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  First Chronicles

1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, ²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, ³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, ⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Ja-pheth. ⁵The sons of Ja-pheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. ⁶And the sons of Gomer: Ash-ke-naz, and Diphath, and To-gar-mah. ⁷And the sons of Javan: E-li-shah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. ⁸The sons of Ham: Cush, and Miz-ra-im, Put, and Canaan. ⁹And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Hav-i-lah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Ra-a-mah: She-ba, and De-dan. ¹⁰And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. ¹¹And Miz-ra-im begot Ludim, and An-a-mim, and Le-ha-bim, and Naph-tu-him, ¹²and Path-ru-sim, and Cas-lu-him (from where came the Philistines), and Caph-to-rim. ¹³And Canaan begot Sidon his first-born, and Heth, ¹⁴and the Jeb-u-site, and the Amorite, and the Gir-gash-ite, ¹⁵and the Hi-vite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, ¹⁶and the Ar-va-dite, and the Zem-a-rite, and the Ha-math-itr. ¹⁷The sons of Shem: E-lam, and Assh-ur, and Ar-phax-ad, and Lud, and Ar-am, and Uz, and Hul, and Ge-ther, and Meshech. ¹⁸And Ar-phax-ad begot Sa-lah, and Sa-lah begot E-ber. ¹⁹And unto E-ber were born two sons: the name of the one was Pe-leg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Jok-tan. ²⁰And Jok-tan begot Al-mo-dad, and She-leph, and Ha-zar-ma-veth, and Je-rah, ²¹and Ha-dor-am, and U-zal, and Dik-lah, ²²and E-bal, and A-bim-a-el, and She-ba, ²³and O-phir, and Hav-i-lah, and Jo-bab. All these were the sons of Jok-tan. ²⁴Shem, Ar-phax-ad, Sa-lah, ²⁵Eber, Pe-leg, Reu, ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Te-rah, ²⁷Abram (the same is Abraham).

²⁸The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael. ²⁹These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Ne-ba-joth; then Ke-dar, and Ad-beel, and Mib-sam, ³⁰Mishma, and Du-mah, Mas-sa, Ha-dar, and Te-ma, ³¹Jetur, Na-phish, and Ke-de-mah. These are the sons of Ishmael. ³²And the sons of Ke-tu-rah, Abraham’s concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jok-shan, and Me-dan, and Mid-i-an, and Ish-bak, and Shu-ah. And the sons of Jok-shan: She-ba, and De-dan. ³³And the sons of Mid-i-an: E-phah, and E-pher, and Ha-noch, and A-bi-da, and El-da-ah. All these were the sons of Ke-tu-rah. ³⁴And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel. ³⁵The sons of Esau: E-li-phaz, Reu-el, and Je-ush, and Ja-lam, and Kor-ah. ³⁶The sons of E-li-phaz: Te-man, and Omar, Zephi, and gotam, Ke-naz, and Tim-na, and Am-a-lek. ³⁷The sons of Reu-el: Nahath, Ze-rah, Sham-mah, and Miz-zah. ³⁸And the sons of Se-ir: Lo-tan, and Sho-bal, and Zib-e-on, and A-nah, and Di-shon, and E-zer, and Di-shan. ³⁹And the sons of Lo-tan: Hor-i, and Homam; and Tim-na was Lo-tan’s sister. ⁴⁰The sons of Sho-bal: Alian, and Man-a-hath, and E-bal, Shephi, and O-nam. And the sons of Zib-e-on: A-jah, and A-nah. ⁴¹The sons of A-nah: Di-shon. And the sons of Di-shon: Hamran, and Esh-ban, and Ith-ran, and Che-ran. ⁴²The sons of E-zer: Bilhan, and Za-a-van, Jaakan. The sons of Di-shan: Uz, and Ar-an. ⁴³Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of E-dom, before there resigned any king over the children of Israel: Be-la the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Din-ha-bah. ⁴⁴And Be-la died, and Jo-bab the son of Ze-rah of Boz-rah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁵And Jo-bab died, and Hu-sham of the land of the Te-man-ites reigned in his stead. ⁴⁶And Hu-sham died, and Ha-dar the son of Bedad, who struck Mid-i-an in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was A-vith. ⁴⁷And Ha-dar died, and Sam-lah of Mas-re-kah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁸And Sam-lah died, and Saul of Re-ho-both by the River reigned in his stead. ⁴⁹And Saul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Ach-bor reigned in his stead. ⁵⁰And Baal-hanan died, and Ha-dar reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife’s name was Me-het-a-bel, the daughter of Ma-tred, the daughter of Me-zahab. ⁵¹And Ha-dar died. And the chiefs of E-dom were: chief Tim-na, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth, ⁵²chief A-hol-i-ba-mah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, ⁵³chief Ke-naz, chief Te-man, chief Mibzar, ⁵⁴chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of E-dom.

