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1 Adam,

Seth,

Enosh,

2 Kenan,

Mahalalel,

Jared,

3 Enoch,

Methuselah,

Lamech,

4 Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

5 The sons of Japheth:

Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras.

6 And the sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah.

7 And the sons of Javan:

Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.

8 The sons of Ham:

Cush and Egypt, Put and Canaan.

9 And the sons of Cush:

Seba and Havilah and Sabta and Raamah and Sabteca.

And the sons of Raamah:

Sheba and Dedan.

10 And Cush fathered Nimrod. He, he began to be a warrior on the earth.

11 And Egypt fathered Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim

12 and Pathrusim and Casluhim (from whom the Philistines came forth, from there) and Caphtorim.

13 And Canaan fathered Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth 14 and the Jebusites and the Amorites and the Girgashites

15 and the Hivites and the Arkites and the Sinites 16 and the Arvadites and the Zemarites and the Hamathites.

17 The sons of Shem:

Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram and Uz and Hul and Gether and Meshech.

18 And Arpachshad fathered Shelah,

and Shelah fathered Eber.

19 And to Eber were born two sons.

The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided.

And the name of his brother was Joktan.

20 And Joktan fathered Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah 21 and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah 22 and Obal and Abimael and Sheba 23 and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab.

All of these were the sons of Joktan.

24 Shem,

Arpachshad,

Shelah,

25 Eber,

Peleg,

Reu,

26 Serug,

Nahor,

Terah,

27 Abram, he is Abraham.

28 The sons of Abraham:

Isaac and Ishmael. 29 These are their generations.

The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam, 30 Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad and Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

These are they, the sons of Ishmael.

32 And the sons of Keturah, the concubine of Abraham:

she bore Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.

And the sons of Jokshan:

Sheba and Dedan.

33 And the sons of Midian:

Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah.

All of these were the sons of Keturah.

34 And Abraham fathered Isaac.

The sons of Isaac:

Esau and Israel.

35 The sons of Esau:

Eliphaz, Reuel and Jeush and Jalam and Korah.

36 The sons of Eliphaz:

Teman and Omar, Zepho and Gatam, Kenaz and Timna, and Amalek.

37 The sons of Reuel:

Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

38 And the sons of Seir:

Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan.

39 And the sons of Lotan:

Hori and Hemam.

And the sister of Lotan:

Timna.

40 The sons of Shobal:

Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

And the sons of Zibeon:

Aiah and Anah.

41 The sons of Anah:

Dishon.

And the sons of Dishon:

Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

42 The sons of Ezer:

Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan.

The sons of Dishan:

Uz and Aran.

43 Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom to the face of the reigning of a king over the sons of Israel:

Bela, the son of Beor. And the name of his city was Dinhabah.

44 And Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah, from Bozrah, reigned in his place.

45 And Jobab died, and Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.

46 And Husham died, and Hadad, the son of Bedad, the one having struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city: Avith.

47 And Hadad died, and Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place.

48 And Samlah died, and Shaul from Rehoboth of the River reigned in his place.

49 And Shaul died, and Baal Hanan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his place.

50 And Baal Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Pai. And the name of his wife was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.

And Hadad died.

And the chiefs of Edom were:

Chief Timna,

Chief Alvah,

Chief Jetheth,

52 Chief Oholibamah,

Chief Elah,

Chief Pinon,

53 Chief Kenaz,

Chief Teman,

Chief Mibzar,

54 Chief Magdiel,

Chief Iram.

These were the chiefs of Edom.

2 These were the sons of Israel:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

3 The sons of Judah:

Er and Onan and Shelah. Three were born to him by Bath Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, and he killed him.

4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. All of the sons of Judah were five.

5 The sons of Perez:

Hezron and Hamul.

6 And the sons of Zerah:

Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara. All of them were five.

7 And the sons of Carmi:

Achan, the troubler of Israel who transgressed against the devoted thing.

8 And the sons of Ethan:

Azariah.

9 And the sons of Hezron who were born to him:

Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai.

10 And Ram fathered Amminadab,

and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, the leader of the sons of Judah.

11 And Nahshon fathered Salmon,

and Salmon fathered Boaz.

12 And Boaz fathered Obed,

and Obed fathered Jesse.

13 And Jesse fathered his firstborn, Eliab,

and Abinadab, the second,

and Shimea, the third,

14 Nethanel, the fourth,

Raddai, the fifth,

15 Ozem, the sixth,

David, the seventh.

16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail.

And the sons of Zeruiah:

Abishai and Joab and Asahel—three.

17 And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

18 And Caleb, the son of Hezron, fathered with Azubah, a wife, and with Jerioth.

And these were her sons:

Jesher and Shobab and Ardon.

19 And Azubah died, and Caleb took for himself Ephrath.

And she bore Hur to him.

20 And Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.

21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead. (Now he, he had taken her when he was a son of 60 years.)

And she bore Segub to him.

22 And Segub fathered Jair. And 23 cities were to him in the land of Gilead.

23 And Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth Jair, Kenath, and its daughters, 60 cities.

All of these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

24 And after the death of Hezron in Caleb Ephrathah, then the wife of Hezron, Abijah, then she bore to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

25 And the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.

26 And another wife was to Jerahmeel, and her name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

27 And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz and Jamin and Eker.

28 And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai, Nadab and Abishur.

29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail. And she bore Ahban and Molid to him.

30 And the sons of Nadab:

Seled and Appaim. And Seled died without sons.

31 And the sons of Appaim:

Ishi.

And the sons of Ishi:

Sheshan.

And the sons of Sheshan:

Ahlai.

32 And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai:

Jether and Jonathan. And Jether died without sons.

33 And the sons of Jonathan:

Peleth and Zaza.

These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

34 And sons were not to Sheshan, but only daughters. And a servant was to Sheshan, an Egyptian, and his name was Jarha.

35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha, his servant, for a wife.

And she bore Attai to him.

36 And Attai fathered Nathan,

and Nathan fathered Zabad.

37 And Zabad fathered Ephlal,

and Ephlal fathered Obed.

38 And Obed fathered Jehu,

and Jehu fathered Azariah.

39 And Azariah fathered Helez,

and Helez fathered Eleasah.

40 And Eleasah fathered Sismai,

and Sismai fathered Shallum.

41 And Shallum fathered Jekamiah,

and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

42 And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah his firstborn, he was the father of Ziph. And the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron. 43 And the sons of Hebron:

Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.

44 And Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam.

And Rekem fathered Shammai.

45 And the son of Shammai was Maon,

and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

46 And Ephah, the concubine of Caleb, bore Haran and Moza and Gazez.

And Haran fathered Gazez.

47 And the sons of Jahdai:

Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph.

48 The concubine of Caleb, Maacah, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

49 And she bore Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, and Sheva, the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea.

And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

50 These were the sons of Caleb. The son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim; 51 Salma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Beth Gader.

52 And the sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half of Menuhoth, 53 and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites and the Puthites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites. From these came forth the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

54 The sons of Salma:

Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites, 55 and the clans of the scribes living in Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These were the Kenites having come from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

3 And these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron:

the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess; 2 the third, Absalom, the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, the son of Haggith; 3 the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah, his wife.

4 Six were born to him in Hebron, and he reigned there seven years and six months. Then he reigned 33 years in Jerusalem. 5 And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon, four by Bath Shua, the daughter of Ammiel; 6 and Ibhar and Elishama and Eliphelet 7 and Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia, 8 and Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet—nine. 9 All of the sons of David, besides sons of concubines, and Tamar was their sister.

10 And the son of Solomon, Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.

15 And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn, Johanan; the second, Jehoiakim; the third, Zedekiah; the fourth, Shallum.

16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah, his son Zedekiah his son.

17 And the sons of Jeconiah, a prisoner: Shealtiel, his son, 18 and Malchiram and Pedaiah and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

19 And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the son of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister, 20 and Hashubah and Ohel and Berechiah and Hasadiah, Jushab Hesed—five.

21 And the son of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.

22 And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah, and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush and Igal and Bariah and Neariah and Shaphat—six.

23 And the son of Neariah: Elioenai and Hizkiah and Azrikam—three.

24 And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah and Eliashib and Pelaiah and Akkub and Johanan and Delaiah and Anani—seven.

4 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal. 2 And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, fathered Jahath. And Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These are the clans of the Zorathites. 3 And these were the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash. And the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi. 4 And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah, these were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem. 5 And to Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, were two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah: Zereth and Izhar and Ethnan 8 and Koz, who fathered Anub and Zobebah and the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum. 9 Now Jabez was honored more than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore in pain.” 10 And Jabez called to the God of Israel, saying, “If blessing, you would bless me, and you would enlarge my border, and your hand would be with me, and you would act not in harm, so as not to pain me!” And God brought what he asked. 11 And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir. He was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton fathered Beth Rapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. These were the men of Recah. 13 And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath. 14 And Meonothai fathered Ophrah, and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen. 15 And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the sons of Elah: Kenaz. 16 And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel. 17 And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon. And she conceived Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his Judahite wife bore Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. But those were the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. 19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben Hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben Zoheth. 21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah and the clans of the house of the service of linen at Beth Ashbea, 22 and Jokim and the men of Cozeba and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. And the words are ancient. 23 These were the potters and the dwellers of Netaim and Gederah. They dwelled there with the king in his work.

