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Adam's Line to Noah
(Genesis 5:1-17)
1Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 2Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 3Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 4Noah, Shem,
Ham, and Japheth.
Descendants of Japheth
(Genesis 10:1-5)
5The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and
Tiras. 6And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 7And the sons of Javan;
Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Descendants of Ham
(Genesis 10:6-20)
8The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 9And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah,
and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. 10And Cush
begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 12And Pathrusim, and
Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 14The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the
Girgashite, 15And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 16And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite,
and the Hamathite.
Descendants of Shem
(Genesis 10:21-32)
17The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and
Gether, and Meshech. 18And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. 19And unto Eber
were born two sons: the name of the one [was] Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided:
and his brother's name [was] Joktan. 20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and
Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 22And Ebal, and Abimael, and
Sheba, 23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these [were] the sons of Joktan.
24Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25Eber, Peleg, Reu, 26Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27Abram; the same [is]
Abraham.
Descendants of Abraham
(Genesis 25:7-11)
28The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. 29These [are] their generations: The firstborn of
Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 30Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad,
and Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. 32Now the sons of
Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and
Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. 33And the sons of Midian; Ephah,
and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these [are] the sons of Keturah.
Descendants of Isaac
34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. 35The sons of Esau; Eliphaz,
Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 36The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and
Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. 37The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and
Mizzah. 38And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer,
and Dishan. 39And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna [was] Lotan's sister. 40The
sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah,
and Anah. 41The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran,
and Cheran. 42The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, [and] Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and
Aran.
The Rulers of Edom
(Genesis 36:15-30)
43Now 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. 44And when Bela
was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. 45And when Jobab was dead,
Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. 46And when Husham was dead, Hadad
the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of
his city [was] Avith. 47And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48And
when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 49And when Shaul
was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. 50And when Baalhanan was dead,
Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city [was] Pai; and his wife's name [was]
Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. 51Hadad died also. And the dukes of
Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, 52Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
53Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 54Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These [are] the dukes of
Edom.
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The Sons of Israel
(Genesis 35:22-26)
1These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 2Dan,
Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Descendants of Judah
(Genesis 38:1-26)
3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter
of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he
slew him. 4And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were]
five.
5The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 6And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman,
and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 7And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who
transgressed in the thing accursed. 8And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10And Ram
begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11And
Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
The Children of Jesse
13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, 14Nethaneel
the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: 16Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah,
and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17And Abigail bare
Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmeelite.
Descendants of Hezron
18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth: her sons [are]
these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him
Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married
when he [was] threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 22And Segub begat Jair, who had
three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. 23And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of
Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged
to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah,
then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
Descendants of Jerahmeel
25And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren,
and Ozem, [and] Ahijah. 26Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name [was] Atarah; she [was]
the mother of Onam. 27And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin,
and Eker. 28And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab,
and Abishur. 29And the name of the wife of Abishur [was] Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and
Molid. 30And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. 31And the
sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. 32And the
sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
33And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34Now Sheshan
had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Jarha.
35And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. 36And Attai
begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38And
Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, 39And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
40And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, 41And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and
Jekamiah begat Elishama.
The Clans of Caleb
42Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha his firstborn, which [was] the
father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43And the sons of Hebron; Korah,
and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and
Rekem begat Shammai. 45And the son of Shammai [was] Maon: and Maon [was] the father of
Bethzur. 46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat
Gazez. 47And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and
Shaaph. 48Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49She bare also Shaaph the
father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter
of Caleb [was] Achsah. 50These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah;
Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim, 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of
Bethgader. 52And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, [and] half of the
Manahethites. 53And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the
Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites. 54The sons of
Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the
Manahethites, the Zorites. 55And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites,
the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of
the house of Rechab.
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Descendants of David
1Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of
Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 2The third, Absalom the
son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. 4[These] six were born unto
him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned
thirty and three years. 5And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and
Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 6Ibhar also, and Elishama, and
Eliphelet, 7And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
9[These were] all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
Descendants of Solomon
10And Solomon's son [was] Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11Joram his
son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 13Ahaz his
son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15And the sons of Josiah
[were], the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16And
the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
Descendants of Jeconiah
17And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, 18Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar,
Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19And the sons of Pedaiah [were], Zerubbabel, and Shimei:
and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20And
Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five. 21And the sons of
Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the
sons of Shechaniah. 22And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush,
and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 23And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and
Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 24And the sons of Elioenai [were], Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and
Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
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Descendants of Judah
1The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2And Reaiah the son of
Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These [are] the families of the
Zorathites. 3And these [were of] the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the
name of their sister [was] Hazelelponi: 4And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of
Hushah. These [are] the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. 5And
Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and
Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These [were] the sons of Naarah. 7And the sons of Helah
[were], Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of
Aharhel the son of Harum.
The Prayer of Jabez
9And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying,
Because I bare him with sorrow. 10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou
wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that
thou wouldest keep [me] from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he
requested.
11And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which [was] the father of Eshton.
More Descendants of Judah12And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah
the father of Irnahash. These [are] the men of Rechah.
13And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. 14And Meonothai
begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were
craftsmen. 15And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of
Elah, even Kenaz. 16And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. 17And the
sons of Ezra [were], Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai,
and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and
Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these [are] the sons of Bithiah
the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. 19And the sons of [his] wife Hodiah the sister of
Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20And the sons of
Shimon [were], Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi [were], Zoheth,
and Benzoheth.
The Sons of Shelah
21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah [were], Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of
Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
22And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab,
and Jashubilehem. And [these are] ancient things. 23These [were] the potters, and those that
dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
The Descendants and Cities of Simeon
24The sons of Simeon [were], Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, [and] Shaul: 25Shallum his son,
Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son,
Shimei his son. 27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many
children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah. 28And they dwelt at
Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 29And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30And at
Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 31And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei,
and at Shaaraim. These [were] their cities unto the reign of David. 32And their villages [were],
Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: 33And all their villages that [were]
round about the same cities, unto Baal. These [were] their habitations, and their genealogy.
