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The Book of 1 Chronicles
Chapter 1
001:001 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
001:002 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
001:003 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
001:004 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
001:005 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai,
and Javan,
and Tubal, and Meshech,
and Tiras.
001:006 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
001:007 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish,
Kittim, and
Dodanim.
001:008 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
001:009 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and
Sabta, and
Raamah, and Sabtecha.
And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and
Dedan.
001:010 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
001:011 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim,
and
Naphtuhim,
001:012 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the
Philistines,)
and Caphthorim.
001:013 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
001:014 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
001:015 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
001:016 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
001:017 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad,
and Lud, and
Aram, and Uz, and
Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
001:018 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
001:019 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.
001:020 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and
Hazarmaveth, and
Jerah,
001:021 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
001:022 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
001:023 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were
the sons of
Joktan.
001:024 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
001:025 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
001:026 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
001:027 Abram; the same is Abraham.
001:028 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
001:029 These are their generations: The firstborn of
Ishmael,
Nebaioth; then Kedar, and
Adbeel, and Mibsam,
001:030 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
001:031 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
001:032 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.
001:033 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and
Henoch, and
Abida, and Eldaah. All
these are the sons of Keturah.
001:034 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
001:035 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and
Jaalam, and
Korah.
001:036 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and
Gatam, Kenaz,
and Timna, and
Amalek.
001:037 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
001:038 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and
Zibeon, and Anah,
and Dishon, and
Ezar, and Dishan.
001:039 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna
was Lotan's
sister.
001:040 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and
Ebal, Shephi, and
Onam. and the
sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
001:041 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon;
Amram, and
Eshban, and Ithran, and
Cheran.
001:042 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan.
The sons of
Dishan; Uz, and
Aran.
001:043 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.
001:044 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of
Bozrah
reigned in his stead.
001:045 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of
the Temanites
reigned in his
stead.
001:046 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.
001:047 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah
reigned in his
stead.
001:048 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by
the river
reigned in his
stead.
001:049 And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of
Achbor reigned
in his stead.
001:050 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.
001:051 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke
Timnah, duke
Aliah, duke
Jetheth,
001:052 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
001:053 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
001:054 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
002:001 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon,
Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, and
Zebulun,
002:002 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
002:003 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.
002:004 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and
Zerah. All
the sons of Judah were
five.
002:005 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
002:006 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and
Heman, and
Calcol, and Dara: five
of them in all.
002:007 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of
Israel, who
transgressed in the
thing accursed.
002:008 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
002:009 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him;
Jerahmeel,
and Ram, and
Chelubai.
002:010 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat
Nahshon, prince
of the children of
Judah;
002:011 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
002:012 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
002:013 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab
the second,
and Shimma the
third,
002:014 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
002:015 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
002:016 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the
sons of
Zeruiah; Abishai, and
Joab, and Asahel, three.
002:017 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa
was Jether the
Ishmeelite.
002:018 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of
Azubah his wife,
and of Jerioth:
her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab,
and
Ardon.
002:019 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him
Ephrath, which
bare him Hur.
002:020 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
002:021 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.
002:022 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty
cities in the
land of Gilead.
002:023 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.
002:024 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah,
then Abiah
Hezron's wife bare him
Ashur the father of Tekoa.
002:025 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron
were, Ram
the firstborn, and
Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
002:026 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was
Atarah; she
was the mother of
Onam.
002:027 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel
were, Maaz, and
Jamin, and
Eker.
002:028 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And
the sons of
Shammai; Nadab and
Abishur.
002:029 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail,
and she bare
him Ahban, and
Molid.
002:030 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but
Seled died
without children.
002:031 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of
Ishi; Sheshan.
And the children of
Sheshan; Ahlai.
002:032 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai;
Jether, and
Jonathan: and Jether
died without children.
002:033 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These
were the
sons of Jerahmeel.
002:034 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And
Sheshan had a
servant, an
Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
002:035 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his
servant to wife;
and she bare him
Attai.
002:036 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
002:037 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
002:038 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
002:039 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
002:040 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
002:041 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
002:042 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.
002:043 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and
Rekem, and
Shema.
002:044 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and
Rekem begat
Shammai.
002:045 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the
father of
Bethzur.
002:046 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and
Moza, and Gazez:
and Haran begat
Gazez.
002:047 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and
Gesham, and
Pelet, and Ephah, and
Shaaph.
002:048 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
002:049 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.
002:050 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the
firstborn of
Ephratah; Shobal the
father of Kirjathjearim.
002:051 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
002:052 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons;
Haroeh, and
half of the
Manahethites.
002:053 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites,
and the
Puhites, and the
Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them
came
the Zareathites, and the
Eshtaulites,
002:054 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the
Netophathites, Ataroth,
the house
of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
002:055 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.
003:001 Now these were the sons of David, which were born
unto him in
Hebron; the firstborn
Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess;
the
second Daniel, of Abigail the
Carmelitess:
003:002 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the
daughter of Talmai
king of Geshur:
the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
003:003 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth,
Ithream by Eglah
his wife.
