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1st. Chronicles 1
1Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 2Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 3Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4Noah, Shem,
Ham and Japheth. 5The sons of Japheth; Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal,
and Meshech and Tiras. 6And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz and Riphath and Togarmah. 7And
the sons of Javan; Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim. 8The sons of Ham; Cush and
Mizraim, Put and Canaan. 9And the sons of Cush; Seba and Havilah and Sabta and Raamah,
and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba and Dedan. 10And Cush was the father of
Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth. 11And Mizraim was the father of Ludim and
Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim, 12And Pathrusim and Casluhim, (of whom came the
Philistines,) and Caphthorim. 13And Canaan was the father of Zidon his firstborn and Heth,
14The Jebusite also and the Amorite and the Girgashite, 15And the Hivite and the Arkite and
the Sinite, 16And the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite. 17The sons of Shem; Elam,
and Asshur and Arphaxad and Lud and Aram and Uz and Hul and Gether and Meshech.
18And Arphaxad was the father of Shelah and Shelah was the father of Eber. 19And to 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. 20And Joktan was the father of Almodad and Sheleph and
Hazarmaveth and Jerah, 21Hadoram also and Uzal and Diklah, 22And Ebal and Abimael and
Sheba, 23And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.24Shem,
Arphaxad, Shelah, 25Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27Abram; the same isAbraham.
28The sons of Abraham; Isaac and Ishmael. 29These are their generations: The firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam, 30Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad,
and Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32Now these are sons
of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and
Ishbak and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba and Dedan. 33And the sons of Midian;
Ephah and Epher and Henoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. 34And
Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. 35The sons of Esau; Eliphaz,
Reuel and Jeush and Jaalam and Korah. 36The sons of Eliphaz; Teman and Omar, Zephi and
Gatam, Kenaz and Timna and Amalek. 37The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and
Mizzah. 38And the sons of Seir; Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah and Dishon and Ezer,
and Dishan. 39And the sons of Lotan; Hori and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister. 40The sons
of Shobal; Alian and Manahath and Ebal, Shephi and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah,
and Anah. 41The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram and Eshban and
Ithran and Cheran. 42The sons of Ezer; Bilhan and Zavan andJakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz,
and Aran. 43Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned
over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 44And
when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place. 45And when Jobab
was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. 46And when Husham was
dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place: and
the name of his city was Avith. 47And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his
place. 48And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his place. 49And
when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. 50And when Baalhanan
was dead, Hadad reigned in his place: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 51Hadad died also. And the dukes
of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, 52Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke
Pinon, 53Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,54Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the
dukes of Edom.
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Chapter 2
1These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, 2Dan,
Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 3The sons of Judah; Er and Onan and Shelah:
these three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of
Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he killed him. 4And Tamar his daughter in law
bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5The sons of Pharez; Hezron and
Hamul. 6And the sons of Zerah; Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara: five of
them in all. 7And the sons of Carmi; Achan, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the
accursed thing. 8And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. 9The sons also of Hezron, who were born to
him; Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai. 10And Ram was the father of Amminadab; and
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11And Nahshon was the
father of Salma and Salma was the father of Boaz, 12And Boaz was the father of Obed and
Obed was the father of Jesse, 13And Jesse was the father of his firstborn Eliab and Abinadab the
second and Shimma the third, 14Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15Ozem
the sixth, David the seventh: 16Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai and
Joab and Asahel, three. 17And Abigail bore Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the
Ishmeelite.
18And Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah his wife and of Jerioth: her sons are
these; Jesher and Shobab and Ardon. 19And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took to him Ephrath,
who bore him Hur. 20And Hur was the father of Uri and Uri was the father of Bezaleel.
21And
afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when
he was sixty years old; and she bore Segub to him. 22And Segub was the father of Jair, who had
twenty three cities in the land of Gilead. 23And he took Geshur and Aram and
its towns sixty cities, from them, with Kenath, the towns of Jair. All these belonged to the sons of
Machir the father of Gilead. 24And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah
Hezron's wife bore Ashur the father of Tekoa to him. 25And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of
Hezron were, Ram the firstborn and Bunah and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah. 26Jerahmeel had
also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27And the sons of Ram
the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz and Jamin and Eker.28And the sons of Onam were,
Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur. 29And the name of the wife
of Abishur was Abihail and she bore Ahban and Molid to him. 30And the sons of Nadab; Seled,
and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of
Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 32And the sons of Jada the brother of
Shammai; Jether and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 33And the sons of Jonathan;
Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.34Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters.
And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha. 35And Sheshan gave his
daughter to Jarha his servant as a wife; and she bore Attai to him. 36And Attai was the father of
Nathan and Nathan was the father of Zabad, 37And Zabad was the father of Ephlal and Ephlal
was the father of Obed, 38And Obed was the father of Jehu and Jehu was the father of Azariah,
39And Azariah was the father of Helez and Helez was the father of Eleasah, 40And Eleasah was
the father of Sisamai and Sisamai was the father of Shallum, 41And Shallum was the father of
Jekamiah and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama. 42Now the sons of Caleb the brother of
Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the
father of Hebron. 43And the sons of Hebron; Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema. 44And
Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem was the father of Shammai.
45And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur. 46And Ephah, Caleb's
concubine, bore Haran and Moza and Gazez: and Haran was the father of Gazez. 47And the sons
of Jahdai; Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph. 48Maachah,
Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. 49She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah,
Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
50These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of
Kirjathjearim, 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. 52And Shobal
the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh and half of the Manahethites. 53And the families
of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites and the Puhites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites; of them
came the Zareathites and the Eshtaulites. 54The sons of Salma; Bethlehem and the
Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55And the
families of the scribes who dwelled at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and Suchathites.
These are the Kenites who came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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Chapter 3
1Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of
Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 2The third, Absalom
the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of
Haggith: 3The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by his wife Eglah.
4These six were
born to him in Hebron; and he reigned there seven years and six months: and he
reigned in Jerusalem thirty three years. 5And these were born to him in Jerusalem; Shimea,
and Shobab and
Nathan and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 6Ibhar also and Elishama,
and Eliphelet, 7And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia, 8And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet,
nine. 9These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines and Tamar their
sister.
10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11Joram his
son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13Ahaz
his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14Amon his son, Josiah his son.
15And the sons of
Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
16And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son,
Zedekiah his son.
17And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, 18Malchiram also and Pedaiah and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama and
Nedabiah. 19And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam and Hananiah and Shelomith their sister:
20And Hashubah and Ohel and Berechiah,
and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five. 21And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah and Jesaiah: the sons of
Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. 22And the sons of
Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush and Igeal and Bariah and Neariah,
and Shaphat, six. 23And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai and Hezekiah and Azrikam, three. 24And
the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah and Eliashib and Pelaiah and Akkub and Johanan and
Dalaiah and Anani, seven.
