Kenan,
Mahalaleel, Jered,
Henoch,
Methuselah, Lamech,
Noah,
Shem, Ham,
and Japheth.
The sons
of Japheth;
Gomer,
and Magog,
and Madai,
and Javan,
and Tubal,
and Meshech,
and Tiras.
And the sons
of Gomer;
Ashchenaz,
and Riphath,
and Togarmah.
And the sons
of Javan;
Elishah,
and Tarshish, Kittim,
and Dodanim.
The sons of Ham;
Cush,
and Mizraim, Put,
and Canaan.
And the sons
of Cush;
Seba,
and Havilah,
and Sabta,
and Raamah,
and Sabtecha.
And the sons
of Raamah;
Sheba,
and Dedan.
And Cush
begat Nimrod:
he began
to be mighty
upon the earth.
And Mizraim
begat Ludim,
and Anamim,
and Lehabim,
and Naphtuhim,
And Pathrusim,
and Casluhim,
(of whom came the Philistines,)
and Caphthorim.
And Canaan
begat Zidon
his firstborn,
and Heth,
The Jebusite also,
and the Amorite,
and the Girgashite,
And the Hivite,
and the Arkite,
and the Sinite,
And the Arvadite,
and the Zemarite,
and the Hamathite.
The sons of Shem;
Elam,
and Asshur,
and Arphaxad,
and Lud,
and Aram,
and Uz,
and Hul,
and Gether,
and Meshech.
And Arphaxad
begat Shelah,
and Shelah
begat Eber.
And unto Eber
were born
two sons:
the name
of the one
was Peleg;
because in his days
the earth
was divided:
and his brother's name
was Joktan.
And Joktan
begat Almodad,
and Sheleph,
and Hazarmaveth,
and Jerah,
Hadoram also,
and Uzal,
and Diklah,
And Ebal,
and Abimael,
and Sheba,
And Ophir,
and Havilah,
and Jobab.
All these
were the sons
of Joktan.
Abram;
the same is Abraham.
The sons
of Abraham;
Isaac,
and Ishmael.
These are their generations:
The firstborn
of Ishmael, Nebaioth;
then Kedar,
and Adbeel,
and Mibsam,
Mishma,
and Dumah, Massa, Hadad,
and Tema,
Jetur,
Naphish,
and Kedemah.
These are the sons
of Ishmael.
Now the sons
of Keturah,
Abraham's concubine:
she bare Zimran,
and Jokshan,
and Medan,
and Midian,
and Ishbak,
and Shuah.
And the sons
of Jokshan;
Sheba,
and Dedan.
And the sons
of Midian;
Ephah,
and Epher,
and Henoch,
and Abida,
and Eldaah.
All these
are the sons
of Keturah.
And Abraham
begat Isaac.
The sons
of Isaac;
Esau and Israel.
The sons of Esau;
Eliphaz, Reuel,
and Jeush,
and Jaalam,
and Korah.
The sons
of Eliphaz;
Teman,
and Omar, Zephi,
and Gatam, Kenaz,
and Timna,
and Amalek.
The sons
of Reuel;
Nahath, Zerah,
Shammah,
and Mizzah.
And the sons
of Seir;
Lotan,
and Shobal,
and Zibeon,
and Anah,
and Dishon,
and Ezar,
and Dishan.
And the sons
of Lotan;
Hori,
and Homam:
and Timna
was Lotan's sister.
The sons
of Shobal;
Alian,
and Manahath,
and Ebal, Shephi,
and Onam.
and the sons
of Zibeon;
Aiah,
and Anah.
The sons of Anah;
Dishon.
And the sons
of Dishon;
Amram,
and Eshban,
and Ithran,
and Cheran.
The sons of Ezer;
Bilhan,
and Zavan,
and Jakan.
The sons
of Dishan;
Uz,
and Aran.
Now these
are the kings
that 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.
And
when Bela
was dead,
Jobab the son
of Zerah
of Bozrah
reigned
in his stead.
And
when Jobab
was dead,
Husham
of the land
of the Temanites
reigned
in his stead.
And
when Husham
was dead,
Hadad the son
of Bedad,
which smote Midian
in the field
of Moab,
reigned
in his stead:
and the name
of his city was Avith.
And
when Hadad
was dead,
Samlah
of Masrekah
reigned
in his stead.
And
when Samlah
was dead,
Shaul of Rehoboth
by the river
reigned
in his stead.
And
when Shaul
was dead,
Baalhanan
the son
of Achbor
reigned
in his stead.
And
when Baalhanan
was dead,
Hadad
reigned
in his stead:
and the name
of his city
was Pai;
and his wife's name
was Mehetabel,
the daughter
of Matred,
the daughter
of Mezahab.
Hadad died also.
And
the dukes
of Edom were;
duke Timnah,
duke Aliah,
duke Jetheth,
Duke Aholibamah,
duke Elah,
duke Pinon,
Duke Kenaz,
duke Teman,
duke Mibzar,
Duke Magdiel,
duke Iram.
These are the dukes
of Edom.
These are the sons
of Israel;
Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
and Judah, Issachar,
and Zebulun,
Dan,
Joseph,
and Benjamin, Naphtali,
Gad,
and Asher.
The sons
of Judah;
Er,
and Onan,
and Shelah:
which three
were born
unto him
of the daughter
of Shua the Canaanitess.
And Er,
the firstborn
of Judah,
was evil
in the sight
of the LORD;
and he slew him.
And Tamar
his daughter
in law
bore him Pharez
and Zerah.
All
the sons
of Judah were five.
The sons
of Pharez;
Hezron,
and Hamul.
And the sons
of Zerah;
Zimri,
and Ethan,
and Heman,
and Calcol,
and Dara:
five of them
in all.
And the sons
of Carmi;
Achar,
the troubler
of Israel,
who transgressed
in the thing accursed.
And the sons
of Ethan;
Azariah.
The sons
also of Hezron,
that were born unto him;
Jerahmeel,
and Ram,
and Chelubai.
And Ram
begat Amminadab;
and Amminadab
begat Nahshon,
prince of the children
of Judah;
And Nahshon
begat Salma,
and Salma
begat Boaz,
And Boaz
begat Obed,
and Obed
begat Jesse,
And Jesse
begat his firstborn Eliab,
and Abinadab
the second,
and Shimma
the third,
Nethaneel the fourth,
Raddai the fifth,
Ozem the sixth,
David the seventh:
Whose sisters
were Zeruiah,
and Abigail.
And the sons
of Zeruiah;
Abishai,
and Joab,
and Asahel,
three.
And Abigail
bare Amasa:
and
the father
of Amasa
was Jether
the Ishmeelite.
And Caleb
the son
of Hezron
begat children
of Azubah his wife,
and of Jerioth:
her sons
are these;
Jesher,
and Shobab,
and Ardon.
And
when Azubah
was dead,
Caleb took unto him Ephrath,
which bare him Hur.
And Hur
begat Uri,
and Uri
begat Bezaleel.
And afterward
Hezron went in
to the daughter
of Machir
the father
of Gilead,
whom
he married
when
he was threescore years old;
and
she bare him Segub.
And Segub
begat Jair,
who had three
and twenty cities
in the land
of Gilead.
And
he took Geshur,
and Aram,
with the towns
of Jair,
from them,
with Kenath,
and the towns
thereof,
even threescore cities.
All these
belonged
to the sons
of Machir
the father
of Gilead.
And after that Hezron
was dead
in Calebephratah,
then Abiah Hezron's wife
bare him Ashur
the father
of Tekoa.
And the sons
of Jerahmeel the firstborn
of Hezron were,
Ram the firstborn,
and Bunah,
and Oren,
and Ozem,
and Ahijah.
Jerahmeel
had also
another wife,
whose name
was Atarah;
she was the mother
of Onam.
And the sons
of Ram the firstborn
of Jerahmeel were,
Maaz,
and Jamin,
and Eker.
And
the sons
of Onam were,
Shammai,
and Jada.
And the sons
of Shammai;
Nadab and Abishur.
And the name
of the wife
of Abishur
was Abihail,
and
she bare him Ahban,
and Molid.
And the sons
of Nadab;
Seled,
and Appaim:
but Seled
died
without children.
And the sons
of Appaim;
Ishi.
And the sons
of Ishi;
Sheshan.
And the children
of Sheshan;
Ahlai.
And the sons
of Jada
the brother
of Shammai;
Jether,
and Jonathan:
and Jether
died
without children.
And the sons
of Jonathan;
Peleth,
and Zaza.
These were the sons
of Jerahmeel.
Now Sheshan
had no sons,
but daughters.
And Sheshan
had
a servant,
an Egyptian,
whose name was Jarha.
And Sheshan
gave
his daughter
to Jarha
his servant
to wife;
and
she bare him Attai.
And Attai
begat Nathan,
and Nathan
begat Zabad,
And Zabad
begat Ephlal,
and Ephlal
begat Obed,
And Obed
begat Jehu,
and Jehu
begat Azariah,
And Azariah
begat Helez,
and Helez
begat Eleasah,
And Eleasah
begat Sisamai,
and Sisamai
begat Shallum,
And Shallum
begat Jekamiah,
and Jekamiah
begat Elishama.
Now the sons
of Caleb
the brother
of Jerahmeel were,
Mesha his firstborn,
which was the father
of Ziph;
and the sons
of Mareshah
the father
of Hebron.
And the sons
of Hebron;
Korah,
and Tappuah,
and Rekem,
and Shema.
And Shema
begat Raham,
the father
of Jorkoam:
and Rekem
begat Shammai.
And
the son
of Shammai
was Maon:
and Maon
was the father
of Bethzur.
And Ephah,
Caleb's concubine,
bare Haran,
and Moza,
and Gazez:
and Haran
begat Gazez.
And the sons
of Jahdai;
Regem,
and Jotham,
and Gesham,
and Pelet,
and Ephah,
and Shaaph.
Maachah,
Caleb's concubine,
bare Sheber,
and Tirhanah.
She bare also Shaaph
the father
of Madmannah,
Sheva the father
of Machbenah,
and the father
of Gibea:
and
the daughter
of Caleb was Achsa.
These were the sons
of Caleb
the son of Hur,
the firstborn
of Ephratah;
Shobal the father
of Kirjathjearim.
Salma the father
of Bethlehem,
Hareph the father
of Bethgader.
And Shobal
the father
of Kirjathjearim
had sons;
Haroeh,
and half
of the Manahethites.
And the families
of Kirjathjearim;
the Ithrites,
and the Puhites,
and the Shumathites,
and the Mishraites;
of them came the Zareathites,
and the Eshtaulites,
The sons
of Salma;
Bethlehem,
and the Netophathites,
Ataroth,
the house
of Joab,
and half
of the Manahethites,
the Zorites.
And the families
of the scribes
which dwelt
at Jabez;
the Tirathites,
the Shimeathites,
and Suchathites.
These are the Kenites
that came
of Hemath,
the father
of the house
of Rechab.
Now these
were the sons
of David,
which were born
unto him
in Hebron;
the firstborn Amnon,
of Ahinoam
the Jezreelitess;
the second Daniel,
of Abigail the Carmelitess:
The third,
Absalom the son
of Maachah the daughter
of Talmai king
of Geshur:
the fourth,
Adonijah the son
of Haggith:
The fifth,
Shephatiah
of Abital:
the sixth,
Ithream
by Eglah his wife.
These six
were born
unto him
in Hebron;
and there
he reigned seven years
and six months:
and in Jerusalem
he reigned thirty
and three years.
And these
were born
unto him
in Jerusalem;
Shimea,
and Shobab,
and Nathan,
and Solomon,
four,
of Bathshua
the daughter
of Ammiel:
Ibhar also,
and Elishama,
and Eliphelet,
And Nogah,
and Nepheg,
and Japhia,
And Elishama,
and Eliada,
and Eliphelet,
nine.
These were all
the sons
of David,
beside the sons
of the concubines,
and Tamar
their sister.
And Solomon's son
was Rehoboam,
Abia his son,
Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
Joram his son,
Ahaziah his son,
Joash his son,
Amaziah his son,
Azariah his son,
Jotham his son,
Ahaz his son,
Hezekiah his son,
Manasseh his son,
Amon his son,
Josiah his son.
And
the sons
of Josiah were,
the firstborn Johanan,
the second Jehoiakim,
the third Zedekiah,
the fourth Shallum.
And the sons
of Jehoiakim:
Jeconiah his son,
Zedekiah his son.
And the sons
of Jeconiah;
Assir,
Salathiel his son,
Malchiram also,
and Pedaiah,
and Shenazar, Jecamiah,
Hoshama,
and Nedabiah.
And
the sons
of Pedaiah were,
Zerubbabel,
and Shimei:
and the sons
of Zerubbabel;
Meshullam,
and Hananiah,
and Shelomith
their sister:
And Hashubah,
and Ohel,
and Berechiah,
and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed,
five.
And the sons
of Hananiah;
Pelatiah,
and Jesaiah:
the sons
of Rephaiah,
the sons
of Arnan,
the sons
of Obadiah,
the sons
of Shechaniah.
And the sons
of Shechaniah;
Shemaiah:
and the sons
of Shemaiah;
Hattush,
and Igeal,
and Bariah,
and Neariah,
and Shaphat,
six.
And the sons
of Neariah;
Elioenai,
and Hezekiah,
and Azrikam,
three.
And
the sons
of Elioenai were,
Hodaiah,
and Eliashib,
and Pelaiah,
and Akkub,
and Johanan,
and Dalaiah,
and Anani,
seven.
The sons
of Judah;
Pharez, Hezron,
and Carmi,
and Hur,
and Shobal.
And Reaiah
the son
of Shobal
begat Jahath;
and Jahath
begat Ahumai,
and Lahad.
These are the families
of the Zorathites.
And these
were of the father
of Etam;
Jezreel,
and Ishma,
and Idbash:
and
the name
of their sister
was Hazelelponi:
And Penuel
the father
of Gedor,
and Ezer
the father
of Hushah.
These are the sons
of Hur,
the firstborn
of Ephratah,
the father
of Bethlehem.
And Ashur
the father
of Tekoa
had two wives,
Helah and Naarah.
And Naarah
bare him Ahuzam,
and Hepher,
and Temeni,
and Haahashtari.
These were the sons
of Naarah.
And
the sons
of Helah were,
Zereth,
and Jezoar,
and Ethnan.
And Coz
begat Anub,
and Zobebah,
and the families
of Aharhel
the son
of Harum.
And Jabez
was more honourable
than his brethren:
and his mother
called his name Jabez,
saying,
Because I
bare him
with sorrow.
And Jabez
called on
the God
of Israel,
saying,
Oh that thou
wouldest bless me indeed,
and enlarge
my coast,
and
that thine hand
might be with me,
and that thou
wouldest keep me
from evil,
that it
may not grieve me!