24 The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. 27 And to Shimei were 16 sons and 6 daughters, but to his brothers were not many sons, so all of their clan did not multiply as much as the sons of Judah. 28 And they dwelled in Beersheba and Moladah and Hazar Shual 29 and in Bilhah and in Ezem and in Tolad 30 and in Bethuel and in Hormah and in Ziklag 31 and in Beth Marcaboth and in Hazar Susim and in Beth Biri and in Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. 32 And their villages: Etam and Ain and Rimmon and Tochen and Ashan—five cities—33 and all of their villages that were around these cities unto Baal. These were their settlements, and their genealogy was to them. 34 And Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, 35 and Joel and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 and Elioenai and Jaakobah and Jeshohaiah and Asaiah and Adiel and Jesimiel and Benaiah 37 and Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah, 38 these, coming by names, were leaders in their clans, for the house of their fathers broke through into a multitude. 39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, unto to the east of the valley, to seek pasture for their flock. 40 And they found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad of hands and quiet and peaceful, for those from Ham were living there to their faces. 41 And these, written by names, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and they struck their tents and the Meunites, who were found there. And they devoted them to this day, and they dwelled in their place because pasture for their flock was there. 42 And 500 men from them, from the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, and Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, were their heads, 43 and they struck the remnant of the escape of Amalek, and they have dwelled there to this day.

5 And the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel—for he was the firstborn, but when he defiled the couches of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so he is not enrolled according to the birthright; 2 though Judah was great among his brothers, and a leader was from him, yet the birthright was to Joseph—3 the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5 Micah, his son, Reaiah, his son, Baal, his son, 6 Beerah, his son, whom Tiglath Pileser, the king of Assyria, exiled. He was a leader of the Reubenites. 7 And his brothers by his clans in the genealogy of their generations: Jeiel, the head, and Zechariah, 8 and Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. He was dwelling in Aroer and unto Nebo and Baal Meon, 9 and to the east he dwelled unto the entrance of the wilderness, to near the Euphrates River, for their livestock multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, and they fell into their hand. And they dwelled in their tents upon all of the face of the east of Gilead.

11 And the sons of Gad dwelled to the front of them in the land of Bashan unto Salecah: 12 Joel, the head, and Shapham, the second, and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 And their brothers, according to the house of their fathers: Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber—seven. 14 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. 15 Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was the head of the house of their fathers. 16 And they dwelled in Gilead, in Bashan, and in its daughters, and in all of the pasturelands of Sharon unto their borders. 17 All of them were enrolled in the days of Jotham, the king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the king of Israel.

18 The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and half of the tribe of Manasseh, from sons of valor, men, carriers of the shield and sword and treaders of the bow and taught of battle, were 44,760 going out as an army. 19 And they made war with the Hagrites and Jetur and Naphish and Nodab. 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were given into their hand and all who were with them. For they cried out to God in the battle, and he was entreated by them, for they trusted in him. 21 And they captured their livestock: their camels, 50,000, and sheep, 250,000, and donkeys, 2,000, and soul of man, 100,000. 22 For many fell slain, for the battle was from God. And they dwelled in place of them until the exile.

23 And the sons of half of the tribe of Manasseh dwelled in the land from Bashan unto Baal Hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon. They, they multiplied. 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, men, warriors of strength, men of names, heads of the house of their fathers.

25 But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and they whored after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God had destroyed from their faces. 26 So the God of Israel awakened the spirit of Pul, the king of Assyria and the spirit of Tiglath Pileser, the king of Assyria. And he exiled them, namely the Reubenites and the Gadites and half of the tribe of Manasseh. And he brought them to Halah and Habor and Hara and the river of Gozan unto this day.

6 The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. 3 And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar fathered Phinehas. Phinehas fathered Abishua. 5 And Abishua fathered Bukki, and Bukki fathered Uzzi. 6 And Uzzi fathered Zerahiah, and Zerahiah fathered Meraioth. 7 Meraioth fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub. 8 And Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz. 9 And Ahimaaz fathered Azariah, and Azariah fathered Johanan. 10 And Johanan fathered Azariah, he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem. 11 And Azariah fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub. 12 And Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum. 13 And Shallum fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah. 14 And Azariah fathered Seraiah, and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak. 15 And Jehozadak went when Yahweh exiled Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17 And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. 18 And the sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. 19 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the clans of the Levites according to their fathers. 20 Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25 And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth, 26 Elkanah, his son Elkanah, Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28 And the sons of Samuel: Joel, the firstborn, and the second, Abijah. 29 The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

31 And it was these whom David made stand over the hands of song in the house of Yahweh after the resting of the Box. 32 And they were ministering to the face of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, with song until Solomon built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem. And they stood according to their regulations over their service.

33 And these were the ones standing and their sons. From the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, 34 the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35 the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37 the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38 the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

39 And his brother Asaph, the one standing at his right hand, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 40 the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, 41 the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42 the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43 the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44 And the sons of Merari, their brothers, on the left: Ethan, the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, 47 the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48 And their brothers, the Levites, were appointed to all of the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. 49 And Aaron and his sons were offering on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all of the work of the Holy of Holies and to cover over Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 And these were the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 And these were their dwellings according to their habitations in their border. To the sons of Aaron, to the clan of the Kohathite (for to them was the lot), 55 and they gave to them Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasturelands around it, 56 but the field of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.

57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave cities of refuge: Hebron and Libnah and its pasturelands and Jattir and Eshtemoa and its pasturelands 58 and Hilen and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands 59 and Ashan and its pasturelands and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands. 60 And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba and its pasturelands and Alemeth and its pasturelands and Anathoth and its pasturelands.

All of their cities among their clans were 13 cities.

61 And to the sons of Kohath, the remaining from the clan of the tribe, they gave ten cities by lot from the half tribe, half of Manasseh. 62 And to the sons of Gershom, for their clans, from the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher and from the tribe of Naphtali and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan they gave 13 cities. 63 To the sons of Merari, for their clans, from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun they gave 12 cities by lot. 64 And the sons of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their pasturelands. 65 And they gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin these cities, which they called them by names.

66 And some of the clans of the sons of Kohath, cities of their border were from the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gave to them cities of refuge: Shechem and its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim and Gezer and its pasturelands 68 and Jokmeam and its pasturelands and Beth Horon and its pasturelands 69 and Aijalon and its pasturelands and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands. 70 And from the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands, for the remaining clan of the sons of Kohath.

71 To the sons of Gershom, from the clans of the half tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands. 72 And from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands 73 and Ramoth and its pasturelands and Anem and its pasturelands. 74 And from the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its pasturelands and Abdon and its pasturelands 75 and Hukok and its pasturelands and Rehob and its pasturelands. 76 And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands and Hammon and its pasturelands and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.

77 To the remaining sons of Merari, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and its pasturelands, Tabor and its pasturelands, 78 and from across the Jordan at Jericho, to the east of the Jordan: from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness and its pasturelands and Jahzah and its pasturelands 79 and Kedemoth and its pasturelands and Mephaath and its pasturelands. 80 And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands and Mahanaim and its pasturelands 81 and Heshbon and its pasturelands and Jazer and its pasturelands.

7 And to the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron—four. 2 And the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Ibsam and Shemuel, heads of the house of their fathers from Tola, warriors of valor in their generations. Their number in the days of David was 22,600. 3 And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael and Obadiah and Joel, Isshiah. The five were heads, all of them. 4 And with them, according to their generations in the house of their fathers, warriors of an army of battle, 36,000, for they multiplied wives and sons. 5 And their brothers from all of the clans of Issachar, warriors of valors, 87,000, all enrolled.

6 Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael—three. 7 And the sons of Bela: Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri. The five were heads of the house of their fathers, warriors of valors and enrolled, 22,034. 8 And the sons of Becher: Zemirah and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri and Jeremoth and Abijah and Anathoth and Alemeth. All of these [were the sons of Becher, 9 and they were enrolled according to their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, warriors of valor, 20,200. 10 And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tarshish and Ahishahar. 11 All of these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers, warriors of valors, 17,200, going out as an army to battle. 12 And Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, Hushim, of the sons of Aher.

13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum—sons of Bilhah.

14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore. She bore Machir, the father of Gilead. 15 And Machir took a wife of Huppim and of Shuppim. And the name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second, Zelophehad. And daughters were to Zelophehad. 16 And Maacah, the wife of Machir, bore a son and she called his name Peresh. And the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah. 19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.

20 And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, 21 and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. But the men of Gath born in the land killed them because they came down to take their livestock. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 And he went in to his wife, and she conceived and she bore a son. And he called his name Beriah because disaster was in his house. 24 And his daughter was Sheerah. And she built Beth Horon, Lower and Upper, and Uzzen Sheerah. 25 And Rephah, his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Non his son, Joshua his son.

28 And their holdings and their dwellings were Bethel and its daughters. And to the east, Naaran. And to the west, Gezer and its daughters and Shechem and its daughters, unto Ayyah and its daughters. 29 And at the hands of the sons of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its daughters, Taanach and its daughters, Megiddo and its daughters, Dor and its daughters. In these the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, lived.

30 The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah, and Serah was their sister. 31 And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel; he was the father of Birzaith. 32 And Heber fathered Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham, and Shua was their sister. 33 And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach and Bimhal and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. 34 And the sons of Shemer: Ahi and Rohgah and Jehubbah and Aram. 35 And the sons of Helem, his brother: Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal. 36 And the sons of Zophah: Suah and Harnepher and Shual and Beri and Imrah, 37 Bezer and Hod and Shamma and Shilshah and Ithran and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh and Pispa and Ara. 39 And the sons of Ulla: Arah and Hanniel and Rizia. 40 All of these were sons of Asher, heads of the house of their fathers, chosen, warriors of valor, heads of chiefs, enrolled in the army for battle. Their number was 26,000 men.

