So they brought the ark of God, and set it in
the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they
offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
{16:2} And when David had made an end of offering the
burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the
people in the name of the LORD. {16:3} And he dealt to
every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a
loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon [of
wine.]
{16:4} And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to
minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to
thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: {16:5} Asaph the
chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth,
and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and
Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but
Asaph made a sound with cymbals; {16:6} Benaiah also
and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before
the ark of the covenant of God.
{16:7} Then on that day David delivered first [this psalm]
to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
{16:8} Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name,
make known his deeds among the people. {16:9} Sing unto
him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous
works. {16:10} Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of
them rejoice that seek the LORD. {16:11} Seek the LORD
and his strength, seek his face continually. {16:12}
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his
wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; {16:13} O ye
seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen
ones. {16:14} He [is] the LORD our God; his judgments
[are] in all the earth. {16:15} Be ye mindful always of his
covenant; the word [which] he commanded to a thousand
generations; {16:16} [Even of the covenant] which he made
with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; {16:17} And hath
confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for]
an everlasting covenant, {16:18} Saying, Unto thee will I
give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; {16:19}
When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
{16:20} And [when] they went from nation to nation, and
from [one] kingdom to another people; {16:21} He suffered
no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes, {16:22} [Saying,] Touch not mine anointed, and do
my prophets no harm. {16:23} Sing unto the LORD, all the
earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation. {16:24}
Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works
among all nations. {16:25} For great [is] the LORD, and
greatly to be praised: he also [is] to be feared above all
gods. {16:26} For all the gods of the people [are] idols: but
the LORD made the heavens. {16:27} Glory and honour
[are] in his presence; strength and gladness [are] in his
place. {16:28} Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the
people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. {16:29}
Give unto the LORD the glory [due] unto his name: bring
an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the
beauty of holiness. {16:30} Fear before him, all the earth:
the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. {16:31}
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let
[men] say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. {16:32}
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields
rejoice, and all that [is] therein. {16:33} Then shall the trees
of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because
he cometh to judge the earth. {16:34} O give thanks unto
the LORD; for [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for
ever. {16:35} 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. {16:36} Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel for
ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised
the LORD.
{16:37} So he left there before the ark of the covenant of
the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the
ark continually, as every day’s work required: {16:38} And
Obed- edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obe-
dedom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah [to be] porters:
{16:39} And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests,
before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that
[was] at Gibeon, {16:40} To offer burnt offerings unto the
LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually
morning and evening, and [to do] according to all that is
written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded
Israel; {16:41} And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and
the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to
give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy [endureth] for
ever; {16:42} And with them Heman and Jeduthun with
trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound,
and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of
Jeduthun [were] porters. {16:43} And all the people
departed every man to his house: and David returned to
bless his house.

17 {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. {17:2} Then Nathan said unto
David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God [is] with thee.
{17:3} And it came to pass the same night, that the word
of God came to Nathan, saying, {17:4} Go and tell David
my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me
an house to dwell in: {17:5} For I have not dwelt in an
house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day;
but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle
[to another.] {17:6} 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? {17:7} 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: {17:8} 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. {17:9}
Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will
plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be
moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness
waste them any more as at the beginning, {17:10} And
since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my
people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.
Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an
house.
{17:11} 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. {17:12} He shall build me an
house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. {17:13} I will
be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my
mercy away from him, as I took [it] from [him] that was
before thee: {17:14} But I will settle him in mine house and
in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established
for evermore. {17:15} According to all these words, and
according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
{17:16} And David the king came and sat before the
LORD, and said, Who [am] I, O LORD God, and what [is]
mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? {17:17}
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. {17:18} What can
David [speak] more to thee for the honour of thy servant?
for thou knowest thy servant. {17:19} 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. {17:20} O LORD, [there is] none like thee, neither
[is there any] God beside thee, according to all that we have
heard with our ears. {17:21} 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? {17:22}
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for
ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. {17:23}
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. {17:24} 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. {17:25} 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. {17:26} And now, LORD, thou art God, and
hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: {17:27} 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.

