1 Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan,and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6 And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
7 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, andDodanim.
8 The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, andRaamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, andDedan.
10 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, andNaphtuhim,
12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,)and Caphthorim.
13 And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
14 The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17 The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, andAram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one wasPeleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and hisbrother's name was Joktan.
20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, andJerah,
21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons ofJoktan.
24 Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 Abram; the same is Abraham.
28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
29 These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael,Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
32 Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran,and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. Andthe sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, andAbida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
34 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
35 The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, andKorah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,and Timna, and Amalek.
37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah,and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.
39 And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan'ssister.
40 The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, andOnam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
41 The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, andEshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons ofDishan; Uz, and Aran.
43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edombefore any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela theson of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrahreigned in his stead.
45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanitesreigned in his stead.
46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smoteMidian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and thename of his city was Avith.
47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in hisstead.
48 And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the riverreigned in his stead.
49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reignedin his stead.
50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: andthe name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name wasMehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
51 Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, dukeAliah, duke Jetheth,
52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
1 These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three wereborn unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er,the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; andhe slew him.
4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. Allthe sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, andCalcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, whotransgressed in the thing accursed.
8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel,and Ram, and Chelubai.
10 And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, princeof the children of Judah;
11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second,and Shimma the third,
14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons ofZeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether theIshmeelite.
18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife,and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, andArdon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, whichbare him Hur.
20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir thefather of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore yearsold; and she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in theland of Gilead.
23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, fromthem, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescorecities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father ofGilead.
24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then AbiahHezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ramthe firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; shewas the mother of Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, andJamin, and Eker.
28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons ofShammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she barehim Ahban, and Molid.
30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled diedwithout children.
31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan.And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, andJonathan: and Jether died without children.
33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were thesons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had aservant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife;and she bare him Attai.
36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha hisfirstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons ofMareshah the father of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, andShema.
44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begatShammai.
45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father ofBeth-zur.
46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez:and Haran begat Gazez.
47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, andPelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the fatherof Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter ofCaleb was Achsa.
50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn ofEphratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, andhalf of the Manahethites.
53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the Ithrites, and thePuhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them camethe Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
54 The sons of Salma; Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth,the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; theTirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are theKenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house ofRechab.
1 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him inHebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; thesecond Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:
2 The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmaiking of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglahhis wife.
4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reignedseven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirtyand three years.
5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab,and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter ofAmmiel:
6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of theconcubines, and Tamar their sister.
10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,Jehoshaphat his son,
11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the secondJehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
17 And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama,and Nedabiah.
19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and thesons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomiththeir sister:
20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,Jushab-hesed, five.
21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons ofRephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons ofShechaniah.
22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons ofShemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, andShaphat, six.
23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,three.
24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, andPelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani,seven.
1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, andShobal.
2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begatAhumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, andIdbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:
4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, thefather of Beth-lehem.
5 And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, andHaahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhelthe son of Harum.
9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and hismother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him withsorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thouwouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thinehand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me fromevil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him thatwhich he requested.
11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was thefather of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah thefather of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah.
13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons ofOthniel; Hathath.
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the fatherof the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, andNaam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, andAsareel.
17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, andJalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the fatherof Eshtemoa.
18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, andHeber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh,which Mered took.
19 And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, thefather of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, andTilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father ofLecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families ofthe house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house ofAshbea,
22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, whohad the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these areancient things.
23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants andhedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
24 The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, andShaul:
25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son,Shimei his son.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but hisbrethren had not many children, neither did all their familymultiply, like to the children of Judah.
28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and atShaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
32 And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen,and Ashan, five cities:
33 And all their villages that were round about the same cities,unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah,the son of Asiel,
36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, andAdiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son ofJedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38 These mentioned by their names were princes in their families:and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the eastside of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide,and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there ofold.
41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king ofJudah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that werefound there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, anddwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there fortheir flocks.
42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundredmen, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah,and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped,and dwelt there unto this day.
1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he wasthe firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed,his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son ofIsrael: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after thebirthright.