8 And Benjamin fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel, the second; and Aharah, the third; 2 Nohah, the fourth; and Rapha, the fifth. 3 And sons were to Bela: Addar and Gera and Abihud 4 and Abishua and Naaman and Ahoah 5 and Gera and Shephuphan and Huram. 6 And these were the sons of Ehud—these, they were heads of fathers among the dwellers of Geba, but they exiled them to Manahath: 7 even Naaman and Ahijah and Gera. He, he exiled them, and he fathered Uzza and Ahihud. 8 And Shaharaim fathered in the field of Moab after he sent them away, Hushim and Baara, his wives. 9 And by Hodesh his wife he fathered Jobab and Zibia and Mesha and Malcam 10 and Jeuz and Sachia and Mirmah. These, his sons, were heads of fathers. 11 And by Hushim he fathered Abitub and Elpaal. 12 And the sons of Elpaal: Eber and Misham and Shemed (he, he built Ono and Lod and its daughters) 13 and Beriah and Shema. They were heads of the fathers to the dwellers of Aijalon; they, they made the dwellers of Gath flee. 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth 15 and Zebadiah and Arad and Eder 16 and Michael and Ishpah and Joha were the sons of Beriah. 17 And Zebadiah and Meshullam and Hizki and Heber 18 and Ishmerai and Izliah and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal. 19 And Jakim and Zichri and Zabdi 20 and Elienai and Zillethai and Eliel 21 and Adaiah and Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei. 22 And Ishpan and Eber and Eliel 23 and Abdon and Zichri and Hanan 24 and Hananiah and Elam and Anthothijah 25 and Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. 26 And Shamsherai and Shehariah and Athaliah 27 and Jaareshiah and Elijah and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham. 28 These were heads of fathers according to their generations, heads. These dwelled in Jerusalem.

29 And they dwelled in Gibeon, Jeiel, the father of Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maacah. 30 And his firstborn son was Abdon, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Nadab 31 and Gedor and Ahio and Zecher. 32 And Mikloth fathered Shimeah. And they too, opposite their brothers, they dwelled in Jerusalem with their brothers. 33 And Ner fathered Kish, and Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan and Malchi Shua and Abinadab and Esh Baal. 34 And the son of Jonathan, Merib Baal. And Merib Baal fathered Micah. 35 And the sons of Micah: Pithon and Melech and Tarea and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah. And Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri. And Zimri fathered Moza. 37 And Moza fathered Binea. Raphah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 38 And to Azel were six sons. And these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. All of these were the sons of Azel. 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam, his firstborn; Jeush, the second; and Eliphelet, the third. 40 And the sons of Ulam were men, warriors of valor, treaders of the bow and multipliers of sons and sons of sons, 150. All of these were from the sons of Benjamin.

9 And all of Israel were enrolled, and behold, they are written on the scroll of the kings of Israel. And Judah were exiled to Babylon because of their transgression. 2 And the first dwellers who were in their holding in their cities were Israel, priests, Levites, and temple servants. 3 And they dwelled in Jerusalem from the sons of Judah and from the sons of Benjamin and from the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh. 4 Uthai, the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani from the sons of Perez, the son of Judah. 5 And from the Shilonite: Asaiah, the firstborn, and his sons. 6 And from the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brothers, 690. 7 And from the sons of Benjamin: Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah, 8 and Ibneiah, the son of Jeroham, and Elah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah, 9 and their brothers according to their generations, 956. All of these men were heads of fathers according to the house of their fathers.

10 And from the priests: Jedaiah and Jehoiarib and Jachin 11 and Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God, 12 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, 13 and their brothers, heads of the house of their fathers, 1,760, warriors of valor for the work of the service of the house of God.

14 And from the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, from the sons of Merari, 15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh and Galal and Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph, 16 and Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, a dweller in the villages of the Netophathite.

17 And the gatekeepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers. Shallum was the head. 18 And until now at the gate of the king from the east, they are gatekeepers for the camps of the sons of Levi. 19 And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers were over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entrance. 20 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was leader over them to their faces; Yahweh was with him. 21 Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was the gatekeeper of the entrance to the tent of meeting. 22 All of them were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, 212. They were enrolled in their villages. They, David and Samuel the seer established in their trust. 23 And they and their sons were over the gates of the house of Yahweh, of the house of the tent, as guards. 24 The gatekeepers were to the four winds: east, west, north, and south. 25 And their brothers in their villages were to come for seven days from time to time with these. 26 For in their trust, they, the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they were Levites, and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God. 27 And they lodged around the house of God, for the watch was upon them. And they were over the opening, and to morning, to morning.

28 And from them were over the utensils of the service, for by number they brought them in, and by number they brought them out. 29 And from them were ones appointed over the vessels, even over all of the vessels of the Holy Place, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices. 30 And from the sons of the priests were mixers of the ointment for the spices. 31 And Mattithiah from the Levites (he was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite) was in trust over the work of the flat cakes. 32 And from the sons of the Kohathite, from their brothers, were over the bread of the arrangement, to prepare it, Sabbath, Sabbath.

33 And these, the singers, heads of fathers of the Levites, in the chambers were free, for day and by night they were over them in the work. 34 These, heads of fathers of the Levites according to their generations, were heads. These dwelled in Jerusalem.

35 And they dwelled in Gibeon, the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maacah. 36 And his firstborn son was Abdon, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab 37 and Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth. 38 And Mikloth fathered Shimeam. And also they, opposite their brothers, lived in Jerusalem with their brothers. 39 And Ner fathered Kish. And Kish fathered Saul. And Saul fathered Jonathan and Malchi Shua and Abinadab and Esh Baal. 40 And the son of Jonathan: Merib Baal. And Merib Baal fathered Micah. 41 And the sons of Micah: Pithon and Melech and Tahrea. 42 And Ahaz fathered Jarah. And Jarah fathered Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri. And Zimri fathered Moza. 43 And Moza fathered Binea. And Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 44 And to Azel were six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

10 Now the Philistines fought with Israel, and the men of Israel fled from the face of the Philistines, and they fell slain on Mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philistines pursued after Saul and after his sons. And the Philistines struck Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi Shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the battle was heavy against Saul. And the shooters with the bow found him. And he writhed from the shooters. 4 And Saul said to the carrier of his equipment, “Draw your sword and stab me with it, lest these uncircumcised ones come and abuse me.” But the carrier of his equipment was not willing, for he feared greatly. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. 5 And the carrier of his equipment saw that Saul had died, so he fell, he also, on his sword, and he died. 6 So Saul died, and three of his sons, even all of his house, died together.

7 And all of the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons had died. And they abandoned their cities and fled. And the Philistines came and dwelled in them. 8 And it happened on the next day that the Philistines came to strip the slain. And they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 And they stripped him, and they carried away his head and his weapons. And they sent into the land of the Philistines all around to proclaim to their idols and to the people. 10 And they put his weapons in the house of their gods, and they fastened his head in the house of Dagon. 11 And all of Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul. 12 And all of the men of valor arose and carried away the corpse of Saul and the corpses of his sons, and they brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak tree in Jabesh. And they fasted seven days.

13 And Saul died because of his transgression that he transgressed against Yahweh, because of the word of Yahweh that he did not keep, and also for having inquired of a ritual pit for seeking. 14 For he did not seek Yahweh, so he killed him. And he turned the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

11 And all of Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. 2 Both yesterday and the third day, even when Saul was king, you were bringing out and bringing in Israel. And Yahweh your God said to you, ‘You, you will shepherd my people Israel, and you, you will become the ruler over my people Israel.’ ” 3 And all of the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David cut for them a covenant in Hebron to the face of Yahweh. And they anointed David as king over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh by the hand of Samuel.

4 And David and all of Israel went to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus. And the Jebusite, the dwellers of the land, were there. 5 And the dwellers of Jebus said to David, “You will not come here.” But David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is, the City of David. 6 And David said, “Anyone striking the Jebusite first will become the head and the chief. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and he became the head. 7 And David dwelled in the stronghold, therefore they called to it the City of David. 8 And he built the city from around, from the Millo and to around. And Joab restored the rest of the city. 9 And David went, going and becoming great, and Yahweh of Armies was with him.

10 Now these are the heads of the warriors who were to David, the ones strengthening themselves with him in his kingdom with all of Israel to make him king according to the word of Yahweh concerning Israel. 11 And these are the recounting of the warriors who were to David. Jashobeam, the son of the Hachmonite, was the head of the Three. He was awakening his spear against 300, slain at one time. 12 And after him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo the Ahohite. He was among the three warriors. 13 He was with David at Pas Dammim. Now the Philistines had assembled themselves there for battle, and a portion of the field was full of barley. And the people fled from the face of the Philistines. 14 But they stationed themselves in the midst of the portion, and they delivered it, and they struck the Philistines. And Yahweh saved a great salvation.

15 And three from the head Thirty went down to the rock, to David, to the cave of Adullam. And the camp of Philistines encamped in the Valley of the Raphaites. 16 And David was then in the stronghold, and a garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. 17 And David desired, and he said, “Who will give me waters from the well of Bethlehem that is at the gate?” 18 And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and they drew waters from the well of Bethlehem that is at the gate. And they carried them away and brought them to David. But David was not willing to drink them, and he poured them out to Yahweh. 19 And he said, “Profane to me from God from doing this! Shall I drink the blood of these men with their lives? For they brought them with their lives.” And he was not willing to drink them. The three warriors did these things.