2 These 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 O-nan, and Sa-lah; which three were born unto him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him. ⁴And Ta-mar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Ze-rah. All the sons of Judah were five. ⁵The sons of Perez: Hez-ron, and Hamul. ⁶And the sons of Ze-rah: Zimri, and Ethan, and He-mam, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all. ⁷And the sons of Car-mi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing. ⁸And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹The sons also of Hez-ron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰And Ram begot Am-min-a-dab, and Am-min-a-dab begot Na-ash-on, prince of the children of Judah; ¹¹and Na-ash-on begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz, ¹²and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; ¹³and Jesse begot his first-born Eliab, and A-bin-a-dab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; ¹⁶and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. ¹⁷And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hez-ron begot children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him E-phrath, who bare him Hur. ²⁰And Hur begot U-ri, and U-ri begot Be-zal-e-el. ²¹And afterward Hez-ron went in to the daughter of Ma-chir the father of Gil-e-ad, whom he took to wife when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. ²²And Segub begot Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gil-e-ad. ²³And Geshur and Ar-am took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Ma-chir the father of Gil-e-ad. ²⁴And after that Hez-ron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then A-bi-ah Hez-ron’s wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. ²⁵And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hez-ron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, A-hi-ah. ²⁶And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of O-nam. ²⁷And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Ja-min, and Eker. ²⁸And the sons of O-nam were Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur. ²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 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 sons 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 a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. ³⁵And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. ³⁶And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad, ³⁷and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed, ³⁸and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah, ³⁹and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah, ⁴⁰and Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum, ⁴¹and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama. ⁴²And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Me-sha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of He-bron. ⁴³And the sons of He-bron: Kor-ah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begot Shammai. ⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. ⁴⁶And E-phah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Har-an, and Moza, and Gazez; and Har-an begot Gazez. ⁴⁷And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and E-phah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. ⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Sho-bal the father of Kir-jath-je’a-rim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. ⁵²And Sho-bal the father of Kir-jath-je’a-rim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. ⁵³And the families of Kir-jath-je’a-rim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. ⁵⁴The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. ⁵⁵And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

3 Now these were the sons of David, that were born unto him in He-bron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; ²the third, Absalom the son of Ma-a-chah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; ³the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife: ⁴six were born unto him in He-bron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years; ⁵and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; ⁶and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, ⁷and Nogah, and Neph-eg, and Japhia, ⁸and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Ta-mar was their sister.

¹⁰And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, A-bi-ah 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: the first-born 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, the captive: Shealtiel his son, ¹⁸and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shim-i. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister; ²⁰and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. ²¹And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. ²²And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. ²³And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. ²⁴And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

4 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hez-ron, and Car-mi, and Hur, and Sho-bal. ²And Reaiah the son of Sho-bal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. ³And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi; ⁴and Pen-u-el the father of Gedor, and E-zer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem. ⁵And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Iz-har, and Ethnan. ⁸And Hakkoz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. ⁹And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. ¹⁰And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.