003:004 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.
003:005 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem;
Shimea, and Shobab,
and Nathan,
and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter
of
Ammiel:
003:006 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
003:007 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
003:008 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
003:009 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons
of the
concubines, and Tamar their
sister.
003:010 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa
his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
003:011 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
003:012 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
003:013 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
003:014 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
003:015 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn
Johanan, the second
Jehoiakim, the
third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
003:016 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
003:017 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
003:018 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar,
Jecamiah, Hoshama,
and
Nedabiah.
003:019 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and
Shimei: and the
sons of
Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and
Shelomith
their sister:
003:020 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and
Hasadiah,
Jushabhesed, five.
003:021 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah:
the sons of
Rephaiah, the sons of
Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons
of
Shechaniah.
003:022 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the
sons of
Shemaiah; Hattush, and
Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah,
and
Shaphat, six.
003:023 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah,
and Azrikam,
three.
003:024 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and
Eliashib, and
Pelaiah, and Akkub,
and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and
Anani,
seven.
004:001 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and
Hur, and
Shobal.
004:002 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and
Jahath begat
Ahumai, and Lahad.
These are the families of the Zorathites.
004:003 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel,
and Ishma, and
Idbash: and the
name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
004:004 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.
004:005 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
004:006 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and
Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These
were the sons of Naarah.
004:007 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
004:008 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families
of Aharhel
the son of Harum.
004:009 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren:
and his
mother called his name
Jabez, saying, Because I bare him
with
sorrow.
004:010 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.
004:011 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir,
which was the
father of
Eshton.
004:012 And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and
Tehinnah the
father of Irnahash.
These are the men of Rechah.
004:013 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and
the sons of
Othniel; Hathath.
004:014 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat
Joab, the father
of the valley of
Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
004:015 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru,
Elah, and
Naam: and the sons of
Elah, even Kenaz.
004:016 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah,
Tiria, and
Asareel.
004:017 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.
004:018 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.
004:019 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of
Naham, the
father of Keilah the
Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
004:020 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah,
Benhanan, and
Tilon. And the sons
of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
004:021 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,
004:022 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and
Saraph, who
had the dominion in
Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these
are
ancient things.
004:023 These were the potters, and those that dwelt
among plants and
hedges: there
they dwelt with the king for his work.
004:024 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin,
Jarib, Zerah, and
Shaul:
004:025 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
004:026 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur
his son,
Shimei his son.
004:027 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.
004:028 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
004:029 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
004:030 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
004:031 And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at
Bethbirei, and at
Shaaraim. These
were their cities unto the reign of David.
004:032 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon,
and Tochen,
and Ashan, five
cities:
004:033 And all their villages that were round about the
same cities,
unto Baal. These were
their habitations, and their genealogy.
004:034 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
004:035 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son
of Seraiah,
the son of Asiel,
004:036 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and
Asaiah, and
Adiel, and Jesimiel,
and Benaiah,
004:037 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the
son of
Jedaiah, the son of Shimri,
the son of Shemaiah;
004:038 These mentioned by their names were princes in
their families:
and the house of
their fathers increased greatly.
004:039 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto
the east
side of the valley, to
seek pasture for their flocks.
004:040 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.
004:041 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.
004:042 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.
004:043 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that
were escaped,
and dwelt there unto
this day.
005:001 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.
005:002 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of
him came the
chief ruler; but the
birthright was Joseph's:)
005:003 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of
Israel were,
Hanoch, and Pallu,
Hezron, and Carmi.
005:004 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,
Shimei his
son,
005:005 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
005:006 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of
Assyria carried
away captive: he
was prince of the Reubenites.
005:007 And his brethren by their families, when the
genealogy of
their generations was
reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel,
and
Zechariah,
005:008 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the
son of Joel,
who dwelt in Aroer,
even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
005:009 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.
005:010 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.
005:011 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them,
in the land
of Bashan unto
Salcah:
005:012 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai,
and Shaphat
in Bashan.
005:013 And their brethren of the house of their fathers
were,
Michael, and Meshullam, and
Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and
Zia, and Heber, seven.
005:014 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;
005:015 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of
the house of
their fathers.
005:016 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her
towns, and in
all the suburbs of
Sharon, upon their borders.
005:017 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the
days of Jotham
king of Judah, and
in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
005:018 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.
005:019 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur,
and Nephish,
and Nodab.
005:020 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.
005:021 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.
005:022 For there fell down many slain, because the war
was of God.
And they dwelt in
their steads until the captivity.
005:023 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh
dwelt in the
land: they increased
from Bashan unto Baalhermon and
Senir,
and unto mount Hermon.
005:024 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.
005:025 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.
005:026 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of
Pul king of
Assyria, and the
spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of
Assyria,
and he carried them away,
even the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them
unto
Halah, and Habor, and Hara,
and to the river Gozan, unto this
day.
