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