\NormalFont\ShortTitle{1 Chronicles}
{\MT The First Book of Chronicles

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Adam,
Seth,
Enosh,
\VS{2}Kenan,
Mahalalel,
Jared,
\VS{3}Enoch,
Methuselah,
Lamech,
\VS{4}Noah,
Shem,
Ham,
and
Japheth.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
sons
of
Japheth:
Gomer,
Magog,
Madai,
Javan,
Tubal,
Meshech,
and
Tiras.
\VS{6}The
sons
of
Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Diphath,
and
Togarmah.
\VS{7}The
sons
of
Javan:
Elishah,
Tarshish,
Kittim,
and Rodanim.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}The
sons
of
Ham:
Cush,
Mizraim,
Put,
and
Canaan.
\VS{9}The
sons
of
Cush:
Seba,
Havilah,
Sabta,
Raama,
Sabteca.
The
sons
of
Raamah:
Sheba
and
Dedan.
\VS{10}Cush
became
the
father
of
Nimrod.
He
began
to
be
a
mighty
one
in
the
earth.
\VS{11}Mizraim
became
the
father
of
Ludim,
Anamim,
Lehabim,
Naphtuhim,
\VS{12}Pathrusim,
Casluhim (where
the
Philistines
came
from),
and
Caphtorim.
\VS{13}Canaan
became
the
father
of
Sidon
his
firstborn,
Heth,
\VS{14}the
Jebusite,
the
Amorite,
the
Girgashite,
\VS{15}the
Hivite,
the
Arkite,
the
Sinite,
\VS{16}the
Arvadite,
the
Zemarite,
and
the
Hamathite.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
sons
of
Shem:
Elam,
Asshur,
Arpachshad,
Lud,
Aram,
Uz,
Hul,
Gether,
and
Meshech.
\VS{18}Arpachshad
became
the
father
of
Shelah,
and
Shelah
became
the
father
of
Eber.
\VS{19}To
Eber
were
born
two
sons:
the
name
of
the
one
was
Peleg,
for
in
his
days
the
earth
was
divided;
and
his
brother’s
name
was
Joktan.
\VS{20}Joktan
became
the
father
of
Almodad,
Sheleph,
Hazarmaveth,
Jerah,
\VS{21}Hadoram,
Uzal,
Diklah,
\VS{22}Ebal,
Abimael,
Sheba,
\VS{23}Ophir,
Havilah,
and
Jobab.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Joktan.
\VS{24}Shem,
Arpachshad,
Shelah,
\VS{25}Eber,
Peleg,
Reu,
\VS{26}Serug,
Nahor,
Terah,
\VS{27}Abram (also called
Abraham).
\par }{\PP \VS{28}The
sons
of
Abraham:
Isaac
and
Ishmael.
\VS{29}These
are their
generations:
the
firstborn
of
Ishmael,
Nebaioth;
then
Kedar,
Adbeel,
Mibsam,
\VS{30}Mishma,
Dumah,
Massa,
Hadad,
Tema,
\VS{31}Jetur,
Naphish,
and
Kedemah.
These
are
the
sons
of
Ishmael.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}The
sons
of
Keturah,
Abraham’s
concubine: she
bore
Zimran,
Jokshan,
Medan,
Midian,
Ishbak,
and
Shuah.
The
sons
of
Jokshan:
Sheba
and
Dedan.
\VS{33}The
sons
of
Midian:
Ephah,
Epher,
Hanoch,
Abida,
and
Eldaah.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Keturah.
\par }{\PP \VS{34}Abraham
became
the
father
of
Isaac.
The
sons
of
Isaac:
Esau
and
Israel.
\VS{35}The
sons
of
Esau:
Eliphaz,
Reuel,
Jeush,
Jalam,
and
Korah.
\VS{36}The
sons
of
Eliphaz:
Teman,
Omar,
Zephi,
Gatam,
Kenaz,
Timna,
and
Amalek.
\VS{37}The
sons
of
Reuel:
Nahath,
Zerah,
Shammah,
and
Mizzah.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}The
sons
of
Seir:
Lotan,
Shobal,
Zibeon,
Anah,
Dishon,
Ezer,
and
Dishan.
\VS{39}The
sons
of
Lotan:
Hori
and
Homam;
and
Timna
was
Lotan’s
sister.
\VS{40}The
sons
of
Shobal:
Alian,
Manahath,
Ebal,
Shephi,
and
Onam.
The
sons
of
Zibeon:
Aiah
and
Anah.
\VS{41}The
son
of
Anah:
Dishon.
The
sons
of
Dishon:
Hamran,
Eshban,
Ithran,
and
Cheran.
\VS{42}The
sons
of
Ezer:
Bilhan,
Zaavan,
and
Jaakan.
The
sons
of
Dishan:
Uz
and
Aran.
\par }{\PP \VS{43}Now
these
are
the
kings
who
reigned
in
the
land
of
Edom,
before
any
king
reigned
over
the
children
of
Israel:
Bela
the
son
of
Beor;
and
the
name
of
his
city
was
Dinhabah.
\VS{44}Bela
died,
and
Jobab
the
son
of
Zerah
of
Bozrah
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{45}Jobab
died,
and
Husham
of
the
land
of
the
Temanites
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{46}Husham
died,
and
Hadad
the
son
of
Bedad,
who
struck
Midian
in
the
field
of
Moab,
reigned
in
his
place;
and
the
name
of
his
city
was
Avith.
\VS{47}Hadad
died,
and
Samlah
of
Masrekah
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{48}Samlah
died,
and
Shaul
of
Rehoboth
by
the
River
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{49}Shaul
died,
and Baal Hanan
the
son
of
Achbor
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{50}Baal Hanan
died,
and
Hadad
reigned
in
his
place;
and
the
name
of
his
city
was
Pai.
His
wife’s
name
was
Mehetabel,
the
daughter
of
Matred,
the
daughter
of
Mezahab.
\VS{51}Then
Hadad
died.
The chiefs
of
Edom
were:
chief
Timna,
chief
Aliah,
chief
Jetheth,
\VS{52}chief
Oholibamah,
chief
Elah,
chief
Pinon,
\VS{53}chief
Kenaz,
chief
Teman,
chief
Mibzar,
\VS{54}chief
Magdiel,
and
chief
Iram.
These
are
the chiefs
of
Edom.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}These
are
the
sons
of
Israel:
Reuben,
Simeon,
Levi,
Judah,
Issachar,
Zebulun,
\VS{2}Dan,
Joseph,
Benjamin,
Naphtali,
Gad,
and
Asher.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}The
sons
of
Judah:
Er,
Onan,
and
Shelah,
which
three
were
born
to
him
of Shua’s
daughter
the Canaanitess.
Er,
Judah’s
firstborn,
was
wicked
in
Yahweh’s\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:3 }
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.}
sight;
and
he
killed
him.
\VS{4}Tamar
his
daughter-in-law
bore
him
Perez
and
Zerah.
All
the
sons
of
Judah
were
five.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}The
sons
of
Perez:
Hezron
and
Hamul.
\VS{6}The
sons
of
Zerah:
Zimri,
Ethan,
Heman,
Calcol,
and
Dara—five
of
them
in
all.
\VS{7}The
son
of
Carmi:
Achar,
the
troubler
of
Israel,
who
committed
a trespass
in
the
devoted thing.
\VS{8}The
son
of
Ethan:
Azariah.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}The
sons
also
of
Hezron,
who
were
born
to
him:
Jerahmeel,
Ram,
and
Chelubai.
\VS{10}Ram
became
the
father
of
Amminadab,
and
Amminadab
became
the
father
of
Nahshon,
prince
of
the
children
of
Judah;
\VS{11}and
Nahshon
became
the
father
of
Salma,
and
Salma
became
the
father
of
Boaz,
\VS{12}and
Boaz
became
the
father
of
Obed,
and
Obed
became
the
father
of
Jesse;
\VS{13}and
Jesse
became
the
father
of
his
firstborn
Eliab,
Abinadab
the
second,
Shimea
the
third,
\VS{14}Nethanel
the
fourth,
Raddai
the
fifth,
\VS{15}Ozem
the
sixth,
and
David
the
seventh;
\VS{16}and their
sisters
were
Zeruiah
and
Abigail.
The
sons
of
Zeruiah:
Abishai,
Joab,
and
Asahel,
three.
\VS{17}Abigail
bore
Amasa;
and
the
father
of
Amasa
was
Jether
the
Ishmaelite.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Caleb
the
son
of
Hezron
became
the
father
of
children
by
Azubah
his
wife,
and
by
Jerioth;
and
these
were
her
sons:
Jesher,
Shobab,
and
Ardon.
\VS{19}Azubah
died,
and
Caleb
married
Ephrath,
who
bore
him
Hur.
\VS{20}Hur
became
the
father
of
Uri,
and
Uri
became
the
father
of
Bezalel.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}Afterward
Hezron
went
in
to
the
daughter
of
Machir
the
father
of
Gilead, whom
he
took
as wife
when
he
was
sixty
years
old;
and
she
bore
him
Segub.
\VS{22}Segub
became
the
father
of
Jair,
who
had twenty-three
cities
in
the
land
of
Gilead.
\VS{23}Geshur
and
Aram
took
the
towns
of
Jair
from
them,
with
Kenath,
and
its
villages,
even
sixty
cities.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Machir
the
father
of
Gilead.
\VS{24}After
Hezron
died
in
Caleb Ephrathah,
Abijah,
Hezron’s
wife,
bore
him
Ashhur
the
father
of
Tekoa.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}The
sons
of
Jerahmeel
the
firstborn
of
Hezron
were
Ram
the
firstborn,
Bunah,
Oren,
Ozem,
and
Ahijah.
\VS{26}Jerahmeel
had
another
wife,
whose
name
was
Atarah.
She
was
the
mother
of
Onam.
\VS{27}The
sons
of
Ram
the
firstborn
of
Jerahmeel
were
Maaz,
Jamin,
and
Eker.
\VS{28}The
sons
of
Onam
were
Shammai
and
Jada.
The
sons
of
Shammai:
Nadab
and
Abishur.
\VS{29}The
name
of
the
wife
of
Abishur
was
Abihail;
and she
bore
him
Ahban
and Molid.
\VS{30}The
sons
of
Nadab:
Seled
and
Appaim;
but
Seled
died
without
children.
\VS{31}The
son
of
Appaim:
Ishi.
The
son
of
Ishi:
Sheshan.
The
son
of
Sheshan:
Ahlai.
\VS{32}The
sons
of
Jada
the
brother
of
Shammai:
Jether
and
Jonathan;
and
Jether
died
without
children.
\VS{33}The
sons
of
Jonathan:
Peleth
and
Zaza.
These
were
the
sons
of
Jerahmeel.
\VS{34}Now
Sheshan
had
no
sons,
but
only
daughters.
Sheshan
had
a
servant,
an
Egyptian,
whose
name
was
Jarha.
\VS{35}Sheshan
gave
his
daughter
to
Jarha
his
servant
as
wife;
and she
bore
him
Attai.
\VS{36}Attai
became
the
father
of
Nathan,
and
Nathan
became
the
father
of
Zabad,
\VS{37}and
Zabad
became
the
father
of
Ephlal,
and
Ephlal
became
the
father
of
Obed,
\VS{38}and
Obed
became
the
father
of
Jehu,
and
Jehu
became
the
father
of
Azariah,
\VS{39}and
Azariah
became
the
father
of
Helez,
and
Helez
became
the
father
of
Eleasah,
\VS{40}and
Eleasah
became
the
father
of
Sismai,
and
Sismai
became
the
father
of
Shallum,
\VS{41}and
Shallum
became
the
father
of
Jekamiah,
and
Jekamiah
became
the
father
of
Elishama.
\par }{\PP \VS{42}The
sons
of
Caleb
the
brother
of
Jerahmeel
were
Mesha
his
firstborn,
who
was
the
father
of
Ziph,
and
the
sons
of
Mareshah
the
father
of
Hebron.
\VS{43}The
sons
of
Hebron:
Korah,
Tappuah,
Rekem,
and
Shema.
\VS{44}Shema
became
the
father
of
Raham,
the
father
of
Jorkeam;
and
Rekem
became
the
father
of
Shammai.
\VS{45}The
son
of
Shammai
was
Maon;
and
Maon
was
the
father
of Beth Zur.
\VS{46}Ephah,
Caleb’s
concubine,
bore
Haran,
Moza,
and
Gazez;
and
Haran
became
the
father
of
Gazez.
\VS{47}The
sons
of
Jahdai:
Regem, Jothan,
Geshan,
Pelet,
Ephah,
and
Shaaph.
\VS{48}Maacah,
Caleb’s
concubine,
bore
Sheber
and
Tirhanah.
\VS{49}She
bore
also
Shaaph
the
father
of
Madmannah,
Sheva
the
father
of
Machbena
and
the
father
of
Gibea;
and
the
daughter
of
Caleb
was
Achsah.
\par }{\PP \VS{50}These
were
the
sons
of
Caleb,
the
son
of
Hur,
the
firstborn
of
Ephrathah:
Shobal
the
father
of
Kiriath Jearim,
\VS{51}Salma
the
father
of
Bethlehem,
and
Hareph
the
father
of Beth Gader.
\VS{52}Shobal
the
father
of
Kiriath Jearim
had
sons:
Haroeh, half
of
the Menuhoth.
\VS{53}The
families
of
Kiriath Jearim:
the
Ithrites,
the
Puthites,
the
Shumathites,
and
the
Mishraites;
from
them
came
the
Zorathites
and
the
Eshtaolites.
\VS{54}The
sons
of
Salma:
Bethlehem,
the
Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab,
and half
of
the Manahathites,
the
Zorites.
\VS{55}The
families
of
scribes
who
lived
at
Jabez:
the
Tirathites,
the
Shimeathites,
and
the
Sucathites.
These
are
the
Kenites
who
came
from
Hammath,
the
father
of
the
house
of
Rechab.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
these
were
the
sons
of
David,
who
were
born
to
him
in
Hebron:
the
firstborn,
Amnon,
of
Ahinoam
the
Jezreelitess;
the
second,
Daniel,
of
Abigail
the
Carmelitess;
\VS{2}the
third,
Absalom
the
son
of
Maacah
the
daughter
of
Talmai
king
of
Geshur;
the
fourth,
Adonijah
the
son
of
Haggith;
\VS{3}the
fifth,
Shephatiah
of
Abital;
the
sixth,
Ithream
by
Eglah his
wife:
\VS{4}six
were
born
to
him
in
Hebron;
and
he
reigned
there
seven
years
and
six
months.
He
reigned
thirty-three
years
in
Jerusalem;
\VS{5}and
these
were
born
to
him
in
Jerusalem:
Shimea,
Shobab,
Nathan,
and
Solomon,
four,
by Bathshua
the
daughter
of
Ammiel;
\VS{6}and
Ibhar,
Elishama,
Eliphelet,
\VS{7}Nogah,
Nepheg,
Japhia,
\VS{8}Elishama,
Eliada,
and
Eliphelet,
nine.
\VS{9}All
these
were
the
sons
of
David,
in addition
to
the
sons
of
the
concubines;
and
Tamar
was
their
sister.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Solomon’s
son
was
Rehoboam,
Abijah
his
son,
Asa
his
son,
Jehoshaphat
his
son,
\VS{11}Joram
his
son,
Ahaziah
his
son,
Joash
his
son,
\VS{12}Amaziah
his
son,
Azariah
his
son,
Jotham
his
son,
\VS{13}Ahaz
his
son,
Hezekiah
his
son,
Manasseh
his
son,
\VS{14}Amon
his
son,
and
Josiah
his
son.
\VS{15}The
sons
of
Josiah:
the
firstborn
Johanan,
the
second
Jehoiakim,
the
third
Zedekiah,
and
the
fourth
Shallum.
\VS{16}The
sons
of
Jehoiakim:
Jeconiah
his
son,
and
Zedekiah
his
son.
\VS{17}The
sons
of
Jeconiah,
the captive:
Shealtiel
his
son,
\VS{18}Malchiram,
Pedaiah,
Shenazzar,
Jekamiah,
Hoshama,
and
Nedabiah.
\VS{19}The
sons
of
Pedaiah:
Zerubbabel
and
Shimei.
The
sons
of
Zerubbabel:
Meshullam
and
Hananiah;
and
Shelomith
was their
sister;
\VS{20}and
Hashubah,
Ohel,
Berechiah,
Hasadiah,
and Jushab Hesed,
five.
\VS{21}The
sons
of
Hananiah:
Pelatiah
and
Jeshaiah;
the
sons
of
Rephaiah,
the
sons
of
Arnan,
the
sons
of
Obadiah,
the
sons
of
Shecaniah.
\VS{22}The
son
of
Shecaniah:
Shemaiah.
The
sons
of
Shemaiah:
Hattush,
Igal,
Bariah,
Neariah,
and
Shaphat,
six.
\VS{23}The
sons
of
Neariah:
Elioenai,
Hizkiah,
and
Azrikam,
three.
\VS{24}The
sons
of
Elioenai:
Hodaviah,
Eliashib,
Pelaiah,
Akkub,
Johanan,
Delaiah,
and
Anani,
seven.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
sons
of
Judah:
Perez,
Hezron,
Carmi,
Hur,
and
Shobal.
\VS{2}Reaiah
the
son
of
Shobal
became
the
father
of
Jahath;
and
Jahath
became
the
father
of
Ahumai
and
Lahad.
These
are
the
families
of
the
Zorathites.
\VS{3}These
were
the
sons
of
the
father
of
Etam:
Jezreel,
Ishma,
and
Idbash.
The
name
of their
sister
was
Hazzelelponi.
\VS{4}Penuel
was
the
father
of
Gedor
and
Ezer
the
father
of
Hushah.
These
are
the
sons
of
Hur,
the
firstborn
of
Ephrathah,
the
father
of
Bethlehem.
\VS{5}Ashhur
the
father
of
Tekoa
had
two
wives,
Helah
and
Naarah.
\VS{6}Naarah
bore
him
Ahuzzam,
Hepher,
Temeni,
and
Haahashtari.
These
were
the
sons
of
Naarah.
\VS{7}The
sons
of
Helah
were
Zereth,
Izhar,
and
Ethnan.
\VS{8}Hakkoz
became
the
father
of
Anub,
Zobebah,
and
the
families
of
Aharhel
the
son
of
Harum.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Jabez
was
more
honorable
than
his
brothers.