And God
granted him that
which he requested.
And Chelub
the brother
of Shuah
begat Mehir,
which was the father
of Eshton.
And Eshton
begat Bethrapha,
and Paseah,
and Tehinnah
the father
of Irnahash.
These are the men
of Rechah.
And the sons
of Kenaz;
Othniel,
and Seraiah:
and the sons
of Othniel;
Hathath.
And Meonothai
begat Ophrah:
and Seraiah
begat Joab,
the father
of the valley
of Charashim;
for they
were craftsmen.
And the sons
of Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh;
Iru, Elah,
and Naam:
and the sons
of Elah,
even Kenaz.
And the sons
of Jehaleleel;
Ziph,
and Ziphah, Tiria,
and Asareel.
And
the sons
of Ezra were,
Jether,
and Mered,
and Epher,
and Jalon:
and
she bare Miriam,
and Shammai,
and Ishbah
the father
of Eshtemoa.
And his wife Jehudijah
bare Jered
the father
of Gedor,
and Heber
the father
of Socho,
and Jekuthiel
the father
of Zanoah.
And these
are the sons
of Bithiah
the daughter
of Pharaoh,
which Mered took.
And the sons
of his wife
Hodiah the sister
of Naham,
the father
of Keilah the Garmite,
and Eshtemoa
the Maachathite.
And
the sons
of Shimon were,
Amnon,
and Rinnah, Benhanan,
and Tilon.
And
the sons
of Ishi were,
Zoheth,
and Benzoheth.
The sons
of Shelah
the son
of Judah were,
Er the father
of Lecah,
and Laadah
the father
of Mareshah,
and the families
of the house
of them that
wrought fine linen,
of the house
of Ashbea,
And Jokim,
and the men
of Chozeba,
and Joash,
and Saraph,
who had the dominion
in Moab,
and Jashubilehem.
And these
are ancient things.
These were the potters,
and those
that dwelt
among plants
and hedges:
there
they dwelt
with the king
for his work.
The sons
of Simeon were,
Nemuel,
and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah,
and Shaul:
Shallum his son,
Mibsam his son,
Mishma his son.
And the sons
of Mishma;
Hamuel his son,
Zacchur his son,
Shimei his son.
And Shimei
had sixteen sons
and six daughters:
but his brethren
had not
many children,
neither did all
their family multiply,
like to the children
of Judah.
And they
dwelt
at Beersheba,
and Moladah,
and Hazarshual,
And at Bilhah,
and at Ezem,
and at Tolad,
And at Bethuel,
and at Hormah,
and at Ziklag,
And
at Bethmarcaboth,
and Hazarsusim,
and at Bethbirei,
and at Shaaraim.
These were their cities
unto the reign
of David.
And their villages were,
Etam,
and Ain, Rimmon,
and Tochen,
and Ashan,
five cities:
And all
their villages
that were round
about the same cities,
unto Baal.
These were their habitations,
and their genealogy.
And Meshobab,
and Jamlech,
and Joshah,
the son
of Amaziah,
And Joel,
and Jehu
the son
of Josibiah,
the son
of Seraiah,
the son
of Asiel,
And Elioenai,
and Jaakobah,
and Jeshohaiah,
and Asaiah,
and Adiel,
and Jesimiel,
and Benaiah,
And Ziza
the son
of Shiphi,
the son of Allon,
the son
of Jedaiah,
the son
of Shimri,
the son
of Shemaiah;
These mentioned
by their names
were princes
in their families:
and
the house
of their fathers
increased greatly.
And
they went to the entrance
of Gedor,
even unto the east side
of the valley,
to seek pasture
for their flocks.
And
they found fat pasture
and good,
and the land
was wide,
and quiet,
and peaceable;
for they of Ham
had
dwelt there
of old.
And these
written
by name
came in the days
of Hezekiah king
of Judah,
and smote their tents,
and the habitations
that were found there,
and destroyed them
utterly unto this day,
and dwelt
in their rooms:
because
there was
pasture
there
for their flocks.
And some of them,
even of the sons
of Simeon,
five hundred men,
went to mount Seir,
having
for their captains Pelatiah,
and Neariah,
and Rephaiah,
and Uzziel,
the sons
of Ishi.
And
they smote
the rest
of the Amalekites
that were escaped,
and dwelt there
unto this day.
Now the sons
of Reuben
the firstborn
of Israel,
(for he
was the firstborn;
but forasmuch as he
defiled his father's bed,
his birthright
was given
unto the sons
of Joseph
the son
of Israel:
and the genealogy
is not
to be reckoned
after the birthright.
For Judah
prevailed above
his brethren,
and of him came
the chief ruler;
but the birthright
was Joseph's:)
The sons,
I say,
of Reuben the firstborn
of Israel were,
Hanoch,
and Pallu, Hezron,
and Carmi.
The sons of Joel;
Shemaiah his son,
Gog his son,
Shimei his son,
Micah his son,
Reaia his son,
Baal his son,
Beerah his son,
whom Tilgathpilneser king
of Assyria carried away captive:
he was prince
of the Reubenites.
And his brethren
by their families,
when
the genealogy
of their generations
was reckoned,
were the chief,
Jeiel,
and Zechariah,
And Bela
the son
of Azaz,
the son of Shema,
the son of Joel,
who dwelt
in Aroer,
even unto Nebo
and Baalmeon:
And eastward
he inhabited
unto the entering in
of the wilderness
from the river Euphrates:
because
their cattle
were multiplied in the land
of Gilead.
And in the days
of Saul
they made
war with the Hagarites,
who fell
by their hand:
and
they dwelt
in their tents
throughout all
the east land
of Gilead.
And the children
of Gad
dwelt over against them,
in the land
of Bashan
unto Salcah:
Joel the chief,
and Shapham
the next,
and Jaanai,
and Shaphat
in Bashan.
And their brethren
of the house
of their fathers were,
Michael,
and Meshullam,
and Sheba,
and Jorai,
and Jachan,
and Zia,
and Heber,
seven.
These are the children
of Abihail
the son of Huri,
the son
of Jaroah,
the son
of Gilead,
the son
of Michael,
the son
of Jeshishai,
the son of Jahdo,
the son
of Buz;
Ahi the son
of Abdiel,
the son of Guni,
chief of the house
of their fathers.
And
they dwelt
in Gilead
in Bashan,
and in her towns,
and
in all the suburbs
of Sharon,
upon their borders.
All these
were reckoned
by genealogies
in the days
of Jotham king
of Judah,
and in the days
of Jeroboam king
of Israel.
The sons
of Reuben,
and the Gadites,
and half
the tribe
of Manasseh,
of valiant men,
men able
to bear buckler
and sword,
and
to shoot
with bow,
and skilful
in war,
were four
and forty thousand seven hundred
and threescore,
that went out
to the war.
And they
made
war with the Hagarites,
with Jetur,
and Nephish,
and Nodab.
And
they
were helped against them,
and the Hagarites
were delivered
into their hand,
and all
that were with them:
for they cried
to God
in the battle,
and
he was intreated of them;
because
they put
their trust
in him.
And
they took away
their cattle;
of their camels fifty thousand,
and of sheep two hundred
and fifty thousand,
and
of asses two thousand,
and of men
an hundred thousand.
For there fell down many slain,
because
the war was of God.
And they
dwelt
in their steads
until the captivity.
And the children
of the half tribe
of Manasseh
dwelt
in the land:
they increased
from Bashan
unto Baalhermon
and Senir,
and unto mount Hermon.
And these
were the heads
of the house
of their fathers,
even Epher,
and Ishi,
and Eliel,
and Azriel,
and Jeremiah,
and Hodaviah,
and Jahdiel,
mighty men
of valour,
famous men,
and heads
of the house
of their fathers.
And
they transgressed
against the God
of their fathers,
and went
a whoring
after the gods
of the people
of the land,
whom God
destroyed
before them.
And
the God
of Israel
stirred
up the spirit
of Pul king
of Assyria,
and the spirit
of Tilgathpilneser king
of Assyria,
and
he carried them away,
even the Reubenites,
and the Gadites,
and the half tribe
of Manasseh,
and brought them
unto Halah,
and Habor,
and Hara,
and
to the river Gozan,
unto this day.
The sons of Levi;
Gershon, Kohath,
and Merari.
And the sons
of Kohath;
Amram, Izhar,
and Hebron,
and Uzziel.
And the children
of Amram;
Aaron,
and Moses,
and Miriam.
The sons
also of Aaron;
Nadab,
and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
Eleazar begat Phinehas,
Phinehas begat Abishua,
And Abishua
begat Bukki,
and Bukki
begat Uzzi,
And Uzzi
begat Zerahiah,
and Zerahiah
begat Meraioth,
Meraioth begat Amariah,
and Amariah
begat Ahitub,
And Ahitub
begat Zadok,
and Zadok
begat Ahimaaz,
And Ahimaaz
begat Azariah,
and Azariah
begat Johanan,
And Johanan
begat Azariah,
(he it
is
that executed
the priest's office
in the temple
that Solomon
built
in Jerusalem:)
And Azariah
begat Amariah,
and Amariah
begat Ahitub,
And Ahitub
begat Zadok,
and Zadok
begat Shallum,
And Shallum
begat Hilkiah,
and Hilkiah
begat Azariah,
And Azariah
begat Seraiah,
and Seraiah
begat Jehozadak,
And Jehozadak
went into captivity,
when the LORD
carried away Judah
and Jerusalem
by the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar.
The sons of Levi;
Gershom, Kohath,
and Merari.
And these
be the names
of the sons
of Gershom;
Libni,
and Shimei.
And
the sons
of Kohath were,
Amram,
and Izhar,
and Hebron,
and Uzziel.
The sons
of Merari;
Mahli,
and Mushi.
And these
are the families
of the Levites
according to their fathers.
Of Gershom;
Libni his son,
Jahath his son,
Zimmah his son,
Joah his son,
Iddo his son,
Zerah his son,
Jeaterai his son.
The sons
of Kohath;
Amminadab his son,
Korah his son,
Assir his son,
Elkanah his son,
and Ebiasaph
his son,
and Assir
his son,
Tahath his son,
Uriel his son,
Uzziah his son,
and Shaul
his son.
And the sons
of Elkanah;
Amasai,
and Ahimoth.
As for Elkanah:
the sons
of Elkanah;
Zophai his son,
and Nahath
his son,
Eliab his son,
Jeroham his son,
Elkanah his son.
And the sons
of Samuel;
the firstborn Vashni,
and Abiah.
The sons
of Merari;
Mahli,
Libni his son,
Shimei his son,
Uzza his son,
Shimea his son,
Haggiah his son,
Asaiah his son.
And these
are
they
whom David set
over the service
of song
in the house
of the LORD,
after that
the ark had rest.
And
they ministered
before the dwelling
place
of the tabernacle
of the congregation
with singing,
until Solomon
had built
the house
of the LORD
in Jerusalem:
and
then they
waited
on their office
according to their order.
And these
are
they
that waited
with their children.
Of the sons
of the Kohathites:
Heman a singer,
the son of Joel,
the son
of Shemuel,
The son
of Elkanah,
the son
of Jeroham,
the son of Eliel,
the son of Toah,
The son of Zuph,
the son
of Elkanah,
the son
of Mahath,
the son
of Amasai,
The son
of Elkanah,
the son of Joel,
the son
of Azariah,
the son
of Zephaniah,
The son
of Tahath,
the son of Assir,
the son
of Ebiasaph,
the son
of Korah,
The son of Izhar,
the son
of Kohath,
the son of Levi,
the son
of Israel.
And his brother Asaph,
who stood
on his right hand,
even Asaph
the son
of Berachiah,
the son
of Shimea,
The son
of Michael,
the son
of Baaseiah,
the son
of Malchiah,
The son of Ethni,
the son of Zerah,
the son
of Adaiah,
The son of Ethan,
the son
of Zimmah,
the son
of Shimei,
The son
of Jahath,
the son
of Gershom,
the son
of Levi.
And their brethren
the sons
of Merari
stood
on the left hand:
Ethan the son
of Kishi,
the son of Abdi,
the son
of Malluch,
The son
of Hashabiah,
the son
of Amaziah,
the son
of Hilkiah,
The son of Amzi,
the son of Bani,
the son
of Shamer,
The son of Mahli,
the son of Mushi,
the son
of Merari,
the son
of Levi.
Their brethren
also the Levites
were appointed unto all manner
of service
of the tabernacle
of the house
of God.
But Aaron
and his sons
offered
upon the altar
of the burnt offering,
and
on the altar
of incense,
and were appointed
for all the work
of the place most holy,
and
to make an atonement
for Israel,
according to all
that Moses the servant
of God
had commanded.
And these
are the sons
of Aaron;
Eleazar his son,
Phinehas his son,
Abishua his son,
Bukki his son,
Uzzi his son,
Zerahiah his son,
Meraioth his son,
Amariah his son,
Ahitub his son,
Zadok his son,
Ahimaaz his son.
Now these
are
their dwelling places
throughout their castles
in their coasts,
of the sons
of Aaron,
of the families
of the Kohathites:
for theirs was the lot.
And
they gave them Hebron
in the land
of Judah,
and the suburbs thereof round
about it.
But the fields
of the city,
and the villages
thereof,
they gave to Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh.
And to the sons
of Aaron
they gave
the cities
of Judah,
namely,
Hebron,
the city
of refuge,
and Libnah
with her suburbs,
and Jattir,
and Eshtemoa,
with their suburbs,
And Hilen
with her suburbs,
Debir
with her suburbs,
And Ashan
with her suburbs,
and Bethshemesh
with her suburbs:
And
out of the tribe
of Benjamin;
Geba
with her suburbs,
and Alemeth
with her suburbs,
and Anathoth
with her suburbs.
All
their cities
throughout their families
were thirteen cities.
And unto the sons
of Kohath,
which were left
of the family
of that tribe,
were
cities
given
out of the half tribe,
namely,
out of the half tribe
of Manasseh,
by lot,
ten cities.
And to the sons
of Gershom
throughout their families
out of the tribe
of Issachar,
and out of the tribe
of Asher,
and out of the tribe
of Naphtali,
and out of the tribe
of Manasseh
in Bashan,
thirteen cities.
Unto the sons
of Merari
were given
by lot,
throughout their families,
out of the tribe
of Reuben,
and
out of the tribe
of Gad,
and
out of the tribe
of Zebulun,
twelve cities.
And the children
of Israel
gave to the Levites
these cities
with their suburbs.
And
they gave by lot
out of the tribe
of the children
of Judah,
and
out of the tribe
of the children
of Simeon,
and
out of the tribe
of the children
of Benjamin,
these cities,
which are called
by their names.
And the residue
of the families
of the sons
of Kohath
had cities
of their coasts
out of the tribe
of Ephraim.