¹¹And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. ¹³And the sons of Ke-naz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath. ¹⁴And Meonothai begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen. ¹⁵And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Ke-naz. ¹⁶And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ¹⁷And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and E-pher, and Jalon; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. ¹⁹And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. ²⁰And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. ²¹The sons of Sa-lah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; ²²and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient. ²³These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

²⁴The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Ja-min, Jarib, Ze-rah, Saul; ²⁵Shallum his son, Mib-sam his son, Mish-ma his son. ²⁶And the sons of Mish-ma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shim-i his son. ²⁷And Shim-i had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah. ²⁸And they dwelt at Beer-She-ba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, ²⁹and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, ³⁰and at Be-thu-el, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, ³¹and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto 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, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy. ³⁴And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, ³⁵and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, 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 name were princes in their families: and their fathers’ houses increased greatly. ³⁹And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham. ⁴¹And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks. ⁴²And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Se-ir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uz-zi-el, the sons of Ishi. ⁴³And they struck the remnant of the A-mal-ek-ites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.

5 And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. ²For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s:) ³the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Ha-noch, and Pal-lu, Hez-ron, and Car-mi. ⁴The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shim-i his son, ⁵Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, ⁶Beerah his son, whom TilGath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. ⁷And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, ⁸and Be-la the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: ⁹and eastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gil-e-ad. ¹⁰And in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the land east of Gil-e-ad. ¹¹And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah: ¹²Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. ¹³And their brethren of their fathers’ houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and She-ba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and E-ber, seven. ¹⁴These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gil-e-ad, 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 their fathers’ houses. ¹⁶And they dwelt in Gil-e-ad in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as 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 the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able to go forth to war. ¹⁹And they made war with the Hagrites, with Je-tur, and Na-phish, and Nodab. ²⁰And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that 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 and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand. ²²For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity. ²³And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-Her-mon and She-nir and mount Her-mon. ²⁴And these were the heads of their fathers’ houses: even E-pher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses. ²⁵And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples 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 TilGath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

6 The sons of Levi: Ger-shon, Ko-hath, and Me-rar-i. ²And the sons of Ko-hath: Amram, Iz-har, and He-bron, and Uz-zi-el. ³And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and A-bi-hu, El-e-a-zar, and Ith-a-mar. ⁴Eleazar begot Phin-e-has, Phin-e-has begot Abishua, ⁵and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi, ⁶and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth, ⁷Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot A-hi-tub, ⁸and A-hi-tub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz, ⁹and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan, ¹⁰and Johanan begot Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem), ¹¹and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot A-hi-tub, ¹²and A-hi-tub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum, ¹³and Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah, ¹⁴and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak; ¹⁵And Jehozadak went into captivity, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁶The sons of Levi: Ger-shom, Ko-hath, and Me-rar-i. ¹⁷And these are the names of the sons of Ger-shom: Lib-ni and Shim-i. ¹⁸And the sons of Ko-hath were Amram, and Iz-har, and He-bron, and Uz-zi-el. ¹⁹The sons of Me-rar-i: Ma-ha-li and Mu-shi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. ²⁰Of Ger-shom: Lib-ni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son, Iddo his son, Ze-rah his son, Jeatherai his son. ²²The sons of Ko-hath: Am-min-a-dab his son, Kor-ah his son, As-sir his son, ²³Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and As-sir his son, ²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Saul his son. ²⁵And the sons of El-ka-nah: Amasai, and Ahimoth. ²⁶As for El-ka-nah, the sons of El-ka-nah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, ²⁷Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, El-ka-nah his son. ²⁸And the sons of Samuel: the first-born Joel, and the second A-bi-ah. ²⁹The sons of Me-rar-i: Ma-ha-li, Lib-ni his son, Shim-i his son, Uzzah 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 Jehovah, after that the ark had rest. ³²And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order. ³³And these are they that waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: He-mam the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, ³⁴the son of El-ka-nah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, ³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of El-ka-nah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, ³⁶the son of El-ka-nah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, ³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of As-sir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Kor-ah, ³⁸the son of Iz-har, the son of Ko-hath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. ³⁹And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, ⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, ⁴¹the son of Ethni, the son of Ze-rah, the son of Adaiah, ⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shim-i, ⁴³the son of Jahath, the son of Ger-shom, the son of Levi. ⁴⁴And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Me-rar-i: 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 Shemer, ⁴⁷the son of Ma-ha-li, the son of Mu-shi, the son of Me-rar-i, the son of Levi. ⁴⁸And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. ⁵⁰And these are the sons of Aaron: El-e-a-zar his son, Phin-e-has his son, Abishua his son, ⁵¹Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, ⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, A-hi-tub his son, ⁵³Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