His
mother
named
him
Jabez,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:9 }
“Jabez” sounds similar to the Hebrew word for “pain”.}
saying, “Because
I
bore
him
with sorrow.”
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Jabez
called
on
the
God\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:10 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
of
Israel,
saying, “Oh
that
you
would
bless
me
indeed,
and enlarge
my
border!
May
your
hand
be
with
me,
and
may
you
keep
me
from
evil,
that
I
may
not
cause
pain!”
\par }{\PP God
granted
him
that
which
he
requested.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Chelub
the
brother
of
Shuhah
became
the
father
of
Mehir,
who
was
the
father
of
Eshton.
\VS{12}Eshton
became
the
father
of Beth Rapha,
Paseah,
and
Tehinnah
the
father
of Ir Nahash.
These
are
the
men
of Recah.
\VS{13}The
sons
of
Kenaz:
Othniel
and
Seraiah.
The
sons
of
Othniel:
Hathath.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4:13 }
Greek and Vulgate add “and Meonothai”}
\VS{14}Meonothai
became
the
father
of
Ophrah:
and
Seraiah
became
the
father
of
Joab
the
father
of Ge
Harashim,
for
they
were
craftsmen.
\VS{15}The
sons
of
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh:
Iru,
Elah,
and
Naam.
The
son
of
Elah:
Kenaz.
\VS{16}The
sons
of
Jehallelel:
Ziph,
Ziphah,
Tiria,
and
Asarel.
\VS{17}The
sons
of
Ezrah:
Jether,
Mered,
Epher,
and
Jalon;
and
Mered’s wife bore
Miriam,
Shammai,
and
Ishbah
the
father
of
Eshtemoa.
\VS{18}His
wife
the Jewess
bore
Jered
the
father
of
Gedor,
Heber
the
father
of
Soco,
and
Jekuthiel
the
father
of
Zanoah.
These
are
the
sons
of
Bithiah
the
daughter
of
Pharaoh,
whom
Mered
took.
\VS{19}The
sons
of
the
wife
of
Hodiah,
the
sister
of
Naham,
were
the
fathers
of
Keilah
the
Garmite
and
Eshtemoa
the
Maacathite.
\VS{20}The
sons
of
Shimon:
Amnon,
Rinnah, Ben Hanan,
and
Tilon.
The
sons
of
Ishi:
Zoheth,
and Ben
Zoheth.
\VS{21}The
sons
of
Shelah
the
son
of
Judah:
Er
the
father
of
Lecah,
Laadah
the
father
of
Mareshah,
and
the
families
of
the
house
of
those
who worked
fine
linen,
of
the
house
of Ashbea;
\VS{22}and
Jokim,
and
the
men
of
Cozeba,
and
Joash,
and
Saraph,
who
had dominion
in
Moab,
and Jashubilehem.
These
records
are
ancient.
\VS{23}These
were
the
potters,
and
the
inhabitants
of
Netaim
and
Gederah;
they
lived
there
with
the
king
for
his
work.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}The
sons
of
Simeon:
Nemuel,
Jamin,
Jarib,
Zerah,
Shaul;
\VS{25}Shallum
his
son,
Mibsam
his
son,
and
Mishma
his
son.
\VS{26}The
sons
of
Mishma: Hammuel
his
son,
Zaccur
his
son,
Shimei
his
son.
\VS{27}Shimei
had
sixteen
sons
and
six
daughters;
but
his
brothers
didn’t
have
many
children,
and
all
their
family
didn’t
multiply
like
the
children
of
Judah.
\VS{28}They
lived
at
Beersheba,
Moladah, Hazarshual,
\VS{29}at
Bilhah, at
Ezem, at
Tolad,
\VS{30}at
Bethuel, at
Hormah, at
Ziklag,
\VS{31}at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim,
at Beth Biri,
and
at
Shaaraim.
These
were
their
cities
until
David’s
reign.
\VS{32}Their villages were
Etam,
Ain,
Rimmon,
Tochen,
and
Ashan,
five
cities;
\VS{33}and
all
their villages
that
were
around
the
same
cities,
as
far
as
Baal.
These
were
their
settlements,
and
they kept
their
genealogy.
\VS{34}Meshobab,
Jamlech,
Joshah
the
son
of
Amaziah,
\VS{35}Joel,
Jehu
the
son
of
Joshibiah,
the
son
of
Seraiah,
the
son
of
Asiel,
\VS{36}Elioenai,
Jaakobah,
Jeshohaiah,
Asaiah,
Adiel,
Jesimiel,
Benaiah,
\VS{37}and
Ziza
the
son
of Shiphi,
the
son
of
Allon,
the
son
of
Jedaiah,
the
son
of
Shimri,
the
son
of
Shemaiah—
\VS{38}these
mentioned
by
name
were
princes
in
their
families.
Their
fathers’
houses
increased
greatly.
\par }{\PP \VS{39}They went
to
the
entrance
of
Gedor,
even
to
the
east
side
of
the
valley,
to
seek
pasture
for
their
flocks.
\VS{40}They
found rich,
good
pasture,
and
the
land
was
wide,
and
quiet,
and
peaceful,
for
those
who
lived
there
before
were descended
from
Ham.
\VS{41}These
written
by
name
came
in
the
days
of
Hezekiah
king
of
Judah,
and
struck
their
tents
and
the
Meunim
who
were
found
there;
and
they
destroyed
them utterly
to
this
day,
and
lived
in
their
place,
because
there
was
pasture
there
for
their
flocks.
\VS{42}Some
of
them, even
of
the
sons
of
Simeon,
five
hundred
men,
went
to
Mount
Seir, having
for
their
captains
Pelatiah,
Neariah,
Rephaiah,
and
Uzziel,
the
sons
of
Ishi.
\VS{43}They
struck
the
remnant
of
the
Amalekites
who
escaped,
and
have
lived
there
to
this
day.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
sons
of
Reuben
the
firstborn
of
Israel (for
he
was
the
firstborn,
but
because
he defiled
his
father’s
couch,
his
birthright
was
given
to
the
sons
of
Joseph
the
son
of
Israel;
and
the
genealogy
is
not
to
be
listed according
to
the
birthright.
\VS{2}For
Judah
prevailed
above
his
brothers,
and
from
him came
the
prince;
but
the
birthright
was
Joseph’s)—
\VS{3}the
sons
of
Reuben
the
firstborn
of
Israel:
Hanoch,
Pallu,
Hezron,
and
Carmi.
\VS{4}The
sons
of
Joel:
Shemaiah
his
son,
Gog
his
son,
Shimei
his
son,
\VS{5}Micah
his
son,
Reaiah
his
son,
Baal
his
son,
\VS{6}and
Beerah
his
son,
whom Tilgath Pilneser
king
of
Assyria
carried
away
captive.
He
was
prince
of
the
Reubenites.
\VS{7}His
brothers
by their
families, when
the
genealogy
of their
generations
was
listed:
the
chief,
Jeiel,
and
Zechariah,
\VS{8}and
Bela
the
son
of
Azaz,
the
son
of
Shema,
the
son
of
Joel,
who
lived
in
Aroer,
even
to
Nebo
and Baal Meon;
\VS{9}and
he
lived
eastward
even
to
the
entrance
of
the
wilderness
from
the
river
Euphrates,
because
their
livestock
were
multiplied
in
the
land
of
Gilead.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}In
the
days
of
Saul,
they
made
war
with
the
Hagrites,
who
fell
by
their
hand;
and
they
lived
in
their
tents
throughout
all
the
land
east
of
Gilead.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}The
sons
of
Gad
lived beside
them
in
the
land
of
Bashan
to
Salecah:
\VS{12}Joel
the
chief,
Shapham
the
second,
Janai,
and
Shaphat
in
Bashan.
\VS{13}Their
brothers
of their
fathers’
houses:
Michael,
Meshullam,
Sheba,
Jorai,
Jacan,
Zia,
and
Eber,
seven.
\VS{14}These
were
the
sons
of
Abihail,
the
son
of
Huri,
the
son
of
Jaroah,
the
son
of
Gilead,
the
son
of
Michael,
the
son
of
Jeshishai,
the
son
of
Jahdo,
the
son
of
Buz;
\VS{15}Ahi
the
son
of
Abdiel,
the
son
of
Guni,
chief
of their
fathers’
houses.
\VS{16}They
lived
in
Gilead
in
Bashan
and
in
its
towns,
and
in
all
the
pasture
lands
of
Sharon
as
far
as
their
borders.
\VS{17}All
these
were
listed
by
genealogies
in
the
days
of
Jotham
king
of
Judah,
and
in
the
days
of
Jeroboam
king
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{18}The
sons
of
Reuben,
the
Gadites,
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
of
valiant
men,
men
able
to
bear
buckler
and
sword,
able
to shoot
with
bow,
and
skillful
in
war,
were forty-four
thousand
seven
hundred
sixty
that
were
able
to
go
out
to
war.
\VS{19}They
made
war
with
the
Hagrites,
with
Jetur,
and
Naphish,
and
Nodab.
\VS{20}They
were
helped
against
them,
and
the
Hagrites
were
delivered
into
their
hand,
and
all
who
were
with
them;
for
they
cried
to
God
in
the
battle,
and
he
answered
them
because
they
put
their
trust
in
him.
\VS{21}They
took
away
their
livestock:
of
their
camels
fifty
thousand,
and
of
sheep
two
hundred
fifty
thousand,
and
of
donkeys
two
thousand,
and
of
men
one
hundred
thousand.
\VS{22}For
many
fell
slain,
because
the
war
was
of
God.
They
lived
in
their
place
until
the captivity.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}The
children
of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
lived
in
the
land.
They
increased
from
Bashan
to Baal
Hermon,
Senir,
and
Mount
Hermon.
\VS{24}These
were
the
heads
of
their
fathers’
houses:
Epher,
Ishi,
Eliel,
Azriel,
Jeremiah,
Hodaviah,
and Jahdiel—mighty
men
of
valor,
famous
men,
heads
of
their
fathers’
houses.
\VS{25}They trespassed
against
the
God
of
their
fathers,
and
played
the
prostitute
after
the
gods
of
the
peoples
of
the
land
whom
God
destroyed
before
them.
\VS{26}So
the
God
of
Israel
stirred
up
the
spirit
of
Pul
king
of
Assyria,
and
the
spirit
of Tilgath Pilneser
king
of
Assyria,
and
he
carried
away
the
Reubenites,
the
Gadites,
and
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
and
brought
them
to
Halah,
Habor,
Hara,
and
to
the
river
of
Gozan,
to
this
day.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The
sons
of
Levi: Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
\VS{2}The
sons
of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron,
and Uzziel.
\VS{3}The
children
of
Amram: Aaron, Moses,
and Miriam.
The
sons
of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
\VS{4}Eleazar became
the
father
of Phinehas, Phinehas became
the
father
of Abishua,
\VS{5}Abishua became
the father
of Bukki. Bukki became
the father
of Uzzi.
\VS{6}Uzzi became
the father
of Zerahiah. Zerahiah became
the father
of Meraioth.
\VS{7}Meraioth became
the father
of Amariah. Amariah became
the father
of Ahitub.
\VS{8}Ahitub became
the father
of Zadok. Zadok became
the father
of Ahimaaz.
\VS{9}Ahimaaz became
the father
of Azariah. Azariah became
the father
of Johanan.
\VS{10}Johanan became
the father
of Azariah,
who executed
the priest’s office
in
the house
that Solomon built
in Jerusalem.
\VS{11}Azariah became
the father
of Amariah. Amariah became
the father
of Ahitub.
\VS{12}Ahitub became
the father
of Zadok. Zadok became
the father
of Shallum.
\VS{13}Shallum became
the father
of Hilkiah. Hilkiah became
the father
of Azariah.
\VS{14}Azariah became
the father
of Seraiah. Seraiah became
the father
of Jehozadak.
\VS{15}Jehozadak went into captivity
when Yahweh carried Judah
and Jerusalem away
by
the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}The sons
of Levi: Gershom, Kohath,
and Merari.
\VS{17}These
are
the names
of
the sons
of Gershom: Libni
and Shimei.
\VS{18}The
sons
of Kohath
were Amram, Izhar, Hebron,
and Uzziel.
\VS{19}The
sons
of Merari: Mahli
and Mushi. These
are
the
families
of
the Levites according
to their fathers’ households.
\VS{20}Of Gershom: Libni
his
son, Jahath
his
son, Zimmah
his
son,
\VS{21}Joah
his
son, Iddo
his
son, Zerah
his
son,
and Jeatherai
his
son.
\VS{22}The
sons
of Kohath: Amminadab
his
son,
Korah
his
son,
Assir
his
son,
\VS{23}Elkanah
his
son, Ebiasaph
his
son, Assir
his
son,
\VS{24}Tahath
his
son, Uriel
his
son, Uzziah
his
son,
and Shaul
his
son.
\VS{25}The
sons
of Elkanah: Amasai
and Ahimoth.
\VS{26}As
for Elkanah,
the
sons
of Elkanah: Zophai
his
son, Nahath
his
son,
\VS{27}Eliab
his
son, Jeroham
his
son,
and Elkanah
his
son.
\VS{28}The
sons
of Samuel:
the firstborn, Joel,
and
the second, Abijah.
\VS{29}The
sons
of
Merari: Mahli, Libni
his
son, Shimei
his
son, Uzzah
his
son,
\VS{30}Shimea
his
son, Haggiah
his
son, Asaiah
his
son.
\par }{\PP \VS{31}These
are they whom David set over
the service
of song
in Yahweh’s house after
the ark came
to rest there.
\VS{32}They ministered with song before
the tabernacle
of
the Tent
of Meeting until Solomon
had built Yahweh’s house
in Jerusalem. They performed
the duties
of
their office according
to
their order.
\VS{33}These
are
those
who served,
and
their sons.
Of
the sons
of
the Kohathites: Heman
the singer,
the son
of Joel,
the son
of Samuel,
\VS{34}the
son
of Elkanah,
the
son
of Jeroham,
the
son
of Eliel,
the
son
of Toah,
\VS{35}the
son
of Zuph,
the
son
of Elkanah,
the
son
of Mahath,
the
son
of Amasai,
\VS{36}the
son
of Elkanah,
the
son
of Joel,
the
son
of Azariah,
the
son
of Zephaniah,
\VS{37}the
son
of Tahath,
the
son
of Assir,
the
son
of Ebiasaph,
the
son
of Korah,
\VS{38}the
son
of Izhar,
the
son
of Kohath,
the
son
of Levi,
the
son
of Israel.
\VS{39}His brother Asaph,
who stood
on
his
right hand,
even Asaph
the
son
of Berechiah,
the
son
of Shimea,
\VS{40}the son
of Michael,
the son
of Baaseiah,
the son
of Malchijah,
\VS{41}the
son
of Ethni,
the
son
of Zerah,
the
son
of Adaiah,
\VS{42}the
son
of Ethan,
the
son
of Zimmah,
the
son
of Shimei,
\VS{43}the son
of Jahath,
the son
of Gershom,
the son
of Levi.
\VS{44}On
the left hand their brothers
the sons
of Merari: Ethan
the son
of Kishi,
the son
of Abdi,
the son
of Malluch,
\VS{45}the son
of Hashabiah,
the son
of Amaziah,
the son
of Hilkiah,
\VS{46}the
son
of Amzi,
the
son
of Bani,
the
son
of Shemer,
\VS{47}the
son
of Mahli,
the
son
of Mushi,
the
son
of Merari,
the
son
of Levi.
\VS{48}Their brothers
the Levites
were appointed
for all
the service
of
the tabernacle
of God’s house.
\VS{49}But Aaron
and
his
sons
offered
on
the altar
of burnt offering,
and
on
the altar
of incense,
for all
the
work
of
the most holy
place,
and
to
make atonement
for
Israel, according
to all
that
Moses
the servant
of
God
had commanded.
\par }{\PP \VS{50}These
are
the
sons
of Aaron: Eleazar
his
son, Phinehas
his
son, Abishua
his
son,
\VS{51}Bukki
his
son, Uzzi
his
son, Zerahiah
his
son,
\VS{52}Meraioth
his son, Amariah
his son, Ahitub
his son,
\VS{53}Zadok his son,
and Ahimaaz his son.
\VS{54}Now these are their dwelling places according
to their encampments in their borders:
to
the sons
of Aaron,
of
the families
of
the Kohathites (for theirs was
the first lot),
\VS{55}to
them they gave Hebron
in
the
land
of Judah,
and
its
pasture
lands around
it;
\VS{56}but
the fields
of
the city
and
its villages, they gave
to Caleb
the
son
of Jephunneh.
\VS{57}To
the sons
of Aaron they gave
the cities
of refuge, Hebron, Libnah
also
with
its
pasture
lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa
with
its
pasture
lands,
\VS{58}Hilen
with
its
pasture
lands, Debir
with
its
pasture
lands,
\VS{59}Ashan
with
its
pasture
lands,
and Beth Shemesh
with
its
pasture
lands;
\VS{60}and
out
of
the tribe
of Benjamin, Geba
with
its
pasture
lands, Allemeth
with
its
pasture
lands,
and Anathoth
with
its
pasture
lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
\par }{\PP \VS{61}To
the rest
of
the sons
of Kohath were given by lot,
out
of
the family
of
the
tribe,
out
of
the half-tribe,
the half
of Manasseh, ten cities.
\VS{62}To
the
sons
of Gershom, according
to
their
families,
out
of
the
tribe
of Issachar,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Asher,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Naphtali,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Manasseh
in Bashan, thirteen cities.
\VS{63}To
the sons
of Merari
were given by lot, according
to their families,
out
of
the
tribe
of
Reuben,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Gad,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of Zebulun, twelve cities.
\VS{64}The children
of Israel gave
to
the Levites
the cities
with their
pasture
lands.
\VS{65}They gave by lot
out
of
the
tribe
of
the children
of Judah,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of
the children
of Simeon,
and
out
of
the
tribe
of
the children
of Benjamin, these cities which
are mentioned by name.
\par }{\PP \VS{66}Some
of
the families
of
the sons
of Kohath
had cities
of their borders
out
of
the tribe
of Ephraim.
\VS{67}They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands and Gezer with its pasture lands,
\VS{68}Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth Horon with its pasture lands,
\VS{69}Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath Rimmon with its pasture lands;
\VS{70}and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its pasture lands, and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.
\par }{\PP \VS{71}To the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands, and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands;
\VS{72}and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands,
\VS{73}Ramoth with its pasture lands, and Anem with its pasture lands;
\VS{74}and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands,
\VS{75}Hukok with its pasture lands, and Rehob with its pasture lands;
\VS{76}and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands, and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands.