006:001 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
006:002 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
006:003 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and
Miriam. The
sons also of Aaron;
Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
006:004 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
006:005 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
006:006 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
006:007 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
006:008 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
006:009 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
006:010 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that
executed the
priest's office in
the temple that Solomon built in
Jerusalem:)
006:011 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
006:012 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
006:013 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
006:014 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
006:015 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD
carried away
Judah and Jerusalem
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
006:016 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
006:017 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom;
Libni, and
Shimei.
006:018 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar,
and Hebron, and
Uzziel.
006:019 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these
are the
families of the Levites
according to their fathers.
006:020 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
006:021 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
006:022 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his
son, Assir
his son,
006:023 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
006:024 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son,
and Shaul his
son.
006:025 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
006:026 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his
son, and
Nahath his son,
006:027 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
006:028 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
006:029 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei
his son, Uzza
his son,
006:030 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
006:031 And these are they whom David set over the
service of song in
the house of
the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
006:032 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.
006:033 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,
006:034 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son
of Eliel, the
son of Toah,
006:035 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of
Mahath, the
son of Amasai,
006:036 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of
Azariah, the
son of Zephaniah,
006:037 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of
Ebiasaph, the
son of Korah,
006:038 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of
Levi, the son
of Israel.
006:039 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right
hand, even Asaph
the son of
Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
006:040 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
006:041 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
006:042 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
006:043 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
006:044 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,
006:045 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
006:046 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
006:047 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of
Merari, the son
of Levi.
006:048 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed
unto all manner
of service of the
tabernacle of the house of God.
006:049 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.
006:050 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son,
Phinehas his
son, Abishua his
son,
006:051 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
006:052 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
006:053 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
006:054 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.
006:055 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah,
and the
suburbs thereof round
about it.
006:056 But the fields of the city, and the villages
thereof, they
gave to Caleb the
son of Jephunneh.
006:057 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,
006:058 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
006:059 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:
006:060 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.
006:061 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.
006:062 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.
006:063 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.
006:064 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites
these cities
with their
suburbs.
006:065 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.
006:066 And the residue of the families of the sons of
Kohath had
cities of their coasts
out of the tribe of Ephraim.
006:067 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge,
Shechem in
mount Ephraim with her
suburbs; they gave also Gezer with
her
suburbs,
006:068 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs,
006:069 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
006:070 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.
006:071 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:
006:072 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her
suburbs,
Daberath with her
suburbs,
006:073 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
006:074 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her
suburbs, and
Abdon with her
suburbs,
006:075 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
006:076 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in
Galilee with her
suburbs, and
Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with
her
suburbs.
006:077 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were
given out of the
tribe of Zebulun,
Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with
her
suburbs:
006:078 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,
006:079 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
006:080 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead
with her
suburbs, and Mahanaim
with her suburbs,
006:081 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
007:001 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah,
Jashub, and
Shimrom, four.
007:002 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.
007:003 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of
Izrahiah;
Michael, and Obadiah,
and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of
them
chief men.
007:004 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.
007:005 And their brethren among all the families of
Issachar were
valiant men of
might, reckoned in all by their
genealogies
fourscore and seven
thousand.
007:006 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
007:007 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.
007:008 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.
007:009 And the number of them, after their genealogy by
their
generations, heads of the
house of their fathers, mighty men
of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
007:010 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of
Bilhan;
Jeush, and Benjamin, and
Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan,
and
Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
007:011 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.
007:012 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and
Hushim, the
sons of Aher.
007:013 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and
Jezer, and
Shallum, the sons of
Bilhah.
007:014 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare:
(but his
concubine the Aramitess
bare Machir the father of Gilead:
007:015 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.
007:016 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.
007:017 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons
of Gilead,
the son of Machir, the
son of Manasseh.
007:018 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and
Abiezer, and
Mahalah.
007:019 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and
Shechem, and Likhi,
and Aniam.
007:020 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his
son, and
Tahath his son, and
Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
007:021 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.
007:022 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and
his brethren
came to comfort
him.
007:023 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.
007:024 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron
the nether,
and the upper, and
Uzzensherah.)
007:025 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah
his son, and
Tahan his son.
007:026 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
007:027 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
007:028 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:
007:029 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh,
Bethshean and
her towns, Taanach
and her towns, Megiddo and her towns,
Dor
and her towns. In these dwelt
the children of Joseph the son
of
Israel.
007:030 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai,
and Beriah,
and Serah their
sister.
007:031 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who
is the father
of Birzavith.
007:032 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham,
and Shua
their sister.
007:033 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and
Ashvath.
These are the children of
Japhlet.
007:034 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
007:035 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and
Imna, and
Shelesh, and Amal.
007:036 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and
Shual, and Beri,
and Imrah,
007:037 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and
Ithran, and
Beera.
007:038 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
007:039 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
007:040 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.
008:001 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the
second, and
Aharah the third,
008:002 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
008:003 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
008:004 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
008:005 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
008:006 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:
008:007 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them,
and begat
Uzza, and Ahihud.
008:008 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of
Moab, after he
had sent them away;
Hushim and Baara were his wives.