34And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35And Joel, and Jehu the son of
Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and
Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the
son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; 38These mentioned by [their] names
[were] princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
Their Conquest of Gedor
39And they went to the entrance of Gedor, [even] unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture
for their flocks. 40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land [was] wide, and quiet, and
peaceable; for [they] of Ham had dwelt there of old. 41And these written by name came in the
days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there,
and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because [there was] pasture
there for their flocks. 42And [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. 43And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this
day.
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Descendants of Reuben
1Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he [was] the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he
defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the
genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and
of him [came] the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph's:) 3The sons, [I say], of Reuben the
firstborn of Israel [were], Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his
son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 6Beerah his son,
whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away [captive]: he [was] prince of the Reubenites.
7And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, [were]
the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who
dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: 9And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of
the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10And 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.
Descendants of Gad
11And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah: 12Joel the
chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13And their brethren of the
house of their fathers [were], Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia,
and Heber, seven. 14These [are] the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son
of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 15Ahi the son
of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 16And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan,
and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. 17All these were reckoned
by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
Victory over the Hagarites
18The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to
bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, [were] four and forty thousand
seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 19And they made war with the Hagarites,
with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites
were delivered into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for they cried to God in the battle,
and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. 21And they took away their
cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses
two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. 22For there fell down many slain, because the
war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
The Half-Tribe of Manasseh
23And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto
Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. 24And these [were] the heads of the house of
their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel,
mighty men of valour, famous men, [and] heads of the house of their fathers.
25
And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the
people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit
of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away,
even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto
Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
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Descendants of Levi
1The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 2And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and
Hebron, and Uzziel. 3And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of
Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 4Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
5And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat
Meraioth, 7Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8And Ahitub begat Zadok, and
Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 9And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, 10And Johanan
begat Azariah, (he [it is] that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in
Jerusalem:) 11And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 12And Ahitub begat Zadok,
and Zadok begat Shallum, 13And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14And Azariah
begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 15And Jehozadak went [into captivity], when the
LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
The Levite Clans
16The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 17And these [be] the names of the sons of
Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 18And the sons of Kohath [were], Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and
Uzziel. 19The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these [are] the families of the Levites
according to their fathers. 20Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 21Joah his
son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. 22The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son,
Korah his son, Assir his son, 23Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 24Tahath
his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and
Ahimoth. 26[As for] Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, 27Eliab his
son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. 28And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
29The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, 30Shimea his son, Haggiah
his son, Asaiah his son.
The Temple Musicians
31And these [are they] whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after
that the ark had rest. 32And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the
congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and [then]
they waited on their office according to their order. 33And these [are] they that waited with their
children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
34The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35The son of Zuph,
the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,
the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, 37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of
Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, 38The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of
Israel. 39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, [even] Asaph the son of Berachiah,
the son of Shimea, 40The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 41The son of
Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of
Shimei, 43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44And their brethren the sons of
Merari [stood] on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45The
son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the
son of Shamer, 47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48Their
brethren also the Levites [were] appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the
house of God.
Descendants of Aaron
49But 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. 50And these [are] the sons
of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah
his son, 52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
Territory for the Levites
(Numbers 35:1-5; Joshua 21:1-45)
54Now these [are] their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of
Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 55And they gave them Hebron in the
land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56But the fields of the city, and the villages
thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities
of Judah, [namely], Hebron, [the city] of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and
Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 58And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, 59And Ashan
with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: 60And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba
with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities
throughout their families [were] thirteen cities.
61And unto the sons of Kohath, [which were] left of the family of that tribe, [were cities given] out
of the half tribe, [namely, out of] the half [tribe] of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 62And to the sons
of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and
out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63Unto the
sons of Merari [were given] by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of
the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64And the children of Israel gave to
the Levites [these] cities with their suburbs. 65And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children
of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of
Benjamin, these cities, which are called by [their] names.
66And [the residue] of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of
Ephraim. 67And they gave unto them, [of] the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her
suburbs; [they gave] also Gezer with her suburbs, 68And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and
Bethhoron with her suburbs, 69And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:
70And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for
the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
71Unto the sons of Gershom [were given] out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in
Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: 72And out of the tribe of Issachar;
Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 73And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem
with her suburbs: 74And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her
suburbs, 75And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 76And out of the tribe of
Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with
her suburbs.
77Unto the rest of the children of Merari [were given] out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her
suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: 78And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of
Jordan, [were given them] out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs,
and Jahzah with her suburbs, 79Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:
80And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
81And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
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Descendants of Issachar
1Now the sons of Issachar [were], Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2And the sons of
Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father'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. 3And the sons of Uzzi;
Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief
men. 4And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, [were] bands of
soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand [men]: for they had many wives and sons. 5And their
brethren among all the families of Issachar [were] valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their
genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
Descendants of Benjamin
6[The sons] of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. 7And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and
Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of [their] fathers, mighty men of
valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8And
the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and
Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these [are] the sons of Becher. 9And the number of them,
after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of
valour, [was] twenty thousand and two hundred. 10The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons
of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and
Ahishahar. 11All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour,
[were] seventeen thousand and two hundred [soldiers], fit to go out for war [and] battle.
12Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, [and] Hushim, the sons of Aher.