\par }{\PP \VS{77}To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its pasture lands, and Tabor with its pasture lands;
\VS{78}and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands,
\VS{79}Kedemoth with its pasture lands, and Mephaath with its pasture lands;
\VS{80}and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands,
\VS{81}Heshbon with its pasture lands, and Jazer with its pasture lands.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Of
the
sons
of
Issachar:
Tola,
Puah,
Jashub,
and
Shimron,
four.
\VS{2}The
sons
of
Tola:
Uzzi,
Rephaiah,
Jeriel,
Jahmai,
Ibsam,
and
Shemuel,
heads
of
their
fathers’
houses,
of
Tola;
mighty
men
of
valor
in
their
generations.
Their
number
in
the
days
of
David
was
twenty-two
thousand
six
hundred.
\VS{3}The
son
of
Uzzi:
Izrahiah.
The
sons
of
Izrahiah:
Michael,
Obadiah,
Joel,
and
Isshiah,
five;
all
of
them
chief
men.
\VS{4}With
them,
by
their
generations,
after
their
fathers’
houses,
were
bands
of
the
army
for
war, thirty-six
thousand;
for
they
had
many
wives
and
sons.
\VS{5}Their
brothers
among
all
the
families
of
Issachar,
mighty
men
of
valor,
listed
in
all
by
genealogy,
were
eighty-seven
thousand.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}The sons
of
Benjamin:
Bela,
Becher,
and
Jediael,
three.
\VS{7}The
sons
of
Bela:
Ezbon,
Uzzi,
Uzziel,
Jerimoth,
and
Iri,
five;
heads
of
fathers’
houses,
mighty
men
of
valor;
and
they
were
listed
by
genealogy
twenty-two
thousand thirty-four.
\VS{8}The
sons
of
Becher:
Zemirah,
Joash,
Eliezer,
Elioenai,
Omri,
Jeremoth,
Abijah,
Anathoth,
and
Alemeth.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Becher.
\VS{9}They
were
listed
by
genealogy, after their
generations,
heads
of their
fathers’
houses,
mighty
men
of
valor,
twenty
thousand
two
hundred.
\VS{10}The
son
of
Jediael:
Bilhan.
The
sons
of
Bilhan:
Jeush,
Benjamin,
Ehud,
Chenaanah,
Zethan,
Tarshish,
and
Ahishahar.
\VS{11}All
these
were
sons
of
Jediael, according
to
the
heads
of
their
fathers’
households,
mighty
men
of
valor,
seventeen
thousand
two
hundred,
who
were
able
to
go
out
in
the
army
for
war.
\VS{12}So
were
Shuppim,
Huppim,
the
sons
of
Ir,
Hushim,
and
the
sons
of
Aher.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
sons
of
Naphtali:
Jahziel,
Guni,
Jezer,
Shallum,
and
the
sons
of
Bilhah.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}The
sons
of
Manasseh:
Asriel,
whom
his
concubine
the Aramitess
bore.
She
bore
Machir
the
father
of
Gilead.
\VS{15}Machir
took
a
wife
of
Huppim
and
Shuppim,
whose
sister’s
name
was
Maacah.
The
name
of
the
second
was
Zelophehad;
and
Zelophehad
had
daughters.
\VS{16}Maacah
the
wife
of
Machir
bore
a
son,
and
she
named
him
Peresh.
The
name
of
his
brother
was
Sheresh;
and
his
sons
were
Ulam
and
Rakem.
\VS{17}The
sons
of
Ulam:
Bedan.
These
were
the
sons
of
Gilead
the
son
of
Machir,
the
son
of
Manasseh.
\VS{18}His
sister
Hammolecheth
bore
Ishhod,
Abiezer,
and
Mahlah.
\VS{19}The
sons
of
Shemida
were
Ahian,
Shechem,
Likhi,
and
Aniam.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}The
sons
of
Ephraim:
Shuthelah,
Bered
his
son,
Tahath
his
son,
Eleadah
his
son,
Tahath
his
son,
\VS{21}Zabad
his
son,
Shuthelah
his
son,
Ezer,
and
Elead, whom
the
men
of
Gath
who
were
born
in
the
land
killed,
because
they
came
down
to
take
away
their
livestock.
\VS{22}Ephraim
their
father
mourned
many
days,
and
his
brothers
came
to
comfort
him.
\VS{23}He
went
in
to
his
wife,
and
she
conceived
and
bore
a
son,
and
he
named
him
Beriah,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:23 }
“Beriah” is similar to the Hebrew word for “misfortune”.}
because
there
was
trouble
with
his
house.
\VS{24}His
daughter
was
Sheerah,
who
built Beth Horon
the
lower
and
the
upper,
and Uzzen
Sheerah.
\VS{25}Rephah
was
his
son,
Resheph
his
son,
Telah
his
son,
Tahan
his
son,
\VS{26}Ladan
his
son,
Ammihud
his
son,
Elishama
his
son,
\VS{27}Nun
his
son,
and
Joshua
his
son.
\VS{28}Their
possessions
and
settlements
were
Bethel
and
its
towns,
and
eastward
Naaran,
and westward
Gezer with
its
towns;
Shechem
also
and
its
towns,
to Azzah
and
its
towns;
\VS{29}and
by
the
borders
of
the
children
of
Manasseh, Beth Shean
and
its
towns,
Taanach
and
its
towns,
Megiddo
and
its
towns,
and
Dor
and
its
towns.
The
children
of
Joseph
the
son
of
Israel
lived
in
these.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}The
sons
of
Asher:
Imnah,
Ishvah,
Ishvi,
and
Beriah.
Serah
was
their
sister.
\VS{31}The
sons
of
Beriah:
Heber
and
Malchiel,
who
was
the
father
of
Birzaith.
\VS{32}Heber
became
the
father
of
Japhlet,
Shomer,
Hotham,
and
Shua
their
sister.
\VS{33}The
sons
of
Japhlet:
Pasach,
Bimhal,
and
Ashvath.
These
are
the
children
of
Japhlet.
\VS{34}The
sons
of
Shemer:
Ahi,
Rohgah,
Jehubbah,
and
Aram.
\VS{35}The
sons
of
Helem
his
brother:
Zophah,
Imna,
Shelesh,
and
Amal.
\VS{36}The
sons
of
Zophah:
Suah,
Harnepher,
Shual,
Beri,
Imrah,
\VS{37}Bezer,
Hod,
Shamma,
Shilshah,
Ithran,
and
Beera.
\VS{38}The
sons
of
Jether:
Jephunneh,
Pispa,
and
Ara.
\VS{39}The
sons
of
Ulla:
Arah,
Hanniel,
and
Rizia.
\VS{40}All
these
were
the
children
of
Asher,
heads
of
the
fathers’
houses,
choice
and
mighty
men
of
valor,
chief
of
the
princes.
The
number
of
them
listed
by
genealogy
for
service
in
war
was
twenty-six
thousand
men.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Benjamin
became
the
father
of
Bela
his
firstborn,
Ashbel
the
second,
Aharah
the
third,
\VS{2}Nohah
the
fourth,
and Rapha
the
fifth.
\VS{3}Bela
had
sons:
Addar,
Gera,
Abihud,
\VS{4}Abishua,
Naaman,
Ahoah,
\VS{5}Gera,
Shephuphan,
and
Huram.
\VS{6}These
are
the
sons
of
Ehud.
These
are
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
the
inhabitants
of
Geba,
who
were
carried
captive
to
Manahath:
\VS{7}Naaman,
Ahijah,
and
Gera,
who
carried
them
captive;
and
he
became
the
father
of
Uzza
and
Ahihud.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Shaharaim
became
the
father
of
children
in
the
field
of
Moab,
after
he
had
sent
them
away.
Hushim
and
Baara
were
his
wives.
\VS{9}By
Hodesh
his
wife,
he
became
the
father
of
Jobab,
Zibia,
Mesha, Malcam,
\VS{10}Jeuz, Shachia,
and
Mirmah.
These
were
his
sons,
heads
of
fathers’
households.
\VS{11}By
Hushim,
he
became
the
father
of
Abitub
and
Elpaal.
\VS{12}The
sons
of
Elpaal:
Eber,
Misham,
and
Shemed,
who
built
Ono
and Lod,
with
its
towns;
\VS{13}and
Beriah
and
Shema,
who
were
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
the
inhabitants
of
Aijalon,
who
put
to
flight
the
inhabitants
of
Gath;
\VS{14}and
Ahio,
Shashak,
Jeremoth,
\VS{15}Zebadiah,
Arad,
Eder,
\VS{16}Michael,
Ishpah,
Joha,
the
sons
of
Beriah,
\VS{17}Zebadiah,
Meshullam,
Hizki,
Heber,
\VS{18}Ishmerai,
Izliah,
Jobab,
the
sons
of
Elpaal,
\VS{19}Jakim,
Zichri,
Zabdi,
\VS{20}Elienai,
Zillethai,
Eliel,
\VS{21}Adaiah,
Beraiah,
Shimrath,
the
sons
of
Shimei,
\VS{22}Ishpan,
Eber,
Eliel,
\VS{23}Abdon,
Zichri,
Hanan,
\VS{24}Hananiah,
Elam,
Anthothijah,
\VS{25}Iphdeiah,
Penuel,
the
sons
of
Shashak,
\VS{26}Shamsherai,
Shehariah,
Athaliah,
\VS{27}Jaareshiah,
Elijah,
Zichri,
and
the
sons
of
Jeroham.
\VS{28}These
were
heads
of
fathers’
households throughout
their
generations,
chief
men.
These
lived
in
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}The
father
of
Gibeon,
whose
wife’s
name
was
Maacah,
lived
in
Gibeon
\VS{30}with
his
firstborn
son
Abdon,
Zur,
Kish,
Baal,
Nadab,
\VS{31}Gedor,
Ahio,
Zecher,
\VS{32}and
Mikloth,
who
became
the
father
of
Shimeah.
They
also
lived
with
their families
in
Jerusalem,
near
their
relatives.
\VS{33}Ner
became
the
father
of
Kish.
Kish
became
the
father
of
Saul.
Saul
became
the
father
of
Jonathan, Malchishua,
Abinadab,
and
Eshbaal.
\VS{34}The
son
of
Jonathan
was
Merib-baal.
Merib-baal
became
the
father
of
Micah.
\VS{35}The
sons
of
Micah:
Pithon,
Melech,
Tarea,
and
Ahaz.
\VS{36}Ahaz
became
the
father
of
Jehoaddah.
Jehoaddah
became
the
father
of
Alemeth,
Azmaveth,
and
Zimri.
Zimri
became
the
father
of
Moza.
\VS{37}Moza
became
the
father
of
Binea. Raphah
was
his
son,
Eleasah
his
son,
and
Azel
his
son.
\VS{38}Azel
had
six
sons,
whose
names
are
these:
Azrikam,
Bocheru,
Ishmael,
Sheariah,
Obadiah,
and
Hanan.
All
these
were
the
sons
of
Azel.
\VS{39}The
sons
of
Eshek
his
brother:
Ulam
his
firstborn,
Jeush
the
second,
and
Eliphelet
the
third.
\VS{40}The
sons
of
Ulam
were
mighty
men
of
valor,
archers,
and
had
many
sons,
and
grandsons,
one
hundred
fifty.
All
these
were
of
the
sons
of
Benjamin.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}So
all
Israel
were
listed
by
genealogies;
and
behold,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 9:1 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
they
are
written
in
the
book
of
the
kings
of
Israel.
Judah
was
carried
away
captive
to
Babylon
for
their disobedience.
\VS{2}Now
the
first
inhabitants
who
lived
in
their
possessions
in
their
cities
were
Israel,
the
priests,
the
Levites,
and
the
temple
servants.
\VS{3}In
Jerusalem,
there
lived
of
the
children
of
Judah,
of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
and
of
the
children
of
Ephraim
and
Manasseh:
\VS{4}Uthai
the
son
of
Ammihud,
the
son
of
Omri,
the
son
of
Imri,
the
son
of
Bani,
of
the
children
of
Perez
the
son
of
Judah.
\VS{5}Of
the
Shilonites:
Asaiah
the
firstborn
and
his
sons.
\VS{6}Of
the
sons
of
Zerah:
Jeuel
and
their
brothers,
six
hundred
ninety.
\VS{7}Of
the
sons
of
Benjamin:
Sallu
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
son
of
Hodaviah,
the
son
of
Hassenuah;
\VS{8}and
Ibneiah
the
son
of
Jeroham,
and
Elah
the
son
of
Uzzi,
the
son
of
Michri;
and
Meshullam
the
son
of
Shephatiah,
the
son
of
Reuel,
the
son
of
Ibnijah;
\VS{9}and
their
brothers,
according
to
their
generations,
nine
hundred fifty-six.
All
these
men
were
heads
of
fathers’
households
by
their
fathers’
houses.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Of
the
priests:
Jedaiah,
Jehoiarib,
Jachin,
\VS{11}and
Azariah
the
son
of
Hilkiah,
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
son
of
Zadok,
the
son
of
Meraioth,
the
son
of
Ahitub,
the
ruler
of
God’s
house;
\VS{12}and
Adaiah
the
son
of
Jeroham,
the
son
of
Pashhur,
the
son
of
Malchijah;
and
Maasai
the
son
of
Adiel,
the
son
of
Jahzerah,
the
son
of
Meshullam,
the
son
of Meshillemith,
the
son
of
Immer;
\VS{13}and
their
brothers,
heads
of
their
fathers’
houses,
one
thousand
seven
hundred
sixty;
they
were
very
able
men
for
the
work
of
the
service
of
God’s
house.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}Of
the
Levites:
Shemaiah
the
son
of
Hasshub,
the
son
of
Azrikam,
the
son
of
Hashabiah,
of
the
sons
of
Merari;
\VS{15}and
Bakbakkar,
Heresh,
Galal,
and
Mattaniah
the
son
of
Mica,
the
son
of
Zichri,
the
son
of
Asaph,
\VS{16}and
Obadiah
the
son
of
Shemaiah,
the
son
of
Galal,
the
son
of
Jeduthun;
and
Berechiah
the
son
of
Asa,
the
son
of
Elkanah,
who
lived
in
the villages
of
the
Netophathites.
\par }{\PP \VS{17}The
gatekeepers:
Shallum,
Akkub,
Talmon,
Ahiman,
and their
brothers (Shallum
was
the
chief),
\VS{18}who previously served
in
the
king’s
gate
eastward.
They
were
the
gatekeepers
for
the
camp
of
the
children
of
Levi.
\VS{19}Shallum
was
the
son
of
Kore,
the
son
of
Ebiasaph,
the
son
of
Korah,
and
his
brothers,
of
his
father’s
house,
the
Korahites,
were
over
the
work
of
the
service,
keepers
of
the
thresholds
of
the
tent.
Their
fathers
had
been
over
Yahweh’s
camp,
keepers
of
the
entry.
\VS{20}Phinehas
the
son
of
Eleazar
was
ruler
over
them
in
time past,
and
Yahweh
was
with
him.
\VS{21}Zechariah
the
son
of
Meshelemiah
was
gatekeeper
of
the
door
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting.
\VS{22}All
these
who
were
chosen
to
be
gatekeepers
in
the
thresholds
were
two
hundred
twelve.
These
were
listed
by
genealogy
in
their villages, whom
David
and
Samuel
the seer ordained
in
their office
of
trust.
\VS{23}So
they
and
their
children
had
the oversight
of
the
gates
of
Yahweh’s
house,
even
the
house
of
the
tent,
as
guards.
\VS{24}On
the
four
sides
were
the
gatekeepers, toward
the
east,
west,
north,
and
south.
\VS{25}Their
brothers,
in
their villages,
were
to
come
in
every
seven
days
from
time
to
time
to
be
with
them,
\VS{26}for
the
four chief
gatekeepers,
who
were
Levites,
were
in
an office
of
trust,
and
were
over
the
rooms
and
over
the
treasuries
in
God’s
house.
\VS{27}They
stayed
around
God’s
house,
because
that
was
their
duty;
and
it
was
their
duty
to open
it
morning
by
morning.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}Certain
of
them
were
in
charge
of
the
vessels
of
service,
for
these
were
brought
in
by
count,
and
these
were
taken
out
by
count.
\VS{29}Some
of
them also
were
appointed
over
the
furniture,
and
over
all
the
vessels
of
the
sanctuary,
over
the
fine
flour,
the
wine,
the
oil,
the
frankincense,
and
the
spices.
\par }{\PP \VS{30}Some
of
the
sons
of
the
priests
prepared
the
mixing
of
the
spices.
\VS{31}Mattithiah,
one
of
the
Levites,
who
was
the
firstborn
of
Shallum
the
Korahite,
had
the office
of
trust
over
the
things
that
were
baked
in
pans.
\VS{32}Some
of
their
brothers,
of
the
sons
of
the
Kohathites,
were
over
the show
bread,
to
prepare
it
every
Sabbath.
\par }{\PP \VS{33}These
are
the
singers,
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
the
Levites,
who lived
in
the
rooms
and
were free
from
other
service,
for
they
were employed
in
their
work
day
and
night.
\VS{34}These
were
heads
of
fathers’
households
of
the
Levites, throughout
their
generations,
chief
men.
They
lived
at
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{35}Jeiel
the
father
of
Gibeon,
whose
wife’s
name
was
Maacah,
lived
in
Gibeon.
\VS{36}His
firstborn
son
was
Abdon,
then
Zur,
Kish,
Baal,
Ner,
Nadab,
\VS{37}Gedor,
Ahio,
Zechariah,
and
Mikloth.
\VS{38}Mikloth
became
the
father
of
Shimeam.
They
also
lived
with
their
relatives
in
Jerusalem,
near
their
relatives.
\VS{39}Ner
became
the
father
of
Kish.
Kish
became
the
father
of
Saul.
Saul
became
the
father
of
Jonathan, Malchishua,
Abinadab,
and
Eshbaal.
\VS{40}The
son
of
Jonathan
was
Merib-baal.
Merib-baal
became
the
father
of
Micah.
\VS{41}The
sons
of
Micah:
Pithon,
Melech,
Tahrea,
and Ahaz.
\VS{42}Ahaz
became
the
father
of
Jarah.
Jarah
became
the
father
of
Alemeth,
Azmaveth,
and
Zimri.
Zimri
became
the
father
of
Moza.
\VS{43}Moza
became
the
father
of
Binea,
Rephaiah
his
son,
Eleasah
his
son,
and
Azel
his
son.