008:009 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and
Zibia, and Mesha,
and Malcham,
008:010 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his
sons, heads
of the fathers.
008:011 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
008:012 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed,
who built
Ono, and Lod, with the
towns thereof:
008:013 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the
fathers of the
inhabitants of
Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants
of
Gath:
008:014 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
008:015 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
008:016 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
008:017 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
008:018 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
008:019 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
008:020 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
008:021 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
008:022 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
008:023 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
008:024 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
008:025 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
008:026 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
008:027 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
008:028 These were heads of the fathers, by their
generations, chief
men. These
dwelt in Jerusalem.
008:029 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose
wife's name
was Maachah:
008:030 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish,
and Baal, and
Nadab,
008:031 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
008:032 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt
with their
brethren in Jerusalem,
over against them.
008:033 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul
begat
Jonathan, and Malchishua,
and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
008:034 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and
Meribbaal begat
Micah.
008:035 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech,
and Tarea, and
Ahaz.
008:036 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat
Alemeth, and
Azmaveth, and Zimri;
and Zimri begat Moza,
008:037 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah
his son, Azel
his son:
008:038 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.
008:039 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his
firstborn,
Jehush the second, and
Eliphelet the third.
008:040 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.
009:001 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.
009:002 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their
possessions in
their cities were,
the Israelites, the priests, Levites,
and
the Nethinims.
009:003 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah,
and of the
children of Benjamin,
and of the children of Ephraim,
and
Manasseh;
009:004 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.
009:005 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
009:006 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their
brethren, six
hundred and
ninety.
009:007 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of
Meshullam, the
son of Hodaviah,
the son of Hasenuah,
009:008 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son
of Uzzi, the
son of Michri, and
Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the
son
of Reuel, the son of
Ibnijah;
009:009 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.
009:010 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
009:011 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;
009:012 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;
009:013 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.
009:014 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub,
the son of
Azrikam, the son of
Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
009:015 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah
the son of
Micah, the son of
Zichri, the son of Asaph;
009:016 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.
009:017 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and
Talmon, and
Ahiman, and their
brethren: Shallum was the chief;
009:018 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward:
they were
porters in the companies
of the children of Levi.
009:019 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.
009:020 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler
over them in
time past, and the
LORD was with him.
009:021 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter
of the door of
the tabernacle of
the congregation.
009:022 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.
009:023 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.
009:024 In four quarters were the porters, toward the
east, west,
north, and south.
009:025 And their brethren, which were in their villages,
were to come
after seven days from
time to time with them.
009:026 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were
in their set
office, and were over
the chambers and treasuries of the
house
of God.
009:027 And they lodged round about the house of God,
because the
charge was upon them,
and the opening thereof every
morning
pertained to them.
009:028 And certain of them had the charge of the
ministering vessels,
that they
should bring them in and out by tale.
009:029 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.
009:030 And some of the sons of the priests made the
ointment of the
spices.
009:031 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.
009:032 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the
Kohathites,
were over the
shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
009:033 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.
009:034 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief
throughout their
generations;
these dwelt at Jerusalem.
009:035 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel,
whose wife's
name was Maachah:
009:036 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish,
and Baal, and
Ner, and Nadab.
009:037 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
009:038 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt
with their
brethren at Jerusalem,
over against their brethren.
009:039 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul
begat
Jonathan, and Malchishua,
and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
009:040 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and
Meribbaal begat
Micah.
009:041 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech,
and Tahrea,
and Ahaz.
009:042 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth,
and Azmaveth,
and Zimri; and Zimri
begat Moza;
009:043 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son,
Eleasah his son,
Azel his son.
009:044 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.
010:001 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and
the men of
Israel fled from before
the Philistines, and fell down
slain
in mount Gilboa.
010:002 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and
after his
sons; and the
Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab,
and
Malchishua, the sons of
Saul.
010:003 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the
archers hit
him, and he was
wounded of the archers.
010:004 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.
010:005 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead,
he fell
likewise on the sword, and
died.
010:006 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his
house died
together.
010:007 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.
010:008 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.
010:009 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.
010:010 And they put his armour in the house of their
gods, and
fastened his head in the
temple of Dagon.
010:011 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the
Philistines had
done to Saul,
010:012 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.
010:013 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;
010:014 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew
him, and
turned the kingdom unto
David the son of Jesse.
011:001 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto
Hebron,
saying, Behold, we are thy
bone and thy flesh.
011:002 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.
011:003 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.
011:004 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which
is Jebus;
where the Jebusites
were, the inhabitants of the land.
011:005 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.
011:006 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.
011:007 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they
called it the
city of David.
011:008 And he built the city round about, even from
Millo round
about: and Joab
repaired the rest of the city.
011:009 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD
of hosts was
with him.
011:010 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.
011:011 And this is the number of the mighty men whom
David had;
Jashobeam, an
Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he
lifted
up his spear against three
hundred slain by him at one time.
011:012 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the
Ahohite, who
was one of the three
mighties.