The Sons of Naphtali
13The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
Descendants of Manasseh
14The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ([but] his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir
the father of Gilead: 15And Machir took to wife [the sister] of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's
name [was] Maachah;) and the name of the second [was] Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had
daughters. 16And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the
name of his brother [was] Sheresh; and his sons [were] Ulam and Rakem. 17And the sons of Ulam;
Bedan. These [were] the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18And his sister
Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 19And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and
Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
Descendants of Ephraim
20And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son,
and Tahath his son, 21And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the
men of Gath [that were] born in [that] land slew, because they came down to take away their
cattle. 22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
23And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah,
because it went evil with his house. 24(And his daughter [was] Sherah, who built Bethhoron the
nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.) 25And Rephah [was] his son, also Resheph, and Telah
his son, and Tahan his son, 26Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27Non his son,
Jehoshua his son.
28And their possessions and habitations [were], Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward
Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto
Gaza and the towns thereof: 29And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her
towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the
children of Joseph the son of Israel.
The Sons of Asher
30The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 31And the
sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who [is] the father of Birzavith. 32And Heber begat Japhlet,
and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal,
and Ashvath. These [are] the children of Japhlet. 34And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah,
Jehubbah, and Aram. 35And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and
Amal. 36The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 37Bezer, and
Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and
Pispah, and Ara. 39And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. 40All these [were] the
children of Asher, heads of [their] father's house, choice [and] mighty men of valour, chief of the
princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war [and] to
battle [was] twenty and six thousand men.
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Genealogy from Benjamin to Saul
1Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 2Nohah the
fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 4And
Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. 6And these [are] the
sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed
them to Manahath: 7And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and
Ahihud. 8And Shaharaim begat [children] in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away;
Hushim and Baara [were] his wives. 9And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and
Mesha, and Malcham, 10And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These [were] his sons, heads of the
fathers. 11And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. 12The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham,
and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: 13Beriah also, and Shema, who
[were] heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
14And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 15And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 16And Michael, and
Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; 17And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
18Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; 19And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
20And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
22And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 23And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 24And Hananiah, and
Elam, and Antothijah, 25And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 26And Shamsherai, and
Shehariah, and Athaliah, 27And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 28These
[were] heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief [men]. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
29And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name [was] Maachah: 30And his firstborn
son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 31And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. 32And
Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
Genealogy from King Saul
33And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and
Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 34And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.
35And the sons of Micah [were], Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 36And Ahaz begat
Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 37And
Moza begat Binea: Rapha [was] his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 38And Azel had six sons,
whose names [are] these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan.
All these [were] the sons of Azel. 39And the sons of Eshek his brother [were], Ulam his firstborn,
Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 40And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour,
archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these [are] of the sons of
Benjamin.
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People of Jerusalem
1So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they [were] written in the book of the
kings of Israel and Judah, [who] were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
2Now the first inhabitants that [dwelt] in their possessions in their cities [were], the Israelites, the
priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. 3And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the
children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; 4Uthai the son of Ammihud,
the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. 5And
of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. 6And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their
brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the
son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 8And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi,
the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
9And their 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.
The Returning Priests
10And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 11And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son
of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of
God; 12And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the
son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
13And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and
threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
The Returning Levites
14And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of
the sons of Merari; 15And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son
of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of
Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the
Netophathites.
Gatekeepers in Jerusalem
17And the porters [were], Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren:
Shallum [was] the chief; 18Who hitherto [waited] in the king's gate eastward: they [were] porters
in the companies of the children of Levi. 19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the
son of Korah, and his 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. 20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in
time past, [and] the LORD [was] with him. 21[And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter
of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22All these [which were] chosen to be porters in
the gates [were] two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their
villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. 23So they and their
children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, [namely], the house of the
24
tabernacle, by wards. In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
25And their brethren, [which were] in their villages, [were] to come after seven days from time to
time with them. 26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in [their] set office, and were over
the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. 27And they lodged round about the house of
God, because the charge [was] upon them, and the opening thereof every morning [pertained] to
them.
28And [certain] of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in
and out by tale. 29[Some] of them also [were] appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the
instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense,
and the spices. 30And [some] of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. 31And
Mattithiah, [one] of the Levites, who [was] the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office
over the things that were made in the pans. 32And [other] of their brethren, of the sons of the
Kohathites, [were] over the shewbread, to prepare [it] every sabbath.
33And 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. 34These chief fathers of the
Levites [were] chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
Descendants of Saul
35And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name [was] Maachah: 36And his
firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 37And Gedor, and Ahio,
and Zechariah, and Mikloth. 38And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren
at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. 39And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul
begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 40And the son of Jonathan [was]
Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah. 41And the sons of Micah [were], Pithon, and Melech, and
Tahrea, [and Ahaz]. 42And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri;
and Zimri begat Moza; 43And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his
son. 44And Azel had six sons, whose names [are] these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and
Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these [were] the sons of Azel.
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Saul's Overthrow and Death
(1 Samuel 31:1-6; 2 Samuel 1:1-16)
1Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines,
and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his
sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. 3And the
battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. 4Then
said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these
uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So
Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 5And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell
likewise on the sword, and died. 6So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
The Philistines Possess the Towns
(1 Samuel 31:7-10)
7And 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.
8And 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. 9And when they had stripped him, they took his head,
and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their
idols, and to the people. 10And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his
head in the temple of Dagon.
Jabesh-Gilead's Tribute to Saul
(1 Samuel 31:11-13)
11And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12They arose, all the
valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to
Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word
of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to
inquire [of it]; 14And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom
unto David the son of Jesse.
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David Becomes King over All Israel
(2 Samuel 5:1-5)
1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and
thy flesh. 2And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou [wast] he that leddest out
and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel,
and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. 3Therefore 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.
