\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 CHRONICLES}
{\MTB This book contains genealogies from Adam to the death of King David and the account of David reigning over all of Israel. We call this book
\par }{\MT 1 Chronicles

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH A list of genealogies
\par }{\SH The descendants of Adam
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
The
first
person
God
created
was
Adam}}. Adam’s
{\ADD{
son
was}}
Seth.
{\ADD{Seth’s
son
was}}
Enosh.
{\ADD{Enosh’s
son
was}}
Kenan.
\VS{2}{\ADD{Kenan’s
son
was}}
Mahalalel.
{\ADD{Mahalalel’s
son
was}}
Jared.
{\ADD{Jared’s
son
was}}
Enoch.
\VS{3}{\ADD{Enoch’s
son
was}}
Methuselah.
{\ADD{Methusalah’s
son
was}}
Lamech.
{\ADD{Lamech’s
son
was}}
Noah.
\VS{4}{\ADD{
Noah’s
sons
were}}
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Japheth
\par }{\LI \VS{5}The
sons (OR,
descendants)
of
Japheth
were
Gomer,
Magog,
Madai,
Javan,
Tubal,
Meshech,
and
Tiras.
\par }{\LIB \VS{6}The
sons (OR,
descendants)
of
Gomer
were
Ashkenaz,
Riphath,
and
Togarmah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{7}The
descendants
of
Javan
were
Elishah,
Tarshish,
Kittim,
and
Rodanim.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Ham
\par }{\LI \VS{8}The
sons
of
Ham
were
Cush,
Mizraim (OR,
Egypt),
Put,
and
Canaan.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}The
descendants
of
Cush
were
Seba,
Havilah,
Sabtah,
Raamah,
and
Sabteca.
\par }{\LIB The
sons (OR,
descendants)
of
Raamah
were
Sheba
and
Dedan.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}Another
descendant
of
Cush
was
Nimrod.
When
he
grew
up,
he
became
a
mighty
warrior
on
the
earth.
\par }{\LI \VS{11}Mizraim (OR,
Egypt)
was
the ancestor
of
the
Lud people-group,
the
Anam people-group,
the
Lehab people-group,
the
Naphtuh people-group,
\VS{12}the
Pathrus people-group,
the
Casluh people-group,
and
the
Caphtor people-group.
The
people
of
{\ADD{
the}}
Philistia
{\ADD{
region}}
were
descended
from
the
Casluh people-group.
\par }{\LI \VS{13}Canaan’s
first
son
was
Sidon.
He
was
also
the ancestor
of
the
Heth people-group,
\VS{14}the
Jebus people-group,
the Amor people-group,
the Girgash people-group,
\VS{15}the Hiv people-group,
the
Ark people-group,
the
Sin people-group,
\VS{16}the
Arvad people-group,
the Zemar people-group,
and
the
Hamath people-group.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Shem
\par }{\LI \VS{17}The
sons
of
Shem
were
Elam,
Asshur,
Arphaxad,
Lud,
and
Aram.
\par }{\LI Aram’s
sons
were
Uz,
Hul,
Gether,
and
Meshech.
\par }{\LI \VS{18}Arphaxad
was
the
father
of
Shelah,
who
was
the
father
of
Eber.
\par }{\LIB \VS{19}Eber
had
two
sons.
One
was
named
Peleg
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
word
that
means ‘divided’}}
because
during
the
time
that
he
lived,
{\ADD{
the
people
on}}
the
earth
were
divided
{\ADD{
into
various
language
groups}}. Peleg’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
was
Joktan.
\par }{\LIB \VS{20}Joktan
was
the ancestor
of
Almodad,
Sheleph,
Hazarmaveth,
Jerah,
\VS{21}Hadoram,
Uzal,
Diklah,
\VS{22}Obal,
Abimael,
Sheba,
\VS{23}Ophir,
Havilah,
and
Jobab.
\par }{\LI \VS{24}The
descendants
of
Shem,
{\ADD{
in
order
from
him
to
Abraham}},
were
Arphaxad,
Shelah,
\VS{25}Eber,
Peleg,
Reu,
\VS{26}Serug,
Nahor,
Terah,
\VS{27}and
Abram,
whose
{\ADD{
name
was
later
changed
to}}
Abraham.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Abraham
\par }{\LI \VS{28}Abraham’s
sons
were
Isaac
and
Ishmael.
\par }{\LI \VS{29}{\ADD{
The
son
of
Abraham’s
slave
wife
Hagar
was
Ishmael.}}
Ishmael’s
{\ADD{
twelve}}
sons
were
Nebaioth,
Kedar,
Adbeel,
Mibsam,
\VS{30}Mishma,
Dumah,
Massa,
Hadad,
Tema,
\VS{31}Jetur,
Naphish,
and
Kedemah.
\par }{\LI \VS{32}{\ADD{
After
}}Abraham’s
{\ADD{
wife
Sarah
died,
he
took
another
wife
named}}
Keturah.
The
sons
of
Abraham
and
Keturah
were
Zimran,
Jokshan,
Medan,
Midian,
Ishbak,
and
Shuah.
\par }{\LIB Jokshan’s
sons
were
Sheba
and
Dedan.
\par }{\LIB \VS{33}Midian’s
sons
were
Ephah,
Epher,
Hanoch,
Abida,
and
Eldaah.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Esau
\par }{\LI \VS{34}The
son
of
Abraham
{\ADD{
and
his
wife
Sarah}}
was
Isaac,
and
Isaac’s
sons
were
Esau
and
{\ADD{
Jacob,
whose
name
was
later
changed
to}}
Israel.
\par }{\LI \VS{35}The
sons
of
Esau
were
Eliphaz,
Reuel,
Jeush,
Jalam,
and
Korah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{36}The
sons
of
Eliphaz
were
Teman,
Omar,
Zepho (OR,
Zephi),
Gatam,
Kenaz,
Timna,
and
Amalek.
\par }{\LIB \VS{37}Reuel’s
sons
were
Nahath,
Zerah,
Shammah,
and
Mizzah.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Seir
\par }{\LI \VS{38}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Esau
was
Seir.
His
descendants
lived
in
the
Edom
region}}. Seir’s
sons
were
Lotan,
Shobal,
Zibeon,
Anah,
Dishon,
Ezer,
and
Dishan.
\par }{\LIB \VS{39}Lotan’s
sons
were
Hori
and
Homam,
and
Lotan’s
sister
was
Timna.
\par }{\LIB \VS{40}Shobal’s
sons
were
Alvan,
Manahath,
Ebal,
Shepho,
and
Onam.
\par }{\LIB Zibeon’s
sons
were
Aiah
and
Anah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{41}Anah’s
son
was
Dishon.
\par }{\LIB 1 Dishon’s
sons
were
Hemdan (OR,
Hamran),
Eshban,
Ithran,
and Keran.
\par }{\LIB \VS{42}Ezer’s
sons
were
Bilhan,
Zaavan,
and
Akan (OR,
Jaakan).
\par }{\LIB Dishan’s
sons
were
Uz
and
Aran.
\par }{\SH The
kings
of
Edom
\par }{\PP \VS{43}{\ADD{
These
are
the
names
of}}
the
kings
that
ruled
{\ADD{
the}}
Edom
{\ADD{
region}}
before
any
kings
ruled
over
Israel:
\par }{\LI Bela,
the
son
of
Beor,
was
king
in
Edom,
and
the
name
of
the
city
{\ADD{
in
which
he
lived}}
was
Dinhabah.
\par }{\LI \VS{44}When
Bela
died,
Jobab,
the
son
of
Zerah
from
Bozrah
{\ADD{
city}},
became
the
king.
\par }{\LI \VS{45}When
Jobab
died,
Husham
became
the
king.
He
was
from
the
region
where
the
Teman people-group
lived.
\par }{\LI \VS{46}When
Husham
died,
Hadad,
the
son
of
Bedad,
became
the
king.
He
{\ADD{
ruled
in}}
Avith
city. Hadad’s
{\ADD{
army}}
defeated
{\ADD{
the
army
of
the}}
Midian
{\ADD{people-group}}
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Moab
{\ADD{
region}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{47}When
Hadad
died,
Samlah
became
the
king.
He
was
from
Masrekah
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{48}When
Samlah
died,
Shaul
became
the
king.
He
was
from
Rehoboth
{\ADD{
city}}
along
the
{\ADD{
Euphrates}}
river.
\par }{\LI \VS{49}When
Shaul
died,
Baal-Hanan,
the
son
of
Achbor,
became
the
king.
\par }{\LI \VS{50}When
Baal-Hanan
died,
Hadad
became
the
king.
He
was
from
Pau
city.
His
wife’s
name
was
Mehetabel;
she
was
the
daughter
of
Matred
and
the
granddaughter
of Me-Zahab.
\VS{51}Then
Hadad
died.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI The
leaders
of
the
clans
of
the
Edom people-group
were
Timna,
Alvah,
Jetheth,
\VS{52}Oholibamah,
Elah,
Pinon,
\VS{53}Kenaz,
Teman,
Mibzar,
\VS{54}Magdiel,
and
Iram.

\par }\Chap{2}{\SH The descendants of Jacob
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
sons
of
Jacob
were
Reuben,
Simeon,
Levi,
Judah,
Issachar,
Zebulun,
\VS{2}Dan,
Joseph,
Benjamin,
Naphtali,
Gad,
and
Asher.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Judah
\par }{\LI \VS{3}Judah’s
sons
were
Er,
Onan,
and
Shelah.
Their
mother
was
the
daughter
of
Shua
from
the
Canaan people-group.
{\ADD{
When}}
Judah’s
oldest
son
Er
{\ADD{
grew
up,
he}}
did
something
that
Yahweh
considered
to
be
very
wicked,
so
Yahweh
caused
him
to
die.
\VS{4}Judah
and
his
daughter-in-law
Tamar
had
{\ADD{twin
boys
named}}
Perez
and
Zerah.
So
altogether
Judah
had
five
sons.
\par }{\LI \VS{5}The
sons
of
Perez
were
Hezron
and
Hamul.
\par }{\LI \VS{6}Zerah
had
five
sons:
Zimri,
Ethan,
Heman,
Calcol,
and
Darda (OR,
Dara).
\par }{\LIB \VS{7}{\ADD{
One
of
the
sons
of
Zimri
was
Carmi}}. Carmi’s
son
Achan (OR,
Achar)
caused
the
people
of
Israel
to
experience
much
trouble,
because
he
stole
some
of
the
things
that
had
been
devoted
{\ADD{
to
Yahweh
to
be
destroyed}}.
\par }{\LIB \VS{8}Ethan’s
son
was
Azariah.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}Hezron’s
sons
were
Jerahmeel,
Ram,
and
Caleb (OR,
Chelubai).
\par }{\LIB \VS{10}Ram
was
the
father
of
Amminadab,
and
Amminadab
was
the
father
of
Nahshon.
Nahshon
was
a
leader
of
the
tribe
of
Judah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{11}Nahshon
was
the
father
of
Salmon,
who
was
the
father
of
Boaz.
\VS{12}Boaz
was
the
father
of
Obed,
and
Obed
was
the
father
of
Jesse.
\par }{\LIB \VS{13}Jesse’s
oldest
son
was
Eliab.
His
other
sons
were
Abinadab,
Shimea,
\VS{14}Nethanel,
Raddai,
\VS{15}Ozem,
and
the
youngest
was
David.
\VS{16}Their
sisters
were
Zeruiah
and
Abigail.
Zeruiah’s
three
sons
were
Abishai,
Joab,
and
Asahel.
\VS{17}Abigail’s
husband
was
Jether,
a
descendant
of
Ishmael,
and
their
son
was
Amasa.
\par }{\SH Descendants
of
Hezron
\par }{\LI \VS{18}Hezron’s
younger
son
Caleb
had
two
wives.
One
of
them,
Azubah,
gave
birth
to
{\ADD{
three}}
sons:
Jesher,
Shobab,
and
Ardon.
\VS{19}When
Azubah
died,
Caleb
married
Ephrath.
Their
son
was
Hur.
\VS{20}Hur
was
the
father
of
Uri,
and
Uri
was
the
father
of
Bezalel.
\par }{\LI \VS{21}When
Hezron
was 60
years
old,
he
married [EUP]
Makir’s
daughter,
who
was
the
sister
of
Gilead.
The
son
of
Hezron
and
Makir
was
Segub.
\VS{22}Segub
was
the
father
of
Jair. Jair’s
{\ADD{
army}}
controlled
twenty-three
cities
in
the
region
ruled
by
Gilead.
\VS{23}But
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
Geshur
and
Aram
captured
those
towns
controlled
by
Jair.
They
also
captured
Kenath
{\ADD{
city}}
and
the
nearby
towns;
altogether
they
captured 60
towns.
The
people
who
lived
there
were
all
descendants
of
Makir,
the
father
of
Gilead.
\par }{\LI \VS{24}Shortly
after
Hezron
died
in Caleb-Ephrath
{\ADD{
town}},
his
widow
Abijah
had
a
son
Asshur;
Asshur
started
Tekoa
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\SH Jerahmeel’s
descendants
\par }{\LI \VS{25}Hezron’s
oldest
son
was
Jerahmeel.
His
sons
were
Ram,
Bunah,
Oren,
Ozem,
and
Ahijah.
Jerahmeel’s
oldest
son
was
Ram.
\VS{26}Jerahmeel
had
another
wife
named
Atarah.
Their
son
was
Onam.
\par }{\LI \VS{27}The
sons
of
Ram,
Jerahmeel’s
oldest
son,
were
Maaz,
Jamin,
and
Eker.
\par }{\LI \VS{28}Onam’s
sons
were
Shammai
and
Jada.
\par }{\LI Shammai’s
sons
were
Nadab
and
Abishur.
\par }{\LIB \VS{29}Abishur’s
wife
was
Abihail.
The
sons
of
Abishur
and
Abihail
were
Ahban
and
Molid.
\par }{\LIB \VS{30}Nadab’s
sons
were
Seled
and
Appaim.
Seled
did
not
have
any
children.
\VS{31}Appaim’s
son
was
Ishi; Ishi’s
son
was
Sheshan.
One
of Sheshan’s
daughters
was
Ahlai.
\par }{\LI \VS{32}Shammai’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
was
Jada. Jada’s
sons
were
Jether
and
Jonathan.
Jether
did
not
have
any
children.
\VS{33}Jonathan’s
sons
were
Peleth
and
Zaza.
\par }{\LI Those
were
the
descendants
of
Jerahmeel.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{34}Sheshan
did
not
have
any
sons;
he
had
only
daughters.
He
had
a
servant
from
Egypt
whose
name
was
Jarha.
\VS{35}Sheshan
allowed
his
daughter
to
marry
Jarha,
and
their
son
was
Attai.
\par }{\LI \VS{36}Attai
was
the
father
of
Nathan.
\par }{\LI Nathan
was
the
father
of
Zabad.
\par }{\LI \VS{37}Zabad
was
the
father
of
Ephlal.
\par }{\LI Ephlal
was
the
father
of
Obed.
\par }{\LI \VS{38}Obed
was
the
father
of
Jehu.
\par }{\LI Jehu
was
the
father
of
Azariah.
\par }{\LI \VS{39}Azariah
was
the
father
of
Helez.
\par }{\LI Helez
was
the
father
of
Eleasah.
\par }{\LI \VS{40}Eleasah
was
the
father
of
Sismai.
\par }{\LI Sismai
was
the
father
of
Shallum.
\par }{\LI \VS{41}Shallum
was
the
father
of
Jekamiah.
\par }{\LI And
Jekamiah
was
the
father
of
Elishama.
\par }{\SH Caleb’s
descendants
\par }{\LI \VS{42}Jerahmeel’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
was
Caleb.
\par }{\LI Caleb’s
oldest
son
was
Mesha.
Mesha
was
the
father
of
Ziph.
Ziph
was
the
father
of
Mareshah.
Mareshah
was
the
father
of
Hebron.
\VS{43}Hebron’s
sons
were
Korah,
Tappuah,
Rekem,
and
Shema.
\VS{44}Shema
was
the
father
of
Raham.
Raham
was
the
father
of
Jorkeam.
Rekem
was
the
father
of
Shammai.
\VS{45}Shammai
was
the
father
of
Maon.
Maon
was
the
father
of
Beth-Zur.
\par }{\LI \VS{46}Caleb
had
a
slave
wife
who
was
named
Ephah.
Caleb
and Ephah’s
sons
were
Haran,
Moza,
and
Gazez.
Haran
had
a
son
whom
he
also
named
Gazez.
\par }{\LI \VS{47}Ephah’s
father
was
Jahdai.
Jahdai
was
the
father
of
{\ADD{
six
sons:}}
Regem,
Jotham,
Geshan,
Pelet,
Ephah,
and
Shaaph.
\par }{\LI \VS{48}Caleb
had
another
slave
wife
whose
name
was
Maacah.
Caleb
and Maacah’s
sons
were
Sheber,
Tirhanah,
\VS{49}Shaaph,
and
Sheva.
Shaaph
was
the
father
of
Madmannah.
Sheva
was
the
father
of Macbenah
and
Gibea.
Caleb’s
daughter
was
Acsah.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{50-51}These
people
were
also
descendants
of
Caleb:
{\ADD{
Caleb
had
another
wife
whose
name
was}}
Ephrathah.
Their
oldest
son
was
Hur. Hur’s
sons
were
Shobal,
Salma,
and
Hareph.
Shobal
started
Kiriath-Jearim
{\ADD{
city}}.
Salma
started
Bethlehem
{\ADD{
town}}.
Hareph
started
Beth-Gader
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{52}Shobal’s
descendants
were
Haroeh,
and
half
of
the
Manahath people-group.
\VS{53}His
descendants
also
included
these
clans
that
lived
in
Kiriath-Jearim: Ithri,
Put, Shumath,
and Mishra.
The Zorath
and
Eshtaol
clans
were
descendants
of
the Mishra
clan.
\par }{\LI \VS{54}Salma’s
descendants
in
Bethlehem
were
the Netophath
clan,
the
Atroth-Beth-Joab
clan,
the
other
half
of
the
Manahath
clan,
and
the Zor
clan.
\VS{55}Salma’s
descendants
also
included
the
families
at
Jabez
{\ADD{
town}}
who
wrote
and
copied
important
documents.
These
were
the Tirath
clan,
the
Shimeath
clan,
and
the Sucath
clan.
They
were
all
from
the Ken people-group
who
came
from
Hammath
{\ADD{
city}},
and
who
had
married
members
of
the
family [MTY]
of
Rechab.

\par }\Chap{3}{\SH The sons of King David
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Six
sons
of
{\ADD{
King}}
David
were
born
in
Hebron
{\ADD{
city}}.
\par }{\LI His
oldest
son
was
Amnon,
whose
mother
Ahinoam
was
from
Jezreel
{\ADD{
city}}.
\par }{\LI His
next
son
was
Daniel,
whose
mother
was
Abigail
from
Carmel
{\ADD{
city}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{2}His
next
son
was
Absalom,
whose
mother
was
Maacah,
the
daughter
of
Talmai,
the
king
{\ADD{
who
ruled}}
in
Geshur
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\LI His
next
son
was
Adonijah,
whose
mother
was
Haggith.
\par }{\LI \VS{3}The
next
son
was
Shephatiah,
whose
mother
was
Abital.
\par }{\LI His
youngest
son
was
Ithream,
whose
mother
was
Eglah.
\par }{\MM \VS{4}They
were
all
born
in
Hebron,
where
David
ruled
for 7-1/2
years.
\par }{\PP After
that,
David
ruled
in
Jerusalem
for 33
years.
\VS{5}Many
of
David’s
children
were
born
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\LI Bathsheba,
the
daughter
of
Ammiel,
gave
birth
to
four
of
his
sons:
Shammua (OR,
Shimea),
Shobab,
Nathan,
and
Solomon.
\par }{\LI \VS{6}Nine
{\ADD{
other
sons
of
David
were
also
born
there.
They
were}}
Ibhar,
Elishua (OR,
Elishama),
Eliphelet,
\VS{7}Nogah,
Nepheg,
Japhia,
\VS{8}Elishama,
Eliada,
and
Eliphelet.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}In
addition
to
all
those
sons,
David’s
slave
wives
also
gave
birth
to
sons.
David
also
had
one
daughter
whose
name
was
Tamar.
\par }{\SH The
kings
of
Judah
\par }{\LI \VS{10}Solomon’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Rehoboam.
\par }{\LI Rehoboam’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Abijah.
\par }{\LI Abijah’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Asa.
\par }{\LI Asa’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Jehoshaphat.
\par }{\LI \VS{11}Jehoshaphat’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Jehoram (OR,
Joram).
\par }{\LI Jehoram’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Ahaziah.
\par }{\LI Ahaziah’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Joash.
\par }{\LI \VS{12}Joash’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Amaziah.
\par }{\LI Amaziah’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Azariah.
\par }{\LI Azariah’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Jotham.
\par }{\LI \VS{13}Jotham’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Ahaz.
\par }{\LI Ahaz’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Hezekiah.
\par }{\LI Hezekiah’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Manasseh.
\par }{\LI \VS{14}Manasseh’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Amon.
\par }{\LI Amon’s
son
was
{\ADD{
King}}
Josiah.
\par }{\LI \VS{15}Josiah’s
oldest
son
was
Johanan.
His
other
sons
were
Jehoiakim,
Zedekiah,
and
Shallum.
\par }{\LI \VS{16}Jehoiakim’s
sons
were
Jehoiachin (OR,
Jeconiah)
and
Zedekiah.
\par }{\SH Other
descendants
of
King
David
after
the
people
of
Judah
were
exiled
\par }{\LI \VS{17}{\ADD{
King}}
Jehoiachin
was
captured
{\ADD{
and
taken
to
Babylon}}.
His
sons
were
Shealtiel,
\VS{18}Malkiram,
Pedaiah,
Shenazzar,
Jekamiah,
Hoshama,
and
Nedabiah.
\par }{\LI \VS{19}Pedaiah’s
sons
were
Zerubbabel
and
Shimei.
\par }{\LI {\ADD{
Two
of}} Zerubbabel’s
sons
were
Meshullam
and
Hananiah,
and
their
sister
was
Shelomith.
\VS{20}{\ADD{Zerubbabel’s}}
five
{\ADD{
other
sons
were}}
Hashubah,
Ohel, Berekiah,
Hasadiah,
and
Jushab-Hesed.
\par }{\LI \VS{21}The
descendants
of
Hananiah
were
Pelatiah
and
Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah’s
son
was
Rephaiah. Rephaiah’s
son
was
Arnan. Arnan’s
son
was
Obadiah. Obadiah’s
son
was
Shecaniah.
\par }{\LI \VS{22}Shecaniah’s
son
was
Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s
five
sons
were
Hattush,
Igal,
Bariah,
Neariah,
and
Shaphat.
\par }{\LI \VS{23}Neariah’s
three
sons
were
Elioenai,
Hizkiah,
and
Azrikam.
\par }{\LI \VS{24}Elioenai’s
seven
sons
were
Hodaviah,
Eliashib,
Pelaiah,
Akkub,
Johanan,
Delaiah,
and
Anani.