\VS{44}Azel
had
six
sons,
whose
names
are
Azrikam,
Bocheru,
Ishmael,
Sheariah,
Obadiah,
and
Hanan.
These
were
the
sons
of
Azel.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
Philistines
fought
against
Israel;
and
the
men
of
Israel
fled
from
before
the
Philistines,
and
fell
down
slain
on
Mount
Gilboa.
\VS{2}The
Philistines
followed hard
after
Saul
and
after
his
sons;
and
the
Philistines
killed
Jonathan,
Abinadab,
and Malchishua,
the
sons
of
Saul.
\VS{3}The
battle
went hard
against
Saul,
and
the
archers
overtook
him;
and
he
was distressed
by
reason
of
the
archers.
\VS{4}Then
Saul
said
to
his
armor
bearer, “Draw
your
sword,
and
thrust
me
through
with
it,
lest
these
uncircumcised
come
and abuse
me.”
\par }{\PP But
his
armor
bearer
would
not,
for
he
was
terrified.
Therefore
Saul
took
his
sword
and
fell
on
it.
\VS{5}When
his
armor
bearer
saw
that
Saul
was
dead,
he
likewise
fell
on
his
sword
and
died.
\VS{6}So
Saul
died
with
his
three
sons;
and
all
his
house
died
together.
\VS{7}When
all
the
men
of
Israel
who
were
in
the
valley
saw
that
they
fled,
and
that
Saul
and
his
sons
were
dead,
they
abandoned
their
cities,
and
fled;
and
the
Philistines
came
and
lived
in
them.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}On
the
next
day,
when
the
Philistines
came
to
strip
the
slain,
they
found
Saul
and
his
sons
fallen
on
Mount
Gilboa.
\VS{9}They
stripped
him
and
took
his
head
and
his
armor,
then
sent
into
the
land
of
the
Philistines
all
around
to
carry
the
news
to
their
idols
and
to
the
people.
\VS{10}They
put
his
armor
in
the
house
of
their
gods,
and
fastened
his
head
in
the
house
of
Dagon.
\VS{11}When
all
Jabesh
Gilead
heard
all
that
the
Philistines
had
done
to
Saul,
\VS{12}all
the
valiant
men
arose
and
took
away
the
body
of
Saul
and
the
bodies
of
his
sons,
and
brought
them
to
Jabesh,
and
buried
their
bones
under
the
oak
in
Jabesh,
and
fasted
seven
days.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}So
Saul
died
for
his
trespass
which
he
committed
against
Yahweh,
because
of
Yahweh’s
word,
which
he
didn’t
keep,
and
also
because
he
asked
counsel
of
one
who
had
a familiar
spirit,
to
inquire,
\VS{14}and
didn’t
inquire
of
Yahweh.
Therefore
he
killed
him,
and
turned
the
kingdom
over
to
David
the
son
of
Jesse.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
all
Israel
gathered
themselves
to
David
to
Hebron,
saying, “Behold,
we
are
your
bone
and
your
flesh.
\VS{2}In times
past,
even
when
Saul
was
king,
it
was
you
who
led
out
and
brought
in
Israel.
Yahweh
your
God
said
to
you, ‘You
shall
be
shepherd
of
my
people
Israel,
and
you
shall
be
prince
over
my
people
Israel.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}So
all
the
elders
of
Israel
came
to
the
king
to
Hebron;
and
David
made
a
covenant
with
them
in
Hebron
before
Yahweh.
They
anointed
David
king
over
Israel,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
by
Samuel.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}David
and
all
Israel went
to
Jerusalem (also
called
Jebus);
and
the
Jebusites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land,
were
there.
\VS{5}The
inhabitants
of
Jebus
said
to
David, “You
will
not
come
in
here!” Nevertheless
David
took
the stronghold
of
Zion.
The
same
is
David’s
city.
\VS{6}David
had
said, “Whoever
strikes
the
Jebusites
first
shall
be
chief
and
captain.”
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
went
up
first,
and
was
made
chief.
\VS{7}David
lived
in
the
stronghold;
therefore
they
called
it
David’s
city.
\VS{8}He
built
the
city
all
around,
from
Millo
even
around;
and
Joab repaired
the
rest
of
the
city.
\VS{9}David
grew
greater
and
greater,
for
Yahweh
of
Armies
was
with
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Now
these
are
the
chief
of
the
mighty
men
whom
David
had,
who showed
themselves
strong
with
him
in
his
kingdom,
together
with
all
Israel,
to
make
him
king,
according
to
Yahweh’s
word
concerning
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}This
is
the
number
of
the
mighty
men
whom
David
had:
Jashobeam,
the
son
of
a
Hachmonite,
the
chief
of
the
thirty;
he
lifted
up
his
spear
against
three
hundred
and
killed
them
at
one
time.
\VS{12}After
him
was
Eleazar
the
son
of
Dodo,
the
Ahohite,
who
was
one
of
the
three
mighty
men.
\VS{13}He
was
with
David
at
Pasdammim,
and
there
the
Philistines
were
gathered
together
to
battle,
where
there
was
a
plot
of
ground
full
of
barley;
and
the
people
fled
from
before
the
Philistines.
\VS{14}They
stood
in
the
middle
of
the
plot,
defended
it,
and
killed
the
Philistines;
and
Yahweh
saved
them
by
a
great
victory.
\par }{\PP \VS{15}Three
of
the
thirty
chief
men
went
down
to
the
rock
to
David,
into
the
cave
of
Adullam;
and
the
army
of
the
Philistines
were
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
\VS{16}David
was
then
in
the stronghold,
and
the
garrison
of
the
Philistines
was
in
Bethlehem
at
that
time.
\VS{17}David
longed,
and
said, “Oh,
that
someone
would
give
me
water
to
drink
from
the
well
of
Bethlehem,
which
is
by
the
gate!”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}The
three
broke
through
the
army
of
the
Philistines,
and
drew
water
out
of
the
well
of
Bethlehem
that
was
by
the
gate,
took
it,
and
brought
it
to
David;
but
David
would
not
drink
any
of
it,
but poured
it
out
to
Yahweh,
\VS{19}and
said, “My
God
forbid
me,
that
I
should
do
this!
Shall
I
drink
the
blood
of
these
men
who
have
put
their
lives
in jeopardy?”
For
they risked
their
lives
to
bring
it.
Therefore
he
would
not
drink
it.
The
three
mighty
men
did
these
things.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Abishai,
the
brother
of
Joab,
was
chief
of
the
three;
for
he
lifted
up
his
spear
against
three
hundred
and
killed
them,
and
had
a
name
among
the
three.
\VS{21}Of
the
three,
he
was
more
honorable
than
the
two,
and
was
made
their
captain; however
he wasn’t
included
in
the
three.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada,
the
son
of
a
valiant
man
of
Kabzeel,
who
had
done
mighty
deeds,
killed
the
two
sons
of
Ariel
of
Moab.
He
also
went
down
and
killed
a
lion
in
the
middle
of
a
pit
on
a
snowy
day.
\VS{23}He
killed
an
Egyptian,
a
man
of great stature,
five
cubits\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:23 }
A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. Therefore this Egyptian was bout 7 feet and 6 inches or 2.28 meters tall.} high.
In
the
Egyptian’s
hand
was
a
spear
like
a
weaver’s
beam;
and
he
went
down
to
him
with
a
staff, plucked
the
spear
out
of
the
Egyptian’s
hand,
and
killed
him
with
his
own
spear.
\VS{24}Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
did
these
things
and
had
a
name
among
the
three
mighty
men.
\VS{25}Behold,
he
was
more
honorable
than
the
thirty,
but
he
didn’t
attain
to
the
three;
and
David
set
him
over
his
guard.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}The
mighty
men
of
the
armies
also include
Asahel
the
brother
of
Joab,
Elhanan
the
son
of
Dodo
of
Bethlehem,
\VS{27}Shammoth
the
Harorite,
Helez
the
Pelonite,
\VS{28}Ira
the
son
of
Ikkesh
the
Tekoite,
Abiezer
the
Anathothite,
\VS{29}Sibbecai
the
Hushathite,
Ilai
the
Ahohite,
\VS{30}Maharai
the
Netophathite,
Heled
the
son
of
Baanah
the
Netophathite,
\VS{31}Ithai
the
son
of
Ribai
of
Gibeah
of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
Benaiah
the
Pirathonite,
\VS{32}Hurai of
the brooks of
Gaash,
Abiel
the
Arbathite,
\VS{33}Azmaveth
the
Baharumite,
Eliahba
the
Shaalbonite,
\VS{34}the
sons
of
Hashem
the
Gizonite,
Jonathan
the
son
of
Shagee
the
Hararite,
\VS{35}Ahiam
the
son
of
Sacar
the
Hararite,
Eliphal
the
son
of Ur,
\VS{36}Hepher
the
Mecherathite,
Ahijah
the
Pelonite,
\VS{37}Hezro
the
Carmelite,
Naarai
the
son
of
Ezbai,
\VS{38}Joel
the
brother
of
Nathan,
Mibhar
the
son
of
Hagri,
\VS{39}Zelek
the
Ammonite,
Naharai
the Berothite (the
armor
bearer
of
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah),
\VS{40}Ira
the
Ithrite,
Gareb
the
Ithrite,
\VS{41}Uriah
the
Hittite,
Zabad
the
son
of
Ahlai,
\VS{42}Adina
the
son
of
Shiza
the
Reubenite (a
chief
of
the
Reubenites),
and
thirty
with
him,
\VS{43}Hanan
the
son
of
Maacah,
Joshaphat
the
Mithnite,
\VS{44}Uzzia
the
Ashterathite,
Shama
and
Jeiel
the
sons
of
Hotham
the
Aroerite,
\VS{45}Jediael
the
son
of
Shimri,
and
Joha
his
brother,
the
Tizite,
\VS{46}Eliel
the
Mahavite,
and
Jeribai,
and
Joshaviah,
the
sons
of
Elnaam,
and
Ithmah
the
Moabite,
\VS{47}Eliel,
Obed,
and
Jaasiel
the
Mezobaite.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
these
are
those
who
came
to
David
to
Ziklag
while
he
was
a fugitive
from
Saul
the
son
of
Kish.
They
were
among
the
mighty
men,
his
helpers
in
war.
\VS{2}They
were armed
with
bows,
and could use both
the
right
hand
and
the
left
in slinging
stones
and
in shooting
arrows
from
the
bow. They
were
of
Saul’s
relatives
of
the
tribe
of
Benjamin.
\VS{3}The
chief
was
Ahiezer,
then
Joash,
the
sons
of
Shemaah
the
Gibeathite;
Jeziel
and
Pelet,
the
sons
of
Azmaveth;
Beracah;
Jehu
the
Anathothite;
\VS{4}Ishmaiah
the
Gibeonite,
a
mighty
man
among
the
thirty
and
a leader
of
the
thirty; Jeremiah; Jahaziel; Johanan; Jozabad
the Gederathite;
\VS{5}Eluzai; Jerimoth; Bealiah; Shemariah; Shephatiah
the Haruphite;
\VS{6}Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer,
and Jashobeam,
the Korahites;
\VS{7}and Joelah
and Zebadiah,
the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Some Gadites joined David
in
the stronghold
in
the wilderness, mighty
men
of valor,
men trained
for war,
who could handle shield
and spear;
whose faces
were
like
the faces
of lions,
and they
were
as swift
as
the gazelles
on
the mountains:
\VS{9}Ezer
the chief, Obadiah
the second, Eliab
the third,
\VS{10}Mishmannah
the fourth, Jeremiah
the fifth,
\VS{11}Attai
the sixth, Eliel
the seventh,
\VS{12}Johanan
the eighth, Elzabad
the ninth,
\VS{13}Jeremiah
the tenth,
and Machbannai
the eleventh.
\VS{14}These
of
the sons
of Gad were captains
of
the army.
He who
was least
was equal
to one hundred,
and
the greatest
to one thousand.
\VS{15}These
are
those
who went
over
the Jordan
in
the
first month,
when
it
had overflowed
all its banks;
and
they put
to flight
all
who lived
in
the valleys, both
toward
the east
and
toward
the west.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Some
of
the children
of Benjamin
and Judah
came
to
the stronghold
to David.
\VS{17}David
went
out
to meet
them,
and
answered
them, “If
you
have
come peaceably
to
me
to help
me,
my heart
will
be united
with
you;
but
if
you
have
come
to betray
me
to
my adversaries,
since
there
is
no wrong
in
my hands,
may
the God
of
our fathers
see
this
and rebuke
it.”
\VS{18}Then
the Spirit
came
on Amasai,
who
was chief
of
the thirty,
and
he
said, “We
are yours,
David,
and
on
your side,
you son
of Jesse.
Peace,
peace
be
to
you,
and
peace
be
to
your
helpers;
for
your
God
helps
you.”
Then
David
received
them
and
made
them captains
of
the band.
\par }{\PP \VS{19}Some
of Manasseh
also joined
David
when
he
came
with
the Philistines
against Saul
to battle,
but
they didn’t
help
them,
for
the lords
of
the Philistines
sent
him
away
after consultation, saying, “He
will desert
to
his
master Saul
to
the jeopardy
of
our
heads.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}As
he
went
to Ziklag,
some
from
Manasseh
joined
him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu,
and Zillethai,
captains
of thousands
who
were
of
Manasseh.
\VS{21}They helped David
against
the
band
of raiders,
for
they
were
all mighty
men
of valor
and
were
captains
in
the army.
\VS{22}For
from day
to day
men
came
to
David
to
help
him,
until
there
was
a
great
army,
like God’s
army.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}These
are
the numbers
of
the heads
of
those
who
were armed
for war,
who
came
to
David
to Hebron
to turn
the kingdom
of Saul
to
him,
according
to Yahweh’s word.
\VS{24}The children
of Judah
who bore shield
and spear
were six thousand eight hundred,
armed
for
war.
\VS{25}Of
the
children
of Simeon, mighty
men
of valor
for
the
war: seven
thousand
one
hundred.
\VS{26}Of
the
children
of Levi: four
thousand six
hundred.
\VS{27}Jehoiada
was
the leader
of
the household
of Aaron;
and
with
him
were
three
thousand seven
hundred,
\VS{28}and Zadok,
a young man mighty
of valor,
and
of
his father’s house twenty-two captains.
\VS{29}Of
the
children
of Benjamin, Saul’s relatives: three thousand,
for until then,
the greatest part
of
them
had kept
their allegiance
to Saul’s
house.
\VS{30}Of
the
children
of Ephraim: twenty
thousand eight hundred, mighty
men
of valor, famous
men
in
their fathers’
houses.
\VS{31}Of
the half-tribe
of Manasseh: eighteen
thousand,
who
were mentioned
by
name,
to come
and
make David king.
\VS{32}Of
the children
of Issachar, men
who
had understanding
of
the times,
to know
what Israel ought
to
do,
their heads
were
two hundred;
and
all
their brothers
were
at
their command.
\VS{33}Of Zebulun,
such
as
were able
to go
out
in
the army,
who
could
set
the battle
in array
with
all
kinds
of instruments
of war: fifty thousand
who
could
command
and
were
not
of double heart.
\VS{34}Of Naphtali:
one
thousand captains,
and
with
them
with shield
and spear thirty-seven
thousand.
\VS{35}Of
the Danites
who could set
the battle
in array: twenty-eight
thousand six hundred.
\VS{36}Of Asher, such as
were able
to go
out
in
the
army,
who could set
the
battle
in
array: forty
thousand.
\VS{37}On
the other side
of
the Jordan,
of
the Reubenites,
the Gadites,
and
of
the half-tribe
of Manasseh,
with
all kinds
of instruments
of
war
for
the
battle: one hundred twenty
thousand.
\par }{\PP \VS{38}All
these
were
men
of
war
who could order
the
battle
array,
and came
with
a perfect heart
to Hebron
to make David king
over
all
Israel;
and
all
the rest
also
of
Israel
were
of
one heart
to make David king.
\VS{39}They
were
there
with
David three days, eating
and drinking;
for
their brothers
had supplied provisions
for
them.
\VS{40}Moreover
those
who
were
near
to
them,
as far
as Issachar, Zebulun,
and Naphtali,
brought bread
on donkeys,
on camels,
on mules,
and
on oxen: supplies
of flour, cakes
of figs, clusters
of raisins, wine, oil, cattle,
and sheep
in abundance;
for
there
was joy
in Israel.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
consulted
with
the
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds, even
with
every
leader.
\VS{2}David
said
to
all
the
assembly
of
Israel, “If
it
seems
good
to
you,
and
if
it
is
of
Yahweh
our
God, let’s
send
word
everywhere
to
our
brothers
who
are
left
in
all
the
land
of
Israel,
with whom
the
priests
and
Levites
are
in
their
cities
that
have
pasture
lands,
that
they
may
gather
themselves
to
us.
\VS{3}Also, let’s
bring
the
ark
of
our
God
back
to
us again,
for
we
didn’t
seek
it
in
the
days
of
Saul.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}All
the
assembly
said
that
they
would
do
so,
for
the
thing
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
all
the
people.
\VS{5}So
David
assembled
all
Israel
together,
from
the
Shihor
River
of
Egypt
even
to
the
entrance
of
Hamath,
to
bring
God’s
ark
from
Kiriath Jearim.
\par }{\PP \VS{6}David
went
up
with
all
Israel
to
Baalah,
that
is,
to
Kiriath Jearim,
which
belonged
to
Judah,
to
bring
up
from
there
God
Yahweh’s
ark
that
sits
above
the
cherubim,
that
is
called
by
the
Name.
\VS{7}They
carried
God’s
ark
on
a
new
cart,
and
brought
it
out
of Abinadab’s
house;
and
Uzza
and
Ahio
drove
the
cart.
\VS{8}David
and
all
Israel
played
before
God
with
all
their
might, even
with
songs,
with
harps,
with stringed
instruments,
with
tambourines,
with
cymbals,
and
with
trumpets.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}When
they
came
to Chidon’s
threshing
floor,
Uzza
put
out
his
hand
to
hold
the
ark,
for
the
oxen
stumbled.
\VS{10}Yahweh’s
anger
burned
against
Uzza,
and
he
struck
him
because
he
put
his
hand
on
the
ark;
and
he
died
there
before
God.
\VS{11}David
was displeased,
because
Yahweh
had
broken
out
against
Uzza.
He
called
that
place Perez
Uzza,
to
this
day.
\VS{12}David
was
afraid
of
God
that
day,
saying, “How
can
I
bring
God’s
ark home
to
me?”
\VS{13}So
David
didn’t
move
the
ark
with
him
into
David’s
city,
but
carried
it
aside
into
Obed-Edom
the Gittite’s
house.
\VS{14}God’s
ark
remained
with
the
family
of
Obed-Edom
in
his
house
three
months;
and
Yahweh
blessed
Obed-Edom’s
house
and
all
that
he
had.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hiram
king
of
Tyre
sent
messengers
to
David
with
cedar
trees,
masons,
and
carpenters,
to
build
him
a
house.
\VS{2}David
perceived
that
Yahweh
had
established
him
king
over
Israel,
for
his
kingdom
was
highly
exalted,
for
his
people
Israel’s
sake.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}David
took
more
wives
in
Jerusalem,
and
David
became
the
father
of
more
sons
and
daughters.
\VS{4}These
are
the
names
of
the
children
whom
he
had
in
Jerusalem:
Shammua,
Shobab,
Nathan,
Solomon,
\VS{5}Ibhar,
Elishua,
Elpelet,
\VS{6}Nogah,
Nepheg,
Japhia,
\VS{7}Elishama,
Beeliada,
and
Eliphelet.
\par }{\PP \VS{8}When
the
Philistines
heard
that
David
was
anointed
king
over
all
Israel,
all
the
Philistines
went
up
to
seek
David;
and
David
heard
of
it,
and
went
out
against
them.
\VS{9}Now
the
Philistines
had
come
and
made
a
raid
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
\VS{10}David
inquired
of
God,
saying, “Shall
I
go
up
against
the
Philistines?
Will
you
deliver
them
into
my
hand?”
\par }{\PP Yahweh
said
to
him, “Go
up;
for
I
will
deliver
them
into
your
hand.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}So
they
came
up
to Baal Perazim,
and
David
defeated
them
there.
David
said,
God
has
broken
my
enemies
by
my
hand,
like
waters
breaking
out.
Therefore
they
called
the
name
of
that
place Baal Perazim.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14:11 }
“Baal Perazim” means “The Lord who breaks out”.}
\VS{12}They
left
their
gods
there;
and
David
gave
a
command,
and
they
were
burned
with
fire.
\par }{\PP \VS{13}The
Philistines
made
another
raid
in
the
valley.
\VS{14}David
inquired
again
of
God;
and
God
said
to
him, “You
shall
not
go
up
after
them.
Turn
away
from
them,
and
come
on
them
opposite
the mulberry
trees.
\VS{15}When
you
hear
the
sound
of marching
in
the
tops
of
the mulberry
trees,
then
go
out
to
battle;
for
God
has
gone
out
before
you
to
strike
the
army
of
the
Philistines.”
\par }{\PP \VS{16}David
did
as
God
commanded
him;
and
they
attacked
the
army
of
the
Philistines
from
Gibeon
even
to
Gezer.
\VS{17}The
fame
of
David
went
out
into
all
lands;
and
Yahweh
brought
the
fear
of
him
on
all
nations.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
made himself
houses
in
David’s
city;
and
he
prepared
a
place
for
God’s
ark,
and
pitched
a
tent
for
it.
\VS{2}Then
David
said, “No
one ought
to
carry
God’s
ark
but
the
Levites.
For
Yahweh
has
chosen
them
to
carry
God’s
ark,
and
to
minister
to
him
forever.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}David
assembled
all
Israel
at
Jerusalem,
to
bring
up
Yahweh’s
ark
to
its
place,
which
he
had
prepared
for
it.
\VS{4}David
gathered
together
the
sons
of
Aaron
and
the
Levites:
\VS{5}of
the
sons
of
Kohath,
Uriel
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
one
hundred
twenty;
\VS{6}of
the
sons
of
Merari,
Asaiah
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
two
hundred
twenty;
\VS{7}of
the
sons
of Gershom,
Joel
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
one
hundred
thirty;
\VS{8}of
the
sons
of
Elizaphan,
Shemaiah
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
two
hundred;
\VS{9}of
the
sons
of
Hebron,
Eliel
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
eighty;
\VS{10}of
the
sons
of
Uzziel,
Amminadab
the
chief,
and
his
brothers
one
hundred
twelve.
\par }{\PP \VS{11}David
called
for
Zadok
and
Abiathar
the
priests,
and
for
the
Levites:
for
Uriel,
Asaiah,
Joel,
Shemaiah,
Eliel,
and
Amminadab,
\VS{12}and
said
to
them, “You
are
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
Levites.
Sanctify
yourselves, both
you
and
your
brothers,
that
you
may
bring
the
ark
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
up
to
the
place
that
I
have
prepared
for
it.
\VS{13}For
because
you
didn’t carry
it
at
first,
Yahweh
our
God
broke
out
in anger against
us,
because
we
didn’t
seek
him
according
to
the
ordinance.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}So
the
priests
and
the
Levites
sanctified
themselves
to
bring
up
the
ark
of
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{15}The
children
of
the
Levites
bore
God’s
ark
on
their
shoulders
with
its
poles,
as
Moses
commanded
according
to
Yahweh’s
word.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}David
spoke
to
the
chief
of
the
Levites
to
appoint
their
brothers
as
singers
with
instruments
of
music, stringed
instruments,
harps,
and
cymbals, sounding
aloud
and
lifting
up
their
voices
with
joy.
\VS{17}So
the
Levites
appointed
Heman
the
son
of
Joel;
and
of
his
brothers,
Asaph
the
son
of
Berechiah;
and
of
the
sons
of
Merari
their
brothers,
Ethan
the
son
of
Kushaiah;
\VS{18}and
with
them
their
brothers
of
the
second
rank:
Zechariah,
Ben,
Jaaziel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Unni,
Eliab,
Benaiah,
Maaseiah,
Mattithiah,
Eliphelehu,
Mikneiah,
Obed-Edom,
and
Jeiel,
the doorkeepers.
\VS{19}So
the
singers,
Heman,
Asaph,
and
Ethan,
were
given
cymbals
of
bronze
to
sound
aloud;
\VS{20}and
Zechariah,
Aziel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Unni,
Eliab,
Maaseiah,
and
Benaiah,
with stringed instruments set
to
Alamoth;
\VS{21}and
Mattithiah,
Eliphelehu,
Mikneiah,
Obed-Edom,
Jeiel,
and
Azaziah,
with
harps tuned
to
the eight-stringed
lyre,
to
lead.
\VS{22}Chenaniah,
chief
of
the
Levites,
was
over
the singing.
He
taught
the singers,
because
he
was
skillful.
\VS{23}Berechiah
and
Elkanah
were doorkeepers for
the
ark.
\VS{24}Shebaniah,
Joshaphat,
Nethanel,
Amasai,
Zechariah,
Benaiah,
and
Eliezer,
the
priests,
blew
the
trumpets
before
God’s
ark;
and
Obed-Edom
and
Jehiah
were doorkeepers
for
the
ark.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}So
David,
the
elders
of
Israel,
and
the
captains
over
thousands
went
to
bring
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
up
out
of
the
house
of
Obed-Edom
with
joy.
\VS{26}When
God
helped
the
Levites
who
bore
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant,
they
sacrificed
seven
bulls
and
seven
rams.
\VS{27}David
was
clothed
with
a
robe
of
fine
linen,
as
were
all
the
Levites
who
bore
the
ark,
the
singers,
and
Chenaniah
the choir master
with
the
singers;
and
David
had
an
ephod
of
linen
on
him.
\VS{28}Thus
all
Israel
brought
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
up
with
shouting,
with
sound
of
the cornet,
with
trumpets,
and
with
cymbals, sounding
aloud
with stringed instruments
and
harps.
\VS{29}As
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
came
to
David’s
city,
Michal
the
daughter
of
Saul
looked
out
at
the
window,
and
saw
king
David dancing
and
playing;
and
she
despised
him
in
her
heart.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}They
brought
in
God’s
ark,
and
set
it
in
the
middle
of
the
tent
that
David
had
pitched
for
it;
and
they
offered
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings
before
God.
\VS{2}When
David
had
finished
offering
the
burnt
offering
and
the
peace
offerings,
he
blessed
the
people
in
Yahweh’s
name.
\VS{3}He gave
to
everyone
of
Israel,
both
man
and
woman,
to
everyone
a
loaf
of
bread,
a
portion
of meat,
and
a
cake
of
raisins.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}He
appointed
some
of
the
Levites
to
minister
before
Yahweh’s
ark,
and
to commemorate,
to
thank,
and
to
praise
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel:
\VS{5}Asaph
the
chief,
and
second
to
him
Zechariah,
then
Jeiel,
Shemiramoth,
Jehiel,
Mattithiah,
Eliab,
Benaiah,
Obed-Edom,
and
Jeiel,
with stringed
instruments
and
with
harps;
and
Asaph
with
cymbals, sounding
aloud;
\VS{6}with
Benaiah
and
Jahaziel
the
priests
with
trumpets
continually,
before
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
God.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Then
on
that
day
David
first ordained
giving
of
thanks
to
Yahweh
by
the
hand
of
Asaph
and
his
brothers.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Oh
give
thanks
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\QB Call
on
his
name.
\par }{\QB Make
what
he
has
done
known
among
the
peoples.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Sing
to
him.
\par }{\QB Sing
praises
to
him.
\par }{\QB Tell
of
all
his
marvelous
works.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Glory
in
his
holy
name.
\par }{\QB Let
the
heart
of those
who
seek
Yahweh
rejoice.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Seek
Yahweh
and
his
strength.
\par }{\QB Seek
his
face forever more.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Remember
his
marvelous
works
that
he
has
done,
\par }{\QB his
wonders,
and
the
judgments
of
his
mouth,
\par }{\Q \VS{13}you
offspring\FTNT{*}{{\FR 16:13 }
or, seed}
of
Israel
his
servant,
\par }{\QB you
children
of
Jacob,
his
chosen
ones.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{14}He
is
Yahweh
our
God.
\par }{\QB His
judgments
are
in
all
the
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Remember
his
covenant
forever,
\par }{\QB the
word
which
he
commanded
to
a
thousand
generations,
\par }{\QB \VS{16}the covenant
which
he
made
with
Abraham,
\par }{\QB his
oath
to
Isaac.
\par }{\Q \VS{17}He
confirmed
it
to
Jacob
for
a
statute,
\par }{\QB and
to
Israel
for an
everlasting
covenant,
\par }{\Q \VS{18}saying, “I
will
give
you
the
land
of
Canaan,
\par }{\QB The lot
of
your
inheritance,”
\par }{\QB \VS{19}when
you
were
but
a
few
men
in
number,
\par }{\QB yes, very
few,
and
foreigners
in
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}They
went
about
from
nation
to
nation,
\par }{\QB from
one
kingdom
to
another
people.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}He allowed
no
man
to do
them wrong.
\par }{\QB Yes,
he
reproved
kings
for
their
sakes,
\par }{\Q \VS{22}“Don’t
touch
my
anointed
ones!
\par }{\QB Do
my
prophets
no
harm!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{23}Sing
to
Yahweh,
all
the
earth!
\par }{\QB Display
his
salvation
from
day
to
day.
\par }{\Q \VS{24}Declare
his
glory
among
the
nations,
\par }{\QB and
his
marvelous
works
among
all
the
peoples.
\par }{\Q \VS{25}For
great
is
Yahweh,
and
greatly
to
be
praised.
\par }{\QB He
also
is
to
be
feared
above
all
gods.
\par }{\Q \VS{26}For
all
the
gods
of
the
peoples
are
idols,
\par }{\QB but
Yahweh
made
the
heavens.
\par }{\Q \VS{27}Honor
and
majesty
are
before
him.
\par }{\QB Strength
and gladness
are
in
his
place.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{28}Ascribe
to
Yahweh,
you
families
of
the
peoples,
\par }{\QB ascribe
to
Yahweh
glory
and
strength!
\par }{\Q \VS{29}Ascribe
to
Yahweh
the
glory
due
to
his
name.
\par }{\QB Bring
an
offering,
and
come
before
him.
\par }{\QB Worship
Yahweh
in
holy array.
\par }{\Q \VS{30}Tremble
before
him,
all
the
earth.
\par }{\QB The
world
also
is
established
that
it can’t
be
moved.
\par }{\Q \VS{31}Let
the
heavens
be
glad,
\par }{\QB and
let
the
earth
rejoice!
\par }{\QB Let
them
say
among
the
nations, “Yahweh
reigns!”
\par }{\Q \VS{32}Let
the
sea
roar,
and
its
fullness!
\par }{\QB Let
the
field
exult,
and
all
that
is
in
it!
\par }{\Q \VS{33}Then
the
trees
of
the
forest
will
sing
for
joy
before
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB for
he
comes
to
judge
the
earth.
\par }{\Q \VS{34}Oh
give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
for
he
is
good,
\par }{\QB for
his loving
kindness
endures
forever.
\par }{\Q \VS{35}Say, “Save
us,
God
of
our
salvation!
\par }{\QB Gather
us
together
and
deliver
us
from
the
nations,
\par }{\QB to
give
thanks
to
your
holy
name,
\par }{\QB to triumph
in
your
praise.”
\par }{\Q \VS{36}Blessed
be
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB from
everlasting
even
to
everlasting.
\par }{\PP All
the
people
said, “Amen,”
and
praised
Yahweh.
\par }{\PP \VS{37}So
he
left
Asaph
and
his
brothers
there
before
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant,
to
minister
before
the
ark
continually,
as
every
day’s
work
required;
\VS{38}and
Obed-Edom
with their sixty-eight
relatives;
Obed-Edom also
the
son
of
Jeduthun
and
Hosah
to
be doorkeepers;
\VS{39}and
Zadok
the
priest
and
his
brothers
the
priests,
before
Yahweh’s
tabernacle
in
the
high
place
that
was
at
Gibeon,
\VS{40}to
offer
burnt
offerings
to
Yahweh
on
the
altar
of
burnt
offering
continually
morning
and
evening,
even
according
to
all
that
is
written
in
Yahweh’s
law,
which
he
commanded
to
Israel;
\VS{41}and
with
them
Heman
and
Jeduthun
and
the
rest
who
were
chosen,
who
were mentioned
by
name,
to
give
thanks
to
Yahweh,
because
his loving
kindness
endures
forever;
\VS{42}and
with
them
Heman
and
Jeduthun
with
trumpets
and
cymbals
for
those
that should
sound
aloud,
and
with
instruments
for
the
songs
of
God,
and
the
sons
of
Jeduthun
to
be
at
the
gate.
\VS{43}All
the
people departed,
each
man
to
his
house;
and
David
returned
to
bless
his
house.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
David
was
living
in
his
house,
David
said
to
Nathan
the
prophet, “Behold,
I
live
in
a cedar
house,
but
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
is
in
a
tent.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Nathan
said
to
David, “Do
all
that
is
in
your
heart;
for
God
is
with
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}That
same
night,
the
word
of
God
came
to
Nathan,
saying,
\VS{4}“Go
and
tell
David
my
servant, ‘Yahweh
says, “You
shall
not
build
me
a
house
to
dwell
in;
\VS{5}for
I
have
not
lived
in
a
house
since
the
day
that
I
brought
up
Israel
to
this
day,
but
have
gone
from
tent
to
tent,
and
from
one
tent
to
another.
\VS{6}In
all
places
in
which
I
have
walked
with
all
Israel,
did
I
speak
a
word
with
any
of
the
judges
of
Israel,
whom
I
commanded
to
be
shepherd
of
my
people,
saying, ‘Why
have
you
not
built
me
a
house
of cedar?’ ” ’
\par }{\PP \VS{7}“Now
therefore,
you
shall
tell
my
servant
David, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
says, “I
took
you
from
the
sheep pen,
from
following
the
sheep,
to
be
prince
over
my
people
Israel.
\VS{8}I
have
been
with
you
wherever
you
have
gone,
and
have
cut
off
all
your
enemies
from
before
you.
I
will
make
you
a
name
like
the
name
of
the
great
ones
who
are
in
the
earth.
\VS{9}I
will
appoint
a
place
for
my
people
Israel,
and
will
plant
them,
that
they
may
dwell
in
their own
place,
and
be
moved
no
more.
The
children
of
wickedness
will
not
waste
them
any
more,
as
at
the
first,
\VS{10}and
from
the
day
that
I
commanded
judges
to
be
over
my
people
Israel.
I
will
subdue
all
your
enemies. Moreover
I
tell
you
that
Yahweh
will
build
you
a
house.
\VS{11}It
will
happen,
when
your
days
are
fulfilled
that
you
must
go
to
be
with
your
fathers,
that
I
will
set
up
your
offspring
after
you,
who
will
be
of
your
sons;
and
I
will
establish
his
kingdom.
\VS{12}He
will
build
me
a
house,
and
I
will
establish
his
throne
forever.
\VS{13}I
will
be
his
father,
and
he
will
be
my
son.
I
will
not
take
my loving
kindness
away
from
him,
as
I
took
it
from
him
who
was
before
you;
\VS{14}but
I
will settle
him
in
my
house
and
in
my
kingdom
forever.
His
throne
will
be
established
forever.” ’ ”
\VS{15}According
to
all
these
words,
and
according
to
all
this
vision,
so
Nathan
spoke
to
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Then
David
the
king
went
in
and
sat
before
Yahweh;
and
he
said, “Who
am
I,
Yahweh
God,
and
what
is
my
house,
that
you
have
brought
me
this
far?
\VS{17}This
was
a
small
thing
in
your
eyes,
O
God,
but
you
have
spoken
of
your
servant’s
house
for
a
great
while
to
come,
and
have
respected
me
according
to
the standard
of
a
man
of high degree,
Yahweh
God.
\VS{18}What
can
David
say
yet
more
to
you
concerning
the
honor
which
is
done
to
your
servant?
For
you
know
your
servant.
\VS{19}Yahweh,
for
your
servant’s
sake,
and according
to
your own
heart,
you
have
done
all
this
greatness,
to
make
known
all
these
great
things.
\VS{20}Yahweh,
there
is
no
one
like
you,
neither
is
there
any
God
besides
you, according
to
all
that
we
have
heard
with
our
ears.
\VS{21}What
one
nation
in
the
earth
is
like
your
people
Israel,
whom
God
went
to
redeem
to
himself
for
a
people,
to
make
you
a
name
by
great
and
awesome
things,
in
driving
out
nations
from
before
your
people
whom
you
redeemed
out
of
Egypt?
\VS{22}For
you
made
your
people
Israel
your
own
people
forever;
and
you,
Yahweh,
became
their
God.
\VS{23}Now,
Yahweh,
let
the
word
that
you
have
spoken
concerning
your
servant,
and
concerning
his
house,
be
established
forever,
and
do
as
you
have
spoken.
\VS{24}Let
your
name
be
established
and
magnified
forever,
saying, ‘Yahweh
of
Armies
is
the
God
of
Israel,
even
a
God
to
Israel.
The
house
of
David
your
servant
is
established
before
you.’
\VS{25}For
you,
my
God,
have
revealed
to
your
servant
that
you
will
build
him
a
house.
Therefore
your
servant
has
found courage
to
pray
before
you.
\VS{26}Now,
Yahweh,
you
are
God,
and
have
promised
this
good
thing
to
your
servant.
\VS{27}Now
it
has
pleased
you
to
bless
the
house
of
your
servant,
that
it
may
continue
forever
before
you;
for
you,
Yahweh,
have
blessed,
and
it
is
blessed
forever.”

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
this,
David
defeated
the
Philistines
and
subdued
them,
and
took
Gath
and
its
towns
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{2}He
defeated
Moab;
and
the
Moabites
became
servants
to
David
and
brought
tribute.
\par }{\PP \VS{3}David
defeated
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah,
toward
Hamath,
as
he went
to
establish
his dominion
by
the
river
Euphrates.
\VS{4}David
took
from
him
one
thousand
chariots,
seven
thousand
horsemen,
and
twenty
thousand
footmen;
and
David hamstrung
all
the
chariot
horses,
but
reserved
of
them
enough
for
one
hundred
chariots.
\VS{5}When
the Syrians
of
Damascus
came
to
help
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah,
David
struck
twenty-two
thousand
men
of
the Syrians.
\VS{6}Then
David
put garrisons
in
Syria
of
Damascus;
and
the Syrians
became
servants
to
David
and
brought
tribute.
Yahweh
gave
victory
to
David
wherever
he
went.
\VS{7}David
took
the
shields
of
gold
that
were
on
the
servants
of
Hadadezer,
and
brought
them
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{8}From
Tibhath
and
from
Cun,
cities
of
Hadadezer,
David
took
very
much
bronze,
with which
Solomon
made
the
bronze
sea,
the
pillars,
and
the
vessels
of
bronze.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}When
Tou
king
of
Hamath
heard
that
David
had
struck
all
the
army
of
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah,
\VS{10}he
sent
Hadoram
his
son
to
King
David
to
greet
him
and
to
bless
him,
because
he
had
fought
against
Hadadezer
and
struck
him (for
Hadadezer
had
wars
with
Tou);
and
he
had
with
him
all
kinds
of
vessels
of
gold
and
silver
and
bronze.
\VS{11}King
David
also
dedicated
these
to
Yahweh,
with
the
silver
and
the
gold
that
he
carried
away
from
all
the
nations:
from
Edom,
from
Moab,
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
from
the
Philistines,
and
from
Amalek.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Moreover
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah
struck
eighteen
thousand
of
the
Edomites
in
the
Valley
of
Salt.
\VS{13}He
put
garrisons
in
Edom;
and
all
the
Edomites
became
servants
to
David.
Yahweh
gave
victory
to
David
wherever
he
went.
\par }{\PP \VS{14}David
reigned
over
all
Israel;
and
he executed
justice
and
righteousness
for
all
his
people.
\VS{15}Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
was
over
the
army;
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
recorder;
\VS{16}Zadok
the
son
of
Ahitub
and
Abimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar
were
priests;
Shavsha
was
scribe;
\VS{17}and
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was
over
the
Cherethites
and
the
Pelethites;
and
the
sons
of
David
were
chief officials serving
the
king.

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}After
this,
Nahash
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
died,
and
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{2}David
said, “I
will
show
kindness
to
Hanun
the
son
of
Nahash,
because
his
father showed
kindness
to
me.”
\par }{\PP So
David
sent
messengers
to
comfort
him
concerning
his
father.
David’s
servants
came
into
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon
to
Hanun
to
comfort
him.
\VS{3}But
the
princes
of
the
children
of
Ammon
said
to
Hanun, “Do
you
think
that
David
honors
your
father,
in
that
he
has
sent
comforters
to
you?
Haven’t
his
servants
come
to
you
to
search,
to
overthrow,
and
to
spy
out
the
land?”
\VS{4}So
Hanun
took
David’s
servants,
shaved
them,
and
cut
off
their
garments
in
the
middle
at
their buttocks,
and
sent
them
away.
\VS{5}Then
some
people
went
and
told
David
how
the
men
were treated.
He
sent
to
meet
them;
for
the
men
were
greatly
humiliated.
The
king
said, “Stay
at
Jericho
until
your
beards
have
grown,
and
then
return.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}When
the
children
of
Ammon
saw
that
they
had
made
themselves
odious
to
David,
Hanun
and
the
children
of
Ammon
sent
one
thousand
talents\FTNT{*}{{\FR 19:6 }
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds, so 1000 talents is about 30 metric tons}
of
silver
to
hire
chariots
and
horsemen
out
of
Mesopotamia,
out
of Aram-maacah,
and
out
of
Zobah.
\VS{7}So
they
hired
for
themselves thirty-two
thousand
chariots,
and
the
king
of
Maacah
with
his
people,
who
came
and
encamped
near
Medeba.
The
children
of
Ammon
gathered
themselves
together
from
their
cities,
and
came
to
battle.
\VS{8}When
David
heard
of
it,
he
sent
Joab
with
all
the
army
of
the
mighty
men.
\VS{9}The
children
of
Ammon
came
out,
and
put
the
battle
in
array
at
the
gate
of
the
city;
and
the
kings
who
had
come
were
by
themselves
in
the
field.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Now
when
Joab
saw
that
the
battle
was set
against
him
before
and
behind,
he
chose
some
of
all
the
choice
men
of
Israel,
and put
them
in
array
against
the Syrians.
\VS{11}The
rest
of
the
people
he
committed
into
the
hand
of
Abishai
his
brother;
and
they
put themselves
in array
against
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{12}He
said, “If
the Syrians
are
too
strong
for
me,
then
you
are
to
help
me;
but
if
the
children
of
Ammon
are
too
strong
for
you,
then
I
will
help
you.
\VS{13}Be
courageous,
and let’s
be
strong
for
our
people
and
for
the
cities
of
our
God.
May
Yahweh
do
that
which
seems
good
to
him.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}So
Joab
and
the
people
who
were
with
him
came
near
to
the
front
of
the Syrians
to
the
battle;
and
they
fled
before
him.
\VS{15}When
the
children
of
Ammon
saw
that
the Syrians
had
fled,
they
likewise
fled
before
Abishai
his
brother,
and
entered
into
the
city.
Then
Joab
came
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}When
the Syrians
saw
that
they
were
defeated
by
Israel,
they
sent
messengers
and called
out
the Syrians
who
were
beyond
the
River,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 19:16 }
or, the Euphrates River}
with
Shophach
the
captain
of
the
army
of
Hadadezer
leading
them.
\VS{17}David
was
told
that,
so
he
gathered
all
Israel
together,
passed
over
the
Jordan,
came
to
them,
and
set
the
battle
in
array
against
them.
So
when
David
had
put
the
battle
in
array
against
the Syrians,
they
fought
with
him.
\VS{18}The Syrians
fled
before
Israel;
and
David
killed
of
the
Syrian
men
seven
thousand
charioteers
and
forty
thousand
footmen,
and
also
killed
Shophach
the
captain
of
the
army.
\VS{19}When
the
servants
of
Hadadezer
saw
that
they
were
defeated
by
Israel,
they
made peace
with
David
and
served
him.
The Syrians
would
not
help
the
children
of
Ammon
any
more.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}At
the
time
of
the
return
of
the
year,
at
the
time
when
kings
go
out,
Joab
led
out
the
army
and
wasted
the
country
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
came
and besieged
Rabbah.
But
David
stayed
at
Jerusalem.
Joab
struck
Rabbah,
and
overthrew
it.
\VS{2}David
took
the
crown
of
their
king
from
off
his
head,
and
found
it
to
weigh
a
talent
of
gold,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 20:2 }
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces}
and
there
were
precious
stones
in
it.
It
was
set
on
David’s
head,
and
he
brought
very
much
plunder
out
of
the
city.
\VS{3}He
brought
out
the
people
who
were
in
it,
and
had
them
cut
with
saws,
with
iron
picks,
and
with
axes.
David
did
so
to
all
the
cities
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
Then
David
and
all
the
people
returned
to
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}After
this,
war
arose
at
Gezer
with
the
Philistines.
Then
Sibbecai
the
Hushathite
killed
Sippai,
of
the sons
of
the giant;
and
they
were
subdued.
\par }{\PP \VS{5}Again
there
was
war
with
the
Philistines;
and
Elhanan
the
son
of
Jair
killed
Lahmi
the
brother
of
Goliath
the
Gittite,
the staff
of
whose
spear
was
like
a
weaver’s
beam.
\VS{6}There
was
again
war
at
Gath, where
there
was
a
man
of great stature,
who
had
twenty-four
fingers
and
toes,
six
on
each hand
and
six
on
each foot;
and
he
also
was
born
to
the giant.
\VS{7}When
he defied
Israel,
Jonathan
the
son
of
Shimea,
David’s
brother,
killed
him.
\VS{8}These
were
born
to
the giant
in
Gath;
and
they
fell
by
the
hand
of
David
and
by
the
hand
of
his
servants.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Satan
stood
up
against
Israel,
and
moved
David
to
take
a census
of
Israel.
\VS{2}David
said
to
Joab
and
to
the
princes
of
the
people, “Go,
count
Israel
from
Beersheba
even
to
Dan;
and
bring
me
word,
that
I
may
know
how
many
there
are.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}Joab
said, “May
Yahweh
make
his
people
a
hundred
times
as
many
as
they
are.
But,
my
lord
the
king, aren’t
they
all
my
lord’s
servants?
Why
does
my
lord
require
this
thing?
Why
will
he
be
a
cause
of
guilt
to
Israel?”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Nevertheless
the
king’s
word
prevailed
against
Joab. Therefore
Joab
departed
and
went
throughout
all
Israel,
then
came
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{5}Joab
gave
the sum
of
the
census
of
the
people
to
David.
All
those
of
Israel
were
one
million
one
hundred
thousand
men
who
drew
a
sword;
and
in
Judah
were
four
hundred
seventy
thousand
men
who
drew
a
sword.
\VS{6}But
he
didn’t count
Levi
and
Benjamin
among
them,
for
the
king’s
word
was
abominable
to
Joab.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}God
was
displeased
with
this
thing; therefore
he
struck
Israel.
\VS{8}David
said
to
God, “I
have
sinned
greatly,
in
that
I
have
done
this
thing.
But
now put
away,
I
beg
you,
the
iniquity
of
your
servant,
for
I
have
done
very
foolishly.”
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Yahweh
spoke
to
Gad,
David’s
seer,
saying,
\VS{10}“Go
and
speak
to
David,
saying, ‘Yahweh
says, “I
offer
you
three
things.
Choose
one
of
them,
that
I
may
do
it
to
you.” ’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}So
Gad
came
to
David
and
said
to
him, “Yahweh
says, ‘Take
your choice:
\VS{12}either
three
years
of
famine;
or
three
months
to
be consumed
before
your foes,
while
the
sword
of
your
enemies
overtakes
you;
or
else
three
days
of
the
sword
of
Yahweh,
even
pestilence
in
the
land,
and
Yahweh’s
angel
destroying
throughout
all
the
borders
of
Israel.
Now
therefore
consider
what
answer
I
shall
return
to
him
who
sent
me.’ ”
\par }{\PP \VS{13}David
said
to
Gad, “I
am
in
distress.
Let
me
fall,
I
pray,
into
Yahweh’s
hand,
for
his
mercies
are
very
great.
Don’t
let
me
fall
into
man’s
hand.”
\par }{\PP \VS{14}So
Yahweh
sent
a
pestilence
on
Israel,
and
seventy
thousand
men
of
Israel
fell.
\VS{15}God
sent
an
angel
to
Jerusalem
to
destroy
it.
As
he
was
about
to
destroy,
Yahweh
saw,
and
he
relented
of
the
disaster,
and
said
to
the
destroying
angel, “It
is
enough.
Now withdraw
your
hand.”
Yahweh’s
angel
was
standing
by
the
threshing
floor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite.
\VS{16}David
lifted
up
his
eyes,
and
saw
Yahweh’s
angel
standing
between
earth
and
the
sky, having
a
drawn
sword
in
his
hand
stretched
out
over
Jerusalem.
\par }{\PP Then
David
and
the
elders,
clothed
in
sackcloth,
fell
on
their
faces.
\VS{17}David
said
to
God, “Isn’t
it
I
who
commanded
the
people
to
be
counted?
It
is
even
I
who
have
sinned
and
done very wickedly;
but
these
sheep,
what
have
they
done?
Please
let
your
hand,
O
Yahweh
my
God,
be
against
me
and
against
my
father’s
house;
but
not
against
your
people,
that
they
should
be
plagued.”
\par }{\PP \VS{18}Then
Yahweh’s
angel
commanded
Gad
to
tell
David
that
David
should
go
up
and
raise
an
altar
to
Yahweh
on
the
threshing
floor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite.
\VS{19}David
went
up
at
the
saying
of
Gad,
which
he
spoke
in
Yahweh’s
name.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Ornan
turned
back
and
saw
the
angel;
and
his
four
sons
who
were
with
him
hid
themselves. Now
Ornan
was
threshing
wheat.
\VS{21}As
David
came
to
Ornan,
Ornan
looked
and
saw
David,
and
went
out
of
the
threshing
floor,
and
bowed
himself
to
David
with
his
face
to
the
ground.
\par }{\PP \VS{22}Then
David
said
to
Ornan, “Sell
me
the
place
of
this
threshing
floor,
that
I
may
build
an
altar
to
Yahweh
on
it.
You
shall
sell
it
to
me
for
the
full
price,
that
the
plague
may
be
stopped
from afflicting
the
people.”
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Ornan
said
to
David, “Take
it
for
yourself,
and
let
my
lord
the
king
do
that
which
is
good
in
his
eyes.
Behold,
I
give
the
oxen
for
burnt
offerings,
and
the
threshing instruments
for
wood,
and
the
wheat
for
the
meal
offering.
I
give
it
all.”
\par }{\PP \VS{24}King
David
said
to
Ornan, “No,
but
I
will
most
certainly
buy
it
for
the
full
price.
For
I
will
not
take
that
which
is yours
for
Yahweh,
nor
offer
a
burnt
offering
that
costs
me
nothing.”
\par }{\PP \VS{25}So
David
gave
to
Ornan
six
hundred
shekels\FTNT{*}{{\FR 21:25 }
A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.32 Troy ounces, so 600 shekels was about 6 kilograms or about 192 Troy ounces.}
of
gold
by
weight
for
the
place.
\VS{26}David
built
an
altar
to
Yahweh
there,
and
offered
burnt
offerings
and
peace
offerings,
and
called
on
Yahweh;
and
he
answered
him
from
the
sky
by
fire
on
the
altar
of
burnt
offering.
\par }{\PP \VS{27}Then
Yahweh
commanded
the
angel,
and
he
put
his
sword
back
into
its
sheath.
\par }{\PP \VS{28}At
that
time,
when
David
saw
that
Yahweh
had
answered
him
in
the
threshing
floor
of
Ornan
the
Jebusite,
then
he
sacrificed
there.
\VS{29}For
Yahweh’s
tabernacle,
which
Moses
made
in
the
wilderness,
and
the
altar
of
burnt
offering,
were
at
that
time
in
the
high
place
at
Gibeon.
\VS{30}But
David
couldn’t go
before
it
to
inquire
of
God,
for
he
was afraid
because
of
the
sword
of
Yahweh’s
angel.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
David
said, “This
is
the
house
of
Yahweh
God,
and
this
is
the
altar
of
burnt
offering
for
Israel.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}David
gave
orders
to
gather together
the
foreigners
who
were
in
the
land
of
Israel;
and
he
set
masons
to
cut dressed
stones
to
build
God’s
house.
\VS{3}David
prepared
iron
in
abundance
for
the
nails
for
the
doors
of
the
gates
and
for
the
couplings,
and
bronze
in
abundance
without
weight,
\VS{4}and
cedar
trees
without
number,
for
the
Sidonians
and
the people
of
Tyre
brought
cedar
trees
in
abundance
to
David.
\VS{5}David
said, “Solomon
my
son
is
young
and
tender,
and
the
house
that
is
to
be
built
for
Yahweh
must
be
exceedingly
magnificent,
of
fame
and
of
glory
throughout
all
countries.
I
will
therefore
make
preparation
for
it.”
So
David
prepared
abundantly
before
his
death.
\VS{6}Then
he
called
for
Solomon
his
son,
and
commanded
him
to
build
a
house
for
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel.
\VS{7}David
said
to
Solomon
his
son, “As
for
me,
it
was
in
my
heart
to
build
a
house
to
the
name
of
Yahweh
my
God.
\VS{8}But
Yahweh’s
word
came
to
me,
saying, ‘You
have
shed
blood
abundantly
and
have
made
great
wars.
You
shall
not
build
a
house
to
my
name,
because
you
have
shed
much
blood
on
the
earth
in
my
sight.
\VS{9}Behold,
a
son
shall
be
born
to
you,
who
shall
be
a
man
of
peace.
I
will
give
him
rest
from
all
his
enemies
all
around;
for
his
name
shall
be
Solomon,
and
I
will
give
peace
and quietness
to
Israel
in
his
days.
\VS{10}He
shall
build
a
house
for
my
name;
and
he
will
be
my
son,
and
I
will
be
his
father;
and
I
will
establish
the
throne
of
his
kingdom
over
Israel
forever.’
\VS{11}Now,
my
son,
may
Yahweh
be
with
you
and
prosper
you,
and
build
the
house
of
Yahweh
your
God,
as
he
has
spoken
concerning
you.
\VS{12}May
Yahweh
give
you
discretion
and
understanding,
and
put
you
in
charge
of
Israel,
so
that
you
may
keep
the
law
of
Yahweh
your
God.
\VS{13}Then
you
will
prosper,
if
you
observe
to
do
the
statutes
and
the
ordinances
which
Yahweh
gave
Moses
concerning
Israel.
Be
strong
and
courageous.
Don’t
be
afraid
and
don’t
be
dismayed.
\VS{14}Now,
behold,
in
my affliction
I
have
prepared
for
Yahweh’s
house
one
hundred
thousand
talents\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:14 }
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 100,000 talents is about 3 metric tons}
of
gold,
one
million
talents\FTNT{†}{{\FR 22:14 }
about 30,000 metric tons}
of
silver,
and
bronze
and
iron
without
weight;
for
it
is
in
abundance.
I
have
also
prepared
timber
and
stone;
and
you
may
add
to
them.
\VS{15}There
are
also
workmen
with
you
in
abundance—cutters
and
workers
of
stone
and
timber,
and
all
kinds
of
men
who
are
skillful
in
every kind
of
work;
\VS{16}of
the
gold,
the
silver,
the
bronze,
and
the
iron,
there
is
no
number.
Arise
and
be
doing,
and
may
Yahweh
be
with
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{17}David
also
commanded
all
the
princes
of
Israel
to
help
Solomon
his
son, saying,
\VS{18}“Isn’t
Yahweh
your
God
with
you?
Hasn’t
he
given
you
rest
on
every
side?
For
he
has
delivered
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
into
my
hand;
and
the
land
is
subdued
before
Yahweh
and
before
his
people.
\VS{19}Now
set
your
heart
and
your
soul
to
follow
Yahweh
your
God.
Arise
therefore,
and
build
the
sanctuary
of
Yahweh
God,
to
bring
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant
and
the
holy
vessels
of
God
into
the
house
that
is
to
be
built
for
Yahweh’s
name.”

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
David
was
old
and
full
of
days;
and
he made
Solomon
his
son
king
over
Israel.
\VS{2}He
gathered
together
all
the
princes
of
Israel,
with
the
priests
and
the
Levites.
\VS{3}The
Levites
were
counted
from
thirty
years
old
and
upward;
and
their
number
by
their polls,
man
by
man,
was thirty-eight
thousand.
\VS{4}David said, “Of
these,
twenty-four
thousand
were
to
oversee
the
work
of
Yahweh’s
house,
six
thousand
were
officers
and
judges,
\VS{5}four
thousand
were doorkeepers,
and
four
thousand
praised
Yahweh
with
the
instruments
which
I
made
for giving
praise.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}David
divided
them into
divisions according
to
the
sons
of
Levi: Gershon,
Kohath,
and
Merari.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Of
the
Gershonites:
Ladan
and
Shimei.
\VS{8}The
sons
of
Ladan:
Jehiel
the
chief,
Zetham,
and
Joel,
three.
\VS{9}The
sons
of
Shimei:
Shelomoth,
Haziel,
and
Haran,
three.
These
were
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
Ladan.
\VS{10}The
sons
of
Shimei:
Jahath,
Zina,
Jeush,
and
Beriah.
These
four
were
the
sons
of
Shimei.
\VS{11}Jahath
was
the
chief,
and
Zizah
the
second;
but
Jeush
and
Beriah
didn’t
have
many
sons;
therefore
they
became
a
fathers’
house
in
one reckoning.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}The
sons
of
Kohath:
Amram,
Izhar,
Hebron,
and
Uzziel,
four.
\VS{13}The
sons
of
Amram:
Aaron
and
Moses;
and
Aaron
was
separated
that
he
should
sanctify
the
most
holy
things,
he
and
his
sons
forever,
to
burn
incense
before
Yahweh,
to
minister
to
him,
and
to
bless
in
his
name
forever.
\VS{14}But
as
for
Moses
the
man
of
God,
his
sons
were
named
among
the
tribe
of
Levi.
\VS{15}The
sons
of
Moses:
Gershom
and
Eliezer.
\VS{16}The
sons
of
Gershom:
Shebuel
the
chief.
\VS{17}The
son
of
Eliezer
was
Rehabiah
the
chief;
and
Eliezer
had
no
other
sons,
but
the
sons
of
Rehabiah
were
very
many.
\VS{18}The
son
of
Izhar:
Shelomith
the
chief.
\VS{19}The
sons
of
Hebron:
Jeriah
the
chief,
Amariah
the
second,
Jahaziel
the
third,
and
Jekameam
the
fourth.
\VS{20}The
sons
of
Uzziel:
Micah
the
chief,
and
Isshiah
the
second.
\par }{\PP \VS{21}The
sons
of
Merari:
Mahli
and
Mushi.
The
sons
of
Mahli:
Eleazar
and
Kish.
\VS{22}Eleazar
died,
and
had
no
sons,
but
daughters
only;
and
their
relatives,
the
sons
of
Kish,
took
them
as wives.
\VS{23}The
sons
of
Mushi:
Mahli,
Eder,
and
Jeremoth,
three.
\par }{\PP \VS{24}These
were
the
sons
of
Levi
after
their
fathers’
houses,
even
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
houses
of
those
who
were
counted
individually,
in
the
number
of
names
by
their polls,
who
did
the
work
for
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward.
\VS{25}For
David
said, “Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
has
given
rest
to
his
people;
and
he
dwells
in
Jerusalem
forever.
\VS{26}Also
the
Levites
will
no
longer need
to
carry
the
tabernacle
and
all
its
vessels
for
its
service.”
\VS{27}For
by
the
last
words
of
David
the
sons
of
Levi
were
counted,
from
twenty
years
old
and
upward.
\VS{28}For
their
duty
was
to wait
on
the
sons
of
Aaron
for
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house—in
the courts,
in
the
rooms,
and
in
the
purifying
of
all
holy
things,
even
the
work
of
the
service
of
God’s
house;
\VS{29}for
the show
bread also,
and
for
the
fine
flour
for
a
meal
offering, whether
of
unleavened
wafers,
or
of
that
which
is baked
in
the
pan,
or
of
that
which
is soaked,
and
for
all measurements
of quantity
and
size;
\VS{30}and
to
stand
every
morning
to
thank
and
praise
Yahweh,
and
likewise
in
the
evening;
\VS{31}and
to
offer
all
burnt
offerings
to
Yahweh
on
the
Sabbaths,
on
the
new
moons,
and
on
the
set
feasts,
in
number
according
to
the
ordinance
concerning
them,
continually
before
Yahweh;
\VS{32}and
that
they
should
keep
the
duty
of
the
Tent
of
Meeting,
the
duty
of
the
holy
place,
and
the
duty
of
the
sons
of
Aaron
their
brothers
for
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}These
were
the
divisions
of
the
sons
of
Aaron.
The
sons
of
Aaron:
Nadab,
Abihu,
Eleazar,
and
Ithamar.
\VS{2}But
Nadab
and
Abihu
died
before
their
father,
and
had
no
children;
therefore
Eleazar
and
Ithamar
served
as
priests.
\VS{3}David,
with
Zadok
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar
and
Ahimelech
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar,
divided
them
according
to
their ordering
in
their
service.
\VS{4}There
were
more
chief
men
found
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar
than
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar;
and they
were
divided
like
this:
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar
there
were
sixteen,
heads
of
fathers’
houses;
and
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar,
according
to
their
fathers’
houses,
eight.
\VS{5}Thus
they
were
divided impartially
by drawing
lots;
for
there
were
princes
of
the
sanctuary
and
princes
of
God, both
of
the
sons
of
Eleazar,
and
of
the
sons
of
Ithamar.
\VS{6}Shemaiah
the
son
of
Nethanel
the
scribe,
who
was
of
the
Levites,
wrote
them
in
the
presence
of
the
king,
the
princes,
Zadok
the
priest,
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar,
and
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites;
one
fathers’
house
being
taken
for
Eleazar,
and
one
taken
for
Ithamar.
\par }{\PP \VS{7}Now
the
first
lot
came
out
to
Jehoiarib,
the
second
to
Jedaiah,
\VS{8}the
third
to
Harim,
the
fourth
to
Seorim,
\VS{9}the
fifth
to
Malchijah,
the
sixth
to
Mijamin,
\VS{10}the
seventh
to
Hakkoz,
the
eighth
to
Abijah,
\VS{11}the
ninth
to
Jeshua,
the
tenth
to
Shecaniah,
\VS{12}the
eleventh to
Eliashib,
the twelfth to
Jakim,
\VS{13}the thirteenth to
Huppah,
the fourteenth to
Jeshebeab,
\VS{14}the fifteenth to
Bilgah,
the sixteenth to
Immer,
\VS{15}the seventeenth to
Hezir,
the
eighteenth to Happizzez,
\VS{16}the nineteenth
to
Pethahiah,
the
twentieth
to
Jehezkel,
\VS{17}the twenty-first
to
Jachin,
the twenty-second
to
Gamul,
\VS{18}the
twenty-third
to
Delaiah,
and
the twenty-fourth
to
Maaziah.
\VS{19}This
was
their ordering
in
their
service,
to
come
into
Yahweh’s
house
according
to
the
ordinance
given
to
them
by
Aaron
their
father,
as
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
had
commanded
him.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Of
the
rest
of
the
sons
of
Levi:
of
the
sons
of
Amram,
Shubael;
of
the
sons
of
Shubael,
Jehdeiah.
\VS{21}Of
Rehabiah:
of
the
sons
of
Rehabiah,
Isshiah
the
chief.
\VS{22}Of
the
Izharites,
Shelomoth;
of
the
sons
of
Shelomoth,
Jahath.
\VS{23}The
sons
of Hebron:
Jeriah,
Amariah
the
second,
Jahaziel
the
third,
and
Jekameam
the
fourth.
\VS{24}The
sons
of
Uzziel:
Micah;
of
the
sons
of
Micah,
Shamir.
\VS{25}The
brother
of
Micah:
Isshiah;
of
the
sons
of
Isshiah,
Zechariah.
\VS{26}The
sons
of
Merari:
Mahli
and
Mushi.
The
son
of
Jaaziah: Beno.
\VS{27}The
sons
of
Merari
by
Jaaziah: Beno,
Shoham,
Zaccur,
and
Ibri.
\VS{28}Of
Mahli:
Eleazar,
who
had
no
sons.
\VS{29}Of
Kish,
the
son
of
Kish:
Jerahmeel.
\VS{30}The
sons
of
Mushi:
Mahli,
Eder,
and
Jerimoth.
These
were
the
sons
of
the
Levites after
their
fathers’
houses.
\VS{31}These
likewise
cast
lots
even
as
their
brothers
the
sons
of
Aaron
in
the
presence
of
David
the
king,
Zadok,
Ahimelech,
and
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households
of
the
priests
and
of
the
Levites,
the
fathers’
households
of
the
chief
even
as
those
of
his
younger
brother.

\par }\Chap{25}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Moreover,
David
and
the
captains
of
the
army
set
apart
for
the
service
certain
of
the
sons
of
Asaph,
of
Heman,
and
of
Jeduthun,
who
were
to
prophesy
with
harps,
with stringed instruments,
and
with
cymbals.
The
number
of
those
who
did
the
work
according
to
their
service
was:
\VS{2}of
the
sons
of
Asaph:
Zaccur,
Joseph,
Nethaniah,
and
Asharelah.
The
sons
of
Asaph
were
under
the
hand
of
Asaph,
who
prophesied
at
the
order
of
the
king.
\VS{3}Of
Jeduthun,
the
sons
of
Jeduthun:
Gedaliah,
Zeri,
Jeshaiah, Shimei,
Hashabiah,
and
Mattithiah,
six,
under
the
hands
of
their
father
Jeduthun,
who
prophesied
in
giving
thanks
and
praising
Yahweh
with
the
harp.
\VS{4}Of
Heman,
the
sons
of
Heman:
Bukkiah,
Mattaniah,
Uzziel,
Shebuel,
Jerimoth,
Hananiah,
Hanani,
Eliathah,
Giddalti,
Romamti-Ezer,
Joshbekashah,
Mallothi,
Hothir,
and
Mahazioth.
\VS{5}All
these
were
the
sons
of
Heman
the
king’s
seer
in
the
words
of
God,
to
lift
up
the
horn.
God
gave
to
Heman
fourteen
sons
and
three
daughters.
\VS{6}All
these
were
under
the
hands
of
their
father
for
song
in
Yahweh’s
house,
with
cymbals, stringed
instruments,
and
harps,
for
the
service
of
God’s
house:
Asaph,
Jeduthun,
and
Heman
being
under
the
order
of
the
king.
\VS{7}The
number
of
them,
with
their
brothers
who
were instructed
in
singing
to
Yahweh, even
all
who
were
skillful,
was
two
hundred
eighty-eight.
\VS{8}They
cast
lots
for
their
offices,
all
alike,
the
small
as
well
as
the
great,
the
teacher
as
well
as
the student.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}Now
the
first
lot
came
out
for
Asaph
to
Joseph;
the
second
to
Gedaliah,
he
and
his
brothers
and
sons
were
twelve;
\VS{10}the
third
to
Zaccur,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{11}the
fourth
to
Izri,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{12}the
fifth
to
Nethaniah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{13}the
sixth
to
Bukkiah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{14}the
seventh
to
Jesharelah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{15}the
eighth
to
Jeshaiah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{16}the
ninth
to
Mattaniah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{17}the
tenth
to
Shimei,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{18}the
eleventh
to
Azarel,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{19}the twelfth
to
Hashabiah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{20}for
the thirteenth,
Shubael,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{21}for
the fourteenth,
Mattithiah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{22}for
the fifteenth
to
Jeremoth,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{23}for
the sixteenth
to
Hananiah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{24}for
the seventeenth
to
Joshbekashah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{25}for
the
eighteenth
to
Hanani,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{26}for
the nineteenth
to
Mallothi,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{27}for
the
twentieth
to
Eliathah,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{28}for
the twenty-first
to
Hothir,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{29}for
the twenty-second
to
Giddalti,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{30}for
the
twenty-third
to
Mahazioth,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve;
\VS{31}for
the twenty-fourth
to
Romamti-Ezer,
his
sons
and
his
brothers,
twelve.

\par }\Chap{26}{\PP \VerseOne{1}For
the
divisions
of
the doorkeepers:
of
the
Korahites,
Meshelemiah
the
son
of
Kore,
of
the
sons
of
Asaph.
\VS{2}Meshelemiah
had
sons:
Zechariah
the
firstborn,
Jediael
the
second,
Zebadiah
the
third,
Jathniel
the
fourth,
\VS{3}Elam
the
fifth,
Jehohanan
the
sixth,
and
Eliehoenai
the
seventh.
\VS{4}Obed-Edom
had
sons:
Shemaiah
the
firstborn,
Jehozabad
the
second,
Joah
the
third,
Sacar
the
fourth,
Nethanel
the
fifth,
\VS{5}Ammiel
the
sixth,
Issachar
the
seventh,
and
Peullethai
the
eighth;
for
God
blessed
him.
\VS{6}Sons
were
also
born
to
Shemaiah
his
son,
who
ruled over
the
house
of
their
father;
for
they
were
mighty
men
of
valor.
\VS{7}The
sons
of
Shemaiah:
Othni,
Rephael,
Obed,
and
Elzabad,
whose
relatives
were
valiant
men,
Elihu,
and
Semachiah.
\VS{8}All
these
were
of
the
sons
of
Obed-Edom
with
their
sons
and
their
brothers,
able
men
in
strength
for
the
service: sixty-two
of
Obed-Edom.
\VS{9}Meshelemiah
had
sons
and
brothers,
eighteen
valiant
men.
\VS{10}Also
Hosah,
of
the
children
of
Merari,
had
sons:
Shimri
the
chief (for
though
he
was
not
the
firstborn,
yet
his
father
made
him
chief),
\VS{11}Hilkiah
the
second,
Tebaliah
the
third,
and
Zechariah
the
fourth.
All
the
sons
and
brothers
of
Hosah
were
thirteen.
\par }{\PP \VS{12}Of
these
were
the
divisions
of
the doorkeepers, even
of
the
chief
men, having
offices
like
their
brothers,
to
minister
in
Yahweh’s
house.
\VS{13}They
cast
lots,
the
small
as well
as
the
great, according
to
their
fathers’
houses,
for
every
gate.
\VS{14}The
lot
eastward
fell
to
Shelemiah.
Then
for
Zechariah
his
son,
a wise
counselor,
they
cast
lots;
and
his
lot
came
out
northward.
\VS{15}To
Obed-Edom
southward;
and
to
his
sons
the
storehouse.
\VS{16}To
Shuppim
and
Hosah westward,
by
the
gate
of
Shallecheth,
at
the causeway
that
goes
up, watchman opposite watchman.
\VS{17}Eastward
were
six
Levites,
northward
four
a
day,
southward
four
a
day,
and
for
the
storehouse
two
and
two.
\VS{18}For
Parbar westward,
four at
the causeway,
and
two at
Parbar.
\VS{19}These
were
the
divisions
of
the doorkeepers;
of
the
sons
of
the
Korahites,
and
of
the
sons
of
Merari.
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Of
the
Levites,
Ahijah
was
over
the
treasures
of
God’s
house
and
over
the
treasures
of
the
dedicated
things.
\VS{21}The
sons
of
Ladan,
the
sons
of
the
Gershonites belonging
to
Ladan,
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households belonging
to
Ladan
the
Gershonite:
Jehieli.
\VS{22}The
sons
of
Jehieli:
Zetham,
and
Joel
his
brother,
over
the
treasures
of
Yahweh’s
house.
\VS{23}Of the
Amramites, of the
Izharites, of the
Hebronites, of the
Uzzielites:
\VS{24}Shebuel
the
son
of
Gershom,
the
son
of
Moses,
was
ruler
over
the
treasuries.
\VS{25}His
brothers:
of
Eliezer,
Rehabiah
his
son,
and
Jeshaiah
his
son,
and
Joram
his
son,
and
Zichri
his
son,
and
Shelomoth
his
son.
\VS{26}This
Shelomoth
and
his
brothers
were
over
all
the
treasuries
of
the
dedicated
things,
which
David
the
king,
and
the
heads
of
the
fathers’
households,
the
captains
over
thousands
and
hundreds,
and
the
captains
of
the
army,
had
dedicated.
\VS{27}They
dedicated
some
of
the
plunder won
in
battles
to
repair
Yahweh’s
house.
\VS{28}All
that
Samuel
the seer,
Saul
the
son
of
Kish,
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
and
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
had
dedicated,
whoever
had
dedicated
anything,
it
was
under
the
hand
of Shelomoth
and
of
his
brothers.
\par }{\PP \VS{29}Of
the
Izharites,
Chenaniah
and
his
sons
were appointed
to
the outward
business
over
Israel,
for
officers
and
judges.
\VS{30}Of
the
Hebronites,
Hashabiah
and
his
brothers,
one
thousand
seven
hundred
men
of
valor,
had
the
oversight
of
Israel
beyond
the
Jordan westward,
for
all
the
business
of
Yahweh
and
for
the
service
of
the
king.
\VS{31}Of
the
Hebronites,
Jerijah
was
the
chief
of
the
Hebronites, according
to
their
generations
by
fathers’
households.
They
were
sought
for
in
the
fortieth
year
of
the
reign
of
David,
and
mighty
men
of
valor
were
found
among
them
at
Jazer
of
Gilead.
\VS{32}His
relatives,
men
of
valor,
were
two
thousand
seven
hundred,
heads
of
fathers’
households, whom
King
David
made
overseers
over
the
Reubenites,
the
Gadites,
and
the
half-tribe
of
the
Manassites,
for
every
matter
pertaining
to
God
and
for
the
affairs
of
the
king.

\par }\Chap{27}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
the
children
of
Israel
after
their
number,
the
heads
of
fathers’
households
and
the
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds,
and
their
officers
who
served
the
king
in
any
matter
of
the
divisions
which
came
in
and
went
out
month
by
month
throughout
all
the
months
of
the
year—of
every
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}Over
the
first
division
for
the
first
month
was
Jashobeam
the
son
of
Zabdiel.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{3}He
was
of
the
children
of
Perez,
the
chief
of
all
the
captains
of
the
army
for
the
first
month.
\VS{4}Over
the
division
of
the
second
month
was
Dodai
the
Ahohite
and
his
division,
and
Mikloth
the
ruler;
and
in
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{5}The
third
captain
of
the
army
for
the
third
month
was
Benaiah,
the
son
of
Jehoiada
the
chief
priest.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{6}This
is
that
Benaiah
who
was
the
mighty
man
of
the
thirty
and
over
the
thirty.
Of
his
division
was
Ammizabad
his
son.
\VS{7}The
fourth captain
for
the
fourth
month
was
Asahel
the
brother
of
Joab,
and
Zebadiah
his
son
after
him.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{8}The
fifth
captain
for
the
fifth
month
was
Shamhuth
the
Izrahite.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{9}The
sixth captain
for
the
sixth
month
was
Ira
the
son
of
Ikkesh
the
Tekoite.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{10}The
seventh captain
for
the
seventh
month
was
Helez
the
Pelonite,
of
the
children
of
Ephraim.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{11}The
eighth captain
for
the
eighth
month
was
Sibbecai
the
Hushathite,
of
the
Zerahites.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{12}The
ninth captain
for
the
ninth
month
was
Abiezer
the
Anathothite,
of
the
Benjamites.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{13}The
tenth captain
for
the
tenth
month
was
Maharai
the
Netophathite,
of
the
Zerahites.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{14}The
eleventh captain
for
the
eleventh
month
was
Benaiah
the
Pirathonite,
of
the
children
of
Ephraim.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\VS{15}The twelfth captain
for
the twelfth
month
was
Heldai
the
Netophathite,
of
Othniel.
In
his
division
were
twenty-four
thousand.
\par }{\PP \VS{16}Furthermore
over
the
tribes
of
Israel:
of
the
Reubenites,
Eliezer
the
son
of
Zichri
was
the
ruler;
of
the
Simeonites,
Shephatiah
the
son
of
Maacah;
\VS{17}of
Levi,
Hashabiah
the
son
of
Kemuel;
of
Aaron,
Zadok;
\VS{18}of
Judah,
Elihu,
one
of
the
brothers
of
David;
of
Issachar,
Omri
the
son
of
Michael;
\VS{19}of
Zebulun,
Ishmaiah
the
son
of
Obadiah;
of
Naphtali,
Jeremoth
the
son
of
Azriel;
\VS{20}of
the
children
of
Ephraim,
Hoshea
the
son
of
Azaziah;
of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh,
Joel
the
son
of
Pedaiah;
\VS{21}of
the
half-tribe
of
Manasseh
in
Gilead,
Iddo
the
son
of
Zechariah;
of
Benjamin,
Jaasiel
the
son
of
Abner;
\VS{22}of
Dan,
Azarel
the
son
of
Jeroham.
These
were
the
captains
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\VS{23}But
David
didn’t
take
the
number
of
them
from
twenty
years
old
and
under,
because
Yahweh
had
said
he
would
increase
Israel
like
the
stars
of
the
sky.
\VS{24}Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
began
to
take
a census,
but
didn’t
finish;
and
wrath
came
on
Israel
for
this.
The
number wasn’t
put
into
the
account
in
the
chronicles
of
King
David.
\par }{\PP \VS{25}Over
the
king’s
treasures
was
Azmaveth
the
son
of
Adiel.
Over
the
treasures
in
the
fields,
in
the
cities,
in
the
villages,
and
in
the
towers
was
Jonathan
the
son
of
Uzziah;
\VS{26}Over
those
who
did
the
work
of
the
field
for tillage
of
the
ground
was
Ezri
the
son
of
Chelub.
\VS{27}Over
the
vineyards
was
Shimei
the
Ramathite.
Over
the increase
of
the
vineyards
for
the
wine
cellars
was
Zabdi
the
Shiphmite.
\VS{28}Over
the
olive
trees
and
the
sycamore
trees
that
were
in
the
lowland
was Baal Hanan
the
Gederite.
Over
the
cellars
of
oil
was
Joash.
\VS{29}Over
the
herds
that fed
in
Sharon
was
Shitrai
the
Sharonite.
Over
the
herds
that
were
in
the
valleys
was
Shaphat
the
son
of
Adlai.
\VS{30}Over
the
camels
was
Obil
the
Ishmaelite.
Over
the
donkeys
was
Jehdeiah
the
Meronothite.
Over
the flocks
was Jaziz
the Hagrite.
\VS{31}All
these
were
the
rulers
of
the
property
which
was
King
David’s.
\par }{\PP \VS{32}Also
Jonathan,
David’s
uncle,
was
a
counselor,
a
man
of
understanding,
and
a
scribe.
Jehiel
the
son
of
Hachmoni
was
with
the
king’s
sons.
\VS{33}Ahithophel
was
the
king’s
counselor.
Hushai
the
Archite
was
the
king’s
friend.
\VS{34}After
Ahithophel
was
Jehoiada
the
son
of
Benaiah,
and
Abiathar.
Joab
was
the
captain
of
the
king’s
army.

\par }\Chap{28}{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
assembled
all
the
princes
of
Israel,
the
princes
of
the
tribes,
the
captains
of
the companies
who
served
the
king
by
division,
the
captains
of
thousands,
the
captains
of
hundreds,
and
the
rulers
over
all
the
substance
and
possessions
of
the
king
and
of
his
sons,
with
the
officers
and
the
mighty
men,
even
all
the
mighty
men
of
valor,
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}Then
David
the
king
stood
up
on
his
feet
and
said, “Hear
me,
my
brothers
and
my
people!
As
for
me,
it
was
in
my
heart
to
build
a
house
of
rest
for
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant,
and
for
the footstool
of
our
God;
and
I
had
prepared
for
the
building.
\VS{3}But
God
said
to
me, ‘You
shall
not
build
a
house
for
my
name,
because
you
are
a
man
of
war
and
have
shed
blood.’
\VS{4}However
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel,
chose
me
out
of
all
the
house
of
my
father
to
be
king
over
Israel
forever.
For
he
has
chosen
Judah
to
be
prince;
and
in
the
house
of
Judah,
the
house
of
my
father;
and
among
the
sons
of
my
father
he
took
pleasure
in
me
to
make
me
king
over
all
Israel.
\VS{5}Of
all
my
sons (for
Yahweh
has
given
me
many
sons),
he
has
chosen
Solomon
my
son
to
sit
on
the
throne
of
Yahweh’s
kingdom
over
Israel.
\VS{6}He
said
to
me, ‘Solomon,
your
son,
shall
build
my
house
and
my courts;
for
I
have
chosen
him
to
be
my
son,
and
I
will
be
his
father.
\VS{7}I
will
establish
his
kingdom
forever
if
he continues
to
do
my
commandments
and
my
ordinances,
as
it
is
today.’
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Now
therefore,
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel,
Yahweh’s
assembly,
and
in
the audience
of
our
God,
observe
and
seek
out
all
the
commandments
of
Yahweh
your
God,
that
you
may
possess
this
good
land,
and
leave
it
for
an
inheritance
to
your
children
after
you
forever.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}You,
Solomon
my
son,
know
the
God
of
your
father,
and
serve
him
with
a
perfect
heart
and
with
a
willing
mind;
for
Yahweh
searches
all
hearts,
and
understands
all
the imaginations
of
the
thoughts.
If
you
seek
him,
he
will
be
found
by
you;
but
if
you
forsake
him,
he
will cast
you
off
forever.
\VS{10}Take
heed
now,
for
Yahweh
has
chosen
you
to
build
a
house
for
the
sanctuary.
Be
strong,
and
do
it.”
\par }{\PP \VS{11}Then
David
gave
to
Solomon
his
son
the plans
for
the
porch
of
the
temple,
for
its
houses,
for
its treasuries,
for
its
upper
rooms,
for
its
inner
rooms,
for
the
place
of
the
mercy
seat;
\VS{12}and
the plans
of
all
that
he
had
by
the
Spirit,
for
the courts
of
Yahweh’s
house,
for
all
the
surrounding
rooms,
for
the
treasuries
of
God’s
house,
and
for
the
treasuries
of
the
dedicated
things;
\VS{13}also
for
the
divisions
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites,
for
all
the
work
of
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house,
and
for
all
the
vessels
of
service
in
Yahweh’s
house—
\VS{14}of
gold
by
weight
for
the
gold
for
all
vessels
of
every
kind
of
service,
for
all
the
vessels
of
silver
by
weight,
for
all
vessels
of
every
kind
of
service;
\VS{15}by
weight also
for
the
lamp stands
of
gold,
and
for its
lamps,
of
gold,
by
weight
for every
lamp stand
and
for its
lamps;
and
for
the
lamp stands
of
silver,
by
weight
for every
lamp stand
and
for its
lamps, according
to
the
use
of every
lamp stand;
\VS{16}and
the
gold
by
weight
for
the
tables
of show bread,
for every
table;
and
silver
for
the
tables
of
silver;
\VS{17}and the forks, the
basins,
and the cups,
of
pure
gold;
and
for the
golden
bowls
by
weight
for every
bowl;
and
for the
silver
bowls
by
weight
for every
bowl;
\VS{18}and
for
the
altar
of
incense,
refined
gold
by
weight;
and
gold
for
the plans
for
the
chariot,
and
the
cherubim
that
spread
out
and cover
the
ark
of
Yahweh’s
covenant.
\VS{19}“All
this”,
David said, “I
have
been
made
to
understand
in
writing
from
Yahweh’s
hand,
even
all
the
works
of
this
pattern.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}David
said
to
Solomon
his
son, “Be
strong
and
courageous,
and
do
it.
Don’t
be
afraid,
nor
be
dismayed,
for
Yahweh
God,
even
my
God,
is
with
you.
He
will
not
fail
you
nor
forsake
you,
until
all
the
work
for
the
service
of
Yahweh’s
house
is
finished.
\VS{21}Behold,
there
are
the
divisions
of
the
priests
and
the
Levites
for
all
the
service
of
God’s
house.
Every
willing
man
who
has
skill
for
any
kind
of
service
shall
be
with
you
in
all
kinds
of
work.
Also
the
captains
and
all
the
people
will
be
entirely
at
your
command.”

\par }\Chap{29}{\PP \VerseOne{1}David
the
king
said
to
all
the
assembly, “Solomon
my
son,
whom
alone
God
has
chosen,
is
yet
young
and
tender,
and
the
work
is
great;
for
the palace
is
not
for
man,
but
for
Yahweh
God.
\VS{2}Now
I
have
prepared
with
all
my
might
for
the
house
of
my
God
the
gold
for
the
things
of
gold,
the
silver
for
the
things
of
silver,
the
bronze
for
the
things
of
bronze,
iron
for
the
things
of
iron,
and
wood
for
the
things
of
wood,
also
onyx
stones,
stones
to
be
set,
stones
for
inlaid
work
of
various
colors,
all
kinds
of
precious
stones,
and marble
stones
in
abundance.
\VS{3}In addition,
because
I
have
set
my affection
on
the
house
of
my
God,
since
I
have
a
treasure
of
my own
of
gold
and
silver,
I
give
it
to
the
house
of
my
God,
over
and
above
all
that
I
have
prepared
for
the
holy
house:
\VS{4}even
three
thousand
talents
of
gold,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 29:4 }
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 3000 talents is about 90 metric tons}
of
the
gold
of
Ophir,
and
seven
thousand
talents\FTNT{†}{{\FR 29:4 }
about 210 metric tons}
of
refined
silver,
with
which
to
overlay
the
walls
of
the
houses;
\VS{5}of
gold
for
the
things
of
gold,
and
of
silver
for
the
things
of
silver,
and
for
all
kinds
of
work
to
be
made
by
the
hands
of artisans.
Who
then offers
willingly
to consecrate
himself
today
to
Yahweh?”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}Then
the
princes
of
the
fathers’
households,
and
the
princes
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
and
the
captains
of
thousands
and
of
hundreds,
with
the
rulers
over
the
king’s
work,
offered
willingly;
\VS{7}and
they
gave
for
the
service
of
God’s
house
of
gold
five
thousand
talents\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 29:7 }
A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces, so 5000 talents is about 150 metric tons}
and
ten
thousand
darics,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 29:7 }
a daric was a gold coin issued by a Persian king, weighing about 8.4 grams or about 0.27 troy ounces each.}
of
silver
ten
thousand
talents,
of
bronze eighteen
thousand
talents,
and
of
iron
one
hundred
thousand
talents.
\VS{8}People
with whom
precious
stones
were
found
gave
them
to
the
treasure
of
Yahweh’s
house,
under
the
hand
of
Jehiel
the
Gershonite.
\VS{9}Then
the
people
rejoiced,
because
they
offered
willingly,
because
with
a
perfect
heart
they
offered
willingly
to
Yahweh;
and
David
the
king
also
rejoiced
with
great
joy.
\par }{\PP \VS{10}Therefore
David
blessed
Yahweh
before
all
the
assembly;
and
David
said, “You
are
blessed,
Yahweh,
the
God
of
Israel
our
father,
forever
and
ever.
\VS{11}Yours,
Yahweh,
is
the
greatness,
the
power,
the
glory,
the
victory,
and
the
majesty!
For
all
that
is
in
the
heavens
and
in
the
earth
is yours. Yours
is
the
kingdom,
Yahweh,
and
you
are exalted
as
head above
all.
\VS{12}Both
riches
and
honor come
from
you,
and
you
rule
over
all!
In
your
hand
is
power
and
might!
It
is
in
your
hand
to
make
great,
and
to give
strength
to
all!
\VS{13}Now
therefore,
our
God,
we
thank
you
and
praise
your
glorious
name.
\VS{14}But
who
am
I,
and
what
is
my
people,
that
we
should
be
able
to
offer
so
willingly
as
this?
For
all
things come
from
you,
and
we
have
given
you
of
your own.
\VS{15}For
we
are
strangers
before
you
and
foreigners,
as
all
our
fathers
were.
Our
days
on
the
earth
are
as
a
shadow,
and
there
is
no remaining.
\VS{16}Yahweh
our
God,
all
this store
that
we
have
prepared
to
build
you
a
house
for
your
holy
name comes
from
your
hand,
and
is
all
your own.
\VS{17}I
know
also,
my
God,
that
you
try
the
heart
and
have
pleasure
in
uprightness.
As
for
me,
in
the
uprightness
of
my
heart
I
have
willingly
offered
all
these
things.
Now
I
have
seen
with
joy
your
people,
who
are
present
here,
offer
willingly
to
you.
\VS{18}Yahweh,
the
God
of
Abraham,
of
Isaac,
and
of
Israel,
our
fathers,
keep
this
desire
forever
in
the
thoughts
of
the
heart
of
your
people,
and
prepare
their
heart
for
you;
\VS{19}and
give
to
Solomon
my
son
a
perfect
heart,
to
keep
your
commandments,
your
testimonies,
and
your
statutes,
and
to
do
all
these
things,
and
to
build
the palace,
for
which
I
have
made
provision.”
\par }{\PP \VS{20}Then
David
said
to
all
the
assembly, “Now
bless
Yahweh
your
God!”
\par }{\PP All
the
assembly
blessed
Yahweh,
the
God
of
their
fathers,
and
bowed
down
their heads
and
prostrated
themselves
before
Yahweh
and
the
king.
\VS{21}They
sacrificed
sacrifices
to
Yahweh
and
offered
burnt
offerings
to
Yahweh
on
the
next
day
after
that
day, even
one
thousand
bulls,
one
thousand
rams,
and
one
thousand
lambs,
with
their drink
offerings
and
sacrifices
in
abundance
for
all
Israel,
\VS{22}and
ate
and
drank
before
Yahweh
on
that
day
with
great
gladness.
They made
Solomon
the
son
of
David
king
the
second
time,
and
anointed
him
before
Yahweh
to
be
prince,
and
Zadok
to
be
priest.
\par }{\PP \VS{23}Then
Solomon
sat
on
the
throne
of
Yahweh
as
king
instead
of
David
his
father,
and prospered;
and
all
Israel
obeyed
him.
\VS{24}All
the
princes,
the
mighty
men,
and
also
all
of
the
sons
of
King
David submitted themselves
to
Solomon
the
king.
\VS{25}Yahweh
magnified
Solomon
exceedingly
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel,
and
gave
to
him
such
royal
majesty
as
had
not
been
on
any
king
before
him
in
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{26}Now
David
the
son
of
Jesse
reigned
over
all
Israel.
\VS{27}The
time
that
he
reigned
over
Israel
was
forty
years;
he
reigned
seven
years
in
Hebron,
and
he
reigned
thirty-three
years
in
Jerusalem.
\VS{28}He
died
at
a
good
old
age,
full
of
days,
riches,
and
honor;
and
Solomon
his
son
reigned
in
his
place.
\VS{29}Now
the
acts
of
David
the
king,
first
and
last,
behold,
they
are
written
in
the history
of
Samuel
the
seer,
and
in
the history
of
Nathan
the
prophet,
and
in
the history
of
Gad
the
seer,
\VS{30}with
all
his
reign
and
his
might,
and
the events
that involved
him,
Israel,
and
all
the
kingdoms
of
the
lands.
\par }