David Conquers Jerusalem
(2 Samuel 5:6-11)
4And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which [is] Jebus; where the Jebusites [were], the
inhabitants of the land. 5And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither.
Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which [is] the city of David. 6And David said,
Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went
first up, and was chief. 7And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
8And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the
city. 9So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts [was] with him.
David's Mightiest Warriors
(2 Samuel 23:8-39; 1 Chronicles 11:20-47)
10These also [are] the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves
with him in his kingdom, [and] with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD
concerning Israel. 11And this [is] the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an
Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain [by him] at
one time.
12And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who [was one] of the three mighties.
13He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle,
where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. 14And
they set themselves in the midst of [that] parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the
LORD saved [them] by a great deliverance.
15Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and
the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 16And David [was] then in the hold,
and the Philistines' garrison [was] then at Bethlehem. 17And David longed, and said, Oh that one
would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that [is] at the gate! 18And the three
brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that [was]
by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David: but David would not drink [of] it, but poured it
out to the LORD, 19And 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.
David's Thirty Mighty Men
(2 Samuel 23:8-39; 1 Chronicles 11:10-19)
20And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three
hundred, he slew [them], and had a name among the three. 21Of the three, he was more
honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the [first] three.
22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he
slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. 23And
he slew an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand [was] a
spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of
the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. 24These [things] did Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties. 25Behold, he was honourable among the
thirty, but attained not to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.
26Also the valiant men of the armies [were], Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of
Bethlehem, 27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, 28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Abiezer the Antothite, 29Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, 30Maharai the Netophathite,
Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, 31Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, [that pertained] to
the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 32Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the
Arbathite, 33Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 34The sons of Hashem the
Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, 35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal
the son of Ur, 36Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, 37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the
son of Ezbai, 38Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri, 39Zelek the Ammonite,
Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the
Ithrite, 41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, 42Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a
captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 43Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the
Mithnite, 44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, 45Jediael the
son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, 46Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the
sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 47Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
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The Mighty Men Join David at Ziklag
1Now these [are] they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul
the son of Kish: and they [were] among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2[They were] armed
with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in [hurling] stones and [shooting] arrows
out of a bow, [even] of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. 3The chief [was] Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons
of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu
the Antothite, 4And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty;
and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, 5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and
Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 6Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and
Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 7And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of
might, [and] men of war [fit] for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces
[were like] the faces of lions, and [were] as swift as the roes upon the mountains; 9Ezer the first,
Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11Attai the sixth,
Eliel the seventh, 12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the
eleventh. 14These [were] of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least [was] over an
hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 15These [are] they that went over Jordan in the first
month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all [them] of the valleys, [both]
toward the east, and toward the west.
16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. 17And David went
out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help
me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if [ye be come] to betray me to mine enemies, seeing
[there is] no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look [thereon], and rebuke [it].
18Then the spirit came upon Amasai, [who was] chief of the captains, [and he said], Thine [are
we], David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace [be] unto thee, and peace [be] to
thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the
band.
19And 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. 20As he went to Ziklag, there
fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu,
and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that [were] of Manasseh. 21And they helped David against
the band [of the rovers]: for they [were] all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
22For at [that] time day by day there came to David to help him, until [it was] a great host, like the
host of God.
David's Army Grows at Hebron
23And 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. 24The
children of Judah that bare shield and spear [were] six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed
to the war. 25Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and
one hundred. 26Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. 27And Jehoiada [was] the
leader of the Aaronites, and with him [were] three thousand and seven hundred; 28And Zadok, a
young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. 29And 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. 30And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and
eight hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers. 31And of the
half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make
David king. 32And of the children of Issachar, [which were men] that had understanding of the
times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them [were] two hundred; and all their
brethren [were] at their commandment. 33Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war,
with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: [they were] not of double heart.
34And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven
thousand. 35And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. 36And of
Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. 37And on the other side of
Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of
instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
38All 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. 39And
there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for
them. 40Moreover they that were nigh them, [even] unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali,
brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, [and] meat, meal, cakes of
figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for [there was]
joy in Israel.
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David Fetches the Ark
(2 Samuel 6:1-4)
1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, [and] with every leader. 2And
David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If [it seem] good unto you, and [that it be] of the
LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, [that are] left in all the land of
Israel, and with them [also] to the priests and Levites [which are] in their cities [and] suburbs, that
they may gather themselves unto us: 3And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we
inquired not at it in the days of Saul. 4And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the
thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
5So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to
bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. 6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to
Kirjathjearim, which [belonged] to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that
dwelleth [between] the cherubims, whose name is called [on it]. 7And they carried the ark of God
in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. 8And David and all
Israel played before God with all [their] might, and with singing, and with harps, and with
psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
Uzzah and the Ark
(2 Samuel 6:5-11)
9And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark;
for the oxen stumbled. 10And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him,
because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. 11And David was displeased,
because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this
day. 12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God [home] to
me? 13So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into
the house of Obededom the Gittite. 14And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in
his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
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David's Family Grows
(2 Samuel 5:12-16)
1Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and
carpenters, to build him an house. 2And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king
over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
3And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters. 4Now these
[are] the names of [his] children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and
Solomon, 5And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, 6And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 7And
Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
Two Victories over the Philistines
(2 Samuel 5:17-25)
8And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went
up to seek David. And David heard [of it], and went out against them. 9And the Philistines came
and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 10And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up
against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go
up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 11So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote
them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the
breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim. 12And when
they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
13And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. 14Therefore David inquired
again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon
them over against the mulberry trees. 15And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in
the tops of the mulberry trees, [that] then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before
thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 16David therefore did as God commanded him: and they
smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. 17And the fame of David went out into
all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
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Preparations to Move the Ark to Jerusalem
(2 Samuel 6:12-15; Philippians 1:1-2; Colossians 1:1-2)
1And [David] made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and
pitched for it a tent. 2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for
them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3And David
gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he
had prepared for it. 4And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5Of the sons of
Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty: 6Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah
the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: 7Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and
his brethren an hundred and thirty: 8Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his
brethren two hundred: 9Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 10Of the
sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and
Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12And said unto them, Ye [are] the chief of the fathers
of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, [both] ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of
the LORD God of Israel unto [the place that] I have prepared for it. 13For 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. 14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God
of Israel.