18 {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. {18:2} And he
smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants,
[and] brought gifts.
{18:3} And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto
Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river
Euphrates. {18:4} And David took from him a thousand
chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty
thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot
[horses,] but reserved of them an hundred chariots. {18:5}
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer
king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty
thousand men. {18:6} Then David put [garrisons] in Syria-
damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, [and]
brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went. {18:7} And David took the shields
of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought
them to Jerusalem. {18:8} Likewise from Tibhath, and from
Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass,
wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars,
and the vessels of brass.
{18:9} Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David
had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
{18:10} He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire
of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had
fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer
had war with Tou;) and [with him] all manner of vessels of
gold and silver and brass.
{18:11} Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD,
with the silver and the gold that he brought from all [these]
nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children
of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
{18:12} Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the
Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
{18:13} And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the
Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the LORD
preserved David whithersoever he went.
{18:14} So David reigned over all Israel, and executed
judgment and justice among all his people. {18:15} And
Joab the son Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud, recorder. {18:16} And Zadok the son of
Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the
priests; and Shavsha was scribe; {18:17} And Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and the sons of David [were] chief about the
king.

19 {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. {19:2} 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. {19:3} 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? {19:4} Wherefore Hanun took David’s
servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the
midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. {19:5}
Then there went [certain,] and told David how the men were
served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly
ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your
beards be grown, and [then] return.
{19:6} And when the children of Ammon saw that they
had made themselves 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
Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah. {19:7} So they hired
thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah
and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And
the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from
their cities, and came to battle. {19:8} And when David
heard [of it,] he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty
men. {19:9} And the children of Ammon came out, and put
the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings
that were come [were] by themselves in the field. {19:10}
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel,
and put [them] in array against the Syrians. {19:11} And the
rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his
brother, and they set [themselves] in array against the
children of Ammon. {19:12} And he said, If the Syrians be
too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the
children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help
thee. {19:13} Be of good courage, and let us behave
ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our
God: and let the LORD do [that which is] good in his sight.
{19:14} So Joab and the people that [were] with him drew
nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before
him. {19:15} And when the children of Ammon saw that
the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his
brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to
Jerusalem.
{19:16} And when the Syrians saw that they were put to
the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew
forth the Syrians that [were] beyond the river: and
Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer [went] before
them. {19:17} And it was told David; and he gathered all
Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set
[the battle] in array against them. So when David had put
the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
{19:18} But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew
of the Syrians seven thousand [men which fought in]
chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach
the captain of the host. {19:19} And when the servants of
Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel,
they made peace with David, and became his servants:
neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any
more.

20 {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. {20:2} And David took the crown of their king
from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and
[there were] precious stones in it; and it was set upon
David’s head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil
out of the city. {20:3} And he brought out the people that
[were] in it, and cut [them] with saws, and with harrows of
iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities
of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people
returned to Jerusalem.
{20:4} And it came to pass after this, that there arose war
at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the
Hushathite slew Sippai, [that was] of the children of the
giant: and they were subdued. {20:5} And there was war
again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew
Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff
[was] like a weaver’s beam. {20:6} And yet again there was
war at Gath, where was a man of [great] stature, whose
fingers and toes [were] four and twenty, six [on each hand,]
and six [on each foot:] and he also was the son of the giant.
{20:7} But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of
Shimea David’s brother slew him. {20:8} These were born
unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David,
and by the hand of his servants.

