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[1]
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
[2] Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
[3]
Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
[4] Noah, Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
[5] The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and
Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
[6]
And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
[7]
And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and
Dodanim.
[8] The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and
Canaan.
[9] And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and
Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and
Dedan.
[10] And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty
upon the earth.
[11] And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim,
and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,
[12] And Pathrusim, and
Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
[13]
And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
[14] The
Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
[15]
And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
[16] And
the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
[17] The
sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and
Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
[18] And Arphaxad
begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
[19] 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.
[20]
And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and
Jerah,
[21] Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
[22]
And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
[23] And Ophir, and
Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
[24]
Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
[25] Eber, Peleg, Reu,
[26]
Serug, Nahor, Terah,
[27] Abram; the same is Abraham.
[28]
The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
[29] These are
their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar,
and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
[30] Mishma and Dumah, Massa,
Hadad, and Tema,
[31] Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These
are the sons of Ishmael.
[32] 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.
[33] And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and
Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of
Keturah.
[34] And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac;
Esau and Israel.
[35] The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and
Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
[36] The sons of Eliphaz;
Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
[37]
The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
[38]
And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and
Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
[39] And the sons of Lothan;
Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister.
[40] The
sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And
the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
[41] The sons of Anah;
Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and
Cheran.
[42] The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and
Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
[43] 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.
[44] And when Bela was dead, Jobab
the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.
[45] And
when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in
his stead.
[46] 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.
[47] And when Hadad was
dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
[48] And
when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his
stead.
[49] And when Shaul was dead, Baal-hanan the son of
Achbor reigned in his stead.
[50] And when Baal-hanan 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.
[51] Hadad died also. And the dukes of
Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
[52] Duke
Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
[53] Duke Kenaz, duke
Teman, duke Mibzar,
[54] Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are
the dukes of Edom.
[1]
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Issachar, and Zebulun,
[2] Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin,
Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
[3] The sons of Judah; Er, and
Onan, and Shelah: 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.
[4] And Tamar his
daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were
five.
[5] The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
[6]
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and
Dara: five of them in all.
[7] And the sons of Carmi;
Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing
accursed.
[8] And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
[9]
The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram,
and Chelubai.
[10] And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab
begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
[11] And
Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
[12] And Boaz
begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
[13] And Jesse begat his
firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
[14]
Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
[15] Ozem the
sixth, David the seventh:
[16] Whose sisters were Zeruiah,
and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel,
three.
[17] And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa
was Jether the Ishmeelite.
[18] And Caleb the son of Hezron
begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are
these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
[19] And when Azubah
was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
[20]
And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
[21] 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.
[22] And Segub begat Jair, who had three
and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
[23] 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.
[24] And after that
Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him
Ashur the father of Tekoa.
[25] And the sons of Jerahmeel
the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren,
and Ozem, and Ahijah.
[26] Jerahmeel had also another wife,
whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
[27] And
the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and
Eker.
[28] And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada.
And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
[29] And the
name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and
Molid.
[30] And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but
Seled died without children.
[31] And the sons of Appaim;
Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan;
Ahlai.
[32] And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai;
Jether and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
[33]
And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of
Jerahmeel.
[34] Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And
Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
[35]
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she
bare him Attai.
[36] And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan
begat Zabad,
[37] And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat
Obed,
[38] And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat
Azariah,
[39] And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat
Eleasah,
[40] And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat
Shallum,
[41] And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah
begat Elishama.
[42] 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.
[43] And the
sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
[44]
And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat
Shammai.
[45] And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was
the father of Beth-zur.
[46] And Ephah, Caleb's concubine,
bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
[47]
And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and
Ephah, and Shaaph.
[48] Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare
Sheber, and Tirhanah.
[49] She bare also Shaaph the father
of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea:
and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
[50] These were the
sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the
father of Kirjath-jearim,
[51] Salma the father of
Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
[52] And Shobal
the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the
Manahethites.