And
they
gave unto them,
of the cities
of refuge,
Shechem
in mount Ephraim
with her suburbs;
they gave also Gezer
with her suburbs,
And Jokmeam
with her suburbs,
and Bethhoron
with her suburbs,
And Aijalon
with her suburbs,
and Gathrimmon
with her suburbs:
And out of the half tribe
of Manasseh;
Aner
with her suburbs,
and Bileam
with her suburbs,
for the family
of the remnant
of the sons
of Kohath.
Unto the sons
of Gershom
were given out of the family
of the half tribe
of Manasseh,
Golan in Bashan
with her suburbs,
and Ashtaroth
with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe
of Issachar;
Kedesh
with her suburbs,
Daberath
with her suburbs,
And Ramoth
with her suburbs,
and Anem
with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe
of Asher;
Mashal
with her suburbs,
and Abdon
with her suburbs,
And Hukok
with her suburbs,
and Rehob
with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe
of Naphtali;
Kedesh
in Galilee
with her suburbs,
and Hammon
with her suburbs,
and Kirjathaim
with her suburbs.
Unto the rest
of the children
of Merari
were given out of the tribe
of Zebulun,
Rimmon
with her suburbs,
Tabor
with her suburbs:
And
on the other side Jordan
by Jericho,
on the east side
of Jordan,
were given them
out of the tribe
of Reuben,
Bezer in the wilderness
with her suburbs,
and Jahzah
with her suburbs,
Kedemoth
also with her suburbs,
and Mephaath
with her suburbs:
And out of the tribe
of Gad;
Ramoth
in Gilead
with her suburbs,
and Mahanaim
with her suburbs,
And Heshbon
with her suburbs,
and Jazer
with her suburbs.
Now
the sons
of Issachar were,
Tola,
and Puah, Jashub,
and Shimrom,
four.
And the sons
of Tola;
Uzzi,
and Rephaiah,
and Jeriel,
and Jahmai,
and Jibsam,
and Shemuel,
heads
of their father's house,
to wit,
of Tola:
they were valiant men
of might in their generations;
whose number
was in the days
of David two
and twenty thousand
and six hundred.
And the sons
of Uzzi;
Izrahiah:
and the sons
of Izrahiah;
Michael,
and Obadiah,
and Joel, Ishiah,
five:
all of them chief men.
And with them,
by their generations,
after the house
of their fathers,
were bands
of soldiers
for war,
six and thirty thousand men:
for they
had many wives
and sons.
And their brethren
among all
the families
of Issachar
were valiant men
of might,
reckoned in
all by their genealogies fourscore
and seven thousand.
The sons
of Benjamin;
Bela,
and Becher,
and Jediael,
three.
And the sons
of Bela;
Ezbon,
and Uzzi,
and Uzziel,
and Jerimoth,
and Iri,
five;
heads
of the house
of their fathers,
mighty men
of valour;
and were reckoned
by their genealogies twenty
and two thousand
and thirty
and four.
And the sons
of Becher;
Zemira,
and Joash,
and Eliezer,
and Elioenai,
and Omri,
and Jerimoth,
and Abiah,
and Anathoth,
and Alameth.
All these
are the sons
of Becher.
And the number
of them,
after their genealogy
by their generations,
heads
of the house
of their fathers,
mighty men
of valour,
was twenty thousand
and two hundred.
The sons
also of Jediael;
Bilhan:
and the sons
of Bilhan;
Jeush,
and Benjamin,
and Ehud,
and Chenaanah,
and Zethan,
and Tharshish,
and Ahishahar.
All these
the sons
of Jediael,
by the heads
of their fathers,
mighty men
of valour,
were seventeen thousand
and two hundred soldiers,
fit to go out
for war
and battle.
Shuppim also,
and Huppim,
the children of Ir,
and Hushim,
the sons
of Aher.
The sons
of Naphtali;
Jahziel,
and Guni,
and Jezer,
and Shallum,
the sons
of Bilhah.
The sons
of Manasseh;
Ashriel,
whom
she bare:
(but his concubine
the Aramitess
bare Machir
the father
of Gilead:
And Machir
took to wife
the sister
of Huppim
and Shuppim,
whose sister's name
was Maachah;)
and
the name
of the second
was Zelophehad:
and Zelophehad
had daughters.
And Maachah
the wife
of Machir
bare a son,
and
she called
his name Peresh;
and
the name
of his brother
was Sheresh;
and his sons
were Ulam
and Rakem.
And the sons
of Ulam;
Bedan.
These were the sons
of Gilead,
the son
of Machir,
the son
of Manasseh.
And his sister Hammoleketh
bare Ishod,
and Abiezer,
and Mahalah.
And
the sons
of Shemidah were,
Ahian,
and Shechem,
and Likhi,
and Aniam.
And the sons
of Ephraim;
Shuthelah,
and Bered
his son,
and Tahath
his son,
and Eladah
his son,
and Tahath
his son,
And Zabad
his son,
and Shuthelah
his son,
and Ezer,
and Elead,
whom
the men of Gath
that
were born
in that land slew,
because
they came down
to take away their cattle.
And Ephraim
their father
mourned many days,
and his brethren
came
to comfort him.
And
when he
went in
to his wife,
she conceived,
and bare a son,
and
he called
his name Beriah,
because
it went evil
with his house.
(And his daughter
was Sherah,
who built Bethhoron
the nether,
and the upper,
and Uzzensherah.)
And Rephah
was his son,
also Resheph,
and Telah
his son,
and Tahan
his son.
Laadan his son,
Ammihud his son,
Elishama his son.
Non his son,
Jehoshuah his son.
And their possessions
and habitations were,
Bethel
and the towns
thereof,
and eastward Naaran,
and westward Gezer,
with the towns
thereof;
Shechem
also and the towns
thereof,
unto Gaza
and the towns
thereof:
And
by the borders
of the children
of Manasseh,
Bethshean
and her towns,
Taanach
and her towns,
Megiddo
and her towns,
Dor and her towns.
In these
dwelt the children
of Joseph
the son
of Israel.
The sons
of Asher;
Imnah,
and Isuah,
and Ishuai,
and Beriah,
and Serah
their sister.
And the sons
of Beriah;
Heber,
and Malchiel,
who is the father
of Birzavith.
And Heber
begat Japhlet,
and Shomer,
and Hotham,
and Shua
their sister.
And the sons
of Japhlet;
Pasach,
and Bimhal,
and Ashvath.
These are the children
of Japhlet.
And the sons
of Shamer;
Ahi,
and Rohgah, Jehubbah,
and Aram.
And the sons
of his brother Helem;
Zophah,
and Imna,
and Shelesh,
and Amal.
The sons
of Zophah;
Suah,
and Harnepher,
and Shual,
and Beri,
and Imrah,
Bezer,
and Hod,
and Shamma,
and Shilshah,
and Ithran,
and Beera.
And the sons
of Jether;
Jephunneh,
and Pispah,
and Ara.
And the sons
of Ulla;
Arah,
and Haniel,
and Rezia.
All these
were the children
of Asher,
heads
of their father's house,
choice
and mighty men
of valour,
chief of the princes.
And the number
throughout the genealogy
of them that
were apt
to the war
and to battle
was twenty
and six thousand men.
Now Benjamin
begat Bela
his firstborn,
Ashbel the second,
and Aharah
the third,
Nohah the fourth,
and Rapha
the fifth.
And
the sons
of Bela were,
Addar,
and Gera,
and Abihud,
And Abishua,
and Naaman,
and Ahoah,
And Gera,
and Shephuphan,
and Huram.
And these
are the sons
of Ehud:
these are the heads
of the fathers
of the inhabitants
of Geba,
and
they removed them
to Manahath:
And Naaman,
and Ahiah,
and Gera,
he removed them,
and begat Uzza,
and Ahihud.
And Shaharaim
begat children
in the country
of Moab,
after he
had sent them away;
Hushim
and Baara
were his wives.
And
he begat of Hodesh
his wife,
Jobab,
and Zibia,
and Mesha,
and Malcham,
And Jeuz,
and Shachia,
and Mirma.
These were his sons,
heads
of the fathers.
And of Hushim
he begat Abitub,
and Elpaal.
The sons
of Elpaal;
Eber,
and Misham,
and Shamed,
who built Ono,
and Lod,
with the towns
thereof:
Beriah also,
and Shema,
who were
heads of the fathers
of the inhabitants
of Aijalon,
who drove away the inhabitants
of Gath:
And Ahio, Shashak,
and Jeremoth,
And Zebadiah,
and Arad,
and Ader,
And Michael,
and Ispah,
and Joha,
the sons
of Beriah;
And Zebadiah,
and Meshullam,
and Hezeki,
and Heber,
Ishmerai also,
and Jezliah,
and Jobab,
the sons
of Elpaal;
And Jakim,
and Zichri,
and Zabdi,
And Elienai,
and Zilthai,
and Eliel,
And Adaiah,
and Beraiah,
and Shimrath,
the sons
of Shimhi;
And Ishpan,
and Heber,
and Eliel,
And Abdon,
and Zichri,
and Hanan,
And Hananiah,
and Elam,
and Antothijah,
And Iphedeiah,
and Penuel,
the sons
of Shashak;
And Shamsherai,
and Shehariah,
and Athaliah,
And Jaresiah,
and Eliah,
and Zichri,
the sons
of Jeroham.
These were
heads
of the fathers,
by their generations,
chief men.
These dwelt
in Jerusalem.
And at Gibeon
dwelt the father
of Gibeon;
whose wife's name
was Maachah:
And his firstborn son Abdon,
and Zur,
and Kish,
and Baal,
and Nadab,
And Gedor,
and Ahio,
and Zacher.
And Mikloth
begat Shimeah.
And these
also dwelt
with their brethren
in Jerusalem,
over against them.
And Ner
begat Kish,
and Kish
begat Saul,
and Saul
begat Jonathan,
and Malchishua,
and Abinadab,
and Eshbaal.
And
the son
of Jonathan
was Meribbaal;
and Meribbaal
begat Micah.
And
the sons
of Micah were,
Pithon,
and Melech,
and Tarea,
and Ahaz.
And Ahaz
begat Jehoadah;
and Jehoadah
begat Alemeth,
and Azmaveth,
and Zimri;
and Zimri
begat Moza,
And Moza
begat Binea:
Rapha was his son,
Eleasah his son,
Azel his son:
And Azel
had six sons,
whose names
are these,
Azrikam, Bocheru,
and Ishmael,
and Sheariah,
and Obadiah,
and Hanan.
All these
were the sons
of Azel.
And the sons
of Eshek
his brother were,
Ulam his firstborn,
Jehush the second,
and Eliphelet
the third.
And
the sons
of Ulam
were mighty men
of valour,
archers,
and had
many sons,
and sons' sons,
an hundred
and fifty.
All these
are of the sons
of Benjamin.
So all Israel
were reckoned
by genealogies;
and,
behold,
they were written
in the book
of the kings
of Israel
and Judah,
who were carried away to Babylon
for their transgression.
Now the first inhabitants
that dwelt
in their possessions
in their cities were,
the Israelites,
the priests,
Levites,
and the Nethinims.
And in Jerusalem
dwelt
of the children
of Judah,
and of the children
of Benjamin,
and of the children
of Ephraim,
and Manasseh;
Uthai the son
of Ammihud,
the son of Omri,
the son of Imri,
the son of Bani,
of the children
of Pharez
the son
of Judah.
And
of the Shilonites;
Asaiah the firstborn,
and his sons.
And of the sons
of Zerah;
Jeuel,
and their brethren,
six hundred and ninety.
And of the sons
of Benjamin;
Sallu the son
of Meshullam,
the son
of Hodaviah,
the son
of Hasenuah,
And Ibneiah
the son
of Jeroham,
and Elah
the son
of Uzzi,
the son
of Michri,
and Meshullam
the son
of Shephathiah,
the son of Reuel,
the son
of Ibnijah;
And their brethren,
according to
their generations,
nine hundred
and fifty
and six.
All these men
were chief
of the fathers
in the house
of their fathers.
And
of the priests;
Jedaiah,
and Jehoiarib,
and Jachin,
And Azariah
the son
of Hilkiah,
the son
of Meshullam,
the son of Zadok,
the son
of Meraioth,
the son
of Ahitub,
the ruler
of the house
of God;
And Adaiah
the son
of Jeroham,
the son
of Pashur,
the son
of Malchijah,
and Maasiai
the son
of Adiel,
the son
of Jahzerah,
the son
of Meshullam,
the son
of Meshillemith,
the son
of Immer;
And their brethren,
heads of the house
of their fathers,
a thousand
and seven hundred
and threescore;
very able men
for the work
of the service
of the house
of God.
And
of the Levites;
Shemaiah the son
of Hasshub,
the son
of Azrikam,
the son
of Hashabiah,
of the sons
of Merari;
And Bakbakkar, Heresh,
and Galal,
and Mattaniah
the son
of Micah,
the son
of Zichri,
the son
of Asaph;
And Obadiah
the son
of Shemaiah,
the son of Galal,
the son
of Jeduthun,
and Berechiah
the son
of Asa,
the son
of Elkanah,
that dwelt
in the villages
of the Netophathites.
And the porters were,
Shallum,
and Akkub,
and Talmon,
and Ahiman,
and their brethren:
Shallum was the chief;
Who hitherto waited
in the king's gate eastward:
they were porters
in the companies
of the children
of Levi.
And Shallum
the son
of Kore,
the son
of Ebiasaph,
the son of Korah,
and his brethren,
of the house
of his father,
the Korahites,
were over the work
of the service,
keepers
of the gates
of the tabernacle:
and their fathers,
being
over the host
of the LORD,
were keepers
of the entry.
And Phinehas
the son
of Eleazar
was the ruler
over them
in time past,
and the LORD
was with him.
And Zechariah
the son
of Meshelemiah
was porter
of the door
of the tabernacle
of the congregation.
All these which
were chosen
to be
porters
in the gates
were two hundred
and twelve.
These were reckoned
by their genealogy
in their villages,
whom David
and Samuel
the seer
did ordain
in their set office.
So they
and their children
had
the oversight
of the gates
of the house
of the LORD,
namely,
the house
of the tabernacle,
by wards.
In four quarters
were the porters,
toward the east,
west,
north,
and south.
And their brethren,
which were in their villages,
were to come
after seven days
from time to time
with them.
For these Levites,
the four chief porters,
were in their set office,
and were over the chambers
and treasuries of the house of God.
And
they lodged round
about the house
of God,
because
the charge
was upon them,
and the opening thereof every morning
pertained
to them.
And certain
of them had
the charge
of the ministering vessels,
that they
should bring
them in and out
by tale.
Some of them
also were appointed
to oversee the vessels,
and all
the instruments
of the sanctuary,
and the fine flour,
and the wine,
and the oil,
and the frankincense,
and the spices.
And some of the sons
of the priests
made
the ointment
of the spices.