011:013 He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the
Philistines were
gathered together
to battle, where was a parcel of ground
full
of barley; and the people
fled from before the Philistines.
011:014 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.
011:015 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.
011:016 And David was then in the hold, and the
Philistines' garrison
was then at
Bethlehem.
011:017 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!
011:018 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.
011:019 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.
011:020 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.
011:021 Of the three, he was more honourable than the
two; for he was
their captain:
howbeit he attained not to the first three.
011:022 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.
011:023 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.
011:024 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and
had the name
among the three
mighties.
011:025 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but
attained not
to the first three:
and David set him over his guard.
011:026 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel
the brother of
Joab, Elhanan the
son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
011:027 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
011:028 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
011:029 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
011:030 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah
the
Netophathite,
011:031 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained
to the
children of Benjamin,
Benaiah the Pirathonite,
011:032 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
011:033 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
011:034 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son
of Shage the
Hararite,
011:035 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
011:036 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
011:037 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
011:038 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
011:039 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the
armourbearer of
Joab the son of
Zeruiah,
011:040 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
011:041 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
011:042 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain
of the
Reubenites, and thirty with
him,
011:043 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
011:044 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons
of Hothan
the Aroerite,
011:045 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
011:046 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah,
the sons of
Elnaam, and Ithmah the
Moabite,
011:047 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
012:001 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.
012:002 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.
012:003 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.
012:004 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the
thirty, and
over the thirty; and
Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan,
and
Josabad the Gederathite,
012:005 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah,
and
Shephatiah the Haruphite,
012:006 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and
Jashobeam,
the Korhites,
012:007 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
012:008 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;
012:009 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
012:010 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
012:011 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
012:012 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
012:013 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
012:014 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.
012:015 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.
012:016 And there came of the children of Benjamin and
Judah to the
hold unto David.
012:017 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.
012:018 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.
012:019 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.
012:020 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.
012:021 And they helped David against the band of the
rovers: for they
were all mighty
men of valour, and were captains in the host.
012:022 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.
012:023 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.
012:024 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear
were six
thousand and eight
hundred, ready armed to the war.
012:025 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour
for the war,
seven thousand and
one hundred.
012:026 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
012:027 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and
with him
were three thousand and
seven hundred;
012:028 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of
his father's
house twenty and two
captains.
012:029 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.
012:030 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand
and eight
hundred, mighty men of
valour, famous throughout the house
of
their fathers.
012:031 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen
thousand, which
were expressed by
name, to come and make David king.
012:032 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.
012:033 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.
012:034 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with
them with shield
and spear thirty
and seven thousand.
012:035 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight
thousand and
six hundred.
012:036 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle,
expert in war,
forty thousand.
012:037 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.
012:038 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.
012:039 And there they were with David three days, eating
and
drinking: for their brethren
had prepared for them.
012:040 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.
013:001 And David consulted with the captains of
thousands and
hundreds, and with
every leader.
013:002 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:
013:003 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us:
for we
enquired not at it in the
days of Saul.
013:004 And all the congregation said that they would do
so: for the
thing was right in the
eyes of all the people.
013:005 So David gathered all Israel together, from
Shihor of Egypt
even unto the
entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God
from
Kirjathjearim.
013:006 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah,
that is, to
Kirjathjearim, which
belonged to Judah, to bring up thence
the
ark of God the LORD, that
dwelleth between the cherubims,
whose name is called on it.
013:007 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out
of the house
of Abinadab: and Uzza
and Ahio drave the cart.
013:008 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.
013:009 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of
Chidon, Uzza put
forth his hand to
hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
013:010 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.
013:011 And David was displeased, because the LORD had
made a breach
upon Uzza: wherefore
that place is called Perezuzza to
this
day.
013:012 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How
shall I
bring the ark of God home
to me?
013:013 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.
013:014 And the ark of God remained with the family of
Obededom in his
house three
months. And the LORD blessed the house
of
Obededom, and all that he
had.
014:001 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David,
and timber of
cedars, with masons
and carpenters, to build him an house.
014:002 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.
014:003 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David
begat more
sons and daughters.
014:004 Now these are the names of his children which he
had in
Jerusalem; Shammua, and
Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
014:005 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
014:006 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
014:007 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
014:008 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.
014:009 And the Philistines came and spread themselves
in the valley
of Rephaim.
014:010 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.
014:011 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote
them there.
Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine
hand like the
breaking forth of waters: therefore they called
the name of that
place Baalperazim.
014:012 And when they had left their gods there, David
gave a
commandment, and they were burned with fire.
014:013 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves
abroad in the
valley.
014:014 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.
014:015 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.
014:016 David therefore did as God commanded him: and
they smote the
host of the
Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
014:017 And the fame of David went out into all lands;
and the LORD
brought the fear of him upon all nations.
015:001 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.
015:002 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.
015:003 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.
015:004 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
015:005 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his
brethren an
hundred and twenty:
015:006 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his
brethren two
hundred and twenty:
015:007 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his
brethren an
hundred and thirty:
015:008 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief,
and his brethren
two hundred:
015:009 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his
brethren
fourscore:
015:010 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and
his brethren
an hundred and twelve.
015:011 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the
priests, and for
the Levites, for
Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel,
and
Amminadab,
015:012 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.
015:013 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.
015:014 So the priests and the Levites sanctified
themselves to bring
up the ark of
the LORD God of Israel.
015:015 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.
015:016 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.
015:017 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;
015:018 And with them their brethren of the second
degree, Zechariah,
Ben, and
Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,
Eliab, and
Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and
Elipheleh, and
Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
015:019 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were
appointed to
sound with cymbals of brass;
015:020 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and
Jehiel, and
Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on
Alamoth;
015:021 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and
Obededom, and
Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
015:022 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for
song: he
instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
015:023 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
015:024 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel,
and Amasai, and
Zechariah, and
Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow
with the
trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and
Jehiah were
doorkeepers for the ark.
015:025 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the
captains over
thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the
LORD out of the
house of Obededom with joy.
015:026 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.
015:027 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.
015:028 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.
015:029 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.
016:001 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.
016:002 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.
016:003 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.
016:004 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:
016:005 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah,
Jeiel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and
Benaiah, and
Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with
harps; but Asaph
made a sound with cymbals;
016:006 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with
trumpets
continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
016:007 Then on that day David delivered first this
psalm to thank the
LORD into the
hand of Asaph and his brethren.
016:008 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name,
make known his
deeds among the
people.
016:009 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of
all his
wondrous works.
016:010 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them
rejoice that
seek the LORD.
016:011 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
016:012 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done,
his wonders,
and the judgments of his mouth;
016:013 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of
Jacob, his
chosen ones.
016:014 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
016:015 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word
which he
commanded to a thousand generations;
016:016 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham,
and of his
oath unto Isaac;
016:017 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law,
and to Israel
for an everlasting covenant,
016:018 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of
Canaan, the lot of
your
inheritance;
016:019 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
016:020 And when they went from nation to nation, and
from one kingdom
to another
people;
016:021 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he
reproved kings
for their
sakes,
016:022 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
016:023 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth
from day to day
his
salvation.
016:024 Declare his glory among the heathen; his
marvellous works
among all
nations.
016:025 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be
praised: he also is
to be feared
above all gods.
016:026 For all the gods of the people are idols: but
the LORD made
the heavens.
016:027 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength
and gladness
are in his place.
016:028 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people,
give unto the
LORD glory and strength.
016:029 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.
016:030 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also
shall be
stable, that it be not moved.
016:031 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth
rejoice: and let
men say among
the nations, The LORD reigneth.
016:032 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let
the fields
rejoice, and all that is therein.
016:033 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the
presence of
the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
016:034 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for
his mercy
endureth for ever.
016:035 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.
016:036 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and
ever. And all
the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
016:037 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:
016:038 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and
eight;
Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
016:039 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the
priests, before the
tabernacle of
the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
016:040 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;
016:041 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;
016:042 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.
016:043 And all the people departed every man to his
house: and David
returned to
bless his house.
017:001 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.
017:002 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in
thine heart;
for God is with thee.
017:003 And it came to pass the same night, that the
word of God came
to Nathan,
saying,
017:004 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the
LORD, Thou shalt
not build me an
house to dwell in:
017:005 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.
017:006 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?
017:007 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:
017:008 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.
017:009 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,
017:010 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.
017:011 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.
017:012 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish
his throne for
ever.
017:013 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:
017:014 But I will settle him in mine house and in my
kingdom for
ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
017:015 According to all these words, and according to
all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
017:016 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?
017:017 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.
017:018 What can David speak more to thee for the honour
of thy
servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
017:019 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.
017:020 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is
there any God
beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our
ears.
017:021 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?
017:022 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own
people for
ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
017:023 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.
017:024 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.
017:025 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.
017:026 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised
this goodness
unto thy servant:
017:027 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.
018:001 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.
018:002 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became
David's servants,
and brought
gifts.
018:003 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto
Hamath, as he
went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
018:004 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.
018:005 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help
Hadarezer king
of Zobah, David
slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand
men.
018:006 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and
the Syrians
became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD
preserved David
whithersoever he went.
018:007 And David took the shields of gold that were on
the servants
of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
018:008 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.
018:009 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had
smitten all
the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
018:010 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.
018:011 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.
018:012 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the
Edomites in
the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
018:013 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the
Edomites became
David's
servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever
he went.
018:014 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed
judgment and
justice among all his people.
018:015 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host;
and Jehoshaphat
the son of
Ahilud, recorder.
018:016 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the
son of
Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
018:017 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the
Cherethites and
the Pelethites;
and the sons of David were chief about the
king.
019:001 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the
king of the
children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
019:002 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.
019:003 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?
019:004 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.
019:005 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.
019:006 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had
made
themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon
sent a thousand
talents of silver to hire them chariots and
horsemen out of
Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out
of Zobah.
019:007 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.
019:008 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and
all the host of
the mighty
men.
019:009 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.
019:010 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.
019:011 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.
019:012 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.
019:013 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.
019:014 So Joab and the people that were with him drew
nigh before the
Syrians unto the
battle; and they fled before him.
019:015 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.
019:016 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.
019:017 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.
019:018 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.
019:019 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.
020:001 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.
020:002 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.
020:003 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.
020:004 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.
020:005 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.
020:006 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.
020:007 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of
Shimea David's
brother slew
him.
020:008 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they
fell by the
hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
021:001 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked
David to
number Israel.
021:002 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the
people, Go,
number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number
of them to me,
that I may know it.
021:003 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?
021:004 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against
Joab. Wherefore
Joab departed,
and went throughout all Israel, and came to
Jerusalem.
021:005 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.
021:006 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them:
for the
king's word was abominable to Joab.
021:007 And God was displeased with this thing;
therefore he smote
Israel.
021:008 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.
021:009 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
021:010 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.
021:011 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus
saith the LORD,
Choose thee
021:012 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.
021:013 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.
021:014 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and
there fell of
Israel seventy thousand men.
021:015 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.
021:016 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.
021:017 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.
021:018 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.
021:019 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he
spake in the
name of the LORD.
021:020 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and
his four sons
with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
021:021 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.
021:022 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.
021:023 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.
021:024 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.
021:025 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred
shekels of
gold by weight.
021:026 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.
021:027 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up
his sword
again into the sheath thereof.
021:028 At that time when David saw that the LORD had
answered him in
the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed
there.
021:029 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.
021:030 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.
022:001 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD
God, and this
is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
022:002 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.
022:003 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;
022:004 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians
and they of
Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
022:005 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.
022:006 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged
him to build
an house for the LORD God of Israel.
022:007 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:
022:008 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.
022:009 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.
022:010 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.
022:011 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.
022:012 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.
022:013 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.
022:014 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.
022:015 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.
022:016 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.
022:017 David also commanded all the princes of Israel
to help Solomon
his son,
saying,
022:018 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.
022:019 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.
023:001 So when David was old and full of days, he made
Solomon his
son king over Israel.
023:002 And he gathered together all the princes of
Israel, with the
priests and the
Levites.
023:003 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.
023:004 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:
023:005 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four
thousand praised
the LORD with
the instruments which I made, said David, to
praise
therewith.
023:006 And David divided them into courses among the
sons of Levi,
namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
023:007 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
023:008 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and
Zetham, and
Joel, three.
023:009 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and
Haran, three.
These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
023:010 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and
Jeush, and
Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
023:011 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.
023:012 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
023:013 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.
023:014 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons
were named of
the tribe of Levi.
023:015 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
023:016 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
023:017 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the
chief. And Eliezer
had none other
sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
023:018 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
023:019 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah
the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
023:020 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.
023:021 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons
of Mahli;
Eleazar, and Kish.
023:022 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but
daughters: and their
brethren the
sons of Kish took them.
023:023 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
023:024 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.
023:025 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath
given rest unto
his people, that
they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
023:026 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more
carry the
tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
023:027 For by the last words of David the Levites were
numbered from
twenty years old and above:
023:028 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;
023:029 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;
023:030 And to stand every morning to thank and praise
the LORD, and
likewise at even:
023:031 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:
023:032 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.
024:001 Now these are the divisions of the sons of
Aaron. The sons of
Aaron; Nadab,
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
024:002 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father,
and had no
children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's
office.
024:003 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.
024:004 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.
024:005 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.
024:006 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.
024:007 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the
second to
Jedaiah,
024:008 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
024:009 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
024:010 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
024:011 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,
024:012 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
024:013 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
024:014 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
024:015 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
024:016 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
024:017 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and
twentieth to
Gamul,
024:018 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and
twentieth to
Maaziah.
024:019 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.
024:020 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of
the sons of
Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
024:021 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah,
the first was
Isshiah.
024:022 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
024:023 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first,
Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the
third, Jekameam the fourth.
024:024 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
024:025 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons
of Isshiah;
Zechariah.
024:026 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the
sons of Jaaziah;
Beno.
024:027 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham,
and Zaccur,
and Ibri.
024:028 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
024:029 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
024:030 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and
Jerimoth. These
were the sons of
the Levites after the house of their fathers.
024:031 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.
025:001 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:
025:002 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.
025:003 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.
025:004 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah,
Uzziel,
Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti,
and Romamtiezer,
Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and
Mahazioth:
025:005 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.
025:006 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.
025:007 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.
025:008 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well
the small as
the great, the teacher as the scholar.