The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark
15And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon,
as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with
instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
17So 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; 18And with them
their brethren of the second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel,
and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and
Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. 19So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed]
to sound with cymbals of brass; 20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and
Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; 21And Mattithiah, and
Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to
excel. 22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, [was] for song: he instructed about the song,
because he [was] skilful. 23And Berechiah and Elkanah [were] doorkeepers for the ark. 24And
Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer,
the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah [were]
doorkeepers for the ark.
Moving the Ark to Jerusalem
25So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of
the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy. 26And it came to pass, when
God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven
bullocks and seven rams. 27And David [was] clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites
that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David
also [had] upon him an ephod of linen. 28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the
LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a
noise with psalteries and harps.
29And it 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.
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A Tent for the Ark
1So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it:
and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. 2And when David had made an
end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of
the LORD. 3And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of
bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon [of wine].
4And he appointed [certain] of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record,
and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: 5Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah,
Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and
Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; 6Benaiah also and
Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
David's Psalm of Thanksgiving
(Psalm 95:1-11; Psalm 105:1-45; Psalm 106:1-48)
7Then on that day David delivered first [this psalm] to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and
his brethren.
8Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
9Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works.
10Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
11Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
12Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his
mouth;
13O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
14He [is] the LORD our God; his judgments [are] in all the earth.
15Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word [which] he commanded to a thousand
generations;
16[Even of the covenant] which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
17And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, [and] to Israel [for] an everlasting covenant,
18Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
19When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
20And [when] they went from nation to nation, and from [one] kingdom to another people;
21He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
22[Saying], Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
23Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.
24Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.
25For great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also [is] to be feared above all gods.
26For all the gods of the people [are] idols: but the LORD made the heavens.
27Glory and honour [are] in his presence; strength and gladness [are] in his place.
28Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
29Give unto the LORD the glory [due] unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him:
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
30Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved.
31Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let [men] say among the nations, The
LORD reigneth.
32Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that [is] therein.
33Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to
judge the earth.
34O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.
35And 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.
36Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and
praised the LORD.
Worship Before the Ark
37So 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: 38And Obededom with their brethren,
threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah [to be] porters: 39And Zadok
the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that
[was] at Gibeon, 40To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering
continually morning and evening, and [to do] according to all that is written in the law of the
LORD, which he commanded Israel; 41And 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; 42And 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.
43And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.

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God's Covenant with David
(2 Samuel 7:4-17)
1Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell
in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [remaineth] under curtains. 2Then
Nathan said unto David, Do all that [is] in thine heart; for God [is] with thee.
3And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4Go and tell
David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 5For I have
not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent
to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another]. 6Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake
I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have
ye not built me an house of cedars? 7Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David,
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, [even] from following the sheep,
that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 8And I have been with thee whithersoever thou
hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like
the name of the great men that [are] in the earth. 9Also 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, 10And since the time that I
commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.
Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house. 11And it shall come to pass, when
thy days be expired that thou must go [to be] with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after
thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12He shall build me an house,
and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not
take my mercy away from him, as I took [it] from [him] that was before thee: 14But I will settle
him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
15According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
David's Prayer
(2 Samuel 7:18-29)
16And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who [am] I, O LORD God, and what
[is] mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? 17And [yet] this was a small thing in thine
eyes, O God; for thou hast [also] spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast
regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. 18What can David
[speak] more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19O LORD, for
thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making
known all [these] great things. 20O LORD, [there is] none like thee, neither [is there any] God
beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21And 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? 22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and
thou, LORD, becamest their God.
23Therefore 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. 24Let 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. 25For thou, O my
God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found [in
his heart] to pray before thee. 26And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness
unto thy servant: 27Now 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.
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David's Triumphs
(2 Samuel 8:1-14; Psalm 60:1-12)
1Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath
and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became
David's servants, [and] brought gifts.
3And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by
the river Euphrates. 4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand
horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot [horses], but reserved
of them an hundred chariots.
5And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the
Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6Then David put [garrisons] in Syriadamascus; and the
Syrians became David's servants, [and] brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went. 7And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of
Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the
pillars, and the vessels of brass.
9Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of
Zobah; 10He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate
him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with
Tou;) and [with him] all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 11Them also king David
dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all [these] nations;
from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from
Amalek.
12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
13And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD
preserved David whithersoever he went.
David's Officers
(2 Samuel 8:15-18)
14So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. 15And
Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. 16And
Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Shavsha was
scribe; 17And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the
sons of David [were] chief about the king.
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David's Messengers Disgraced
(2 Samuel 10:1-8)
1Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son
reigned in his stead. 2And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because
his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his
father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort
him. 3But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth
honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for
to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? 4Wherefore Hanun took David's servants,
and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them
away. 5Then there went [certain], and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet
them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be
grown, and [then] return.
6And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and
the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of
Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah. 7So they hired thirty and two thousand
chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the
children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 8And when
David heard [of it], he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9And the children of Ammon
came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come
[were] by themselves in the field.