21 {21:1} And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked
David to number Israel. {21:2} And David said to Joab and
to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-
sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me,
that I may know [it.] {21:3} And Joab answered, The
LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as
they [be:] but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord’s
servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why
will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? {21:4} Nevertheless
the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab
departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to
Jerusalem.
{21:5} And Joab gave the sum of the number of the
people unto David. And all [they of] Israel were a thousand
thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword:
and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and ten thousand
men that drew sword. {21:6} But Levi and Benjamin
counted he not among them: for the king’s word was
abominable to Joab. {21:7} And God was displeased with
this thing; therefore he smote Israel. {21:8} 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.
{21:9} And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer,
saying, {21:10} 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. {21:11} So Gad came to David,
and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
{21:12} 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. {21:13} And David said unto Gad, I am
in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD;
for very great [are] his mercies: but let me not fall into the
hand of man.
{21:14} So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and
there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. {21:15} And God
sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was
destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the
evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay
now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. {21:16} And David
lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand
between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in
his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the
elders [of Israel, who were] clothed in sackcloth, fell upon
their faces. {21:17} And David said unto God, [Is it] not I
[that] commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is
that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as for] these
sheep, what have they done? let 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.
{21:18} Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to
say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar
unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
{21:19} And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he
spake in the name of the LORD. {21:20} And Ornan turned
back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid
themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. {21:21} And
as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and
went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David
with [his] face to the ground. {21:22} 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. {21:23} And Ornan said unto David, Take [it] to
thee, and let my lord the king do [that which is] good in his
eyes: lo,I give [thee] the oxen [also] for burnt offerings, and
the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the
meat offering; I give it all. {21:24} And king David said to
Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I
will not take [that] which [is] thine for the LORD, nor offer
burnt offerings without cost. {21:25} So David gave to
Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
{21:26} And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and
offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon
the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon
the altar of burnt offering. {21:27} And the LORD
commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into
the sheath thereof.
{21:28} At that time when David saw that the LORD had
answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite,
then he sacrificed there. {21:29} For the tabernacle of the
LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar
of the burnt offering, [were] at that season in the high place
at Gibeon. {21:30} But David could not go before it to
enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of
the angel of the LORD.

22 {22:1} Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD
God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
{22:2} And David commanded to gather together the
strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he set masons
to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. {22:3}
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the
doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in
abundance without weight; {22:4} Also cedar trees in
abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought
much cedar wood to David. {22:5} And David said,
Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that
is] to be 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.
{22:6} Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged
him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. {22:7}
And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in
my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my
God: {22:8} But the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
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. {22:9}
Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of
rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round
about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace
and quietness unto Israel in his days. {22:10} He shall build
an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I [will
be] his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom
over Israel for ever. {22:11} Now, my son, the LORD be
with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the
LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. {22:12} 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. {22:13} 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. {22:14}
Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of
the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a
thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron
without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone
have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. {22:15}
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. {22:16} Of the
gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, [there is] no
number. Arise [therefore,] and be doing, and the LORD be
with thee.
{22:17} David also commanded all the princes of Israel to
help Solomon his son, [saying,] {22:18} [Is] not the LORD
your God with you? and 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. {22:19} 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.

23 {23:1} So when David was old and full of days, he
made Solomon his son king over Israel.
{23:2} And he gathered together all the princes of Israel,
with the priests and the Levites. {23:3} Now the Levites
were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward:
and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and
eight thousand. {23:4} Of which, twenty and four thousand
[were] to set forward the work of the house of the LORD;
and six thousand [were] officers and judges: {23:5}
Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand
praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, [said
David,] to praise [therewith.] {23:6} And David divided
them into courses among the sons of Levi, [namely,]
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
{23:7} Of the Gershonites [were,] Laadan, and Shimei.
{23:8} The sons of Laadan; the chief [was] Jehiel, and
Zetham, and Joel, three. {23:9} The sons of Shimei;
Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These [were] the
chief of the fathers of Laadan. {23:10} And the sons of
Shimei [were,] Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These
four [were] the sons of Shimei. {23:11} And Jahath was the
chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not
many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according
to [their] father’s house.
{23:12} The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and
Uzziel, four. {23:13} The sons of Amram; Aaron and
Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the
most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense
before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his
name for ever. {23:14} Now [concerning] Moses the man
of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. {23:15}
The sons of Moses [were,] Gershom, and Eliezer. {23:16}
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel [was] the chief. {23:17}
And the sons of Eliezer [were,] Rehabiah the chief. And
Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were
very many. {23:18} Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the
chief. {23:19} Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first,
Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the
fourth. {23:20} Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and
Jesiah the second.
{23:21} The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons
of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. {23:22} And Eleazar died, and
had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of
Kish took them. {23:23} The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and
Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
{23:24} These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of
their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as they were
counted by number of names by their polls, that did the
work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the
age of twenty years and upward. {23:25} For David said,
The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people,
that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: {23:26} And also
unto the Levites; they shall no [more] carry the tabernacle,
nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. {23:27} For by
the last words of David the Levites [were] numbered from
twenty years old and above: {23:28} Because their office
[was] to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the
house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and
in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the
service of the house of God; {23:29} Both for the
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; {23:30} And to stand every morning to
thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even; {23:31}
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the
sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by
number, according to the order commanded unto them,
continually before the LORD: {23:32} And that they should
keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and
the charge of the holy [place,] and the charge of the sons of
Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the
LORD.

24 {24:1} Now [these are] the divisions of the sons of
Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar. {24:2} But Nadab and Abihu died before their
father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar
executed the priest’s office. {24:3} And David distributed
them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of
the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their
service. {24:4} And there were more chief men found of the
sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were
they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar [there were]
sixteen chief men of the house of [their] fathers, and eight
among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their
fathers. {24:5} Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with
another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors
[of the house] of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of
the sons of Ithamar. {24:6} And Shemaiah the son of
Nethaneel the scribe, [one] of the Levites, wrote them
before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and [before] the chief of the
fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household
being taken for Eleazar, and [one] taken for Ithamar. {24:7}
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to
Jedaiah, {24:8} The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
{24:9} The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, {24:10}
The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, {24:11} The
ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, {24:12} The
eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, {24:13} The
thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, {24:14}
The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, {24:15} The
seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, {24:16} The
nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, {24:17}
The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to
Gamul, {24:18} The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four
and twentieth to Maaziah. {24:19} These [were] the
orderings of them in their service to come into the house of
the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their
father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
{24:20} And the rest of the sons of Levi [were these:] Of
the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael;
Jehdeiah. {24:21} Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of
Rehabiah, the first [was] Isshiah. {24:22} Of the Izharites;
Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. {24:23} And
the sons [of Hebron;] Jeriah [the first,] Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. {24:24} [Of] the
sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
{24:25} The brother of Michah [was] Isshiah: of the sons of
Isshiah; Zechariah. {24:26} The sons of Merari [were]
Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
{24:27} The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and
Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. {24:28} Of Mahli [came]
Eleazar, who had no sons. {24:29} Concerning Kish: the
son of Kish [was] Jerahmeel. {24:30} The sons also of
Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These [were] the
sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. {24:31}
These likewise cast lots 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.

25 {25:1} Moreover David and the captains of the host
separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of
Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps,
with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the
workmen according to their service was: {25:2} Of the sons
of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah,
the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which
prophesied according to the order of the king. {25:3} Of
Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and
Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of
their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give
thanks and to praise the LORD. {25:4} Of Heman: the sons
of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and
Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and
Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, [and]
Mahazioth: {25:5} All these [were] the sons of Heman the
king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And
God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
{25:6} All these [were] under the hands of their father for
song [in] the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries,
and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to
the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. {25:7} So
the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed
in the songs of the LORD, [even] all that were cunning, was
two hundred fourscore and eight.
{25:8} And they cast lots, ward against [ward,] as well the
small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. {25:9} Now
the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to
Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons [were] twelve:
{25:10} The third to Zaccur, [he,] his sons, and his
brethren, [were] twelve: {25:11} The fourth to Izri, [he,] his
sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: {25:12} The fifth to
Nethaniah, [he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
{25:13} The sixth to Bukkiah, [he,] his sons, and his
brethren, [were] twelve: {25:14} The seventh to Jesharelah,
[he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: {25:15} The
eighth to Jeshaiah, [he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were]
twelve: {25:16} The ninth to Mattaniah, [he,] his sons, and
his brethren, [were] twelve: {25:17} The tenth to Shimei,
[he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: {25:18} The
eleventh to Azareel, [he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were]
twelve: {25:19} The twelfth to Hashabiah, [he,] his sons,
and his brethren, [were] twelve: {25:20} The thirteenth to
Shubael, [he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
{25:21} The fourteenth to Mattithiah, [he,] his sons, and his
brethren, [were] twelve: {25:22} The fifteenth to Jeremoth,
[he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: {25:23} The
sixteenth to Hananiah, [he,] his sons, and his brethren,
[were] twelve: {25:24} The seventeenth to Joshbekashah,
[he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: {25:25} The
eighteenth to Hanani, [he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were]
twelve: {25:26} The nineteenth to Mallothi, [he,] his sons,
and his brethren, [were] twelve: {25:27} The twentieth to
Eliathah, [he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
{25:28} The one and twentieth to Hothir, [he,] his sons, and
his brethren, [were] twelve: {25:29} The two and twentieth
to Giddalti, [he,] his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
{25:30} The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, [he,] his
sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: {25:31} The four and
twentieth to Romamti-ezer, [he,] his sons, and his brethren,
[were] twelve.

26 {26:1} Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the
Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of
Asaph. {26:2} And the sons of Meshelemiah [were,]
Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the
third, Jathniel the fourth, {26:3} Elam the fifth, Jehohanan
the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. {26:4} Moreover the sons of
Obed-edom [were,] Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the
second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel
the fifth, {26:5} Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh,
Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. {26:6} Also unto
Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the
house of their father: for they [were] mighty men of valour.
{26:7} The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and
Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren [were] strong men, Elihu,
and Semachiah. {26:8} All these of the sons of Obed-edom:
they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength
for the service, [were] threescore and two of Obed-edom.
{26:9} And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong
men, eighteen. {26:10} Also Hosah, of the children of
Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for [though] he was not
the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) {26:11}
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth:
all the sons and brethren of Hosah [were] thirteen. {26:12}
Among these [were] the divisions of the porters, [even]
among the chief men, [having] wards one against another,
to minister in the house of the LORD.
{26:13} And they cast lots, as well the small as the great,
according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
{26:14} And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for
Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his
lot came out northward. {26:15} To Obed- edom
southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. {26:16}
To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with
the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward
against ward. {26:17} Eastward [were] six Levites,
northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward
Asuppim two [and] two. {26:18} At Parbar westward, four
at the causeway, [and] two at Parbar. {26:19} These [are]
the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and
among the sons of Merari.
{26:20} And of the Levites, Ahijah [was] over the
treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the
dedicated things. {26:21} [As concerning] the sons of
Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers,
[even] of Laadan the Gershonite, [were] Jehieli. {26:22}
The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, [which
were] over the treasures of the house of the LORD. {26:23}
Of the Amramites, [and] the Izharites, the Hebronites, [and]
the Uzzielites: {26:24} And Shebuel the son of Gershom,
the son of Moses, [was] ruler of the treasures. {26:25} And
his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his
son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith
his son. {26:26} Which Shelomith and his brethren [were]
over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David
the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands
and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
{26:27} Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to
maintain the house of the LORD. {26:28} And all that
Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the
son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated;
[and] whosoever had dedicated [any thing, it was] under the
hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
{26:29} Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons [were]
for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
{26:30} [And] of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his
brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred,
[were] officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan
westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the
service of the king. {26:31} Among the Hebronites [was]
Jerijah the chief, [even] among the Hebronites, according to
the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the
reign of David they were sought for, and there were found
among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
{26:32} And his brethren, men of valour, [were] two
thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king
David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God,
and affairs of the king.

27 {27:1} Now the children of Israel after their number,
[to wit,] the chief fathers and captains of thousands and
hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any
matter of the courses, which came in and went out month
by month throughout all the months of the year, of every
course [were] twenty and four thousand. {27:2} Over the
first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of
Zabdiel: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
{27:3} Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the
captains of the host for the first month. {27:4} And over the
course of the second month [was] Dodai an Ahohite, and of
his course [was] Mikloth also the ruler: in his course
likewise [were] twenty and four thousand. {27:5} The third
captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course [were]
twenty and four thousand. {27:6} This [is that] Benaiah,
[who was] mighty [among] the thirty, and above the thirty:
and in his course [was] Ammizabad his son. {27:7} The
fourth [captain] for the fourth month [was] Asahel the
brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his
course [were] twenty and four thousand. {27:8} The fifth
captain for the fifth month [was] Shamhuth the Izrahite: and
in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. {27:9} The
sixth [captain] for the sixth month [was] Ira the son of
Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course [were] twenty and four
thousand. {27:10} The seventh [captain] for the seventh
month [was] Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim:
and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. {27:11}
The eighth [captain] for the eighth month [was] Sibbecai the
Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course [were] twenty
and four thousand. {27:12} The ninth [captain] for the ninth
month [was] Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and
in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. {27:13} The
tenth [captain] for the tenth month [was] Maharai the
Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course [were]
twenty and four thousand. {27:14} The eleventh [captain]
for the eleventh month [was] Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the
children of Ephraim: and in his course [were] twenty and
four thousand. {27:15} The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth
month [was] Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his
course [were] twenty and four thousand.
{27:16} Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of
the Reubenites [was] Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the
Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: {27:17} Of the
Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites,
Zadok: {27:18} Of Judah, Elihu, [one] of the brethren of
David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: {27:19} Of
Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali,
Jerimoth the son of Azriel: {27:20} Of the children of
Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: {27:21} Of the half
[tribe] of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of
Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: {27:22} Of Dan,
Azareel the son of Jeroham. These [were] the princes of the
tribes of Israel.
{27:23} But David took not the number of them from
twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he
would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
{27:24} Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he
finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel;
neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles
of king David.
{27:25} And over the king’s treasures [was] Azmaveth
the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in
the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, [was]
Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: {27:26} And over them that
did the work of the field for tillage of the ground [was] Ezri
the son of Chelub: {27:27} And over the vineyards was
Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for
the wine cellars [was] Zabdi the Shiphmite: {27:28} And
over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that [were] in the
low plains [was] Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the
cellars of oil [was] Joash: {27:29} And over the herds that
fed in Sharon [was] Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds
[that were] in the valleys [was] Shaphat the son of Adlai:
{27:30} Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and
over the asses [was] Jehdeiah the Meronothite: {27:31} And
over the flocks [was] Jaziz the Hagerite. All these [were]
the rulers of the substance which [was] king David’s.
{27:32} Also Jonathan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a
wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni
[was] with the king’s sons: {27:33} And Ahithophel [was]
the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite [was] the
king’s companion: {27:34} And after Ahithophel [was]
Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general
of the king’s army [was] Joab.

28 {28:1} And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the
princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that
ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the
thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards
over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his
sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with
all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. {28:2} Then David the
king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren,
and my people: [As for me,] I [had] in mine heart to build
an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD,
and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the
building: {28:3} But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build
an house for my name, because thou [hast been] a man of
war, and hast shed blood. {28:4} Howbeit the LORD God
of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be
king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be]
the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father;
and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me]
king over all Israel: {28:5} And of all my sons, (for the
LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon
my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD
over Israel. {28:6} And he said unto me, Solomon thy son,
he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen
him [to be] my son, and I will be his father. {28:7}
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be
constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at
this day. {28:8} Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the
congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God,
keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your
God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave [it] for
an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
{28:9} And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of
thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a
willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and
understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou
seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him,
he will cast thee off for ever. {28:10} Take heed now; for
the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the
sanctuary: be strong, and do [it.]
{28:11} Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern
of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries
thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner
parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, {28:12}
And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts
of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round
about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the
treasuries of the dedicated things: {28:13} Also for the
courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work
of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the
vessels of service in the house of the LORD. {28:14} [He
gave] of gold by weight for [things] of gold, for all
instruments of all manner of service; [silver also] for all
instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every
kind of service: {28:15} Even the weight for the
candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight
for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the
candlesticks of silver by weight, [both] for the candlestick,
and [also] for the lamps thereof, according to the use of
every candlestick. {28:16} And by weight [he gave] gold
for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and [likewise]
silver for the tables of silver: {28:17} Also pure gold for the
fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden
basons [he gave gold] by weight for every bason; and
[likewise silver] by weight for every bason of silver:
{28:18} And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight;
and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that
spread out [their wings,] and covered the ark of the
covenant of the LORD. {28:19} All [this, said David,] the
LORD made me understand in writing by [his] hand upon
me, [even] all the works of this pattern. {28:20} And David
said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage,
and do [it:] fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God,
[even] my God, [will be] with thee; he will not fail thee, nor
forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the
service of the house of the LORD. {28:21} And, behold, the
courses of the priests and the Levites, [even they shall be
with thee] for all the service of the house of God: and [there
shall be] with thee for all manner of workmanship every
willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the
princes and all the people [will be] wholly at thy
commandment.