⁵⁴Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot), ⁵⁵to them they gave He-bron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it; ⁵⁶but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, He-bron; Libnah also 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 Beth-she-mesh with its suburbs; ⁶⁰and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. ⁶¹And unto the rest of the sons of Ko-hath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. ⁶²And to the sons of Ger-shom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ⁶³Unto the sons of Me-rar-i were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁶⁴And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the 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 mentioned by name. ⁶⁶And some of the families of the sons of Ko-hath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of E-phra-im. ⁶⁷And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, She-chem in the hill-country of E-phra-im with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs, ⁶⁸and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs, ⁶⁹and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs; ⁷⁰and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Ko-hath. ⁷¹Unto the sons of Ger-shom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ash-ta-roth with its suburbs; 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 Kiriathaim with its suburbs. ⁷⁷Unto the rest of the Levites, the sons of Me-rar-i, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Ta-bor with its suburbs; ⁷⁸and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs, ⁷⁹and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs; ⁸⁰and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gil-e-ad with its suburbs, and Ma-ha-na-im with its suburbs, ⁸¹and Hesh-bon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.

7 And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Pu-ah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. ²And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred. ³And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men. ⁴And with them, by their generations, after their fathers’ houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons. ⁵And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand. ⁶The sons of Benjamin: Be-la, and Becher, and Jediael, three. ⁷And the sons of Be-la: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uz-zi-el, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. ⁸And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and El-i-e-zer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and A-bi-ah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. ⁹And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred. ¹⁰And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Je-ush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war. ¹²Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher. ¹³The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. ¹⁴The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Ma-chir the father of Gil-e-ad: ¹⁵and Ma-chir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Ma-a-chah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. ¹⁶And Ma-a-chah the wife of Ma-chir bare 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: Be-dan. These were the sons of Gil-e-ad the son of Ma-chir, the son of Manasseh. ¹⁸And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah. ¹⁹And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and She-chem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

²⁰And the sons of E-phra-im: Shuthelah, and Be-red his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, ²¹and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and E-zer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. ²²And E-phra-im their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. ²³And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. ²⁴And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah. ²⁵And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, ²⁶Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ²⁷Nun his son, Joshua his son. ²⁸And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; She-chem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the towns thereof; ²⁹and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. ³⁰The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. ³¹And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. ³²And Heber begot 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 Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Ar-am. ³⁵And the sons of Helem his brother: 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 Ith-ran, and Beera. ³⁸And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. ³⁹And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. ⁴⁰All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.

8 And Benjamin begot Be-la his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, ²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. ³And Be-la had sons: 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 fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Man-a-hath: ⁷and Naaman, and A-hi-ah, and Gera, he carried them captive: and he begot Uzza and Ahihud. ⁸And Shaharaim begot children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. ⁹And he begot of Hodesh his wife, Jo-bab, and Zibia, and Me-sha, and Malcam, ¹⁰and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers’ houses. ¹¹And of Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal. ¹²And the sons of Elpaal: E-ber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof; ¹³and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath; ¹⁴and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, ¹⁵and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder, ¹⁶and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah, ¹⁷and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber, ¹⁸and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jo-bab, the sons of Elpaal, ¹⁹and Jakim, and Zich-ri, and Zabdi, ²⁰and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel, ²¹and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shim-i, ²²and Ishpan, and E-ber, and Eliel, ²³and Abdon, and Zich-ri, and Hanan, ²⁴and Hananiah, and E-lam, and Anthothijah, ²⁵and Iphdeiah, and Pen-u-el, the sons of Shashak, ²⁶and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, ²⁷and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zich-ri, the sons of Jeroham. ²⁸These were heads of fathers’ houses throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt in Jerusalem. ²⁹And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife’s name was Ma-a-chah; ³⁰and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, ³¹and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher. ³²And Mikloth begot Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

³³And Ner begot Kish; and Kish begot Saul; and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and A-bin-a-dab, and Eshbaal. ³⁴And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begot Micah. ³⁵And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. ³⁶And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begot Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza. ³⁷And Moza begot Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. ³⁸And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. ³⁹And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Je-ush 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 and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