2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came thechief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were,Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei hisson,
5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carriedaway captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy oftheir generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, andZechariah,
8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:
9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of thewilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle weremultiplied in the land of Gilead.
10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, whofell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughoutall the east land of Gilead.
11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the landof Bashan unto Salcah:
12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphatin Bashan.
13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were,Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, andZia, and Heber, seven.
14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son ofJaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son ofJeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house oftheir fathers.
16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and inall the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jothamking of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe ofManasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword,and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and fortythousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to thewar.
19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish,and Nodab.
20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites weredelivered into their hand, and all that were with them: forthey cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them;because they put their trust in him.
21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fiftythousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and ofasses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.
22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God.And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in theland: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir,and unto mount Hermon.
24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, evenEpher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, andHodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, andheads of the house of their fathers.
25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, andwent a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whomGod destroyed before them.
26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king ofAssyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria,and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and theGadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them untoHalah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto thisday.
1 The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. Thesons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed thepriest's office in the temple that Solomon built inJerusalem:)
11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried awayJudah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, andShimei.
18 And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, andUzziel.
19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are thefamilies of the Levites according to their fathers.
20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
22 The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assirhis son,
23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul hisson.
25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, andNahath his son,
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzahis son,
30 Shimei his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song inthe house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
32 And they ministered before the dwelling place of thetabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon hadbuilt the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waitedon their office according to their order.
33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of thesons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, theson of Shemuel,
34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, theson of Toah,
35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, theson of Amasai,
36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, theson of Zephaniah,
37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, theson of Korah,
38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the sonof Israel.
39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaphthe son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand:Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the sonof Levi.
48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all mannerof service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burntoffering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed forall the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonementfor Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God hadcommanded.
50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas hisson, Abishua his son,
51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
54 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castlesin their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of theKohathites: for theirs was the lot.
55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and thesuburbs thereof round about it.
56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, theygave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah,namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with hersuburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, andAlemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. Alltheir cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family ofthat tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely,out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out ofthe tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and outof the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh inBashan, thirteen cities.
63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout theirfamilies, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe ofGad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these citieswith their suburbs.
65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children ofJudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and outof the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, whichare called by their names.
66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath hadcities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem inmount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with hersuburbs,
68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,
69 And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs,and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant ofthe sons of Kohath.
71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of thehalf tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, andAshtaroth with her suburbs:
72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs,Daberath with her suburbs,
73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, andAbdon with her suburbs,
75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with hersuburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with hersuburbs.
77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of thetribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with hersuburbs:
78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side ofJordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer inthe wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with hersuburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, andShimrom, four.
2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, andJahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father'shouse, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might intheir generations; whose number was in the days of David twoand twenty thousand and six hundred.
3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah;Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of themchief men.
4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of theirfathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirtythousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar werevaliant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogiesfourscore and seven thousand.
6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, andJerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers,mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogiestwenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, andElioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, andAlameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by theirgenerations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty menof valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan;Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, andTharshish, and Ahishahar.
11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundredsoldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, thesons of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, andShallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but hisconcubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the secondwas Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called hisname Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and hissons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead,the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, andMahalah.
19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi,and Aniam.
20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, andTahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead,whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, becausethey came down to take away their cattle.
22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethrencame to comfort him.
23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare ason, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil withhis house.
24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether,and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, andTahan his son,
26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
28 And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and thetowns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, withthe towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, untoGaza and the towns thereof:
29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean andher towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dorand her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the sonof Israel.
30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah,and Serah their sister.
31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the fatherof Birzavith.
32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shuatheir sister.
33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath.These are the children of Japhlet.
34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, andShelesh, and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri,and Imrah,
37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, andBeera.
38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father'shouse, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes.And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were aptto the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, andAharah the third,
2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of thefathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them toManahath:
7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begatUzza, and Ahihud.
8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after hehad sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha,and Malcham,
10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, headsof the fathers.
11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who builtOno, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of theinhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants ofGath:
14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chiefmen. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's namewas Maachah:
30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, andNadab,
31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with theirbrethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begatJonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
34 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begatMicah.