\par }\Chap{4}{\SH Other clans descended from Judah
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
descendants
of
Judah
were
Perez,
Hezron,
Carmi,
Hur,
and
Shobal.
\par }{\LI \VS{2}Shobal’s
son
was
Reaiah.
Reaiah
was
the
father
of
Jahath,
and
Jahath
was
the
father
of
Ahumai
and
Lahad.
They
were
the
ancestors
of
the Zorath people-group.
\par }{\LI \VS{3-4}The
oldest
son
of
Caleb
and
his
wife
Ephrathah
was
Hur.
Hur
was
the
one
who
started/founded
Bethlehem
{\ADD{
town}}.
His
three
sons
were
Etam,
Penuel,
and
Ezer. Etam’s
sons
were
Jezreel,
Ishma,
and
Idbash.
Their
sister
was
Hazzelelponi.
Penuel
was
the
father
of
Gedor,
and
Ezer
was
the
father
of
Hushah.
\par }{\LI \VS{5}{\ADD{
Hezron’s
son}}
Ashhur,
the
father
of
Tekoa,
had
two
wives
whose
names
were
Helah
and
Naarah.
\par }{\LI \VS{6}The
sons
of
Asshur
and
his
wife
Naarah
were
Ahuzzam,
Hepher,
Temeni,
and
Haahashtari.
\par }{\LI \VS{7}The
sons
of
{\ADD{
Ashhur
and
his
wife}}
Helah
were
Zereth,
Zohar,
Ethnan,
\VS{8}and
Koz.
Koz
was
the
father
of
Anub,
Hazzobebah,
and
the ancestor
of
the
clans
descended
from
Aharhel.
Aharhel
was
the
son
of
Harum.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{9}{\ADD{
There
was
another
descendant
of
Judah
whose
name
was}}
Jabez.
{\ADD{
He}}
was
more
respected
than
his
brothers
were.
His
mother
named
him
Jabez
{\ADD{
which
means ‘pain’}}
because
she
said, “I
was
enduring
much
pain
when
I
gave
birth
to
him.”
\VS{10}{\ADD{
One
day}}
he
prayed
to
God
whom
his
fellow Israelis
{\ADD{
worshiped}},
saying, “Please
greatly
bless
me
and ◄enlarge
my
land/give
me
a
lot
of
land/property►.
Remain [IDM]
with
me,
and
do
not
allow
anyone
to
harm
me.
If
you
do
that
for
me,
I
will
not
have
any
pain.”
And
God
did
what
Jabez
requested
him
to
do.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{11}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Judah
was}}
Shuhah.
His
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
Kelub
was
the
father
of
Mehir.
Mehir
was
the
father
of
Eshton.
\VS{12}Eshton
was
the
father
of
Beth-Rapha,
Paseah,
and
Tehinnah.
Tehinnah
founded
Nahash
{\ADD{
town}},
but
their
families
lived
in
Recah
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{13-15}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Judah
was}}
Jephunneh.
His
son
was
Caleb.
Caleb’s
sons
were
Iru,
Elah,
and
Naam. Elah’s
son
was
Kenaz.
The
sons
of
Kenaz
were
Othniel
and
Seraiah.
\par }{\LIB Othniel’s
sons
were
Hathath
and
Meonothai.
Meonothai
was
the
father
of
Ophrah.
\par }{\LIB Seraiah
was
the
father
of
Joab.
Joab
was
the ancestor
of
the
people
who
lived
in Craftsmen’s
Valley.
The
valley
was
named
that
because
many
of
the
people
who
lived
there
were ◄craftsmen/men
who
were experts
in
making
things►.
\par }{\LI \VS{16}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Judah
was}}
Jehallelel.
His
sons
were
Ziph,
Ziphah,
Tiria,
and
Asarel.
\par }{\LI \VS{17-18}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Judah
was Ezrzh.}} Ezrah’s
sons
were
Jether,
Mered,
Epher,
and
Jalon.
Mered
married
Bithiah,
who
was
the
daughter
of
the
king
of
Egypt.
The
children
of
Mered
and
Bithiah
were
Miriam,
Shammai,
and
Ishbah.
Ishbah
was
the
father
of
Eshtemoa.
Ezrah
also
had
a
wife
from
Judah.
She
gave
birth
to
Jered,
Heber,
and
Jekuthiel.
Jered
was
the
father
of (OR,
founded
the
town
of)
Gedor,
Heber
was
the
father
of (OR,
founded
the
town
of)
Soco,
and
Jekuthiel
was
the
father
of (OR,
founded
the
town
of)
Zanoah.
\par }{\LI \VS{19}Hodiah’s
wife,
who
was Naham’s
sister,
bore
two
sons.
One
of
them
was
the
father
of
Keilah,
the ancestor
of
the Gar people-group,
and
the
other
one
was
the
father
of
Eshtemoa,
the ancestor
of
the
Maacath people-group.
\par }{\LI \VS{20}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Judah
was
Shimon}}. Shimon’s
sons
were
Amnon,
Rinnah,
Ben-Hanan,
and
Tilon.
\par }{\LI {\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Judah
was}}
Ishi.
His
descendants
were
Zoheth
and
Ben-Zoheth.
\par }{\LI \VS{21}One
of
Judah’s
sons
was
Shelah. Shelah’s
sons
were
Er
the
father
of
Lecah,
Laadah
the
father
of
Mareshah,
the
families
of
those
who
made
things
from
linen
at
Beth-Ashbea,
\VS{22}Jokim,
and
the
men
of
Cozeba
{\ADD{
town}},
and
Joash
and
Saraph,
two
men
who
married
women
from
{\ADD{
the}}
Moab
{\ADD{
region}}
and
later
lived
in
Bethlehem (OR,
and
ruled
in
Jashubi-Lehem).
All
their
names
and
a
record
of
what
they
did
are
written
in
very
old scrolls.
\VS{23}They
made
pottery
for
the
king;
some
of
them
lived
in
Netaim
{\ADD{
town}}
and
some
of
them
lived
in
Gederah
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\SH Descendants
of
Simeon
\par }{\LI \VS{24}Simeon’s
sons
were
Nemuel,
Jamin,
Jarib,
Zerah,
and
Shaul.
\par }{\LIB \VS{25}Shaul’s
son
was
Shallum. Shallum’s
son
was
Mibsam. Mibsam’s
son
was
Mishma.
\par }{\LIB \VS{26}Mishma’s
son
was
Hammuel. Hammuel’s
son
was
Zaccur. Zaccur’s
son
was
Shimei.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Shimei
had 16
sons
and
six
daughters,
but
none
of
his
brothers
had
many
children.
So
the
descendants
of
Simeon
never
were
as
many
as
the
descendants
of
{\ADD{
his
younger
brother}}
Judah.
\VS{28}The
descendants
of
Simeon
lived
in
{\ADD{
these
cities
and
towns}}:
Beersheba,
Moladah,
Hazar-Shual,
\VS{29}Bilhah,
Ezem,
Tolad,
\VS{30}Bethuel,
Hormah,
Ziklag,
\VS{31}Beth-Marcaboth,
Hazar-Susim,
Beth-Biri,
and
Shaaraim.
They
lived
in
those
places
until
David
became
king.
\VS{32}They
also
lived
in
villages
near
those
towns:
Etam,
Ain,
Rimmon,
Token,
and
Ashan.
\VS{33}There
were
other
villages
where
they
lived,
as
far
{\ADD{southwest}}
as
Baalath
{\ADD{
town}}.
Those
were
the
places
where
they
lived,
and
their
names,
according
to
the
family
records.
\par }{\PP \VS{34-38}The
men
in
the
following
list
were
the
leaders
of
their
clans:
Meshobab,
Jamlech,
Joshah
the
son
of
Amaziah,
Joel,
and
Jehu
the
son
of
Joshibiah.
Joshibiah
was
the
son
of
Seraiah
and
the
grandson
of
Asiel.
Other
clan
leaders
were
Elioenai,
Jaakobah,
Jeshohaiah,
Asaiah,
Adiel,
Jesimiel,
Benaiah,
and
Ziza.
Ziza
was
the
son
of
Shiphi
and
the
grandson
of
Allon,
who
was
the
son
of
Jedaiah,
who
was
the
son
of
Shimri,
who
was
the
son
of
Shemaiah.
\par }{\PP Those
families
became
very
large/numerous.
\VS{39}They
went
outside
of
Gedor
{\ADD{
town}}
on
the
east
side
of
the
valley
to
look
for pastureland
for
their
flocks
of
sheep.
\VS{40}They
found
good pastureland
with
plenty
of
grass.
The
place
was
peaceful
and
quiet.
\par }{\PP Previously
the
descendants
of
{\ADD{
Noah’s
son}}
Ham
had
lived
there.
\VS{41}But
while
Hezekiah
was
the
king
of
Judah,
the
leaders
of
the
tribe
of
Simeon
came
to
Gedor
and
fought
against
the
descendants
of
Ham
and
destroyed
their
tents.
They
also
fought
against
the
descendants
of Meun
who
were
living
there,
and
they
killed
all
of
them.
So
now
there
are
no
descendants
of Meun
living
there.
The
descendants
of
Simeon
started
to
live
there,
because
there
was
good pastureland
there
for
their
sheep.
\par }{\PP \VS{42}Ishi’s
four
sons
Pelatiah,
Neariah,
Rephaiah
and
Uzziel
led 500
other
descendants
of
Simeon
{\ADD{
and
attacked
the
people
who
were
living}}
in
the hilly
area
of
the
Edom
{\ADD{
region}}.
\VS{43}They
killed
the
few
descendants
of
Amalek
who
were
still
alive.
From
that
time
until
now,
the
descendants
of
Simeon
have
lived
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Edom
{\ADD{
region}}.

\par }\Chap{5}{\SH The descendants of Reuben
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Reuben
was
the
oldest
son
of
Jacob.
Therefore,
he
should
have
received
the
special
rights/privileges
that
belonged
to
firstborn
sons.
But
he
had
sex
with
his
father’s
slave
wife,
so
{\ADD{
his
father}}
gave
the
rights
if
a
firstborn
son
to
the
sons
of Reubers
younger
brother
Joseph.
And
in
the
family
records,
Reuben
is
not
mentioned
first,
like
the
firstborn
sons
always
are.
\VS{2}Although
Judah
became
more influential
than
his
brothers,
and
a
ruler
of
the
tribe
descended
from
him,
Joseph’s
family
received
the
rights
that
belonged
to
firstborn
sons.
\VS{3}But
Reuben
was
Jacob’s
oldest
son.
\par }{\LI Reuben’s
sons
were
Hanoch,
Pallu,
Hezron,
and
Carmi.
\par }{\LI \VS{4}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Reuben
was
Joel}}. Joel’s
son
was
Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s
son
was
Gog. Gog’s
son
was
Shimei.
\VS{5}Shimei’s
son
was
Micah.
Micah’s
son
was
Reaiah. Reaiah’s
son
was
Baal.
\VS{6}Baal’s
son
was
Beerah.
Beerah
was
a
leader
of
the
tribe/descendants
of
Reuben.
But
Tiglath-Pileser
the
king
of
Assyria
captured
him
and
took
him
to
Assyria.
\par }{\LI \VS{7}The
names
of
these
clans
are
listed
here
according
to
what
is
written
in
their
family
records.
\par }{\LI The
first
{\ADD{
name
written
was}}
Jeiel.
Then
Zechariah,
\VS{8}and
then
Bela.
Bela
was
the
son
of
Azaz,
and
Azaz
was
the
son
of
Shema,
and
Shema
was
the
son
of
Joel. Reuben’s
clan
was
very
large.
Some
of
them
lived
near
Aroer
{\ADD{
city}}
as
far
{\ADD{
north}}
as
Nebo
{\ADD{
town}}
and
Baal-Meon
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{9}Some
of
them
lived
further
east,
as
far
as
the
edge
of
the
desert
{\ADD{
south
of}}
the
Euphrates
River.
{\ADD{
They
went
there}}
because
they
had
a
huge
amount
of
cattle,
{\ADD{
with
the
result
that
there
was
not
enough pastureland
for
them}}
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}When
Saul
was
king
{\ADD{
of
Israel}},
Bela’s
clan
fought
against
the
descendants
of
Hagar
and
defeated
them.
After
that,
Bela’s
clan
lived
in
the
tents
that
the
descendants
of
Hagar
had
lived
in
previously,
in
all
the
area
east
of
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Gad
\par }{\LI \VS{11}The
tribe
of
Gad
lived
near
the
tribe
of
Reuben;
they
lived
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Bashan
{\ADD{
region}},
all
the
way
{\ADD{
east}}
to
Salecah
{\ADD{
town}}.
\VS{12}Joel
was
their
chief;
Shapham
was
his
assistant;
other
leaders
were
Janai
and
Shaphat.
\par }{\LIB \VS{13}Other
members
of
the
tribe
belonged
to
seven
clans,
whose
leaders
were
Michael,
Meshullam,
Sheba,
Jorai,
Jacan,
Zia,
and
Eber.
\VS{14}They
were
descendants
of
Abihail.
Abihail
was Huri’s
son.
Huri
was Jaroah’s
son.
Jaroah
was
Gilead’s
son.
Gilead
was Michael’s
son.
Michael
was Jeshishai’s
son.
Jeshishai
was Jahdo’s
son.
Jahdo
was
the
son
of
Buz.
\par }{\LIB \VS{15}Ahi
was Abdiel’s
son.
Abdiel
was Guni’s
son.
Ahi
was
the
leader
of
their
clan.
\par }{\LI \VS{16}The
descendants
of
Gad
lived
in
the
towns
in
Gilead
and
Bashan
regions,
and
on
all
the pastureland
on
{\ADD{
the}}
Sharon
{\ADD{
plain}}.
\VS{17}All
of
those
names
were
written
in
the
records
of
the
clans
of
Gad
during
the
time
that
Jotham
was
the
king
of
Judah
and
Jeroboam
was
the
king
of
Israel.
\par }{\SH The
armies
of
the
tribes
that
lived
east
of
the
Jordan
River
\par }{\PP \VS{18}There
were 44,760
soldiers
from
the
tribes
of
Reuben
and
Gad
and
{\ADD{
the
eastern}}
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
They
all
carried
shields
and
swords
and
bows
{\ADD{
and
arrows}}.
They
{\ADD{
were
all
trained
to}}
fight
well
in
battles.
\VS{19}They
attacked
the
descendants
of
Hagar
and
the
people
of
Jetur,
Naphish,
and
Nodab
{\ADD{
cities}}.
\VS{20}The
men
from
those
three
tribes
prayed
to
God
during
the
battles, requesting
him
to
help
them.
So
he
helped
them,
because
they
trusted
in
him.
He
enabled
them
to
defeat [IDM]
the
descendants
of
Hagar
and
all
those
who
were
helping
them.
\VS{21}They
took
the
animals
that
belonged
to
the
descendants
of
Hagar:
They
took 50,000
camels, 250,000
sheep,
and 2,000
donkeys.
They
also
captured 100,000
people.
\VS{22}But
many
descendants
of
Hagar
were
killed
because
God
helped
the
people
of
the
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
Manasseh.
After
that,
those
three
tribes
lived
in
that
area
until
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
Babylonia
{\ADD{
captured
them
and}}
took
them
away
to
Babylon.
\par }{\SH The
eastern
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
\par }{\PP \VS{23}There
were
many
people
who
belonged
to
the
eastern
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
They
lived
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Bashan
{\ADD{
region
east
of
the
Jordan
River}},
as
far
{\ADD{
north}}
as
Baal-Hermon,
Senir,
and
Hermon
Mountain.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}Their
clan
leaders
were
Epher,
Ishi,
Eliel,
Azriel,
Jeremiah,
Hodaviah,
and
Jahdiel.
They
were
all
strong,
brave,
and
famous
soldiers,
and
leaders
of
their
clans.
\VS{25}But
they
sinned
against
God,
the
one
whom
their
ancestors
had
worshiped.
They
began
to
worship
the
gods/idols
that
the
people
of
that
region
had
worshiped,
the
people
whom
God
had
enabled
them
to
destroy!
\VS{26}So
the
God
whom
the Israelis
{\ADD{
worshiped}} cauaed
Pul,
the
king
of
Assyria,
to
conquer
those
tribes. Pul’s
other
name
was
Tiglath-Pileser.
His
{\ADD{
army}}
captured
the
people
of
the
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
the
eastern
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
and
took
them
to
{\ADD{
various
places
in
Assyria}}:
Halah,
Habor,
Hara
and
near
the
Gozan
River.
{\ADD{
They
have
lived
in
those
places
from
that
time}}
to
the
present
time.

\par }\Chap{6}{\SH The descendants of Levi
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Levi’s
sons
were
Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
\par }{\LI \VS{2}Kohath’s
sons
were
Amram,
Izhar,
Hebron,
and
Uzziel.
\par }{\LI \VS{3}Amram’s
children
were
Miriam
and
{\ADD{
her
younger
brothers}}
Aaron
and
Moses.
\par }{\LI Aaron’s
sons
were
Nadab,
Abihu,
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar.
\par }{\LIB \VS{4}Eleazar
was
the
father
of
Phinehas.
\par }{\LIB Phinehas
was
the
father
of
Abishua.
\par }{\LIB \VS{5}Abishua
was
the
father
of
Bukki.
\par }{\LIB Bukki
was
the
father
of
Uzzi.
\par }{\LIB \VS{6}Uzzi
was
the
father
of
Zerahiah.
\par }{\LIB Zerahiah
was
the
father
of
Meraioth.
\par }{\LIB \VS{7}Meraioth
was
the
father
of
Amariah.
\par }{\LIB Amariah
was
the
father
of
Ahitub.
\par }{\LIB \VS{8}Ahitub
was
the
father
of
Zadok.
\par }{\LIB Zadok
was
the
father
of
Ahimaaz.
\par }{\LIB \VS{9}Ahimaaz
was
the
father
of
Azariah.
\par }{\LIB Azariah
was
the
father
of
Johanan.
\par }{\LIB \VS{10}Johanan
was
the
father
of
Azariah.
Azariah
was
a
priest
in
the
temple
that
Solomon
commanded
to
be
built
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\LIB \VS{11}Azariah
was
the
father
of
Amariah.
\par }{\LIB Amariah
was
the
father
of
Ahitub.
\par }{\LIB \VS{12}Ahitub
was
the
father
of
Zadok.
\par }{\LIB Zadok
was
the
father
of
Shallum.
\par }{\LIB \VS{13}Shallum
was
the
father
of
Hilkiah.
\par }{\LIB Hilkiah
was
the
father
of
Azariah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{14}Azariah
was
the
father
of
Seraiah.
\par }{\LIB Seraiah
was
the
father
of
Jehozadak.
\VS{15}Jehozadak
was
forced
to
leave
his
home
when
Yahweh
sent
{\ADD{
King}} Nebuchadnezzar’s
{\ADD{
army}} [MTY]
to
capture
many
people
in
Jerusalem
and
other
places
in
Judah
and
compel
them
{\ADD{
to
go
to
Babylonia}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{16}Levi’s
sons
were
Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
\par }{\LIB \VS{17}Gershon’s
sons
were
Libni
and
Shimei.
\par }{\LIB \VS{18}Kohath’s
sons
were
Amram,
Izhar,
Hebron,
and
Uzziel.
\par }{\LIB \VS{19}Merari’s
sons
were
Mahli
and
Mushi.
\par }{\BB \par }{\MM Here
is
a
list
of
the
descendants
of
Levi,
who
became
leaders
of
their
clans.
\par }{\LI \VS{20}Gershon’s
{\ADD{
oldest}}
son
was
Libni.
\par }{\LIB Libni’s
son
was Jehath.
\par }{\LIB Jehath’s
son
was
Zimmah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{21}Zimmah’s
son
was
Joah.
\par }{\LIB Joah’s
son
was
Iddo.
\par }{\LIB Iddo’s
son
was
Zerah.
\par }{\LIB Zerah’s
son
was
Jeatherai.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{22}Kohath’s
{\ADD{
other}}
son
was
Amminadab.
\par }{\LIB Amminadab’s
son
was
Korah.
\par }{\LIB Korah’s
son
was
Assir.
\par }{\LIB \VS{23}Assir’s
son
was
Elkanah.
\par }{\LIB Elkanah’s
son
was
Ebiasaph.
\par }{\LIB Ebiasaph’s
son
was
Assir.
\par }{\LIB \VS{24}Assir’s
son
was
Tahath.
\par }{\LIB Tahath’s
son
was
Uriel.
\par }{\LIB Uriel’s
son
was
Uzziah.
\par }{\LIB Uzziah’s
son
was
Shaul.
\par }{\LI \VS{25}Elkanah’s
{\ADD{
other}}
sons
were
Amasai
and
Ahimoth.
\par }{\LIB \VS{26}Ahimoth’s
son
was
Elkanah.
\par }{\LIB Elkanah’s
son
was
Zophai.
\par }{\LIB Zophai’s
son
was
Nahath.
\par }{\LIB \VS{27}Nahath’s
son
was
Eliab.
\par }{\LIB Eliab’s
son
was
Jeroham.
\par }{\LIB Jeroham’s
son
was
Elkanah.
\par }{\LIB Elkanah’s
son
was
Samuel.
\par }{\LI \VS{28}Samuel’s
oldest
son
was
Joel;
his
other
son
was
Abijah.
\par }{\LI \VS{29}Merari’s
oldest
son
was
Mahli.
\par }{\LIB Mahli’s
son
was
Libni.
\par }{\LIB Libni’s
son
was
Shimei.
\par }{\LIB Shimei’s
son
was
Uzzah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{30}Uzzah’s
son
was
Shimea.
\par }{\LIB Shimea’s
son
was
Haggiah.
\par }{\LIB Haggiah’s
son
was
Asaiah.
\par }{\SH The
temple
musicians
\par }{\PP \VS{31}After
the
Sacred
Chest
was
brought
{\ADD{
to
Jerusalem,
King}}
David
appointed
some
of
the
men
who
were
descendants
of
Levi
to
be
in
charge
of
the
music
in
{\ADD{
the
Sacred
Tent
where
the
people
worshiped}}
Yahweh.
\VS{32}Those
musicians
first
sang
and
played
their
instruments
in
the
Sacred
Tent,
which
was
also
called
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
and
they
continued
to
do
that
until
Solomon’s
{\ADD{
workers}}
built
the
temple
of
Yahweh
in
Jerusalem.
In
all
their
work,
they
obeyed
the
instructions
{\ADD{
that
David
had
given
them}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Here
is
a
list
of
the
musicians
and
their
sons:
\par }{\LI From
Kohath’s
descendants
there
was
Heman,
the
leader
of
the
singers.
\par }{\LIB Heman
was
the
son
of
Joel.
\par }{\LIB Joel
was
the
son
of
Samuel.
\par }{\LIB \VS{34}Samuel
was
the
son
of
Elkanah.
\par }{\LIB Elkanah
was
the
son
of
Jeroham.
\par }{\LIB Jeroham
was
the
son
of
Eliel.
\par }{\LIB Eliel
was
the
son
of
Toah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{35}Toah
was
the
son
of
Zuph.
\par }{\LIB Zuph
was
the
son
of
Elkanah.
\par }{\LIB Elkanah
was
the
son
of
Mahath.
\par }{\LIB Mahath
was
the
son
of
Amasai.
\par }{\LIB \VS{36}Amasai
was
the
son
of
{\ADD{
another
man
whose
name
was}}
Elkanah.
\par }{\LIB Elkanah
was
the
son
of
Joel.
\par }{\LIB Joel
was
the
son
of
Azariah.
\par }{\LIB Azariah
was
the
son
of
Zephaniah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{37}Zephaniah
was
the
son
of
Tahath.
\par }{\LIB Tahath
was
the
son
of
Assir.
\par }{\LIB Assir
was
the
son
of
Ebiasaph.
\par }{\LIB Ebiasaph
was
the
son
of
Korah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{38}Korah
was
the
son
of
Izhar.
\par }{\LIB Izhar
was
the
son
of
Kohath.
\par }{\LIB Kohath
was
the
son
of
Levi.
\par }{\LIB Levi
was
the
son
of
Jacob.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{39}Heman’s
helper
was
Asaph.
His
group
{\ADD{
of
singers}}
stood
at
the
right
side
of
Heman.
\par }{\LIB Asaph
was
the
son
of Berekiah.
\par }{\LIB Berekiah
was
the
son
of
Shimea.
\par }{\LIB \VS{40}Shimea
was
the
son
of
Michael.
\par }{\LIB Michael
was
the
son
of
Baaseiah.
\par }{\LIB Baaseiah
was
the
son
of
Malkijah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{41}Malkijah
was
the
son
of
Ethni.
\par }{\LIB Ethni
was
the
son
of
Zerah.
\par }{\LIB Zerah
was
the
son
of
Adaiah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{42}Adaiah
was
the
son
of
Ethan.
\par }{\LIB Ethan
was
the
son
of
Zimmah.
\par }{\LIB Zimmah
was
the
son
of
Shimei.
\par }{\LIB \VS{43}Shimei
was
the
son
of
Jahath.
\par }{\LIB Jahath
was
the
son
of
Gershon,
\par }{\LIB and
Gershon
was
the
son
of
Levi.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{44}{\ADD{
A
group
of
singers
from}}
Merari’s
family
helped
Heman
and
Asaph.
They
stood
to
the
left
of
Heman.
The
leader
of
this
group
was
Ethan,
the
son
of
Kishi.
\par }{\LIB Kishi
was
the
son
of
Abdi.
\par }{\LIB Abdi
was
the
son
of
Malluch.
\par }{\LIB \VS{45}Malluch
was
the
son
of
Hashabiah.
\par }{\LIB Hashabiah
was
the
son
of
Amaziah.
\par }{\LIB Amaziah
was
the
son
of
Hilkiah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{46}Hilkiah
was
the
son
of
Amzi.
\par }{\LIB Amzi
was
the
son
of
Bani.
\par }{\LIB Bani
was
the
son
of
Shemer.
\par }{\LIB \VS{47}Shemer
was
the
son
of
Mahli.
\par }{\LIB Mahli
was
the
son
of
Mushi.
\par }{\LIB Mushi
was
the
son
of
Merari,
\par }{\LIB and
Merari
was
the
son
of
Levi.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{48}The
other
descendants
of
Levi
were
appointed
to
do
other
work
in
the
sacred
tent,
the
place
{\ADD{
where
the
people
worshiped}}
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{49}Aaron
and
his
descendants
were
the
ones
who
placed
on
the
altar
the
sacrifices
that
were
to
be
burned
completely,
and
they
burned
incense
on
another
altar.
Those
sacrifices
were
in
order
that
Yahweh
would
no
longer
be
angry
with
the
people
of
Israel
for
having
sinned.
Those
men
also
did
other
work
in
the
Very
Holy
Place
in
the
sacred
tent,
obeying
the
instructions
that
Moses,
who
served
God
{\ADD{
well}},
had
given
to
them.
\par }{\LI \VS{50}These
were
the
descendants
of
Aaron:
\par }{\LIB Aaron’s
son
was
Eleazar.
\par }{\LIB Eleazar’s
son
was
Phinehas.
\par }{\LIB Phinehas’s
son
was
Abishua.
\par }{\LIB \VS{51}Abishua’s
son
was
Bukki.
\par }{\LIB Bukki’s
son
was
Uzzi.
\par }{\LIB Uzzi’s
son
was
Zerahiah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{52}Zerahiah’s
son
was
Meraioth.
\par }{\LIB Meraioth’s
son
was
Amariah.
\par }{\LIB Amariah’s
son
was
Ahitub.
\par }{\LIB \VS{53}Ahitub’s
son
was
Zadok,
\par }{\LIB and
Zadok’s
son
was
Ahimaaz.
\par }{\SH Land
for
the
descendants
of
Levi
\par }{\PP \VS{54}Here
is
a
list
of
the
places
where
Aaron’s
descendants
lived.
Those
who
were
descendants
of
Kohath
were
the
first
group
to
be
allotted
cities
to
live
in.
\par }{\PI \VS{55}They
were
allotted
Hebron
{\ADD{
city}}
in
Judah
and
the pastureland
around
the
city,
\VS{56}but
the
fields
farther
from
the
city
and
the
villages
near
the
city
were
given
to
Caleb,
the
son
of
Jephunneh.
\par }{\PI \VS{57}The
descendants
of
Aaron
{\ADD{
who
were
descendants
of
Kohath}}
were
allotted
Hebron,
one
of
the
cities
{\ADD{
to
which
people
could
flee}}
and
be
protected
{\ADD{
if
they
accidentally
killed
someone}}.
They
also
were
allotted
the
towns
and pastureland
near
Libnah,
Jattir,
Eshtemoa,
\VS{58}Hilen,
Debir,
\VS{59}Ashan,
Juttah,
and
Beth-Shemesh.
\VS{60}They
were
also
allotted
Gibeon,
Geba,
Alemeth,
and
Anathoth
{\ADD{
cities}}
from
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\par }{\PI Altogether,
these
clans
descended
from
Kohath
were
allotted 13
towns.
\par }{\PP \VS{61}The
other
clans
descended
from
Kohath
were
allotted
ten
towns
from
the
clans
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
{\ADD{
that
lived
west
of
the
Jordan
River}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{62}The
descendants
of
Gershon
were
allotted 13
cities
and
towns
from
the
tribes
of
Issachar,
Asher,
Naphtali,
and
the
part
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
that
lived
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Bashan
{\ADD{
region
on
the
east
side
of
the
Jordan
River}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{63}The
descendants
of
Merari
were
allotted
twelve
cities
and
towns
from
the
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
Zebulun.
\par }{\PP \VS{64}The
leaders
of
Israel
allotted
those
towns
and
the
nearby
pasturelands
to
the
descendants
of
Levi.
\VS{65}They
also
allotted
to
them
the
cities
and
towns
from
the
tribes
of
Judah,
Simeon,
and
Benjamin
that
were
listed
previously.
\par }{\PP \VS{66}Some
of
the
descendants
of
Kohath
were
allotted
towns
from
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
\par }{\PI \VS{67}They
were
allotted
Shechem,
which
was
one
of
the
cities
{\ADD{
to
which
people
could
flee}}
and
be
protected
{\ADD{
if
they
accidentally
killed
someone}},
along
with
the
nearby pastureland
in
the
hills
of
Ephraim.
They
were
also
allotted
these
towns
and pastureland
near
them:
Gezer,
\VS{68}Jokmeam,
Beth-Horon,
\VS{69}Aijalon,
and
Gath-Rimmon.
\par }{\PI \VS{70}The
other
descendants
of
Kohath
were
allotted
Aner
and
Bileam
towns
and
the
nearby pastureland
from
the
part
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
that
lived
west
{\ADD{
of
the
Jordan
River}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{71}The
descendants
of
Gershon,
who
were
part
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
lived
east
{\ADD{
of
the
Jordan
River}}.
They
were
allotted
the
cities
and
towns
and pastureland
near
them:
Golan
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Bashan
and
Ashtaroth
{\ADD{
regions}}.
\par }{\LIB \VS{72}From
the
tribe
of
Issachar
they
were
allotted
cities
and
towns
and pastureland
near
Kedesh,
Daberath,
\VS{73}Ramoth,
and
Anem.
\par }{\LIB \VS{74}From
the
tribe
of
Asher
they
were
allotted
cities
and
towns
and pastureland
near
Mashal,
Abdon,
\VS{75}Hukok,
and
Rehob.
\par }{\LIB \VS{76}And
from
the
tribe
of
Naphtali
they
were
allotted
cities
and
towns
and pastureland
near
Kedesh
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Galilee
{\ADD{
region}},
and
Hammon
and
Kiriathaim
{\ADD{
towns}}.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{77}The
other
descendants
of
Levi,
those
descended
from
Merari,
were
allotted
towns
and
pasturelands
from
the
tribe
of
Zebulun
near
Jokneam,
Kartah,
Rimmono,
and
Tabor.
\par }{\LIB \VS{78-79}From
the
tribe
of
Reuben
they
were
allotted
cities
and
towns
and pastureland
near
Bezer
in
the
desert,
Jahzah,
Kedemoth,
and
Mephaath.
The
tribe
of
Reuben
lived
east
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}},
across
from
Jericho.
\par }{\LIB \VS{80}From
the
tribe
of
Gad,
they
were
allotted
cities
and
towns
and pastureland
near
Ramoth
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}},
{\ADD{
the
cities
of}}
Mahanaim,
\VS{81}Heshbon,
and
Jazer.