And Mattithiah,
one
of the Levites,
who was the firstborn
of Shallum the Korahite,
had the set office
over the things
that were made
in the pans.
And other
of their brethren,
of the sons
of the Kohathites,
were over the shewbread,
to prepare it every sabbath.
And these
are the singers,
chief of the fathers
of the Levites,
who remaining
in the chambers
were free:
for they
were employed
in that work
day and night.
These chief fathers
of the Levites
were chief
throughout their generations;
these dwelt
at Jerusalem.
And in Gibeon
dwelt the father
of Gibeon, Jehiel,
whose wife's name
was Maachah:
And his firstborn son Abdon,
then Zur,
and Kish,
and Baal,
and Ner,
and Nadab.
And Gedor,
and Ahio,
and Zechariah,
and Mikloth.
And Mikloth
begat Shimeam.
And
they also dwelt
with their brethren
at Jerusalem,
over against their brethren.
And Ner
begat Kish;
and Kish
begat Saul;
and Saul
begat Jonathan,
and Malchishua,
and Abinadab,
and Eshbaal.
And
the son
of Jonathan
was Meribbaal:
and Meribbaal
begat Micah.
And
the sons
of Micah were,
Pithon,
and Melech,
and Tahrea,
and Ahaz.
And Ahaz
begat Jarah;
and Jarah
begat Alemeth,
and Azmaveth,
and Zimri;
and Zimri
begat Moza;
And Moza
begat Binea;
and Rephaiah
his son,
Eleasah his son,
Azel his son.
And Azel
had six sons,
whose names
are these,
Azrikam, Bocheru,
and Ishmael,
and Sheariah,
and Obadiah,
and Hanan:
these were the sons
of Azel.
Now the Philistines
fought
against Israel;
and the men
of Israel
fled from
before the Philistines,
and fell down
slain in mount Gilboa.
And the Philistines
followed hard
after Saul,
and
after his sons;
and the Philistines
slew Jonathan,
and Abinadab,
and Malchishua,
the sons
of Saul.
And the battle
went sore
against Saul,
and the archers
hit him,
and
he was wounded
of the archers.
Then said Saul
to his armourbearer,
Draw thy sword,
and thrust me
through therewith;
lest
these uncircumcised
come
and abuse me.
But his armourbearer
would not;
for he
was sore afraid.
So Saul
took a sword,
and fell
upon it.
And
when his armourbearer
saw that Saul
was dead,
he fell likewise
on the sword,
and died.
So Saul died,
and his three sons,
and all
his house
died together.
And when all
the men of Israel
that were in the valley
saw that
they fled,
and that Saul
and his sons
were dead,
then
they forsook their cities,
and fled:
and the Philistines
came
and
dwelt in them.
And it
came
to pass
on the morrow,
when the Philistines
came
to strip the slain,
that they
found Saul
and his sons
fallen
in mount Gilboa.
And
when
they had stripped him,
they took his head,
and his armour,
and sent
into the land
of the Philistines round about,
to carry tidings
unto their idols,
and
to the people.
And they put
his armour
in the house
of their gods,
and fastened
his head
in the temple
of Dagon.
And
when all Jabeshgilead
heard all
that the Philistines
had done
to Saul,
They arose,
all the valiant men,
and took away
the body of Saul,
and the bodies
of his sons,
and brought them
to Jabesh,
and buried
their bones
under the oak
in Jabesh,
and fasted seven days.
So Saul
died
for his transgression
which he
committed
against the LORD,
even against the word
of the LORD,
which he
kept not,
and
also for asking
counsel
of one
that had
a familiar spirit,
to enquire of it;
And enquired not
of the LORD:
therefore he
slew him,
and turned
the kingdom
unto David
the son
of Jesse.
Then all Israel
gathered themselves
to David
unto Hebron,
saying,
Behold,
we are thy bone
and thy flesh.
And moreover in time past,
even
when Saul
was king,
thou wast
he that
leddest out
and broughtest in Israel:
and the LORD
thy God
said
unto thee,
Thou
shalt feed
my people Israel,
and
thou shalt be ruler
over my people Israel.
Therefore came all the elders
of Israel
to the king
to Hebron;
and David
made
a covenant
with them
in Hebron
before the LORD;
and
they anointed David king
over Israel,
according to the word
of the LORD
by Samuel.
And David
and all Israel
went to Jerusalem,
which is Jebus;
where the Jebusites were,
the inhabitants
of the land.
And
the inhabitants
of Jebus
said to David,
Thou shalt not come hither.
Nevertheless
David
took
the castle
of Zion,
which is the city
of David.
And David said,
Whosoever
smiteth
the Jebusites
first shall be chief
and captain.
So Joab
the son
of Zeruiah
went first up,
and was chief.
And David
dwelt
in the castle;
therefore they
called it
the city
of David.
And he
built
the city round about,
even from Millo round about:
and Joab
repaired
the rest
of the city.
So David
waxed greater
and greater:
for the LORD
of hosts
was with him.
These also are the chief
of the mighty men
whom David had,
who strengthened themselves
with him
in his kingdom,
and
with all Israel,
to make him king,
according to the word
of the LORD
concerning Israel.
And this
is the number
of the mighty men
whom David had;
Jashobeam,
an Hachmonite,
the chief
of the captains:
he lifted
up his spear
against three hundred
slain
by him
at one time.
And
after him
was Eleazar
the son
of Dodo,
the Ahohite,
who was one
of the three mighties.
He was with David
at Pasdammim,
and
there the Philistines
were gathered together
to battle,
where was a parcel
of ground
full of barley;
and the people
fled from
before the Philistines.
And
they set themselves
in the midst
of that parcel,
and delivered it,
and slew the Philistines;
and the LORD
saved them
by a great deliverance.
Now three
of the thirty captains
went down
to the rock
to David,
into the cave
of Adullam;
and
the host
of the Philistines
encamped
in the valley
of Rephaim.
And David
was
then in the hold,
and the Philistines' garrison
was
then
at Bethlehem.
And David longed,
and said,
Oh that one
would give me
drink
of the water
of the well of Bethlehem,
that is
at the gate!
And the three brake
through the host
of the Philistines,
and drew
water out of the
well of Bethlehem,
that was by the gate,
and took it,
and brought
it to David:
but David
would not drink of it,
but poured it out
to the LORD.
And said,
My God
forbid it me,
that I
should do
this thing:
shall
I drink
the blood
of these men
that have put
their lives
in jeopardy?
for with the jeopardy
of their lives
they brought it.
Therefore he
would not drink it.
These things
did these three mightiest.
And Abishai
the brother
of Joab,
he was chief
of the three:
for lifting
up his spear
against three hundred,
he slew them,
and had
a name
among the three.
Of the three,
he was more honourable
than the two;
for he
was their captain:
howbeit
he attained not
to the first three.
Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada,
the son
of a valiant man
of Kabzeel,
who had done
many acts;
he slew two
lionlike men
of Moab:
also he
went down
and slew
a lion
in a pit
in a snowy day.
And
he slew an Egyptian,
a man
of great stature,
five cubits high;
and
in the Egyptian's hand
was a spear like
a weaver's beam;
and he
went down
to him
with a staff,
and plucked
the spear
out of the Egyptian's hand,
and slew him
with his own spear.
These things
did Benaiah
the son
of Jehoiada,
and had
the name
among the three mighties.
Behold,
he was honourable
among the thirty,
but attained not
to the first three:
and David set him
over his guard.
Also the valiant men
of the armies were,
Asahel the brother
of Joab,
Elhanan the son
of Dodo
of Bethlehem,
Shammoth the Harorite,
Helez the Pelonite,
Ira the son
of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Abiezer the Antothite,
Sibbecai the Hushathite,
Ilai the Ahohite,
Maharai
the Netophathite,
Heled the son
of Baanah
the Netophathite,
Ithai the son
of Ribai
of Gibeah,
that pertained
to the children
of Benjamin,
Benaiah the Pirathonite,
Hurai of the brooks
of Gaash,
Abiel the Arbathite,
Azmaveth the Baharumite,
Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
The sons
of Hashem the Gizonite,
Jonathan the son
of Shage the Hararite,
Ahiam the son
of Sacar the Hararite,
Eliphal the son of Ur,
Hepher the Mecherathite,
Ahijah the Pelonite,
Hezro the Carmelite,
Naarai the son
of Ezbai,
Joel the brother
of Nathan,
Mibhar the son
of Haggeri,
Zelek the Ammonite,
Naharai the Berothite,
the armourbearer
of Joab
the son
of Zeruiah,
Ira the Ithrite,
Gareb the Ithrite,
Uriah the Hittite,
Zabad the son
of Ahlai,
Adina the son
of Shiza the Reubenite,
a captain
of the Reubenites,
and thirty
with him,
Hanan the son
of Maachah,
and Joshaphat
the Mithnite,
Uzzia the Ashterathite,
Shama
and Jehiel
the sons
of Hothan the Aroerite,
Jediael the son
of Shimri,
and Joha
his brother,
the Tizite,
Eliel the Mahavite,
and Jeribai,
and Joshaviah,
the sons
of Elnaam,
and Ithmah
the Moabite,
Eliel,
and Obed,
and Jasiel
the Mesobaite.
Now these
are
they
that came
to David
to Ziklag,
while he
yet kept himself
close
because
of Saul
the son of Kish:
and
they were among the mighty men,
helpers
of the war.
They were armed
with bows,
and could use
both the right hand
and the left
in hurling
stones
and shooting arrows
out of a bow,
even of Saul's brethren
of Benjamin.
The chief
was Ahiezer,
then Joash,
the sons
of Shemaah the Gibeathite;
and Jeziel,
and Pelet,
the sons
of Azmaveth;
and Berachah,
and Jehu
the Antothite.
And Ismaiah
the Gibeonite,
a mighty man
among the thirty,
and
over the thirty;
and Jeremiah,
and Jahaziel,
and Johanan,
and Josabad
the Gederathite,
Eluzai,
and Jerimoth,
and Bealiah,
and Shemariah,
and Shephatiah
the Haruphite,
Elkanah,
and Jesiah,
and Azareel,
and Joezer,
and Jashobeam,
the Korhites,
And Joelah,
and Zebadiah,
the sons
of Jeroham
of Gedor.
And
of the Gadites
there separated themselves
unto David
into the hold
to the wilderness men
of might,
and men
of war fit
for the battle,
that could handle
shield
and buckler,
whose faces
were like
the faces
of lions,
and were as swift
as the roes
upon the mountains;
Ezer the first,
Obadiah the second,
Eliab the third,
Mishmannah the fourth,
Jeremiah the fifth,
Attai the sixth,
Eliel the seventh,
Johanan the eighth,
Elzabad the ninth,
Jeremiah the tenth,
Machbanai the eleventh.
These were of the sons
of Gad,
captains
of the host:
one
of the least
was over an hundred,
and the greatest
over a thousand.
These are
they
that went over Jordan
in the first month,
when it
had overflown all
his banks;
and they put
to flight all them
of the valleys,
both toward the east,
and
toward the west.
And there came
of the children
of Benjamin
and Judah
to the hold
unto David.
And David
went out
to meet them,
and answered
and
said unto them,
If ye
be come peaceably
unto me to help me,
mine heart
shall be
knit unto you:
but
if ye
be come
to betray me
to mine enemies,
seeing
there is
no wrong
in mine hands,
the God
of our fathers
look thereon,
and rebuke it.
Then the spirit
came upon Amasai,
who was chief
of the captains,
and he said,
Thine are we,
David,
and on thy side,
thou son
of Jesse:
peace,
peace
be
unto thee,
and peace
be to thine helpers;
for thy God helpeth thee.
Then David
received them,
and made them captains
of the band.
And there fell
some of Manasseh
to David,
when
he came
with the Philistines
against Saul
to battle:
but
they helped them not:
for the lords
of the Philistines
upon advisement
sent him away,
saying,
He will fall
to his master Saul
to the jeopardy
of our heads.
As he
went to Ziklag,
there fell to him
of Manasseh, Adnah,
and Jozabad,
and Jediael,
and Michael,
and Jozabad,
and Elihu,
and Zilthai,
captains of the thousands
that were of Manasseh.
And
they helped David
against the band
of the rovers:
for they
were all mighty men
of valour,
and were captains
in the host.
For at that time
day by day
there came
to David
to help him,
until it
was a great host,
like the host
of God.
And these
are the numbers
of the bands
that were ready armed
to the war,
and came to David
to Hebron,
to turn the kingdom
of Saul to him,
according to
the word
of the LORD.
The children
of Judah
that bare
shield
and spear
were six thousand
and eight hundred,
ready armed
to the war.
Of the children
of Simeon,
mighty men
of valour
for the war,
seven thousand
and one hundred.
Of the children
of Levi four thousand
and six hundred.
And Jehoiada
was the leader
of the Aaronites,
and
with him were three thousand
and seven hundred;
And Zadok,
a young man mighty
of valour,
and
of his father's house twenty
and two captains.
And of the children
of Benjamin,
the kindred
of Saul,
three thousand:
for hitherto
the greatest part
of them had kept
the ward
of the house
of Saul.
And of the children
of Ephraim twenty thousand
and eight hundred,
mighty men
of valour,
famous
throughout the house
of their fathers.
And
of the half tribe
of Manasseh eighteen thousand,
which were expressed
by name,
to come
and make
David king.
And of the children
of Issachar,
which were men
that had
understanding of the times,
to know
what Israel
ought to do;
the heads
of them were two hundred;
and all
their brethren
were at their commandment.
Of Zebulun,
such as went forth
to battle,
expert
in war,
with all instruments
of war,
fifty thousand,
which could keep rank:
they were not
of double heart.
And
of Naphtali
a thousand captains,
and with them with
shield
and spear thirty
and seven thousand.
And
of the Danites expert
in war twenty
and eight thousand
and six hundred.
And of Asher,
such as went forth
to battle,
expert
in war,
forty thousand.
And
on the other side
of Jordan,
of the Reubenites,
and the Gadites,
and
of the half tribe
of Manasseh,
with all manner
of instruments
of war
for the battle,
an hundred
and twenty thousand.
All these men
of war,
that could keep rank,
came
with a perfect heart
to Hebron,
to make David king
over all Israel:
and all
the rest
also of Israel
were of one heart
to make David king.
And
there
they were with David three days,
eating and drinking:
for their brethren
had prepared for them.
Moreover they
that were nigh them,
even unto Issachar
and Zebulun
and Naphtali,
brought bread
on asses,
and on camels,
and on mules,
and on oxen,
and meat,
meal,
cakes of figs,
and bunches
of raisins,
and wine,
and oil,
and oxen,
and sheep abundantly:
for there was
joy in Israel.
And David
consulted
with the captains
of thousands
and hundreds,
and
with every leader.
