Bible (American Standard)/1 Chronicles

The First Book of the Chronicles
==Chapter 1==
 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 
 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 
 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 
 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and
Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 
 And the sons of
Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah. 
 And the sons
of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
 The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
 And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and
Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.
 And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the
earth. 
 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim,
and Naphtuhim, 
 and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence
came the Philistines), and Caphtorim. 
 And Canaan begat
Sidon his first-born, and Heth, 
 and the Jebusite, and the
Amorite, and the Girgashite, 
 and the Hivite, and the
Arkite, and the Sinite, 
 and the Arvadite, and the
Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
 The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad,
and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
 And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was
Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's
name was Joktan. 
 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph,
and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 
 and Hadoram, and Uzal, and
Diklah, 
 and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 
 and
Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, 
 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 
 Abram (the same is Abraham).
 The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael. 
 These
are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then
Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 
 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa,
Hadad, and Tema, 
 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are
the sons of Ishmael.
 And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare
Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and
Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan. 
 And the
sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and
Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.
 And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and
Israel.
 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and
Jalam, and Korah. 
 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar,
Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. 
 The sons
of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
 And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon,
and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan. 
 And the sons
of Lotan: Hori, and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister. 
 The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and
Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah. 
 The sons of
Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and
Ithran, and Cheran. 
 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan,
Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.
 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of
Edom, before there resigned any king over the children of
Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was
Dinhabah. 
 And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of
Bozrah reigned in his stead. 
 And Jobab died, and Husham
of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 
 And
Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the
field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city
was Avith. 
 And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned
in his stead. 
 And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by
the River reigned in his stead. 
 And Shaul died, and
Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 
 And
Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of
his city was Pai: and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the
daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab. 
 And Hadad
died.
And the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief
Jetheth, 
 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,
 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 
 chief
Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.
==Chapter 2==
 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and
Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 
 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin,
Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
 The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which
three were born unto him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. And
Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and
he slew him. 
 And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez
and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
 The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul. 
 And the
sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and
Dara; five of them in all. 
 And the sons of Carmi: Achar,
the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted
thing. 
 And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.
 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him:
Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 
 And Ram begat
Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children
of Judah; 
 and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
 and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse; 
 and
Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and
Shimea the third, 
 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; 
 and their
sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah:
Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 
 And Abigail bare
Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah
[his] wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and
Shobab, and Ardon. 
 And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto
him Ephrath, who bare him Hur. 
 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri
begat Bezalel.
 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir
the father of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] when he was
threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 
 And Segub
begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of
Gilead. 
 And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from
them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore
cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then
Abijah Hezron's wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
 And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron
were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.
 And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah;
she was the mother of Onam. 
 And the sons of Ram the
first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 
 And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of
Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur. 
 And the name of the wife of
Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 
 And the sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without
children. 
 And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of
Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. 
 And the
sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and
Jether died without children. 
 And the sons of Jonathan:
Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 
 Now
Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant,
an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 
 And Sheshan gave his
daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.
 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 
 and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 
 and Obed
begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 
 and Azariah begat
Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, 
 and Eleasah begat Sismai,
and Sismai begat Shallum, 
 and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and
Jekamiah begat Elishama.
 And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were
Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons
of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 
 And the sons of Hebron:
Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 
 And Shema begat
Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begat Shammai. 
 And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of
Beth-zur. 
 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and
Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez. 
 And the sons of
Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and
Shaaph. 
 Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber and
Tirhanah. 
 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah,
Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the
daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the
first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of
Beth-gader. 
 And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had
sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. 
 And the families of
Kiriath-jearim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the
Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and
the Eshtaolites. 
 The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem, and the
Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites,
the Zorites. 
 And the families of scribes that dwelt at
Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These
are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of
Rechab.
==Chapter 3==
 Now these were the sons of David, that were born unto
him in Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the
Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;
 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of
Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
 the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by
Eglah his wife: 
 six were born unto him in Hebron; and
there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he
reigned thirty and three years; 
 and these were born unto
him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; 
 and Ibhar, and
Elishama, and Eliphelet, 
 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and
Japhia, 
 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
 All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the
concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa
his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 
 Joram his son, Ahaziah his
son, Joash his son, 
 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son,
Jotham his son, 
 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh
his son, 
 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 
 And the
sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim,
the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 
 And the sons of
Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 
 And the
sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son, 
 and
Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and
Nedabiah. 
 And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and
Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and
Shelomith was their sister; 
 and Hashubah, and Ohel, and
Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. 
 And the sons
of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the
sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.
 And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of
Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and
Shaphat, six. 
 And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and
Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. 
 And the sons of Elioenai:
Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and
Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
==Chapter 4==
 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur,
and Shobal. 
 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and
Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the
Zorathites. 
 And these were [the sons of] the father of
Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their
sister was Hazzelelponi; 
 and Penuel the father of Gedor,
and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the
first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem. 
 And
Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
 And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 
 And the sons
of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. 
 And Hakkoz begat
Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
 And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his
mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with
sorrow. 
 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh
that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and
that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me
from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that
which he requested. 
 And Chelub the brother of Shuhah
begat Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 
 And Eshton
begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of
Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. 
 And the sons of
Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.
 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the
father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen. 
 And the
sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the
sons of Elah; and Kenaz. 
 And the sons of Jehallelel:
Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 
 And the sons of
Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bare
Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 
 And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and
Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom
Mered took. 
 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the
sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and
Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 
 And the sons of Shimon: Amnon,
and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth,
and Ben-zoheth. 
 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er
the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the
families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the
house of Ashbea; 
 and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and
Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem.
And the records are ancient. 
 These were the potters, and
the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the
king for his work.
 The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah,
Shaul; 
 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
 And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son,
Shimei his son. 
 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six
daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did
all their family multiply like to the children of Judah. 
 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
 and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 
 and at
Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 
 and at
Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at
Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
 And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and
Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; 
 and all their villages
that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were
their habitations, and they have their genealogy. 
 And
Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 
 and
Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son
of Asiel, 
 and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and
Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 
 and Ziza
the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son
of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah- 
 these mentioned by name
were princes in their families: and their fathers' houses
increased greatly. 
 And they went to the entrance of
Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture
for their flocks. 
 And they found fat pasture and good,
and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that
dwelt there aforetime were of Ham. 
 And these written by
name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their
tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them
utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there
was pasture there for their flocks. 
 And some of them,
even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount
Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and
Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 
 And they smote
the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there
unto this day.