29 {29:1} Furthermore David the king said unto all the
congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath
chosen, [is yet] young and tender, and the work [is] great:
for the palace [is] not for man, but for the LORD God.
{29:2} Now I have prepared with all my might for the
house of my God the gold for [things to be made] of gold,
and the silver for [things] of silver, and the brass for [things]
of brass, the iron for [things] of iron, and wood for [things]
of wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, glistering
stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious
stones, and marble stones in abundance. {29:3} Moreover,
because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I
have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, [which] I
have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I
have prepared for the holy house, {29:4} [Even] three
thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven
thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the
houses [withal: ]{29:5} The gold for [things] of gold, and
the silver for [things] of silver, and for all manner of work
[to be made] by the hands of artificers. And who [then] is
willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
{29:6} Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the
tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of
hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered
willingly, {29:7} And gave for the service of the house of
God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams,
and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen
thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
{29:8} And they with whom [precious] stones were found
gave [them] to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by
the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. {29:9} Then the people
rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with
perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David
the king also rejoiced with great joy.
{29:10} Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all
the congregation: and David said, Blessed [be] thou, LORD
God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. {29:11} Thine,
O LORD, [is] the greatness, and the power, and the glory,
and the victory, and the majesty: for all [that is] in the
heaven and in the earth [is thine;] thine [is] the kingdom, O
LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. {29:12} Both
riches and honour [come] of thee, and thou reignest over all;
and in thine hand [is] power and might; and in thine hand [it
is] to make great, and to give strength unto all. {29:13}
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy
glorious name. {29:14} But who [am] I, and what [is] my
people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this
sort? for all things [come] of thee, and of thine own have we
given thee. {29:15} For we [are] strangers before thee, and
sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth
[are] as a shadow, and [there is] none abiding. {29:16} O
LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build
thee an house for thine holy name [cometh] of thine hand,
and [is] all thine own. {29:17} I know also, my God, that
thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for
me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered
all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people,
which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. {29:18}
O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers,
keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the
heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
{29:19} And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to
keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes,
and to do all [these things,] and to build the palace, for the
which I have made provision.
{29:20} And David said to all the congregation, Now
bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed
the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their
heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king. {29:21}
And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered
burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that
day, [even] a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, [and] a
thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in
abundance for all Israel: {29:22} And did eat and drink
before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they
made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and
anointed [him] unto the LORD [to be] the chief governor,
and Zadok [to be] priest. {29:23} Then Solomon sat on the
throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and
prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. {29:24} And all the
princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of
king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
{29:25} And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in
the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him [such] royal
majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
{29:26} Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all
Israel. {29:27} And the time that he reigned over Israel
[was] forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and
thirty and three [years] reigned he in Jerusalem. {29:28}
And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and
honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. {29:29}
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they
[are] written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book
of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
{29:30} With all his reign and his might, and the times that
went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of
the countries.

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