And David
said
unto all
the congregation
of Israel,
If it
seem good
unto you,
and that it
be of the LORD
our God,
let us
send abroad
unto our brethren every where,
that are left
in all
the land
of Israel,
and with them
also to the priests
and Levites which
are in their cities
and suburbs,
that they
may gather themselves unto us:
And let us
bring again the ark
of our God to us:
for we enquired not at it
in the days
of Saul.
And all
the congregation
said that
they would do so:
for the thing
was right
in the eyes
of all the people.
So David
gathered all Israel
together,
from Shihor
of Egypt
even unto the entering
of Hemath,
to bring the ark
of God
from Kirjathjearim.
And David
went up,
and all Israel,
to Baalah,
that is,
to Kirjathjearim,
which belonged
to Judah,
to bring
up thence the ark
of God the LORD,
that dwelleth between the cherubims,
whose name
is called on it.
And they
carried
the ark
of God
in a new cart
out of the house
of Abinadab:
and Uzza
and Ahio drave
the cart.
And David
and all Israel
played
before God
with all
their might,
and with singing,
and with harps,
and
with psalteries,
and
with timbrels,
and with cymbals,
and
with trumpets.
And
when
they came
unto the threshingfloor
of Chidon,
Uzza
put forth
his hand
to hold the ark;
for the oxen stumbled.
And
the anger
of the LORD
was kindled
against Uzza,
and he
smote him,
because
he put
his hand
to the ark:
and
there
he died
before God.
And David
was displeased,
because
the LORD
had made
a breach
upon Uzza:
wherefore
that place
is called Perezuzza
to this day.
And David
was afraid
of God
that day,
saying,
How shall
I bring
the ark
of God home to me?
So David
brought not
the ark home
to himself
to the city
of David,
but carried it aside
into the house
of Obededom the Gittite.
And the ark
of God
remained
with the family
of Obededom
in his house three months.
And the LORD
blessed
the house
of Obededom,
and all that
he had.
Now
Hiram king
of Tyre
sent messengers
to David,
and timber
of cedars,
with masons
and carpenters,
to build him an house.
And David
perceived
that the LORD
had confirmed him king
over Israel,
for his kingdom
was lifted up
on high,
because
of his people Israel.
And David
took more wives
at Jerusalem:
and David
begat more sons
and daughters.
Now these
are the names
of his children
which he
had in Jerusalem;
Shammua,
and Shobab, Nathan,
and Solomon,
And Ibhar,
and Elishua,
and Elpalet,
And Nogah,
and Nepheg,
and Japhia,
And Elishama,
and Beeliada,
and Eliphalet.
And
when the Philistines
heard
that David
was anointed king
over all Israel,
all the Philistines
went up to seek David.
And David
heard of it,
and
went out against them.
And the Philistines
came
and spread themselves
in the valley
of Rephaim.
And David
enquired
of God,
saying,
Shall I
go up
against the Philistines?
And wilt thou
deliver them
into mine hand?
And the LORD
said unto him,
Go up;
for I
will deliver them
into thine hand.
So they
came up to
Baalperazim;
and David
smote them there.
Then David said,
God hath broken in
upon mine enemies
by mine hand like
the breaking forth
of waters:
therefore they
called
the name
of that place Baalperazim.
And
when
they had left
their gods there,
David gave a commandment,
and
they were burned
with fire.
And the Philistines
yet again spread themselves
abroad in the valley.
Therefore David
enquired again
of God;
and God
said unto him,
Go not up
after them;
turn away from them,
and come upon
them over
against the mulberry trees.
And it
shall be,
when
thou shalt hear
a sound
of going in
the tops
of the mulberry trees,
that then
thou shalt go out
to battle:
for God
is gone forth
before thee
to smite the host
of the Philistines.
David
therefore did
as God
commanded him:
and they
smote
the host
of the Philistines
from Gibeon
even to Gazer.
And
the fame
of David
went out
into all lands;
and the LORD
brought
the fear
of him
upon all nations.
And David
made him
houses
in the city
of David,
and prepared
a place
for the ark
of God,
and pitched
for it a tent.
Then David said,
None
ought to carry
the ark
of God
but the Levites:
for them hath
the LORD
chosen
to carry the ark
of God,
and
to minister
unto him
for ever.
And David
gathered all Israel
together
to Jerusalem,
to bring
up the ark
of the LORD
unto his place,
which he
had prepared
for it.
And David
assembled
the children
of Aaron,
and the Levites:
Of the sons
of Kohath;
Uriel the chief,
and his brethren
an hundred
and twenty:
Of the sons
of Merari;
Asaiah the chief,
and his brethren two hundred
and twenty:
Of the sons
of Gershom;
Joel the chief
and his brethren an hundred
and thirty:
Of the sons
of Elizaphan;
Shemaiah the chief,
and his brethren two hundred:
Of the sons
of Hebron;
Eliel the chief,
and his brethren fourscore:
Of the sons
of Uzziel;
Amminadab the chief,
and his brethren
an hundred and twelve.
And David
called for Zadok
and Abiathar
the priests,
and
for the Levites,
for Uriel, Asaiah,
and Joel, Shemaiah,
and Eliel,
and Amminadab,
And
said unto them,
Ye are the chief
of the fathers
of the Levites:
sanctify yourselves,
both ye
and your brethren,
that ye
may bring up the ark
of the LORD God
of Israel
unto the place
that
I have prepared
for it.
For because
ye did it
not at the first,
the LORD our God
made
a breach
upon us,
for that
we sought him not
after the due order.
So the priests
and the Levites
sanctified themselves
to bring
up the ark
of the LORD God
of Israel.
And the children
of the Levites
bare
the ark
of God
upon their shoulders
with the staves thereon,
as Moses
commanded according to
the word
of the LORD.
And David
spake to the chief
of the Levites
to appoint
their brethren
to be the singers
with instruments
of musick,
psalteries
and harps
and cymbals,
sounding,
by lifting
up the voice
with joy.
So the Levites
appointed
Heman the son
of Joel;
and
of his brethren,
Asaph the son
of Berechiah;
and of the sons
of Merari their brethren,
Ethan the son
of Kushaiah;
And with them their brethren
of the second degree,
Zechariah, Ben,
and Jaaziel,
and Shemiramoth,
and Jehiel,
and Unni, Eliab,
and Benaiah,
and Maaseiah,
and Mattithiah,
and Elipheleh,
and Mikneiah,
and Obededom,
and Jeiel,
the porters.
So the singers,
Heman, Asaph,
and Ethan,
were appointed
to sound
with cymbals
of brass;
And Zechariah,
and Aziel,
and Shemiramoth,
and Jehiel,
and Unni,
and Eliab,
and Maaseiah,
and Benaiah,
with psalteries
on Alamoth;
And Mattithiah,
and Elipheleh,
and Mikneiah,
and Obededom,
and Jeiel,
and Azaziah,
with harps
on the Sheminith
to excel.
And Chenaniah,
chief of the Levites,
was for song:
he instructed
about the song,
because
he was skilful.
And Berechiah
and Elkanah
were doorkeepers
for the ark.
And Shebaniah,
and Jehoshaphat,
and Nethaneel,
and Amasai,
and Zechariah,
and Benaiah,
and Eliezer,
the priests,
did blow
with the trumpets
before the ark
of God:
and Obededom
and Jehiah
were doorkeepers
for the ark.
So David,
and the elders
of Israel,
and the captains
over thousands,
went
to bring
up the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
out of the house
of Obededom
with joy.
And it
came
to pass,
when God
helped
the Levites that bare
the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD,
that they
offered
seven bullocks
and seven rams.
And David
was clothed with a robe
of fine linen,
and all
the Levites that bare
the ark,
and the singers,
and Chenaniah
the master
of the song
with the singers:
David
also had
upon him an ephod
of linen.
Thus all Israel
brought
up the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
with shouting,
and
with sound
of the cornet,
and
with trumpets,
and with cymbals,
making a noise
with psalteries
and harps.
And it
came
to pass,
as the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
came to the city
of David,
that Michal,
the daughter
of Saul
looking out
at a window saw king David
dancing and playing:
and
she despised him
in her heart.
So they
brought
the ark
of God,
and set it
in the midst
of the tent
that David
had pitched
for it:
and they
offered
burnt
sacrifices
and peace offerings
before God.
And
when David
had made
an end
of offering
the burnt offerings
and the peace offerings,
he blessed the people
in the name
of the LORD.
And he
dealt
to every one
of Israel,
both man
and woman,
to every one
a loaf of bread,
and a good piece
of flesh,
and a flagon
of wine.
And
he appointed certain
of the Levites
to minister
before the ark
of the LORD,
and to record,
and to thank and praise
the LORD God
of Israel:
Asaph the chief,
and next
to him Zechariah, Jeiel,
and Shemiramoth,
and Jehiel,
and Mattithiah,
and Eliab,
and Benaiah,
and Obededom:
and Jeiel
with psalteries
and with harps;
but Asaph
made
a sound
with cymbals;
Benaiah
also and Jahaziel
the priests
with trumpets
continually before the ark
of the covenant
of God.
Then
on that day David
delivered first
this psalm
to thank the LORD
into the hand
of Asaph
and his brethren.
Give thanks
unto the LORD,
call
upon his name,
make known
his deeds
among the people.
Sing unto him,
sing psalms
unto him,
talk
ye of all
his wondrous works.
Glory
ye in his holy name:
let the heart
of them rejoice
that seek
the LORD.
Seek the LORD
and his strength,
seek
his face
continually.
Remember his marvellous
works that
he hath done,
his wonders,
and the judgments
of his mouth;
O ye
seed
of Israel
his servant,
ye children
of Jacob,
his chosen ones.
He is the LORD
our God;
his judgments
are in all
the earth.
Be ye mindful
always of his covenant;
the word
which he
commanded
to a thousand generations;
Even of the covenant which
he made
with Abraham,
and of his oath
unto Isaac;
And hath confirmed
the same
to Jacob
for a law,
and to Israel
for an everlasting covenant,
Saying,
Unto thee
will
I give
the land
of Canaan,
the lot
of your inheritance;
When ye
were
but few,
even a few,
and strangers in it.
And
when
they went from nation to nation,
and
from one kingdom
to another people;
He suffered no man
to do them wrong:
yea,
he reproved kings
for their sakes,
Saying,
Touch
not mine anointed,
and do
my prophets no harm.
Sing
unto the LORD,
all the earth;
shew forth
from day to day his salvation.
Declare his glory
among the heathen;
his marvellous works
among all nations.
For great
is the LORD,
and greatly
to be praised:
he also is
to be feared above all gods.
For all the gods
of the people
are idols:
but the LORD
made the heavens.
Glory
and honour
are in his presence;
strength
and gladness
are in his place.
Give
unto the LORD,
ye kindreds
of the people,
give
unto the LORD glory
and strength.
Give
unto the LORD the glory due
unto his name:
bring an offering,
and come
before him:
worship the LORD
in the beauty
of holiness.
Fear before him,
all the earth:
the world
also shall be stable,
that it
be not moved.
Let the heavens
be glad,
and let
the earth rejoice:
and let men
say
among the nations,
The LORD reigneth.
Let the sea roar,
and the fulness
thereof:
let the fields rejoice,
and all that is
therein.
Then shall
the trees
of the wood
sing out
at the presence
of the LORD,
because
he
cometh to judge
the earth.
O give
thanks
unto the LORD;
for he
is good;
for his mercy
endureth for ever.
And say ye,
Save us,
O God
of our salvation,
and
gather us together,
and deliver us
from the heathen,
that we
may give
thanks
to thy holy name,
and glory
in thy praise.
Blessed
be
the LORD God
of Israel
for ever and ever.
And all
the people said,
Amen,
and praised
the LORD.
So he
left there
before the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD Asaph
and his brethren,
to minister
before the ark continually,
as every day's work required:
And Obededom
with their brethren,
threescore
and eight;
Obededom
also the son
of Jeduthun
and Hosah
to be porters:
And Zadok
the priest,
and his brethren
the priests,
before the tabernacle
of the LORD
in the high
place that
was at Gibeon,
To offer
burnt
offerings
unto the LORD
upon the altar
of the burnt
offering continually morning
and evening,
and
to do
according to all that is written
in the law
of the LORD,
which he
commanded Israel;
And with them Heman
and Jeduthun,
and the rest
that were chosen,
who were expressed
by name,
to give
thanks
to the LORD,
because
his mercy
endureth for ever;
And with them Heman
and Jeduthun
with trumpets
and cymbals
for those
that should make
a sound,
and
with musical instruments
of God.
And
the sons
of Jeduthun were porters.
And all
the people departed
every man
to his house:
and David
returned
to bless
his house.
Now it
came
to pass,
as David
sat in his house,
that David
said to Nathan
the prophet,
Lo,
I dwell
in an house
of cedars,
but the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD
remaineth under curtains.
Then Nathan
said
unto David,
Do all that is
in thine heart;
for God is with thee.
And it
came
to pass
the same night,
that the word
of God
came to Nathan,
saying,
Go and tell David
my servant,
Thus saith the LORD,
Thou
shalt not build me
an house
to dwell in:
For I
have not
dwelt in an house
since the day that
I brought
up Israel
unto this day;
but have gone
from tent to tent,
and
from one tabernacle
to another.
Wheresoever
I have walked
with all Israel,
spake
I a word
to any of the judges
of Israel,
whom
I commanded
to feed my people,
saying,
Why have
ye not built me
an house
of cedars?
Now therefore thus
shalt
thou say
unto my servant David,
Thus saith
the LORD
of hosts,
I took thee
from the sheepcote,
even from following the sheep,
that thou
shouldest be ruler
over my people Israel:
And I
have been
with thee
whithersoever
thou hast walked,
and have cut off all
thine enemies from
before thee,
and have made
thee a name like
the name
of the great men
that are in the earth.
Also I
will ordain
a place
for my people Israel,
and will plant them,
and
they shall dwell
in their place,
and shall be moved
no more;
neither shall
the children
of wickedness
waste them any more,
as at the beginning,
And
since the time that
I commanded
judges to be
over my people Israel.
Moreover I
will subdue all
thine enemies.
Furthermore
I tell thee
that the LORD
will build
thee an house.
And it
shall come
to pass,
when thy days
be expired
that thou
must go to be
with thy fathers,
that I
will raise up thy
seed
after thee,
which shall be
of thy sons;
and
I will establish
his kingdom.
He shall build me
an house,
and
I will stablish
his throne
for ever.
I will be
his father,
and
he shall be
my son:
and
I will not take
my mercy
away from him,
as I
took it
from him that
was before thee:
But I
will settle him
in mine
house
and
in my kingdom
for ever:
and his throne
shall be established
for evermore.
According to all
these words,
and
according to all this vision,
so did
Nathan
speak
unto David.