\par }\Chap{7}{\SH The descendants of Issachar
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Issachar’s
four
sons
were
Tola,
Puah,
Jashub,
and
Shimron.
\par }{\LI \VS{2}Tola’s
sons
were
Uzzi,
Rephaiah,
Jeriel,
Jahmai,
Ibsam,
and
Samuel (OR,
Shemuel).
They
were
all
leaders
of
the
clans
{\ADD{
descended
from}}
them.
\par }{\LIB In
the
record
of Tola’s
descendants
were
the
names
of 22,600
men
who
served
in
the
army
during
the
time
that
David
was
the
king
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{3}Uzzi’s
son
was
Izrahiah. Izrahiah’s
five
sons
were
Michael,
Obadiah,
Joel,
and
Isshiah.
Izrahiah
and
his
sons
were
all
leaders
of
their
clans.
\par }{\LIB \VS{4}In
the
record
of Izrahiah’s
descendants
were
the
names
of 36,000
men
who
served
in
the
army
because
they
had
many
wives
and
children.
\par }{\LI \VS{5}In
the
records
of
the
clans
descended
from
Issachar
were
the
names
of 87,000
men
who
served
in
the
army.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Benjamin
\par }{\LI \VS{6}{\ADD{
Some
of
the}}
sons
of
Benjamin
were
Bela,
Beker,
and
Jediael.
\par }{\LI \VS{7}Bela’s
five
sons
were
Ezbon,
Uzzi,
Uzziel,
Jerimoth,
and
Iri.
They
were
all
leaders
of
clans.
\par }{\LIB In
the
records
of
the
clans
descended
from
Bela
there
were
names
of 22,034
men
who
served
in
the
army.
\par }{\LI \VS{8}Beker’s
sons
were
Zemirah,
Joash,
Eliezer,
Elioenai,
Omri,
Jeremoth,
Abijah,
Anathoth,
and
Alemeth.
\par }{\LIB \VS{9}In
the
records
of
the
clans
descended
from
Beker
were
the
names
of 20,200
men
and
leaders
of
the
clans
who
served
in
the
army.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}Jediael’s
son
was
Bilhan. Bilhan’s
sons
were
Jeush,
Benjamin,
Ehud,
Kenaanah,
Zethan,
Tarshish,
and
Ahishahar.
\VS{11}They
were
all
leaders
of
clans
descended
from
them.
\par }{\LIB There
were 17,200
of
them
who
served
in
the
army.
\par }{\LI \VS{12}Shuppim
and
Huppim
were
descendants
of
Ir.
\par }{\LI {\ADD{
One
of}}
the
descendants
of
Aher
was
Hushim.
\par }{\SH Naphtali’s
sons
\par }{\LI \VS{13}Naphtali’s
sons
were
Jahziel,
Guni,
Jezer,
and
Shillem.
They
were
all
descendants
of
{\ADD{
Jacob’s
slave
wife}}
Bilhah.
\par }{\SH Manasseh’s
descendants
\par }{\LI \VS{14}{\ADD{
This
is
a
list
of}}
Manasseh’s
descendants.
Manasseh
had
a
slave
wife
who
was
from
Syria.
She
was
the
mother
of
Asriel
and
Makir.
\par }{\LI Makir
was
the
father
of
Gilead.
\par }{\LI \VS{15}Makir
{\ADD{
had
two
wives}}.
They
were
from
the
clans
of
Huppim
and
Shuppim.
\par }{\LIB One
of
Makir’s
wives
was
named
Maacah.
\par }{\LIB Another
descendant
{\ADD{
of
Makir}}
was
Zelophehad.
Zelophehad
{\ADD{
had
no
sons;
he}}
had
only
daughters.
\par }{\LI \VS{16}Makir’s
wife
Maacah
gave
birth
to
two
sons
whom
she
named
Peresh
and
Sheresh. Sheresh’s
sons
were
Ulam
and
Rakem.
\VS{17}Ulam’s
son
was
Bedan.
\par }{\LI All
those
{\ADD{
men
were
considered
to
be}}
descendants
of
Gilead,
who
was
the
son
of
Makir
and
grandson
of
Manasseh.
\par }{\LI \VS{18}Makir’s
sister
name
was
Hammoleketh
who
was
the
mother
of Ishdod,
Abiezer,
and
Mahlah.
\par }{\LI \VS{19}{\ADD{
One
son
of
Gilead
was}}
Shemida,
whose
sons
were
Ahian,
Shechem,
Likhi,
and
Aniam.
\par }{\SH Descendants
of
Ephraim
\par }{\LI \VS{20}{\ADD{
This
is
a
list
of}}
the
descendants
of
Ephraim.
\par }{\LIB One
son
of
Ephraim’s
was
Shuthelah.
\par }{\LIB Shuthelah’s
son
was
Bered.
\par }{\LIB Bered’s
son
was
Tahath.
\par }{\LIB Tahath’s
son
was
Eleadah.
\par }{\LIB Eleadah’s
son
was
{\ADD{
also
named}}
Tahath.
\par }{\LIB \VS{21}Tahath’s
son
was
Zabad.
\par }{\LIB Zabad’s
son
was
Shuthelah.
\par }{\LI {\ADD{
Ephraim’s
other
sons,}}
Ezer
and
Elead,
went
to
Gath
{\ADD{
city}}
to
steal
some
cows
and
sheep.
But
they
were
both
killed
by
some
of
the
men
from
that
city.
\VS{22}Their
father
Ephraim
cried/mourned
for
them
for
many
days,
and
his
family
came
to
comfort
him.
\VS{23}Then
he
and
his
wife
had
sex [EUP]
{\ADD{
again}},
and
she
became
pregnant
and
gave
birth
to
a
son.
Ephraim
named
him
Beriah
{\ADD{
which resembles
the
word ‘trouble’,}}
because
of
the
trouble
that
his
family
had
experienced.
\VS{24}Ephraim’s
daughter
was
Sheerah.
Her
workers
built
{\ADD{
three
towns}}:
Lower
Beth-Horon,
Upper
Beth-Horon,
and
Uzzen-Sheerah.
\par }{\LI \VS{25}{\ADD{
Another}}
son
of
Ephraim
was
Rephah.
\par }{\LIB Rephah’s
son
was
Resheph.
\par }{\LIB Resheph’s
son
was
Telah.
\par }{\LIB Telah’s
son
was
Tahan.
\par }{\LIB \VS{26}Tahan’s
son
was
Ladan.
\par }{\LIB Ladan’s
son
was
Ammihud.
\par }{\LIB Ammihud’s
son
was
Elishama.
\par }{\LIB \VS{27}Elishama’s
son
was
Nun.
\par }{\LIB Nun’s
son
was
Joshua,
{\ADD{
the
man
who
led
the Israelis
after
Moses
died}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}{\ADD{
This
is
a
list
of}}
the
cities
and
areas
where
the
descendants
of
Ephraim
lived:
\par }{\LI Bethel
and
the
nearby
villages;
\par }{\LI Naaran
to
the
east;
\par }{\LI Gezer
to
the
west
and
the
nearby
villages;
and
\par }{\LI Shechem
and
the
nearby
villages.
Those
villages
extended
{\ADD{
north}}
as
far
as
Ayyah
and
the
nearby
villages.
\par }{\LI \VS{29}Along
the
border
of
the
area
where
the
descendants
of
Manasseh
lived
were
these
towns:
Beth-Shan,
Taanach,
Megiddo,
and
Dor,
and
the
nearby
villages.
\par }{\MM The
people
who
lived
in
all
those
places
were
descendants
of
Jacob’s
son
Joseph.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Asher
\par }{\LI \VS{30}Asher’s
sons
were
Imnah,
Ishvah,
Ishvi,
and
Beriah.
Their
sister
was
Serah.
\par }{\LI \VS{31}Beriah’s
sons
were
Heber
and Malkiel.
\par }{\LIB Malkiel
was
the
father
of
Birzaith
\par }{\LIB \VS{32}Heber
was
the
father
of
Japhlet,
Shomer,
and
Hotham.
Their
sister
was
Shua.
\par }{\LI \VS{33}Japhlet’s
sons
were
Pasach,
Bimhal,
and
Ashvath.
\par }{\LI \VS{34}Japhlet’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
was
Shomer. Shomer’s
sons
were
Rohgah,
Hubbah,
and
Aram.
\par }{\LI \VS{35}Shomer’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
was
Hotham (OR,
Helem). Hotham’s
sons
were
Zophah,
Imna,
Shelesh,
and
Amal.
\par }{\LIB \VS{36}Zophah’s
sons
were
Suah,
Harnepher,
Shual,
Beri,
Imrah,
\VS{37}Bezer,
Hod,
Shamma,
Shilshah,
Ithran
{\ADD{
whose
other
name
was
Jether}},
and
Beera.
\par }{\LIB \VS{38}Jether’s
sons
were
Jephunneh,
Pispah,
and
Ara.
\par }{\LI \VS{39}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Asher
was}}
Ulla,
whose
sons
were
Arah,
Hanniel,
and
Rizia.
\par }{\PP \VS{40}All
those
men
were
descendants
of
Asher,
and
they
were
all
leaders
of
their
clans.
They
were
brave
warriors
and
excellent
leaders.
In
the
record
of
the
clans
that
are
descended
from
Asher
are
{\ADD{
the
names
of}} 26,000
men
who
served
in
the
army.

\par }\Chap{8}{\SH Another list of descendants of Benjamin
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Benjamin
had
five
sons:
Bela,
Ashbel,
Aharah,
\VS{2}Nohah,
and
Rapha.
\par }{\LI \VS{3}The
sons
of
Bela
were
Addar,
Gera,
Abihud,
\VS{4}Abishua,
Naaman,
Ahoah,
\VS{5}Gera,
Shephuphan,
and
Huram.
\par }{\LIB \VS{6}{\ADD{
One
of Gera’s
sons
was
Ehud.}}
The
descendants
of
Ehud
were
leaders
of
their
clans
who
lived
in
Geba
{\ADD{
city}},
but
they
were
forced
to
move
to
Manahath
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{7}Ehud’s
sons/descendants
were
Naaman,
Ahijah,
and
Gera.
\par }{\LIB Gera
was
the
one
who
led
them
when
they
moved
to
Manahath.
Gera
was
the
father
of
Uzza
and
Ahihud.
\par }{\LI \VS{8-11}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Benjamin
was
Shaharaim}}.
He
and
his
wife
Hushim
had
two
sons,
Abitub
and
Elpaal.
In
{\ADD{
the}}
Moab
{\ADD{
region}},
Shaharaim
divorced
Hushim
and
his
other
wife
Baara.
{\ADD{
Then
he
married
a
woman
whose
name
was}}
Hodesh,
and
they
had
{\ADD{
seven
sons}}:
Jobab,
Zibia,
Mesha,
Malcam,
Jeuz,
Sakia,
and
Mirmah.
They
were
all
leaders
of
their
clans.
\par }{\LI \VS{12-13}Elpaal’s
sons
were
Eber,
Misham,
Shemed,
Beriah,
and
Shema.
Shemed
built
{\ADD{
the
towns
of}}
Ono
and
Lod,
and
the
nearby
villages.
Beriah
and
Shema
were
leaders
of
their
clans,
who
lived
in
Aijalon
{\ADD{
city}}.
They
forced
the
people
who
lived
in
Gath
{\ADD{
city}}
to
leave
their
city.
\par }{\LIB \VS{14-16}Beriah’s
sons
were
Ahio,
Shashak,
Jeremoth,
Zebadiah,
Arad,
Eder,
Michael,
Ishpah,
and
Joha.
\par }{\LI \VS{17}{\ADD{
Other}}
descendants
of
Elpaal
were
Zebadiah,
Meshullam,
Hizki,
Heber,
\VS{18}Ishmerai,
Izliah,
and
Jobab.
\par }{\LI \VS{19-21}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Benjamin
was
Shimei.}} Shimei’s
descendants
included
Jakim,
Zicri,
Zabdi,
Elienai,
Zillethai,
Eliel,
Adaiah,
Beraiah,
and
Shimrath.
\par }{\LI \VS{22}Shashak’s
sons
were
Ishpan,
Eber,
Eliel,
\VS{23}Abdon,
Zicri,
Hanan,
\VS{24}Hananiah,
Elam,
Anthothijah,
\VS{25}Iphdeiah,
and
Penuel.
\par }{\LI \VS{26-27}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Benjamin
was}}
Jeroham,
whose
sons
were
Shamsherai,
Shehariah,
Athaliah,
Jaareshiah,
Elijah,
and
Zicri.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}In
the
records
of
these
clans
it
is
written
that
all
those
men
were
leaders
of
their
clans,
and
they
lived
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{29}{\ADD{
Another
descendant
of
Benjamin
was}}
Jeiel.
He
lived
in
Gibeon
{\ADD{
town}},
and
he
was
the
leader
there.
His
wife
was
Maacah.
\VS{30}His
oldest
son
was
Abdon.
His
other
sons
were
Zur,
Kish,
Baal,
Ner,
Nadab,
\VS{31}Gedor,
Ahio,
Zeker,
\VS{32}and
Mikloth.
Mikloth
was
the
father
of
Shimeah.
All
these
sons
of
Jeiel
also
lived
near
their
relatives
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\LI \VS{33}Ner
was
the
father
of
Kish,
and
Kish
was
the
father
of
{\ADD{
King}}
Saul.
\par }{\LI Saul
was
the
father
of
Jonathan, Malchishua,
Abinadab,
and
Esh-Baal.
\par }{\LI \VS{34}Jonathan’s
son
was
Merib-Baal.
\par }{\LI Merib-Baal
was
the
father
of
Micah.
\par }{\LI \VS{35}Micah’s
sons
were
Pithon,
Melech,
Tarea,
and
Ahaz.
\par }{\LI \VS{36}Ahaz
was
the
father
of
Jehoaddah.
\par }{\LI Jehoaddah
was
the
father
of
Alemeth,
Azmaveth,
and
Zimri.
\par }{\LI Zimri
was
the
father
of
Moza.
\par }{\LI \VS{37}Moza
was
the
father
of
Binea.
\par }{\LI The
son
of
Binea
was
Raphah.
\par }{\LI The
son
of
Raphah
was
Eleasah.
\par }{\LI The
son
of
Eleasah
was
Azel.
\par }{\LI \VS{38}Azel
had
six
sons:
Azrikam, Bokeru,
Ishmael,
Sheariah,
Obadiah,
and
Hanan.
\par }{\LI \VS{39}Azel’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
was
Eshek.
\par }{\LI Eshek’s
oldest
son
was
Ulam.
His
other
sons
were
Jeush
and
Eliphelet.
\par }{\LIB \VS{40}Ulam’s
sons
were
brave
warriors
and ◄good
archers/able
to
shoot
arrows
well►.
Altogether
they
had 150
sons
and
grandsons.
\par }{\BB \par }{\MM Those
were
the
descendants
of
Benjamin.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
{\ADD{
names
of
all
the}}
people
of
Israel
were
listed/written
with
the
names
of
their
clans,
and
that
information
was
written
in
the
scroll/book
named ‘The
Record
of
the
Kings
of Israel’.
\par }{\SH The
people
in
Jerusalem
\par }{\PP {\ADD{
Many
of}}
the
people
of
Judah
were
captured
and
forced
to
go
to
Babylon.
That
happened
because
they
did
not
faithfully
{\ADD{
do
what
was
pleasing
to}}
God.
\VS{2}The
first
people
who
returned
{\ADD{
to
Judah 70
years
later}}
and
lived
in
their
own
land
and
in
their
own
cities
and
towns
were
some Israeli
priests,
other
descendants
of
Levi,
and
men
who
worked
in
the
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}{\ADD{
Other}}
people
from
the
tribes
of
Judah,
Benjamin,
Ephraim,
and
Manasseh
{\ADD{
also
returned
to
Judah
and}}
lived
in
Jerusalem.
This
is
a
list
of
those
people
{\ADD{
of
the
tribe
of
Judah}}:
\par }{\LI \VS{4}Uthai
the
son
of
Ammihud.
Ammihud
was
the
son
of
Omri;
Omri
was
the
son
of
Imri;
Imri
was
the
son
of
Bani;
Bani
was
a
descendant
of
Perez;
Perez
was
the
son
of
Judah.
\par }{\LI \VS{5}Asaiah
and
his
sons
were
descendants
of
Shelah.
Asaiah
was
the
oldest
son
in
his
family.
\par }{\LI \VS{6}Jeuel
and
others
of
his
relatives
in Zerah’s
clan.
There
were 690
people
in
this
clan.
\par }{\LI \VS{7}From
the
tribe
of
Benjamin,
Sallu,
the
son
of
Meshullam.
Meshullam
was
the
son
of
Hodaviah;
Hodaviah
was
the
son
of
Hassenuah.
\par }{\LI \VS{8}Ibneiah
the
son
of
Jeroham.
\par }{\LI Elah
the
son
of
Uzzi.
Uzzi
was
the
son
of Micri.
\par }{\LI Meshullam
the
son
of
Shephatiah.
Shephatiah
was
the
son
of
Reuel;
Reuel
was
the
son
of
Ibnijah.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}In
other
records
of
the
people
descended
from
Benjamin,
there
are
the
names
of 956
people
who
were
living
in
Jerusalem.
All
these
were
leaders
of
their
clans.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{10}Some
of
the
priests
{\ADD{
who
returned
to
Judah
were}}:
\par }{\LI Jedaiah,
Jehoiarib,
Jakin,
\par }{\LI \VS{11}and
Azariah
who
was
the
son
of
Hilkiah.
\par }{\LIB Hilkiah
who
was
the
son
of
Meshullam;
\par }{\LIB Meshullam
who
was
the
son
of
Zadok,
\par }{\LIB Zadok
who
was
the
son
of
Meraioth;
\par }{\LIB Meraioth
who
was
the
son
of
Ahitub;
\par }{\LIB Ahitub
who
supervised
the
temple
guards;
\par }{\LI \VS{12}Adaiah
who
was
the
son
of
Jeroham;
\par }{\LIB Jeroham
who
was
the
son
of
Pashhur;
\par }{\LIB Pashhur
who
was
the
son
of
Malchijah;
\par }{\LI Maasai
who
was
the
son
of
Adiel;
\par }{\LIB Adiel
who
was
the
son
of
Jahzerah;
\par }{\LIB Jahzerah
who
was
the
son
of
Meshullam;
\par }{\LIB Meshullam
who
was
the
son
of
Meshillemith;
\par }{\LIB Meshillemith
who
was
the
son
of
Immer.
\par }{\MM \VS{13}Altogether
there
were 1,760
priests
{\ADD{
who
returned
to
Judah}}.
They
were
leaders
of
their
clans,
and
they
all
were
responsible
for
doing
work
in
the
temple
of
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{14}From
the
descendants
of
Levi
{\ADD{
who
returned
to
Judah}}
there
was
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Hasshub.
\par }{\LIB Hasshub
was
the
son
of
Azrikam;
\par }{\LIB Azrikam
was
the
son
of
Hashabiah;
\par }{\LIB Hashabiah
was
a
descendant
of
{\ADD{
Levi’s
youngest
son}}
Merari.
\par }{\LI \VS{15}{\ADD{
Other
descendants
of
Levi
who
returned
to
Judah
were}}
Bakbakkar,
Heresh,
Galal,
and
Mattaniah
the
son
of
Mica.
\par }{\LIB Mica
was
the
son
if
Zicri;
\par }{\LIB Zicri
was
the
son
of
Asaph.
\par }{\LI \VS{16}There
was
also
Obadiah
the
son
of
Shemaiah.
\par }{\LIB Shemaiah
was
the
son
of
Galal.
\par }{\LIB Galal
was
the
son
of
Jeduthun.
\par }{\LI There
was
also Berekiah
the
son
of
Asa.
\par }{\LIB Asa
was
the
son
of
Elkanah,
who
lived
in
one
of
the
villages
where
the Netophath people-clan
lived.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{17}From
the
{\ADD{
descendants
of
Levi
who
returned
to
Judah}}
who
guarded
the
temple
gates
there
were
Shallum,
Akkub,
Talmon,
Ahiman,
and
some
of
their
relatives.
Shallum
was
their
leader.
\VS{18}Those
gatekeepers
from
the
tribe
of
Levi
stood
at
the
King’s
Gate
on
the
east
side
{\ADD{
of
the
temple}}.
\par }{\LIB \VS{19}Shallum
was
the
son
of
Kore.
\par }{\LIB Kore
was
the
son
of
Ebiasaph.
\par }{\LIB Ebiasaph
was
the
son
of
Korah.
\par }{\LI Shallum
and
his
relatives
were
gatekeepers,
and
they
were
responsible
to
guard
the
gates
of
the
Sacred
Tent
of
Yahweh,
like
their
ancestors
had
done.
\par }{\LI \VS{20}Previously
Phinehas,
the
son
of
Eleazar,
had
supervised
the
gatekeepers,
and
Yahweh ◄was
with/helped►
Phinehas.
\par }{\LI \VS{21}Zechariah
the
son
of
Meshelemiah
was
the
gatekeeper
at
the
entrance
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Altogether,
there
were 212
men
who
were
chosen
to
guard
the
gates.
Their
names
were
written
in
the
records
of
the
clans
in
their
villages.
{\ADD{
King}}
David
and
the
prophet
Samuel
appointed/chose
those
men
because
those
men ◄were
dependable/always
did
what
they
were
told
to
do►.
\VS{23}The
work
of
those
gatekeepers
and
their
descendants
was
to
guard
the
entrances
of
the
Sacred
Tent
of
Yahweh.
That
was
before
the
temple
was
built
to
replace
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{24}There
were
gatekeepers
on
each
of
the
four
sides
of
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{25}Sometimes
it
was
necessary
for
the
relatives
of
the
gatekeepers
who
lived
in
those
villages
to
come
and
help
them.
Each
time
some
of
them
came,
they
helped
the
gatekeepers
for
seven
days.
\VS{26}There
were
four
descendants
of
Levi
who
{\ADD{
worked
every
day,
and
they}}
supervised
the
gatekeepers.
They
also
took
care
of
the
rooms
and
treasures
in
the
Sacred
Tent
of
God.
\VS{27}They
remained
awake
all
during
the
night
to
guard
the
Sacred
Tent,
and
each
morning
they
opened
the
gates.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Some
of
the
gatekeepers
took
care
of
the
articles
that
were
used
in
worship.
They
also
took
care
of
the
flour,
wine,
olive
oil,
incense,
and
spices
{\ADD{
that
were
used
in
the
sacrifices}}.
\VS{29}Other
gatekeepers
were
appointed
to
take
care
of
the
other
things
in
the
Sacred
Tent.
\VS{30}But
some
of
the
priests
had
the
work
of
mixing
the
spices.
\VS{31}There
was
a
descendant
of
Levi
named
Mattithiah,
the
oldest
son
of
Shallum,
who
was
a
descendant
of
Korah.
He ◄was
very
dependable/always
did
what
he
was
told
to
do►,
so
they
gave
him $\{$he
was
given$\}$
the
work
of baking
the
bread
that
was
used
in
the
offerings
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
\VS{32}Some
of
the
gatekeepers
who
were
descended
from
Kohath
prepared
the
freshly
baked
loaves
of
sacred
bread
that
were
placed
on
the
table
{\ADD{
inside
the
Sacred
Tent}}
every
Sabbath/rest
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}Some
of
the
descendants
of
Levi
were
musicians
who
worked
in
the
Sacred
Tent.
The
leaders
of
those
families
{\ADD{
stayed/slept}}
in
the
rooms
{\ADD{
of
the
Sacred
Tent}}.
They
did
not
do
{\ADD{
any
other
work}}
in
the
Sacred
Tent
because
they
were
responsible
to
serve
{\ADD{
as
musicians}}
day
and
night.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Those
are
{\ADD{
the
names
of}}
the
leaders
of
the
clans
descended
from
Levi.
Their
names
were
written
in
the
records
of
the
clans.
They
all
lived
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\SH The
ancestors
and
descendants
of
King
Saul
\par }{\LI \VS{35}{\ADD{
One
of
the
descendants
of
Benjamin,}}
Jeiel,
lived
in
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city}}.
He
was
the
city
leader.
His
wife’s
name
was
Maacah.
\par }{\LI \VS{36}His
oldest
son
was
Abdon.
\par }{\LI His
other
sons
were
Zur,
Kish,
Baal,
Ner,
Nadab,
\VS{37}Gedor,
Ahio,
Zechariah,
and
Mikloth.
\par }{\LIB \VS{38}Mikloth
was
the
father
of
Shimeam. Jeiel’s
family
lived
near
their
relatives
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\LI \VS{39}Ner
was
the
father
of
Kish.
Kish
was
the
father
of
{\ADD{
King}}
Saul.
Saul
was
the
father
of
Jonathan, Malchishua,
Abinadab,
and
Esh-Baal.
\par }{\LI \VS{40}Jonathan’s
son
was
Merib-Baal.
Merib-Baal
was
the
father
of
Micah.
\par }{\LI \VS{41}Micah’s
sons
were
Pithon,
Melech,
Tahrea,
{\ADD{
and
Ahaz}}.
\par }{\LIB \VS{42}Ahaz
was
the
father
of Jadah (OR,
Jarah). Jadah
was
the
father
of
Alemeth,
Azmaveth,
and
Zimri.
\par }{\LIB Zimri
was
the
father
of
Moza.
\VS{43}Moza
was
the
father
of
Binea.
\par }{\LIB The
son
of
Binea
was
Rephaiah.
The
son
of
Rephaiah
was
Eleasah.
The
son
of
Eleasah
was
Azel.
\par }{\LIB \VS{44}Azel
had
six
sons:
Azrikam, Bokeru,
Ishmael,
Sheariah,
Obadiah,
and
Hanan.