20 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was the head of the Three, and he was awakening his spear against 300, slain. And to him was a name among the Three. 21 From the Three, in the second, he was honored. And he became a commander to them. But he did not come to the Three.

22 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was a son of a man of valor, many of deeds, from Kabzeel. He, he struck the two Ariel of Moab. And he, he went down and struck a lion in the midst of the pit on a day of snow. 23 And he, he struck a man of Egypt, a man of measure, five by the cubit. Now in the hand of the Egyptian was a spear like a beam of weavers, and he went down against him with a staff. But he seized the spear from the hand of the Egyptian, and he killed him with his spear. 24 Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, did these things. And to him was a name among the three warriors. 25 More than the Thirty, behold him being honored, him, but to the Three he did not come. And David put him over his bodyguard.

26 And the warriors of valors were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo from Bethlehem, 27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, 30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, 31 Ithai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 32 Hurai from the valleys of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 34 the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite, 35 Ahiam the son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri, 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the carrier of the equipment of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a head of the Reubenite, and 30 with him, 43 Hanan the son of Maacah and Joshaphat the Mithnite, 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, 45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother the Tizite, 46 Eliel the Mahavite and Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 47 Eliel and Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

12 Now these are the ones having come to David at Ziklag while he was restrained from the face of Saul, the son of Kish. And they were among the warriors, helpers of the battle. 2 Kissers of the bow, being right-handed and being left-handed with stones and with arrows with the bow, from the brothers of Saul, from Benjamin: 3 The head, Ahiezer, and Joash, sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite 4 and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a warrior among the 30 and over the 30, and Jeremiah and Jahaziel and Johanan and Jozabad the Gederathite, 5 Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite, 6 Elkanah and Isshiah and Azarel and Joezer and Jashobeam, the Korahites, 7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.

8 And from the Gadite, they separated themselves to David at the stronghold in the wilderness, warriors of valor, men of the army for battle, arrayers of the shield and spear, and faces of lions were their faces, and like gazelles on the hills for hastening: 9 Ezer, the head; Obadiah, the second; Eliab, the third; 10 Mishmannah, the fourth; Jeremiah, the fifth; 11 Attai, the sixth; Eliel, the seventh; 12 Johanan, the eighth; Elzabad, the ninth; 13 Jeremiah, the tenth; Machbannai, the eleventh. 14 These were from the sons of Gad, heads of the army. One, the least was for 100, and the greatest was for 1,000. 15 These are they who passed over the Jordan in the first month, and it was filling over all of its banks, and they made all of the valleys flee, to the east and to the west.

16 And some from the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David. 17 And David went out to their faces, and he answered and said to them: “If you have come to me in peace to help me, a heart will be to me toward you for unity. But if to betray me to my adversaries, with no violence in my palms, may the God of our fathers see and judge.” 18 And the Spirit clothed Amasai, the head of the 30: “For you, David, and with you, son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to the one helping you, for your God helps you!” And David accepted them, and he appointed them as heads of a troop.

19 And some from Manasseh fell to David when he came with the Philistines to battle against Saul. But they did not help them, for by counsel, the lords of the Philistines sent him away, saying, “By our heads, he will fall to his master Saul.” 20 When he went to Ziklag, they fell to him from Manasseh: Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zillethai, heads of thousands that were to Manasseh. 21 And they, they helped with David against the troop, for all of them were warriors of valor, and they were commanders in the army. 22 For at the time of day by day, they were coming to David to help him, until to a great camp, like the camp of God.

23 And these are the numbers of the heads of the equipped for war. They came to David at Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him according to the mouth of Yahweh. 24 The sons of Judah, carriers of the shield and the spear, 6,800 equipped of war. 25 From the sons of Simeon, warriors of valor for war, 7,100. 26 From the sons of Levi, 4,600. 27 And Jehoiada, the leader from Aaron, and with him 3,700. 28 And Zadok, a young man, a warrior of valor, and the house of his father, 22 commanders. 29 And from the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, 3,000. And until then the majority of them were keeping the keeping of the house of Saul. 30 And from the sons of Ephraim, 20,800 warriors of valor, men of names, according to the house of their fathers. 31 And from the half of the tribe of Manasseh, 18,000 who were designated by names to come to make David king. 32 And from the sons of Issachar, knowers of understanding of the times to know what Israel should do, their heads, 200, and all of their brothers at their mouth. 33 From Zebulun, goers out of war, arrayers of battle with all of the weapons of battle, 50,000, and to keep rank without a heart and a heart. 34 And from Naphtali, 1,000 commanders, and with them with shield and spear, 37,000. 35 And from the Danites, arrayers of battle, 28,600. 36 And from Asher, goers out of war to array for battle, 40,000. 37 And from across the Jordan, from the Reubenite and the Gadite and half of the tribe of Manasseh, with all of the weapons of war for battle, 120,000.

38 All of these men of battle, keepers of the array, came with a whole heart to Hebron to make David king over all of Israel. And also all of the rest of Israel had one heart to make David king. 39 And they were there with David three days eating and drinking, for their brothers had prepared for them. 40 And also the ones near to them, unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing bread on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen: food of flour, fig cakes and raisins cakes and wine and oil and oxen and sheep in abundance, for joy was in Israel.

13 And David consulted with the commanders of thousands and hundreds, with every leader. 2 And David said to all of the assembly of Israel, “If it is good to you and from Yahweh our God, let us spread, let us send to our remaining brothers in all of the lands of Israel, and with them the priests and the Levites in the cities of their pasturelands, and let them be gathered to us. 3 And let us return the Box of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.” 4 And all of the assembly said to do thus, for the matter was right in the eyes of all of the people. 5 And David assembled all of Israel, from Shihor of Egypt and unto Lebo Hamath, to bring the Box of God from Kiriath Jearim. 6 And David went up, and all of Israel, to Baalah, to Kiriath Jearim, which is to Judah, to bring up from there the Box of God, Yahweh, sitter of the cherubs, which is called by the name. 7 And they made the Box of God ride on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzzah and Ahio were driving the cart. 8 And David and all of Israel were rejoicing to the face of God with all might and with songs and with harps and with lyres and with tambourines and with cymbals and with trumpets.

9 And they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, and Uzzah sent out his hand to hold the Box, for the oxen stumbled. 10 And the nose of Yahweh burned against Uzzah, and he struck him because he had sent his hand upon the Box. And he died there to the face of God. 11 And it burned to David because Yahweh had broken out a breaking out against Uzzah. And he called to that place Perez Uzzah, to this day. 12 And David feared God on that day, saying, “How shall I bring the Box of God to me?” 13 So David did not turn the Box to himself, to the city of David, but he turned it aside to the house of Obed Edom the Gittite. 14 And the Box of God dwelled with the house of Obed Edom in his house three months. And Yahweh blessed the house of Obed Edom and all that was to him.

14 And Hiram, the king of Tyre, sent messengers to David, and trees of cedar and craftsmen of a wall and craftsmen of wood to build a house for him. 2 Then David knew that Yahweh had established him as king over Israel, that his kingdom had been lifted to the height for the sake of his people Israel.

3 And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters. 4 And these are the names of the ones born who were to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan and Solomon 5 and Ibhar and Elishua and Elpelet, 6 and Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia 7 and Elishama and Beeliada and Eliphelet.

8 Now the Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king over all of Israel, and all of the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard, and he went out to their faces. 9 And the Philistines came, and they spread out in the Valley of the Rephaim. 10 Then David asked God, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will you give them into my hand?” And Yahweh said to him, “Go up, for I will give them into your hand.” 11 And they went up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there. And David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand like the breaking through of waters.” Therefore they call the name of that place Baal Perazim. 12 And they abandoned their gods there, and David spoke, and they were burned with fire.

13 And the Philistines added again, and they spread out in the valley. 14 And David asked God again. And God said to him, “Do not go up after them; circle around from upon them and come at them from opposite the balsam trees. 15 And it will be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out in battle, for God has gone out to your face to strike the camp of the Philistines.” 16 And David did according to what God had commanded. And he struck the camp of the Philistines, from Gibeon and unto Gezer. 17 And the name of David went out into all of the lands, and Yahweh put the fear of him on all of the nations.

15 And he made houses for himself in the City of David. And he prepared a place for the Box of God, and he stretched out a tent for it. 2 Then David said, “One is not to carry the Box of God except the Levites. For Yahweh chose them to carry the Box of Yahweh and to serve him forever.” 3 And David assembled all of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the Box of Yahweh to its place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David assembled the sons of Aaron and the Levites. 5 Of the sons of Kohath, Uriel, the chief, and his brothers, 120. 6 Of the sons of Merari, Asaiah, the chief, and his brothers, 220. 7 Of the sons of Gershom, Joel, the chief, and his brothers, 130. 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah, the chief, and his brothers, 200. 9 Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel, the chief, and his brothers, 80. 10 Of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab, the chief, and his brothers, 112. 11 And David called for Zadok and for Abiathar, the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab. 12 And he said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers of the Levites. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, and bring up the Box of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to where I have prepared for it. 13 For because at the first it was not you, Yahweh our God broke out against us, for we did not seek him according to the ordinance.” 14 And the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the Box of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 15 And the sons of Levi carried the Box of God according to what Moses had commanded, according to the word of Yahweh, on their shoulders, with poles on them.