David Defeats Ammon and Syria
(2 Samuel 10:9-19)
10Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all
the choice of Israel, and put [them] in array against the Syrians. 11And the rest of the people he
delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set [themselves] in array against the
children of Ammon. 12And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me:
but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13Be of good courage,
and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD
do [that which is] good in his sight. 14So Joab and the people that [were] with him drew nigh
before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. 15And when the children of Ammon
saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the
city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers,
and drew forth the Syrians that [were] beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of
Hadarezer [went] before them. 17And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed
over Jordan, and came upon them, and set [the battle] in array against them. So when David had
put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. 18But the Syrians fled before
Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand [men which fought in] chariots, and forty
thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. 19And when the servants of
Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and
became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
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The Plunder of Rabbah
(2 Samuel 12:26-31)
1And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out [to battle], Joab
led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and
besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. 2And
David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and
[there were] precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also
exceeding much spoil out of the city. 3And he brought out the people that [were] in it, and cut
[them] with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of
the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
Philistine Giants Slain
(2 Samuel 21:15-22)
4And 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. 5And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi
the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff [was] like a weaver's beam. 6And yet again
there was war at Gath, where 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. 7But
when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. 8These were born
unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
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David Forces a Census
(2 Samuel 24:1-9)
1And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. 2And David said to Joab
and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the
number of them to me, that I may know [it]. 3And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an
hundred times so many more as they [be]: but, my lord the king, [are] they not all my lord's
servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went
throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 5And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people
unto David. And all [they of] Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that
drew sword: and Judah [was] four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
6But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
Judgment for David's Sin
(2 Samuel 24:10-14)
7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. 8And David said unto God, I
have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity
of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
9And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 10Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the
LORD, I offer thee three [things]: choose thee one of them, that I may do [it] unto thee. 11So Gad
came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee 12Either three years' famine;
or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh
[thee]; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of
the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I
shall bring again to him that sent me. 13And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall
now into the hand of the LORD; for very great [are] his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand
of man.
David's Repentance Spares Jerusalem
14So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 15And
God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and
he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine
hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16And David
lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having
a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders [of Israel, who
were] clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 17And David said unto God, [Is it] not I [that]
commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but [as
for] these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me,
and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
David Builds an Altar
(2 Samuel 24:18-25)
18Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set
up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19And David went up at the
saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. 20And Ornan turned back, and saw the
angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 21And as David
came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed
himself to David with [his] face to the ground. 22Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of
[this] threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the
full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people. 23And Ornan said unto David, Take [it]
to thee, and let my lord the king do [that which is] good in his eyes: lo, I give [thee] the oxen
[also] for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat
offering; I give it all. 24And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price:
for I will not take [that] which [is] thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. 25So
David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 26And David built there
an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the
LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. 27And the LORD
commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.
28At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the
Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 29For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the
wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, [were] at that season in the high place at Gibeon.
30But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the
angel of the LORD.
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David's Preparations for the Temple
1Then David said, This [is] the house of the LORD God, and this [is] the altar of the burnt offering
for Israel.
2And David commanded to gather together the strangers that [were] in the land of Israel; and he
set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3And David prepared iron in
abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance
without weight; 4Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much
cedar wood to David. 5And David said, Solomon my son [is] young and tender, and the house [that
is] to be builded for the LORD [must be] exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all
countries: I will [therefore] now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his
death.
Solomon Anointed to Build the Temple
6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of
Israel. 7And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto
the name of the LORD my God: 8But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed
blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name,
because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 9Behold, a son shall be born to
thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his
name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. 10He shall build
an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I [will be] his father; and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 11Now, 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. 12Only the LORD give
thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep
the law of the LORD thy God. 13Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes
and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good
courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. 14Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house
of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and
of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared;
and thou mayest add thereto. 15Moreover [there are] workmen with thee in abundance, hewers
and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. 16Of
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.
17David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying], 18[Is] not the
LORD your God with you? and hath he [not] given you rest on every side? for he hath given the
inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his
people. 19Now 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.
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Solomon Reigns
1So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2And he
gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
Divisions of the Levites
3Now 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. 4Of which, twenty and four thousand
[were] to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand [were] officers and
judges: 5Moreover four thousand [were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the
instruments which I made, [said David], to praise [therewith]. 6And David divided them into
courses among the sons of Levi, [namely], Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
The Gershonites
(Numbers 3:21-26; Numbers 4:21-28; Numbers 4:38-41)
7Of the Gershonites [were], Laadan, and Shimei. 8The sons of Laadan; the chief [was] Jehiel, and
Zetham, and Joel, three. 9The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These
[were] the chief of the fathers of Laadan. 10And the sons of Shimei [were], Jahath, Zina, and
Jeush, and Beriah. These four [were] the sons of Shimei. 11And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah
the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning,
according to [their] father's house.
The Kohathites
(Numbers 3:27-32; Numbers 4:1-20; Numbers 4:34-37)
12The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 13The sons of Amram; Aaron and
Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for
ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever.
14Now [concerning] Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. 15The sons
of Moses [were], Gershom, and Eliezer. 16Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel [was] the chief. 17And
the sons of Eliezer [were], Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of
Rehabiah were very many. 18Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. 19Of the sons of Hebron;
Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 20Of the sons of
Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
The Merarites
(Numbers 3:33-37; Numbers 4:29-33; Numbers 4:42-49)
21The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. 22And Eleazar died,
23
and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. The sons of
Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
Levite Duties Revised
24These [were] the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; [even] the chief of the fathers, as
they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the
house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. 25For David said, The LORD God of
Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: 26And also unto
the Levites; they shall no [more] carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
27For by the last words of David the Levites [were] numbered from twenty years old and above:
28Because their office [was] to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD,
in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the
service of the house of God; 29Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and
for the unleavened cakes, and for [that which is baked in] the pan, and for that which is fried, and
for all manner of measure and size; 30And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD,
and likewise at even; 31And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new
moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them,
continually before the LORD: 32And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the
congregation, and the charge of the holy [place], and the charge of the sons of Aaron their
brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
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Divisions of the Levites
1Now [these are] the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar,
and Ithamar. 2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore
Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. 3And David distributed them, both Zadok of the
sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
4And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and
[thus] were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar [there were] sixteen chief men of the house
of [their] fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and
governors [of the house] of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 6And
Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, [one] of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and
the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and [before] the chief of the
fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and [one] taken
for Ithamar.
7Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 8The third to Harim, the fourth to
Seorim, 9The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 10The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to
Abijah, 11The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, 12The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to
Jakim, 13The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 14The fifteenth to Bilgah, the
sixteenth to Immer, 15The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, 16The nineteenth to
Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, 17The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to
Gamul, 18The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. 19These [were]
the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their
manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
The Remainder of the Levites
20And the rest of the sons of Levi [were these]: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of
Shubael; Jehdeiah. 21Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first [was] Isshiah. 22Of
the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. 23And the sons [of Hebron]; Jeriah
[the first], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24[Of] the sons of Uzziel;
Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. 25The brother of Michah [was] Isshiah: of the sons of
Isshiah; Zechariah. 26The sons of Merari [were] Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. 27The
sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 28Of Mahli [came] Eleazar,
who had no sons. 29Concerning Kish: the son of Kish [was] Jerahmeel. 30The sons also of Mushi;
Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These [were] the sons of the Levites after the house of their
fathers. 31These likewise cast lots 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.
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Twenty-Four Divisions of Musicians
1Moreover 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: 2Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and
Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which
prophesied according to the order of the king. 3Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and
Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who
prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. 4Of Heman: the sons of Heman;
Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and
Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, [and] Mahazioth: 5All these [were] the sons of
Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen
sons and three daughters. 6All these [were] under the hands of their father for song [in] the house
of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to
the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. 7So the number of them, with their brethren that
were instructed in the songs of the LORD, [even] all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore
and eight.
8And they cast lots, ward against [ward], as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
9Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren
and sons [were] twelve: 10The third to Zaccur, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
11The fourth to Izri, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 12The fifth to Nethaniah, [he],
his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 13The sixth to Bukkiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren,
[were] twelve: 14The seventh to Jesharelah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 15The
eighth to Jeshaiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 16The ninth to Mattaniah, [he],
his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 17The tenth to Shimei, [he], his sons, and his brethren,
[were] twelve: 18The eleventh to Azareel, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 19The
twelfth to Hashabiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 20The thirteenth to Shubael,
[he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 21The fourteenth to Mattithiah, [he], his sons, and
his brethren, [were] twelve: 22The fifteenth to Jeremoth, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were]
twelve: 23The sixteenth to Hananiah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 24The
seventeenth to Joshbekashah, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 25The eighteenth to
Hanani, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 26The nineteenth to Mallothi, [he], his
sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve: 27The twentieth to Eliathah, [he], his sons, and his
brethren, [were] twelve: 28The one and twentieth to Hothir, [he], his sons, and his brethren,
[were] twelve: 29The two and twentieth to Giddalti, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were]
twelve: 30The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve:
31The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, [he], his sons, and his brethren, [were] twelve.
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The Divisions of the Gatekeepers
1Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites [was] Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the
sons of Asaph. 2And the sons of Meshelemiah [were], Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second,
Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4Moreover the sons of Obededom [were], Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the
third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, 5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh,
Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. 6Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled
throughout the house of their father: for they [were] mighty men of valour. 7The sons of
Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren [were] strong men, Elihu, and
Semachiah. 8All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men
for strength for the service, [were] threescore and two of Obededom. 9And Meshelemiah had sons
and brethren, strong men, eighteen. 10Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the
chief, (for [though] he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) 11Hilkiah the
second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah [were]
thirteen.
12Among 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. 13And they cast lots, as well the small
as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. 14And the lot eastward fell to
Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out
northward. 15To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. 16To Shuppim and
Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up,
ward against ward. 17Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day,
and toward Asuppim two [and] two. 18At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, [and] two at
Parbar. 19These [are] the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of
Merari.
The Treasurers
20And of the Levites, Ahijah [was] over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of
the dedicated things. 21[As concerning] the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan,
chief fathers, [even] of Laadan the Gershonite, [were] Jehieli.
22The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, [which were] over the treasures of the house of
the LORD. 23Of the Amramites, [and] the Izharites, the Hebronites, [and] the Uzzielites: 24And
Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, [was] ruler of the treasures. 25And his brethren by
Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and
Shelomith his son. 26Which Shelomith and his 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. 27Out of the spoils won in battles did they
dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD. 28And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of
Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; [and] whosoever had
dedicated [any thing, it was] under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.
Officers and Judges
29Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons [were] for the outward business over Israel, for officers
and judges. 30[And] of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and
seven hundred, [were] officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the
business of the LORD, and in the service of the king. 31Among the Hebronites [was] Jerijah the
chief, [even] among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year
of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of
valour at Jazer of Gilead. 32And his brethren, men of valour, [were] two thousand and seven
hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
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The Twelve Captains for Each Month
1Now 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.