And David
the king
came
and sat
before the LORD,
and said,
Who am I,
O LORD God,
and what
is
mine house,
that thou
hast brought me hitherto?
And yet
this was
a small thing
in thine eyes,
O God;
for thou
hast also spoken
of thy servant's house
for a great
while to come,
and hast regarded me according to
the estate
of a man
of high degree,
O LORD God.
What can
David speak more
to thee
for the honour
of thy servant?
for thou
knowest thy servant.
O LORD,
for thy servant's sake,
and
according to
thine own heart,
hast
thou done all
this greatness,
in making
known all
these great things.
O LORD,
there is none like thee,
neither is there any
God beside thee,
according to all
that
we have heard
with our ears.
And
what
one nation
in the earth
is like
thy people Israel,
whom
God went
to redeem to be
his own people,
to make
thee a name
of greatness
and terribleness,
by driving
out nations from
before thy people whom
thou
hast redeemed out of Egypt?
For thy people Israel
didst
thou make
thine own people
for ever;
and thou,
LORD,
becamest their God.
Therefore now,
LORD,
let the thing
that thou
hast spoken concerning
thy servant
and concerning his house
be established
for ever,
and do as thou
hast said.
Let it
even be established,
that thy
name
may be magnified
for ever,
saying,
The LORD of hosts
is the God
of Israel,
even a God
to Israel:
and let
the house
of David
thy servant
be established
before thee.
For thou,
O my God,
hast told
thy servant
that thou
wilt build him
an house:
therefore thy servant
hath found
in his heart
to pray
before thee.
And now,
LORD,
thou art God,
and hast promised
this goodness
unto thy servant:
Now therefore let
it please
thee to bless
the house
of thy servant,
that it
may be
before thee
for ever:
for thou blessest,
O LORD,
and it
shall be blessed
for ever.
Now after
this it
came
to pass,
that David
smote the Philistines,
and subdued them,
and took Gath
and her towns
out of the hand
of the Philistines.
And
he smote Moab;
and the Moabites
became David's servants,
and brought gifts.
And David
smote Hadarezer king
of Zobah
unto Hamath,
as he
went to stablish
his dominion
by the river Euphrates.
And David
took from him a thousand chariots,
and seven thousand horsemen,
and twenty thousand footmen:
David
also houghed all
the chariot horses,
but reserved
of them an hundred chariots.
And
when the Syrians
of Damascus
came
to help Hadarezer king
of Zobah,
David slew of the Syrians two
and twenty thousand men.
Then David put garrisons
in Syriadamascus;
and the Syrians
became David's servants,
and brought gifts.
Thus the LORD
preserved David
whithersoever
he went.
And David
took the shields
of gold
that were on the servants
of Hadarezer,
and brought them
to Jerusalem.
Likewise
from Tibhath,
and from Chun,
cities
of Hadarezer,
brought David very much brass,
wherewith
Solomon
made the brasen sea,
and the pillars,
and the vessels
of brass.
Now
when Tou king
of Hamath heard how
David
had smitten all
the host
of Hadarezer king
of Zobah;
He sent Hadoram
his son
to king David,
to enquire
of his welfare,
and
to congratulate him,
because
he had fought
against Hadarezer,
and smitten him;
(for Hadarezer
had
war with Tou;)
and with him all manner
of vessels
of gold
and silver and brass.
Them also
king David
dedicated
unto the LORD,
with the silver
and the gold
that he
brought
from all
these nations;
from Edom,
and from Moab,
and from the children
of Ammon,
and
from the Philistines,
and
from Amalek.
Moreover Abishai
the son
of Zeruiah
slew of the Edomites
in the valley
of salt eighteen thousand.
And
he put garrisons
in Edom;
and all
the Edomites
became David's servants.
Thus the LORD
preserved David
whithersoever
he went.
So David
reigned
over all Israel,
and executed judgment
and justice
among all his people.
And Joab
the son
of Zeruiah
was over the host;
and Jehoshaphat
the son
of Ahilud,
recorder.
And Zadok
the son
of Ahitub,
and Abimelech
the son
of Abiathar,
were the priests;
and Shavsha
was scribe;
And Benaiah
the son
of Jehoiada
was over the Cherethites
and the Pelethites;
and
the sons
of David
were chief
about the king.
Now it
came
to pass
after this,
that Nahash the king
of the children
of Ammon died,
and his son
reigned
in his stead.
And David said,
I will shew kindness
unto Hanun
the son
of Nahash,
because
his father
shewed kindness to me.
And David
sent messengers
to comfort him concerning his father.
So the servants
of David
came
into the land
of the children
of Ammon
to Hanun,
to comfort him.
But the princes
of the children
of Ammon
said to Hanun,
Thinkest
thou that David
doth honour
thy father,
that he
hath sent comforters
unto thee?
are not
his servants
come
unto thee
for to search,
and to overthrow,
and to spy
out the land?
Wherefore
Hanun took David's servants,
and shaved them,
and cut off
their garments
in the midst hard
by their buttocks,
and sent them away.
Then there went certain,
and told David
how the men
were served.
And
he sent
to meet them:
for the men
were greatly ashamed.
And the king said,
Tarry at Jericho
until your beards
be grown,
and then return.
And
when the children
of Ammon
saw that
they had made themselves odious
to David,
Hanun
and the children
of Ammon
sent
a thousand talents
of silver
to hire them chariots
and horsemen
out of Mesopotamia,
and
out of Syriamaachah,
and
out of Zobah.
So they
hired thirty
and two thousand chariots,
and the king
of Maachah
and his people;
who came
and pitched
before Medeba.
And the children
of Ammon
gathered themselves
together
from their cities,
and came
to battle.
And
when David
heard of it,
he sent Joab,
and all
the host
of the mighty men.
And the children
of Ammon
came out,
and put
the battle
in array
before the gate
of the city:
and
the kings
that were come
were by themselves
in the field.
Now
when Joab
saw
that the battle
was set
against him
before and behind,
he chose
out of all the choice
of Israel,
and put them
in array
against the Syrians.
And the rest
of the people
he delivered
unto the hand
of Abishai his brother,
and
they set themselves
in array
against the children
of Ammon.
And he said,
If the Syrians
be too strong
for me,
then
thou shalt help me:
but
if the children
of Ammon
be too strong
for thee,
then
I will help thee.
Be of good courage,
and let us
behave ourselves
valiantly for our people,
and
for the cities
of our God:
and let
the LORD
do
that which
is good
in his sight.
So Joab
and the people
that were with him
drew nigh
before the Syrians
unto the battle;
and they
fled
before him.
And
when the children
of Ammon
saw
that the Syrians
were fled,
they likewise
fled
before Abishai his brother,
and entered
into the city.
Then Joab
came
to Jerusalem.
And
when the Syrians
saw
that they
were put
to the worse
before Israel,
they sent
messengers,
and drew forth the Syrians
that were beyond the river:
and Shophach
the captain
of the host
of Hadarezer
went
before them.
And it
was told David;
and
he gathered all
Israel,
and passed
over Jordan,
and came upon them,
and set
the battle
in array against them.
So when David
had put
the battle
in array
against the Syrians,
they fought with him.
But the Syrians
fled
before Israel;
and David
slew of the Syrians
seven thousand men
which fought
in chariots,
and forty thousand footmen,
and killed Shophach
the captain
of the host.
And
when
the servants
of Hadarezer
saw
that they
were put to the worse
before Israel,
they made peace
with David,
and became
his servants:
neither would
the Syrians
help the children
of Ammon any more.
And it
came
to pass,
that after the year
was expired,
at the time
that kings go out
to battle,
Joab
led
forth the power
of the army,
and wasted
the country
of the children
of Ammon,
and came
and besieged
Rabbah.
But David
tarried
at Jerusalem.
And Joab
smote Rabbah,
and destroyed it.
And David
took
the crown
of their king from
off his head,
and found it
to weigh a talent
of gold,
and there were
precious stones in it;
and it
was set
upon David's head:
and he
brought
also exceeding much
spoil
out of the city.
And he
brought
out the people
that were in it,
and cut them
with saws,
and with harrows of iron,
and with axes.
Even so
dealt David
with all the cities
of the children
of Ammon.
And David
and all
the people
returned
to Jerusalem.
And it
came
to pass
after this,
that there arose
war
at Gezer
with the Philistines;
at which
time Sibbechai
the Hushathite
slew Sippai,
that was of the children
of the giant:
and
they were subdued.
And there was
war again
with the Philistines;
and Elhanan
the son
of Jair
slew Lahmi
the brother
of Goliath the Gittite,
whose spear staff
was like
a weaver's beam.
And yet again there was
war at Gath,
where was a man
of great stature,
whose fingers
and toes
were four
and twenty,
six on each hand,
and six
on each foot
and
he also was the son
of the giant.
But
when
he defied Israel,
Jonathan
the son
of Shimea David's brother
slew him.
These were born
unto the giant
in Gath;
and
they fell
by the hand
of David,
and by the hand
of his servants.
And Satan
stood up
against Israel,
and provoked David
to number Israel.
And David
said to Joab
and to the rulers
of the people,
Go,
number Israel
from Beersheba
even to Dan;
and bring
the number
of them to me,
that I
may know it.
And Joab answered,
The LORD
make
his people an hundred
times so many more
as they be:
but,
my lord the king,
are
they
not all
my lord's servants?
why then
doth
my lord
require this thing?
why will
he be
a cause
of trespass
to Israel?
Nevertheless
the king's word
prevailed
against Joab.
Wherefore
Joab departed,
and went throughout all Israel,
and came
to Jerusalem.
And Joab
gave
the sum
of the number
of the people
unto David.
And all
they of Israel
were a thousand thousand
and an hundred thousand men
that drew sword:
and Judah
was
four hundred threescore
and ten thousand men
that drew sword.
But Levi
and Benjamin
counted
he not among them:
for the king's word
was abominable
to Joab.
And God
was displeased
with this thing;
therefore he
smote Israel.
And David
said
unto God,
I have sinned greatly,
because
I have done
this thing:
but now,
I beseech thee,
do away the iniquity
of thy servant;
for I
have done
very foolishly.
And the LORD
spake unto Gad,
David's seer,
saying,
Go and tell David,
saying,
Thus saith the LORD,
I offer
thee three things:
choose thee one
of them,
that I
may do it
unto thee.
So Gad
came
to David,
and
said unto him,
Thus saith the LORD,
Choose thee
Either three years' famine;
or three months
to be destroyed
before thy foes,
while that
the sword
of thine enemies
overtaketh thee;
or else three days
the sword
of the LORD,
even the pestilence,
in the land,
and the angel
of the LORD
destroying
throughout all
the coasts
of Israel.
Now therefore advise thyself
what word
I shall bring again
to him that sent me.
And David
said
unto Gad,
I am in a great strait:
let me
fall now
into the hand
of the LORD;
for very great
are his mercies:
but let me
not fall
into the hand
of man.
So the LORD
sent pestilence
upon Israel:
and there fell
of Israel seventy thousand men.
And God
sent
an angel
unto Jerusalem
to destroy it:
and as he
was destroying,
the LORD beheld,
and
he repented him
of the evil,
and said
to the angel
that destroyed,
It is enough,
stay
now thine hand.
And the angel
of the LORD
stood by
the threshingfloor
of Ornan
the Jebusite.
And David
lifted
up his eyes,
and saw
the angel
of the LORD stand
between the earth
and the heaven,
having
a drawn sword
in his hand
stretched out
over Jerusalem.
Then David
and the elders
of Israel,
who were clothed
in sackcloth,
fell upon their faces.
And David
said
unto God,
Is it
not
I that
commanded
the people
to be numbered?
even I it
is that
have sinned
and done evil indeed;
but
as for these sheep,
what have
they done?
let thine hand,
I pray thee,
O LORD my God,
be on me,
and
on my father's house;
but not on thy people,
that they
should be plagued.
Then the angel
of the LORD commanded
Gad
to say to David,
that David
should go up,
and set up
an altar
unto the LORD
in the threshingfloor
of Ornan the Jebusite.
And David
went up
at the saying
of Gad,
which he
spake in the name
of the LORD.
And Ornan turned back,
and saw
the angel;
and his four sons
with him hid themselves.
Now Ornan
was threshing wheat.
And as David
came to Ornan,
Ornan
looked
and saw David,
and went out of the
threshingfloor,
and bowed himself
to David
with his face
to the ground.
Then David
said
to Ornan,
Grant me
the place
of this threshingfloor,
that I
may build
an altar
therein unto the LORD:
thou shalt grant it me
for the full price:
that the plague
may be stayed
from the people.
And Ornan
said
unto David,
Take it to thee,
and let
my lord the king
do that which
is good
in his eyes:
lo,
I give thee
the oxen
also for burnt offerings,
and the threshing instruments
for wood,
and the wheat
for the meat offering;
I give it all.
And king David
said
to Ornan, Nay;
but
I will verily buy it
for the full price:
for I
will not take
that
which is thine
for the LORD,
nor offer
burnt offerings
without cost.
So David
gave to Ornan
for the place
six hundred shekels
of gold
by weight.
And David
built there
an altar
unto the LORD,
and offered
burnt offerings
and peace offerings,
and called
upon the LORD;
and
he answered him
from heaven
by fire
upon the altar
of burnt offering.
And the LORD
commanded
the angel;
and he
put up
his sword
again into the sheath
thereof.
At that time
when David
saw that
the LORD
had answered him
in the threshingfloor
of Ornan
the Jebusite,
then
he sacrificed there.
For the tabernacle
of the LORD,
which Moses
made in the wilderness,
and the altar
of the burnt offering,
were at that season
in the high place
at Gibeon.
But David
could not go
before it
to enquire
of God:
for he
was afraid
because
of the sword
of the angel
of the LORD.
Then David said,
This is the house
of the LORD God,
and this
is the altar
of the burnt
offering
for Israel.
And David
commanded
to gather
together the strangers
that were in the land
of Israel;
and he
set masons
to hew wrought
stones
to build the house
of God.
And David
prepared
iron in abundance
for the nails
for the doors
of the gates,
and
for the joinings;
and brass
in abundance
without weight;
Also cedar trees
in abundance:
for the Zidonians
and
they of Tyre
brought
much cedar wood
to David.
And David said,
Solomon my son
is young
and tender,
and the house
that is
to be builded
for the LORD
must be exceeding magnifical,
of fame and
of glory
throughout all countries:
I will therefore now make preparation
for it.
So David
prepared abundantly
before his death.
Then
he called for Solomon
his son,
and charged him
to build an house
for the LORD God
of Israel.
And David
said
to Solomon,
My son,
as for me,
it was in my mind
to build
an house
unto the name
of the LORD my God:
But
the word
of the LORD
came to me,
saying,
Thou
hast
shed blood abundantly,
and hast made
great wars:
thou shalt not build
an house
unto my name,
because
thou hast
shed much blood
upon the earth
in my sight.
Behold,
a son
shall be born
to thee,
who shall be a man
of rest;
and
I will give him
rest
from all
his enemies round about:
for his name
shall be Solomon,
and
I will give peace
and quietness
unto Israel
in his days.
He shall build an house
for my name;
and
he shall be
my son,
and
I will be
his father;
and
I will establish
the throne
of his kingdom
over Israel
for ever.
Now,
my son,
the LORD
be with thee;
and prosper thou,
and build
the house
of the LORD thy God,
as he
hath said
of thee.
Only the LORD
give thee wisdom
and understanding,
and give thee
charge concerning
Israel,
that thou
mayest keep the law
of the LORD thy God.
Then shalt
thou prosper,
if thou
takest
heed
to fulfil
the statutes
and judgments which the LORD
charged Moses with
concerning Israel:
be strong,
and
of good courage;
dread not,
nor be dismayed.
Now,
behold,
in my trouble
I have prepared
for the house
of the LORD
an hundred thousand talents
of gold,
and a thousand thousand talents
of silver;
and of brass
and iron
without weight;
for it
is in abundance:
timber also
and stone
have
I prepared;
and
thou mayest add thereto.
Moreover there are workmen
with thee
in abundance,
hewers
and workers
of stone
and timber,
and all manner
of cunning men
for every manner
of work.
Of the gold,
the silver,
and the brass,
and the iron,
there is no number.
Arise therefore,
and be doing,
and the LORD
be with thee.
David also commanded all
the princes
of Israel
to help Solomon
his son,
saying,
Is not the LORD
your God
with you?
and hath
he not given
you rest
on every side?
for he
hath given the inhabitants
of the land
into mine hand;
and the land
is subdued
before the LORD,
and
before his people.
Now set
your heart
and your soul
to seek the LORD
your God;
arise therefore,
and build
ye the sanctuary
of the LORD God,
to bring the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD,
and the holy vessels
of God,
into the house
that is
to be built
to the name
of the LORD.
So when David
was
old
and full of days,
he made Solomon
his son king
over Israel.
And he
gathered
together all
the princes
of Israel,
with the priests
and the Levites.
Now the Levites
were numbered
from the age
of thirty years
and upward:
and their number
by their polls,
man by man,
was thirty
and eight thousand.
Of which,
twenty
and four thousand
were to set
forward the work
of the house
of the LORD;
and six thousand
were officers
and judges:
Moreover four thousand
were porters;
and four thousand
praised the LORD
with the instruments
which I made,
said David,
to praise therewith.
And David
divided them
into courses
among the sons
of Levi,
namely,
Gershon, Kohath,
and Merari.
Of the Gershonites were,
Laadan,
and Shimei.
The sons
of Laadan;
the chief
was Jehiel,
and Zetham,
and Joel,
three.
The sons
of Shimei;
Shelomith,
and Haziel,
and Haran,
three.
These were the chief
of the fathers
of Laadan.
And
the sons
of Shimei were,
Jahath, Zina,
and Jeush,
and Beriah.
These four
were the sons
of Shimei.
And Jahath
was the chief,
and Zizah
the second:
but Jeush
and Beriah
had not many sons;
therefore they
were in one reckoning,
according to
their father's house.
The sons
of Kohath;
Amram, Izhar, Hebron,
and Uzziel,
four.
The sons
of Amram;
Aaron and Moses:
and Aaron
was separated,
that he
should sanctify
the most holy things,
he and his sons
for ever,
to burn
incense
before the LORD,
to minister unto him,
and
to bless
in his name
for ever.
Now concerning
Moses the man
of God,
his sons
were named
of the tribe
of Levi.
The sons
of Moses were,
Gershom,
and Eliezer.
Of the sons
of Gershom,
Shebuel was the chief.
And
the sons
of Eliezer were,
Rehabiah the chief.
And Eliezer
had none other sons;
but
the sons
of Rehabiah
were very many.
Of the sons
of Izhar;
Shelomith the chief.
Of the sons
of Hebron;
Jeriah the first,
Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third,
and Jekameam
the fourth.
Of the sons
of Uzziel;
Micah the first
and Jesiah
the second.
The sons
of Merari;
Mahli,
and Mushi.
The sons
of Mahli;
Eleazar,
and Kish.
And Eleazar died,
and had no sons,
but daughters:
and their brethren
the sons
of Kish
took them.
The sons
of Mushi;
Mahli,
and Eder,
and Jeremoth,
three.
These were the sons
of Levi
after the house
of their fathers;
even the chief
of the fathers,
as they
were counted
by number
of names
by their polls,
that did the work
for the service
of the house
of the LORD,
from the age
of twenty years
and upward.
For David said,
The LORD God
of Israel
hath given
rest
unto his people,
that they
may dwell
in Jerusalem
for ever:
And
also unto the Levites;
they shall
no more
carry
the tabernacle,
nor any vessels of it
for the service
thereof.
For by the last
words of David
the Levites
were numbered
from twenty years old
and above:
Because
their office
was
to wait
on the sons
of Aaron
for the service
of the house
of the LORD,
in the courts,
and
in the chambers,
and in the purifying
of all holy things,
and the work
of the service
of the house
of God;
Both for the shewbread,
and
for the fine flour
for meat offering,
and
for the unleavened cakes,
and for that
which is baked
in the pan,
and for that which
is fried,
and
for all manner
of measure
and size;
And
to stand every morning
to thank
and praise
the LORD,
and likewise
at even:
And
to offer
all burnt
sacrifices
unto the LORD
in the sabbaths,
in the new moons,
and on the set feasts,
by number,
according to
the order
commanded unto them,
continually before the LORD:
And
that they
should keep
the charge
of the tabernacle
of the congregation,
and the charge
of the holy place,
and the charge
of the sons
of Aaron their brethren,
in the service
of the house
of the LORD.
Now these
are the divisions
of the sons
of Aaron.
The sons
of Aaron;
Nadab,
and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar.
But Nadab
and Abihu
died
before their father,
and had
no children:
therefore Eleazar
and Ithamar
executed the priest's office.
And David
distributed them,
both Zadok
of the sons
of Eleazar,
and Ahimelech
of the sons
of Ithamar,
according to
their offices
in their service.
And there were more chief men
found of the sons
of Eleazar
than of the sons
of Ithamar,
and thus
were they divided.
Among the sons
of Eleazar
there were sixteen chief men
of the house
of their fathers,
and eight
among the sons
of Ithamar
according to
the house
of their fathers.
Thus
were
they divided
by lot,
one sort
with another;
for the governors
of the sanctuary,
and governors
of the house
of God,
were of the sons
of Eleazar,
and of the sons
of Ithamar.
And Shemaiah
the son
of Nethaneel the scribe,
one
of the Levites,
wrote them
before the king,
and the princes,
and Zadok
the priest,
and Ahimelech
the son
of Abiathar,
and before the chief
of the fathers
of the priests
and Levites:
one principal household
being taken
for Eleazar,
and one
taken
for Ithamar.
Now the first lot
came forth
to Jehoiarib,
the second
to Jedaiah,
The third
to Harim,
the fourth
to Seorim,
The fifth
to Malchijah,
the sixth
to Mijamin,
The seventh
to Hakkoz,
the eighth
to Abijah,
The ninth
to Jeshuah,
the tenth
to Shecaniah,
The eleventh
to Eliashib,
the twelfth
to Jakim,
The thirteenth
to Huppah,
the fourteenth
to Jeshebeab,
The fifteenth
to Bilgah,
the sixteenth
to Immer,
The seventeenth
to Hezir,
the eighteenth
to Aphses,
The nineteenth
to Pethahiah,
the twentieth
to Jehezekel,
The one
and twentieth
to Jachin,
the two
and twentieth
to Gamul,
The three
and twentieth
to Delaiah,
the four
and twentieth
to Maaziah.
These were the orderings
of them
in their service
to come
into the house
of the LORD,
according to their manner,
under Aaron their father,
as the LORD God
of Israel
had commanded him.
And the rest
of the sons
of Levi
were these:
Of the sons
of Amram;
Shubael:
of the sons
of Shubael;
Jehdeiah.
Concerning Rehabiah:
of the sons
of Rehabiah,
the first was Isshiah.
Of the Izharites;
Shelomoth:
of the sons
of Shelomoth;
Jahath.
And the sons
of Hebron;
Jeriah the first,
Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third,
Jekameam the fourth.
Of the sons
of Uzziel;
Michah:
of the sons
of Michah;
Shamir.
The brother
of Michah
was Isshiah:
of the sons
of Isshiah;
Zechariah.
The sons
of Merari
were Mahli
and Mushi:
the sons
of Jaaziah;
Beno.
The sons
of Merari
by Jaaziah;
Beno,
and Shoham,
and Zaccur,
and Ibri.
Of Mahli
came Eleazar,
who had
no sons.
Concerning Kish:
the son
of Kish was Jerahmeel.
The sons
also of Mushi;
Mahli,
and Eder,
and Jerimoth.
These were the sons
of the Levites
after the house
of their fathers.
These likewise
cast lots over
against their brethren the sons
of Aaron
in the presence
of David the king,
and Zadok,
and Ahimelech,
and the chief
of the fathers
of the priests
and Levites,
even the principal fathers over
against their younger brethren.
Moreover David
and the captains
of the host separated
to the service
of the sons
of Asaph,
and of Heman,
and of Jeduthun,
who should prophesy
with harps,
with psalteries,
and with cymbals:
and the number
of the workmen
according to
their service was:
Of the sons
of Asaph;
Zaccur,
and Joseph,
and Nethaniah,
and Asarelah,
the sons
of Asaph
under the hands
of Asaph,
which prophesied according to
the order
of the king.
Of Jeduthun:
the sons
of Jeduthun;
Gedaliah,
and Zeri,
and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah,
and Mattithiah,
six,
under the hands
of their father Jeduthun,
who prophesied
with a harp,
to give
thanks and
to praise the LORD.
Of Heman:
the sons
of Heman:
Bukkiah, Mattaniah,
Uzziel, Shebuel,
and Jerimoth, Hananiah,
Hanani, Eliathah,
Giddalti,
and Romamtiezer,
Joshbekashah,
Mallothi, Hothir,
and Mahazioth:
All these
were the sons
of Heman
the king's seer
in the words
of God,
to lift
up the horn.
And God
gave to Heman
fourteen sons
and three daughters.
All these
were under the hands
of their father
for song
in the house
of the LORD,
with cymbals,
psalteries,
and harps,
for the service
of the house
of God,
according to
the king's order
to Asaph, Jeduthun,
and Heman.
So the number
of them,
with their brethren
that were instructed in the songs
of the LORD,
even all
that were cunning,
was two hundred fourscore
and eight.
And
they cast lots,
ward against ward,
as well
the small
as the great,
the teacher
as the scholar.
Now the first lot
came forth
for Asaph
to Joseph:
the second
to Gedaliah,
who with his brethren
and sons
were twelve:
The third
to Zaccur,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The fourth
to Izri,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The fifth
to Nethaniah,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The sixth
to Bukkiah,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The seventh
to Jesharelah,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The eighth
to Jeshaiah,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The ninth
to Mattaniah,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The tenth
to Shimei,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The eleventh
to Azareel,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The twelfth
to Hashabiah,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The thirteenth
to Shubael,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The fourteenth
to Mattithiah,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The fifteenth
to Jeremoth,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The sixteenth
to Hananiah,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The seventeenth
to Joshbekashah,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The eighteenth
to Hanani,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The nineteenth
to Mallothi,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The twentieth
to Eliathah,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The one
and twentieth
to Hothir,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The two
and twentieth
to Giddalti,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The three
and twentieth
to Mahazioth,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve:
The four
and twentieth
to Romamtiezer,
he,
his sons,
and his brethren,
were twelve.
Concerning the divisions
of the porters:
Of the Korhites
was Meshelemiah
the son
of Kore,
of the sons
of Asaph.
And
the sons
of Meshelemiah were,
Zechariah the firstborn,
Jediael the second,
Zebadiah the third,
Jathniel the fourth,
Elam the fifth,
Jehohanan the sixth,
Elioenai the seventh.
Moreover the sons
of Obededom were,
Shemaiah the firstborn,
Jehozabad the second,
Joah the third,
and Sacar
the fourth,
and Nethaneel
the fifth.
Ammiel the sixth,
Issachar the seventh,
Peulthai the eighth:
for God
blessed him.
Also unto Shemaiah
his son
were
sons born,
that ruled
throughout the house
of their father:
for they
were mighty men
of valour.
The sons
of Shemaiah;
Othni,
and Rephael,
and Obed, Elzabad,
whose brethren
were strong men,
Elihu,
and Semachiah.
All these
of the sons
of Obededom:
they
and their sons
and their brethren,
able men
for strength
for the service,
were threescore
and two
of Obededom.
And Meshelemiah
had sons
and brethren,
strong men,
eighteen.
Also Hosah,
of the children
of Merari,
had sons;
Simri the chief,
(for
though he
was not
the firstborn,
yet his father
made him
the chief;)
Hilkiah the second,
Tebaliah the third,
Zechariah the fourth:
all the sons
and brethren
of Hosah were thirteen.
Among these
were the divisions
of the porters,
even among the chief men,
having wards one
against another,
to minister
in the house
of the LORD.
And
they cast lots,
as well
the small
as the great,
according to
the house
of their fathers,
for every gate.
And the lot
eastward fell
to Shelemiah.
Then
for Zechariah his son,
a wise counsellor,
they cast lots;
and his lot
came
out northward.
To Obededom southward;
and
to his sons
the house
of Asuppim.
To Shuppim
and Hosah
the lot
came
forth westward,
with the gate Shallecheth,
by the causeway
of the going up,
ward against ward.
Eastward were six Levites,
northward four a day,
southward four a day,
and
toward Asuppim two
and two.
At Parbar westward,
four
at the causeway,
and two
at Parbar.
These are the divisions
of the porters
among the sons
of Kore,
and among the sons
of Merari.
And
of the Levites,
Ahijah was over the treasures
of the house
of God,
and over the treasures
of the dedicated things.
As concerning the sons
of Laadan;
the sons
of the Gershonite Laadan,
chief fathers,
even of Laadan the Gershonite,
were Jehieli.
The sons
of Jehieli;
Zetham,
and Joel
his brother,
which were over the treasures
of the house
of the LORD.
Of the Amramites,
and the Izharites,
the Hebronites,
and the Uzzielites:
And Shebuel
the son
of Gershom,
the son of Moses,
was ruler
of the treasures.
And his brethren
by Eliezer;
Rehabiah his son,
and Jeshaiah
his son,
and Joram
his son,
and Zichri
his son,
and Shelomith
his son.
Which Shelomith
and his brethren
were over all
the treasures
of the dedicated things,
which David the king,
and the chief fathers,
the captains
over thousands
and hundreds,
and the captains
of the host,
had dedicated.
Out of the spoils
won in battles
did
they dedicate
to maintain the house
of the LORD.
And all that Samuel
the seer,
and Saul
the son
of Kish,
and Abner
the son
of Ner,
and Joab
the son
of Zeruiah,
had dedicated;
and whosoever
had dedicated
any thing,
it was under the hand
of Shelomith,
and
of his brethren.
Of the Izharites,
Chenaniah
and his sons
were for the outward business
over Israel,
for officers
and judges.
And
of the Hebronites,
Hashabiah
and his brethren,
men of valour,
a thousand
and seven hundred,
were officers
among them
of Israel
on this side Jordan
westward in all
the business
of the LORD,
and
in the service
of the king.
Among the Hebronites
was Jerijah
the chief,
even among the Hebronites,
according to
the generations
of his fathers.
In the fortieth year
of the reign
of David
they
were sought for,
and there were found
among them mighty men
of valour
at Jazer
of Gilead.
And his brethren,
men of valour,
were two thousand
and seven hundred chief fathers,
whom king
David made rulers
over the Reubenites,
the Gadites,
and the half tribe
of Manasseh,
for every
matter
pertaining
to God,
and affairs
of the king.
Now the children
of Israel
after their number,
to wit,
the chief fathers
and captains
of thousands
and hundreds,
and their officers
that served
the king
in any
matter
of the courses,
which came
in and went out
month by month
throughout all
the months
of the year,
of every course
were twenty
and four thousand.
Over the first course
for the first month
was Jashobeam
the son
of Zabdiel:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
Of the children
of Perez
was the chief
of all the captains
of the host
for the first month.
And
over the course
of the second month
was Dodai
an Ahohite,
and of his course
was Mikloth
also the ruler:
in his course likewise
were twenty
and four thousand.
The third captain
of the host
for the third month
was Benaiah
the son
of Jehoiada,
a chief priest:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
This is that Benaiah,
who was mighty
among the thirty,
and above
the thirty:
and in his course
was Ammizabad
his son.
The fourth captain
for the fourth month
was Asahel
the brother
of Joab,
and Zebadiah
his son
after him:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
The fifth captain
for the fifth month
was Shamhuth
the Izrahite:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
The sixth captain
for the sixth month
was Ira
the son
of Ikkesh the Tekoite:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
The seventh captain
for the seventh month
was Helez
the Pelonite,
of the children
of Ephraim:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
The eighth captain
for the eighth month
was Sibbecai
the Hushathite,
of the Zarhites:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
The ninth captain
for the ninth month
was Abiezer
the Anetothite,
of the Benjamites:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
The tenth captain
for the tenth month
was Maharai
the Netophathite,
of the Zarhites:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
The eleventh captain
for the eleventh month
was Benaiah
the Pirathonite,
of the children
of Ephraim:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
The twelfth captain
for the twelfth month
was Heldai
the Netophathite,
of Othniel:
and in his course
were twenty
and four thousand.
Furthermore over the tribes
of Israel:
the ruler
of the Reubenites
was Eliezer
the son
of Zichri:
of the Simeonites,
Shephatiah the son
of Maachah:
Of the Levites,
Hashabiah the son
of Kemuel:
of the Aaronites, Zadok:
Of Judah, Elihu,
one
of the brethren
of David:
of Issachar,
Omri the son
of Michael:
Of Zebulun,
Ishmaiah the son
of Obadiah:
of Naphtali,
Jerimoth the son
of Azriel:
Of the children
of Ephraim,
Hoshea the son
of Azaziah:
of the half tribe
of Manasseh,
Joel the son
of Pedaiah:
Of the half tribe
of Manasseh
in Gilead,
Iddo the son
of Zechariah:
of Benjamin,
Jaasiel the son
of Abner:
Of Dan,
Azareel the son
of Jeroham.
These were the princes
of the tribes
of Israel.
But David
took not
the number
of them
from twenty years old
and under:
because
the LORD
had said
he would increase
Israel like
to the stars
of the heavens.
Joab
the son
of Zeruiah
began to number,
but
he finished not,
because there fell wrath
for it
against Israel;
neither was
the number
put in
the account
of the chronicles
of king David.
And
over the king's treasures
was Azmaveth
the son
of Adiel:
and
over the storehouses
in the fields,
in the cities,
and
in the villages,
and
in the castles,
was Jehonathan
the son
of Uzziah:
And over them that
did
the work
of the field
for tillage
of the ground
was Ezri
the son
of Chelub:
And
over the vineyards
was Shimei
the Ramathite:
over the increase
of the vineyards
for the wine cellars
was Zabdi
the Shiphmite:
And
over the olive trees
and the sycomore trees
that
were in the low plains
was Baalhanan
the Gederite:
and
over the cellars
of oil
was Joash:
And
over the herds
that fed
in Sharon
was Shitrai
the Sharonite:
and
over the herds
that
were in the valleys
was Shaphat
the son
of Adlai:
Over the camels
also was Obil
the Ishmaelite:
and
over the asses
was Jehdeiah
the Meronothite:
And
over the flocks
was Jaziz
the Hagerite.
All these
were
the rulers
of the substance which
was king David's.
Also Jonathan David's uncle
was a counsellor,
a wise man,
and a scribe:
and Jehiel
the son
of Hachmoni
was with the king's sons:
And Ahithophel
was the king's counsellor:
and Hushai
the Archite
was the king's companion:
And
after Ahithophel
was Jehoiada
the son
of Benaiah,
and Abiathar:
and the general
of the king's army
was Joab.
And David
assembled all
the princes
of Israel,
the princes
of the tribes,
and the captains
of the companies
that ministered
to the king
by course,
and the captains
over the thousands,
and captains
over the hundreds,
and the stewards
over all the substance
and possession
of the king,
and of his sons,
with the officers,
and with the mighty men,
and
with all
the valiant men,
unto Jerusalem.
Then
David the king
stood up
upon his feet,
and said,
Hear me,
my brethren,
and my people:
As for me,
I had
in mine heart
to build
an house
of rest
for the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD,
and
for the footstool
of our God,
and had made ready
for the building:
But God
said unto me,
Thou
shalt not build
an house
for my name,
because
thou hast been a man
of war,
and hast
shed blood.
Howbeit
the LORD God
of Israel
chose me
before all
the house
of my father
to be king
over Israel
for ever:
for he
hath chosen Judah
to be the ruler;
and of the house
of Judah,
the house
of my father;
and
among the sons
of my father
he liked me
to make me king
over all Israel:
And
of all my sons,
(for the LORD
hath given me
many sons,)
he hath chosen Solomon
my son to sit
upon the throne
of the kingdom
of the LORD
over Israel.
And
he said unto me,
Solomon thy son,
he shall build
my house
and my courts:
for I
have chosen him to be
my son,
and
I will be
his father.
Moreover I
will establish
his kingdom
for ever,
if he
be constant
to do my commandments
and my judgments,
as at this day.
Now
therefore in the sight
of all Israel
the congregation
of the LORD,
and
in the audience
of our God,
keep
and seek
for all
the commandments
of the LORD your God:
that ye
may possess
this good land,
and leave it
for an inheritance
for your children
after you
for ever.
And thou,
Solomon my son,
know
thou the God
of thy father,
and serve him
with a perfect heart
and
with a willing mind:
for the LORD
searcheth all hearts,
and understandeth all
the imaginations
of the thoughts:
if thou
seek him,
he will be found
of thee;
but
if thou
forsake him,
he will cast thee off
for ever.
Take heed now;
for the LORD
hath chosen thee
to build an house
for the sanctuary:
be strong,
and do it.
Then David
gave to Solomon
his son
the pattern
of the porch,
and of the houses
thereof,
and
of the treasuries
thereof,
and
of the upper chambers
thereof,
and
of the inner parlours
thereof,
and of the place
of the mercy seat,
And the pattern
of all
that he
had
by the spirit,
of the courts
of the house
of the LORD,
and
of all the chambers round about,
of the treasuries
of the house
of God,
and
of the treasuries
of the dedicated things:
Also for the courses
of the priests
and the Levites,
and
for all the work
of the service
of the house
of the LORD,
and
for all the vessels
of service
in the house
of the LORD.
He gave of gold
by weight
for things
of gold,
for all instruments
of all manner
of service;
silver also for all instruments
of silver
by weight,
for all instruments
of every kind
of service:
Even the weight
for the candlesticks
of gold,
and
for their lamps
of gold,
by weight
for every candlestick,
and for the lamps
thereof:
and
for the candlesticks
of silver
by weight,
both for the candlestick,
and
also for the lamps
thereof,
according to
the use
of every candlestick.
And by weight
he gave gold
for the tables
of shewbread,
for every table;
and likewise silver
for the tables
of silver:
Also pure gold
for the fleshhooks,
and the bowls,
and the cups:
and
for the golden basons
he gave gold
by weight
for every bason;
and likewise silver
by weight
for every bason
of silver:
And for the altar
of incense
refined gold
by weight;
and gold
for the pattern
of the chariot
of the cherubims,
that spread out their wings,
and covered
the ark
of the covenant
of the LORD.
All this,
said David,
the LORD
made me
understand
in writing
by his hand
upon me,
even all
the works
of this pattern.
And David
said
to Solomon
his son,
Be strong and
of good courage,
and do it:
fear not,
nor be dismayed:
for the LORD God,
even my God,
will be
with thee;
he will not fail thee,
nor forsake thee,
until thou
hast finished all the work
for the service
of the house
of the LORD.
And,
behold,
the courses
of the priests
and the Levites,
even
they
shall be
with thee
for all the service
of the house
of God:
and there shall be
with thee
for all manner
of workmanship every willing
skilful man,
for any manner
of service:
also the princes
and all
the people
will be wholly
at thy commandment.
Furthermore
David the king
said
unto all
the congregation,
Solomon my son,
whom
alone God
hath chosen,
is yet young
and tender,
and the work
is great:
for the palace
is not for man,
but for the LORD God.
Now
I have prepared
with all my
might for the house
of my God
the gold
for things
to be made
of gold,
and the silver
for things
of silver,
and the brass
for things
of brass,
the iron
for things
of iron,
and wood
for things
of wood;
onyx stones,
and stones
to be set,
glistering stones,
and
of divers colours,
and all manner
of precious stones,
and marble stones
in abundance.
Moreover,
because
I have set
my affection
to the house
of my God,
I have
of mine
own proper good,
of gold
and silver,
which I
have given
to the house
of my God,
over and above all that
I have prepared
for the holy house.
Even three thousand talents
of gold,
of the gold
of Ophir,
and seven thousand talents
of refined silver,
to overlay the walls
of the houses withal:
The gold
for things
of gold,
and the silver
for things
of silver,
and
for all manner
of work
to be made
by the hands
of artificers.
And
who
then is
willing
to consecrate his service
this day
unto the LORD?
Then the chief
of the fathers
and princes
of the tribes
of Israel
and the captains
of thousands
and of hundreds,
with the rulers
of the king's work,
offered willingly,
And gave for the service
of the house
of God
of gold
five thousand talents
and ten thousand drams,
and of silver
ten thousand talents,
and
of brass
eighteen thousand talents,
and one hundred thousand talents
of iron.
And they
with whom precious stones
were found
gave them
to the treasure
of the house
of the LORD,
by the hand
of Jehiel the Gershonite.
Then the people rejoiced,
for that
they offered willingly,
because
with perfect heart
they offered willingly
to the LORD:
and David
the king
also rejoiced
with great joy.
Wherefore
David
blessed
the LORD
before all
the congregation:
and David said,
Blessed be thou,
LORD God
of Israel our father,
for ever
and ever.
Thine,
O LORD
is the greatness,
and the power,
and the glory,
and the victory,
and the majesty:
for all that is
in the heaven
and in the earth
is thine;
thine is the kingdom,
O LORD,
and
thou art
exalted as head above all.
Both riches
and honour
come of thee,
and
thou reignest over all;
and in thine hand
is power
and might;
and in thine hand
it is
to make great,
and
to give strength
unto all.
Now therefore,
our God,
we thank thee,
and praise
thy glorious name.
But who
am I,
and
what is my people,
that we
should be able
to offer so
willingly after this sort?
for all
things
come
of thee,
and of thine
own
have
we given thee.
For we
are strangers
before thee,
and sojourners,
as were all our fathers:
our days
on the earth
are as a shadow,
and there is none abiding.
O LORD our God,
all this store that
we have prepared
to build
thee an house
for thine
holy name
cometh of thine hand,
and is all
thine own.
I know also,
my God,
that thou
triest the heart,
and hast pleasure
in uprightness.
As for me,
in the uprightness
of mine heart
I have willingly offered all
these things:
and now have
I seen
with joy thy people,
which are present here,
to offer willingly
unto thee.
O LORD God
of Abraham, Isaac,
and of Israel,
our fathers,
keep this for
ever in the imagination
of the thoughts
of the heart
of thy people,
and prepare
their heart
unto thee:
And give
unto Solomon my son
a perfect heart,
to keep
thy commandments,
thy testimonies,
and thy statutes,
and to do all
these things,
and to build
the palace,
for the which
I have made provision.
And David
said
to all
the congregation,
Now bless
the LORD your God.
And all
the congregation blessed
the LORD God
of their fathers,
and bowed
down their heads,
and worshipped
the LORD,
and the king.
And
they sacrificed
sacrifices
unto the LORD,
and offered
burnt offerings
unto the LORD,
on the morrow
after that day,
even a thousand bullocks,
a thousand rams,
and a thousand lambs,
with their drink offerings,
and sacrifices
in abundance
for all Israel:
And did eat
and drink
before the LORD
on that day
with great gladness.
And
they made Solomon
the son
of David king
the second time,
and anointed him
unto the LORD
to be the chief governor,
and Zadok
to be priest.
Then Solomon
sat on the throne
of the LORD
as king
instead of David his father,
and prospered;
and all Israel
obeyed him.
And all
the princes,
and the mighty men,
and all
the sons likewise
of king David,
submitted themselves
unto Solomon the king.
And the LORD
magnified Solomon
exceedingly in the sight
of all Israel,
and bestowed
upon him such royal majesty
as had not been
on any king
before him
in Israel.
Thus David
the son
of Jesse
reigned
over all Israel.
And the time
that he
reigned
over Israel was
forty years;
seven years
reigned
he in Hebron,
and thirty
and three years
reigned
he in Jerusalem.
And he
died
in a good old age,
full of days,
riches,
and honour:
and Solomon
his son
reigned
in his stead.
Now the acts
of David the king,
first
and last,
behold,
they
are written in the book
of Samuel the seer,
and in the book
of Nathan the prophet,
and in the book
of Gad the seer,
With all
his reign
and his might,
and the times
that went over him,
and over Israel,
and
over all
the kingdoms
of the countries.