35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, andAhaz.
36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, andAzmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azelhis son:
38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam,Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan.All these were the sons of Azel.
39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn,Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, andhad many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All theseare of the sons of Benjamin.
1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, theywere written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, whowere carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions intheir cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, andthe Nethinims.
3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of thechildren of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, andManasseh;
4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri,the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, sixhundred and ninety.
7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, theson of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, theson of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the sonof Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
9 And their brethren, according to their generations, ninehundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of thefathers in the house of their fathers.
10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the sonof Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler ofthe house of God;
12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son ofMalchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah,the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son ofImmer;
13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, athousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men forthe work of the service of the house of God.
14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son ofAzrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son ofMicah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son ofJeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah,that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, andAhiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they wereporters in the companies of the children of Levi.
19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son ofKorah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, theKorahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of thegates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over thehost of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them intime past, and the LORD was with him.
21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door ofthe tabernacle of the congregation.
22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates weretwo hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogyin their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordainin their set office.
23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates ofthe house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, bywards.
24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west,north, and south.
25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to comeafter seven days from time to time with them.
26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their setoffice, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the houseof God.
27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because thecharge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morningpertained to them.
28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,that they should bring them in and out by tale.
29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, andall the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, andthe wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of thespices.
31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn ofShallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things thatwere made in the pans.
32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites,were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
33 And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of theLevites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for theywere employed in that work day and night.
34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout theirgenerations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife'sname was Maachah:
36 And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, andNer, and Nadab,
37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with theirbrethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begatJonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begatMicah.
41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,and Ahaz.
42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth,and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son,Azel his son.
44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam,Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan:these were the sons of Azel.
1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men ofIsrael fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slainin mount Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after hissons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, andMalchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hithim, and he was wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrustme through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuseme. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. SoSaul took a sword, and fell upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he felllikewise on the sword, and died.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house diedtogether.
7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley sawthat they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, thenthey forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines cameand dwelt in them.
8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines cameto strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallenin mount Gilboa.
9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and hisarmour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about,to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, andfastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11 And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines haddone to Saul,
12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body ofSaul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh,and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fastedseven days.
13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed againstthe LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he keptnot, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiarspirit, to enquire of it;
14 And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, andturned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron,saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wasthe that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thyGod said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thoushalt be ruler over my people Israel.
3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron;and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD;and they anointed David king over Israel, according to theword of the LORD by Samuel.
4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus;where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt notcome hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, whichis the city of David.
6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall bechief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up,and was chief.
7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it thecity of David.
8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo roundabout: and Joab repaired the rest of the city.
9 So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts waswith him.
10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, whostrengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with allIsrael, to make him king, according to the word of the LORDconcerning Israel.
11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had;Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he liftedup his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, whowas one of the three mighties.
13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines weregathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground fullof barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, anddelivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD savedthem by a great deliverance.
15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock toDavid, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of thePhilistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrisonwas then at Beth-lehem.
17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink ofthe water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!
18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, anddrew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate,and took it, and brought it to David: but David would notdrink of it, but poured it out to the LORD,
19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing:shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their livesin jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they broughtit. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did thesethree mightiest.
20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three:for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them,and had a name among the three.
21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he wastheir captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.
22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man ofKabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men ofMoab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowyday.
23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubitshigh; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver'sbeam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked thespear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his ownspear.
24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the nameamong the three mighties.
25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained notto the first three: and David set him over his guard.
26 Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother ofJoab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah theNetophathite,
31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to thechildren of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
34 The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage theHararite,
35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer ofJoab the son of Zeruiah,
40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of theReubenites, and thirty with him,
43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothanthe Aroerite,
45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons ofElnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
1 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yetkept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and theywere among the mighty men, helpers of the war.
2 They were armed with bows, and could use both the right handand the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of abow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.
3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah theGibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; andBerachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, andover the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, andJosabad the Gederathite,
5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, andShephatiah the Haruphite,
6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam,the Korhites,
7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David intothe hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fitfor the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whosefaces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as theroes upon the mountains;
9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one ofthe least was over an hundred, and the greatest over athousand.