==Chapter 5==
 And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he
was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's
couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son
of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the
birthright. 
 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of
him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 
 the
sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu,
Hezron, and Carmi. 
 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog
his son, Shimei his son, 
 Micah his son, Reaiah his son,
Baal his son, 
 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king
of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the
Reubenites. 
 And his brethren by their families, when the
genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel,
and Zechariah, 
 and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema,
the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and
Baal-meon: 
 and eastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of
the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle
were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 
 And in the days of
Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand;
and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the [land] east of
Gilead.
 And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the
land of Bashan unto Salecah: 
 Joel the chief, and Shapham
the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 
 And their
brethren of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and
Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven. 
 These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of
Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of
Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 
 Ahi the son
of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses.
 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and
in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders. 
 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the
half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler
and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty
and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able
to go forth to war. 
 And they made war with the Hagrites,
with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab. 
 And they were helped
against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand,
and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the
battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their
trust in him. 
 And they took away their cattle; of their
camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty
thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred
thousand. 
 For there fell many slain, because the war was
of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
 And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt
in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and
Senir and mount Hermon. 
 And these were the heads of their
fathers' houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel,
and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor,
famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
 And they trespassed against the God of their fathers,
and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land,
whom God destroyed before them. 
 And the God of Israel
stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of
Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even
the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the
river of Gozan, unto this day.
==Chapter 6==
 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 
 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
 And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam.
And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 
 and
Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 
 and Uzzi begat
Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 
 Meraioth begat
Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 
 and Ahitub begat Zadok,
and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 
 and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and
Azariah begat Johanan, 
 and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it
is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon
built in Jerusalem), 
 and Azariah begat Amariah, and
Amariah begat Ahitub, 
 and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok
begat Shallum, 
 and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah
begat Azariah, 
 and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah
begat Jehozadak; 
 And Jehozadak went [into captivity],
when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar.
 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 
 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and
Shimei. 
 And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and
Hebron, and Uzziel. 
 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi.
And these are the families of the Levites according to their
fathers' [houses]. 
 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his
son, Zimmah his son, 
 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah
his son, Jeatherai his son. 
 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab
his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 
 Elkanah his son,
and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 
 Tahath his son,
Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 
 And the
sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. 
 As for Elkanah, the
sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, 
 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 
 And the
sons of Samuel: the first-born [Joel], and the second Abijah.
 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son,
Uzzah his son, 
 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah
his son.
 And these are they whom David set over the service of
song in the house of Jehovah, after that the ark had rest.
 And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of
the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of
Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according
to their order. 
 And these are they that waited, and their
sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son
of Joel, the son of Samuel, 
 the son of Elkanah, the son
of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 
 the son of
Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah,
the son of Zephaniah, 
 the son of Tahath, the son of
Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 
 the son of
Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even
Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 
 the son of
Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 
 the
son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 
 the
son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 
 the
son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 
 And
on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the
son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 
 the
son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 
 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, 
 the
son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of
Levi. 
 And their brethren the Levites were appointed for
all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of
burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work
of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel,
according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son,
Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 
 Bukki his son, Uzzi
his son, Zerahiah his son, 
 Meraioth his son, Amariah his
son, Ahitub his son, 
 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
 Now these are their dwelling-places according to their
encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the
families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the [first] lot),
 to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the
suburbs thereof round about it; 
 but the fields of the
city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of
Jephunneh. 
 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities
of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and
Eshtemoa with its suburbs, 
 and Hilen with its suburbs,
Debir with its suburbs, 
 and Ashan with its suburbs, and
Beth-shemesh with its suburbs; 
 and out of the tribe of
Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs,
and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their
families were thirteen cities.
 And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath [were given]
by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe,
the half of Manasseh, ten cities. 
 And to the sons of
Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of
Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen
cities. 
 Unto the sons of Merari [were given] by lot,
according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out
of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve
cities. 
 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites
the cities with their suburbs. 
 And they gave by lot out
of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of
the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.
 And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had
cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. 
 And
they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the
hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its
suburbs, 
 and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon
with its suburbs, 
 and Aijalon with its suburbs, and
Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; 
 and out of the half-tribe
of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs,
for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
 Unto the sons of Gershom [were given], out of the
family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its
suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs; 
 and out of the
tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its
suburbs, 
 and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its
suburbs; 
 and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its
suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs, 
 and Hukok with its
suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs; 
 and out of the tribe
of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with
its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs.
 Unto the rest of [the Levites], the sons of Merari,
[were given], out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its
suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs; 
 and beyond the Jordan at
Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, [were given them], out
of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its
suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs, 
 and Kedemoth with
its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; 
 and out of
the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and
Mahanaim with its suburbs, 
 and Heshbon with its suburbs,
and Jazer with its suburbs.
==Chapter 7==
 And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub,
and Shimron, four. 
 And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and
Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads
of their fathers' houses, [to wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor
in their generations: their number in the days of David was two
and twenty thousand and six hundred. 
 And the sons of Uzzi:
Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and
Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men. 
 And with them,
by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of
the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many
wives and sons. 
 And their brethren among all the families
of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy,
were fourscore and seven thousand.
 [The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael,
three. 
 And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel,
and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty
men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two
thousand and thirty and four. 
 And the sons of Becher:
Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and
Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were
the sons of Becher. 
 And they were reckoned by genealogy,
after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty
men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred. 
 And the
sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and
Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and
Ahishahar. 
 All these were sons of Jediael, according to
the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor,
seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth
in the host for war. 
 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons
of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer,
and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the
Aramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead: 
 and
Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name
was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and
Zelophehad had daughters. 
 And Maacah the wife of Machir
bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his
brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 
 And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the
son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 
 And his sister
Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah. 
 And
the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and
Aniam.
 And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son,
and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
 and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and
Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew,
because they came down to take away their cattle. 
 And
Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to
comfort him. 
 And he went in to his wife, and she
conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah,
because it went evil with his house. 
 And his daughter was
Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and
Uzzen-sheerah. 
 And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and
Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 
 Ladan his son, Ammihud
his son, Elishama his son, 
 Nun his son, Joshua his son.
 And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and
the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with
the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto
Azzah and the towns thereof; 
 and by the borders of the
children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its
towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt
the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
 The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and
Beriah, and Serah their sister. 
 And the sons of Beriah:
Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. 