2Over the first course for the first month [was] Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course
[were] twenty and four thousand. 3Of the children of Perez [was] the chief of all the captains of
the host for the first month. 4And over the course of the second month [was] Dodai an Ahohite,
and of his course [was] Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise [were] twenty and four
thousand. 5The third captain of the host for the third month [was] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a
chief priest: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. 6This [is that] Benaiah, [who was]
mighty [among] the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course [was] Ammizabad his son. 7The
fourth [captain] for the fourth month [was] Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after
him: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. 8The fifth captain for the fifth month
[was] Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. 9The sixth
[captain] for the sixth month [was] Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course [were]
twenty and four thousand. 10The seventh [captain] for the seventh month [was] Helez the
Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. 11The
eighth [captain] for the eighth month [was] Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his
course [were] twenty and four thousand. 12The ninth [captain] for the ninth month [was] Abiezer
the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand. 13The tenth
[captain] for the tenth month [was] Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course
[were] twenty and four thousand. 14The eleventh [captain] for the eleventh month [was] Benaiah
the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course [were] twenty and four thousand.
15The twelfth [captain] for the twelfth month [was] Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his
course [were] twenty and four thousand.
The Leaders of the Twelve Tribes
16Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites [was] Eliezer the son of Zichri:
of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 17Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel:
of the Aaronites, Zadok: 18Of Judah, Elihu, [one] of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the
son of Michael: 19Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
20Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the
son of Pedaiah: 21Of the half [tribe] of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of
Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 22Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These [were] the
princes of the tribes of Israel. 23But David 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. 24Joab
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.
David's Various Officers
25And over the king's treasures [was] Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the
fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, [was] Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
26And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground [was] Ezri the son of
Chelub: 27And over the vineyards [was] Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards
for the wine cellars [was] Zabdi the Shiphmite: 28And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees
that [were] in the low plains [was] Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil [was] Joash:
29And 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: 30Over the camels also [was] Obil the
Ishmaelite: and over the asses [was] Jehdeiah the Meronothite: 31And over the flocks [was] Jaziz
the Hagerite. All these [were] the rulers of the substance which [was] king David's.
The Counselors
32Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counseller, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of
Hachmoni [was] with the king's sons: 33And Ahithophel [was] the king's counseller: and Hushai the
Archite [was] the king's companion: 34And after Ahithophel [was] Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and
Abiathar: and the general of the king's army [was] Joab.
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David's Address about the Temple
1And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the
companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and
captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king,
and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto
Jerusalem. 2Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my
people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of
the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: 3But God said
unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou [hast been] a man of war, and
hast shed blood. 4Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to
be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah [to be] the ruler; and of the house of Judah,
the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make [me] king over all
Israel: 5And 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. 6And he said unto me, Solomon
thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him [to be] my son, and I will
be his father. 7Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my
commandments and my judgments, as at this day. 8Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the
congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek 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.
David's Charge to Solomon
9And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart
and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations
of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast
thee off for ever. 10Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the
sanctuary: be strong, and do [it].
11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of
the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of
the place of the mercy seat, 12And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the
house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God,
and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: 13Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites,
and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the
house of the LORD. 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: 15Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by
weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight,
[both] for the candlestick, and [also] for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every
candlestick. 16And by weight [he gave] gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and
[likewise] silver for the tables of silver: 17Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the
cups: and for the golden basons [he gave gold] by weight for every bason; and [likewise silver] by
weight for every bason of silver: 18And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for
the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of
the covenant of the LORD.
19All [this, said David], the LORD made me understand in writing by [his] hand upon me, [even] all
the works of this pattern.
20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do [it]: fear not, nor be
dismayed: for the LORD God, [even] my God, [will be] with 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. 21And, behold,
the courses of the priests and the Levites, [even they shall be with thee] for all the service of the
house of God: and [there shall be] with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful
man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people [will be] wholly at thy
commandment.
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Offerings for the Temple
1Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God
hath chosen, [is yet] young and tender, and the work [is] great: for the palace [is] not for man,
but for the LORD God. 2Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold
for [things to be made] of gold, and the silver for [things] of silver, and the brass for [things] of
brass, the iron for [things] of iron, and wood for [things] of wood; onyx stones, and [stones] to be
set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones
in abundance. 3Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine
own proper good, of gold and silver, [which] I have given to the house of my God, over and above
all that I have prepared for the holy house, 4[Even] three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of
Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses [withal]:
5The gold for [things] of gold, and the silver for [things] of silver, and for all manner of work [to be
made] by the hands of artificers. And who [then] is willing to consecrate his service this day unto
the LORD?
6Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and
of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, 7And gave for the service of the
house of God 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. 8And
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. 9Then 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.
David's Prayer of Praise
10Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed [be]
thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 11Thine, O LORD, [is] the greatness, and
the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all [that is] in the heaven and in the
earth [is thine]; thine [is] the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12Both
riches and honour [come] of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand [is] power and
might; and in thine hand [it is] to make great, and to give strength unto all. 13Now therefore, our
God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
14But who [am] I, and what [is] my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this
sort? for all things [come] of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 15For we [are] strangers
before thee, and sojourners, as [were] all our fathers: our days on the earth [are] as a shadow,
and [there is] none abiding. 16O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee
an house for thine holy name [cometh] of thine hand, and [is] all thine own. 17I know also, my
God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of
mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which
are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 18O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our
fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and
prepare their heart unto thee: 19And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy
commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all [these things], and to build the
palace, [for] the which I have made provision.
20And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation
blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD,
and the king.
Solomon Anointed King
(1 Kings 1:32-40)
21And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the
morrow after that day, [even] a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, [and] a thousand lambs, with
their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: 22And did eat and drink before the
LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second
time, and anointed [him] unto the LORD [to be] the chief governor, and Zadok [to be] priest.
23Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered;
and all Israel obeyed him. 24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of
king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. 25And 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.
David's Reign and Death
(1 Kings 2:10-12)
26Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27And the time that he reigned over Israel
[was] forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three [years] reigned he in
Jerusalem.
28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in
his stead. 29Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they [are] written in the book of
Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 30With
all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the
kingdoms of the countries.