\par }\Chap{10}{\SH The death of King Saul
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
army
of
Philistia
{\ADD{
again}}
fought
against
the Israelis.
The Israeli
soldiers
ran
away
from
them,
and
many Israelis
were
killed $\{$the
soldiers
of
Philistia
killed
many Israelis$\}$
on
Gilboa
Mountain.
\VS{2}The
soldiers
of
Philistia
caught
up
with
Saul
and
his
sons,
and
they
killed
his
sons
Jonathan,
Abinadab,
and Malchishua.
\VS{3}The
fighting
was
very
fierce
around
Saul,
and
the ◄archers/men
who
shot
arrows►
shot
Saul
and
wounded
him
severely.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Saul
said
to
the
man
who
was
carrying
his
weapons, “Take
out
your
sword
and
kill
me
with
it,
in
order
that
these
heathen
Philistines
will
not
be
able
to
injure
me
{\ADD{
further}}
and
make fun
of
me
{\ADD{
while
I
am
dying}}.”
But
the
man
who
was
carrying
Saul’s
weapons
was
terrified
and
refused
to
do
that.
So
Saul
took
his
own
sword
and
fell
on
it
{\ADD{
and
died}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}When
the
man
carrying
his
weapons
saw
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
also
threw
himself
on
his
own
sword
and
died.
\VS{6}So
Saul
and
three
of
his
sons
all
died,
and
none
of
his
descendants
ever
became
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}When
the Israelis
who
were
living
in
the
valley
saw
that
their
army
had
run
away
and
that
Saul
and
his
three
sons
were
dead,
they
left
their
towns
and
ran
away.
Then
the
soldiers
from
Philistia
came
and ◄occupied/lived
in►
those
towns.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
next
day,
when
the
Philistines
came
to
take
away
the
weapons
of
the
dead
{\ADD{Israeli
soldiers}},
they
found
the
corpses
of
Saul
and
his
three
sons
on
Gilboa
Mountain.
\VS{9}They
took
the
clothes
off
Saul’s
corpse
and
{\ADD{
cut
off}}
his
head
and
took
it
and
Saul’s
armor.
\VS{10}Then
they
sent
messengers
throughout
their
land,
to
proclaim
the
news
throughout
their
own
area,
to
their
idols
and
to
the
other
people.
They
put
Saul’s
armor
in
the
temple
where
their
idols
were,
and
they
hung
Saul’s
head
in
the
temple
of
{\ADD{
their
god}}
Dagon.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}All
the
people
who
lived
in
Jabesh
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}
heard
what
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul’s
{\ADD{
corpse}}.
\VS{12}So
the
bravest
men/soldiers
of
Jabesh
went
and
got
the
corpses
of
Saul
and
his
sons
and
brought
them
back
to
Jabesh.
They
buried
their
bones
under
a
large
tree
in
Jabesh.
Then
the
people
of
Jabesh ◄fasted/abstained
from
eating
food►
for
seven
days.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}Saul
died
because
he
did
not
faithfully
obey
what
Yahweh
told
him
to
do.
He
even
went
to
a
woman
who talks
to
the
spirits
of
dead
people
and
asked
her
what
he
should
do,
\VS{14}instead
of
asking
Yahweh
what
he
should
do.
So
Yahweh
caused
him
to
die,
and
he
appointed
David,
the
son
of
Jesse,
to
be
the
king
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}.

\par }\Chap{11}{\SH David became the king
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
the
people
of
Israel
came
to
David
at
Hebron
{\ADD{
town}}
and
said
to
him, “Listen,
we
have
the
same
ancestors [IDM]
that
you
have.
\VS{2}In
the
past,
when
Saul
was
our
king,
it
was
you
who
led
our Israeli
{\ADD{
soldiers
in
our
battles}}.
You
are
the
one
to
whom
Yahweh
our
God
promised, ‘You
will
be
the
leader [MET]
of
my
people;
you
will
be
their
king.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}So
all
the Israeli
elders
came
to
David
at
Hebron.
And
David
made
a
sacred
agreement
with
them
while
Yahweh
was
listening.
They
anointed
him
{\ADD{
with
olive
oil
to
set
him
apart}}
to
be
the
king
of
the Israeli
people.
That
is
what
Yahweh
had
previously
told
{\ADD{
the
prophet}}
Samuel
would
happen.
\par }{\SH David’s
men
captured
Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VS{4}David
and
all
the Israeli
{\ADD{
soldiers}} [SYN]
went
to
Jerusalem.
{\ADD{
At
that
time,}}
Jerusalem
was
called
Jebus,
and
the
people
who
lived
there
were
the
Jebus people-group.
\VS{5}Those
people
said
to
David, “Your
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
will
not
be
able
to
get
inside
our
city!”
But
David’s
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
captured
the
city,
even
though
it
had
strong
walls
around
it,
and
since
then
it
has
been
called ‘The
City
of David’.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{
What
happened
was
this:}}:
David
said
{\ADD{
to
his
soldiers}}, “The
one
who
leads
{\ADD{
our
soldiers}}
to
attack
the
Jebus people-group
will
become
the
commander
of
all
my
army.”
Joab,
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
led
the
soldiers,
so
he
became
the
commander
of
all
the
army.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}{\ADD{
After
they
captured}}
the
city
which
had
strong
walls
around
it,
David
moved
there.
That
is
why
they
named
it ‘The
City
of David’.
\VS{8}David’s
workers
rebuilt
the
city,
starting
where
the
land
was
filled
in
and
extending
to
the
wall
that
was
around
the
city.
Joab’s
{\ADD{
men}}
repaired
the
other
parts
of
the
city.
\VS{9}David
became
more
and
more
powerful/influential,
because
the
Almighty
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels
was
with/helping
him.
\par }{\SH The
list
of
David’s
most
mighty
warriors
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Yahweh
had
promised
{\ADD{
that
David
would
become
the
king}}.
And
all
the Israeli
people ◄were
happy
that
David
was/supported
David
as►
their
king.
\par }{\PP There
were
many
soldiers/warriors
who
helped
David’s
kingdom
to
remain
strong.
\VS{11}This
is
a
list
of
the
leaders
of
David’s
{\ADD{
most
mighty}}
warriors:
\par }{\PP Jashobeam
was
from
the Hacmon
clan.
He
was
one
of
the
leaders
of
David’s
most
powerful
soldiers.
One
time
he
fought
against 300
enemies
and
killed
them
all
with
his
spear.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Another
one
was
Eleazar,
who
was
the
son
of
Dodo
from
the
clan
of Ahoh.
\VS{13}{\ADD{
One
day}}
he
was
with
David
at Pas Dammim
when
the
soldiers
of
Philistia
gathered
there
for
the
battle.
There
was
a
field
of
barley
there.
At
first
the Israeli
soldiers
ran
away
from
the
soldiers
of
Philistia,
\VS{14}but
then
David
and
Eleazar
stopped
in
the
middle
of
the
field
and
fought
to
defend
it
and
killed
{\ADD{
many
of}}
the
soldiers
of
Philistia.
Yahweh
enabled
them
to
win
a
great
victory
on
that
day.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}One
time
three
of
David’s
thirty
most
mighty
warriors
came
to
David
when
he
was
camping
next
to
the
huge
rock
outside
the
cave
near
Adullam.
At
that
same
time,
the
army
of
Philistia
had
camped
in
the
Rephaim
Valley.
\VS{16}David
was
in
a
fortress,
and
some
of
the
soldiers
of
Philistia
were
occupying
Bethlehem.
\VS{17}{\ADD{
One
day}}
David
was
very
thirsty
and
said, “I
wish
that
someone
would
bring
me
some
water
from
the
well
near
the
gate
at
Bethlehem!”
\VS{18}So
those
three
most
outstanding
warriors
forced
their
way
through
the
camp
of
Philistia
soldiers
and
drew
some
water
from
the
well,
and
brought
it
to
David.
But
he
would
not
drink
it.
Instead,
he
poured
it
out
{\ADD{
on
the
ground
to
be
an
offering}}
to
Yahweh.
\VS{19}He
said, “Yahweh,
it
would
certainly
not
be
right
for
me
to
drink
this
water!
That
would
be
like [RHQ]
drinking
the
blood
of
these
men
who
were
willing/ready
to
die
for
me!”
So
he
refused
to
drink
it.
\par }{\PP That
was
one
of
the
things
that
those
three
most
outstanding
warriors
did.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Joab’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
Abishai
was
the
leader
of
the 30
most
mighty
warriors.
{\ADD{
One
time}}
Abishai
fought 300
{\ADD{
enemy}}
soldiers
with
his
spear
and
killed
them.
\VS{21}So
he
became
as
famous
as
those
three
most
outstanding
warriors.
He
became
their
commander,
even
though
he
was
not
one
of
those
three
men.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Jehoiada’s
son
Benaiah
was
a
brave
soldier
from
Kabzeel
{\ADD{
town}}
who
did heroic
deeds.
He
killed
two
of
the
best
warriors
from
{\ADD{
the}}
Moab
{\ADD{people-group}}.
One
day
he
went
down
into
a
pit
when
snow
was
falling
{\ADD{
on
the
ground}}
and
killed
a
lion
there.
\VS{23}He
also
killed
a
soldier
from
Egypt
who
was ◄7-1/2
feet/2.3 meters►
tall.
The
soldier
from
Egypt
carried
a
spear
that
was
as
long
as
a
weaver’s
rod.
Benaiah
had
{\ADD{
only}}
a
club,
but
he
grabbed
the
other
man’s
spear
and
killed
him
with
it.
\VS{24}Those
are
some
of
the
things
that
Benaiah
did.
So
he
became
as
famous
as
the
three
mighty
warriors.
\VS{25}He
was
more
honored
than
the
other
members
of
the
group
of
thirty
most
mighty
warriors,
but
he
did
not
become
a
member
of
the
group
of
three
most
outstanding
warriors.
David
appointed
him
to
be
the
leader
of
his bodyguards.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{26}These
are
the
names
of
David’s
mighty
warriors:
\par }{\LIB Asahel,
the
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
of
Joab;
\par }{\LIB Elhanan,
the
son
of
Dodo,
from
Bethlehem;
\par }{\LIB \VS{27}Shammah,
from
{\ADD{
the}}
Harod
{\ADD{
clan}};
\par }{\LIB Helez,
from
{\ADD{
the}} Pelon
{\ADD{
clan}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{28}Ira,
the
son
of
Ikkesh,
from
Tekoa
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LIB Abiezer,
from
Anathoth
{\ADD{
city}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{29}Sibbecai,
from Hushah’s
{\ADD{
clan}};
\par }{\LIB Ilai
from Ahoh’s
clan;
\par }{\LIB \VS{30}Maharai,
from
Netophah
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LIB Heled,
the
son
of
Baanah,
also
from
Netophah
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{31}Ithai,
the
son
of
Ribai,
from
Gibeah
{\ADD{
town
}}
in
{\ADD{
the
land
that
belonged
to}}
the
tribe
of
Benjamin;
\par }{\LIB Benaiah,
from
Pirathon
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{32}Hurai,
from
the
valleys
near
Gaash
{\ADD{
Mountain}};
\par }{\LIB Abiel
from
the
clan
of
Arabah;
\par }{\LIB \VS{33}Azmaveth,
from Baharum
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LIB Eliahba,
from Shaalbon
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{34}The
sons
of
Hashem
from
{\ADD{
the}} Gizon
{\ADD{
clan}};
\par }{\LIB Jonathan
the
son
of
Shagee
from
the Harar
{\ADD{
town/clan}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{35}Ahiam
the
son
of
Sharar/Sacar,
from Harar
{\ADD{
town/clan}};
\par }{\LIB Eliphal
the
son
of
Ur;
\par }{\LIB \VS{36}Hepher
from
the Mekerath
{\ADD{
clan}};
\par }{\LIB Ahijah
from
the Pelon
{\ADD{
clan/town}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{37}Hezro
from
Carmel
{\ADD{
city}};
\par }{\LIB Naarai
the
son
of
Ezbai;
\par }{\LIB \VS{38}Joel
the
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
of
Nathan;
\par }{\LIB Mibhar
the
son
of
Hagri;
\par }{\LIB \VS{39}Zelek
from
the
Ammon people-group;
\par }{\LIB Naharai,
the
man
who
carried
Joab’s
weapons,
from
Beeroth
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{40}Ira
and
Gareb
from
Jattir
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{41}Uriah,
{\ADD{Bathsheba’s
husband}},
from
the
Heth people-group;
\par }{\LIB Zabad
the
son
of
Ahlai;
\par }{\LIB \VS{42}Adina
the
son
of
Shiza,
a
leader
from
the
tribe
of
Reuben,
who
had
thirty
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
with
him;
\par }{\LIB \VS{43}Hanan
the
son
of
Maacah;
\par }{\LIB Joshaphat
from Mithna
{\ADD{
town/clan}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{44}Uzzia
from Ashterath
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LIB Shama
and
Jeiel,
the
sons
of
Hotham,
from
Aroer
{\ADD{
city}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{45}Jediael
the
son
of
Shimri
\par }{\LIB and
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
Joha,
from Tiz
{\ADD{
town/clan}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{46}Eliel
from Mahavah
{\ADD{
town/clan}};
\par }{\LIB Jeribai
and
Joshaviah,
the
sons
of
Elnaam;
\par }{\LIB Ithmah
from
{\ADD{
the}}
Moab
{\ADD{
region}};
\par }{\LIB \VS{47}Eliel
and
Obed,
\par }{\LIB and
Jaasiel
from
Zobah
{\ADD{
town/clan}}.

\par }\Chap{12}{\SH Some warriors joined David
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
went
to
Ziklag
{\ADD{
town}}
to
escape
from
{\ADD{
King}}
Saul.
While
he
was
there,
many
warriors
came
and
joined
him,
and
they
helped
him
when
he
fought
battles.
\VS{2}They
carried
bows
{\ADD{
and
arrows}}.
They
were
able
to
shoot
arrows
and
to
sling
stones.
They
could
use
either
their
right
arms
or
their
left
arms
to
do
that.
They
were
relatives
of
Saul
from
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Their
leader
was
Ahiezer.
Next
in
command
was
Joash.
They
were
both
sons
of
Shemaah
from
Gibeah
{\ADD{
city}}.
{\ADD{
These
are
the
names
of
some
of
those
warriors:}}
\par }{\LI Jeziel
and
Pelet,
the
sons
of
Azmaveth;
\par }{\LI Beracah;
\par }{\LI Jehu
from
Anathoth
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LI \VS{4}Ishmaiah
from
the
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city}},
who
was
a
leader
of
the
thirty
mighty
warriors;
\par }{\LI Jeremiah,
Jahaziel,
Johanan,
and
Jozabad
from
Gederah
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LI \VS{5}Eluzai,
Jerimoth,
Bealiah,
Shemariah,
and
Shephatiah
from Haruph
{\ADD{
town}};
\par }{\LI \VS{6}Elkanah,
Isshiah,
Azarel,
Joezer
and
Jashobeam,
who
were
descendants
of
Korah;
\par }{\LI \VS{7}Joelah
and
Zebadiah,
who
were
sons
of
Jeroham,
from
Gedor
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Some
men
from
the
tribe
of
Gad
{\ADD{
east
of
the
Jordan
River}}
joined
David
when
he
was
at
his
fortress
in
{\ADD{
the
caves
in}}
the
desert.
They
were
brave
warriors
who
were
trained
for
fighting
battles
and
able
to
use
shields
and
spears
well.
They [SYN]
were
as
fierce
as [SIM, MTY]
lions,
and
they
could
run
as
fast
as [HYP, SIM]
deer/gazelles
on
the
hills/mountains.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}Ezer
was
their
leader.
\par }{\LI Next
in
command
was
Obadiah.
\par }{\LI Next
was
Eliab.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}Next
was
Mishmannah.
\par }{\LI Next
was
Jeremiah.
\par }{\LI \VS{11}Next
was
Attai.
\par }{\LI Next
was
Eliel.
\par }{\LI \VS{12}Next
was
Johanan.
\par }{\LI Next
was
Elzabad.
\par }{\LI \VS{13}Next
was
{\ADD{
another
man
whose
name
was}}
Jeremiah.
\par }{\LI The
last
was Macbannai.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Those
men
from
the
tribe
of
Gad
were
all
army
officers.
Some
of
them
commanded 1,000
soldiers,
and
some
of
them
commanded 100
soldiers.
\VS{15}They
crossed
{\ADD{
to
the
west
side
of}}
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}
during
March,
{\ADD{
at
the
time
of
the
year}}
when
the
river
was
flooded.
They
chased
from
there
all
the
people
who
lived
in
the
valleys
on
both
sides
of
the
river.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Some
other
men
from
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
and
from
Judah
also
came
to
David
in
his
fortress.
\VS{17}David
went
out
{\ADD{
of
the
cave}}
to
meet
them
and
said
to
them, “If
you
have
come
peacefully
to
help
me,
I
am
eager
to
have
you
join
with
me.
But
if
you
have
come
to
enable
my
enemies
to
capture
me,
even
though
I [SYN]
have
not
done
anything
to
harm
you,
I
hope/wish
that
the
God
whom
our
ancestors ◄worshiped/belonged
to►
will
see
it
and
condemn/punish
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
{\ADD{
God’s}}
Spirit
came
upon
Amasai,
who
was
another
leader
of
the
thirty
{\ADD{
greatest
warriors}},
and
he
said,
\par }{\Q “David,
we
want
to
be
with
you;
\par }{\QB you
who
are
the
son
of
Jesse,
we
will
join
you.
\par }{\Q We
know
that
things
will
go
very
well [DOU]
for
you
and
for
those
who
are
with
you,
\par }{\QB because
your
God
is
helping
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{19}So
David
welcomed
those
men,
and
he
appointed
them
to
be
leaders
of
his
soldiers.
Some
men
from
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
also
joined
David
when
he
went
with
the
soldiers
of
Philistia
to
fight
against
Saul’s
{\ADD{
army}}.
But
David
and
his
men
did
not
really
help
the
army
of
Philistia.
After
the
leaders
of
Philistia
talked
{\ADD{
about
David
and
his
soldiers}},
they
sent
David
away.
They
said, “If
David joins
his
master
Saul
again,
we
will
all
be
killed $\{$his
army
will
kill
all
of
us$\}$!”
\VS{20}When
David
went
to
Ziklag,
these
were
the
men
from
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
who
went
with
him:
Adnah,
Jozabad,
Jediael,
Michael,
{\ADD{
another
man
whose
name
was}}
Jozabad,
Elihu,
and
Zillethai.
Each
of
them
had
been
a
commander
of 1,000
men
{\ADD{
in
Saul’s
army}}.
\VS{21}They
were
all
brave
soldiers,
and
they
helped
David
to
fight
against
the
groups
of
men
who roamed
throughout
the
country,
robbing
people.
So
those
men
became
commanders
in
David’s
army.
\VS{22}Every
day
more
men
joined
David’s
men,
and
his
army
became
large,
like [SIM]
the
army
of
God (OR,
a
very
huge
army).
\par }{\SH Others
joined
David
at
Hebron
\par }{\PP \VS{23}These
are
the
numbers
of
soldiers
who
were
ready
for
battle
who
joined
David
at
Hebron
{\ADD{
city}}.
They
came
to
help
him
to
become
the
king
of
Israel
to
replace
Saul,
as
Yahweh
had
promised
would
happen.
\par }{\LI \VS{24}There
were 6,800
men
from
Judah,
who
carried
shields
and
spears.
\par }{\LI \VS{25}There
were 7,100
men
from
the
tribe
of
Simeon.
They
were
all
strong
warriors
trained
to
fight
battles.
\par }{\LI \VS{26}There
were 4,600
men
from
the
tribe
of
Levi.
\par }{\LIB \VS{27}Jehoiada,
who
was
a
leader
descended
from
Aaron,
was
in
that
group
of
descendants
of
Levi,
and
there
were 3,700
men
with
him.
\par }{\LIB \VS{28}Zadok,
a
strong
young
soldier,
was
also
in
that
group,
and
there
were 22
other
leaders
from
his
clan
who
came
with
him.
\par }{\LI \VS{29}There
were 3,000
men
from
the
tribe
of
Benjamin
who
were
Saul’s
relatives.
Most
of
them
had
previously
wanted
one
of
Saul’s
descendants
to
be
the
king.
\par }{\LI \VS{30}There
were 20,800
men
from
the
tribe
of
Ephraim
who
were
all
brave
warriors
and
trained
for
fighting
battles
and
famous
in
their
own
clans.
\par }{\LI \VS{31}There
were 18,000
men
from
the
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh
{\ADD{
that
lived
west
of
the
Jordan
River}}.
They
were
all
chosen
to
go
and
help
David
become
the
king.
\par }{\LI \VS{32}There
were 200
men
who
were
leaders
from
the
tribe
of
Issachar,
along
with
their
relatives.
Those
leaders
always
knew
what
the Israelis
should
do,
and
they
knew
the
right
time
to
do
it.
\par }{\LI \VS{33}There
were 55,000
men
from
the
tribe
of
Zebulun.
They
were
all
experienced
warriors
and
knew
how
to
use
all
kinds
of
weapons
well.
They
were
completely
loyal
to
David.
\par }{\LI \VS{34}There
were 1,000
officers
from
the
tribe
of
Naphtali.
With
them
were 37,000
soldiers,
each
carrying
shields
and
spears.
\par }{\LI \VS{35}There
were 28,600
soldiers
from
the
tribe
of
Dan,
all
trained
to
fight
battles.
\par }{\LI \VS{36}There
were 47,000
experienced
soldiers
from
the
tribe
of
Asher,
all
trained
to
fight
battles.
\par }{\LI \VS{37}There
were
also 120,000
soldiers
from
the
area
east
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River
who
joined
David}}.
They
were
from
the
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
the
eastern
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
They
had
all
kinds
of
weapons.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}All
those
men
were
soldiers
who
volunteered
to
be
in
David’s
army.
They
came
to
Hebron
wanting
very
much
to
enable
David
to
be
the
king
of
all
of
the Israeli
people.
\VS{39}The
men
spent
three
days
there
with
David,
eating
and
drinking,
because
their
families
had
given
them
food
to
take
with
them.
\VS{40}Also,
their
fellow Israelis
came
from
as
far
away
as
the
area
where
the
tribes
of
Issachar,
Zebulun,
and
Naphtali
lived,
bringing
food
on
donkeys,
camels,
mules,
and
oxen.
They
brought
a
lot
of
flour,
fig
cakes,
raisins,
wine,
{\ADD{
olive}}
oil,
cattle
and
sheep.
And
throughout
Israel,
the
people
were
very
joyful.