 And
Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their
sister. 
 And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and
Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. 
 And the sons
of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 
 And the
sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and
Amal. 
 The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual,
and Beri, and Imrah, 
 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and
Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 
 And the sons of Jether:
Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. 
 And the sons of Ulla:
Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. 
 All these were the children
of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of
valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by
genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.
==Chapter 8==
 And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the
second, and Aharah the third, 
 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha
the fifth. 
 And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
 and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 
 and Gera, and
Shephuphan, and Huram. 
 And these are the sons of Ehud:
these are the heads of fathers' [houses] of the inhabitants of
Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath: 
 and
Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive: and he
begat Uzza and Ahihud. 
 And Shaharaim begat children in the
field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara
were his wives. 
 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab,
and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam, 
 and Jeuz, and Shachia,
and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' [houses].
 And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal. 
 And the
sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and
Lod, with the towns thereof; 
 and Beriah, and Shema, who
were heads of fathers' [houses] of the inhabitants of Aijalon,
who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath; 
 and Ahio,
Shashak, and Jeremoth, 
 and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
 and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,
 and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber, 
 and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal, 
 and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 
 and Elienai, and
Zillethai, and Eliel, 
 and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and
Shimrath, the sons of Shimei, 
 and Ishpan, and Eber, and
Eliel, 
 and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 
 and
Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah, 
 and Iphdeiah, and
Penuel, the sons of Shashak, 
 and Shamsherai, and
Shehariah, and Athaliah, 
 and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and
Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 
 These were heads of fathers'
[houses] throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt in
Jerusalem.
 And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon,
[Jeiel], whose wife's name was Maacah; 
 and his first-born
son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 
 and
Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher. 
 And Mikloth begat Shimeah.
And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over
against their brethren. 
 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish
begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and
Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 
 And the son of Jonathan was
Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 
 And the sons of
Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 
 And Ahaz
begat Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and
Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza. 
 And Moza begat Binea; Raphah
was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 
 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. 
 And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his
first-born, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 
 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had
many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were
of the sons of Benjamin.
==Chapter 9==
 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and,
behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and
Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their
transgression. 
 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in
their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the
Levites, and the Nethinim. 
 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the
children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the
children of Ephraim and Manasseh: 
 Uthai the son of
Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of
the children of Perez the son of Judah. 
 And of the
Shilonites: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons. 
 And of
the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and
ninety. 
 And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of
Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah, 
 and
Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of
Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel,
the son of Ibnijah; 
 and their brethren, according to their
generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were
heads of fathers' [houses] by their fathers' houses.
 And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,
 and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the
son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler
of the house of God; 
 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the
son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of
Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 
 and their brethren, heads
of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and
threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the
house of God.
 And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the
son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son
of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph, 
 and Obadiah
the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and
Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the
villages of the Netophathites.
 And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and
Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief), 
 who
hitherto [waited] in the king's gate eastward: they were the
porters for the camp of the children of Levi. 
 And Shallum
the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his
brethren, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the
work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and
their fathers had been over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the
entry. 
 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over
them in time past, [and] Jehovah was with him. 
 Zechariah
the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of
meeting. 
 All these that were chosen to be porters in the
thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by
genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did
ordain in their office of trust. 
 So they and their
children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah,
even the house of the tent, by wards. 
 On the four sides
were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
 And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in
every seven days from time to time to be with them: 
 for
the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of
trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the
house of God. 
 And they lodged round about the house of
God, because the charge [thereof] was upon them; and to them
pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.
 And certain of them had charge of the vessels of
service; for by count were these brought in and by count were
these taken out. 
 Some of them also were appointed over
the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and
over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the
frankincense, and the spices. 
 And some of the sons of the
priests prepared the confection of the spices. 
 And
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of
Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things
that were baked in pans. 
 And some of their brethren, of
the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare
it every sabbath.
 And these are the singers, heads of fathers' [houses]
of the Levites, [who dwelt] in the chambers [and were] free
[from other service]; for they were employed in their work day
and night. 
 These were heads of fathers' [houses] of the
Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt at
Jerusalem.
 And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel,
whose wife's name was Maacah: 
 and his first-born son
Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 
 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. 
 And
Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren
in Jerusalem, over against their brethren. 
 And Ner begat
Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and
Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 
 And the son of
Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 
 And
the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, [and Ahaz].
 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 
 and Moza begat
Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam,
Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan:
these were the sons of Azel.
==Chapter 10==
 Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men
of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain
in mount Gilboa. 
 And the Philistines followed hard after
Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and
Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 
 And the
battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and
he was distressed by reason of the archers. 
 Then said
Saul unto his armor-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me
through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.
But his armor-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid.
Therefore, Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. 
 And when
his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon
his sword, and died. 
 So Saul died, and his three sons;
and all his house died together.
 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley
saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they
forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and
dwelt in them. 
 And it came to pass on the morrow, when
the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul
and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 
 And they stripped
him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of
the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their
idols, and to the people. 
 And they put his armor in the
house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of
Dagon. 
 And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the
Philistines had done to Saul, 
 all the valiant men arose,
and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and
brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in
Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
 So Saul died for his trespass which he committed
against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept
not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a
familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby], 
 and inquired not
of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto
David the son of Jesse.
==Chapter 11==
 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto
Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 
 In
times past, even when Saul was king, it was thou that leddest
out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah thy God said unto
thee, Thou shalt be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt
be prince over my people Israel. 
 So all the elders of
Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant
with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king
over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel.
 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same
is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were
there. 
 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou
shalt not come in hither. Nevertheless, David took the stronghold
of Zion; the same is the city of David. 
 And David said,
Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and
captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made
chief. 
 And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they
called it the city of David. 
 And he built the city round
about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest
of the city. 
 And David waxed greater and greater; for
Jehovah of hosts was with him.
 Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David
had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom,
together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the
word of Jehovah concerning Israel. 
 And this is the
number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a
Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear
against three hundred and slew them at one time. 
 And
after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one
of the three mighty men. 
 He was with David at Pasdammim,
and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle,
where was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled
from before the Philistines. 
 And they stood in the midst
of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and
Jehovah saved them by a great victory.
 And three of the thirty chief men went down to the
rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the
Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 
 And
David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the
Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. 
 And David longed,
and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well
of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! 
 And the three brake
through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the
well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and
brought it to David: but David would not drink thereof, but
poured it out unto Jehovah, 
 and said, My God forbid it
me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men
that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with [the jeopardy
of] their lives they brought it. Therefore, he would not drink
it. These things did the three mighty men.
 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the
three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew
them, and had a name among the three. 
 Of the three, he
was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain:
howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.
 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man
of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two [sons of]
Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of
a pit in time of snow. 
 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of
great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was
a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a
staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and
slew him with his own spear. 
 These things did Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.
 Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he
attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his
guard.
 Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother
of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 
 Shammoth
the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 
 Ira the son of Ikkesh
the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, 
 Sibbecai the
Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, 
 Maharai the Netophathite,
Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, 
 Ithai the son
of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the
Pirathonite, 
 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the
Arbathite, 
 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the
Shaalbonite, 
 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan
the son of Shagee the Hararite, 
 Ahiam the son of Sacar
the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 
 Hepher the
Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 
 Hezro the Carmelite,
Naarai the son of Ezbai, 
 Joel the brother of Nathan,
Mibhar the son of Hagri, 
 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the
Berothite, the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 
 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 
 Uriah the Hittite,
Zabad the son of Ahlai, 
 Adina the son of Shiza the
Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,
 Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of
Hotham the Aroerite, 
 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha
his brother, the Tizite, 
 Eliel the Mahavite, and
Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the
Moabite, 
 Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
==Chapter 12==
 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while
he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and
they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war. 
 They
were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the
left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow:
they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 
 The chief was
Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and
Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah, and Jehu
the Anathothite, 
 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man
among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and
Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite, 
 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah
the Haruphite, 
 Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and
Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites, 
 and Joelah, and
Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto
David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor,
men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose
faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as
the roes upon the mountains; 
 Ezer the chief, Obadiah the
second, Eliab the third, 
 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah
the fifth, 
 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 
 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 
 Jeremiah the
tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. 
 These of the sons of Gad
were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to a
hundred, and the greatest to a thousand. 
 These are they
that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had
overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the
valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah
to the stronghold unto David. 
 And David went out to meet
them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably
unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if [ye
be come] to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no
wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and
rebuke it. 
 Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was
chief of the thirty, [and he said], Thine are we, David, and on
thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and
peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David
received them, and made them captains of the band.
 Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when
he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they
helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon
advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his
master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. 
 As he went to
Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and
Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai,
captains of thousands that were of Manasseh. 
 And they
helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all
mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host. 
 For
from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a
great host, like the host of God.
 And these are the numbers of the heads of them that
were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the
kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.
 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were
six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war. 
 Of the
children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven
thousand and one hundred. 
 Of the children of Levi four
thousand and six hundred. 
 And Jehoiada was the leader of
[the house of] Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven
hundred, 
 and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of
his father's house twenty and two captains. 
 And of the
children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for
hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to
the house of Saul. 
 And of the children of Ephraim twenty
thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in
their fathers' houses. 
 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh
eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make
David king. 
 And of the children of Issachar, men that
had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do,
the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were
at their commandment. 
 Of Zebulun, such as were able to
go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all
manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that could
order [the battle array, and were] not of double heart. 
 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield
and spear thirty and seven thousand. 
 And of the Danites
that could set the battle in array, twenty and eight thousand
and six hundred. 
 And of Asher, such as were able to go
out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty
thousand. 
 And on the other side of the Jordan, of the
Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh,
with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred
and twenty thousand.
 All these being men of war, that could order the
battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David
king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of
one heart to make David king. 
 And they were there with
David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had
made preparation for them. 
 Moreover, they that were nigh
unto them, [even] as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali,
brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on
oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins,
and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there
was joy in Israel.
==Chapter 13==
 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and
of hundreds, even with every leader. 
 And David said unto
all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it
be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad every where unto our
brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the
priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that
they may gather themselves unto us; 
 and let us bring
again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the
days of Saul. 
 And all the assembly said that they would
do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
 So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor
[the brook] of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring
the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. 
 And David went up,
and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath-jearim, which
belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God
Jehovah that sitteth [above] the cherubim, that is called by the
Name. 
 And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart,
[and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio
drove the cart. 
 And David and all Israel played before
God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and
with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with
trumpets.
 And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon,
Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
 And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and
he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and
there he died before God. 
 And David was displeased,
because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza; and he called that
place Perez-uzza, unto this day. 
 And David was afraid of
God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to
me? 
 So David removed not the ark unto him into the city
of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the
Gittite. 
 And the ark of God remained with the family of
Obed-edom in his house three months: and Jehovah blessed the
house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
==Chapter 14==
 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and
cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
 And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king
over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people
Israel's sake.
 And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David
begat more sons and daughters. 
 And these are the names of
the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab,
Nathan, and Solomon, 
 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet,
 and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 
 and Elishama,
and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed
king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David:
and David heard of it, and went out against them. 
 Now the
Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.
 And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against
the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And
Jehovah said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thy
hand. 
 So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote
them there; and David said, God hath broken mine enemies by my
hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore, they called the name
of that place Baal-perazim. 
 And they left their gods
there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with
fire.
 And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the
valley. 
 And David inquired again of God; and God said
unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them,
and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees. 
 And
it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops
of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle;
for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the
Philistines. 
 And David did as God commanded him: and
they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to
Gezer. 
 And the fame of David went out into all lands;
and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations.
==Chapter 15==
 And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and
he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a
tent. 
 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God
but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark
of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 
 And David
assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of
Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it. 
 And
David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren
a hundred and twenty; 
 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the
chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty; 
 of the
sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and
thirty; 
 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and
his brethren two hundred; 
 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel
the chief, and his brethren fourscore; 
 of the sons of
Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and
twelve. 
 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the
priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel,
Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 
 and said unto them,
Ye are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites:
sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may
bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto [the place]
that I have prepared for it. 
 For because ye [bare it]
not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for
that we sought him not according to the ordinance. 
 So
the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up
the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel. 
 And the children
of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the
staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of
Jehovah.
 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to
appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music,
psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up
the voice with joy. 
 So the Levites appointed Heman the
son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah;
and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of
Kushaiah; 
 and with them their brethren of the second
degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and
Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and
Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and
Jeiel, the doorkeepers. 
 So the singers, Heman, Asaph,
and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound
aloud; 
 and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and
Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with
psalteries set to Alamoth; 
 and Mattithiah, and
Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah,
with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead. 
 And Chenaniah,
chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the
song, because he was skilful. 
 And Berechiah and Elkanah
were doorkeepers for the ark. 
 And Shebaniah, and
Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah,
and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark
of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains
over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of
Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy. 
 And it
came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of
the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and
seven rams. 
 And David was clothed with a robe of fine
linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers,
and Chenaniah the master of the song [with] the singers: and
David had upon him an ephod of linen. 
 Thus all Israel
brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and
with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals,
sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of
Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of
Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and
playing; and she despised him in her heart.
==Chapter 16==
 And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the
midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they
offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God. 
 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering
and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of
Jehovah. 
 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man
and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion [of
flesh], and a cake of raisins.
 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister
before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and
praise Jehovah, the God of Israel: 
 Asaph the chief, and
second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and
Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel,
with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding
aloud; 
 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets
continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
 Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks
unto Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
 O give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name;
Make known his doings among the peoples.
 Sing unto him, sing praises unto him;
Talk ye of all his marvellous works.
 Glory ye in his holy name;
Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.
 Seek ye Jehovah and his strength;
Seek his face evermore.
 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done,
His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
 O ye seed of Israel his servant,
Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
 He is Jehovah our God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
 Remember his covenant for ever,
The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
 [The covenant] which he made with Abraham,
And his oath unto Isaac,
 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute,
To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan,
The lot of your inheritance;
 When ye were but a few men in number,
Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
 And they went about from nation to nation,
And from one kingdom to another people.
 He suffered no man to do them wrong;
Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
 [Saying], Touch not mine anointed ones,
And do my prophets no harm.
 Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth;
Show forth his salvation from day to day.
 Declare his glory among the nations,
His marvellous works among all the peoples.
 For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised:
He also is to be feared above all gods.
 For all the gods of the peoples are idols:
But Jehovah made the heavens.
 Honor and majesty are before him:
Strength and gladness are in his place.
 Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kindreds of the peoples,
Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength;
 Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name:
Bring an offering, and come before him:
Worship Jehovah in holy array.
 Tremble before him, all the earth:
The world also is established that it cannot be moved.
 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice;
And let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth.
 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;
Let the field exult, and all that is therein;
 Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before
Jehovah;
For he cometh to judge the earth.
 O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good;
For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation,
And gather us together and deliver us from the nations,
To give thanks unto thy holy name,
And to triumph in thy praise.
 Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel,
From everlasting even to everlasting.
And all the people said, Amen, and praised Jehovah.
 So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of
Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark
continually, as every day's work required; 
 and Obed-edom
with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the
son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers; 
 and Zadok
the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle
of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon, 
 to
offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah upon the altar of
burnt-offering continually morning and evening, even according
to all that is written in the law of Jehovah, which he commanded
unto Israel; 
 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the
rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give
thanks to Jehovah, because his lovingkindness [endureth] for
ever; 
 and with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets
and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and [with]
instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be
at the gate. 
 And all the people departed every man to
his house: and David returned to bless his house.
==Chapter 17==
 And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house,
that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of
cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah [dwelleth] under
curtains. 
 And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in
thy heart; for God is with thee. 
 And it came to pass the
same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 
 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not
build me a house to dwell in: 
 for I have not dwelt in a
house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but
have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to
another]. 
 In all places wherein I have walked with all
Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I
commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not
built me a house of cedar? 
 Now therefore thus shalt thou
say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took
thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou
shouldest be prince over my people Israel: 
 and I have
been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off
all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a name,
like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.
 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will
plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved
no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any
more, as at the first, 
 and [as] from the day that I
commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue
all thine enemies. Moreover, I tell thee that Jehovah will build
thee a house. 
 And it shall come to pass, when thy days
are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I
will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I
will establish his kingdom. 
 He shall build me a house,
and I will establish his throne for ever. 
 I will be his
father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my
lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was
before thee; 
 but I will settle him in my house and in my
kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.
 According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
 Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah;
and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that
thou hast brought me thus far? 
 And this was a small
thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy
servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me
according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
 What can David [say] yet more unto thee concerning the
honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy
servant. 
 O Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and
according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this
greatness, to make known all [these] great things. 
 O
Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God
besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people
Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to
make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out
nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of
Egypt? 
 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own
people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God. 
 And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken
concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established
for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. 
 And let thy name
be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts
is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of
David thy servant is established before thee. 
 For thou,
O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him
a house: therefore hath thy servant found [in his heart] to pray
before thee. 
 And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast
promised this good thing unto thy servant: 
 and now it
hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may
continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast
blessed, and it is blessed for ever.
==Chapter 18==
 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the
Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out
of the hand of the Philistines. 
 And he smote Moab; and
the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath,
as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven
thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked
all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred
chariots.
 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor
Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and
twenty thousand men. 
 Then David put [garrisons] in Syria
of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and
brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever
he went. 
 And David took the shields of gold that were on
the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 
 And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took
very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the
pillars, and the vessels of brass.
 And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had
smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah, 
 he sent
Hadoram his son to king David, to salute him, and to bless him,
because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten him; (for
Hadarezer had wars with Tou;) and [he had with him] all manner
of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 
 These also did
king David dedicate unto Jehovah, with the silver and the gold
that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from
Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines,
and from Amalek.
 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the
Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand. 
 And he
put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to
David. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.
 And David reigned over all Israel; and he executed
justice and righteousness unto all his people. 
 And Joab
the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of
Ahilud was recorder; 
 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and
Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was
scribe; 
 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the
Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief
about the king.
==Chapter 19==
 And it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king
of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
 And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son
of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David
sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And
David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to
Hanun, to comfort him. 
 But the princes of the children of
Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy
father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his
servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy
out the land? 
 So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved
them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their
buttocks, and sent them away. 
 Then there went certain
persons, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to
meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said,
Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made
themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent
a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen
out of Mesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out of Zobah.
 So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and
the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before
Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together
from their cities, and came to battle. 
 And when David
heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in
array at the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were
by themselves in the field.
 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and
put them in array against the Syrians. 
 And the rest of
the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother;
and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then
thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong
for thee, then I will help thee. 
 Be of good courage, and
let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our
God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good. 
 So Joab
and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians
unto the battle; and they fled before him. 
 And when the
children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise
fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then
Joab came to Jerusalem.
 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the
worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the
Syrians that were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of
the host of Hadarezer at their head. 
 And it was told
David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the
Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against
them. So when David had put the battle in array against the
Syrians, they fought with him. 
 And the Syrians fled
before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians [the men of] seven
thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed
Shophach the captain of the host. 
 And when the servants
of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel,
they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the
Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
==Chapter 20==
 And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the
year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led
forth the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon,
and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.
And Joab smote Rabbah, and overthrew it. 
 And David took
the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh
a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it
was set upon David's head: and he brought forth the spoil of the
city, exceeding much. 
 And he brought forth the people
that were therein, and cut [them] with saws, and with harrows of
iron, and with axes. And thus did David unto all the cities of
the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to
Jerusalem.
 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war
at Gezer with the Philistines: then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew
Sippai, of the sons of the giant; and they were subdued. 
 And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the
son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the
staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. 
 And there
was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose
fingers and toes were four and twenty, six [on each hand], and
six [on each foot]; and he also was born unto the giant. 
 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's
brother slew him. 
 These were born unto the giant in Gath;
and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his
servants.
==Chapter 21==
 And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to
number Israel. 
 And David said to Joab and to the princes
of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan;
and bring me word, that I may know the sum of them. 
 And
Joab said, Jehovah make his people a hundred times as many as
they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's
servants? why doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a
cause of guilt unto Israel? 
 Nevertheless, the king's word
prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went
throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 
 And Joab
gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto David. And
all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred
thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred
threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 
 But Levi
and Benjamin counted he not among them; for the king's word was
abominable to Joab. 
 And God was displeased with this
thing; therefore he smote Israel. 
 And David said unto
God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing: but
now, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant; for
I have done very foolishly.
 And Jehovah spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
 Go and speak unto David, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, I
offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do
it unto thee. 
 So Gad came to David, and said unto him,
Thus saith Jehovah, Take which thou wilt: 
 either three
years of famine; or three months to be consumed before thy foes,
while the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three
days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and the
angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the borders of
Israel. Now therefore consider what answer I shall return to him
that sent me. 
 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great
strait: let me fall, I pray, into the hand of Jehovah; for very
great are his mercies: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
 So Jehovah sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell
of Israel seventy thousand men. 
 And God sent an angel
unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy,
Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the
destroying angel, It is enough; now stay thy hand. And the angel
of Jehovah was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the
Jebusite. 
 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the
angel of Jehovah standing between earth and heaven, having a
drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David
and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the
people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done
very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy
hand, I pray thee, O Jehovah my God, be against me, and against
my father's house; but not against thy people, that they should
be plagued.
 Then the angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to
David, that David should go up, and rear an altar unto Jehovah
in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 
 And David
went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of
Jehovah. 
 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and
his four sons that were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was
threshing wheat. 
 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan
looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and
bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. 
 Then
David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor,
that I may build thereon an altar unto Jehovah: for the full
price shalt thou give it me, that the plague may be stayed from
the people. 
 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee,
and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo,
I give [thee] the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing
instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering; I
give it all. 
 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I
will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that
which is thine for Jehovah, nor offer a burnt-offering without
cost. 
 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred
shekels of gold by weight. 
 And David built there an
altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and
peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him
from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. 
 And Jehovah commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again
into the sheath thereof.
 At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had
answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then
he sacrificed there. 
 For the tabernacle of Jehovah,
which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of
burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
 But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for
he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.
==Chapter 22==
 Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and
this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel. 
 And David
commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the
land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build
the house of God. 
 And David prepared iron in abundance
for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings;
and brass in abundance without weight; 
 and cedar-trees
without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought
cedar-trees in abundance to David. 
 And David said,
Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be
builded for Jehovah must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and
of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make
preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his
death.
 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to
build a house for Jehovah, the God of Israel. 
 And David
said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build
a house unto the name of Jehovah my God. 
 But the word of
Jehovah came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and
hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house unto my name,
because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man
of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round
about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and
quietness unto Israel in his days: 
 he shall build a
house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his
father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over
Israel for ever. 
 Now, my son, Jehovah be with thee; and
prosper thou, and build the house of Jehovah thy God, as he hath
spoken concerning thee. 
 Only Jehovah give thee
discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning
Israel; that so thou mayest keep the law of Jehovah thy God.
 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou observe to do the
statutes and the ordinances which Jehovah charged Moses with
concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; fear not,
neither be dismayed. 
 Now, behold, in my affliction I
have prepared for the house of Jehovah a hundred thousand
talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver, and
of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber
also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
 Moreover, there are workmen with thee in abundance,
hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all men that are
skilful in every manner of work: 
 of the gold, the
silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise
and be doing, and Jehovah be with thee.
 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to
help Solomon his son, [saying], 
 Is not Jehovah your God
with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he
hath delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the
land is subdued before Jehovah, and before his people. 
 Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Jehovah your God;
arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to
bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and the holy vessels
of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of
Jehovah.
==Chapter 23==
 Now David was old and full of days; and he made
Solomon his son king over Israel. 
 And he gathered
together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the
Levites. 
 And the Levites were numbered from thirty years
old and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was
thirty and eight thousand. 
 Of these, twenty and four
thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah; and
six thousand were officers and judges; 
 and four thousand
were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Jehovah with the
instruments which I made, [said David], to praise therewith.
 And David divided them into courses according to the sons
of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
 Of the Gershonites: Ladan and Shimei. 
 The sons
of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. 
 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three.
These were the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Ladan. 
 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah.
These four were the sons of Shimei. 
 And Jahath was the
chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many
sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.
 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel,
four. 
 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was
separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and
his sons, for ever, to burn incense before Jehovah, to minister
unto him, and to bless in his name, for ever. 
 But as for
Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of
Levi. 
 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. 
 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the chief. 
 And the sons of
Eliezer were: Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons;
but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 
 The sons of
Izhar: Shelomith the chief. 
 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah
the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam
the fourth. 
 The sons of Uzziel: Micah the chief, and
Isshiah the second.
 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of
Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. 
 And Eleazar died, and had no
sons, but daughters only: and their brethren the sons of Kish
took them [to wife]. 
 The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder,
and Jeremoth, three.
 These were the sons of Levi after their fathers'
houses, even the heads of the fathers' [houses] of those of them
that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who
did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from
twenty years old and upward. 
 For David said, Jehovah,
the God of Israel, hath given rest unto his people; and he
dwelleth in Jerusalem for ever: 
 and also the Levites
shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the
vessels of it for the service thereof. 
 For by the last
words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years
old and upward. 
 For their office was to wait on the sons
of Aaron for the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts,
and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things,
even the work of the service of the house of God; 
 for
the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering,
whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the
pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure
and size; 
 and to stand every morning to thank and praise
Jehovah, and likewise at even; 
 and to offer all
burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the sabbaths, on the new moons,
and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance
concerning them, continually before Jehovah; 
 and that
they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the
charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron
their brethren, for the service of the house of Jehovah.
==Chapter 24==
 And the courses of the sons of Aaron [were these]. The
sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 
 But
Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children:
therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
 And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and
Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to
their ordering in their service. 
 And there were more
chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of
Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar
there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of
Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight. 
 Thus
were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were
princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons
of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 
 And Shemaiah the
son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them
in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the
priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the
fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one
fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for
Ithamar.
 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second
to Jedaiah, 
 the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
 the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 
 the
seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, 
 the ninth to
Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, 
 the eleventh to
Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 
 the thirteenth to
Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 
 the fifteenth to
Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 
 the seventeenth to
Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, 
 the nineteenth to
Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, 
 the one and
twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, 
 the
three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to
Maaziah. 
 This was the ordering of them in their service,
to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance
[given] unto them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, the God of
Israel, had commanded him.
 And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of
Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. 
 Of
Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. 
 Of
the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
 And the sons [of Hebron]: Jeriah [the chief], Amariah
the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 
 The
sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. 
 The
brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of
Jaaziah: Beno. 
 The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and
Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 
 Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had
no sons. 
 Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. 
 And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were
the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses. 
 These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of
Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and
Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests
and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even as
those of his younger brother.
==Chapter 25==
 Moreover, David and the captains of the host set apart
for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and
of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries,
and with cymbals: and the number of them that did the work
according to their service was: 
 of the sons of Asaph:
Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of
Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order
of the king. 
 Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah,
and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under
the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied
in giving thanks and praising Jehovah. 
 Of Heman; the sons
of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth,
Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer,
Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 
 All these were
the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift
up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three
daughters. 
 All these were under the hands of their father
for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and
harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and
Heman being under the order of the king. 
 And the number
of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing
unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred
fourscore and eight. 
 And they cast lots for their
offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher
as the scholar.
 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the
second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve:
 the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 
 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 
 the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his
brethren, twelve: 
 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and
his brethren, twelve: 
 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons
and his brethren, twelve: 
 the tenth to Shimei, his sons
and his brethren, twelve: 
 the eleventh to Azarel, his
sons and his brethren, twelve: 
 the twelfth to Hashabiah,
his sons and his brethren, twelve: 
 for the thirteenth,
Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 
 for the
fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
 for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his
brethren, twelve: 
 for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his
sons and his brethren, twelve: 
 for the seventeenth to
Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 
 for the
eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 
 for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren,
twelve: 
 for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his
brethren, twelve: 
 for the one and twentieth to Hothir,
his sons and his brethren, twelve: 
 for the two and
twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
 for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and
his brethren, twelve: 
 for the four and twentieth to
Romamtiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
==Chapter 26==
 For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites,
Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 
 And
Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the
second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 
 Elam the
fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 
 And
Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the
second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the
fifth, 
 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai
the eighth; for God blessed him. 
 Also unto Shemaiah his
son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father;
for they were mighty men of valor. 
 The sons of Shemaiah:
Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were
valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah. 
 All these were of the
sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able
men in strength for the service; threescore and two of
Obed-edom. 
 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant
men, eighteen. 
 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari,
had sons: Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the
first-born, yet his father made him chief), 
 Hilkiah the
second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons
and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
 Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of
the chief men, having offices like their brethren, to minister
in the house of Jehovah. 
 And they cast lots, as well the
small as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for
every gate. 
 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then
for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots;
and his lot came out northward. 
 To Obed-edom southward;
and to his sons the store-house. 
 To Shuppim and Hosah
westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth
up, watch against watch. 
 Eastward were six Levites,
northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the
store-house two and two. 
 For Parbar westward, four at
the causeway, and two at Parbar. 
 These were the courses
of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the
sons of Merari.
 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of
the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated
things. 
 The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites
belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' [houses] belonging
to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. 
 The sons of Jehieli:
Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of
Jehovah. 
 Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the
Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: 
 and Shebuel the son of
Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures. 
 And his brethren: of Eliezer [came] Rehabiah his son, and
Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and
Shelomoth his son. 
 This Shelomoth and his brethren were
over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the
king, and the heads of the fathers' [houses], the captains over
thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had
dedicated. 
 Out of the spoil won in battles did they
dedicate to repair the house of Jehovah. 
 And all that
Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of
Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whosoever had
dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of
his brethren.
 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the
outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. 
 Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a
thousand and seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond
the Jordan westward, for all the business of Jehovah, and for
the service of the king. 
 Of the Hebronites was Jerijah
the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their
generations by fathers' [houses]. In the fortieth year of the
reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among
them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead. 
 And his
brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred,
heads of fathers' [houses], whom king David made overseers over
the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the
Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the
affairs of the king.
==Chapter 27==
 Now the children of Israel after their number, [to
wit], the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and their officers that served the
king, in any matter of the courses which came in and went out
month by month throughout all the months of the year-of every
course were twenty and four thousand. 
 Over the first
course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and
in his course were twenty and four thousand. 
 [He was] of
the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the host
for the first month. 
 And over the course of the second
month was Dodai the Ahohite, and his course; and Mikloth the
ruler: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 
 The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah,
the son of Jehoiada the priest, chief: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand. 
 This is that Benaiah, who was
the mighty man of the thirty, and over the thirty: and [of] his
course was Ammizabad his son. 
 The fourth [captain] for
the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah
his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand. 
 The fifth captain for this fifth month was
Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand. 
 The sixth [captain] for the sixth month was Ira
the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and
four thousand. 
 The seventh [captain] for the seventh
month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in
his course were twenty and four thousand. 
 The eighth
[captain] for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of
the Zerahites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
 The ninth [captain] for the ninth month was Abiezer the
Anathothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand. 
 The tenth [captain] for the tenth
month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zerahites: and in his
course were twenty and four thousand. 
 The eleventh
[captain] for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of
the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand. 
 The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month
was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand.
 Furthermore, over the tribes of Israel: of the
Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler: of the
Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah: 
 of Levi,
Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of Aaron, Zadok: 
 of Judah,
Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son
of Michael: 
 of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of
Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel: 
 of the children of
Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half-tribe of
Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 
 of the half -[tribe]
of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin,
Jaasiel the son of Abner: 
 of Dan, Azarel the son of
Jeroham. These were the captains of the tribes of Israel.
 But David took not the number of them from twenty years
old and under, because Jehovah had said he would increase Israel
like to the stars of heaven. 
 Joab the son of Zeruiah
began to number, but finished not; and there came wrath for this
upon Israel; neither was the number put into the account in the
chronicles of king David.
 And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of
Adiel: and over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and
in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of
Uzziah: 
 And over them that did the work of the field for
tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: 
 and
over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the
increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the
Shiphmite: 
 and over the olive-trees and the
sycomore-trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the
Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: 
 and
over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and
over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of
Adlai: 
 and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite: and
over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: and over the flocks
was Jaziz the Hagrite. 
 All these were the rulers of the
substance which was king David's.
 Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counsellor, a man
of understanding, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni
was with the king's sons: 
 And Ahithophel was the king's
counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend:
 and after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah,
and Abiathar: and the captain of the king's host was Joab.
==Chapter 28==
 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the
princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that
served the king by course, and the captains of thousands, and
the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the substance
and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officers,
and the mighty men, even all the mighty men of valor, unto
Jerusalem. 
 Then David the king stood up upon his feet,
and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: as for me, it was
in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant
of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God; and I had made
ready for the building. 
 But God said unto me, Thou shalt
not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war,
and hast shed blood. 
 Howbeit Jehovah, the God of Israel,
chose me out of all the house of my father to be king over
Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be prince; and in
the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons
of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all
Israel; 
 And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me
many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne
of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel. 
 And he said unto
me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts; for
I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. 
 And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to
do my commandments and mine ordinances, as at this day. 
 Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of
Jehovah, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out
all the commandments of Jehovah your God; that ye may possess
this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children
after you for ever.
 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy
father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing
mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all
the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be
found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off
for ever. 
 Take heed now; for Jehovah hath chosen thee to
build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the
porch [of the temple], and of the houses thereof, and of the
treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the
inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat;
 and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for
the courts of the house of Jehovah, and for all the chambers
round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the
treasuries of the dedicated things; 
 also for the courses
of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the
service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of
service in the house of Jehovah; 
 of gold by weight for
the [vessels of] gold, for all vessels of every kind of service;
[of silver] for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all
vessels of every kind of service; 
 by weight also for the
candlesticks of gold, and for the lamps thereof, of gold, by
weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof; and for
the candlesticks of silver, [silver] by weight for [every]
candlestick and for the lamps thereof, according to the use of
every candlestick; 
 and the gold by weight for the tables
of showbread, for every table; and silver for the tables of
silver; 
 and the flesh-hooks, and the basins, and the
cups, of pure gold; and for the golden bowls by weight for every
bowl; and for the silver bowls by weight for every bowl; 
 and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold
for the pattern of the chariot, [even] the cherubim, that spread
out [their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of
Jehovah. 
 All this, [said David], have I been made to
understand in writing from the hand of Jehovah, even all the
works of this pattern.
 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of
good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah
God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor
forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of
Jehovah be finished. 
 And, behold, there are the courses
of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house
of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every
willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the
captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
==Chapter 29==
 And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon
my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and
the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for
Jehovah God. 
 Now I have prepared with all my might for
the house of my God the gold for the [things of] gold, and the
silver for the [things of] silver, and the brass for the [things
of] brass, the iron for the [things of] iron, and wood for the
[things of] wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be set, stones
for inlaid work, and of divers colors, and all manner of
precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. 
 Moreover,
also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God,
seeing that I have a treasure of mine own of gold and silver, I
give it unto the house of my God, over and above all that I have
prepared for the holy house, 
 even three thousand talents
of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of
refined silver, wherewith to overlay the walls of the houses;
 of gold for the [things of] gold, and of silver for the
[things of] silver, and for all manner of work [to be made] by
the hands of artificers. Who then offereth willingly to
consecrate himself this day unto Jehovah?
 Then the princes of the fathers' [houses], and the
princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands
and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered
willingly; 
 and they gave for the service of the house of
God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and
of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand
talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents. 
 And they
with whom [precious] stones were found gave them to the treasure
of the house of Jehovah, under the hand of Jehiel the
Gershonite. 
 Then the people rejoiced, for that they
offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered
willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with
great joy.
 Wherefore David blessed Jehovah before all the
assembly; and David said, Blessed be thou, O Jehovah, the God of
Israel our father, for ever and ever. 
 Thine, O Jehovah,
is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory,
and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth
[is thine]; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art
exalted as head above all. 
 Both riches and honor come of
thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand is power and
might; and in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength
unto all. 
 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and
praise thy glorious name. 
 But who am I, and what is my
people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this
sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we
given thee. 
 For we are strangers before thee, and
sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are
as a shadow, and there is no abiding. 
 O Jehovah our God,
all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for
thy holy name cometh of thy hand, and is all thine own. 
 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast
pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my
heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I
seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly
unto thee. 
 O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and
of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of
the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart
unto thee; 
 and give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart,
to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and
to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I
have made provision.
 And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah
your God. And all the assembly blessed Jehovah, the God of their
fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped Jehovah, and
the king. 
 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto Jehovah,
and offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the morrow after
that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a
thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in
abundance for all Israel, 
 and did eat and drink before
Jehovah on that day with great gladness.
And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time,
and anointed him unto Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be
priest. 
 Then Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as
king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel
obeyed him. 
 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and
all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto
Solomon the king. 
 And Jehovah magnified Solomon
exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him
such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in
Israel.
 Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
 And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty
years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three
[years] reigned he in Jerusalem. 
 And he died in a good
old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son
reigned in his stead. 
 Now the acts of David the king,
first and last, behold, they are written in the history of
Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and
in the history of Gad the seer, 
 with all his reign and
his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel,
and over all the kingdoms of the countries.