16 And David said to the chiefs of the Levites to station their brothers, the singers, with instruments of song, lyres and harps and cymbals, playing to raise a sound of rejoicing. 17 And the Levites stationed Heman, the son of Joel, and from his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah, and from the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan, the son of Kushaiah, 18 and with them, their brothers, the seconds: 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 gatekeepers. 19 And the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with bronze cymbals to make heard. 20 And Zechariah and Aziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Unni and Eliab and Maaseiah and Benaiah with lyres, according to Alamoth. 21 And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah,and Obed Edom and Jeiel and Azaziah with lyres, to lead according to Sheminith. 22 And Kenaniah, the chief of the Levites, in lifting up, to instruct in lifting up, for he was understanding. 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah were keepers for the Box. 24 And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were blowing trumpets to the face of the Box of God. And Obed Edom and Jehiah were keepers for the Box.

25 And it happened that David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands were going to bring up the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh from the house of Obed Edom with rejoicing. 26 And it happened, when God helped the Levites carrying the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. 27 And David was clothed in a robe of fine linen, and all of the Levites carrying the Box and the singers and Kenaniah, the chief of the lifting up of the singers. And an ephod of linen was on David. 28 And all of Israel was bringing up the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh with shouting and with the sound of the shofar and with trumpets and with cymbals, playing on lyres and harps.

29 And it happened that the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh was coming to the city of David, and Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down through a window. And she saw King David dancing and celebrating. And she despised him in her heart.

16 And they brought in the Box of God, and they placed it in the midst of the tent that David had stretched out for it. And they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings to the face of God. 2 And David finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, and he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh. 3 And he distributed to each man of Israel, from man and to woman, to a man a loaf of bread and a date cake and a raisin cake.

4 And he appointed to the face of the Box of Yahweh from the Levites as ministering ones and to make one remember and to thank and to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel. 5 Asaph, the head, and Zechariah, his second; Jeiel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed Edom and Jeiel with instruments of lyres and harps, and Asaph playing on cymbals, 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel, the priests, with trumpets continually to the face of the Box of the Covenant of God.

7 On that day David then first appointed to thank Yahweh by the hand of Asaph and his brothers:

8 Give thanks to Yahweh, call on his name;

make known his deeds among the peoples!

9 Sing to him, make music to him;

meditate on all of his wonderful doings.

10 Glory in the name of his holiness;

let the heart of the seekers of Yahweh rejoice.

11 Seek Yahweh and his strength;

search for his face continually.

12 Remember his wonderful doings that he has done,

his miracles and the judgments of his mouth,

13 seed of Israel his servant,

sons of Jacob, his chosen ones.

14 He is Yahweh, our God;

his judgments are in all of the earth.

15 Remember his covenant forever,

the word he commanded, for a thousand generations,

16 which he cut with Abraham,

and his oath to Isaac.

17 And he confirmed it to Jacob as a statute,

to Israel, as a covenant forever,

18 saying, “I will give to you the land of Canaan

as the portion of your inheritance,”

19 when you were few in number,

according to a little, and sojourners in it.

20 And they wandered from nation to nation,

and from a kingdom to another people.

21 He did not allow a man to oppress them;

and he rebuked kings because of them:

22 “May you not touch my anointed ones,

and may you not harm my prophets.”

23 Sing to Yahweh, all of the earth;

announce his salvation from day to day.

24 Recount his glory among the nations,

his wonderful doings, among all of the peoples.

25 For Yahweh is great and is to be praised much,

and he is to be feared above all gods.

26 For all of the gods of the peoples are idols,

but Yahweh made the heavens.

27 Splendor and majesty are to his face;

strength and joy are in his place.

28 Ascribe to Yahweh, clans of the peoples,

ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength!

29 Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of his name;

bring an offering and come to his face;

worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness.

30 Tremble from his face, all of the earth.

Indeed, the world is established; it will not be shaken.

31 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad,

and let them say among the nations, “Yahweh reigns!”

32 Let the sea roar and its fullness;

let the field rejoice and all that is in it.

33 Then let the trees of the forest shout joyfully from to the face of Yahweh,

for he is coming to judge the earth.

34 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,

for his covenant faithfulness is to forever.

35 And say, “Save us, God of our salvation,

and gather us and deliver us from the nations,

to give thanks to the name of your holiness,

to glory ourselves in your praise.”

36 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,

from everlasting and to everlasting.

And all of the people said, “Amen,” and they praised Yahweh.

37 And he left Asaph and his brothers there to the face of the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh to minister to the face of the Box continually, according to the matter of a day in its day, 38 and Obed Edom and their brothers, 68, and Obed Edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, were gatekeepers, 39 and Zadok, the priest, and his brothers, the priests, to the face of the tabernacle of Yahweh at the high place that was in Gibeon 40 to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering continually, by morning and by evening, even according to everything written in the law of Yahweh that he commanded to Israel. 41 And with them, Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of the chosen who were designated by names to give thanks to Yahweh, “for his covenant faithfulness is to forever.” 42 And with them, Heman and Jeduthun to be making heard trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate. 43 And all of the people went, a man to his house, and David returned to bless his house.

17 And it happened, when David had dwelled in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, “Behold, I, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, but the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh is under curtains.” 2 And Nathan said to David, “All that is in your heart, do, for God is with you.” 3 But it happened in that night that the word of God was to Nathan, saying, 4 “Go, and you shall say to David my servant, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “You, you shall not build for me a house for dwelling. 5 for I have not dwelled in a house from the day that I brought up Israel until this day, but I have been from tent to tent, and from a tabernacle. 6 In any place where I went about with all of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the scepters of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, ‘Why have you not built for me a house of cedars’?” ’

16 And King David came and sat to the face of Yahweh, and he said, “Who am I, Yahweh God, and what is my house, that you have brought me to here? 17 And this was small in your eyes, God, for you have spoken regarding the house of your servant to afar, and you have regarded me according to the rank of a man of ascent, Yahweh God. 18 What shall David add more to you about honoring your servant? For you, you know your servant. 19 Yahweh, for the sake of your servant and according to your heart, you have done all of this greatness, to make known all of the greatnesses. 20 Yahweh, there is none like you and no God except you, in all that we have heard with our ears. 21 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on the earth whose God went to redeem for himself a people, to make for himself a great and feared name, to dispossess nations from the face of your people whom you redeemed from Egypt? 22 And you established your people Israel for yourself as a people to forever, and you, Yahweh, you became God to them. 23 And now, Yahweh, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, may it be confirmed to forever, and do just as you have spoken. 24 And may it be confirmed, and may your name be great to forever, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, is God to Israel,’ and may the house of David your servant be established to your face. 25 For you, my God, have uncovered the ear of your servant, to build a house for him. Therefore your servant has found to pray to your face. 26 And now, Yahweh, you are he, God, and you have spoken this good concerning your servant. 27 And now, you have decided to bless the house of your servant, to be to your face forever. For you, Yahweh, you have blessed, so it will be blessed forever.”

18 And it happened after this that David struck the Philistines, and he subdued them. And he took Gath and its daughters from the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he struck Moab, and Moab became servants to David, lifters of tribute.

3 And David struck Hadadezer, the king of Zobah Hamath, when he went to establish his hand at the Euphrates River. 4 And David captured from him 1,000 chariots, and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 men on foot. And David hamstrung all of the chariots, but he left from him 100 chariots.

5 And Aram of Damascus came to help Hadadezer the king of Zobah. And David struck 22,000 men among Aram. 6 And David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and Aram became servants to David, lifters of tribute. And Yahweh saved David in every place where he went. 7 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and he brought them to Jerusalem. 8 And from Tibhath and from Kun, cities of Hadadezer, David took very much bronze. With it, Solomon made the sea of bronze and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.

9 And Tou, the king of Hamath, heard that David had struck all of the army of Hadadezer, the king of Zobah. 10 And he sent Hadoram his son to King David to ask him for peace and to bless him because he had fought with Hadadezer and had struck him. For Tou had been a man of war with Hadadezer. And all of the vessels of gold and silver and bronze, 11 King David also consecrated them to Yahweh with the silver and the gold that he had lifted from all of the nations, from Edom and from Moab and from the sons of Ammon and from the Philistines and from Amalek.

12 And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, struck Edom in the Valley of Salt, 18,000. 13 And he put garrisons in Edom, and all of Edom became servants to David. And Yahweh saved David in every place where he went.

14 And David reigned over all of Israel. And it happened that he was doing judgment and righteousness for all of his people. 15 And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was over the army, and Jehoshaphat, the son of Ahilud, was the recorder. 16 And Zadok, the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests, and Shavasha was the scribe. 17 And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were heads at the hand of the king.

19 And it happened after this that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, died, and his son reigned in place of him. 2 And David said, “I will do kindness with Hanun, the son of Nahash, for his father did kindness with me.” And David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon, to Hanun, to console him 3 And the commanders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, “In your eyes, is David honoring your father because he has sent comforters to you? Is it not in order to explore and to overthrow and to spy on the land that his servants have come to you?” 4 So Hanun took the servants of David, and he shaved them, and he cut their garments in the middle, to the buttocks, and he sent them away, 5 and they went. And they declared to David concerning the men, and he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, “Stay in Jericho until when your beards grow, then return.”

6 And the sons of Ammon saw that they had made themselves stink with David. So Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent 1,000 kikkars of silver to hire chariots and horsemen for themselves from Aram Naharaim and from Aram Maacah and from Zobah. 7 And they hired for themselves 32,000 chariots and the king of Maacah and his people. And they came, and they encamped to the face of Medeba. And the sons of Ammon assembled themselves from their cities, and they came for battle. 8 And David heard, and he sent Joab and all of the army, the warriors. 9 And the sons of Ammon came out, and they arrayed for battle at the entrance of the city. And the kings who came were by themselves in the field.

10 And Joab saw that the faces of the battle were against him before and behind, and he chose from all of the chosen of Israel, and he arrayed them to meet Aram. 11 And he put the rest of the people in the hand of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them to meet the sons of Ammon. 12 And he said, “If Aram is stronger than me, then you shall be to me for salvation, but if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you, then I will save you. 13 Be strong, and let us strengthen ourselves for the sake of our people and for the sake of the cities of our God. And may Yahweh do the good in his eyes.” 14 Then Joab and the people who were with him approached to the face of Aram for battle, and they fled from his face. 15 And the sons of Ammon saw that Aram had fled, and they fled, they also, from the face of Abishai his brother. And they came to the city, and Joab came to Jerusalem.

16 And Aram saw that they had been defeated to the face of Israel. And they sent messengers, and they brought Aram that was from beyond the River and Shophach, the commander of the army of Hadadezer, to their faces. 17 And it was declared to David, and he assembled all of Israel, and he crossed the Jordan, and he came to Helam, and he arrayed against them. And David arrayed to meet Aram in battle, and they fought with him. 18 And Aram fled from the face of Israel, and David killed from Aram 7,000 charioteers and 40,000 men on foot. And he killed Shobach, the commander of the army. 19 And the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been struck to the face of Israel, and they made peace with David, and they served him. And Aram was not willing to save the sons of Ammon anymore.

20 And it happened at the time of the return of the year, the time of the going out of kings, that Joab led the might of the army, and he destroyed the land of the sons of Ammon, and he came and besieged against Rabbah. But David stayed in Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah, and he tore it down. 2 And David took the crown of their king from upon his head, and he found it, the weight, a kikkar of gold, and in it a precious stone, and it was on the head of David. And he brought out the plunder of the city, being very great. 3 And he brought out the people who were in it, and one sawed with the saw and with picks of iron and with saws. And thus David did to all of the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David and all of the people returned to Jerusalem.

4 And it happened after this that battle arose at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck Saph, from the children of the Raphaites, and they were subdued. 5 And there was battle again with the Philistines. And Elhanan, the son of Jair, struck Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, and the wood of his spear was like a beam of weavers. 6 And there was battle again at Gath, and there was a man of stature, and his digits were six and six, 24. And he also was born to Rapha. 7 And he taunted Israel, and Jonathan, the son of Shimeah, the brother of David, struck him. 8 These were born to Rapha in Gath. And they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

21 And the adversary stood up against Israel, and he incited David to count Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the commanders of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba and to Dan, and bring to me, that I may know their number.” 3 And Joab said, “May Yahweh add to his people like them 100 times. My lord the king, are not all of them servants to my lord? Why does my lord seek this? Why should it be for guilt to Israel?” 4 But the word of the king prevailed against Joab. So Joab went out and walked about in all of Israel. Then he came to Jerusalem. 5 And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the people to David. And all of Israel was 1,100,000 men drawing the sword, and Judah, 470,000 men drawing the sword. 6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not muster in their midst, for the word of the king was abhorrent to Joab. 7 And it was evil in the eyes of God concerning this word, and he struck Israel. 8 And David said to God, “I have sinned greatly, that I have done this thing. And now, please make the iniquity of your servant pass away, for I have acted very foolishly.”

9 And Yahweh spoke to Gad, the seer of David, saying, 10 “Go, and you shall speak to David, saying, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Three, I, I am stretching over you. Choose for yourself one from them, and I will do it to you.” ’ ” 11 And Gad came to David, and he said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Take for yourself, 12 whether three years of famine or three months of being swept away from the face of your adversaries and the sword of your enemies overtaking you or three days of the sword of Yahweh, even a plague in the land and the angel of Yahweh destroying in all of the border of Israel.’ And now, see, what word shall I return to the one having sent me?” 13 And David said to Gad, “It is narrow to me greatly! Let me fall, please, into the hand of Yahweh, for his mercies are very many, but into the hand of man, let me not fall.” 14 And Yahweh put a plague on Israel, and 70,000 men from Israel fell. 15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. But as he was destroying, Yahweh saw, and he relented concerning the harm. And he said to the destroying angel, “Enough! Now lower your hand.” And the angel of Yahweh was standing at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16 And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of Yahweh standing between the earth and between the heavens, and his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. And David fell, and the elders, covered in sackcloth, on their faces. 17 And David said to God, “Was it not I, I who said to muster the people? And I am he who sinned, and doing wrong, I have done wrong. But these sheep, what have they done? Yahweh my God, please let your hand be against me and against the house of my father, but may a plague not be on your people.”

18 And the angel of Yahweh said to Gad to say to David that David should go up to raise an altar to Yahweh at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 So David went up at the word of Gad who spoke in the name of Yahweh. 20 And Ornan turned, and he saw the angel. And the four of his sons with him were hiding themselves. And Ornan was threshing wheat. 21 And David came to Ornan. And Ornan looked, and he saw David. And he came out from the threshing floor, and he prostrated himself to David, nostrils to the ground. 22 And David said to Ornan, “Give to me the place of the threshing floor, that I may build an altar to Yahweh on it—give it to me for the full silver—that the plague may be restrained from upon the people.” 23 And Ornan said to David, “Take for yourself, that my lord the king may do the good in his eyes. See, I give the cattle for the burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for the wood and the wheat for the offering. I give everything.” 24 And King David said to Ornan, “No, for buying, I will buy for the full silver, for I will not lift up to Yahweh what is to you and offer a burnt offering without cost.” 25 And David gave to Ornan 600 shekels of gold by weight for the place. 26 And David built there an altar to Yahweh, and he offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to Yahweh, and he answered him with fire from the heavens on the altar of the burnt offering. 27 And Yahweh spoke to the angel, and he returned his sword to its sheath.

28 At that time, when David saw that Yahweh had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 29 For the tabernacle of Yahweh that Moses made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were at the high place in Gibeon at that time. 30 And David was not able to go to its face to seek God, for he was terrified from the face of the sword of the angel of Yahweh.

22 And David said, “This, it will be the house of Yahweh God, and this will be the altar for burnt offering for Israel.”

2 And David said to gather the foreigners who were in the land of Israel. And he appointed cutters to cut out stones of hewing to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared iron to abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates and for the joinings, and bronze to abundance, without weighing, 4 And trees of cedar without number, for the Sidonians and the Tyrians brought trees of cedar to David to abundance. 5 And David said, “Solomon my son is a young man and tender, and the house to build for Yahweh is to make great for the sake of the name and for beauty in all of the lands. Let me now prepare for it.” And David prepared to abundance to the face of his death.

6 And he called for Solomon his son, and he commanded him to build a house for Yahweh, the God of Israel. 7 And David said to Solomon, “My son, I, it was with my heart to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God. 8 But the word of Yahweh was to me, saying, ‘You have shed blood to abundance, and you have made great wars. You shall not build a house for my name, for you have shed much blood on the earth to my face. 9 Behold a son being born to you; he, he will be a man of rest. And I will give rest to him from all of his enemies from around. For Solomon will be his name, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. 10 He, he will build a house for my name. And he, he will be a son to me, and I will be a father to him. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel to forever.’ 11 Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you, and may you succeed, and may you build a house of Yahweh your God, just as he spoke about you. 12 Only may Yahweh give insight and understanding to you, and may he give you command over Israel, that you may keep the law of Yahweh your God. 13 Then you will succeed, if you are careful to do the statutes and the judgments that Yahweh commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and be courageous. May you not fear, and may you not be dismayed. 14 And behold, in my trouble, I have prepared for the house of Yahweh gold, 100,000, kikkars, and silver, 1,000,000 kikkars, and for bronze and for iron without weighing, for it is to abundance. And I have prepared timbers and stones, and you shall add to them. 15 And with you to abundance are doers of work: cutters and craftsmen of stone and wood, and all wise in all work 16 in gold, in silver, and in bronze and in iron, without number. Arise and work, and may Yahweh be with you.”

17 And David commanded all of the rulers of Israel to help Solomon his son, 18 “Is not Yahweh your God with you, and has he not given rest to you from around? For he has given the dwellers of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued to the face of Yahweh and to the face of his people. 19 Now give your heart and your soul to seek Yahweh your God, and arise and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh and the vessels of holiness of God to the house being built for the name of Yahweh.”

23 And David was old, and he was full of days, and he made Solomon his son reign over Israel. 2 And he gathered all of the rulers of Israel and the priests and the Levites. 3 And the Levites were counted from sons of 30 years and above, and the counting was by their skulls, by males, 38,000. 4 “From these, to lead over the work of the house of Yahweh, 24,000, and officers and judges, 6,000, 5 and 4,000 gatekeepers and 4,000 praisers of Yahweh with the instruments that I made for praising.” 6 And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

7 Of the Gershonite: Ladan and Shimei. 8 The sons of Ladan: Jehiel, the head, and Zetham and Joel—three. 9 The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran—three. These were the heads of the fathers of Ladan. 10 And the sons of Shimei: Jahath and Zina and Jeush,and Beriah. These were the sons of Shimei—four. 11 And Jahath was the head, and Zizah, the second, but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a house of a father by one assignment.

12 The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four. 13 The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated for him to consecrate the holy of holies, he and his sons to forever, to sacrifice to the face of Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless his name to forever. 14 And Moses, the man of God, his sons were called according to the tribe of Levi. 15 The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. 16 The sons of Gershom: Shebuel, the head. 17 And the sons of Eliezer were Rehabiah, the head. And other sons were not to Eliezer, but the sons of Rehabiah were many, to above. 18 The sons of Izhar: Shelomith, the head. 19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriah, the head; Amariah, the second; Jahaziel, the third; and Jekameam, the fourth. 20 The sons of Uzziel: Micah, the head, and Isshiah, the second. 21 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. 22 And Eleazar died and sons were not to him, but only daughters. And the sons of Kish, their brothers, lifted them. 23 The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth—three.

24 These were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of fathers, by their appointments, in the numbering of names by their skulls, the doer of the work of the service of the house of Yahweh, from sons of 20 years and above. 25 For David said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people. And he dwells in Jerusalem to forever. 26 And also for the Levites, it is not to carry the tabernacle and all of its vessels for its service.” 27 For by the last words of David they were counting the sons of Levi from sons of 20 years and to above. 28 For their service was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of Yahweh, over the courts and over the chambers and over the purifying of all of the holy and the work of the service of the house of God 29 and for the bread of the arrangement and for the fine flour for the offering and for the wafers of unleavened bread and for the pan and for the mixing and for every measure and size 30 and to stand, by morning by morning, to thank and to praise Yahweh, and thus in the evening, 31 and for every offering of burnt offerings to Yahweh on the Sabbaths, at the new moons, and at the annual festivals by number according to the regulation about them continually to the face of Yahweh. 32 And they kept the keeping of the tent of meeting and the keeping of the holy place and the keeping of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of Yahweh.

24 And to the sons of Aaron, their divisions. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 And Nadab died, and Abihu, to the face of their father, and sons were not to them. And Eleazar and Ithamar became priests. 3 And David divided them, and Zadok from the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the sons of Ithamar, according to their appointment in their service. 4 And more sons of Eleazar were found for heads of men than sons of Ithamar, so they divided them for the sons of Eleazar, heads of a house of fathers, sixteen, and for the sons of Ithamar for the house of their fathers, eight. 5 And they divided them by lots, these with these, for officials of the holy place and officials of God were from the sons of Eleazar and among the sons of Ithamar. 6 And Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel, the scribe from the Levites, wrote them to the face of the king and the officials and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers for the priests and for the Levites. One house of a father was taken for Eleazar, and was taken, was taken for Ithamar.

7 And the first lot came out for Jehoiarib; the second, for Jedaiah; 8 the third, for Harim; the fourth, for Seorim; 9 the fifth, for Malkijah; the sixth, for Mijamin; 10 the seventh, for Hakkoz; the eighth, for Abijah; 11 the ninth, for Jeshua; the tenth, for Shecaniah; 12 the eleventh, for Eliashib; the twelfth, for Jakim; 13 the thirteenth, for Huppah; the fourteenth, for Jeshebeab; 14 the fifteenth, for Bilgah; the sixteenth, for Immer; 15 the seventeenth, for Hezir; the eighteenth, for Happizzez; 16 the nineteenth, for Pethahiah; the twentieth, for Jehezkel; 17 the twenty-first, for Jakin; the twenty-second, for Gamul; 18 the twenty-third, for Delaiah; the twenty-fourth, for Maaziah. 19 These were the appointment for their service to come into the house of Yahweh according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

20 And of the remaining sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. 21 Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Ishijah, the head. 22 Of the Izharite, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. 23 And the sons of Jeriah were Amariah, the second; Jahaziel, the third; and Jekameam, the fourth. 24 The sons of Uzziel: Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. 25 The brother of Micah: Ishijah; of the sons of Ishijah, Zechariah. 26 The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Jaaziah: Beno. 27 The sons of Merari, of Jaaziah: Beno and Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli, Eleazar; but sons were not to him. 29 Of Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel. 30 And the sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to the house of their fathers. 31 And they also cast lots beside their brothers, the sons of Aaron, to the face of King David and Zadok and Ahimelech and the heads of fathers for the priests and for the Levites, fathers of the head beside his youngest brother.

25 And David and the commanders of the army separated for service the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, prophesying with harps, with lyres, and with cymbals. And the number of the men of work for their service was: 2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, at the hand of Asaph, prophesying at the hands of the king. 3 From Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah—six, at the hands of their father Jeduthun, prophesying with the harp in order to thank and to praise Yahweh. 4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, and Jerimoth; Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti Ezer; Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 5 All of these were sons of Heman, the seer of the king, by the words of God to lift up his horn. For God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 6 All of these were at the hands of their father in the song of the house of Yahweh with cymbals, lyres, and harps for the service of the house of God. At the hands of the king were Asaph and Jeduthun and Heman. 7 And their number, with their brothers having been taught the song of Yahweh, all of the ones understanding, was 288. 8 And they cast lots for a duty, just as like small, like great, the one understanding with the student.

9 And the first lot came out for Asaph, for Joseph; the second, Gedaliah, him and his brothers and his sons, 12; 10 the third, Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, 12; 11 the fourth for Izri, his sons and his brothers, 12; 12 the fifth Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, 12; 13 the sixth, Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, 12; 14 the seventh, Jesarelah, his sons and his brothers, 12; 15 the eighth, Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, 12; 16 the ninth, Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, 12; 17 the tenth, Shimei, his sons and his brothers, 12; 18 the eleventh Azarel, his sons and his brothers, 12; 19 the twelfth, for Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, 12; 20 for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, 12; 21 for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, 12; 22 for the fifteenth. for Jerimoth, his sons and his brothers, 12; 23 for the sixteenth, for Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, 12; 24 for the seventeenth. for Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, 12; 25 for the eighteenth, for Hanani, his sons and his brothers, 12; 26 for the nineteenth, for Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, 12; 27 for the twentieth, for Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, 12; 28 for the twenty-first, for Hothir, his sons and his brothers, 12; 29 for the twenty-second, for Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, 12; 30 for the twenty-third, for Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, 12; 31 for the twenty-fourth, for Romamti Ezer, his sons and his brothers, 12.

26 For the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, from the sons of Asaph. 2 And sons were to Meshelemiah: Zechariah, the firstborn; Jediael, the second; Zebadiah, the third; Jathniel, the fourth; 3 Elam, the fifth; Jehohanan, the sixth; Eliehoenai, the seventh. 4 And sons were to Obed Edom: Shemaiah, the firstborn; Jehozabad, the second; Joah, the third; and Sakar, the fourth; and Nethanel, the fifth; 5 Ammiel, the sixth; Issachar, the seventh; Peullethai, the eighth; for God blessed him. 6 And sons were born to Shemaiah his son, rulers in the house of their father; for they were warriors of valor. 7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni and Rephael and Obed, Elzabad; his brothers Elihu and Semakiah were sons of valor. 8 All of these were from the sons of Obed Edom. They and their sons and their brothers were men of valor with might for service, 62 of Obed Edom. 9 And sons and brothers were to Meshelemiah, sons of valor, 18. 10 And sons were to Hosah from the sons of Merari: Shimri, the head (although he was not the firstborn, yet his father set him as the head); 11 Hilkiah, the second; Tabaliah, the third; Zechariah, the fourth. All of the sons and brothers to Hosah were 13.

12 To these divisions of the gatekeepers, to the heads of the men, was a duty like their brothers to minister in the house of Yahweh. 13 And they cast lots, like small, like great, according to the house of their fathers, for gate and gate. 14 And the eastward lot fell to Shelemiah. And Zechariah his son was a counselor with insight; they cast lots, and his lot came out northward. 15 For Obed Edom, southward, and for his sons, the house of stores. 16 For Shuppim and for Hosah, to the west, with the gate of Shalleketh on the ascending highway, guard beside guard. 17 To the east, six Levites; to the north, four per day; to the south, four per day; and at the stores, two, two. 18 At the colonnade to the west, four at the highway; two at the colonnade. 19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers for the sons of the Korahite and for the sons of Merari.

20 And from the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and for the treasuries of the holy things. 21 The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonite who were to Ladan, the heads of fathers who were to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. 22 The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh. 23 Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: 24 Shubael, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the leader over the treasuries. 25 And his brothers who were to Eliezer were Rehabiah, his son, and Jeshaiah, his son, and Joram, his son, and Zichri, his son, and Shelomith, his son. 26 He, Shelomith, and his brothers were over all of the treasuries of the holy things that King David consecrated, and the heads of fathers who were commanders of thousands and hundreds and commanders of the army. 27 From battles and from plunder, they consecrated to strengthen the house of Yahweh. 28 And everything Samuel the seer consecrated, and Saul,the son of Kish, and Abner, the son of Ner, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, all of the holy things were at the hand of Shelomith and his brothers.

29 Of the Izharite, Kenaniah and his sons were for the outside work for Israel as officials and judges. 30 Of the Hebronite, Hashabiah and his brothers, sons of valor, 1,700, were upon the oversight of Israel from across the Jordan from the west, for all of the work of Yahweh and for the service of the king. 31 Of the Hebronite, Jeriah the head of the Hebronite, according to his generations of fathers. In year 40 of the reign of David, they were sought, and it was found among them warriors of valor in Jazer of Gilead. 32 And his brothers were sons of valor, 2,700 heads of fathers. And King David appointed them over the Reubenite and the Gadite and half of the tribe of Manasseh for every matter of God and matter of the king.

27 And the sons of Israel according to their number, the heads of fathers and commanders of thousands and hundreds and their officers ministering to the king for every matter of divisions coming in and going out month by month, one division for all months of the year, were 24, 000. 2 Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam, the son of Zabdiel—and in his division were 24,000—3 from the sons of Perez, the head of all of the commanders of the armies, for the first month. 4 And over the division of the second month was Dodai the Ahohite, and of his division Mikloth also was a leader, and in his division were 24,000. 5 The third commander of the army, for the third month, was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the head priest, and in his division were 24,000. 6 He, Benaiah, was a warrior of the Thirty and over the Thirty, and in his division was Ammizabad his son. 7 The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel, the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son was after him, and in his division were 24,000. 8 The fifth, for the fifth month, the commander was Shamhuth the Izrahite, and in his division were 24,000. 9 The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira, the son of Ikkesh, the Tekoite, and in his division were 24,000. 10 The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite from the sons of Ephraim, and in his division were 24,000. 11 The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sibbekai the Hushathite, of the Zerahite, and in his division were 24,000. 12 The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjaminite, and in his division were 24,000. 13 The tenth, for the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophahite, of the Zerahite, and in his division were 24,000. 14 The eleventh for the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, from the sons of Ephraim, and in his division were 24,000. 15 The twelfth for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophahite, of Othniel, and in his division were 24,000.

16 And over the tribes of Israel: for the Reubenite, a leader, Eliezer, the son of Zichri; for the Simeonite, Shephatiah, the son of Maacah; 17 for the Levite, Hashabiah, the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok; 18 for Judah, Elihu from the brothers of David; for Issachar, Omri, the son of Michael; 19 for Zebulun, Ishmaiah, the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jerimoth, the son of Azriel; 20 for the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea, the son of Azaziah; for half of the tribe of Manasseh, Joel, the son of Pedaiah; 21 for the half of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo, the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel, the son of Abner; 22 for Dan, Azarel, the son of Jeroham. These were the commanders of the tribes of Israel. 23 And David did not take up the number for a son of 20 years and under, for Yahweh had said he would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens. 24 Joab, the son of Zeruiah, began to count, but he did not finish. For because of this, wrath was upon Israel. And the number did not go up among the number of the matters of the days of King David.

25 And over the treasuries of the king was Azmaveth, the son of Adiel. And over the treasuries in the field, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers was Jonathan, the son of Uzziah. 26 And over the doers of the work of the field for the service of the ground was Ezri, the son of Kelub. 27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite. And over what was in the vineyards for the treasuries of wine was Zabdi the Shiphmite. 28 And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the Shephelah was Baal Hanan the Gederite. And over the treasuries of oil was Joash. 29 And over the herd pasturing in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite. And over the herd in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai. 30 And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite. And over the female donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. 31 And over the flock was Jaziz the Hagrite. All of these were officials of the property that was to King David.

32 And Jonathan, the uncle of David, was an advisor. He was a man of understanding and a scribe. And Jehiel, the son of Hakmoni, was with the sons of the king. 33 And Ahithophel was an advisor to the king, and Hushai the Archite was a friend of the king. 34 And after Ahithophel were Jehoiada, the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar. And the commander of the army of the king was Joab.

28 And David assembled all of the leaders of Israel, the leaders of the tribes and the commanders of the divisions serving the king and the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds and the officers of all of the property and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the officials and the warriors and all of the warriors of valor, to Jerusalem. 2 And David the king rose to his feet, and he said, “Hear me, my brothers and my people. As for me, it was with my heart to build a house of rest for the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh and as a footstool of the feet of our God. And I prepared to build. 3 But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for my name, for you have been a man of battles and you have shed blood.’ 4 Yet Yahweh, the God of Israel, chose me from all of the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for he chose Judah for a leader, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, he delighted in me to make me reign over all of Israel. 5 And from all of my sons—for Yahweh has given many sons to me—he then chose Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Yahweh over Israel. 6 And he said to me, ‘Solomon your son, he, he will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him for myself as a son, and I, I will be a father to him. 7 And I will establish his kingdom to forever if he is strong to do my commands and my judgments, as this day.’ 8 And now, in the eyes of all of Israel, the assembly of Yahweh, and in the ears of our God, keep and seek all of the commandments of Yahweh your God, that you may possess the good land and that you may cause your sons after you to inherit it to forever.

9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing soul, for Yahweh is seeking all hearts and he is understanding every intention of thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you abandon him, he will reject you forever. 10 Now see, for Yahweh has chosen you to build a house as a sanctuary. Be strong and act.”

11 And David gave to Solomon his son the plan of the porch and its houses and its treasuries and its upper rooms and its inner rooms and the house of the covering 12 and the plan of all that was with him by the Spirit for the courts of the house of Yahweh and for all of the chambers around, for the treasuries of the house of God and for the treasuries of the holy things 13 and for the divisions of the priests and the Levites and for all of the work of the service of the house of Yahweh and for all of the vessels of the service of the house of Yahweh, 14 for gold by weight for gold for all of the vessels of service and service, for all of the vessels of silver by weight for all of the vessels of service and service, 15 and the weight for the gold lampstands and their gold lamps by weight, lampstand and lampstand and its lamps, and for the silver lampstands by weight, for a lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of lampstand and lampstand, 16 and gold by weight for the tables of the arrangement, for table and table, and silver for the tables of silver, 17 and the forks and the basins and the pitchers of pure gold and for the gold bowls, by weight for bowl and bowl, and for the bowls of silver by weight, for bowl and bowl, 18 and for the altar of incense, refined gold by weight, and for the plan of the chariot of the gold cherubs for spreading out and covering over the Box of the Covenant of Yahweh. 19 “Everything is in writing from the hand of Yahweh upon me. He made me understand all of the works of the plan.”

20 And David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and be courageous and act. May you not fear, and may you not be dismayed, for Yahweh God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you and he will not abandon you until all of the work of the service of the house of Yahweh finishes. 21 And behold, the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all of the service of the house of God, and with you in all of the work will be every willing one with wisdom for all of the service, and the leaders and all of the people, for all of your ways.”

29 And King David said to all of the assembly, “Solomon my son—God has chosen him alone—is young and tender, and the work is great, for the temple is not for man but for Yahweh God. 2 And according to all of my power I have prepared for the house of my God gold for the gold, and silver for the silver and bronze for the bronze; iron for the iron and wood for the wood; stones of onyx and settings, stones of antimony and variegation, and every precious stone and stones of marble, to abundance. 3 And again, in my delighting in the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God a treasure being to me, gold and silver, to above from everything I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary: 4 3,000 kikkars of gold from the gold of Ophir and 7,000 kikkars of refined silver to overlay the walls of the houses, 5 gold for the gold and silver for the silver and for all of the work by the hand of the craftsmen. And who is willing to fill his hand today to Yahweh?”

6 Then the leaders of the fathers offered freely, and the leaders of the tribes of Israel and the commanders of thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the work of the king. 7 And they gave gold for the service of the house of God, 5,000 kikkars and one myriad darics, and silver, 10,000 kikkars, and bronze, 18,000 kikkars, and iron, 100,000 kikkars. 8 And the one being found with it, they gave stones to the treasury of the house of Yahweh under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 9 And the people rejoiced because they had offered freely, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to Yahweh. And King David also rejoiced a great rejoicing.

10 And David blessed Yahweh to the eyes of all of the assembly. And David said, “Blessed are you, Yahweh, God of Israel our father, from forever and to forever. 11 To you, Yahweh, are the greatness and the might and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on the earth is to you, Yahweh, the kingdom and lifting yourself above all as head. 12 And wealth and glory are from to your face, and you are ruling over all, and in your hand are power and might, and in your hand is to exalt and to strengthen all. 13 And now, our God, we are giving thanks to you and praising the name of your glory. 14 And for who am I, and who are my people, that we should have the power to offer freely like this? For everything is from you, and from your hand we have given to you. 15 For we are foreigners to your face and settlers, like all of our fathers. Our days upon the earth are like a shadow and without hope. 16 Yahweh our God, all of this abundance that we have prepared to build a house for you, for the name of your holiness, it is from your hand, and all is for you. 17 And I know, my God, that you are examining the heart and are pleased with uprightnesses. In the uprightness of my heart, I, I have offered freely all of these. And now your people have been found here, I see with rejoicing, to offer freely to you. 18 Yahweh, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever concerning the intention of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and establish their heart toward you. 19 And give to Solomon my son a whole heart to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes and to do everything and to build the temple that I have prepared.”

20 And David said to all of the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God.” And all of the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers. And they bowed down and prostrated themselves to Yahweh and to the king. 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices to Yahweh and they offered burnt offerings to Yahweh on the morrow of that day, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, 1,000 lambs, and their drink offerings and sacrifices to abundance for all of Israel. 22 And they ate and drank to the face of Yahweh on that day with great rejoicing. And they made Solomon, the son of David, king a second time, and they anointed a leader for Yahweh, and Zadok as priest. 23 And Solomon sat on the throne of Yahweh as king in place of David his father. And he succeeded, and all of Israel listened to him.

24 And all of the leaders and the warriors and also all of the sons of King David gave a hand under King Solomon. 25 And Yahweh made Solomon great to above in the eyes of all of Israel. And he put on him the majesty of a kingdom over Israel that had not been on any king to his face.

26 Now David, the son of Jesse, had reigned over all of Israel. 27 And the days that he reigned over Israel were 40 years. He reigned in Hebron 7 years, and he reigned in Jerusalem 33. 28 And he died in good old age, full of days, wealth, and glory. And Solomon his son reigned in his place. 29 Now the matters of King David, the first and the last, behold, they are written in the words of Samuel the seer and in the words of Nathan the prophet and in the words of Gad the visionary, 30 with all of his reign and his might and the times that passed over him and over Israel and over all of the kingdoms of the lands.