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Chapter 4
1The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal.
2And Reaiah the son of
Shobal was the father of Jahath; and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the
families of the Zorathites. 3And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel and Ishma and
Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: 4And 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. 5And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6And Naarah bore
him Ahuzam and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.7And
the sons of Helah were, Zereth and Jezoar and Ethnan. 8And Coz was the father of Anub and
Zobebah and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9And Jabez was more honorable than his
brothers: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow. 10And
Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed and enlarge my
coast and that your hand might be with me and that you would keep me from evil, that it may
not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
11And Chelub the brother of Shuah was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.12And
Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are
the men of Rechah. 13And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel;
Hathath. 14And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the
father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. 15And the sons of Caleb the son of
Jephunneh; Iru, Elah and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. 16And the sons of Jehaleleel;
Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asareel. 17And the sons of Ezra were, Jether and Mered and Epher,
and Jalon: and she bore Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18And his
wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor and Heber the father of Socho and Jekuthiel the
father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, who Mered took.
19And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite and
Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon and Rinnah, Benhanan and
Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth and Benzoheth. 21The 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 who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, 22And Jokim and the men of Chozeba and
Joash and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient
things. 23These were the potters and those who dwelled among plants and hedges: there they
dwelled with the king for his work.
24The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah and Shaul: 25Shallum his son,
Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son,
Shimei his son. 27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many
children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah. 28And they dwelled
at Beersheba and Moladah and Hazarshual, 29And at Bilhah and at Ezem and at Tolad, 30And
at Bethuel and at Hormah and at Ziklag, 31And at Bethmarcaboth and Hazarsusim and at
Bethbirei and at Shaaraim. These were their cities to the reign of David. 32And their villages
were, Etam and Ain, Rimmon and Tochen and Ashan, five cities: 33And all their villages that
were round about the same cities, to Baal. These were their habitations and their genealogy.
34And Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35And Joel and Jehu the son of
Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36And Elioenai and Jaakobah and Jeshohaiah and
Asaiah and Adiel and Jesimiel and Benaiah, 37And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the
son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;38These mentioned by their names were
princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. 39And they went to the
entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40And they
found good and fat pasture and the land was wide and quiet and peaceable; for they of Ham
had dwelled there of old. 41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of
Judah and struck their tents and the habitations that were found there and utterly destroyed them
to this day and dwelled in their room: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
42And some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having
for their captains Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43And they
struck the rest of the Amalekites who were escaped and dwelled there to this day.
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Chapter 5
1Now 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 to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the
genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2For Judah prevailed above his brothers and
of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) 3The sons, I say, of Reuben the
firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. 4The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his
son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 6Beerah his son,
whom Tilgathpileser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
7And his brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were
the chief, Jeiel and Zechariah, 8And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel,
who dwelled in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baalmeon: 9And he inhabited eastward to the entering
in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of
Gilead. 10And they made war with the Hagarites in the days of Saul, who fell by their hand: and
they dwelled in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. 11And the children of Gad
dwelled opposite them, in the land of Bashan to Salchah: 12Joel the chief and Shapham the next,
and Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan. 13And their brothers of the house of their fathers were,
Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jachan and Zia and Heber, seven. 14These
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; 15Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son
of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 16And they dwelled in Gilead in Bashan and in her
towns and in all the suburbs of Sharon, on their borders. 17All these were reckoned by
genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh were forty four
thousand seven hundred sixty of valiant men, men able
to bear buckler and sword and to shoot with bow and skilful in war, who went out to the war.
19And they made war with the Hagarites, with
Jetur and Nephish and Nodab. 20And they were helped against them and the Hagarites were
delivered into their hand and all who were with them: for they cried to God in the battle and he
was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him. 21And they took away their cattle; of
their camels fifty thousand and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand and of asses two thousand,
and of men a hundred thousand. 22For there many fell down slain, because the war was of God.
And they dwelled in their places until the captivity. 23And the children of the half tribe of
Manasseh dwelled in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baalhermon and Senir and to
Mount Hermon. 24And 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 valor, famous
men and heads of the house of their fathers. 25And they transgressed against the God of their
fathers and went whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before
them. 26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of
Tilgathpileser king of Assyria and he carried them away, even the Reubenites and the Gadites,
and the half tribe of Manasseh and brought them to Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river
Gozan, to this day.
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Chapter 6
1The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath and Merari. 2And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar and
Hebron and Uzziel. 3And the children of Amram; Aaron and Moses and Miriam. The sons also
of Aaron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 4Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas
was the father of Abishua, 5And Abishua was the father of Bukki and Bukki was the father of
Uzzi, 6And Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth,7Meraioth
was the father of Amariah and Amariah was the father of Ahitub, 8And Ahitub was the father of
Zadok and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz, 9And Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah and
Azariah was the father of Johanan, 10And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he it is who
executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) 11And Azariah was
the father of Amariah and Amariah was the father of Ahitub, 12And Ahitub was the father of
Zadok and Zadok was the father of Shallum, 13And Shallum was the father of Hilkiah and
Hilkiah was the father of Azariah, 14And Azariah was the father of Seraiah and Seraiah was the
father of Jehozadak, 15And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah
and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath and
Merari. 17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni and Shimei. 18And the sons of
Kohath were, Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. 19The sons of Merari; Mahli and
Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. 20Of Gershom; Libni
his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his
son. 22The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23Elkanah his
son and Ebiasaph his son and Assir his son, 24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son and
Shaul his son. 25And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai and Ahimoth. 26As for Elkanah: the sons of
Elkanah; Zophai his son and Nahath his son, 27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni and Abiah. 29The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni
his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, 30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the
ark had rest. 32And 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. 33And these are they who waited with their
children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
34The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35The son of Zuph,
the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,
the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of
Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel. 39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah,
the son of Shimea, 40The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,41The son of
Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of
Shimei, 43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44And their brothers the sons of
Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45The
son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46The son of Amzi, the son of Bani,
the son of Shamer, 47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
48Their brothers also the Levites were appointed to all manner of service of the tabernacle of the
house of God. 49But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of the burnt offering and on the altar
of incense and were appointed for all the work of the most holyplace and to make an atonement
for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50And these are the
sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son,
Zerahiah his son, 52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz
his son.
54Now 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. 55And they gave them Hebron in
the land of Judah and the suburbs of it round about it. 56But the fields of the city and the villages
of it, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of
Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge and Libnah with its suburbs and Jattir and Eshtemoa,
with its suburbs, 58And Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs, 59And Ashan with its
suburbs and Bethshemesh with its suburbs: 60And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her
suburbs and Alemeth with its suburbs and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout
their families were thirteen cities. 61And to the sons of Kohath, who were left of the family of
that tribe, cities were given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten
cities by lot. 62And 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. 63To 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.