025:009 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to
Joseph: the second
to Gedaliah, who
with his brethren and sons were twelve:
025:010 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were
twelve:
025:011 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were
twelve:
025:012 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were
twelve:
025:013 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were
twelve:
025:014 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his
brethren,
were twelve:
025:015 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were
twelve:
025:016 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were
twelve:
025:017 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were
twelve:
025:018 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were
twelve:
025:019 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were
twelve:
025:020 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his
brethren,
were twelve:
025:021 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and
his brethren,
were twelve:
025:022 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his
brethren,
were twelve:
025:023 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his
brethren,
were twelve:
025:024 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons,
and his
brethren, were twelve:
025:025 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were
twelve:
025:026 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and
his brethren,
were twelve:
025:027 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his
brethren,
were twelve:
025:028 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons,
and his
brethren, were twelve:
025:029 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons,
and his
brethren, were twelve:
025:030 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his
sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
025:031 The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his
sons, and his
brethren, were twelve.
026:001 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the
Korhites was
Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
026:002 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the
firstborn,
Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
026:003 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
026:004 Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the
firstborn,
Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth,
and Nethaneel
the fifth.
026:005 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai
the eighth:
for God blessed him.
026:006 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that
ruled
throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men
of valour.
026:007 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and
Obed, Elzabad,
whose brethren
were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
026:008 All these of the sons of Obededom: they and
their sons and
their brethren,
able men for strength for the service, were
threescore and
two of Obededom.
026:009 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
026:010 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;)
026:011 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third,
Zechariah the fourth:
all the sons and
brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
026:012 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.
026:013 And they cast lots, as well the small as the
great, according
to the house of
their fathers, for every gate.
026:014 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for
Zechariah his
son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out
northward.
026:015 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
026:016 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth
westward, with the
gate
Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward
against
ward.
026:017 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day,
southward
four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
026:018 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
026:019 These are the divisions of the porters among the
sons of Kore,
and among the sons of Merari.
026:020 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the
treasures of the house
of God, and over
the treasures of the dedicated things.
026:021 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of
the Gershonite
Laadan, chief
fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were
Jehieli.
026:022 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his
brother, which were
over the
treasures of the house of the LORD.
026:023 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the
Hebronites, and the
Uzzielites:
026:024 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of
Moses, was ruler of
the
treasures.
026:025 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son,
and Jeshaiah
his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith
his son.
026:026 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.
026:027 Out of the spoils won in battles did they
dedicate to maintain
the house of the
LORD.
026:028 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.
026:029 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were
for the outward
business over
Israel, for officers and judges.
026:030 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.
026:031 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.
026:032 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.
027:001 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.
027:002 Over the first course for the first month was
Jashobeam the
son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
027:003 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all
the captains of
the host for the
first month.
027:004 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.
027:005 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.
027:006 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the
thirty, and
above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
027:007 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.
027:008 The fifth captain for the fifth month was
Shamhuth the
Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
027:009 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira
the son of
Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
027:010 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.
027:011 The eighth captain for the eighth month was
Sibbecai the
Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and
four
thousand.
027:012 The ninth captain for the ninth month was
Abiezer the
Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty
and four
thousand.
027:013 The tenth captain for the tenth month was
Maharai the
Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty
and four
thousand.
027:014 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.
027:015 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was
Heldai the
Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and
four
thousand.
027:016 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:
027:017 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of
the Aaronites,
Zadok:
027:018 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David:
of Issachar,
Omri the son of Michael:
027:019 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of
Naphtali, Jerimoth
the son of
Azriel:
027:020 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of
Azaziah: of the
half tribe of
Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
027:021 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo
the son of
Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
027:022 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were
the princes of
the tribes of
Israel.
027:023 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.
027:024 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.
027:025 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:
027:026 And over them that did the work of the field for
tillage of
the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
027:027 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite:
over the
increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the
Shiphmite:
027:028 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees
that were in
the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the
cellars of oil
was Joash:
027:029 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:
027:030 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite:
and over the
asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
027:031 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All
these were the
rulers of the
substance which was king David's.
027:032 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:
027:033 And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and
Hushai the
Archite was the king's companion:
027:034 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of
Benaiah, and
Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
028:001 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.
028:002 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:
028:003 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.
028:004 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:
028:005 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.
028:006 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.
028:007 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever,
if he be
constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this
day.
028:008 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.
028:009 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.
028:010 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to
build an house
for the
sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
028:011 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,
028:012 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:
028:013 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.
028:014 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:
028:015 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.
028:016 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of
shewbread, for
every table; and
likewise silver for the tables of silver:
028:017 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:
028:018 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.
028:019 All this, said David, the LORD made me
understand in writing
by his hand upon
me, even all the works of this pattern.
028:020 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.
028:021 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.
029:001 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.
029:002 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.
029:003 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.
029:004 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:
029:005 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?
029:006 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,
029:007 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.
029:008 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.
029:009 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.
029:010 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.
029:011 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.
029:012 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.
029:013 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and
praise thy glorious
name.
029:014 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.
029:015 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.
029:016 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.
029:017 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.
029:018 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:
029:019 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.
029:020 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.
029:021 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:
029:022 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.
029:023 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as
king instead of
David his
father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
029:024 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all
the sons
likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the
king.
029:025 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.
029:026 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
029:027 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.
029:028 And he died in a good old age, full of days,
riches, and
honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
029:029 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,
029:030 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.