[53] And the families of Kirjath-jearim; the
Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites;
of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.
[54] The
sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house
of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
[55]
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.
[1]
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:
[2] The third, Absalom the son
of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth,
Adonijah the son of Haggith:
[3] The fifth, Shephatiah of
Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
[4] 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.
[5]
And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and
Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel:
[6]
Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
[7] And Nogah, and
Nepheg, and Japhia,
[8] And Elishama, and Eliada, and
Eliphelet, nine.
[9] These were all the sons of David,
beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
[10]
And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
[11] Joram his son, Ahaziah his son,
Joash his son,
[12] Amaziah his son, Azariah his son,
Jotham his son,
[13] Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son,
Manasseh his son,
[14] Amon his son, Josiah his son.
[15]
And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second
Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
[16] And
the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
[17]
And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
[18]
Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and
Nedabiah.
[19] And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel,
and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and
Shelomith their sister:
[20] And Hashubah, and Ohel, and
Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.
[21] And the
sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the
sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
[22]
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah;
Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
[23]
And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam,
three.
[24] And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and
Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and
Anani, seven.
[1]
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and
Shobal.
[2] And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and
Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the
Zorathites.
[3] And these were of the father of Etam;
Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was
Hazelelponi:
[4] 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.
[5] And Ashur the father
of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
[6] And Naarah
bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were
the sons of Naarah.
[7] And the sons of Helah were, Zereth,
and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
[8] And Coz begat Anub, and
Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
[9]
And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother
called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
[10]
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.
[11]
And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of
Eshton.
[12] And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and
Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Rechah.
[13]
And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel;
Hathath.
[14] And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat
Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were
craftsmen.
[15] And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh;
Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
[16]
And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and
Asareel.
[17] 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.
[18] And his wife Jehudiajah 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 Pharoah, which Mered took.
[19] And the sons of
his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the
Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
[20] And the sons of
Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of
Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
[21] 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,
[22] And Jokim, and the men
of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and
Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.
[23] These
were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there
they dwelt with the king for his work.
[24] The sons of
Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
[25]
Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
[26] And
the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Shimei his
son.
[27] 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.
[28] And they
dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
[29] And
at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
[30] And at Bethuel,
and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
[31] And at Beth-marcaboth,
and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their
cities unto the reign of David.
[32] And their villages
were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:
[33]
And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto
Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
[34]
And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
[35]
And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son
of Asiel,
[36] And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah,
and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
[37] And
Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son
of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
[38] These mentioned by
their names were princes in their families: and the house of their
fathers increased greatly.
[39] And they went to the
entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek
pasture for their flocks.
[40] 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.
[41] 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.
[42] 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.
[43] And they smote the rest of the
Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
[1]
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.
[2]
For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief
ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
[3] The sons, I
say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hannoch, and Pallu,
Hezron, and Carmi.
[4] The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son,
Gog his son, Shimei his son,
[5] Micah his son, Reaia his
son, Baal his son,
[6] Beerah his son, whom
Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince
of the Reubenites.
[7] And his brethren by their families,
when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief,
Jeiel, and Zechariah,
[8] And Bela the son of Azaz, the son
of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and
Baal-meon:
[9] 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.
[10] 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.
[11] And the children of Gad dwelt over against
them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:
[12] Joel the
chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
[13]
And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and
Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber,
seven.
[14] 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;
[15]
Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their
fathers.
[16] And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in
her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
[17]
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of
Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
[18] 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.
[19] And they
made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
[20]
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.
[21] 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.
[22] For there fell down many slain, because the
war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the
captivity.
[23] And the children of the half tribe of
Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto
Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
[24] And
these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and
Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel,
mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their
fathers.
[25] 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.
[26] And the God of
Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit
of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even
the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and
brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan,
unto this day.
[1]
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
[2] And the
sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
[3]
And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons
also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[4]
Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
[5] And
Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
[6] And Uzzi
begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
[7] Meraioth
begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
[8] And Ahitub
begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
[9] And Ahimaaz begat
Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
[10] And Johanan begat
Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple
that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
[11] And Azariah begat
Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
[12] And Ahitub begat
Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
[13] And Shallum begat
Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
[14] And Azariah begat
Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
[15] And Jehozadak
went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem
by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
[16] The sons of Levi;
Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
[17] And these be the names of
the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
[18] And the sons
of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
[19]
The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of
the Levites according to their fathers.
[20] Of Gershom;
Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
[21] Joah
his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son.
[22]
The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his
son,
[23] Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir
his son,
[24] Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his
son, and Shaul his son.
[25] And the sons of Elkanah;
Amasai, and Ahimoth.
[26] As for Elkanah: the sons of
Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
[27] Eliab his
son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
[28] And the sons of
Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
[29] The sons of
Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
[30]
Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
[31] And
these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house
of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
[32] 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.
[33] 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,
[34] The son of Elkanah, the son
of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
[35] The son
of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of
Amasai,
[36] The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son
of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
[37] The son of Tahath,
the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
[38]
The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel.
[39] And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right
hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
[40]
The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,
[41]
The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
[42]
The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
[43]
The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
[44]
And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan
the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
[45]
The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
[46]
The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
[47]
The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of
Levi.
[48] Their brethren also the Levites were appointed
unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of
God.
[49] 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.
[50] And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar
his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
[51] Bukki his
son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
[52] Meraioth his son,
Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
[53] Zadok his son,
Ahimaaz his son.
[54] 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.
[55]
And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs
thereof round about it.
[56] But the fields of the city,
and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of
Jephunneh.
[57] 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,
[58]
And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
[59]
And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs:
[60]
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.
[61] 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.
[62] 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.
[63]
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.
[64] And the children
of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.
[65]
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.
[66] And the residue of the families of the sons of
Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
[67]
And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount
Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
[68]
And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,
[69]
And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs:
[70]
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.
[71] 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:
[72] And out of
the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her
suburbs,
[73] And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with
her suburbs:
[74] And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal
with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,
[75] And
Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
[76]
And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs,
and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
[77]
Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe
of Zebulun. Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
[78]
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,
[79]
Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
[80]
And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and
Mahanaim with her suburbs,
[81] And Heshbon with her
suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
[1]
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron,
four.
[2] 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.
[3] And the sons of Uzzi;
Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel,
Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
[4] 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.
[5] And their brethren among all the
families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by
their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
[6] The
sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
[7]
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.
[8] 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.
[9]
And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations,
heads of the house of the fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty
thousand and two hundred.
[10] The sons also of Jediael;
Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and
Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
[11]
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.
[12] Shuppim also, and
Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
[13]
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the
sons of Bilhah.
[14] The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom
she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of
Gilead:
[15] 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.
[16]
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.
[17] And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These
were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
[18]
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
[19]
And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and
Aniam.
[20] And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered
his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his
son,
[21] 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.
[22]
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to
comfort him.
[23] 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.
[24] (And his daughter was
Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and
Uzzen-sherah.)
[25] And Rephah was his son, also Resheph,
and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
[26] Laadan his son,
Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
[27] Non his son,
Jehoshua his son.
[28] 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:
[29] And by
the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean 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.
[30]
The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and
Serah their sister.
[31] And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and
Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
[32] And Heber
begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
[33]
And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are
the children of Japhlet.
[34] And the sons of Shamer; Ahi,
and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
[35] And the sons of his
brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
[36]
The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and
Imrah,
[37] Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma and Shilshah, and
Ithran, and Beera.
[38] And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh,
and Pispah, and Ara.
[39] And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and
Haniel, and Rezia.
[40] 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.
[1]
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah
the third,
[2] Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
[3]
And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
[4]
And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
[5] And Gera, and
Shephuphan, and Huram.
[6] 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:
[7] And Naaman, and Ahiah,
and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
[8]
And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had
sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
[9] And he
begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and
Malcham,
[10] And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were
his sons, heads of the fathers.
[11] And of Hushim he begat
Abitub, and Elpaal.
[12] The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and
Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns
thereof:
[13] Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the
fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants
of Gath:
[14] And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
[15]
And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
[16] And Michael, and
Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
[17] And Zebadiah, and
Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
[18] Ishmerai also, and
Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
[19] And Jakim, and
Zichri, and Zabdi,
[20] And Elienai, and Zilthai, and
Eliel,
[21] And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons
of Shimhi;
[22] And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
[23]
And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
[24] And Hananiah, and
Elam, and Antothijah,
[25] And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the
sons of Shashak;
[26] And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and
Athaliah,
[27] And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the
sons of Jeroham.
[28] These were heads of the fathers, by
their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
[29]
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was
Maachah:
[30] And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and
Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
[31] And Gedor, and Ahio, and
Zacher.
[32] And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also
dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
[33]
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and
Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
[34] And the son
of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
[35]
And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and
Ahaz.
[36] And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat
Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
[37]
And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his
son:
[38] 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.
[39] And the sons of Eshek
his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and
Eliphelet the third.
[40] 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.
[1]
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.
[2] Now
the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities
were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
[3]
And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children
of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
[4]
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.
[5]
And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
[6]
And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and
ninety.
[7] And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of
Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,
[8]
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;
[9] 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.
[10] And of
the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
[11] And
Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok,
the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of
God;
[12] 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;
[13] 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.
[14] And
of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the
son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
[15] And
Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son
of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
[16] And Obadiah the son of
Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the
son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the
Netophathites.
[17] And the porters were, Shallum, and
Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the
chief;
[18] Who hitherto waited in the king's gate
eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of
Levi.
[19] 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.
[20] And Phinehas
the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord
was with him.
[21] And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was
porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
[22]
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.
[23] 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.
[24] In four quarters were the
porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
[25] And
their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after
seven days from time to time with them.
[26] For these
Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were
over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
[27]
And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was
upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to
them.
[28] And certain of them had the charge of the
ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by
tale.
[29] 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.
[30] And some of the sons of the priests made the
ointment of the spices.
[31] 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.
[32] And
other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the
shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
[33] 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.
[34] These chief fathers of the Levites were chief
throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
[35]
And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name
was Maachah:
[36] And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur,
and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
[37] And Gedor, and
Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
[38] And Mikloth begat
Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over
against their brethren.
[39] And Ner begat Kish; and Kish
begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab,
and Esh-baal.
[40] And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal:
and Merib-baal begat Micah.
[41] And the sons of Micah
were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.
[42] And
Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri;
and Zimri begat Moza;
[43] And Moza begat Binea; and
Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
[44] 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.
[1]
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled
from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
[2]
And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and
the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the
sons of Saul.
[3] And the battle went sore against Saul,
and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
[4]
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.
[5] And when his armourbearer saw
that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
[6]
So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died
together.
[7] 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.
[8] 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.
[9] 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.
[10] And they put his armour in
the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of
Dagon.
[11] And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the
Philistines had done to Saul,
[12] 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.
[13] 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 inquire of it;
[14]
And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the
kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
[1]
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying,
Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
[2] 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,
and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
[3]
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.
[4] And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem,
which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the
land.
[5] 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.
[6] 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.
[7] And David
dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
[8]
And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and
Joab repaired the rest of the city.
[9] So David waxed
greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
[10]
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.
[11] And this is the number of the mighty men whom
David had; Jashobeam, and Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he
lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one
time.
[12] And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the
Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
[13] He was
with David at Pas-dammim, 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.
[14] 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.
[15] 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.
[16] And
David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at
Bethlehem.
[17] 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!
[18] 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,
[19] 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.
[20] 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.
[21] Of the three, he was more honourable
than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to
the first three.
[22] 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.
[23] 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.