\par }\Chap{13}{\SH Bringing back the Sacred Chest
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
One
day}}
David
talked
with
all
his
army
officers.
Some
of
them
were
commanders
of 100
soldiers
and
some
were
commanders
of 1,000
soldiers.
\VS{2}Then
he
summoned
the
other Israeli
leaders
and
said
to
all
of
them, “If
it
seems
to
you
to
be
a
good
thing
for
us
to
do,
and
if
it
is
what
Yahweh
our
God
wants,
let’s
send
a
message
to
our
fellow Israelis
in
all
the
areas
of
our
country,
including
the
priests
and
{\ADD{
other}}
descendants
of
Levi
who
are
living
among
them
in
their
towns
and
in
the
nearby
pasturelands,
to
come
and
join
us,
\VS{3}because
we
want
to
bring
the
Sacred
Chest
of
our
God
back
to
us.
While
Saul
{\ADD{
was
the
king}},
we
did
not
go
to
God’s
presence
to
ask
him
what
we
should
do.”
\VS{4}All
the
people
agreed
with
David,
because
they
all
thought
that
it
was
the
right
thing
to
do.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}So
David
gathered
all
the Israeli
people,
from
the
Shihor
{\ADD{
River
}}
in
Egypt
to
Lebo-Hamath
{\ADD{
town
in
the
north,
and
told
them
that
he
wanted
them}}
to
{\ADD{
help}}
bring
the
Sacred
Chest
of
God
{\ADD{
back
to
Jerusalem}}
from
Kiriath-Jearim
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{6}David
went
with
all
the Israeli
people
to
Baalah
{\ADD{
town}},
which
is
{\ADD{
another
name
for}}
Kiriath-Jearim,
to
get
the
Sacred
Chest.
{\ADD{
The
people
believed
that}}
God
ruled
from
between
the
statues
of
winged
creatures
that
was
above
the
lid
of
the
Sacred
Chest [MTY].
\par }{\PP \VS{7}The
people
put
the
Sacred
Chest
on
a
new
cart
and
transported
it
from Abinadab’s
house.
Uzzah
and
Ahio
were
guiding
{\ADD{
the
oxen
that
were pulling
the
cart}}.
\VS{8}David
and
all
the Israeli
people
were
celebrating
in
God’s
presence
with
all
their
strength.
They
were
singing
and
{\ADD{
playing}}
lyres,
harps,
tambourines,
and
cymbals,
and
{\ADD{
blowing}}
trumpets.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}But
when
David’s
men
came
to
the
place
where Kidon
threshed
grain,
the
oxen
stumbled.
So
Uzzah
reached
out
with
his
hand
to
prevent
the
Sacred
Chest
from
falling
off
the
cart.
\VS{10}Yahweh
immediately
became
very
angry
with
Uzzah,
and
he
caused
Uzzah
to
suddenly
die
there
because
he
had
put
his
hand
on
the
Sacred
Chest,
{\ADD{
and
Yahweh
had
commanded
that
only
the
descendants
of
Levi
who
help
the
priests
should
touch
the
Sacred
Chest}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}David
was
angry
because
Yahweh
had
punished [MTY]
Uzzah.
And
now
that
place
{\ADD{
where
Uzzah
died}}
is
called ‘The
Punishment
of Uzzah’.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}That
day,
David
was
afraid
of
God.
He
asked
{\ADD{
himself}}, “◄How
can
I
bring
God’s
Sacred
Chest
to
my
{\ADD{
city}}?/I
am
afraid
to
bring
God’s
Sacred
Chest
to
my
{\ADD{
city}}.►” [RHQ]
\VS{13}So
the
men
with
David
did
not
take
the
Sacred
Chest
to
Jerusalem.
Instead,
they
took
it
to
the
house
of
Obed-Edom,
who
was
from
Gath
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{14}The
Sacred
Chest
stayed
with
Obed-Edom’s
family
in
his
house
for
three
months.
And
{\ADD{
during
that
time}}
Yahweh
blessed
Obed-Edom’s
family
and
everything
that
he
owned.

\par }\Chap{14}{\SH David’s palace and his family
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}One
day
Hiram,
the
king
of
Tyre
{\ADD{
city}},
sent
some
messengers
to
David
{\ADD{
to
talk
about
making
an
agreement
between
their
countries}}.
Then
Hiram
sent
cedar
logs, bricklayers,
and
carpenters
to
build
a
palace
for
David.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
When
that
happened,}}
David
knew
that
Yahweh
had
truly
caused
him
to
be
the
king
of
Israel,
and
that
he
had
caused
his
kingdom
to
be
greatly
respected.
Yahweh
did
this
because
{\ADD{
he
loved}}
his Israeli
people.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}David
married
more
women
in
Jerusalem,
and
{\ADD{
those
women}}
gave
birth
to
more
sons
and
daughters
for
him.
\VS{4}The
names
of
the
children
that
were
born
to
him
there
in
Jerusalem
are
Shammua,
Shobab,
Nathan,
Solomon,
\VS{5}Ibhar,
Elishua,
Elpelet,
\VS{6}Nogah,
Nepheg,
Japhia,
\VS{7}Elishama,
Beeliada,
and
Eliphelet.
\par }{\SH David’s
army
defeated
the
army
of
Philistia
\par }{\PP \VS{8}When
the
army
of
Philistia
heard
that
David
has
been
appointed
to
be
king
of
all
of
Israel,
they
came
to
capture
him.
But
David
heard
that
they
were
coming,
so
he
{\ADD{
and
his
soldiers}}
marched
out
to
fight
against
them.
\VS{9}The
army
of
Philistia
had
attacked
the
people
in
the
Rephaim
Valley
{\ADD{southwest
of
Jerusalem}}
and
had
robbed
them.
\VS{10}David
asked
God, “Should
{\ADD{
my
men
and}}
I
go
and
attack
the
army
of
Philistia?
{\ADD{
If
we
go,}}
will
you
enable
us
to
defeat [IDM]
them?”
\par }{\PP Yahweh
replied, “Yes,
go,
and
I
will
enable
you
to
defeat [IDM]
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}So
David
and
his
men
went
up
to
a
town
where
the
soldiers
of
Philistia
were
staying
and
defeated
them.
Then
David
said, “God
has
enabled
me
{\ADD{
and
my
soldiers}}
to
overwhelm
my
enemies
like [MET]
a
flood.”
So
they
named
that
place $\{$That
place
is
called$\}$ ‘Baal-Perazim’
{\ADD{
which
means ‘Yahweh
breaks through’}}.
\VS{12}{\ADD{
As
the
soldiers
of
Philistia
fled}},
they
left
their
idols
there.
So
David
commanded
his
soldiers
to
burn
those
idols.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}But
soon
the
army
of
Philistia
attacked
the
people
in
that
valley
again.
\VS{14}So
again
David
prayed
to
God
{\ADD{
to
ask
him
what
he
should
do}},
and
God
replied,
saying “Do
not
attack
the
army
of
Philistia
from
the
front.
Instead,
go
around
them,
and
attack
them
{\ADD{
from
the
rear}}
in
front
of
the
balsam
trees.
\VS{15}When
you
hear
something
in
the
tops
of
the
balsam
trees
that
sounds
like
{\ADD{
soldiers}}
marching,
attack
them.
I,
God,
will
have
gone
ahead
of
you
to
enable
you
to
defeat
the
army
of
Philistia.”
\VS{16}So
David
did
what
God
commanded
him
to
do,
and
he
and
his
army
defeated
the
army
of
Philistia,
all
the
way
from
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city
in
the
east}}
to
Gezer
{\ADD{
city
in
the
west}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}So
David
became
famous
in
all
the
nearby
countries,
and
Yahweh
caused
{\ADD{
the
leaders
of}}
all
the
{\ADD{
nearby}}
nations
to
be
afraid
of
him.

\par }\Chap{15}{\SH They brought the Sacred Chest to Jerusalem
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
{\ADD{
commanded
his
workers
to}}
build
some
houses
for
him
in
Jerusalem.
He
also
told
them
to
set
up
a
tent
in
which
to
put
the
Sacred
Chest.
\VS{2}He
said, “Only
the
descendants
of
Levi
are
permitted
to
carry
God’s
Sacred
Chest,
because
they
are
the
ones
whom
God
chose
to
carry
it
and
to
serve
him
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}David
summoned
all
the
people
of
Israel
to
come
to
Jerusalem.
He
wanted
the
Sacred
Chest
of
Yahweh
to
be
put
in
the
place
that
he
had
made
for
it.
\VS{4}He
summoned
the
descendants
of
Aaron,
{\ADD{
who
was
the
first Supreme
Priest,}}
and
the
other
descendants
of
Levi.
\par }{\LI \VS{5}120
descendants
of
Kohath,
who
was
Levi’s
second
son,
came,
with
Uriel
their
leader.
\par }{\LI \VS{6}There
were 220
descendants
of
Merari,
Levi’s
third
son,
who
came,
with
Asaiah
their
leader.
\par }{\LI \VS{7}There
were 130
descendants
of
Gershon,
Levi’s
first
son,
who
came,
with
Joel
their
leader.
\par }{\LI \VS{8}There
were 200
people
from Elizaphan’s
clan
who
came,
with
Shemaiah
their
leader.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}There
were 80
people
from Hebron’s
clan
who
came,
with
Eliel
their
leader.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}And
there
were 112
people
from Uzziel’s
clan
who
came,
with
Amminadab
their
leader.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}David
summoned
the
priests
Zadok
and
Abiathar
and
these
{\ADD{
other}}
descendants
of
Levi:
Uriel,
Asaiah,
Joel,
Shemaiah,
Eliel,
and
Amminadab.
\VS{12}David
said
to
them, “You
are
the
leaders
of
the
clans
descended
from
Levi.
You
and
the
other
descendants
of
Levi
must
purify
yourselves,
in
order
to
{\ADD{
be
able
to
do
this
special
work
for
Yahweh.
You
must}}
bring
the
Sacred
Chest
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
us Israelis,
up
to
the
place
that
I
have
made
for
it
{\ADD{
here
in
Jerusalem}}.
\VS{13}The
first
time
that
we
tried
to
bring
it,
we
did
not
ask
Yahweh
how
we
should
carry
it $\{$it
should
be
carried$\}$.
You
{\ADD{
descendants
of
Levi}}
were
not
the
ones
who
carried
it,
so
Yahweh
our
God
punished
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Then
the
priests
and
the
{\ADD{
other}}
descendants
of
Levi
{\ADD{
performed
the rituals
to}}
purify
themselves,
in
order
that
it
would
be
proper
for
them
to
do
the
work
of
carrying
the
Sacred
Chest
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
us Israeli
people.
\VS{15}The
descendants
of
Levi
{\ADD{
inserted}}
the
poles
{\ADD{
into
the
rings
on}}
the
Sacred
Chest
so
that
with
them,
they
could
carry
the
Sacred
Chest
on
their
shoulders,
like
Moses
had
commanded,
and
like
Yahweh
had
said
that
they
should.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}David
told
the
leaders
of
the
descendants
of
Levi
to
appoint
some
of
their
relatives
to
sing
joyful
songs
and
play
lyres,
harps,
and
cymbals
{\ADD{
while
they
were
carrying
the
Sacred
Chest}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}So
they
appointed
Heman
and
his
relatives
Asaph
and
Ethan.
Heman
was
the
son
of
Joel;
Asaph
was
the
son
of Berekiah.
Ethan,
a
descendant
of
Merari,
was Kushaiah’s
son.
\VS{18}There
was
also
another
group
of
descendants
of
Levi
who
were
appointed:
Zechariah,
Jaaziel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Unni,
Eliab,
Benaiah,
Maaseiah,
Mattithiah,
Eliphelehu,
Mikneiah,
and
two
of
the
Sacred
Tent
gatekeepers,
Obed-Edom
and
Jeiel.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Heman,
Asaph
and
Ethan
sang,
and
also
played
bronze
cymbals.
\VS{20}Zechariah,
Aziel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Unni,
Eliab,
Maaseiah,
and
Benaiah
played
lyres.
\VS{21}Mattithiah,
Eliphelehu,
Mikneiah,
Obed-Edom,
Jeiel
and
Azaziah
played
harps.
\VS{22}Kenaniah,
the
leader
of
the
descendants
of
Levi,
directed
the
singing
because
he
was
very
skilled
at
doing
that.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Berekiah
and
Elkanah
were
two
of
the
men
who
guarded
the
Sacred
Chest.
\VS{24}The
priests
Shebaniah,
Joshaphat,
Nethanel,
Amasai,
Zechariah,
Benaiah,
and
Eliezer
were
appointed
to
blow
trumpets
in
front
of
the
Sacred
Chest.
Obed-Edom
and
Jehiah
also
guarded
the
Sacred
Chest.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}David
and
the Israeli
leaders
and
the
officers
who
commanded 1,000
soldiers
went
to
bring
the
Sacred
Chest
back
from
Obed-Edom’s
house.
They
were
very
joyful
as
they
brought
it
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{26}God
helped
the
descendants
of
Levi
who
carried
the
Sacred
Chest
of
Yahweh;
therefore
David
and
the
leaders
sacrificed
seven
bulls
and
seven ◄rams/male
sheep►
{\ADD{
to
thank
him}}.
\VS{27}All
the
descendants
of
Levi
who
carried
the
Sacred
Chest,
all
the
singers,
and
Kenaniah,
the
man
who
directed
those
who
sang,
wore
robes
of
fine
white
linen
and
sacred
vests
made
of
fine
linen.
David
also
wore
a
sacred vest
made
of
white
linen.
\VS{28}So
all
of
the Israeli
people
joined
in
bringing
the
Sacred
Chest
up
{\ADD{
to
Jerusalem}}.
They
shouted
{\ADD{
joyfully,
while
the
musicians}}
blew
horns
and
trumpets,
and
played
cymbals,
lyres,
and
harps.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}While
they
were
bringing
the
Sacred
Chest
into
Jerusalem,
Saul’s
daughter
Michal
watched
them,
looking
out
of
a
window.
When
she
saw
King
David
dancing
and
celebrating,
she
despised
him.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}They
brought
the
Sacred
Chest
{\ADD{
to
Gibeon}}
and
put
it
inside
the
Sacred
Tent
that
David
had
{\ADD{
told
his
workers
to}}
set
up.
Then
they
brought
offerings
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
and
offerings
to
enable
them
to
maintain
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
God}}.
\VS{2}When
David
had
finished
presenting
all
those
offerings,
he
{\ADD{
asked
Yahweh
to}}
bless
the
people.
\VS{3}He
gave
a
loaf
of
bread,
some
dates,
and
some
raisins
to
every Israeli
man
and
woman
{\ADD{
who
was
there}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Then
David
appointed
some
of
the
descendants
of
Levi
to
stand
in
front
of
{\ADD{
the
Sacred
Tent
in
which}}
the
Sacred
Chest
{\ADD{
had
been
placed}},
to
lead
the
people
who
worshiped
and
thanked
and
praised
Yahweh,
the
God
of
the Israeli
people.
\VS{5}Asaph,
who
played
the
cymbals,
was
their
leader.
Zechariah
was
his
assistant.
The
other
descendants
of
Levi
{\ADD{
who
helped
Asaph}}
were
Jaaziel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Mattithiah,
Eliab,
Benaiah,
Obed-Edom,
and
Jeiel.
They
played
lyres
and
harps.
\VS{6}Benaiah
and
Jahaziel
were
priests
who
blew
trumpets frequently
in
front
of
{\ADD{
the
Sacred
Tent
in
which
was}}
the
Sacred
Chest.
\par }{\SH David’s
song
of
praise
\par }{\PP \VS{7}On
that
day,
David
gave
to
Asaph
and
his
helpers
this
psalm
to
praise
Yahweh:
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Thank
God,
and
pray
to
him [MTY].
\par }{\QB Tell
the
people
of
all
nations
what
he
has
done.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Sing
to
him;
sing
songs
to
praise
him.
\par }{\QB Tell
about
all
his
miraculous
deeds.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Be
glad
that
you
belong
to
him [MTY];
\par }{\QB those
who
want
to
know
Yahweh
better
should
rejoice.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Trust
in
Yahweh
and
in
his
power;
\par }{\QB continually
seek
to
get
help
from
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Do
not
forget
the
wonderful
things
that
he
has
done,
\par }{\QB the
miracles
and
the
just
laws
that
he
has
given
to
us.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}We
people
are
the
descendants
of
his
servant
Jacob;
\par }{\QB we
are
the
people
of
Israel
whom
he
has
chosen.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}Yahweh
is
our
God.
\par }{\QB His
just/fair
laws
are
known
by
people
throughout
the
world.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}He
never
forgets
the
agreement
that
he
has
made:
\par }{\QB he
made
a
promise
that
will
last
for 1,000
generations.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}That
is
the
agreement
that
he
made
with
Abraham,
\par }{\QB and
he
repeated
that
agreement
to
Isaac.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}It
was
an
agreement
for
the Israeli
people,
\par }{\QB and
he
wanted
that
agreement
to
endure
forever.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}What
he
said
was, “I
will
give
the
Canaan
region
to
you,
\par }{\QB to
belong
to
you
{\ADD{
and
your
descendants
forever}}.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{19}{\ADD{
He
said
that
to
them}}
when
there
were
only
a
few
of
them,
\par }{\QB a tiny
group
of
people
who
were
living
in
that
land ◄like
strangers/that
belonged
to
other
people►;
\par }{\Q \VS{20}they
continued
to
wander
from
one
place
to
another,
\par }{\QB from
one
kingdom
to
another.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}But
he
did
not
allow
others
to
oppress
them,
\par }{\QB and
he
warned
kings
by
saying
to
them,
\par }{\Q \VS{22}“Do
not
harm
the
people
whom
I
have
chosen!
\par }{\QB Do
not
harm
my
prophets!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}You
people
throughout
the
world,
sing
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\QB Every
day
proclaim
{\ADD{
to
others}}
that
he
has
saved
us.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Tell
the
people
of
the
nations
that
he
is
great;
\par }{\QB tell
all
the people-groups
the
marvelous
things
{\ADD{
that
he
has
done}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}Yahweh
is
great,
and
he
deserves
to
be
praised
very
much.
\par }{\QB He
should
be
revered
more
than
all
the
gods,
\par }{\Q \VS{26}because
all
the
gods
that
the
{\ADD{
other}} people-groups
{\ADD{
worship}}
are
only
idols,
\par }{\QB but
Yahweh
{\ADD{
is
truly
great;
he}}
created
the
skies.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}He
is
glorious
and
majestic;
\par }{\QB his
power
and
joy
fill
his
Sacred
Tent.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{28}You
people
in
nations
all
over
the
world,
praise
Yahweh!
\par }{\QB Praise
Yahweh
for
his
glorious
power [HEN]!
\par }{\QB \VS{29}Praise
Yahweh
like
he [MTY]
deserves
to
be
praised.
\par }{\Q Bring
an
offering
and
come
to
his
Sacred
Tent.
\par }{\QB Worship
Yahweh
because
he
is
holy.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}Everyone
on
the
earth
should
tremble
in
front
of
Yahweh.
\par }{\QB He
put
the
earth
firmly
{\ADD{
in
its
place}};
and
nothing
ever
will
be
able
to
move/shake
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}Everything
in
the
sky
and
on
the
earth
should
be
happy.
\par }{\QB People
{\ADD{
everywhere}}
should
say, “Yahweh
is
our
king!”
\par }{\Q \VS{32}The
oceans
and
all
the
creatures
that
are
in
the
oceans
should
shout
to
praise
him;
\par }{\QB the
fields
and
everything
that
is
in
them
should
rejoice.
\par }{\Q \VS{33}When
they
do
that,
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
the
trees
in
the
forest
will
sing
joyfully
in
front
of
Yahweh.
\par }{\QB That
will
happen
when
he
comes
to
judge
{\ADD{
everyone
on}} [MTY]
the
earth.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{34}Thank
Yahweh,
because
{\ADD{
everything
that
he
does
is
}}
good.
\par }{\QB He
faithfully
loves
us
forever.
\par }{\Q \VS{35}Say
to
him, “God,
you
are
the
one
who
rescues
us,
\par }{\QB so
gather
us
together
and
save
us
from
{\ADD{
the
armies
of}}
other
nations.
\par }{\Q When
you
do
that,
we
will
thank
you [MTY],
\par }{\QB and
we
will
be
happy
to
praise
you.”
\par }{\Q \VS{36}Praise
Yahweh,
the
God
of
us Israeli
people,
\par }{\QB He
has
always
existed,
and
he
will exist
forever.
\par }{\MM After
the
people
{\ADD{
finished
singing
that
song}},
they
all
said, “◄Amen/May
it
be
so►!”,
and
they
praised
Yahweh.
\par }{\SH Worship
at
Jerusalem
and
Gibeon
\par }{\PP \VS{37}Then
David
left
Asaph
and
the
other
members
of
his
clan
there
in
front
of
{\ADD{
the
tent
in
which}}
Yahweh’s
Sacred
Chest
{\ADD{
had
been
placed}}.
He
told
them
that
they
must
do
their
work
there
every
day.
\VS{38}David
also
left
Obed-Edom
and 68
other
descendants
of
Levi
to
work
with
them.
Hosah
and
Obed-Edom
guarded
{\ADD{
the
entrances
of
the
Sacred
Tent}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}David
also
told
Zadok
the
{\ADD{Supreme}}
Priest
and
the
other
priests
who
worked
with
him
to
remain
in
front
of
Yahweh’s
Sacred
Tent,
which
was
still
at
the
place
where
the Israeli
people
worshiped
{\ADD{
God
there}}
in
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{40}Every
morning
and
every
evening
they
burned
offerings
on
the
altar,
obeying
the
rules/laws
that
had
been
written
{\ADD{
by
Moses}},
rules/laws
which
Yahweh
had
given
to
the Israeli
people.
\VS{41}With
them
were
Heman
and
Jeduthun
and
other
descendants
of
Levi.
They [MTY]
were
chosen
to
sing
songs
to
praise
Yahweh
because
he
faithfully
loves
his
people
forever.
\VS{42}Heman
and
Jeduthun
were
appointed
to
play
the
trumpets
and
cymbals
when
{\ADD{
the
other
descendants
of
Levi
sang
sacred
songs}}.
The
sons
of
Jeduthun
were
appointed
to
guard
the
gates
{\ADD{
of
the
Sacred
Tent}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}Then
all
the
people
left.
They
returned
to
their
homes,
and
David
returned
home
to
{\ADD{
ask
Yahweh
to}}
bless
his
family.