64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. 65And 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. 66And
the rest of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of
Ephraim. 67And they gave to them, the cities of refuge, Shechem in Mount Ephraim with its
suburbs; also Gezer with its suburbs, 68And Jokmeam with its suburbs and Bethhoron with its
suburbs, 69And Aijalon with its suburbs and Gathrimmon with its suburbs: 70And out of the half
tribe of Manasseh; Aner with its suburbs and Bileam with its suburbs, for the family of the
remnant of the sons of Kohath. 71Golan in Bashan with its suburbs and Ashtaroth with its
suburbs to the sons of Gershom out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, 72And out of
the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs, 73And Ramoth with its
suburbs and Anem with its suburbs: 74And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with its suburbs and
Abdon with its suburbs, 75And Hukok with its suburbs and Rehob with its suburbs: 76And out of
the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs and Hammon with its suburbs and
Kirjathaim with its suburbs. 77Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe
of Zebulun, Rimmon with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs: 78And on the other side of the
Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given to them out of the tribe of Reuben,
Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs and Jahzah with its suburbs, 79Kedemoth also with its
suburbs and Mephaath with its suburbs: 80And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with its
suburbs and Mahanaim with its suburbs, 81And Heshbon with its suburbs and Jazer with its
suburbs.
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1Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four. 2And the sons of
Tola; Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Jibsam and Shemuel, heads of their
father Tola's house: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose
number in the days of David was twenty two thousand six hundred. 3And the sons of Uzzi;
Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael and Obadiah and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief
men. 4And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers
for war, thirty six thousand men: for they had many wives and sons. 5And their brothers among
all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might eighty seven thousand, reckoned in all by their
genealogies. 6The sons of Benjamin; Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.7And the sons of
Bela; Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri, five; heads of the house of their
fathers, mighty men of valor twenty two thousand thirty four; and were reckoned by their genealogies.
8And 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.9And the
number of them was twenty thousand two hundred, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers,
mighty men of valor. 10The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and
the sons of Bilhan; Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tharshish,
and Ahishahar. 11All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers were seventeen
thousand two hundred soldiers, mighty men of valor, fit to go out for war and battle.
12Shuppim also,
and Huppim, the children of Ir and Hushim, the sons of Aher. 13The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel,
and Guni and Jezer and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 14The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom
she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead: 15And Machir took
to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name wasMaachah;) and the name of
the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. 16And Maachah the wife of Machir
bore a son and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his
sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the
son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18And his sister Hammoleketh bore Ishod and Abiezer and
Mahalah. 19And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.
20And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah and Bered his son and Tahath his son and Eladah his
son and Tahath his son, 21And Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son and Ezer and Elead, whom
the men of Gath who were born in that land killed, because they came down to take away their
cattle. 22And Ephraim their father mourned many days and his brothers came to comfort him.
23And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son and he called his name Beriah,
because it went evil with his house. 24(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the
lower and the upper and Uzzensherah.) 25And Rephah was his son, also Resheph and Telah his
son and Tahan his son, 26Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27Non his son,
Jehoshua his son. 28And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the its towns and
eastward Naaran and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to
Gaza and its towns: 29And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her
towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelled the
children of Joseph the son of Israel. 30The sons of Asher; Imnah and Isuah and Ishuai and
Beriah and Serah their sister. 31And the sons of Beriah; Heber and Malchiel, who is the father of
Birzavith. 32And Heber was the father of Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham and Shua their sister.
33And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach and Bimhal and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
34And the sons of Shamer; Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram. 35And the sons of his brother
Helem; Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal. 36The sons of Zophah; Suah and Harnepher,
and Shual and Beri and Imrah, 37Bezer and Hod and Shamma and Shilshah and Ithran and
Beera. 38And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh and Pispah and Ara. 39And the sons of Ulla; Arah,
and Haniel and Rezia. 40All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house,
choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy
of them was twenty six thousand men who were apt to the war and to battle.
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Chapter 8
1Now Benjamin was the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second and Aharah the third,
2Nohah the fourth and Rapha the fifth. 3And the sons of Bela were, Addar and Gera and
Abihud, 4And Abishua and Naaman and Ahoah, 5And Gera and Shephuphan and Huram. 6And
these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba and they
removed them to Manahath: 7And Naaman and Ahiah and Gera, he removed them and was the
father of Uzza and Ahihud. 8And Shaharaim fathered children in the country of Moab, after he
had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 9And Jobab and Zibia and Mesha and
Malchamwere born to him of Hodesh his wife, 10And Jeuz and Shachia and Mirma.
These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11And of Hushim were born to him Abitub and Elpaal.
12The sons of Elpaal; Eber and Misham and Shamed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns of
it: 13Beriah also and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who
drove away the inhabitants of Gath: 14And Ahio, Shashak and Jeremoth, 15And Zebadiah and
Arad and Ader, 16And Michael and Ispah and Joha, the sons of Beriah; 17And Zebadiah and
Meshullam and Hezeki and Heber, 18Ishmerai also and Jezliah and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
19And Jakim and Zichri and Zabdi, 20And Elienai and Zilthai and Eliel, 21And Adaiah and
Beraiah and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; 22And Ishpan and Heber and Eliel, 23And Abdon,
and Zichri and Hanan, 24And Hananiah and Elam and Antothijah, 25And Iphedeiah and Penuel,
the sons of Shashak; 26And Shamsherai and Shehariah and Athaliah, 27And Jaresiah and Eliah,
and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 28These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief
men. These dwelled in Jerusalem. 29And at Gibeon dwelled the father of Gibeon; whose wife's
name was Maachah: 30And his firstborn son Abdon and Zur and Kish and Baal and Nadab,
31And Gedor and Ahio and Zacher. 32And Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. And these also
dwelled with their brothers in Jerusalem, opposite them.
33And Ner was the father of Kish and Kish was the father of Saul and Saul was the father of
Jonathan and Malchishua and Abinadab and Eshbaal. 34And the son of Jonathan
wasMeribbaal; and Meribbaal was the father of Micah. 35And the sons of Micah were, Pithon,
and Melech and Tarea and Ahaz. 36And Ahaz was the father of Jehoadah; and Jehoadah was
the father of Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza, 37And Moza
was the father of Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 38And Azel had six
sons, whose names are Azrikam, Bocheru and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and
Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his
firstborn, Jehush the second and Eliphelet the third. 40And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of
valor, archers and had many sons and sons' sons, a hundred fifty. All these are of the sons of
Benjamin.
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Chapter 9
1So 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. 2Now the
first inhabitants who dwelled in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests,
Levites and the Nethinims. 3And in Jerusalem dwelled of the children of Judah and of the
children of Benjamin and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh; 4Uthai 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. 5And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. 6And of the sons of Zerah;
Jeuel and their brothers, six hundred ninety. 7And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of
Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 8And 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; 9And their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty six. All
these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. 10And of the priests; Jedaiah,
and Jehoiarib and Jachin, 11And 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; 12And 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;13And their brothers,
heads of the house of their fathers, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men for the work
of the service of the house of God.