15 These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, whenit had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight allthem of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward thewest.
16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to thehold unto David.
17 And David went out to meet them, and answered and said untothem, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heartshall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mineenemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God ofour fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of thecaptains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side,thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be tothine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David receivedthem, and made them captains of the band.
19 And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came withthe Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped themnot: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent himaway, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardyof our heads.
20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah,and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu,and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.
21 And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for theywere all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him,until it was a great host, like the host of God.
23 And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armedto the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdomof Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were sixthousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war,seven thousand and one hundred.
26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with himwere three thousand and seven hundred;
28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father'shouse twenty and two captains.
29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, threethousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept theward of the house of Saul.
30 And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eighthundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house oftheir fathers.
31 And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, whichwere expressed by name, to come and make David king.
32 And of the children of Issachar, which were men that hadunderstanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do;the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethrenwere at their commandment.
33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, withall instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank:they were not of double heart.
34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shieldand spear thirty and seven thousand.
35 And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand andsix hundred.
36 And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war,forty thousand.
37 And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and theGadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner ofinstruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twentythousand.
38 All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with aperfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel:and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to makeDavid king.
39 And there they were with David three days, eating anddrinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
40 Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar andZebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels,and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, andbunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheepabundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands andhundreds, and with every leader.
2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seemgood unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us sendabroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all theland of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Leviteswhich are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gatherthemselves unto us:
3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for weenquired not at it in the days of Saul.
4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for thething was right in the eyes of all the people.
5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypteven unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God fromKirjath-jearim.
6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, toKirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence theark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims,whose name is called on it.
7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the houseof Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
8 And David and all Israel played before God with all theirmight, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries,and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza putforth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and hesmote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there hedied before God.
11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breachupon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to thisday.
12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall Ibring the ark of God home to me?
13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city ofDavid, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom theGittite.
14 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in hishouse three months. And the LORD blessed the house ofObed-edom, and all that he had.
1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber ofcedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king overIsrael, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of hispeople Israel.
3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat moresons and daughters.
4 Now these are the names of his children which he had inJerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed kingover all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David.And David heard of it, and went out against them.
9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valleyof Rephaim.
10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against thePhilistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? Andthe LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them intothine hand.
11 So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there.Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by minehand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they calledthe name of that place Baal-perazim.
12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave acommandment, and they were burned with fire.
13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in thevalley.
14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him,Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon themover against the mulberry trees.
15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in thetops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out tobattle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host ofthe Philistines.
16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote thehost of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORDbrought the fear of him upon all nations.
1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared aplace for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but theLevites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark ofGod, and to minister unto him for ever.
3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bringup the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had preparedfor it.
4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren anhundred and twenty:
6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren twohundred and twenty:
7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren anhundred and thirty:
8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethrentwo hundred:
9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethrenfourscore:
10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethrenan hundred and twelve.
11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and forthe Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel,and Amminadab,
12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of theLevites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, thatye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto theplace that I have prepared for it.
13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God madea breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the dueorder.
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bringup the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon theirshoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commandedaccording to the word of the LORD.
16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint theirbrethren to be the singers with instruments of musick,psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up thevoice with joy.
17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of hisbrethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons ofMerari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18 And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah,Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni,Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, andElipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed tosound with cymbals of brass;
20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, andUnni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries onAlamoth;
21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, andJeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22 And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: heinstructed about the song, because he was skilful.
23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, andZechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blowwith the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom andJehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains overthousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of theLORD out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
26 And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare theark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered sevenbullocks and seven rams.
27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all theLevites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah themaster of the song with the singers: David also had upon himan ephod of linen.
28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORDwith shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and withtrumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries andharps.
29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORDcame to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saullooking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing:and she despised him in her heart.
1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of thetent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burntsacrifices and peace offerings before God.
2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offeringsand the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name ofthe LORD.
3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, toevery one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and aflagon of wine.