9 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression. ²Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. ³And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of E-phra-im and Manasseh: ⁴Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah. ⁵And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons. ⁶And of the sons of Ze-rah: Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. ⁷And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah, ⁸and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reu-el, the son of Ibnijah; ⁹and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers’ houses by their fathers’ houses. ¹⁰And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Ja-chin, ¹¹and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of A-hi-tub, the ruler of the house of God; ¹²and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; ¹³and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; 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 Me-rar-i; ¹⁵and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zich-ri, 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 El-ka-nah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. ¹⁷And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief), ¹⁸who hitherto waited in the king’s gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi. ¹⁹And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Kor-ah, and his brethren, of his father’s house, the Kor-a-hites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entry. ²⁰And Phin-e-has the son of El-e-a-zar was ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him. ²¹Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting. ²²All these that were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust. ²³So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards. ²⁴On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. ²⁵And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them: ²⁶for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God. ²⁷And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning. ²⁸And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out. ²⁹Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices. ³¹And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans. ³²And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath. ³³And these are the singers, heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night. ³⁴These were heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt at Jerusalem.

10 Now 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 slew Jonathan, and A-bin-a-dab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. ³And the battle went greatly against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers. ⁴Then said Saul unto his armor-bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through therewith, unless these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. ⁵And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died. ⁶So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together. ⁷And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

⁸And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. ⁹And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people. ¹⁰And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fasten ed his head in the house of Dagon. ¹¹And when all Ja-besh-gil-e-ad heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, ¹²all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Ja-besh, and buried their bones under the oak in Ja-besh, and fasted seven days. ¹³So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby, ¹⁴and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

11 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto He-bron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. ²In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you that led out and brought in Israel: and Jehovah your God said unto you, you shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over my people Israel. ³So all the elders of Israel came to the king to He-bron; and David made a covenant with them in He-bron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel. ⁴And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there. ⁵And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, you shall not come in hither. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David. ⁶And David said, whoeverever smite the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief. ⁷And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David. ⁸And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city. ⁹And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah of hosts was with him.

¹⁰Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel. ¹¹And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time. ¹²And after him was El-e-a-zar 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 plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. ¹⁴And they stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and Jehovah saved them by a great victory. ¹⁵And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were camped in the valley of Reph-a-im. ¹⁶And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. ¹⁷And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate! ¹⁸And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah, ¹⁹and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men. ²⁰And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three. ²¹Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. ²²Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. ²³And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear. ²⁴These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men. ²⁵Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. ²⁶Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, ²⁷Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, ²⁸Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, ²⁹Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, ³⁰Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, ³¹Ithai the son of Ribai of Gib-e-ah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, ³²Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, A-bi-el the Arbathite, ³³Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, ³⁴the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite, ³⁵Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, ³⁶Hepher the Mecherathite, A-hi-ah the Pelonite, ³⁷Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, ³⁸Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri, 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 chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, ⁴³Hanan the son of Ma-a-chah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, ⁴⁴Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham 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 Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

12 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war. ²They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin. ³The chief was Ahiezer; then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite, ⁴and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite, ⁵Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, ⁶Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Kor-a-hites, ⁷and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. ⁸And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; ⁹Ezer the chief, 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, Machbannai the eleventh. ¹⁴These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand. ¹⁵These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. ¹⁶And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David. ¹⁷And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If you be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if you be come to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. ¹⁸Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, your are we, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. ¹⁹Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away 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 E-li-hu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh. ²¹And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host. ²²For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.

²³And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, who came to David to He-bron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah. ²⁴The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war. ²⁵Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. ²⁶Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. ²⁷And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred, ²⁸and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father’s house twenty and two captains. ²⁹And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. ³⁰And of the children of E-phra-im twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses. ³¹And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king. ³²And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. ³³Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that could order the battle array, and were not of double heart. ³⁴And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. ³⁵And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. ³⁶And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, 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 and twenty thousand. ³⁸All these being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to He-bron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. ³⁹And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them. ⁴⁰Moreover they that were near unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, goods of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.