\par }\Chap{17}{\SH Yahweh’s promise to David
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
David
began
to
live
in
his
palace,
he
said
to
the
prophet
Nathan, “{\ADD{
It
does
not
seem
right
that}}
I
am
here
living
in
a
palace
made
of
cedar
{\ADD{
wood}},
but
Yahweh’s
Sacred
Chest
is
kept
inside
a
tent!”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Nathan
replied
to
David, “Whatever
you
are
thinking
about
doing,
do
it,
because
God
is
with/guiding
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}But
that
night
God
spoke [MTY]
to
Nathan.
He
said,
\par }{\PI \VS{4}“Go
and
tell
my
servant
David
that
this
is
what
I,
Yahweh,
am
saying
to
him: ‘You
are
not
the
one
who
should
build
a
temple
for
me
to
live
in.
\VS{5}I
have
not
lived
in
any
building,
from
the
day
that
I
brought
the
people
of
Israel
up
{\ADD{
out
of
Egypt}}
until
now.
Instead,
I
have
{\ADD{
lived
in
a
tent}},
moving
from
one
place
to
another
with
{\ADD{
the Israelis}}
when
they
moved
to
other
places [DOU].
\VS{6}Wherever
I
went
with
all
the Israelis
{\ADD{
as
they
traveled}},
I
never [RHQ]
said
to
any
of
their
leaders
whom
I
appointed
to
lead [MET]
them, “Why
have
you
not
built
me
a
temple
made
of
cedar
{\ADD{
wood}}?” ’
\par }{\PI \VS{7}Therefore,
this
is
what
you
should
say
to
my
servant
David: ‘I,
the
Almighty
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
took
you
from
a
pasture
where
you
were
taking
care
of
sheep,
{\ADD{
and
I
appointed
you}}
to
be
the
ruler
of
my Israeli
people.
\VS{8}I
have ◄been
with/helped►
you
wherever
you
have
gone,
and
I
have
gotten
rid
of
all
your
enemies
as
you
advanced.
And
now
I
will
cause
you
to
become
very
famous,
as well-known
as
the
names
of
the
greatest
men
{\ADD{
who
have
ever
lived
}}
on
the
earth.
\VS{9-10}Formerly,
during
the
time
that
I
appointed
leaders
for
my Israeli
people,
many
violent
groups
oppressed
them.
But
this
will
not
happen
anymore.
I
have
chosen
a
place
where
my Israeli
people
can
live
{\ADD{
peacefully}}
and
no
one
will
disturb
them
anymore.
I
will
give notallow
them
to
{\ADD{
be
attacked
by}}
their
enemies.
And
I
will
defeat
all
your
enemies.
\par }{\PI I
declare
to
you
that
I,
Yahweh,
will
enable
your
descendants
to
rule
after
you
{\ADD{
die}}.
\VS{11}When
your
life
ends [EUP],
and
you
{\ADD{
die
and}}
go
to
be
with
your
ancestors
{\ADD{
who
have
died}},
I
will
appoint
one
of
your
sons
to
become
king,
and
I
will
enable
his
kingdom
to ◄be
strong/resist
all
their
enemies►.
\VS{12}He
is
the
one
who
will
{\ADD{
arrange
for}}
a
temple
to
be
built
for
me.
And
I
will
enable
his
descendants
to
be
kings [MTY]
of
Israel
forever.
\VS{13}I
will
be
{\ADD{
like}}
a
father
to
him,
and
{\ADD{
it
will
be
as
though}}
he
{\ADD{
is}}
a
son
to
me.
I
stopped
loving
{\ADD{
Saul,}}
the
one
who
was
the
king
before
you
became
king,
but
I
will
never
stop
loving
your
son.
\VS{14}I
will
cause
him
to
rule
over
my
people [MTY],
and
his
kingdom
will
endure
forever [DOU].’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{15}So
Nathan
reported
to
David
everything
that
Yahweh
had
revealed
to
him.
\par }{\SH David’s
prayer
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
David
went
{\ADD{
into
the
Sacred
Tent}}
and
sat
in
the
presence
of
Yahweh,
and
prayed
this:
\par }{\PI “Yahweh
my
God,
I
am
certainly
not [RHQ]
worthy
for
you
to
have
done
all
these
things
for
me,
and
my
family
is
not
worthy,
either.
\par }{\PI \VS{17}“And
O
God,
now,
in
addition
to
everything
else,
you
have
spoken
about
what
will
happen
to
my
descendants
in
the
future
for
many
generations.
Yahweh
my
God,
you
have
acted
toward
me
as
though
I
was
the
most
important
man
{\ADD{
on
the
earth}}!
\par }{\PI \VS{18}“What
more
can
I,
David,
say
to
you
{\ADD{
for
honoring
me}}?
Although
you
know
very
well
what
I
am
like,
\VS{19}Yahweh,
for
my
sake
and
because
it
is
what
you
wanted
to
do,
you
have
done
these
great
things
{\ADD{
for
me}},
and
you
have
revealed
to
me
these
things
{\ADD{
that
you
are
promising
to
do}}.
\par }{\PI \VS{20}“Yahweh,
you
are
great.
There
is
no
one
like
you.
Only
you
are
God,
which
is
what
we
have
always
heard.
\VS{21}And
there
is
no
nation
in
the
world
like
Israel [RHQ].
Israel
is
the
only
nation
on
the
earth
whose
people
you
rescued.
You
performed
great
and
awesome
miracles, rescuing
our
ancestors
from
{\ADD{
being
slaves
in}}
Egypt,
and expelling
the
people
of
other people-groups
{\ADD{
who
were
in
Canaan}}.
\VS{22}You
have
caused
us
your Israeli
people
to
belong
to
you
forever,
and
you,
Yahweh,
have
become
our
God!
\par }{\PI \VS{23}“And
now
Yahweh,
I
pray
that
you
will
cause
the
things
that
you
have
promised
to
do
for
me
and
my
descendants [MTY]
to
be
fulfilled
forever.
\VS{24}When
that
happens,
you [MTY]
will
be
famous
forever.
And
people
will exclaim, ‘The
Almighty
Commander
of
the
armies
of
angels,
is
the
God
who
rules
Israel!’
And
you
will
cause
that
forever
there
will
be
descendants [MTY]
of
mine
who
will
rule.
\par }{\PI \VS{25}“You,
my
God,
have
revealed
to
me
that
you
will
cause
{\ADD{
some
of}}
my
descendants
to
become
kings.
So
I
am
brave
enough
to
pray
like
this
to
you.
\VS{26}Yahweh,
you
are
God!
You
have
promised
to
do
these
good
things
for
me.
\VS{27}And
now
you,
Yahweh,
have
{\ADD{
promised
to}}
bless
my
descendants [MTY],
in
order
that
they
will
continue
to
rule
forever.
That
will
happen
because
you,
Yahweh,
are
the
one
who
has
blessed
them,
and
you
will
keep
blessing
them
forever.”

\par }\Chap{18}{\SH David’s military victories
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Some
time
later,
David’s
{\ADD{
army}}
attacked
the
army
of
Philistia
and
defeated
them.
They
captured
Gath
{\ADD{
city}}
and
the
surrounding
villages.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}His
{\ADD{
army}}
also
defeated
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
the
Moab
{\ADD{people-group}}.
The
people
were
forced
to
accept
David
as
their
ruler,
and
also
to
pay
money
{\ADD{
each
year
to
David’s
government,
in
order
that
David’s
army
would
protect
them}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}David’s
{\ADD{
army}}
also
fought
against
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
Hadadezer,
the
king
of
{\ADD{
the}}
Zobah
{\ADD{
region
in
Syria}}
near
Hamath
{\ADD{
city}},
when
Hadadezer
was
trying
to
establish
control
over
the
area
near
the
Euphrates
River.
\VS{4}David’s
{\ADD{
army}}
captured 1,000
of
Hadadezer’s
chariots, 7,000 chariot-drivers,
and 20,000
soldiers.
They
hamstrung/crippled
most
of
their
horses;
there
were
only 100
horses
that
they
did
not cripple.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}When
the
army
of
Syria
came
from
Damascus
{\ADD{
city}}
to
help
Hadadezer’s
{\ADD{
army}},
David’s
soldiers
killed 22,000
of
them.
\VS{6}Then
David
stationed
groups
of
his
soldiers
in
Damascus,
and
the
people
of
Syria
were
forced
to
accept
David
as
their
ruler,
and
to
pay
to
David’s
government
{\ADD{
each
year}}
the
payment/tax
that
he
demanded.
And
Yahweh
enabled
David’s
{\ADD{
army}}
to
win
battles
everywhere
they
went.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}David
soldiers
took
the
gold
shields
that
were
carried
by
the
officers
of
Hadadezer’s
{\ADD{
army}}
and
brought
them
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{8}They
also
brought
from
Tebah (OR,
Tibhath)
and
Cun,
two
towns
that
belonged
to
Hadadezer,
a
lot
of
bronze,
which
{\ADD{
David’s
son}}
Solomon
{\ADD{
later}}
used
to
make
the
huge
bronze
basin
and
the
pillars
and
other
bronze
items
{\ADD{
for
the
temple}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}When
Tou,
the
king
of
Hamath
{\ADD{
city
in
Syria}},
heard
that
David’s
{\ADD{
army}}
had
defeated
the
entire
army
of
King
Hadadezer,
\VS{10}he
sent
his
son
Hadoram
to
King
David,
to
greet
him
and ◄congratulate
him/tell
him
that
he
was
happy►
about
his
defeating
Hadadezer’s
army,
which
had
been
fighting
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
Tou.
Hadoram
brought
to
David
many
items/gifts
made
of
gold,
silver,
and
bronze.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}King
David
dedicated
those
things
to
Yahweh,
like
he
had
done
with
the
silver
and
gold
that
his
soldiers
had
taken
from
{\ADD{
the}}
Edom
and
Moab
{\ADD{people-groups}},
and
from
the
Ammon people-group
and
from
the
people
of
Philistia,
and
from
{\ADD{
the
descendants
of}}
Amalek.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}{\ADD{
One
of
David’s
army
commanders,}}
Abishai,
whose
mother
was
Zeruiah,
went
with
his
army
and
killed 18,000
soldiers
from
Edom
in
the
Salt
Valley.
\VS{13}Then
David
stationed
groups
of
his
soldiers
there
in
Edom,
and
the
people
of
Edom
were
forced
to
accept
David
as
their
king
and
to
pay
money
to
David’s
government
{\ADD{
every
year}}.
And
Yahweh
enabled
David’s
{\ADD{
army}}
to
win
battles
wherever
they
went.
\par }{\SH David’s
officials
\par }{\PP \VS{14}David
ruled
over
all
the Israeli
people,
and
he
always
did
for
them
what
was
just
and
fair.
\VS{15}Zeruiah’s
son
Joab
was
the
chief
army
commander.
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
the record-keeper.
\VS{16}Zadok
the
son
of
Ahitub
and
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar
were
the Supreme
Priests.
Shavsha
was
the
official
secretary.
\VS{17}Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
ruled
over
the Kereth
and
Peleth
groups
{\ADD{
who
were
David’s bodyguards}}.
And
David’s
sons
were
his
most
important
officials.

\par }\Chap{19}{\SH The battle against the Ammon people-group
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Some
time
later,
Nahash,
the
king
of
the
Ammon people-group,
died.
Then
his
son
Hanun
became
their
king.
\VS{2}{\ADD{
When}}
David
{\ADD{
heard
about
that,
he}}
thought
{\ADD{
to
himself}}, “Nahash
was
kind
to
me,
so
I
will
be
kind
to
his
son.”
So
David
sent
some
officials
there,
to
tell
Hanun
that
he
was
sorry
to
hear
that Hanun’s
father
{\ADD{
had
died}}.
\par }{\PP But
when
David’s
officials
came
to
Hanun
in
the
land
where
the
Ammon people-group
lived,
\VS{3}the
leaders
of
the
Ammon people-group
said
to
Hanun, “Do
you
think
that
it
is
really
to
honor
your
father
that
King
David
is
sending
these
men
to
say
that
he
is
sorry
that
your
father
died?
{\ADD{
We
think
that}}
his
men
have
come
to ◄look
around/spy►
our
city
in
order
to
determine
how
his
{\ADD{
army}}
can
conquer
us.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Hanun
{\ADD{
believed
what
they
said,
so
he
commanded
some
soldiers
to}}
seize
the
officials
whom
David
had
sent,
and
shave
off
their
beards,
and
{\ADD{
insult
them
by}}
cutting
off
the
lower
part
of
their
robes,
and
then
send
them
away.
{\ADD{
So
his
soldiers
did
that}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
officials
were
greatly
humiliated/ashamed.
When
David
found outers
did
that.
about
what
had
happened
to
his
officials,
he
sent
some
messengers
to
them
to
tell
them, “Stay
at
Jericho
until
your
beards
have
grown
again,
and
then
return
home.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
the
{\ADD{
leaders
of
the}}
Ammon people-group
realized
that
they
had
greatly
insulted [IDM]
David.
So
Hanun
and
some
of
his
officials
sent
about ◄37,000
pounds/34,000 kg.►
of
silver
to
hire
chariots
and chariot-drivers
from
{\ADD{
the}}
Aram-Naharaim,
Aram-Maacah
and
Zobah
{\ADD{
regions
of
Syria northeast
of
Israel}}.
\VS{7}They
hired 32,000
chariots
and chariot-drivers,
as
well
as
the
king
of
{\ADD{
the}}
Maacah
{\ADD{
region}}
and
his
army.
They
came
and
set
up
their
tents
near
Medeba
{\ADD{
town
in
Moab
region}}.
The
soldiers
from
the
Ammon people-group
also
marched
out
and ◄stood
in
their
positions/arranged
themselves
for
battle►
{\ADD{
at
the
entrance
to
their
capital
city,
Rabbah}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}When
David
heard
about
that,
he
sent
Joab
and
all
his
army.
\VS{9}The
soldiers
of
the
Ammon people-group
came
out
of
their
city
and
lined
up
for
battle
at
the
entrance
to
{\ADD{
their
capital
city,
Rabbah}}.
Meanwhile,
the
other
kings
who
had
come
{\ADD{
with
their
armies}}
stood
in
their
positions
in
the
open
fields.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Joab
saw
that
there
were
groups
of
enemy
soldiers
in
front
of
his
troops
and
behind
his
troops.
So
he
selected
some
of
the
best Israeli
troops
and
put
them
in
positions
to
fight
against
the
soldiers
of
Syria.
\VS{11}He
appointed
his
{\ADD{
older}}
brother
Abishai
to
be
the
commander
of
his
other
soldiers
and
he
told
them
to ◄stand
in
their
positions/arrange
themselves►
in
front
of
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
the
Ammon people-group.
\VS{12}Joab
said
to
them, “If
the
soldiers
from
Syria
are
too
strong
for
us
to
defeat
them,
then
your
soldiers
must
come
and
help
us.
But
if
the
soldiers
from
the
Ammon people-group
are
too
strong
for
you
to
defeat
them,
then
my
soldiers
will
come
and
help
your
men.
\VS{13}We
must
be
strong/courageous,
and
fight
hard
to
{\ADD{
defend}}
our
people
and
our
cities ◄that
belong
to/where
we
worship►
our
God.
I
will
pray
that
Yahweh
will
do
what
he
considers
to
be
good.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}So
Joab
and
his
troops
{\ADD{
advanced
to}}
fight
the
army
of
Syria,
and
the
soldiers
from
Syria
ran
away
from
them.
\VS{15}And
when
the
soldiers
of
the
Ammon people-group
saw
that
the
soldiers
from
Syria
were
running
away,
they
also
started
to
run
away
from
Abishai
and
his
army,
and
they
retreated
back
inside
the
city.
So
Joab
{\ADD{
and
his
army}}
returned
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}After
{\ADD{
the
leaders
of
the
army
of}}
Syria
realized
that
they
had
been
defeated
by
{\ADD{
the
army
of}}
Israel,
they
sent
messengers
to
{\ADD{
another
part
of
Syria
on}}
the
east
side
of
the
{\ADD{
Euphrates}}
river,
and
brought
troops
from
there
{\ADD{
to
the
battle
area}},
with
Shophach,
the
commander
of
Hadadezer’s
army,
leading
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}When
David
heard
about
that,
he
gathered
all
the Israeli
soldiers,
and
they
crossed
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
River}}.
They
advanced
and
took
their
battle
positions
to
attack
the
army
of
Syria.
\VS{18}But
the
army
of
Syria
ran
away
from
the
soldiers
of
Israel.
However,
David’s
soldiers
killed 7,000
of
their chariot-drivers
and 40,000
other
soldiers.
They
also
killed
Shophach,
their
army
commander.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}When
the
kings
who
had
been
ruled
by
Hadadezer
realized
that
they
had
been
defeated
by
the Israeli
army,
they
made
peace
with
David,
and
agreed
to
allow
him
to
rule
them.
\par }{\PP So
the
rulers
of
Syria
did
not
want
to
help
the
rulers
of
the
Ammon people-group
anymore.

\par }\Chap{20}{\SH David’s army captured the capital city of Ammon
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}{\ADD{
In
that
region}},
kings
usually
went
{\ADD{
with
their
armies}}
to
fight
{\ADD{
their
enemies}} ◄in
the springtime/when
the
cold
season
ended►.
But
that
year,
David
{\ADD{
did
not
do
that.
Instead,
he}}
stayed
in
Jerusalem,
and
he
sent
{\ADD{
his
commander}}
Joab
{\ADD{
to
lead
the
army}}.
Joab
took
his
troops.
They
{\ADD{
crossed
the
Jordan
River
and}}
ruined
the
land
of
the
Ammon people-group.
Then
they
went
to
Rabbah,
{\ADD{
the
capital
city,}}
and
surrounded
it.
David
stayed
in
Jerusalem
{\ADD{
for
a
while.
But
later
he
took
more
troops
and
went
to
help}}
Joab.
Their
armies
attacked
Rabbah
and
destroyed
it.
\VS{2}Then
David
took
the
crown
from
the
head
of
the
king
of
Rabbah (OR,
from
the
head
of
their
god
Milcom)
and
put
it
on
his
own
head.
It
{\ADD{
was
very
heavy;
it}}
weighed ◄75
pounds/34 kg.►,
and
it
had
many
very
valuable
stones
{\ADD{
fastened
to
it}}.
They
also
took
many
other
valuable
things
from
the
city.
\VS{3}Then
they
brought
the
people
out
of
the
city
and
forced
them
to
{\ADD{
work
for
their
army,}}
using
saws
and
iron
picks
and
axes.
David’s
soldiers
did
this
in
all
the
cities
of
the
Ammon people-group.
Then
David
and
all
of
his
army
returned
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\SH Wars
against
the
giants
in
Philistia
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Later,
{\ADD{
David’s
army}}
fought
a
battle
with
the
army
of
Philistia,
at
Gezer
{\ADD{
city}}.
During
the
battle
Sibbecai,
from
Hushah
{\ADD{
clan}},
killed
Sippai,
one
of
the
descendants
of
the
Rapha
{\ADD{
giants}}.
So
the
armies
of
Philistia
were
defeated.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}In
another
battle
against
the
soldiers
of
Philistia,
Elhanan,
the
son
of
Jair,
killed
Lahmi,
the
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
of
{\ADD{
the
giant}}
Goliath
from
Gath
{\ADD{
town}},
who
had
a
spear
which
was
as
thick
as
a
weaver’s
rod.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}There
was
another
battle
near
Gath.
A ◄huge
man/giant►
was
there
who
had
six
fingers
on
each
hand
and
six
toes
on
each
foot.
He
was
descended
from
{\ADD{
the}}
Rapha
{\ADD{
giants}}.
\VS{7}When
he
made fun
of
the
soldiers
of
Israel,
Jonathan,
the
son
of
David’s
{\ADD{
older}}
brother
Shimea,
killed
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Those
were
some
of
the
descendants
of
{\ADD{
the}}
Rapha
{\ADD{
giants}}
who
had
lived
in
Gath,
who
were
killed [MTY]
by
David
and
his
soldiers.