4 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before theark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise theLORD God of Israel:
5 Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, andShemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, andBenaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and withharps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpetscontinually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank theLORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known hisdeeds among the people.
9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all hiswondrous works.
10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice thatseek the LORD.
11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders,and the judgments of his mouth;
13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, hischosen ones.
14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which hecommanded to a thousand generations;
16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of hisoath unto Isaac;
17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israelfor an everlasting covenant,
18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot ofyour inheritance;
19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdomto another people;
21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kingsfor their sakes,
22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to dayhis salvation.
24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous worksamong all nations.
25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also isto be feared above all gods.
26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD madethe heavens.
27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladnessare in his place.
28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto theLORD glory and strength.
29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring anoffering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beautyof holiness.
30 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall bestable, that it be not moved.
31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and letmen say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fieldsrejoice, and all that is therein.
33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence ofthe LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercyendureth for ever.
35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather ustogether, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may givethanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
36 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And allthe people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORDAsaph and his brethren, to minister before the arkcontinually, as every day's work required:
38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight;Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
39 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before thetabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of theburnt offering continually morning and evening, and to doaccording to all that is written in the law of the LORD, whichhe commanded Israel;
41 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that werechosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to theLORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
42 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals forthose that should make a sound, and with musical instrumentsof God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
43 And all the people departed every man to his house: and Davidreturned to bless his house.
1 Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that Davidsaid to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars,but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth undercurtains.
2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart;for God is with thee.
3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God cameto Nathan, saying,
4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shaltnot build me an house to dwell in:
5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I broughtup Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, andfrom one tabernacle to another.
6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word toany of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed mypeople, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thussaith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, evenfrom following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over mypeople Israel:
8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, andhave cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have madethee a name like the name of the great men that are in theearth.
9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and willplant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall bemoved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness wastethem any more, as at the beginning,
10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over mypeople Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee anhouse.
11 And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thoumust go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seedafter thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establishhis kingdom.
12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne forever.
13 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will nottake my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that wasbefore thee:
14 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
15 According to all these words, and according to all thisvision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Whoam I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hastbrought me hitherto?
17 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thouhast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while tocome, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man ofhigh degree, O LORD God.
18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thyservant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine ownheart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known allthese great things.
20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any Godbeside thee, according to all that we have heard with ourears.
21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel,whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee aname of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nationsfrom before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people forever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spokenconcerning thy servant and concerning his house be establishedfor ever, and do as thou hast said.
24 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified forever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even aGod to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant beestablished before thee.
25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt buildhim an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart topray before thee.
26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodnessunto thy servant:
27 Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thyservant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thoublessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.
1 Now after this it came to pass, that David smote thePhilistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns outof the hand of the Philistines.
2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants,and brought gifts.
3 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as hewent to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seventhousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David alsohoughed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them anhundred chariots.
5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer kingof Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousandmen.
6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syriansbecame David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORDpreserved David whithersoever he went.
7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servantsof Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made thebrasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten allthe host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of hiswelfare, and to congratulate him, because he had foughtagainst Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had warwith Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold andsilver and brass.
11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silverand the gold that he brought from all these nations; fromEdom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and fromthe Philistines, and from Amalek.
12 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites inthe valley of salt eighteen thousand.
13 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites becameDavid's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoeverhe went.
14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment andjustice among all his people.
15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphatthe son of Ahilud, recorder.
16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son ofAbiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites andthe Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about theking.
1 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of thechildren of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
2 And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son ofNahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And Davidsent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So theservants of David came into the land of the children of Ammonto Hanun, to comfort him.
3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun,Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hathsent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto theefor to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, andcut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks,and sent them away.
5 Then there went certain, and told David how the men wereserved. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatlyashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beardsbe grown, and then return.
6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had madethemselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammonsent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots andhorsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and outof Zobah.
7 So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the kingof Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba.And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together fromtheir cities, and came to battle.
8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host ofthe mighty men.
9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle inarray before the gate of the city: and the kings that werecome were by themselves in the field.
10 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him beforeand behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and putthem in array against the Syrians.