[24] These things did Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.
[25]
Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the
first three: and David set him over his guard.
[26] Also
the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab,
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
[27] Shammoth the
Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
[28] Ira the son of Ikkesh
the Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite,
[29] Sibbecai the
Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
[30] Maharai the
Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
[31]
Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of
Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
[32] Hurai of the brooks
of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
[33] Azmaveth the
Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
[34] The sons of
Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
[35]
Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
[36]
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
[37] Hezro
the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
[38] Joel the
brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
[39] Zelek
the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son
of Zeruiah,
[40] Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
[41]
Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
[42] Adina the
son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty
with him,
[43] Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the
Mithnite,
[44] Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the
sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
[45] Jediael the son of
Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
[46] Eliel the
Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah
the Moabite,
[47] Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the
Mesobaite.
[1]
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.
[2] 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.
[3] 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,
[4] And
Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the
thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the
Gederathite,
[5] Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and
Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,
[6] Elkanah, and
Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
[7]
And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
[8]
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;
[9] Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab
the third,
[10] Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the
fifth,
[11] Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
[12]
Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
[13] Jeremiah the
tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
[14] 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.
[15] 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.
[16] And there came of the
children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
[17]
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.
[18] 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.
[19] 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.
[20] 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.
[21] And
they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all
mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
[22]
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.
[23] 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.
[24] The children of Judah that bare
shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to
the war.
[25] Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of
valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
[26] Of
the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
[27]
And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three
thousand and seven hundred;
[28] And Zadok, a young man
mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two
captains.
[29] 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.
[30] And of the
children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of
valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
[31]
And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were
expressed by name, to come and make David king.
[32] 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.
[33]
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.
[34] And of Naphtali a thousand
captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven
thousand.
[35] And of the Danites expert in war twenty and
eight thousand and six hundred.
[36] And of Asher, such as
went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
[37]
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.
[38]
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.
[39] And
there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their
brethren had prepared for them.
[40] 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.
[1]
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and
with every leader.
[2] 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:
[3] And let us bring again
the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of
Saul.
[4] And all the congregation said that they would do
so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
[5]
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto
the entering of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from
Kirjath-jearim.
[6] And David went up, and all Israel, to
Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, 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.
[7] And they carried
the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza
and Ahio drave the cart.
[8] 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.
[9] And when they came unto the
threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark;
for the oxen stumbled.
[10] 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.
[11] And David was
displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore
that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
[12] And David
was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God
home to me?
[13] So David brought not the ark home to
himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of
Obed-edom the Gittite.
[14] And the ark of God remained
with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD
blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
[1]
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of
cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.
[2]
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.
[3] And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and
David begat more sons and daughters.
[4] Now these are the
names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab,
Nathan, and Solomon,
[5] And Ibhar, and Elishua, and
Elpalet,
[6] And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
[7]
And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
[8] 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.
[9] And the Philistines came and
spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
[10] And David
inquired 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.
[11] So they
came up to Baal-perazim; 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
Baal-perazim.
[12] And when they had left their gods there,
David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
[13]
And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the
valley.
[14] Therefore David inquired 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.
[15] 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.
[16]
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of
the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
[17] And the
fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear
of him upon all nations.
[1]
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.
[2] 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.
[3] 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.
[4] And David
assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
[5] Of
the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and
twenty:
[6] Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and
his brethren two hundred and twenty:
[7] Of the sons of
Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
[8]
Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two
hundred:
[9] Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and
his brethren fourscore:
[10] Of the sons of Uzziel;
Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
[11]
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the
Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and
Amminadab,
[12] 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.
[13] 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.
[14] So the
priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of
the LORD God of Israel.
[15] 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.
[16]
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.
[17]
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;
[18] 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 Obed-edom, and
Jeiel, the porters.
[19] So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and
Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
[20]
And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and
Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
[21]
And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and
Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
[22]
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed
about the song, because he was skilful.
[23] And Berechiah
and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
[24] 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 Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for
the ark.
[25] 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 Obed-edom with joy.
[26] 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.
[27] 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.
[28] 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.
[29] 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.
[1]
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.
[2] 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.
[3] 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.
[4]
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:
[5] Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah,
Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and
Benaiah, and Obed-edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but
Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
[6] Benaiah also and
Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the
covenant of God.
[7] Then on that day David delivered first
this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his
brethren.
[8] Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his
name, make known his deeds among the people.
[9] Sing unto
him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
[10]
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the LORD.
[11] Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his
face continually.
[12] Remember his marvellous works that
he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
[13]
O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen
ones.
[14] He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all
the earth.
[15] Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the
word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
[16]
Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto
Isaac;
[17] And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law,
and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
[18] Saying,
Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your
inheritance;
[19] When ye were but few, even a few, and
strangers in it.
[20] And when they went from nation to
nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
[21] He
suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes,
[22] Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my
prophets no harm.
[23] Sing unto the LORD, all the earth;
shew forth from day to day his salvation.
[24] Declare his
glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
[25]
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be
feared above all gods.
[26] For all the gods of the people
are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
[27] Glory and
honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his
place.
[28] Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people,
give unto the LORD glory and strength.
[29] 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.
[30] Fear
before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be
not moved.
[31] Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth
rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
[32]
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice,
and all that is therein.
[33] Then shall the trees of the
wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge
the earth.
[34] O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is
good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
[35] 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.
[36] Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the
LORD.
[37] 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:
[38] And
Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also
the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
[39] And Zadok
the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of
the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
[40] 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;
[41] 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;
[42] 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.
[43] And all the people
departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his
house.
[1]
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.
[2] Then
Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is
with thee.
[3] And it came to pass the same night, that the
word of God came to Nathan, saying,
[4] Go and tell David
my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to
dwell in:
[5] 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.
[6]
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?
[7] 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:
[8] 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.
[9]
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,
[10] 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.
[11] 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.
[12] He shall build me an house, and
I will stablish his throne for ever.
[13] 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:
[14]
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and
his throne shall be established for evermore.
[15]
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so
did Nathan speak unto David.
[16] 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?
[17] 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.
[18] What can David speak more to thee for the honour
of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
[19] 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.
[20]
O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside
thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
[21]
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?
[22] For thy people Israel
didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest
their God.
[23] 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.
[24] 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.
[25]
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.
[26] And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised
this goodness unto thy servant:
[27] 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.
[1]
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.
[2] And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became
David's servants, and brought gifts.
[3] And David smote
Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his
dominion by the river Euphrates.
[4] 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.
[5] And when the
Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew
of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
[6] Then David
put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became David's
servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
[7] And David took the shields of
gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to
Jerusalem.
[8] 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.
[9]
Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host
of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
[10] He sent Hadoram his son to
king David, to inquire 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.
[11] 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.
[12]
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the
valley of salt eighteen thousand.
[13] And he put garrisons
in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD
preserved David whithersoever he went.
[14] So David
reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all
his people.
[15] And Joab the son Zeruiah was over the
host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
[16] And
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the
priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
[17] And Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons
of David were chief about the king.
[1]
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children
of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
[2] 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.
[3]
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?
[4] 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.
[5]
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.
[6] 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 Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
[7]
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.
[8] And when David heard of it, he sent
Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
[9] 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.
[10] 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.
[11] 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.
[12] 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.
[13] 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.
[14] So Joab and the people that were with him
drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before
him.
[15] 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.
[16]
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.
[17] 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.
[18]
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.
[19]
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.
[1]
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.
[2] 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.
[3]
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.
[4] 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.
[5] 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.
[6] 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.
[7] But when he defied Israel,
Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
[8]
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of
David, and by the hand of his servants.
[1]
And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number
Israel.
[2] And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the
people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the
number of them to me, that I may know it.
[3] 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?
[4] Nevertheless the king's word
prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout
all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
[5] 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.
[6] But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them:
for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
[7] And God was
displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
[8]
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.
[9] And the LORD
spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
[10] 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.
[11] So Gad
came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose
thee
[12] 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.
[13] 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.
[14] So the LORD sent pestilence upon
Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
[15]
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.
[16] 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.
[17] 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.
[18] 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.
[19] And
David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the
LORD.
[20] And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and
his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing
wheat.
[21] 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.
[22] 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.
[23]
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.
[24] 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.
[25] So David gave to
Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
[26]
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.
[27] And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put
up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
[28] At that
time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
[29]
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.
[30] But David could not go before it to
inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel
of the LORD.
[1]
Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the
altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
[2] 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.
[3] 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;
[4] Also cedar trees in
abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood
to David.
[5] 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.
[6] Then he called for Solomon
his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of
Israel.
[7] 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:
[8] 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.
[9] 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.
[10] He
shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will
be his father; and I will establish throne of his kingdom over Israel
for ever.
[11] 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.
[12] 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.
[13] 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.
[14]
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.
[15] 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.
[16] 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.
[17]
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his
son, saying,
[18] 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.
[19] 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.
[1]
So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king
over Israel.
[2] And he gathered together all the princes
of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
[3] 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.
[4] 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:
[5] Moreover four thousand were
porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments
which I made, said David, to praise therewith.
[6] And
David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely,
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
[7] Of the Gershonites were,
Laadan, and Shimei.
[8] The sons of Laadan; the chief was
Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
[9] The sons of
Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief
of the fathers of Laadan.
[10] And the sons of Shimei were,
Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of
Shimei.
[11] 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.
[12]
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Ishar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
[13]
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.
[14] Now concerning Moses the man of
God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
[15] The
sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
[16] Of the sons
of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
[17] And the sons of
Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons;
but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
[18] Of the sons
of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
[19] Of the sons of Hebron;
Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and
Jekameam the fourth.
[20] Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the
first, and Jesiah the second.
[21] The sons of Merari;
Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.
[22]
And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren
the sons of Kish took them.
[23] The sons of Mushi; Mahli,
and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
[24] 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.
[25] For David said, The LORD God of
Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in
Jerusalem for ever:
[26] And also unto the Levites; they
shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the
service thereof.
[27] For by the last words of David the
Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
[28]
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;
[29] 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;
[30] And to stand every morning
to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even;
[31]
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:
[32]
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.
[1]
Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron;
Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
[2] But Nadab and
Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Elezar
and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
[3] 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.
[4]
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.
[5] 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.
[6] 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.
[7]
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
[8]
The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
[9] The fifth to
Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
[10] The seventh to
Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
[11] The ninth to Jeshua, the
tenth to Shecaniah,
[12] The eleventh to Eliashib, the
twelfth to Jakim,
[13] The thirteenth to Huppah, the
fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
[14] The fifteenth to Bilgah, the
sixteenth to Immer,
[15] The seventeenth to Hezir, the
eighteenth to Aphses,
[16] The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the
twentieth to Jehezekel,
[17] The one and twentieth to
Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,
[18] The three and
twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.
[19]
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.
[20]
And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram;
Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
[21] Concerning
Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
[22]
Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
[23]
And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
[24] Of the sons
of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
[25] The
brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;
Zechariah.
[26] The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi:
the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.
[27] The sons of Merari by
Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
[28] Of
Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
[29] Concerning Kish:
the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
[30] The sons also of Mushi;
Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites
after the house of their fathers.
[31] 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.
[1]
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:
[2]
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.
[3] 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.
[4] Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah,
Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah,
Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and
Mahazioth:
[5] 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.
[6] 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.
[7]
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.
[8] And they cast lots, ward against
ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
[9]
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to
Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:
[10]
The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[11] The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
[12] The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[13] The sixth to
Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[14]
The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[15] The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
[16] The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[17] The tenth to
Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[18]
The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[19] The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
[20] The thirteenth to Shubael,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[21] The
fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[22] The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
[23] The sixteenth to Hananiah,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[24] The
seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[25] The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
[26] The nineteenth to Mallothi,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[27] The
twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
[28] The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve:
[29] The two and twentieth
to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
[30]
The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
[31] The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.
[1]
Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was
Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
[2] And
the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the
second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
[3] Elam
the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
[4]
Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn,
Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and
Nethaneel the fifth,
[5] Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the
seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.
[6] Also
unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house
of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
[7]
The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose
brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
[8] All
these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their
brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and
two of Obed-edom.
[9] And Meshelemiah had sons and
brethren, strong men, eighteen.
[10] 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;)
[11]
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the
sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
[12] 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.
[13]
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the
house of their fathers, for every gate.
[14] And the lot
eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise
counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
[15]
To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
[16]
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate
Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
[17]
Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a
day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
[18] At Parbar
westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
[19]
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and
among the sons of Merari.
[20] And of the Levites, Ahijah
was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of
the dedicated things.
[21] As concerning the sons of
Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of
Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
[22] The sons of
Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures
of the house of the LORD.
[23] Of the Amramites, and the
Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
[24] And
Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the
treasures.
[25] And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his
son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and
Shelomith his son.
[26] 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.
[27]
Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the
house of the LORD.
[28] 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.
[29] Of
the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business
over Israel, for officers and judges.
[30] 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.
[31] 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.
[32] 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.
[1]
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.
[2] Over the
first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel:
and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[3] Of the
children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for
the first month.
[4] 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.
[5]
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.
[6] This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among
the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his
son.
[7] 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.
[8] The fifth captain
for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were
twenty and four thousand.
[9] The sixth captain for the
sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course
were twenty and four thousand.
[10] 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.
[11] The
eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of
the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[12]
The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of
the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[13]
The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite,
of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
[14] 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.
[15] The twelfth
captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of
Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
[16]
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:
[17] Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of
Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
[18] Of Judah, Elihu, one
of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:
[19]
Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the
son of Azriel:
[20] Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the
son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of
Pedaiah:
[21] Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo
the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
[22]
Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the
tribes of Israel.
[23] 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.
[24]
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.
[25] 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:
[26] And
over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground
was Ezri the son of Chelub:
[27] And over the vineyards was
Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine
cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
[28] And over the olive
trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was
Baal-hanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:
[29]
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:
[30] Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite:
and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
[31] And
over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of
the substance which was king David's.
[32] Also Jonathan
David's uncle was a counseller, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel
the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
[33] And
Ahithophel was the king's counseller: and Hushai the Archite was the
king's companion:
[34] And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada
the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army
was Joab.
[1]
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.
[2] 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:
[3]
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.
[4]
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:
[5] 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.
[6] 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.
[7]
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to
do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
[8]
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.
[9] 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.
[10]
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for
the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
[11] 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,
[12] 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:
[13] 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.
[14] 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:
[15] 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.
[16] And by weight he gave gold for the tables
of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of
silver:
[17] 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:
[18] 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.
[19] All this, said David, the LORD made me
understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this
pattern.
[20] 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.
[21] 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.
[1]
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.
[2] 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.
[3]
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,
[4] 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:
[5] 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?
[6]
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,
[7] 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.
[8] 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.
[9] 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.
[10] 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.
[11] 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.
[12] 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.
[13]
Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious
name.
[14] 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.
[15] 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.
[16] 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.
[17] 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.
[18] 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:
[19] 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.
[20] 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.
[21]
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:
[22]
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.
[23] Then Solomon sat on the throne of
the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all
Israel obeyed him.
[24] And all the princes, and the mighty
men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves
unto Solomon the king.
[25] 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.
[26]
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
[27]
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.
[28] And he died in a good old age, full of
days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his
stead.
[29] 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,
[30]
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.