\par }\Chap{21}{\SH David commanded that the soldiers be counted
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Satan
decided
to
cause
the Israeli
people
to
have
trouble.
So
he
incited
David
to
find
out
how
many
men
in
Israel
{\ADD{
were
able
to
be
in
the
army}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}So
David
commanded
Joab
and
the
other
army
commanders, “Count
all
the
men
in
Israel
{\ADD{
who
are
able
to
be
in
the
army}}.
Start
at
Beersheba
{\ADD{
town
in
the
south}}
and
go
all
the
way
to
Dan
{\ADD{
city
in
the
north}}.
Then
come
back
and
report
to
me,
in
order
that
I
may
know
how
many
men
there
are.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}But
Joab
replied, “Your
majesty,
even
if
Yahweh
allowed
us
to
have 100
times
as
many
soldiers
as
we
have
now,
you
would [RHQ]
still
rule
all
of
them.
So
why
do
you
want
us
to
do
this?
You
will
surely [RHQ]
cause
{\ADD{
all
the
people
of}}
Israel
to
be
guilty
of
sinning.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}But
David
would
not
change
his
mind.
So
Joab
{\ADD{
and
his
soldiers}}
went
everywhere
in
Israel
and
in
Judah,
and
counted
the
people.
Then
they
returned
to
Jerusalem,
\VS{5}and
they
reported
to
David
that
there
were 1,100,000
men
in
Israel
who
could
be
in
the
army,
and 470,000
in
Judah.
\VS{6}Joab
did
not
count
the
men
from
the
tribes
of
Levi
and
Benjamin,
because
he
was
disgusted
with
what
the
king
had
commanded.
\par }{\SH God
punished
the
people
of
Israel
\par }{\PP \VS{7}David’s
command
to
count
the
people
caused
God
to
become
angry,
so
he
{\ADD{
told
David
that
he
had
decided
to}}
punish
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel.
\VS{8}Then
David
prayed,
saying, “Yahweh,
what
I
did
was
very
foolish.
I
have
sinned
greatly
by
what
I
have
done.
So
now
I
plead
with
you,
please
forgive
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Then
Yahweh
said
to
Gad,
David’s
prophet,
\VS{10}“Go
and
tell
this
to
David:
I
am allowing
you
to
choose
one
of
three
things
{\ADD{
to
punish
you}}.
I
will
do
whichever
one
you
choose.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}So
Gad
went
to
David
and
said
to
him, “This
is
what
Yahweh
says: ‘You
can
choose
one
of
these
{\ADD{
punishments}}:
\VS{12}three
years
of
famine
{\ADD{
in
Israel}},
or
three
months
during
which
your
armies
will
run
away
from
their
enemies
{\ADD{
who
will
attack
them
with}}
swords,
or
three
days
during
which
I
will
send
my
angel
to
cause
many
people
in
the
country
to
die
because
of
a ◄plague/very
serious
illness►.’
So,
you
must
decide
what
I
will
say
to
answer
{\ADD{
Yahweh,}}
the
one
who
sent
me.”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}David
replied
to
Gad, “I
am
very
distressed.
But
allow
Yahweh
to
punish [MTY]
me,
because
he
is
very
merciful.
Do
not
allow humans
to
punish
me,
{\ADD{
because
they
will
not
be
merciful}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}So
Yahweh
sent
a
plague
on
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel,
and 70,000
of
them
died
because
of
it.
\VS{15}And
God
sent
an
angel
to
destroy
the
people
in
Jerusalem
by
the
plague.
But
when
the
angel
was
standing
at
the
ground
where
Araunah,
from
the
Jebus people-group,
threshed
grain,
Yahweh
saw
all
the
suffering
that
the
people
had
endured,
and
he
was
grieved.
So
he
said
to
the
angel, “Stop
what
you
are
doing [IDM]!
That
is
enough [IDM]!”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}David
looked
up
and
saw
the
angel
whom
Yahweh
had
sent,
standing
between
the
sky
and
the
ground.
The
angel
had
a
sword
in
his
hand
that
was pointed
toward
Jerusalem.
Then
David
and
the
elders
{\ADD{
of
the
city}},
who
were
wearing
clothes
made
of
rough
sackcloth,
prostrated
themselves
on
the
ground.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}David
said
to
God, “I
am [RHQ]
the
one
who
ordered
the
men
who
could
be
in
the
army
to
be
counted.
I
am
the
one
who
has
sinned
and
done
what
is
very
wrong,
but
these
people
are
{\ADD{
as
innocent
as}} [MET]
sheep.
They
have
certainly
not [RHQ]
done
anything
{\ADD{
that
is
wrong}}.
So
Yahweh
my
God,
punish [IDM]
me
and
my
family,
but
do
not
allow
this
plague
to
continue
to
{\ADD{
cause}}
your
people
{\ADD{
to
become
sick
and
die}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
the
angel
who
was
sent
by
Yahweh
told
Gad
to
go
up
to
the
place
where
Araunah
threshed
grain
and
tell
David
to
build
an
altar
to
{\ADD{
worship}}
Yahweh
there.
\VS{19}So
{\ADD{
after
Gad
told}}
David,
{\ADD{
he}}
obeyed
the
message
that
Yahweh [MTY]
had
given
to
Gad,
{\ADD{
and
he
went
up
there}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}While
Araunah
was
threshing
some
wheat,
he
turned
and
saw
the
angel.
His
four
sons
who
were
with
him
{\ADD{
also
saw
the
angel,
and
they}}
hid
themselves.
\VS{21}Then
David
approached.
When
Araunah
saw
him,
he
left
the
place
where
he
was
threshing
grain
and
prostrated
himself,
with
his
face
touching
the
ground.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}David
said
to
him, “Please
sell
me
your threshng
place
in
order
that
I
can
build
an
altar
here
to
{\ADD{
worship}}
Yahweh.
Then
he
will
stop
this
plague.
I
will
pay
the
full
price.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Araunah
replied, “Take
it!
Your
majesty,
do
whatever
you
want
to.
I
will
give
you
the
oxen
{\ADD{
that
thresh
the
grain}}
for
an
offering
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}.
And
I
will
give
you
the
threshing
boards
to
use
as
wood
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}},
and
I
will
give
you
grain
for
a
grain
offering.
I
will
give
all
those
things
to
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}But
the
king
said
to
Araunah, “No,
{\ADD{
I
will
not
take
these
things
as
a
gift}}.
I
will
pay
you
the
full
price
for
it.
I
will
not
take
things
that
belong
to
you,
things
that
have
cost
me
nothing
and
offer
them
as
sacrifices
to
Yahweh
to
be
completely
burned
on
the
altar.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}So
David
paid
Araunah 600
pieces
of
gold
for
the
whole
area.
\VS{26}David
built
an
altar
to
{\ADD{
worship}}
Yahweh
there,
and
he
offered
sacrifices
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
and
sacrifices
to
restore
fellowship
{\ADD{
with
Yahweh}}.
David
prayed
to
Yahweh,
and
Yahweh
answered
by
sending
a
fire
from
heaven
{\ADD{
to
burn
up
the
offerings}}
on
the
altar.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Then
Yahweh
spoke
to
the
angel,
and
told
him
to
put
his
sword
back
into
its
sheath.
{\ADD{
So
the
angel
did
that}}.
\VS{28}And
when
David
saw
that
Yahweh
had
answered
him
there
at
the
place
where
Araunah
threshed
grain
{\ADD{
and
had
ended
the
plague}},
he
offered
sacrifices
there.
\VS{29}Yahweh’s
Sacred
Tent,
which
Moses
had
commanded
to
be
set
up
in
the
desert,
and
the
altar
for
burning
sacrifices
completely,
were
at
that
time
on
a
hill
at
Gibeon
{\ADD{
city}}.
\VS{30}But
David
did
not
want
to
go
there
to
request
God
to
tell
him
what
he
wanted
{\ADD{
him
to
do}},
because
he
was
afraid
that
the
angel
sent
from
Yahweh
{\ADD{
might
strike
him
with}}
his
sword.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
David
said, “Here,
{\ADD{
at
the
edge
of
Jerusalem,}}
is
where
{\ADD{
we
will
build}}
the
temple
for
our
God
Yahweh,
and
where
{\ADD{
we
will
make}}
the
altar
for
burning
the
offerings
that
the Israeli
{\ADD{
people
will
bring}}.”
\par }{\SH The
preparations
for
the
temple
\par }{\PP \VS{2}So
David
commanded
that
the
foreigners
who
lived
in
Israel
must
gather
together.
{\ADD{
When
they
did
that,}}
he
appointed
{\ADD{
some
of
those}}
men
to
{\ADD{
cut
huge}}
stones
{\ADD{
from
the
quarries}}
and
to
smooth
their surfaces,
to
be
used
to
build
the
temple
of
God.
\VS{3}David
provided
a
large
amount
of
iron
for
making
nails
and
hinges
for
the
doors
in
the
gates
of
the
temple.
He
also
provided
so
much
bronze
{\ADD{
for
making
the
altar
and
various
utensils}},
that
no
one
could
weigh
it
all.
\VS{4}He
also
provided
{\ADD{
money
for
buying}}
a
large
amount
of
cedar
logs.
Because
there
was
a
huge
number
of
them,
no
one
was
able
to
count
them.
Those
were
logs
that
men
from
Tyre
and
Sidon
{\ADD{
cities}}
sent
to
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}David
{\ADD{
provided
all
those
things
because
he}}
thought, “My
son
Solomon
is
still
young
and
he
does
not
know
what
he
needs
to
know
{\ADD{
about
building}},
and
the
temple
of
Yahweh
must
be ◄magnificent/very
beautiful►.
It
must
be
a
glorious
building
that
will
become
famous,
and
people
throughout
the
world
must
consider
it
to
be
glorious/splendid.
So
now
I
will
begin
to
prepare
for
it
to
be
built,
{\ADD{
and
Solomon
will
be
responsible
for
building
it}}.”
So
David
collected
a
great
amount
of
building materials
before
he
died.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}{\ADD{
When}}
David
{\ADD{
was
old,
he}}
summoned
his
son
Solomon,
and
told
him
that
he
should
arrange
for
a
temple
to
be
built
for
Yahweh,
the
God
whom
the Israelis
{\ADD{
worshiped}}.
\VS{7}He
said
to
him, “I
wanted [IDM]
to
build
a
temple
to
honor [MTY]
Yahweh,
my
God.
\VS{8}But
Yahweh
told
{\ADD{
a
prophet
to
tell}}
me, ‘You
have
killed
many
men [MTY]
in
the
battles
that
you
have
fought.
I
have
seen
the
blood
of
all
the
people
whom
you
killed,
so
you
will
not
be
the
one
who
will
arrange
for
a
temple
to
be
built
to
honor
me [MTY].
\VS{9}But
you
will
have
a
son
{\ADD{
who
will
be
king
of
Israel
after
you
die}}.
He
will
be
a
man
who
is
peaceful
and
quiet,
{\ADD{
not
a
man
who
kills
others}}.
And
I
will
cause
that
there
will
be
peace
between
him
and
his
enemies
who
are
in
all
the
nearby
lands.
His
name
will
be
Solomon,
{\ADD{
which
sounds
like
the
word
for
peace}}.
During
the
time
that
he
is
king,
people
in
Israel
will
be
peaceful
and
safe.
\VS{10}He
is
the
one
who
will
arrange
for
a
temple
to
be
built
to
honor
me [MTY].
He
will
be
{\ADD{
like}}
a
son
to
me,
and
I
will
cause
some
of
his
descendants
to
rule [MTY]
over
Israel
forever [HYP].’
\par }{\PP \VS{11}“So
now,
my
son,
I
hope/wish
that
Yahweh
will
help
you,
and
enable
you
to
be
successful
in arranging
for
building
the
temple
of
Yahweh,
your
God,
which
is
what
he
said
that
you
would
do.
\VS{12}I
also
hope/wish
that
he
will
enable
you
to
be
wise
and
to
understand
what
you
need
to
know,
and
enable
you
to
obey
his
laws
while
you
rule
over
Israel.
\VS{13}If
you
carefully
obey
all
the
laws
and
regulations/commands
that
Yahweh
gave
to
Moses
to
give
to
us Israeli
people,
you
will
be
successful.
So
be
steadfast/strong
and
courageous.
Do
not
be
afraid
of
anything,
and
do
not
become
discouraged!
\par }{\PP \VS{14}“I
have
tried
hard
to
provide
{\ADD{materials}}
for
{\ADD{
building}}
the
temple
of
Yahweh.
I
have
provided
nearly 4,000 tons
of
gold,
and
nearly 40,000 tons
of
silver.
I
have
also
provided
a
very
large
amount
of
iron
and
bronze;
no
one
has
been
able
to
weigh
it
all.
I
have
also
gathered/provided lumber
and
stone
{\ADD{
for
the
walls
of
the
temple}},
but
you
may
need
to
get
some
more
of
those
things.
\VS{15}There
are
many
men
{\ADD{
in
Israel}}
who
have
good
ability
to
cut
big
stones
for
making
stone
walls,
and
carpenters,
and
men
who
are
very
skilled
at
making
various
kinds
of
things.
\VS{16}There
are
many
men
who
know
how
to
make
things
from
gold
and
silver
and
bronze
and
iron.
So
now
{\ADD{
I
say
to
you}},
begin
the
work
{\ADD{
of
building
the
temple}},
and
I
hope/wish
that
Yahweh
will
help/be
with
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}Then
David
commanded
that
all
the Israeli
leaders
must
assist
Solomon.
He
said
to
them,
\VS{18}“Yahweh
our
God
is
certainly
with/helping
you [RHQ].
He
has
allowed
you
to
have
peace
with
all
the
nearby
nations [RHQ].
He
has
enabled
my
{\ADD{
army}}
to
conquer [IDM]
them,
so
now
Yahweh
and
my
people
control
them.
\VS{19}Now
you
must
obey
Yahweh
completely.
Help
Solomon
to
arrange
for
building
the
temple
for
Yahweh
God,
in
order
that
you
can
bring
the
Sacred
Chest
that
contains
the
Ten
Commandments
and
the
other
sacred
items
that
belong
to
God
into
the
temple
that
you
will
build
to
honor
Yahweh.”

\par }\Chap{23}{\SH The duties of the descendants of Levi
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
was
a
very
old
man [DOU]
when
he
appointed
his
son
Solomon
to
be
the
next
king.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}David
gathered
the
leaders
of
Israel
and
the
priests
and
other
descendants
of
Levi.
\VS{3}He
{\ADD{
commanded
some
of
his
officials
to}}
count
the
descendants
of
Levi
who
were
at
least
thirty
years
old,
and
they
found
out
that
there
were 38,000
of
them.
\VS{4}Then
David
said, “From
those 38,000
men,
I
want 24,000
of
them
to
supervise
the
work
at
the
temple
of
Yahweh,
and
I
want 6,000
of
them
to
be
officials
and
judges.
\VS{5}I
want 4,000
to
be
guards
at
the
gates,
and 4,000
to
praise
Yahweh,
using
the
musical
instruments
that
I
have
provided
for
them.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}David
divided
the
descendants
of
Levi
into
three
family
groups;
each
group
consisted
of
men
who
were
descendants
of
one
of
the
three
sons
of
Levi—Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Gershon
\par }{\MM \VS{7}From
the
descendants
of
Gershon
there
were
Ladan
and
Shimei.
\par }{\LI \VS{8}There
were
three
sons
of
Ladan:
Jehiel
was
the
oldest,
and
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brothers
Zetham
and
Joel.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}There
were
three
of
the
sons
of
Shimei:
Shelomoth,
Haziel,
and
Haran.
\par }{\LI They
were
all
leaders
of
the
clans
of
Ladan.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}There
were
four
men
who
were
other
sons
of
Shimei:
\par }{\LIB \VS{11}Jahath,
who
was
his
oldest
son,
and
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brothers
Ziza,
Jeush,
and
Beriah.
\par }{\LIB Jeush
and
Beriah
did
not
have
many
sons,
so
they
were
counted
as
though
they
were
one
family.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Kohath
\par }{\MM \VS{12}Kohath
had
four
sons:
Amram,
Izhar,
Hebron,
and
Uzziel.
\par }{\LI \VS{13}There
were
two
sons
of
Amram:
Aaron
and
Moses.
\par }{\LIB Aaron
and
his
descendants
were
set
apart
to
dedicate
the
very
holy
things,
to
offer
sacrifices
to
Yahweh,
to
serve
in
his
presence,
and
to
declare
{\ADD{
to
the
people}}
what
Yahweh [MTY]
would
do
to
bless
them.
They
were
to
do
those
things
forever.
\par }{\LIB \VS{14}The
sons
of
Moses,
the
man
who
served
God
{\ADD{
well}},
were
counted
as
part
of
the
tribe
of
Levi.
\par }{\LI \VS{15}The
sons
of
Moses
were
Gershom
and
Eliezer.
\par }{\LIB \VS{16}The
oldest
son
of
Gershom
was
Shubael.
\par }{\LIB \VS{17}Rehabiah
was
the
oldest
son
of
Eliezer.
\par }{\LIB Eliezer
had
no
other
sons,
but
Rehabiah
had
many
sons.
\par }{\LI \VS{18}The
oldest
son
of
Izhar
was
Shelomith.
\par }{\LI \VS{19}Hebron
had
four
sons.
\par }{\LIB Jeriah
was
his
oldest
son,
and
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brothers
were
Amariah,
Jahaziel,
and
Jekameam.
\par }{\LI \VS{20}Uzziel
had
two
sons.
\par }{\LIB Micah
was
the
oldest
son,
and
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
was
Isshiah.
\par }{\SH The
descendants
of
Merari
\par }{\MM \VS{21}Merari
had
two
sons:
Mahli
and
Mushi.
\par }{\LIB The
sons
of
Mahli
were
Eleazar
and
Kish.
\par }{\LIB \VS{22}Eleazar
had
no
sons;
he
had
only
daughters.
Their cousins,
the
sons
of
Kish,
married
them.
\par }{\LI \VS{23}The
three
sons
of
Mushi
were
Mahli,
Eder,
and
Jerimoth.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP \VS{24}Those
were
the
descendants
of
Levi,
whose
names
were
listed
according
to
their
families/clans.
They
were
chosen
for
special jobs
by ◄casting
lots/throwing
small
marked
stones►.
Each
person
who
was
at
least 20
years
old
was
listed.
They
all
worked
in
the
temple
of
Yahweh.
\VS{25}David
had
said
previously, “Yahweh,
the
God
to
whom
we Israeli
people
belong,
has
enabled
us
to
have
peace,
and
he
{\ADD{
has
come
to}}
live
in
Jerusalem
forever.
\VS{26}Therefore,
the
descendants
of
Levi
no
longer
need
to
carry
the
Sacred
Tent
and
the
items
used
in
the
work
there.”
\VS{27}Obeying
the
final
instructions
of
David
{\ADD{
before
he
died,
instructions
for
doing
this
work
at
the
temple}},
they
counted
only
the
descendants
of
Levi
who
were
at
least 20
years
old.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}The
work
of
those
descendants
of
Levi
was
to
assist
the
descendants
of
Aaron
in
their
work
in
the
temple
of
Yahweh:
To
be
in
charge
of
the
temple
courtyards
and
the
side
rooms,
the
ceremonies
for
purifying
all
the
sacred
things,
and
to
do
other
work
at
the
temple.
\VS{29}They
were
also
in
charge
of
the
sacred
loaves
of
bread
that
were
placed
{\ADD{
each
week}}
on
the
table
{\ADD{
in
the
temple}},
the
flour
for
the
grain
offerings,
the
wafers
that
were
made
without
yeast,
and
the
measuring
the ingredients
and
mixing
them
and baking
that
bread
and
those
wafers.
\VS{30}They
were
also
told
to
stand
every
morning
{\ADD{
at
the
temple}}
and
thank
Yahweh
and
praise
him.
They
were
also
required
to
do
the
same
thing
every
evening.
\VS{31}And
they
were
to
do
the
same
thing
whenever
offerings
that
were
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}
were
presented/offered
to
Yahweh
on
Sabbath
days
and
during
the
new
moon
celebrations
and
other religious
festivals.
They
were
told
how
many
of
them
should
be
there
and
what
they
should
do
each
time.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}So
the
descendants
of
Levi
did
the
work
that
was
assigned
to
them
by
their
fellow Israelis
who
were
descendants
of
Aaron.
They
did
that
work
in
the
area
surrounding
the
Sacred
Tent,
and
in
the
Sacred
Tent,
and
{\ADD{
later}}
at
the
temple.

\par }\Chap{24}{\SH The duties of the priests
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}These
are
the
groups
of
the
descendants
of
Aaron
{\ADD{
the
first Supreme
Priest}}:
Aaron’s
four
sons
were
Nadab,
Abihu,
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}But
Nadab
and
Abihu
died
before
their
father
died,
and
they
had
no
children.
So
their
{\ADD{
younger}}
brothers
Eleazar
and
Ithamar
became
the
priests.
\VS{3}Zadok,
who
was
a
descendant
of
Eleazar,
and
Ahimelech,
who
was
a
descendant
of
Ithamar,
helped
David
to
separate
his
descendants
into
two
groups.
Each
group
had
certain
duties.
\VS{4}There
were
more
leaders
among
the
descendants
of
Eleazar
than
there
were
among
the
descendants
of
Ithamar.
So
they
appointed 16
leaders
from Eleazar’s
descendants
and
eight
leaders
from Ithamar’s
descendants.
\VS{5}There
were
temple
officials
and
priests,
including
descendants
of
both
Eleazar
and
Ithamar,
to
make
sure
that
the
work
was
divided
fairly.
So
they
decided
what
work
each
person
would
do
by ◄casting
lots/throwing
marked
stones►.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Shemaiah,
the
son
of
Nethanel,
who
was
a
descendant
of
Levi,
wrote
down
the
names
{\ADD{
of
the
leaders
of
each
group}}
while
David
and
his
officials
were
watching.
Zadok,
the
{\ADD{Supreme}}
Priest,
and
Ahimelech
{\ADD{
his
assistant}},
and
the
leaders
of
the
families
of
the
priests
and
of
the
families
of
the
other
descendants
of
Levi
also
watched.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{7}Jehoiarib
was
the
first
one
whose
name
was
selected
{\ADD{
by
casting
lots/throwing
marked
stones}}.
\par }{\LI Next
Jedaiah
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{8}Next,
Harim
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Seorim
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}Next,
Malkijah
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Mijamin
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}Next,
Hakkoz
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Abijah
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{11}Next,
Jeshua
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Shecaniah
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{12}Next,
Eliashib
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Jakim
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{13}Next,
Huppah
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Jeshebeab
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{14}Next,
Bilgah
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Immer
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{15}Next,
Hezir
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Happizzez
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{16}Next,
Pethahiah
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Jehezkel
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{17}Next,
Jakin
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Gamul
was
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{18}Next,
Delaiah
was
selected.
\par }{\LI Next,
Maaziah
was
selected.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Those
were
the
men
who
were
chosen
to
be
the
leaders
of
the
groups
that
would
serve
in
the
temple,
obeying
the
regulations
that
were
set
down
by
Aaron,
regulations
which
Yahweh,
the
God
to
whom
the Israeli
people
belonged,
had
given
to
him.
\par }{\SH The
other
descendants
of
Levi
\par }{\MM \VS{20}{\ADD{
This
is
a
list
of
some
of}}
the
other
descendants
of
Levi:
\par }{\LI Amram
was
the ancestor
of
Shubael
and
Jehdeiah.
\par }{\LI \VS{21}Rehabiah
was
the ancestor
of
Isshiah,
the
oldest
son
in
his
family.
\par }{\LI \VS{22}Izhar
was
the
father
of
Shelomoth
and
the
grandfather
of
Jahath.
\par }{\LI \VS{23}{\ADD{
Kohath’s
son}}
Hebron
had
four
sons:
Jeriah
and
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brothers
Amariah,
Jahaziel,
and
Jekameam.
\par }{\LI \VS{24}Uzziel
was
the
father
of
Micah
and
the
grandfather
of
Shamir.
\par }{\LIB \VS{25}Micah’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
was
the
father
of
Zechariah.
\par }{\LI \VS{26}The
sons
of
Merari
were
Mahli,
Mushi,
and
Jaaziah.
\par }{\LIB \VS{27}Jaaziah thad
four
sons:
Beno,
Shoham,
Zaccur,
and
Ibri.
\par }{\LIB \VS{28}Mahli’s
son
Eleazar
did
not
have
any
sons.
\par }{\LIB \VS{29}From
the
descendants
of
{\ADD{Mahli’s
second
son
}}Kish
there
was
Jerahmeel.
\par }{\LIB \VS{30}The
sons
of
Mushi
were
Mahli,
Eder,
and
Jerimoth.
\par }{\BB \par }{\PP Those
were
descendants
of
Levi
who
were
listed
according
to
the
leaders
of
their
families.
\VS{31}The jobs
they
would
do
were
decided
by ◄casting
lots/throwing
marked
stones►,
like
their
fellow Israelis,
the
descendants
of
Aaron,
did.
They
cast
lots $\{$The
lots
were
cast$\}$
while
King
David,
Zadok,
Ahimelech,
and
the
leaders
of
the
families
of
the
priests
and
the
{\ADD{
other}}
descendants
of
Levi
watched.
They
gave
the
same jobs
to
the
families
of
each
oldest
brother
and
each
youngest
brother.

\par }\Chap{25}{\SH The duties that David assigned to the musicians
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
and
some
of
the
temple
officials (OR,
army
commanders)
chose
some
of
the
descendants
of
Asaph,
Heman,
and
Jeduthun
to
be
in
charge
of
proclaiming
God’s
messages,
and
to
play
harps
and
lyres
and
cymbals.
This
is
a
list
of
the
men
whom
they
chose
for
that
work:
\par }{\LI \VS{2}From
the
sons
of
Asaph
they
chose
Zaccur,
Joseph,
Nethaniah,
and Aserelah.
Asaph
supervised
them.
And
the
king
appointed
Asaph
to
proclaim
God’s
messages.
\par }{\LI \VS{3}From
the
sons
of
Jeduthun
they
chose
six
men:
Gedaliah,
Zeri,
Jeshaiah,
Shimei,
Hashabiah,
and
Mattithiah.
Jeduthun
supervised
them
and
also
proclaimed
God’s
messages,
playing
his
harp
while
he
thanked
and
praised
Yahweh.
\par }{\LI \VS{4}From
the
sons
of
Heman,
who
was
one
of
the
king’s
prophets,
they
chose
Bukkiah,
Mattaniah,
Uzziel,
Shubael,
Jerimoth,
Hananiah,
Hanani,
Eliathah,
Giddalti,
Romamti-Ezer,
Joshbekashah,
Mallothi,
Hothir,
and
Mahazioth.
\VS{5}God
promised
to
cause
Heman
to
be
strong,
so
altogether,
God
have
him 14
sons
and
three
daughters.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}All
those
men
were
supervised
by
their
fathers
while
they
played
music
in
the
temple
of
Yahweh.
They
played
cymbals,
lyres,
and
harps.
And
their
fathers—Asaph,
Jeduthun
and
Heman—were
supervised
by
the
king.
\VS{7}Those
men
and
their
relatives
were
all
trained
and
skilled
for
playing
musical
instruments
in
the
temple.
That
was
their
work
for
Yahweh.
Including
their
relatives,
there
were 288
of
them.
\VS{8}All
of
them,
including
ones
who
were
young
and
those
who
were
old,
cast
lots
to
determine
what
work
they
would
do.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{9}From
the
family
of
Asaph,
the
first
ones
selected
were
Joseph
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}Next,
Gedaliah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{11}Next,
Zaccur
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{12}Next,
Nethaniah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{13}Next,
Bukkiah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{14}Next, Jesarelah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{15}Next,
Jeshaiah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{16}Next,
Mattaniah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{17}Next,
Shimei
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{18}Next,
Azarel
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{19}Next,
Hashabiah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{20}Next,
Shubael
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{21}Next,
Mattithiah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{22}Next,
Jerimoth
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{23}Next,
Hananiah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{24}Next,
Joshbekashah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{25}Next,
Hanani
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{26}Next,
Mallothi
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{27}Next,
Eliathah
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{28}Next,
Hothir
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{29}Next,
Giddalti
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{30}Next,
Mahazioth
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.
\par }{\LI \VS{31}Next,
Romamti-Ezer
and 12
of
his
sons
and
relatives
were
selected.

\par }\Chap{26}{\SH The guards of the temple gates
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
a
list
of
the
groups
of
men
who
guarded
the
temple
gates:
\par }{\LI From
the
descendants
of
Korah,
there
was
Meshelemiah,
the
son
of
Kore,
who
was
one
of
the
sons
of
Asaph.
\par }{\LIB \VS{2}The
oldest
son
of
Meshelemiah
was
Zechariah.
His
other
sons
were
Jediael,
Zebadiah,
Jathniel,
\VS{3}Elam,
Jehohanan,
and
Eliehoenai.
\par }{\LI \VS{4}{\ADD{
Another
guard}}
was
Obed-Edom.
\par }{\LIB His
oldest
son
was
Shemaiah.
His
other
sons
were
Jehozabad,
Joah,
Sacar,
Nethanel,
\VS{5}Ammiel,
Issachar,
and
Peullethai.
It
was
because
God
had
blessed
him
that
he
had
many
sons.
\par }{\LIB \VS{6}Obed-Edom’s
son
Shemaiah
also
had
sons.
They
were
leaders
in
their
father’s
family
because
they
were
capable
of
doing
many
things
well.
\VS{7}The
sons
of
Shemaiah
were
Othni,
Rephael,
Obed,
and
Elzabad. Shemaiah’s
relatives
Elihu
and Semakiah
were
also
capable
men.
\par }{\PIB \VS{8}All
of
those
descendants
of
Obed-Edom
and
their
sons
and
relatives
were
capable
people
and
strong
workers.
Altogether
there
were 62
of
them.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}Another
guard
was
Meshelemiah.
He
and
his
sons
and
relatives
were
also
capable
people.
There
were 18
of
them
altogether.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}Another
guard
was Hosah’s
son
Shimri,
a
descendant
of
Merari.
Hosah
appointed
Shimri
to
be
the
leader,
even
though
he
was
not Hosah’s
oldest
son.
\VS{11}Hosah’s
other
sons
were
Hilkiah, Tabaliah,
and
Zechariah.
Altogether
there
were 13
sons
and
relatives
of
Hosah.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Those
men
were
leaders
of
the
groups
of
men
who
guarded
the
gates
of
the
temple.
They
worked
at
the
temple
like
their
relatives
did.
\VS{13}By
casting
lots,
the
leader
of
each
family
chose
one
gate
for
their
group
to
guard.
{\ADD{
All
of
them,
including}}
young
men
and
old
men (OR,
including
leaders
of
large
families
and
small
families),
cast
lots.
\par }{\LI \VS{14}Shelemiah’s
group
was
selected
to
guard
the
East
Gate.
\par }{\LI The
group
of Shelemiah’s
son
Zechariah,
who
was
a
wise
counselor,
was
selected
to
guard
the
North
Gate.
\par }{\LI \VS{15}Then
Obed-Edom’s
group
was
selected
to
guard
the
South
Gate,
and
his
sons
were
selected
to
guard
the
{\ADD{
entrances
to
the
temple}} storerooms.
\par }{\LI \VS{16}Then Shuppim’s
group
and Hosah’s
group
were
selected
to
guard
the
West
Gate
and
the Shalleketh
Gate
on
the
upper
road
{\ADD{
to
the
temple}}.
\par }{\PP The
work
for
the
guards
was
divided
evenly.
\VS{17}Each
day
there
were
six
descendants
of
Levi
who
guarded
the
East
Gate,
four
who
guarded
the
North
Gate,
four
who
guarded
the
South
Gate,
and
two
at
a
time
who
guarded
the
entrances
to
the storerooms.
\VS{18}At
the
West
gate
there
were
two
men
who
guarded
the
courtyard
and
four
who
guarded
the
road
outside
the
courtyard.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Those
were
the
groups
of
men
who
were
descendants
of
Korah
and
Merari
who
guarded
the
gates
{\ADD{
of
the
temple}}.
\par }{\SH Other
work
at
the
temple
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Other
descendants
of
Levi
were
in
charge
of
the
chests
that
contained
the
money
that
was
dedicated
to
Yahweh,
money
that
the
people
brought
to
the
temple.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}{\ADD{
One
of
those
men
was}}
Ladan,
a
descendant
of
Gershon.
He
was
the ancestor
of
several
family
groups.
Jehiel
was
the
leader
of
one
of
those
family
groups.
\VS{22}Others
who
had
that
work
were
Zetham
and
his
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother
Joel,
who
were
the
sons
of
Jehiel.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Others
who
did
that
work
were
descendants
of
Amram,
Izhar,
Hebron
and
Uzziel.
\par }{\LI \VS{24}{\ADD{
From
the
descendants
of
Amram}},
Shubael,
a
descendant
of Moses’s
son
Gershom,
was
the
leader
who
was
in
charge
of
the
money
chests.
\VS{25}{\ADD{
Others
who
did
that
work
were}}
the
descendants
of
{\ADD{
Gershom’s
younger
brother}}
Eliezer.
Those
men
were Eliezer’s
son
Rehabiah, Rehabiah’s
son
Jeshaiah, Jeshaiah’s
son
Joram, Joram’s
son
Zicri,
and Zicri’s
son
Shelomith.
\VS{26}Shelomith
and
his
relatives
were
in
charge
of
all
the
valuable
things
that
had
been
dedicated
{\ADD{
to
Yahweh}}
by
King
David,
by
the
leaders
of
the
family
groups,
by
the
army
commanders
of 1,000
soldiers
and
commanders
of 100
soldiers,
and
by
other
army
commanders.
\VS{27}Some
of
the
things
that
those
army
officers
had
taken
{\ADD{
from
Israel’s
enemies}}
in
battles
they
dedicated
for
the
repair
of
the
temple
of
Yahweh.
\VS{28}And
Shelomith
and
his
relatives
were
also
in
charge
of
everything
that
had
been
dedicated
{\ADD{
to
Yahweh}}
by
the
prophet
Samuel,
by
King
Saul,
and
by
{\ADD{
David’s
two
army
commanders}}
Ner
and
Joab.
\par }{\LI \VS{29}From
the
descendants
of
Izhar,
Kenaniah
and
his
sons
were
given
work
outside
{\ADD{
the
temple
area}}.
They
were
officials
and
judges
in
{\ADD{
various
places}}
in
Israel.
\par }{\LI \VS{30}From
the
descendants
of
Hebron,
Hashabiah
and
his
relatives
were
responsible
for
the
work
done
for
Yahweh
and
for
the
king
in
all
the
area
west
of
the
Jordan
{\ADD{
river}}.
There
were 1,700
of
them
who
were
able
to
do
their
work
well.
\VS{31}It
was
written
in
the
records
of
the
descendants
of
Hebron
that
Jeriah
was
their
leader.
When
David
had
been
ruling
for
almost 40
years,
they
searched
in
those
records,
and
they
found
{\ADD{
names
of}}
capable
men
descended
from
Hebron
who
were
at
Jazer
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}.
\VS{32}Jeriah
had 2,700
relatives
who
were
able
to
do
their
work
well,
and
who
were
leaders
of
their
families.
King
David
put
them
in
charge
of
governing
the
tribes
of
Reuben,
Gad,
and
{\ADD{
the
eastern}}
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
to
be
sure
that
all
the
people
did
what
God
and
the
king
told
them
to
do.

\par }\Chap{27}{\SH Army commanders
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}This
is
a
list
of
the Israeli
men
who
served
the
king
in
the
army.
Some
were
leaders
of
families,
some
were
commanders
of 100
men,
some
were
commanders
of 1,000
men,
and
some
were
their
officers.
There
were 24,000
men [DOU]
in
each
group.
Each
group
served
one
month
of
each
year.
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI \VS{2}Jashobeam,
the
son
of
Zabdiel,
was
in
charge
of
the
group
that
served
during
the
first
month
{\ADD{
of
each
year}}.
\VS{3}He
was
a
descendant
of
Perez,
and
he
was
the
commander
of
all
the
army
officers
during
the
first
month
of
each
year.
\par }{\LI \VS{4}Dodai,
from
the
clan
of Ahohi,
was
the
commander
of
the
group
that
served
during
the
following/second
month
of
each
year.
Mikloth
was
his ◄assistant/chief
officer►.
\par }{\LI \VS{5}Benaiah,
the
son
of
Jehoiada
the Supreme
Priest,
was
the
commander
of
the
group
that
served
during
the
following/third
month.
\VS{6}He
was
the
one
who
was
a
mighty
warrior
among
David’s
thirty
greatest
soldiers,
and
he
was
their
leader.
His
son
Ammizabad
was
his
assistant.
\par }{\LI \VS{7}Asahel,
Joab’s
{\ADD{
younger}}
brother,
was
{\ADD{
the
commander
of
the
group
that
served}}
during
the
following/fourth
month.
Asahel’s
son
Zebadiah
became
the
commander
after
Asahel
{\ADD{
was
killed}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{8}The
commander
for
the
following/fifth
month
was
Shamhuth,
a
descendant
of Izrah.
\par }{\LI \VS{9}The
commander
for
the
following/sixth
month
was
Ira
the
son
of
Ikkesh
from
Tekoa
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{10}The
commander
for
the
following/seventh
month
was
Helez,
a
member
of
the Pelon
{\ADD{
clan}}
from
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
\par }{\LI \VS{11}The
commander
for
the
following/eighth
month
was
Sibbecai,
a
descendant
of
Zerah
from
Hushah
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{12}The
commander
for
the
following/ninth
month
was
Abiezer
from
Anathoth
{\ADD{
city}}
in
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\par }{\LI \VS{13}The
commander
for
the
following/tenth
month
was
Maharai,
a
descendant
of
Zerah
from Netophath
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{14}The
commander
for
the
following/eleventh
month
was
Benaiah
from
Pirathon
{\ADD{
town}}
in
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
\par }{\LI \VS{15}The
commander
for
the
last
month
{\ADD{
of
each
year}}
was
Heldai,
a
descendant
of
Othniel
from Netophath
{\ADD{
town}}.
\par }{\SH The
administrators
of
the
twelve
tribes
\par }{\PP \VS{16}This
is
a
list
of
the
administrators
of
the
{\ADD{
twelve}}
tribes [DOU]
of
Israel:
\par }{\BB \par }{\LI Eliezer,
the
son
of
Zicri,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Reuben.
\par }{\LI Shephatiah,
the
son
of
Maacah,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Simeon.
\par }{\LI \VS{17}Hashabiah,
the
son
of
Kemuel,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Levi.
\par }{\LI Zadok
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Aaron.
\par }{\LI \VS{18}Elihu,
David’s
{\ADD{
older}}
brother,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Judah.
\par }{\LI Omri,
the
son
of
Michael,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Issachar.
\par }{\LI \VS{19}Ishmaiah,
the
son
of
Obadiah,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Zebulun.
\par }{\LI Jerimoth,
the
son
of
Azriel,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Naphtali.
\par }{\LI \VS{20}Hoshea,
the
son
of
Azaziah,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Ephraim.
\par }{\LI Joel,
the
son
of
Pedaiah,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
the
{\ADD{
western}}
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh.
\par }{\LI \VS{21}Iddo,
the
son
of
Zechariah,
was
the
administrator
of
the
{\ADD{
eastern}}
half
of
the
tribe
of
Manasseh,
in
{\ADD{
the}}
Gilead
{\ADD{
region}}.
\par }{\LI Jaasiel,
the
son
of
Abner,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\par }{\LI \VS{22}Azarel,
the
son
of
Jeroham,
was
the
administrator
of
the
tribe
of
Dan.
\par }{\LI Those
were
the
leaders
over
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}{\ADD{
When}}
David
{\ADD{
told
Joab
to
count
the
men
of
Israel,
he}}
did
not
{\ADD{
tell
him
to}}
count
the
men
who
were
less
then 20
years
old,
because
Yahweh
had
promised
{\ADD{
many
years
previously}}
that
there
would
be
as
many
{\ADD{
people}}
in
Israel
as
there
are
stars
in
the
sky.
\VS{24}Joab
{\ADD{
and
his
helpers}}
started
to
count
the
men
of
Israel,
but
they
did
not
finish
counting
them
{\ADD{
because
Joab
knew
that
Yahweh
was
angry
about
their
being
counted}}.
Yahweh
punished [MTY]
the
people
of
Israel
because
of
this
counting,
and
as
a
result
the
total
number
of Israeli
men
{\ADD{
able
to
serve
in
the
army}}
was
not
written
on
the
scroll
about
King
David’s
{\ADD{
rule}}.
\par }{\SH The
king’s
other
officials
\par }{\LI \VS{25}Azmaveth,
the
son
of
Adiel,
was
in
charge
of
the
king’s
storehouses.
\par }{\LI Jonathan,
the
son
of
Uzziah,
was
is
charge
of
the
storehouses
in
various
towns
and
villages
in
Israel,
and
also
in
charge
of
the watchtowers.
\par }{\LI \VS{26}Ezri
the
son
of
Kelub
was
in
charge
of
the
workers
who farmed
the
land
{\ADD{
that
belonged
to
the
king}}.
\par }{\LI \VS{27}Shimei
from
Ramath
{\ADD{
town}}
was
in
charge
of
the
king’s
vineyards.
\par }{\LI Zabdi
from
Shepham
{\ADD{
town}}
was
in
charge
of storing
the
wine
from
the
{\ADD{
grapes
produced
in}}
vineyards.
\par }{\LI \VS{28}Baal-Hanan
from
Geder
{\ADD{
city}}
was
in
charge
of storing
the
olive
oil.
\par }{\LI \VS{29}Shitrai
from
the
Sharon
Plain
was
in
charge
of
the
herds
of
cattle
that ◄grazed/ate
grass►
there.
\par }{\LI Shaphat
the
son
of
Adlai
was
in
charge
of
the
cattle
in
the
valleys.
\par }{\LI \VS{30}Obil,
a
descendant
of
Ishmael,
was
in
charge
of
the
camels.
\par }{\LI Jehdeiah
from Meronoth
{\ADD{
town}}
was
in
charge
of
the
donkeys.
\par }{\LI \VS{31}Jaziz,
a
descendant
of
Hagar,
was
in
charge
of
the
{\ADD{
king’s}}
flocks
of
sheep.
\par }{\PP All
of
those
officials
were
in
charge
of
the
things
that
belonged
to
King
David.
\par }{\LI \VS{32}David’s
uncle
Jonathan
was
a
wise
counselor
for
him.
\par }{\LI Jehiel,
the
son
of Hacmoni,
taught
the
king’s
sons.
\par }{\LI \VS{33}Ahithophel
was
the
king’s
official
counselor.
\par }{\LI \VS{34}Hushai
from
the
Ark people-group
was
the
king’s
special
friend.
\par }{\LI Benaiah’s
son
Jehoiada
became
the
king’s advisor
after
Ahithophel
died,
and
later
Abiathar
became
his advisor.
\par }{\LI Joab
was
the
chief
commander
of
the
army.

\par }\Chap{28}{\SH David’s instructions to Solomon for building the temple
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
summoned
all
the
leaders
of
Israel
to
come
to
Jerusalem.
He
summoned
the
leaders
of
the
tribes,
the
leaders/commanders
of
the
groups
that
worked
for
the
king,
the
commanders
of 100
soldiers,
the
commanders
of 1,000
soldiers,
those
who
were
in
charge
of
the
property
and
livestock
that
belonged
to
the
king
and
his
sons,
all
the
palace
officials,
and
his
mighty
soldiers
and
bravest
warriors.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}David
stood
up
and
said, “My
fellow Israelis,
listen
to
me.
I
wanted [IDM]
to
build
a
temple
to
be
a
place
where
we
would
put
the
Sacred
Chest
of
Yahweh,
where
it
would
stay
permanently.
And
I
made
plans
to
build
it.
\VS{3}But
God
said
to
me, ‘You
are
not
the
one
who
will
{\ADD{
arrange
to}}
build
a
temple
for
me [MTY],
because
you
are
a
warrior
and
you
have
killed
many
people [MTY]
{\ADD{
in
battles}}.’
\par }{\PP \VS{4}“But
Yahweh,
the
God
to
whom
we Israelis
belong,
had
chosen
me
and
my
descendants
to
be
the
kings
of
Israel
forever.
{\ADD{
First}}
he
chose
the
tribe
of
Judah,
and
from
the
people [MTY]
of
Judah
he
chose
my
family,
and
from
my
father’s
sons
he
chose
me
to
be
the
king
over
all
of
Israel.
\VS{5}Yahweh
has
given
me
many
sons,
but
from
them
he
chose
my
son
Solomon
to
be
the
next
king
to
rule [MTY]
the
kingdom
of
Israel.
\VS{6}He
said
to
me, ‘Solomon
your
son
is
the
one
who
will
{\ADD{
arrange
to}}
build
my
temple
and
the
courtyards
around
it,
because
I
have
chosen
him
to
be
{\ADD{
like}}
my
son
and
I
will
be
{\ADD{
like}} [MET]
his
father.
\VS{7}I
will
enable
his
kingdom
to
endure
forever
if
he
continues
to
obey
my
laws
and
commands,
like
you
are
doing
now.’
\par }{\PP \VS{8}“So
now,
while
all
{\ADD{
you
people
of
}}
Israel,
all
of
you
who
belong
to
Yahweh,
are
watching,
and
while
God
is
listening,
I
command
you
{\ADD{
leaders}}
to
carefully
obey
all
the
commands
of
Yahweh
our
God,
in
order
that
you
may
continue
to
possess
this
good
land
and
enable
your
descendants
to
inherit
it
forever.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}“And
you,
my
son
Solomon,
must
know
God
like
I
know
him,
and
you
must
serve
him
faithfully
and
because
you
want
to.
You
must
do
that
because
he
knows
what
everyone
is
thinking
and
he
understands
the
reasons
that
people
do
what
they
do.
If
you
seek
{\ADD{
to
know}}
him,
he
will
heed
your
prayers.
But
if
you
abandon/reject
him,
he
will
abandon/reject
you
forever.
\VS{10}Yahweh
has
chosen
you
to
{\ADD{
arrange
to}}
build
a
temple
for
him.
So
think
about
{\ADD{
what
I
have
said}},
and
be
strong
and
do
what
{\ADD{
he
is
wanting
you
to
do}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
David
gave
to
his
son
Solomon
{\ADD{
the
scroll
on
which
were
written}}
the
plans
for
the
main
rooms
of
the
temple,
its
porch,
its storerooms,
all
the
other
upper
and
lower
rooms,
and
the
Very
Holy
Place
where
God
would
forgive
the
sins
that
people
had
committed.
\VS{12}David
wrote
for
him
the
plans
that
God’s
Spirit
had
put
into
his
mind
for
building
the
courtyards
and
all
the
rooms
that
surrounded
the
temple,
including
the
room
where
the
money
and
other
valuable
things
that
were
dedicated
to
God
would
be
kept.
\VS{13}He
gave
Solomon
instructions
for
the
groups
of
priests
and
other
descendants
of
Levi,
about
all
the
work
that
they
must
do
to
serve
in
Yahweh’s
temple,
and
about
taking
care
of
all
the
things
that
would
be
used
in
the
work
at
the
temple.
\VS{14}He
wrote
down
how
much
gold
and
how
much
silver
should
be
used
to
make
all
the
items
in
the
temple:
\VS{15}how
much
gold
for
making
the
gold
lampstands
and
the
lamps,
how
much
silver
to
make
the
silver
lamps
and
lampstands,
\VS{16}how
much
gold
for
making
the
table
on
which
{\ADD{
the
priests
would
put}}
the
sacred
bread,
how
much
silver
to
use
to
make
the
other
tables,
\VS{17}how
much
pure
gold
for
the
meat
forks
and
the
bowls
and
the
cups,
how
much
gold
for
each
gold
dish,
how
much
silver
for
each
silver
dish,
\VS{18}and
how
much
pure
gold
to
make
the
altar
for
{\ADD{
burning}}
incense.
He
also
gave
to
Solomon
his
plans
for
making
the
golden
statues
of
winged
creatures
that
would
be
above
the
Sacred
Chest
of
Yahweh,
{\ADD{
like}}
a
chariot
for
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Then
David
said, “I
have
written
{\ADD{
all
these
plans}}
while
Yahweh
was directing [MTY]
me.
He
has
enabled
me
to
understand
all
the
details
of
his
plan
{\ADD{
for
the
temple
that
is
to
be
built}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}David
also
said
to
his
son
Solomon, “Be
strong
and
courageous,
and
do
this
work.
Do
not
be
afraid
or
discouraged,
because
Yahweh
our
God
will
be
with/helping
you.
He
will
not
fail
{\ADD{
to
help}}
you
or
abandon
you
until
you
finish
all
the
work
of
making
his
temple.
\VS{21}The
groups
of
priests
and
{\ADD{
other}}
descendants
of
Levi
are
ready
to
begin
their
work
at
the
temple,
and
every
man
who
has
a
special
skill
will
help
you
in
all
the
work.
And
my
officials
and
the
other
people
will
obey
you,
whatever
you
command
them
to
do.”

\par }\Chap{29}{\SH Gifts for building the temple
\par }{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
King
David
said
to
all
the
people
who
had
gathered
there, “My
son
Solomon,
the
one
whom
God
has
chosen
{\ADD{
to
be
the
next
king}},
is
young
and
does
not
have
much
experience.
This
work
{\ADD{
of
building
the
temple}}
is
great/important,
because
this
glorious
building
will
not
be
to
{\ADD{
honor}}
people,
but
to
honor
Yahweh
our
God.
\VS{2}From
all
the
things
that
I
possess,
I
have
provided
{\ADD{
what
will
be
needed}}
to
{\ADD{
build}}
the
temple
of
my
God—the
gold
for
the
things
to
be
made
of
gold,
the
silver
for
the
things
to
be
made
of
silver,
bronze
for
the
things
to
be
made
of
bronze,
iron
for
the
things
to
be
made
of
iron,
wood
for
the
things
to
be
made
of
wood,
and
large
amounts
of
onyx
and
turquoise
and
other
valuable
stones
of
various
colors,
and
marble
and
all
kinds
of
valuable
stones.
\VS{3}In
addition
to
all
these
things
that
I
have
given
for
the
temple,
I
am
giving
treasures
of
gold
and
silver,
because
I
very
much
desire
that
this
holy
temple
for
my
God
be
built.
\VS{4}I
am
giving 110 tons
of
gold
from
Ophir
and 260 tons
of
refined
silver
to
cover
the
walls
of
the
buildings,
\VS{5}for
making
the
other
items
of
gold
and
silver,
and
for
the
other
work
to
be
done
by
the
craftsmen.
So
now,
{\ADD{
I
ask
you}},
are
there
others
willing
to
show
{\ADD{
by contributing
other
gifts
for
the
building
of
the
temple}} [EUP]
that
they
have
dedicated
themselves
to
Yahweh?”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
the
leaders
of
the
families/clans,
the
leaders
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
the
commanders
of 1,000
soldiers
and
the
commanders
of 100
soldiers,
and
the
officials
who
supervised
the
work
that
the
king
wanted
done,
gave
gifts ◄willingly/because
they
wanted
to
give
them►.
\VS{7}For
the
work
at
the
temple
they
gave 190 tons
and ◄185
pounds/84 kg.►
of
gold, 375 tons
of
silver, 675 tons
of
bronze,
and 3,750 tons
of
iron.
\VS{8}And
any
people
who
owned
valuable
stones
gave
them
to
be
put
in
the
storeroom
of
the
temple.
Jehiel,
a
descendant
of
Gershon,
was
appointed
to
be
in
charge
of
them.
\VS{9}The
people
were
happy
to
see
that
their
leaders
wanted
to
give
those
things,
because
{\ADD{
they
knew
that}}
their
leaders
were
happy
and enthusiastic
to
give
those
things
to
Yahweh.
And
King
David
also
was
very
happy.
\par }{\SH David’s
prayer
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Then,
while
all
the
people
there
were
listening,
David
prayed,
saying,
\par }{\Q “We
praise
you,
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB the
God
whom
our ancestor
Jacob
worshiped.
\par }{\QB We
will
praise
you
forever!
\par }{\Q \VS{11}You
alone
are
great
and
powerful;
\par }{\QB only
you
are
truly
glorious
and
majestic
and
wonderful.
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
And
that
is
true}}
because
everything
in
heaven
and
on
the
earth
is
yours.
\par }{\Q You
are
the
king
of
all
the
people
in
this
world;
\par }{\QB you
are
the
ruler
of
everything.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Because
you
are
very
powerful [DOU],
\par }{\QB you
are
able
to
cause
anyone
to
be
great
and
strong.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}So
now,
our
God,
we
thank
you,
\par }{\QB and
we
praise
you [MTY]
for
being
very
great.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}But
my
people
and
I
are
not
really
able
to
give
anything
to
you,
\par }{\QB because
everything
{\ADD{
that
we
have}}
comes
from
you,
\par }{\QB and
what
we
have
given
to
you
are
only
the
things
that
we
have
received
from
you [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{15}{\ADD{
In
this
land}}
we
are
like [MET]
foreigners
and
strangers,
like
our
ancestors
were.
\par }{\QB Our
time
here
on
this
earth
is
like [SIM]
a
shadow
{\ADD{
that
disappears
quickly}};
\par }{\QB {\ADD{
we
know
that
there
is}}
nothing
{\ADD{
that}}
can
enable
us
{\ADD{
to
escape
dying}}.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Yahweh
our
God,
we
have
gathered
all
these
things
to
use
in
building
your [MTY]
temple,
\par }{\QB but
all
of
it
really
belongs
to
you,
and
you
have
given
it
to
us [MTY].
\par }{\Q \VS{17}My
God,
I
know
that
you
test
us
people,
\par }{\QB and
you
are
pleased
if
you
find
out
that
we
do
what
is
right.
\par }{\Q All
these
things
I
have
given
to
you
because
I
wanted
to.
\par }{\QB And
now
I
have
seen
that
your
people
have
also
joyfully
and
generously
given
things
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Yahweh,
the
God
whom
our
ancestors
Abraham,
Isaac,
and
Jacob
worshiped,
\par }{\QB I
desire/hope
that
your
people
will
continue
to
desire
{\ADD{
to
do
things
like
this}}
forever,
\par }{\QB and
that
they
will
always
be
loyal
to
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}And
now,
please
enable
my
son
Solomon
to
faithfully
and
sincerely [DOU]
obey
your
commands
and
laws
and
decrees [DOU]
\par }{\QB and
to
do
everything
that
is
needed
to
build
this
beautiful
building
\par }{\QB for
which
I
have
provided
{\ADD{
all
these
things}}.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
David
said
to
all
the
people
who
were
gathered
there, “Praise
Yahweh
our
God!”
So
they
all
praised
Yahweh
the
God
whom
their
ancestors ◄{\ADD{
also
worshiped/belonged
to}}►.
They
prostrated
themselves
on
the
ground
in
front
of
Yahweh
and
in
front
of
the
king.
\par }{\SH Solomon
was
crowned
to
become
the
king
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
next
day
the
people
offered
sacrifices
to
Yahweh.
They
presented
many
animals
to
be
completely
burned
{\ADD{
on
the
altar}}: 1,000
bulls, 1,000
rams, 1,000
male
sheep,
plus
offerings
of
wine,
and
many
other
sacrifices
on
behalf
of
all
{\ADD{
the
people
of}}
Israel.
\VS{22}On
that
day
the
people
were
joyful
and
ate
and
drank
while
Yahweh
was
watching.
\par }{\PP Then
for
the
second
time
they
declared
that
Solomon
was
now
the
king.
While
Yahweh
was
watching,
they
anointed
him
{\ADD{
with
olive
oil}}
to
be
the
king,
and
they
anointed
Zadok
to
be
the Supreme
Priest.
\VS{23}So
Solomon
sat
on
the
throne
{\ADD{
because
Yahweh
wanted
him
to
be}}
the
king
to
succeed
his
father
David.
{\ADD{
During
the
following
years}}
Solomon
prospered,
and
all
the Israeli
people
obeyed
him.
\VS{24}King
David’s
other
sons
and
all
the
officers
and
mighty
warriors
accepted
Solomon
as
their
king,
and
they
solemnly
promised
to
obey
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Yahweh
caused
Solomon
to
be
highly
respected
by
all
the Israeli
people,
and
they
honored
him
very
much.
No
king
of
Israel
was
honored
as
much
as
Solomon
was.
\par }{\SH The
death
of
David
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Jesse’s
son
David
was
the
king
who
ruled
all
of
Israel.
\VS{27}He
ruled
for 40
years:
Seven
years
in
Hebron
{\ADD{
city}}
and 33
years
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{28}He
became
an
old
man
who
was
very
rich
and
greatly
honored
by
all
the
people.
Then
he
died,
and
his
son
Solomon
became
the
king
{\ADD{
of
Israel}}.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}A
record
of
all
the
things
that
King
David
did
while
he
ruled,
from
the
beginning
to
the
end,
was
put
on scrolls
written
by
the
prophets
Samuel,
Nathan,
and
Gad.
\VS{30}They
told
about
his
powerful
rule [HEN],
and
all
the
things
that
happened
to
him
and
to
the
people
of
Israel
and
in
the
nearby
kingdoms
{\ADD{
while
he
was
ruling
Israel}}.
\par }