11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand ofAbishai his brother, and they set themselves in array againstthe children of Ammon.
12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thoushalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong forthee, then I will help thee.
13 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly forour people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD dothat which is good in his sight.
14 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before theSyrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled,they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and enteredinto the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worsebefore Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth theSyrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captainof the host of Hadarezer went before them.
17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passedover Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in arrayagainst them. So when David had put the battle in arrayagainst the Syrians, they fought with him.
18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of theSyrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and fortythousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
19 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put tothe worse before Israel, they made peace with David, andbecame his servants: neither would the Syrians help thechildren of Ammon any more.
1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at thetime that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power ofthe army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, andcame and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. AndJoab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, andfound it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were preciousstones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he broughtalso exceeding much spoil out of the city.
3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut themwith saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even sodealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. AndDavid and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezerwith the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathiteslew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and theywere subdued.
5 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan theson of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite,whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.
6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man ofgreatstature, whose fingers and toeswere four and twenty, sixon each hand, and sixon each foot: and he also was the son of thegiant.
7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David'sbrother slew him.
8 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by thehand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David tonumber Israel.
2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go,number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the numberof them to me, that I may know it.
3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred timesso many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they notall my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require thisthing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. WhereforeJoab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came toJerusalem.
5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundredthousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundredthreescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for theking's word was abominable to Joab.
7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smoteIsrael.
8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I havedone this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquityof thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer theethree things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it untothee.
11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,Choose thee
12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyedbefore thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemiesovertaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD,even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORDdestroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now thereforeadvise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sentme.
13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fallnow into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies:but let me not fall into the hand of man.
14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell ofIsrael seventy thousand men.
15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as hewas destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of theevil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, staynow thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by thethreshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORDstand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn swordin his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and theelders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upontheir faces.
17 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the peopleto be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evilindeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thinehand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father'shouse; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, thatDavid should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in thethreshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in thename of the LORD.
20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sonswith him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, andwent out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to Davidwith his face to the ground.
22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of thisthreshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto theLORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that theplague may be stayed from the people.
23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lordthe king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give theethe oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshinginstruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; Igive it all.
24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy itfor the full price: for I will not take that which is thinefor the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
25 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels ofgold by weight.
26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offeredburnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD;and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar ofburnt offering.
27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his swordagain into the sheath thereof.
28 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him inthe threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificedthere.
29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in thewilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at thatseason in the high place at Gibeon.
30 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he wasafraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and thisis the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that werein the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stonesto build the house of God.
3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for thedoors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass inabundance without weight;
4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they ofTyre brought much cedar wood to David.
5 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and thehouse that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceedingmagnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: Iwill therefore now make preparation for it. So David preparedabundantly before his death.
6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to buildan house for the LORD God of Israel.
7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in mymind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shedblood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt notbuild an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much bloodupon the earth in my sight.
9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man ofrest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies roundabout: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peaceand quietness unto Israel in his days.
10 He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son,and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne ofhis kingdom over Israel for ever.
11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, andbuild the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and givethee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the lawof the LORD thy God.
13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil thestatutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses withconcerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not,nor be dismayed.
14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house ofthe LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousandthousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron withoutweight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have Iprepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers andworkers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men forevery manner of work.
16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there isno number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be withthee.
17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomonhis son, saying,
18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given yourest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of theland into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD,and before his people.
19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God;arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God,to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holyvessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the nameof the LORD.
1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon hisson king over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with thepriests and the Levites.
3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years andupward: and their number by their polls, man by man, wasthirty and eight thousand.
4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward thework of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officersand judges:
5 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praisedthe LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, topraise therewith.
6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi,namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, andJoel, three.
9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three.These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan.
10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, andBeriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush andBeriah had not many sons; therefore they were in onereckoning, according to their father's house.
12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated,that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sonsfor ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister untohim, and to bless in his name for ever.
14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named ofthe tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezerhad none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first, and Jesiah the second.
21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli;Eleazar, and Kish.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and theirbrethren the sons of Kish took them.
23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers;even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by numberof names by their polls, that did the work for the service ofthe house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years andupward.
25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest untohis people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry thetabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered fromtwenty years old and above:
28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for theservice of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in thechambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and thework of the service of the house of God;
29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meatoffering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which isbaked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for allmanner of measure and size;
30 And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, andlikewise at even;
31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in thesabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number,according to the order commanded unto them, continually beforethe LORD:
32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of thecongregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the chargeof the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of thehouse of the LORD.
1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons ofAaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had nochildren: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest'soffice.
3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar,and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to theiroffices in their service.
4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazarthan of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Amongthe sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the houseof their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamaraccording to the house of their fathers.
5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for thegovernors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God,were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of theLevites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, andZadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, andbefore the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites:one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one takenfor Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second toJedaiah,
8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,
12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth toGamul,
18 The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth toMaaziah.
19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come intothe house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aarontheir father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons ofAmram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first wasIsshiah.
22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;Zechariah.
26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah;Beno.
27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur,and Ibri.
28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. Thesewere the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sonsof Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, andAhimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests andLevites, even the principal fathers over against their youngerbrethren.
1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to theservice of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun,who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and withcymbals: and the number of the workmen according to theirservice was:
2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, andAsarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, whichprophesied according to the order of the king.
3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, andJeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands oftheir father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to givethanks and to praise the LORD.
4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel,Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti,and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, andMahazioth:
5 All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the wordsof God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteensons and three daughters.
6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in thehouse of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, forthe service of the house of God, according to the king's orderto Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 So the number of them, with their brethren that wereinstructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that werecunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small asthe great, the teacher as the scholar.
9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the secondto Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve:
11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve:
12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve:
13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve:
14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve:
15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve:
16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve:
17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve:
18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve:
19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve:
20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve:
21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve:
22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve:
23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve:
24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and hisbrethren, were twelve:
25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, weretwelve:
26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve:
27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren,were twelve:
28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and hisbrethren, were twelve:
29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and hisbrethren, were twelve:
30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and hisbrethren, were twelve:
31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and hisbrethren, were twelve.
1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites wasMeshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn,Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn,Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth,and Nethaneel the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth:for God blessed him.
6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruledthroughout the house of their father: for they were mighty menof valour.
7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
8 All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons andtheir brethren, able men for strength for the service, werethreescore and two of Obed-edom.
9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri thechief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his fathermade him the chief;)
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth:all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among thechief men, having wards one against another, to minister inthe house of the LORD.
13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, accordingto the house of their fathers, for every gate.
14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah hisson, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came outnorthward.
15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with thegate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, wardagainst ward.
17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southwardfour a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore,and among the sons of Merari.
20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the houseof God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the GershoniteLaadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, wereJehieli.
22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which wereover the treasures of the house of the LORD.
23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and theUzzielites:
24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler ofthe treasures.
25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiahhis son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomithhis son.
26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasuresof the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chieffathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and thecaptains of the host, had dedicated.
27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintainthe house of the LORD.
28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, andAbner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, haddedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was underthe hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outwardbusiness over Israel, for officers and judges.
30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men ofvalour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among themof Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business ofthe LORD, and in the service of the king.
31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among theHebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. Inthe fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for,and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazerof Gilead.
32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and sevenhundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over theReubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, forevery matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, thechief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, andtheir officers that served the king in any matter of thecourses, which came in and went out month by month throughoutall the months of the year, of every course were twenty andfour thousand.
2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam theson of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand.
3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains ofthe host for the first month.
4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite,and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his courselikewise were twenty and four thousand.
5 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiahthe son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course weretwenty and four thousand.
6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, andabove the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brotherof Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his coursewere twenty and four thousand.
8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth theIzrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son ofIkkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and fourthousand.
10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez thePelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course weretwenty and four thousand.
11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai theHushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty andfour thousand.
12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer theAnetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twentyand four thousand.
13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai theNetophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twentyand four thousand.
14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah thePirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his coursewere twenty and four thousand.
15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai theNetophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty andfour thousand.
16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of theReubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites,Shephatiah the son of Maachah:
17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites,Zadok:
18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar,Omri the son of Michael:
19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoththe son of Azriel:
20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of thehalf tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son ofZechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes ofthe tribes of Israel.
23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years oldand under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israellike to the stars of the heavens.
24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not,because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither wasthe number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
25 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel:and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and inthe villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son ofUzziah:
26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage ofthe ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over theincrease of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi theShiphmite:
28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were inthe low plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over thecellars of oil was Joash:
29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai theSharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys wasShaphat the son of Adlai:
30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over theasses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were therulers of the substance which was king David's.
32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counseller, a wise man, anda scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king'ssons:
33 And Ahithophel was the king's counseller: and Hushai theArchite was the king's companion:
34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, andAbiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes ofthe tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministeredto the king by course, and the captains over the thousands,and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all thesubstance and possession of the king, and of his sons, withthe officers, and with the mighty men, and with all thevaliant men, unto Jerusalem.
2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me,my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart tobuild an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of theLORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready forthe building:
3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for myname, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shedblood.
4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the houseof my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hathchosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, thehouse of my father; and among the sons of my father he likedme to make me king over all Israel:
5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) hehath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of thekingdom of the LORD over Israel.
6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my houseand my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I willbe his father.
7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he beconstant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at thisday.
8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation ofthe LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek forall the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possessthis good land, and leave it for an inheritance for yourchildren after you for ever.
9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, andserve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: forthe LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all theimaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will befound of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee offfor ever.
10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an housefor the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch,and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, andof the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parloursthereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of thecourts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers roundabout, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of thetreasuries of the dedicated things:
13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and forall the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and forall the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for allinstruments of all manner of service; silver also for allinstruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of everykind of service:
15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for theirlamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for thelamps 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.
16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, forevery table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and thecups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight forevery bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason ofsilver:
18 And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and goldfor the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spreadout their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of theLORD.
19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writingby his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of goodcourage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORDGod, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee,nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work forthe service of the house of the LORD.
21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, eventhey shall be with thee for all the service of the house ofGod: and there shall be with thee for all manner ofworkmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner ofservice: also the princes and all the people will be wholly atthy commandment.
1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation,Solomon my son, whom God alone hath chosen, is yet young andtender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man,but for the LORD God.
2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my Godthe gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver forthings of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the ironfor things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones,and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of diverscolours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stonesin abundance.
3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of myGod, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, whichI have given to the house of my God, over and above all that Ihave prepared for the holy house,
4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, andseven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the wallsof the houses withal:
5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things ofsilver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands ofartificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his servicethis day unto the LORD?
6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes ofIsrael, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with therulers of the king's work, offered willingly,
7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold fivethousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver tenthousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, andone hundred thousand talents of iron.
8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to thetreasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel theGershonite.
9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly,because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD:and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation:and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel ourfather, for ever and ever.
11 Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory,and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in theheaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, OLORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest overall; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine handit is to make great, and to give strength unto all.
13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy gloriousname.
14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able tooffer so willingly after this sort? for all things come ofthee, and of thine own have we given thee.
15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were allour fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and thereis none abiding.
16 O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to buildthee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and isall thine own.
17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hastpleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mineheart I have willingly offered all these things: and now haveI seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offerwillingly unto thee.
18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keepthis for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heartof thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thycommandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do allthese things, and to build the palace, for the which I havemade provision.
20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORDyour God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God oftheir fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped theLORD, and the king.
21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offeredburnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day,even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousandlambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundancefor all Israel:
22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with greatgladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king thesecond time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chiefgovernor, and Zadok to be priest.
23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead ofDavid his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sonslikewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon theking.
25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of allIsrael, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had notbeen on any king before him in Israel.
26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years;seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three yearsreigned he in Jerusalem.
28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, andhonour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, theyare written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book ofNathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went overhim, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of thecountries.
Old Testament
Deuterocanon/Apocrypha
New Testament