14And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of
the sons of Merari; 15And Bakbakkar, Heresh and Galal and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the
son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of
Jeduthun and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelled in the villages of the
Netophathites. 17And the porters were, Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their
brothers: Shallum was the chief; 18That before waited in the king's gate eastward: they were
porters in the companies of the children of Levi. 19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of
Ebiasaph, the son of Korah and his brothers, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over
the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the
host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. 20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler
over them in time past and the LORD was with him. 21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah
was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22All thesewho were chosen to be
porters in the gates were two hundred twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their
villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their set office. 23So they and their
children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the
tabernacle, by positions. 24In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north and
south. 25And their brothers, who were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time
to time with them. 26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in theirset office and were
over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. 27And they lodged round about the house
of God, because the charge was on them and the opening of it every morning pertained to them.
28And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in
and out by number. 29Some 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. 30And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. 31And
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. 32And other of their brothers, of the sons of the
Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every sabbath. 33And these are the singers,
chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chamberswere free: for they were
employed in that work day and night. 34These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout
their generations; these dwelled at Jerusalem.
35And in Gibeon dwelled the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:36And his
firstborn son Abdon, then Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab, 37And Gedor and Ahio,
and Zechariah and Mikloth. 38And Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. And they also dwelled
with their brothers at Jerusalem, opposite their brothers. 39And Ner was the father of Kish; and
Kish was the father of Saul; and Saul was the father of Jonathan and Malchishua and Abinadab,
and Eshbaal. 40And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal was the father of Micah.
41And the sons of Micah were, Pithon and Melech and Tahrea and Ahaz.42And Ahaz was the
father of Jarah; and Jarah was the father of Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri was
the father of Moza; 43And Moza was the father of Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son,
Azel his son. 44And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru and Ishmael,
and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
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Chapter 10
1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines,
and fell down slain in Mount Gilboa. 2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his
sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. 3And
the battle went sore against Saul and the archers hit him and he was wounded by the archers.
4Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through with it; lest these
uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So
Saul took a sword and fell on it. 5And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he
likewise fell on the sword and died. 6So Saul died and his three sons and all his house died
together. 7And when all the men of Israel who 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
dwelled in them.
8And it was on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found
Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa. 9And when they had stripped him, they took his head,
and his armor and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry news to their idols,
and to the people. 10And they put his armor in the house of their gods and fastened his head in
the temple of Dagon. 11And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12They 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.
13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word
of the LORD, which he did not keep and also for asking counsel of one who had a familiar
spirit, to enquire of it; 14And did not enquire of the LORD: therefore he killed him and turned
the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
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Chapter 11
1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and
your flesh. 2And also in time past, even when Saul was king, you were he who led out and
brought in Israel: and the LORD your God said to you, You shall feed my people Israel and you
shall be ruler over my people Israel. 3Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king in
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. 4And David and all Israel
went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land.5And the
inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come here. But David took the castle of Zion,
which is the city of David. 6And David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and
captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up and was chief. 7And David dwelled in the
castle; therefore they called it the city of David. 8And he built the city round about, even from
Milo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. 9So David grew greater and greater: for
the LORD of hosts was with him.
10These 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. 11And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had;
Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred
killed by him at one time. 12And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was
one of the three mighty men. 13He was with David at Pasdammim and there the Philistines were
gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from
before the Philistines. 14And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel and delivered it and
killed the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. 15Now three of the thirty
captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the
Philistines camped in the valley of Rephaim. 16And David was then in the hold and the
Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. 17And David longed and said, Oh that one would
give me a drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! 18And the three broke
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, 19And said, May God forbid it to me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of
these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought
it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things these three mightiest did. 20And Abishai the
brother of Joab was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he killed
them and had a name among the three. 21Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for
he was their captain: but he attained not to the first three. 22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son
of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he killed two lion like men of Moab: also
he went down and killed a lion in a pit in a snowy day. 23And he killed 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 killed
him with his own spear. 24These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did and had the name
among the three mighty men. 25Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to
the first three: and David set him over his guard. 26Also the valiant men of the armies were,
Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, 27Shammoth the Harorite,
Helez the Pelonite, 28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite, 29Sibbecai the
Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, 30Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the
Netophathite, 31Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin,
Benaiah the Pirathonite, 32Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, 33Azmaveth the
Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 34The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of
Shage the Hararite, 35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 36Hepher the
Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, 38Joel the
brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri, 39Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the
armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 41Uriah the Hittite,
Zabad the son of Ahlai, 42Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites and
thirty with him, 43Hanan the son of Maachah and Joshaphat the Mithnite, 44Uzzia the
Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, 45Jediael the son of Shimri and
Joha his brother, the Tizite, 46Eliel the Mahavite and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam,
and Ithmah the Moabite, 47Eliel and Obed and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
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Chapter 12
1Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag, while he still kept himself enclosed because
of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2They were
armed with bows and could use both the right and left hand in hurling stones and shooting
arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brothers of Benjamin. 3The 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, 4And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty and over
the thirty; and Jeremiah and Jahaziel and Johanan and Josabad the Gederathite, 5Eluzai and
Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite,6Elkanah and Jesiah and
Azareel and Joezer and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 7And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of
Jeroham of Gedor. 8And of the Gadites there they separated themselves to David in the hold to
the wilderness men of might and men of war fit for the battle, who could handle shield and
buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions and were as swift as the roes on the mountains;
9Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13Jeremiah the tenth,
Machbanai the eleventh. 14These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least
was over a hundred and the greatest over a thousand. 15These are those who went over the 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. 16And the children of Benjamin and Judah
came there to the hold to David. 17And David went out to meet them and answered and said to
them, If you are come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you: but if you are
come to betray me to my enemies, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers
look on it and rebuke it. 18Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains and
he said, David, we are yours and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be to you and
peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you. Then David received them and made them
captains of the band. 19And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the
Philistines against Saul to battle: but they did not help them: for the lords of the Philistines on
advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
20As 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 who were of Manasseh.
21And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor,
and were captains in the host. 22For at that time, day by day, there came some to David to help
him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
23And these are the numbers of the bands who 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. 24The
children of Judah who bore shields and spears were six thousand eight hundred, ready armed to
the war. 25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand one
hundred. 26Of the children of Levi four thousand six hundred. 27And Jehoiada was the leader of
the Aaronites and with him were three thousand seven hundred; 28And Zadok, a young man
mighty of valor and twenty two captains of his father's house. 29And of the children of Benjamin,
the family of Saul, three thousand: And previously the greatest part of them had kept the guard
post of the house of Saul. 30And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred,
mighty men of valor, famous throughout the house of their fathers. 31And of the half tribe of
Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were expressed by name to come and make David king. 32And
of the children of Issachar, who were men who had understanding of the times, to know what
Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their
commandment. 33Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of
war, fifty thousand, who could keep rank: they were not of a double heart. 34And a thousand
captains of Naphtali and with them shields and spears thirty seven thousand. 35And of the
Danites expert in war twenty eight thousand six hundred. 36And of Asher, such as went forth to
battle, expert in war, forty thousand. 37And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites,
and the Gadites and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the
battle, a hundred twenty thousand. 38All these men of war, who could keep rank, came with a
perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and also all the rest of Israel were of
one heart to make David king. 39And they were with David there three days, eating and drinking:
for their brothers had prepared for them. 40Also those who were near them, even to 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.
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1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds and with every leader.
2And David said to all the congregation of Israel, If it seems good to you and that it be of
the LORD
our God, let us send abroad to our brothers every where, who are left in all the land of Israel and
with them also to the priests and Levites who are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather
themselves to us: 3And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we did not enquire at it in
the days of Saul. 4And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in
the eyes of all the people. 5So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even to
the entering of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.6And David went up and all
Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring the ark of the LORD God, who dwells between the cherubim up from there, whose name is called on it. 7And they carried
the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
8And 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.
9And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark;
for the oxen stumbled. 10And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza and he struck
him, because he put his hand on the ark: and there he died before God. 11And David was
displeased, because the LORD had made a breach on Uzza: therefore that place is called
Perezuzza to this day. 12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark
of God home to me? 13So David did not bring the ark home to himself to the city of David, but
carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. 14And the ark of God remained with the
family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom,
and all that he had.
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Chapter 14
1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David and timber of cedars, with masons and
carpenters, to build a house for him. 2And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king
over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. 3And David took
more wives at Jerusalem: and David was the father of more sons and daughters. 4Now these are
the names of his children who he had in Jerusalem; Shammua and Shobab, Nathan and
Solomon, 5And Ibhar and Elishua and Elpalet, 6And Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia, 7And
Elishama and Beeliada and Eliphalet.
8And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines
went up to seek David. And David heard it and went out against them. 9And the Philistines came
and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 10And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go
up against the Philistines? and will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to him,
Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand. 11So they came up to Baalperazim; and David
struck them there. Then David said, God has broken in on my enemies by my hand like the
breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim. 12And when
they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment and they were burned with fire.
13And the Philistines spread themselves abroad again in the valley.14Therefore David enquired
again of God; and God said to him, Do not go up after them; turn away from them and come on
them opposite the mulberry trees. 15And it shall be, when you shall hear a sound of rushing in the
tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall go out to battle: for God is gone out before you to
strike the host of the Philistines. 16David therefore did as God commanded him: and they struck
the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. 17And the fame of David went out into all
lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him on all nations.
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Chapter 15
1And David built his houses in the city of David and prepared a place for the ark of God and
pitched a tent for it. 2Then David said, No one ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites:
for the
LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister to him for ever. 3And David
gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he
had prepared for it. 4And David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites:
5One hundred
twenty of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief and his brothers: 6Two hundred twenty of the sons
of Merari; Asaiah the chief and his brothers: 7One hundred thirty of the sons of Gershom; Joel
the chief and his brothers: 8Two hundred of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief and his
brothers: 9Eighty of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief and his brothers:10One hundred twelve of
the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief and his brothers. 11And David called for Zadok and
Abiathar the priests and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel and
Amminadab, 12And said to them, you are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify
yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel
to the place that I have prepared for it. 13Because you did not do it at first, the LORD our
God made a breach on us, because we did not seek him after the due order. 14So the priests and
the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. 15And the
children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the staves on it, as Moses
commanded according to the word of the LORD. 16And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to
appoint their brothers to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and
cymbals, sounding, by lifting up their voices with joy. 17So the Levites appointed Heman the son
of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers,
Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18And their brothers of the second degree with them, Zechariah, Ben,
and Jaaziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Unni, Eliab and Benaiah and Maaseiah and
Mattithiah and Elipheleh and Mikneiah and Obededom and Jeiel, the porters. 19So the singers,
Heman, Asaph and Ethan, were appointed to sound with the cymbals of brass; 20And Zechariah,
and Aziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Unni and Eliab and Maaseiah and Benaiah, with
psalteries on Alamoth; 21And Mattithiah and Elipheleh and Mikneiah and Obededom and
Jeiel and Azaziah, with harps to excel on the Sheminith. 22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites
because he was skilful,
prepared the song and he instructed about the song,. 23And Berechiah and
Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.24And Shebaniah and Jehoshaphat and Nethaneel and
Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, blew with the trumpets before the
ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were door keepers for the ark.
25So David and the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the
ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy. 26And it was, when
God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven
bullocks and seven rams. 27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen and even so
all the Levites
who bore the ark and the singers and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David
also had on him an ephod of linen. 28Thus 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. 29And it was, 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.
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1So 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. 2And when David had finished
offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the
LORD. 3And 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. 4And 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: 5Asaph the chief and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and
Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but
Asaph made a sound with cymbals; 6Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets
continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7Then on that day David delivered this first psalm into the hand of Asaph and his brothers to
thank the LORD.
8Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the
people. 9Sing to him, sing psalms to him, talk of all his wondrous works. 10Glory in his holy
name: let the heart of them rejoice who seek the LORD. 11Seek the LORD and his strength, seek
his face continually. 12Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders and the
judgments of his mouth; 13O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen
ones. 14He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 15Be mindful always
of his
covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; 16Even of the
covenant which he made with Abraham and of his oath to Isaac; 17And confirmed the same
to Jacob for a law and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 18Saying, I will give to you the
land of Canaan the lot of your inheritance; 19When you were but few, even a few and foreigners
were in it.
20And when they went from nation to nation and from one kingdom to another people;
21He
suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 22Saying, Do not touch
my anointed and do no harm to my prophets. 23Sing to the LORD, all the earth; show forth his
salvation from day to day. 24Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvelous works among all
nations. 25For great is the LORD and greatly to be praised: he is also to be feared above all gods.
26For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
27Glory and honor are
in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. 28Give to the LORD, you family of the
people, give to the LORD glory and strength. 29Give to the LORD the glory due to his name:
bring an offering and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.30Fear
before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, so that it will not be moved. 31Let the
heavens be glad and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigns.
32Let the sea and its fulness roar: let the fields rejoice and all that is in them.
33Then shall the
trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he comes to judge the earth. 34O
give thanks to the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever. 35And say, Save us, O
God of our salvation and gather us together and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give
thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise. 36Blessed be the LORD God of Israel
for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen and praised the LORD.
37So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD , to minister
before the ark continually, as every day's work required: 38And Obededom with their sixty eight
brothers; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: 39And Zadok the priest,
and his brothers the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at
Gibeon, 40To offer burnt offerings to the LORD on 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; 41And with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who
were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endures for ever; 42And
with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who should make a sound,
and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters. 43And all the
people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
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1Now it was, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I
dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under
curtains. 2Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.
3And it
was the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4Go and tell David
my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build a house for me to dwell in: 5For I have not
dwelled in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to
tent and from one tabernacle to another. 6Where ever I have walked with all Israel, Did I speak
a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have
you not built me a house of cedars? 7Now therefore you shall say thus to my servant David, Thus
says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that you
should be ruler over my people Israel: 8And I have been with you wherever you have walked,
and have cut off all your enemies from before you and have made you a name like the name of
the great men who are in the earth. 9Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel and will plant
them and they shall dwell in their place and shall not be moved any more; neither shall the children
of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, 10And since the time that I commanded
judges to be over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I am telling
you that the LORD will build you a house. 11And it shall come to pass, when your days are
expired that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, who
shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12He shall build me a house and I will
establish his throne for ever. 13I 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 who was before you: 14But I will settle him in my
house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. 15According
to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
16And David the king came and sat before the LORD and said, What am I, O LORD God and
what is my house, that you have brought me this far? 17And yet this was a small thing in your
eyes, O God; for you have also spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come and
have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. 18What can
David speak more to you for the honor of your servant? for you know your servant. 19O LORD,
for your servant's sake and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, in
making known all these great things. 20O LORD, there is no one like you, neither is there any God
beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21And what one nation in the earth
is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name
of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before your people, whom you have
redeemed out of Egypt? 22For you made your people Israel your own people for ever; and you,
LORD, became their God. 23Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that you have spoken
concerning your servant and concerning his house be established for ever and do as you have
said. 24Let it even be established, that your 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 your servant be
established before you. 25For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him a
house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you. 26And now, LORD, you
are God and have promised this goodness to your servant: 27Now therefore let it please you to
bless the house of your servant, that it may be before you for ever: for when you bless, O LORD,
it shall be blessed for ever.
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1Now after this it was, that David struck the Philistines and subdued them and took
Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2And he struck Moab; and the Moabites
became David's servants, and brought gifts. 3And as he went to establish his dominion
by the river Euphrates David struck Hadarezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath.
4And David took a thousand chariots and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen
from him: David also
houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots. 5And when the
Syrians
of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty two
thousand of the Syrian men. 6Then David put garrisons in Syria-Damascus; and the Syrians
became David's
servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whereever he went. 7And David
took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
8Likewise from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David brought very much brass,
with which Solomon made the brasen sea and the pillars and the vessels of brass.
9Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had struck all the army of Hadarezer king of
Zobah; 10He sent Hadoram his son to king David and with him all manner of vessels of
gold and silver and brass, to enquire of his welfare and to congratulate
him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and defeated him; (for Hadarezer had war with
Tou). 11Those also king David
dedicated to 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. 12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the
valley of salt. 13And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's
servants. Thus the LORD preserved David where ever he went. 14So David reigned over all
Israel and executed judgment and justice among all his people. 15And Joab the son of Zeruiah
was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder. 16And Zadok the
son of Ahitub,
and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
17And Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David
were chief about the king.
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1Now it was after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died and his son
reigned in his stead. 2And David said, I will shew kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because
his father showed 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. 3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Do you think that David
honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? are not his servants come to you to
search and to overthrow and to spy out the land? 4Therefore Hanun took David's servants and
shaved them and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks and sent them away.
5Then someone went and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them:
for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Wait at Jericho until your beards are
grown and then return.
6And 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 chariots and horsemen
out of Mesopotamia and out of Syria-Maachah and out of Zobah. 7So they hired thirty 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. 8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the host of the mighty men.
9And 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. 10Now 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 Arameans. 11And the rest of the people he delivered to the hand of Abishai his brother,
and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon. 12And he said, If the
Arameans are
too strong for me, then you shall help me: but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you,
then I will help you. 13Be 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.
14So Joab and
the people that were with him drew near before the Arameans to the battle; and they fled before
him. 15And when the children of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled, they likewise fled
before Abishai his brother and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 16And when
the Arameans saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers and drew
forth the Arameans that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer
went before them. 17And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel and passed
over the Jordan,
and came on them and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle
in array against the Arameans, they fought with him. 18But the Arameans fled before Israel; and
David
killed of the Arameans seven thousand men who fought in chariots and forty thousand footmen,
and killed Shophach the captain of the host. 19And 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 did the Arameans help the children of Ammon any more.
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1And it was, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle,
Joab
led the power of the army out and wasted the country of the children of Ammon and came and
besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and destroyed it.
2And 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
exceedingly great spoil out of the city. 3And he brought out the people that were in it,
and cut
them with saws and with harrows of iron and with axes. Even so David dealt with all the cities
of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4And it was after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time
Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, who was of the children of the giant: and they were
subdued. 5And 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.
6And yet
again there was war at Gath, where a man of great stature was, whose fingers and toes were
twenty four, six on each hand and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant. 7But
When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother killed him. 8These were born
to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
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Chapter 21
1And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel. 2And David
said to
Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring
the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3And Joab answered, The LORD make his people
a hundred times so many more as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's
servants? why then does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went
throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem. 5And Joab gave the sum of the number of the
people to David. And all they of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men that drew a
sword: and Judah was four hundred seventy thousand men that drew a sword. 6But he did
not count Levi and
Benjamin among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he struck Israel. 8And David said to God, I
have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech you, take away the iniquity
of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. 9And the LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer,
saying, 10Go and tell David, saying, Thus says the LORD, I offer you three things: choose
one of them, that I may do it to you. 11So Gad came to David and said to him, Thus says the
LORD, Choose 12Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before your foes,
while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; 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 yourself what word I shall bring again to him who sent me. 13And
David said to 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. 14So the LORD sent pestilence
upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 15And God sent an angel to Jerusalem
to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld and he repented of the evil and
said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now your hand. And the angel of the LORD
stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16And 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. 17And David said to God, Is it not I who
commanded the people
to be numbered? it is even I who has sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what
have they done? let your hand, I pray you, O LORD my God, be on me and on my father's
house; but not on your people, that they should be plagued.
18Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up and set
up an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19And David went up at the
saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the LORD. 20And Ornan turned back and saw the
angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 21And as
David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David and went out of the threshing floor and
bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. 22Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the
place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar there to the LORD: you shall grant it me
for
the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people. 23And Ornan said to David,
Take it
to you and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give you the
oxen also for
burnt offerings and the threshing instruments for wood and the wheat for the meat offering; I
give it all. 24And king David said to Ornan, No; but I will truly buy it for the full price: for
I will
not take that which is yours for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
25So David
gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place. 26And David built an altar
there to 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. 27And the LORD
commanded the angel; and he put his sword again into its sheath. 28At that time when David
saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he
sacrificed there. 29For 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.
30But David could not
go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
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Chapter 22
1Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God and this is the altar
of the burnt offering
for Israel. 2And David commanded to gather together the foreigners that were in the
land of Israel;
and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3And David prepared iron in
abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates and for the joinings; and brass in abundance
without weight; 4Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Sidonians and those of Tyre brought much
cedar wood to David. 5And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender and the
house that
is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all
countries: I will now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.
6Then he called Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of
Israel. 7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to
the name of the LORD my God: 8But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed
blood abundantly and have made great wars: you shall not build a house to my name, because
you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. 9Behold, a son shall be born to you, 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 to Israel in his days. 10He shall build a
house for my name; and he shall be my son and I will be his father; and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 11Now, my son, the LORD be with you; and prosper
you and build the house of the LORD your God, as he has said of you. 12Only the LORD give
you wisdom and understanding and give you charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the
law of the LORD your God. 13Then you shall prosper, if you take heed to fulfil the statutes and
judgments with which the LORD charged Moses concerning Israel: be strong and of good
courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. 14Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house
of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and
of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: I have also prepared timber and stone;
and you may add to it. 15Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, hewers and
workers of stone and timber and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
16There is no number of the
gold, the silver and the brass and the iron. Arise therefore and do it,
and the LORD be with you.
17David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
18Is not the
LORD your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for he has given the
inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD and before his
people. 19Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore and build
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.
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1So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2And he
gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3Now the Levites
were
numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number was thirty eight thousand by their
polls, man by man. 4Of whom, twenty four thousand were to set forward the work of the
house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: 5Also four thousand were
porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made to
praise with, said David. 6And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely,
Gershon,
Kohath and Merari. 7Of the Gershonites were, Laadan and Shimei. 8The sons of Laadan; the
chief was Jehiel and Zetham and Joel, three. 9The sons of Shimei; Shelomith and Haziel and
Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. 10And the sons of Shimei were,
Jahath, Zina and Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. 11And 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. 12The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron and
Uzziel, four. 13The 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 to him and to bless in his name for ever. 14Now concerning Moses the man of God, his
sons were named of the tribe of Levi. 15The sons of Moses were, Gershom and Eliezer.
16Of the
sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. 17And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief.
And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. 18Of the sons of
Izhar; Shelomith the chief. 19Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth. 20Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first and Jesiah
the second. 21The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar and Kish.
22And
Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them.
23The sons of Mushi; Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, were three.
24These 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, who did the work for the service of the
house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. 25For David said, The LORD God
of Israel has given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 26And also to
the
Levites; they shall not carry the tabernacle any more, nor any of its vessels for its service.
27For by
the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: 28Because
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; 29Both for the show bread 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; 30And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD and
likewise at evening; 31And to offer all burnt sacrifices by number to the LORD on the sabbaths,
in the new
moons and on the set feasts, according to the order commanded to them, continually
before the LORD: 32And 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 brothers, in the service
of the house of the LORD.
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1Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab and Abihu,
Eleazar and Ithamar. 2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children:
therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. 3And David distributed them, both
Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in
their service. 4And 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. 5Thus 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. 6And
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. 7Now the first lot came out to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8The third to
Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 9The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
10The seventh to
Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, 11The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
12The eleventh to
Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 13The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14The
fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 15The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
16The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, 17The twenty first to
Jachin, the twenty
second to Gamul, 18The twenty third to Delaiah, the twenty fourth to Maaziah.
19These 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.
20And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of
Shubael; Jehdeiah. 21Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. 22Of
the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. 23And the sons of Hebron; Jeriahthe
first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24Of the sons of Uzziel;
Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. 25The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of
Isshiah; Zechariah. 26The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. 27The
sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno and Shoham and Zaccur and Ibri. 28Of Mahli cameEleazar,
who had no sons. 29Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. 30The sons also of Mushi;
Mahli and Eder and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their
fathers. 31These likewise cast lots opposite their brothers 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 opposite their younger brothers.
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Chapter 25
1David and the captains of the host also 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: 2Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur,
and Joseph and Nethaniah and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, who
prophesied according to the order of the king. 3Of 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. 4Of Heman: the sons of
Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah,
Giddalti and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth: 5All 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. 6All 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. 7So the number of them was two
hundred eighty eight, with their
brothers who were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all who were cunning.
8And they cast lots, position against position, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as
the scholar. 9Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with
his brothers and sons were twelve: 10The third to Zaccur, he, his sons and his brothers,were
twelve: 11The fourth to Izri, he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve: 12The fifth
to Nethaniah,
and his sons and his brothers, were twelve: 13The sixth to Bukkiah and his sons and his brothers,
were twelve: 14The seventh to Jesharelah and his sons and his brothers, were twelve:
15The eighth
to Jeshaiah and his sons and his brothers, were twelve: 16The ninth to Mattaniah and his sons,
and his brothers, were twelve: 17The tenth to Shimei and his sons and his brothers, were twelve:
18The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve:19The twelfth to Hashabiah,
he, his sons and his brothers, were twelve: 20The thirteenth to Shubael and his sons and his
brothers, were twelve: 21The fourteenth to Mattithiah and his sons and his brothers, were twelve:
22The fifteenth to Jeremoth and his sons and his brothers, weretwelve: 23The sixteenth to
Hananiah and his sons and his brothers, were twelve: 24The seventeenth to Joshbekashah and his
sons and his brothers, were twelve: 25The eighteenth to Hanani and his sons and his brothers,
were twelve: 26The nineteenth to Mallothi and his sons and his brothers, were twelve: 27The
twentieth to Eliathah and his sons and his brothers, weretwelve: 28The twenty first to Hothir and
his sons and his brothers, were twelve: 29The twenty second to Giddalti and his sons and his
brothers, were twelve: 30The twenty third to Mahazioth and his sons and his brothers, were
twelve: 31The twenty fourth to Romamtiezer and his sons and his brothers, were twelve.
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1Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of
the sons of Asaph. 2And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the
second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the
seventh. 4Also the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah
the third and Sacar the fourth and Nethaneel the fifth, 5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh,
Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. 6Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who ruled
throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valor. 7The sons of Shemaiah;
Othni and Rephael and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers were strong men, Elihu and Semachiah.
8All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men for strength
for the service, were ssixty two of Obededom. 9And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, strong
men, eighteen. 10Also 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;) 11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third,
Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and thirteen brothers of Hosah.12Among these were the
divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having positions one against another, to
minister in the house of the LORD. 13And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according
to the house of their fathers, for every gate. 14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for
Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. 15To
Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. 16To Shuppim and Hosah the lot
came out westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, guard post
against guard post. 17Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day and
toward Asuppim two and two. 18At Parbar westward, four at the causeway and two at Parbar.
19These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore and among the sons of Merari.
20And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God and over the treasures of
the dedicated things. 21Concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief
fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. 22The sons of Jehieli; Zetham and Joel his
brother, who were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. 23Of the Amramites and the
Izharites, the Hebronites and the Uzzielites: 24And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of
Moses, was ruler of the treasures. 25And his brothers by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son and Jeshaiah
his son and Joram his son and Zichri his son and Shelomith his son. 26Which Shelomith and his
brothers 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.
27They dedicated out of the spoils won in battles to maintain the house of the LORD.
28And 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 whoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of
Shelomith and of his brothers.
29Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outside business over Israel, for officers
and judges. 30And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand
seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side the Jordan westward in all the
business of the LORD and in the service of the king. 31Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the
chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. They were sought
for in the fortieth year of the reign of David and there were found among them mighty men of
valor at Jazer of Gilead. 32And his brothers, men of valor, were two thousand 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.
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1Now the number of every course of the children of Israel was twenty four thousand, of the chief
fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers who served the king in any
matter of the courses, who came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of
the year. 2Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his
course were twenty four thousand. 3Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of
the host for the first month. 4And 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 four thousand.
5The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest:
and in his course were twenty four thousand. 6This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the
thirty and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son. 7The fourth captain for the
fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course
were twenty four thousand. 8The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and
in his course were twenty four thousand. 9The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of
Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty four thousand. 10The seventh captain for the
seventh month was Helez the Pelonite of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty
four thousand. 11The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the
Zarhites: and in his course were twenty four thousand. 12The ninth captain for the ninth month
was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty four thousand.
13The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his
course were twenty four thousand. 14The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the
Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty four thousand. 15The
twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course
were twenty four thousand.
16Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: Eliezer was the ruler of the Reubenites, the son
of Zichri:
of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 17Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of
Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: 18Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David: of Issachar,
Omri the son of Michael: 19Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the
son of Azriel: 20Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: 21Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of
Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 22Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These
were the princes of the tribes of Israel. 23But David did not take 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. 24Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he did not finish, because anger fell
because of it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
25And Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king's treasures: and Jehonathan the son of Uzziah
was over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities and in the villages and in the castles:
26And Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for tillage of
the ground: 27And Shimei the Ramathite was over the vineyards: Zabdi the Shiphmite was over
the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars: 28And Baalhanan the Gederite was over the
olive trees and the sycomore trees which were in the low plains: and Joash was over the cellars of oil:
29And Shitrai the Sharonite was over the herds that fed in Sharon: and Shaphat the son of Adlai was
over the herds that were in the valleys: 30 Also Obil the Ishmaelite was over the camels:
and Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over was the asses: 31And Jaziz the Hagerite was over the flocks.
All
these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's. 32Also Jonathan David's uncle was
a counsellor, a wise man and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
33And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion:
34And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah and Abiathar: and the general of the
king's army was Joab.
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1And David assembled to
Jerusalem all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes and the captains of the
companies who 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 possessions of the king,
and of his sons, with the officers and with the mighty men and with all the valiant men.
2Then David the king stood up on his feet and said, Hear me, my brothers and my
people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
LORD and for the footstool of our God and had made ready for building: 3But God said to me,
You shall not build a house for my name, because you have been a man of war and have shed
blood. 4But the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over
Israel for ever: for he has 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: 5And of
all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on
the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 6And he said to me, Solomon your son, shall
build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son and I will be his father. 7Also
I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he is constant to do my commandments and my
judgments, as at this day. 8Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD,
and in the audience of our God, keep and seek all the commandments of the LORD your God:
that you may possess this good land and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you
for ever. 9And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a perfect
heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the
imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he
will cast you off for ever. 10Take heed now; for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for
the sanctuary: be strong and do it.
11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch and of its houses and of its
treasuries and of its upper chambers and of its inner parlors and of the place of the mercy
seat, 12And 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: 13Also 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.
14He gave 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:
15Even the
weight for the lamp stands of gold and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every lamp stand,
and for its lamps: and for the lamp stands of silver by weight, both for the lamp stand and
also for its lamps, according to the use of every lamp stand. 16And he gave gold by weight
for the tables of show bread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 17Also
pure gold for the flesh hooks and the bowls and the cups: and for the golden basins he gave gold
by weight for every basin; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver: 18And for the
altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim,
who spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 19All this, said
David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand on me, even all the works of this
pattern. 20And 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 you; he will not fail you, nor
forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. 21And,
behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with you for all the service
of the house of God: and every willing skillful man shall be with you for all manner of workmanship and
for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at your commandment.
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1Furthermore David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God has
chosen, is still young and tender and the work is great: for the temple is not for man, but for the
LORD God. 2Now 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 colors and all manner of precious stones and marble stones in abundance.
3Also, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of my own proper goods,
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, 4Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir and seven
thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay all the walls of the houses: 5The 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 to the LORD? 6Then 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, 7And gave for the service of the
house of God, gold of five thousand talents and ten thousand drams and ten thousand talents of
silver and eighteen thousand talents of brass and one hundred thousand talents of iron. 8And
those with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD,
by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 9Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly,
because they offered willingly with perfect heart to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced
with great joy.
10Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be you,
LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 11 O LORD, yours 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 yours; yours is the kingdom, O LORD and you are exalted as head above all. 12Both
riches and honor come from you and you reign over all; and in your hand is power and might;
and it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all. 13Now therefore, our God, we
thank you and praise your glorious name. 14But what am I and what is my people, that we
should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come from you and of your own
have we given to you. 15For we are foreigners before you and sojourners, as were all our fathers:
our days on the earth are as a shadow and there is no one abiding. 16O LORD our God, all this
store that we have prepared to build a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is
all your own. 17I know also, my God, that you try the heart and have pleasure in uprightness. As
for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have
seen your people with joy, who are present here, to offer willingly to you. 18O LORD God of
Abraham, Isaac and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of
the heart of your people and prepare their heart to you: 19And give to Solomon my son a perfect
heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies and your statutes and to do all these
things and to build the temple for which I have made provision.20And 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 worshiped the LORD and the king. 21And they
sacrificed sacrifices to the LORD and offered burnt offerings to the LORD, on the morning 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: 22And they ate and drank before the LORD
on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time,
and anointed him to the LORD to be the chief governor and Zadok to be priest.
23Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father and
prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. 24And all the princes and the mighty men and all the sons
likewise of king David, submitted themselves to Solomon the king. 25And the LORD magnified
Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had
not been on any king before him in Israel. 26Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all
Israel. 27And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in
Hebron and he reigned thirty three years in Jerusalem. 28And he died in a good old age, full of
days, riches and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his place. 29Now 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, 30With all his reign and his might and the
times that went over him and over Israel and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
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