13 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader. ²And David said unto all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us; ³and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul. ⁴And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. ⁵So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kir-jath-je’a-rim. ⁶And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kir-jath-je’a-rim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God Jehovah that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name. ⁷And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of A-bin-a-dab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. ⁸And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

⁹And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. ¹⁰And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he struck him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God. ¹¹And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day. ¹²And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? ¹³So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-E-dom the Gittite. ¹⁴And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-E-dom in his house three months: and Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-E-dom, and all that he had.

14 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house. ²And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel’s sake. ³And David took more wives at Jerusalem; and David begot more sons and daughters. ⁴And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, ⁵and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet, ⁶and Nogah, and Neph-eg, and Japhia, ⁷and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

⁸And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out against them. ⁹Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Reph-a-im. ¹⁰And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and will you deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand. ¹¹So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim. ¹²And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire. ¹³And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley. ¹⁴And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, you shall not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees. ¹⁵And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God is gone out before you to strike the host of the Philistines. ¹⁶And David did as God commanded him: and they struck the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer. ¹⁷And the fame of David went out into all lands; and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations.

15 And David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. ²Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. ³And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it. ⁴And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites: ⁵of the sons of Ko-hath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty; ⁶of the sons of Me-rar-i, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty; ⁷of the sons of Ger-shom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty; ⁸of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred; ⁹of the sons of He-bron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore; ¹⁰of the sons of Uz-zi-el, Am-min-a-dab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve. ¹¹And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Am-min-a-dab, ¹²and said unto them, you are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it. ¹³For because you bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance. ¹⁴So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel. ¹⁵And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah. ¹⁶And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. ¹⁷So the Levites appointed He-mam the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Me-rar-i their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; ¹⁸and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-E-dom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers. ¹⁹So the singers, He-mam, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed with cymbals of brass to sound aloud; ²⁰and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth; ²¹and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-E-dom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead. ²²And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful. ²³And Berechiah and El-ka-nah were doorkeepers for the ark. ²⁴And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and El-i-e-zer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-E-dom and Jehiah were doorkeepers 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 Jehovah out of the house of Obed-E-dom with joy. ²⁶And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams. ²⁷And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen. ²⁸Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps. ²⁹And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

16 And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God. ²And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah. ³And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion of flesh, and a cake of raisins. ⁴And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel: ⁵Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-E-dom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud; ⁶and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

⁷Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren. ⁸O give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his doings among the peoples. ⁹Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk you of all his marvelous works. ¹⁰Glory you in his holy name; Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah. ¹¹Seek you Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore. 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 Jehovah our God; His judgments are in all the earth. ¹⁵Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations, ¹⁶The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac, ¹⁷And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant, ¹⁸Saying, Unto you will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance; ¹⁹When you were but a few men in number, yes, very few, and sojourners in it; ²⁰And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people. ²¹He suffered no man to do them wrong; yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, ²²Saying, Touch not my anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm. ²³Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; Show forth his salvation from day to day. ²⁴Declare his glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples. ²⁵For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods. ²⁶For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Jehovah made the heavens. ²⁷Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place. ²⁸Ascribe unto Jehovah, you kindreds of the peoples, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength; ²⁹Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come before him: Worship Jehovah in holy array. ³⁰Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved. ³¹Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; And let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigns. ³²Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein; ³³Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Jehovah; For he comes to judge the earth. ³⁴O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endures for ever. ³⁵And say you, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks unto your holy name, And to triumph in your praise. ³⁶Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praised Jehovah.

³⁷So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required; ³⁸and Obed-E-dom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-E-dom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers; ³⁹and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon, ⁴⁰to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah upon the altar of burnt-offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Jehovah, which he commanded unto Israel; ⁴¹and with them He-mam and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his lovingkindness endures for ever; ⁴²and with them He-mam and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate. ⁴³And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.

17 And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwells under curtains. ²And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you. ³And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, ⁴Go and tell David my servant, Thus says Jehovah, you shall not build me a house to dwell in: ⁵for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. ⁶In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spoke I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? ⁷Now therefore thus shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says Jehovah of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel: ⁸and I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth. ⁹And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first, ¹⁰and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that Jehovah will build you a house. ¹¹And it shall come to pass, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingd