1.1 Adam, Seth, Enos,
1.2 and Cainan, Maleleel, Jared,
1.3 Enoch, Mathusala, Lamech,
1.4 Noe: the sons of Noe, Sem, Cham, Japheth.
1.5 The sons of Japheth, Gamer, Magog, Madaim, Jovan, Helisa, Thobel, Mosoch, and Thiras.
1.6 And the sons of Gamer, Aschanaz, and Riphath, and Thorgama.
1.7 And the sons of Jovan, Helisa, and Tharsis, the Citians, and Rhodians.
1.8 And the sons of Cham, Chus, and Mesraim, Phud and Chanaan.
1.9 And the sons of Chus, Saba, and Evila, and
Sabatha, and Regma, and Sebethaca: and the sons of Regma, Saba, and
Dadan.
1.10 And Chus begot Nebrod: he began to be a mighty hunter on the earth.
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1.17 The sons of Sem, Aelam, and Assur,
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1.24 and Arphaxad, Sala,
1.25 Eber, Pheleg, Ragan,
1.26 Seruch, Nachor, Tharrha,
1.27 Abraam.
1.28 And the sons of Abraam, Isaac, and Ismael.
1.29 And these [are] their generations: the first-born of Ismael, Nabaeoth, and Kedar, Nabdeel, Massam,
1.30 Masma, Iduma, Masse, Chondan, Thaeman,
1.31 Jettur, Naphes, Kedma: these [are] the sons of Ismael.
1.32 And the sons of Chettura Abraam's concubine:--
and she bore him Zembram, Jexan, Madiam, Madam, Sobac, Soe: and the
sons of Jexan; Daedan, and Sabai;
1.33 and the sons of Madiam; Gephar, and Opher, and
Enoch, and Abida, and Eldada; all these [were] the sons of Chettura.
1.34 And Abraam begot Isaac: and the sons of Isaac [were] Jacob, and Esau.
1.35 The sons of Esau, Eliphaz, and Raguel, and Jeul, and Jeglom, and Core.
1.36 The sons of Eliphaz: Thaeman, and Omar, Sophar, and Gootham, and Kenez, and Thamna, and Amalec.
1.37 And the sons of Raguel, Naches, Zare, Some, and Moze.
1.38 The sons of Seir, Lotan, Sobal, Sebegon, Ana, Deson, Osar, and Disan.
1.39 And the sons of Lotan, Chorri, and Aeman; and the sister of Lotan [was] Thamna.
1.40 The sons of Sobal; Alon, Machanath, Taebel, Sophi, and Onan: and the sons of Sebegon; Aeth, and Sonan.
1.41 The sons of Sonan, Daeson: and the sons of Daeson; Emeron, and Asebon, and Jethram, and Charran.
1.42 And the sons of Hosar, Balaam, and Zucam, and Acan: the sons of Disan, Os, and Aran.
1.43 And these [are] their kings, Balac the son of Beor; and the name of his city [was] Dennaba.
1.44 And Balac died, and Jobab the son of Zara of Bosorrha reigned in his stead.
1.45 And Jobab died, and Asom of the land of the Thaemanites reigned in his stead.
1.46 And Asom died, and Adad the son of Barad reigned
in his stead, who smote Madiam in the plain of Moab: and the name of
his city [was] Gethaim.
1.47 And Adad died, and Sebla of Masecca reigned in his stead.
1.48 And Sebla died, and Saul of Rhoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
1.49 And Saul died, and Balaennor son of Achobor reigned in his stead.
1.50 And Balaennor died, and Adad son of Barad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city [was] Phogor.
1.51 The princes of Edom: prince Thamna, prince Golada, prince Jether,
1.52 prince Elibamas, prince Elas, prince Phinon,
1.53 prince Kenez, prince Thaeman, prince Babsar, prince Magediel,
1.54 prince Zaphoin. These [are] the princes of Edom.
2.1 These [are] the names of the sons of Israel;
2.2 Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthali, Gad, Aser.
2.3 The sons of Juda; Er, Aunan, Selom. [These]
three were born to him of the daughter of Sava the Chananitish woman:
and Er, the first-born of Juda, [was] wicked before the Lord, and he
slew him.
2.4 And Thamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Phares, and Zara: all the sons of Juda [were] five.
2.5 The sons of Phares, Esrom, and Jemuel.
2.6 And the sons of Zara, Zambri, and Aetham, and Aemuan, and Calchal, and Darad, [in] all five.
2.7 And the sons of Charmi; Achar the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing.
2.8 And the sons of Aetham; Azarias,
2.9 and the sons of Esrom who were born to him; Jerameel, and Aram, and Chaleb.
2.10 And Aram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Naasson, chief of the house of Juda.
2.11 And Naasson begot Salmon, and Salmon begot Booz,
2.12 and Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jessae.
2.13 And Jessae begot his first-born Eliab, Aminadab [was] the second, Samaa the third,
2.14 Nathanael the fourth, Zabdai he fifth,
2.15 Asam the sixth, David the seventh.
2.16 And their sister [was] Saruia, and [another]
Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia [were] Abisa, and Joab, and Asael,
three.
2.17 And Abigaia bore Amessab: and the father of Amessab [was] Jothor the Ismaelite.
2.18 And Chaleb the son of Esrom took Gazuba to wife,
and Jerioth: and these [were] her sons; Jasar, and Subab, and Ardon.
2.19 And Gazuba died; and Chaleb took to himself Ephrath, and she bore to him Or.
2.20 And Or begot Uri, and Uri begot Beseleel.
2.21 And after this Esron went in to the daughter of
Machir the father of Galaad, and he took her when he was sixty-five
years old; and she bore him Seruch.
2.22 And Seruch begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Galaad.
2.23 And he took Gedsur and Aram, the towns of Jair
from them; [with] Canath and its towns, sixty cities. All these
[belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Galaad.
2.24 And after the death of Esron, Chaleb came to
Ephratha; and the wife of Esron [was] Abia; and she bore him Ascho the
father of Thecoe.
2.25 And the sons of Jerameel the first-born of Esron
[were], the first-born Ram, and Banaa, and Aram, and Asan his brother.
2.26 And Jerameel had another wife, and her name [was] Atara: she is the mother of Ozom.
2.27 And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerameel were Maas, and Jamin, and Acor.
2.28 And the sons of Ozom were, Samai, and Jadae: and the sons of Samai; Nadab, and Abisur.
2.29 And the name of the wife of Abisur [was] Abichaia, and she bore him Achabar, and Moel.
2.30 And the sons of Nadab; Salad and Apphain; and Salad died without children.
2.31 And the sons of Apphain, Isemiel; and the sons of Isemiel, Sosan; and the sons of Sosan, Dadai.
2.32 And the sons of Dadai, Achisamas, Jether, Jonathan: and Jether died childless.
2.33 And the sons of Jonathan; Phaleth, and Hozam. These were the sons of Jerameel.
2.34 And Sosan had no sons, but daughters. And Sosan had an Egyptian servant, and his name [was] Jochel.
2.35 And Sosan gave his daughter to Jochel his servant to wife and she bore him Ethi.
2.36 And Ethi begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabed,
2.37 and Zabed begot Aphamel, and Aphamel begot Obed.
2.38 And Obed begot Jeu, and Jeu begot Azarias.
2.39 And Azarias begot Chelles, and Chelles begot Eleasa,
2.40 and Eleasa begot Sosomai, and Sosomai begot Salum,
2.41 and Salum begot Jechemias, and Jechemias begot Elisama, and Elisama begot Ismael.
2.42 And the sons of Chaleb the brother of Jerameel
[were], Marisa his first-born, he [is] the father of Ziph:-- and the
sons of Marisa the father of Chebron.
2.43 And the sons of Chebron; Core, and Thapphus, and Recom, and Samaa.
2.44 And Samaa begot Raem the father of Jeclan: and Jeclan begot Samai.
2.45 And his son [was] Maon: and Maon [is] the father of Baethsur.
2.46 And Gaepha the concubine of Chaleb bore Aram, and Mosa, and Gezue.
2.47 And the sons of Addai [were] Ragem, and Joatham, and Sogar, and Phalec, and Gaepha, and Sagae.
2.48 And Chaleb's concubine Mocha bore Saber, and Tharam.
2.49 She bore also Sagae the father of Madmena, and
Sau the father of Machabena, and the father of Gaebal: and the daughter
of Chaleb [was] Ascha.
2.50 These were the sons of Chaleb: the sons of Or
the first-born of Ephratha; Sobal the father of Cariathiarim,
2.51 Salomon the father of Baetha, Lammon the father of Baethalaem, and Arim the father of Bethgedor.
2.52 And the sons of Sobal the father of Cariathiarim were Araa, and Aesi, and Ammanith,
2.53 and Umasphae, cities of Jair; Aethalim, and
Miphithim, and Hesamathim, and Hemasaraim; from these went forth the
Sarathaeans, and the sons of Esthaam.
2.54 The sons of Salomon; Baethalaem, the
Netophathite, Ataroth of the house of Joab, and half of the family of
Malathi, Esari.
2.55 The families of the scribes dwelling in Jabis;
Thargathiim, and Samathiim, and Sochathim, these [are] the Kinaeans
that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
3.1
Now these were the sons of David that were born to him in Chebron; the
first-born Amnon, [born] of Achinaam the Jezraelitess; the second
Damniel, of Abigia the Carmelitess.
3.2 The third, Abessalom, the son of Mocha the
daughter of Tholmai king of Gedsur; the fourth, Adonia the son of
Aggith.
3.3 The fifth, Saphatia, [the son] of Abital; the sixth, Jethraam, [born] of Agla his wife.
3.4 Six were born to him in Chebron; and he
reigned there seven years and six months: and he reigned thirty-three
years in Jerusalem.
3.5 And these were born to him in Jerusalem;
Samaa, Sobab, Nathan, and Solomon; four [of] Bersabee the daughter of
Amiel:
3.6 and Ebaar, and Elisa, and Eliphaleth,
3.7 and Nagai, and Naphec, and Japhie,
3.8 and Helisama, and Eliada, and Eliphala, nine.
3.9 All [these were] the sons of David, besides
the sons of the concubines, and [there was also] Themar their sister.
3.10 The sons of Solomon; Roboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Josaphat his son,
3.11 Joram his son, Ochozias his son, Joas his son,
3.12 Amasias his son, Azarias his son, Joathan his son,
3.13 Achaz his son, Ezekias his son, Manasses his son,
3.14 Amon his son, Josia his son.
3.15 And the sons of Josia; the first-born Joanan, the second Joakim, the third Sedekias, the fourth Salum.
3.16 And the sons of Joakim; Jechonias his son, Sedekias his son.
3.17 And the sons of Jechonias; Asir, Salathiel his son,
3.18 Melchiram, and Phadaias, and Sanesar, and Jekimia, and Hosamath, and Nabadias.
3.19 And the sons of Phadaias; Zorobabel, and Semei:
and the sons of Zorobabel; Mosollam, and Anania, and Salomethi [was]
their sister.
3.20 And Asube, and Ool, and Barachia, and Asadia, and Asobed, five.
3.21 And the sons of Anania, Phalettia, and Jesias
his son, Raphal his son, Orna his son, Abdia his son, Sechenias his son.
3.22 And the son of Sechenias; Samaia: and the sons
of Samaia; Chattus, and Joel, and Berri and Noadia, and Saphath, six.
3.23 And the sons of Noadia: Elithenan, and Ezekia, and Ezricam, three.
3.24 And the sons of Elithenan; Odolia, and
Heliasebon, and Phadaia, and Akub, and Joanan, and Dalaaia, and Anan,
seven.
4.1 And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal,
4.2 an Rada his son; and Subal begot Jeth; and
Jeth begot Achimai, and Laad: these [are] the generations of the
Arathites.
4.3 And these [are] the sons of Aetam; Jezrael
and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister's name [was] Eselebbon.
4.4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer
the father of Osan: these [are] the sons of Or, the first-born of
Ephratha, the father of Baethalaen.
4.5 And Asur the father of Thecoe had two wives, Aoda and Thoada.
4.6 And Aoda bore to him Ochaia, and Ephal, and Thaeman, and Aasther: all these [were] the sons of Aoda.
4.7 And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.
4.8 And Come begot Enob, and Sabatha, and the progeny of the brother of Rechab, the son of Jarin.
4.9 And Igabes was more famous than his
brethren; and his mother called his name Igabes, saying, I have born as
a sorrowful one.
4.10 And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying,
O that thou wouldest indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that
thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest make me know that
thou wilt not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.
4.11 And Chaleb the father of Ascha begot Machir; he [was] the father of Assathon.
4.12 He begot Bathraias, and Bessee, and Thaeman the
founder of the city of Naas the brother of Eselom the Kenezite: these
[were] the men of Rechab.
4.13 And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.
4.14 And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers.
4.15 And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.
4.16 And the sons of Aleel, Zib, and Zepha, and Thiria, and Eserel.
4.17 And the sons of Esri; Jether, Morad, and Apher,
and Jamon: and Jether begot Maron, and Semei, and Jesba the father of
Esthaemon.
4.18 And his wife, that [is] Adia, bore Jared the
father of Gedor, and Aber the father of Sochon, and Chetiel the father
of Zamon: and these [are] the sons of Betthia the daughter of Pharao,
whom Mored took.
4.19 And the sons of te wife of Iduia the sister of
Nachaim the father of Keila; Garmi, and Esthaemon the Nochathite.
4.20 And the sons of Semon; Amnon, and Ana the son of
Phana, and Inon: and the sons of Sei, Zoan, and the sons of Zoab.
4.21 The sons of Selom the son of Juda; Er the father
of Lechab, and Laada the father of Marisa, and the offspring of the
family of Ephrathabac [belonging to] the house of Esoba.
4.22 And Joakim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joas,
and Saraph, who dwelt in Moab, and he changed their names to Abederin
and Athukiim.
4.23 These [are] the potters who dwelt in Ataim and
Gadira with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and dwelt there.
4.24 The sons of Semeon; Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zares, Saul:
4.25 Salem his son, Mabasam his son, Masma his son:
4.26 Amuel his son, Sabud his son, Zacchur his son, Semei his son.
4.27 Semei [had] sixteen sons, and six daughters; and
his brethren had not many sons, neither did all their families multiply
as the sons of Juda.
4.28 And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual,
4.29 and in Balaa, and in Aesem, and in Tholad,
4.30 and in Bathuel, and in Herma, and in Sikelag,
4.31 and in Baethmarimoth, and Hemisuseosin, and the
house of Baruseorim: these [were] their cities until [the time of] king
David.
4.32 And their villages [were] Aetan, and En, Remnon, and Thocca, and Aesar, five cities.
4.33 And all their villages [were] round about these
cities, as far as Baal: this [was] their possession, and their
distribution.
4.34 And Mosobab, and Jemoloch, and Josia the son of Amasia;
4.35 and Joel, and Jeu the son of Asabia, the son of Sarau, the son of Asiel;
4.36 and Elionai, and Jocaba, and Jasuia, and Asaia, and Jediel, and Ismael, and Banaias;
4.37 and Zuza the son of Saphai, the son of Alon, the son of Jedia, the son of Semri, the son of Samaias.
4.38 These went by the names of princes in their
families, and they increased abundantly in their fathers' households.
4.39 And they went till they came to Gerara, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.
4.40 And they found abundant and good pastures, and
the land before them [was] wide, and [there was] peace and quietness;
for [there were] some of the children of Cham who dwelt there before.
4.41 And these who are written by name came in the
days of Ezekias king of Juda, and they smote the people's houses, and
the Minaeans whom they found there, and utterly destroyed them until
this day: and they dwelt in their place, because [there was] pasture
there for their cattle.
4.42 And some of them, [even] of the sons of Symeon,
went to mount Seir, [even] five hundred men; and Phalaettia, and
Noadia, and Raphaia, and Oziel, sons of Jesi, [were] their rulers.
4.43 And they smote the remnant that were left of Amalec, until this day.
5.1
And the sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel (for he [was] the
first-born; but because of his going up to his father's couch, [his
father] gave his blessing to his son Joseph, [even] the son of Israel;
and he was not reckoned as first-born;
5.2 for Judas [was] very mighty even among his
brethren, and one was to be a ruler out of him: but the blessing [was]
Joseph's).
5.3 The sons of Ruben the first-born of Israel; Enoch, and Phallus, Asrom, and Charmi.
5.4 The sons of Joel; Semei, and Banaia his son: and the sons of Gug the son of Semei.
5.5 His son [was] Micha, his son Recha, his son Joel,
5.6 his son Beel, whom Thagla-phallasar king of
Assyria carried away captive: he [is] the chief of the Rubenites.
5.7 And his brethren in his family, in their
distribution according to their generations; the chief, Joel, and
Zacharia.
5.8 And Balec the son of Azuz, the son of Sama,
the son of Joel: he dwelt in Aroer, and even to Naban, and Beelmasson.
5.9 And he dwelt eastward to the borders of the
wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much cattle in the
land of Galaad.
5.10 And in the days of Saul they made war upon the
sojourners [in the land]; and they fell into their hands, all of them
dwelling in their tents eastward of Galaad.
5.11 The sons of Gad dwelt over against them in te land of Basan even to Sela.
5.12 Joel the first-born, and Sapham the second, and Janin the scribe in Basan.
5.13 And their brethren according to the houses of
their fathers; Michael, Mosollam, and Sebee, and Joree, and Joachan,
and Zue, and Obed, seven.
5.14 These [are] the sons of Abichaia the son of Uri,
the son of Idai, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of
Jesai, the son of Jeddai, the son of Buz,
5.15 [who was] the brother of the son of Abdiel, the
son of Guni, [he was] chief of the house of their families.
5.16 They dwelt in Galaad, in Basan, and in their
villages, and [in] all the country round about Saron to the border.
5.17 The enumeration of [them] all took place in the
days of Joatham king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of
Israel.
5.18 The sons of Ruben and Gad, and the half-tribe of
Manasse, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending the bow,
and skilled in war, [were] forty and four thousand and seven hundred
and sixty, going forth to battle.
5.19 And they made war with the Agarenes, and Itureans, and Naphiseans, and Nadabeans,
5.20 and they prevailed against them: and the
Agaraeans were given into their hands, [they] and all their tents: for
they cried to God in the battle, and he hearkened to them, because they
trusted on him.
5.21 And they took captive their store; five thousand
camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand asses,
and a hundred thousand men.
5.22 For many fell slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity.
5.23 And the half-tribe of Manasse dwelt from Basan
to Baal, Ermon, and Sanir, and [to] the mount Aermon: and they
increased in Libanus.
5.24 And these were the heads of the houses of their
families; Opher, and Sei, and Eliel, and Jeremia, and Oduia, and
Jediel, mighty men of valour, men of renown, heads of the houses of
their families.
5.25 But they rebelled against the God of their
fathers, and went a-whoring after the gods of the nations of the land,
whom God cast out from before them.
5.26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of
Phaloch king of Assyria, and the spirit of Thagla-phallasar king of
Assyria, and carried away Ruben and Gaddi, and the half-tribe of
Manasse, and brought them to Chaach, and Chabor, and to the river
Gozan, until this day.
6.1 The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
6.2 And the sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel.
6.3 And the sons of Ambram; Aaron, and Moses,
and Mariam: and the sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abiud, Eleazar, and
Ithamar.
6.4 Eleazar begot Phinees, Phinees begot Abisu;
6.5 Abisu begot Bokki, and Bokki begot Ozi;
6.6 Ozi begot Zaraia, Zaraia begot Mariel;
6.7 and Mariel begot Amaria, and Amaria begot Achitob;
6.8 and Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas;
6.9 and Achimaas begot Azarias, and Azarias begot Joanan;
6.10 and Joanan begot Azarias: he ministered as priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.
6.11 And Azarias begot Amaria, and Amaria begot Achitob;
6.12 and Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Salom;
6.13 and Salom begot Chelcias, and Chelcias begot Azarias;
6.14 and Azarias begot Saraia, and Saraias begot Josadac.
6.15 And Josadac went into captivity with Juda and Jerusalem under Nabuchodonosor.
6.16 The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
6.17 And these [are] the names of the sons of Gedson; Lobeni, and Semei.
6.18 The sons of Caath; Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel.
6.19 The sons of Merari; Mooli and Musi: and these [are] the families of Levi, according to their families.
6.20 To Gedson-- to Lobeni his son-- [were born] Jeth his son, Zammath his son,
6.21 Joab his son, Addi his son, Zara his son, Jethri his son.
6.22 The sons of Caath; Aminadab his son, Core his son, Aser his son;
6.23 Helcana his son, Abisaph his son, Aser his son:
6.24 Thaath his son, Uriel his son, Ozia his son, Saul his son.
6.25 And the sons of Helcana; Amessi, and Achimoth.
6.26 Helcana his son, Suphi his son, Cainaath his son;
6.27 Eliab his son, Jeroboam his son, Helcana his son.
6.28 The sons of Samuel; he first-born Sani, and Abia.
6.29 The sons of Merari; Mooli, Lobeni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son;
6.30 Samaa his son, Angia his son, Asaias his son.
6.31 And these [were the men] whom David set over the
service of the singers in the house of the Lord when the ark was at
rest.
6.32 And they ministered in front of the tabernacle
of witness [playing] on instruments, until Solomon built the house of
the Lord in Jerusalem; and they stood according to their order for
their services.
6.33 And these [were the men] that stood, and their
sons, of the sons of Caath: Aeman the psalm singer, son of Joel, the
son of Samuel,
6.34 the son of Helcana, the son of Jeroboam, the son of Eliel, the son of Thoas,
6.35 the son of Suph, the son of Helcana, the son of Maath, the son of Amathi,
6.36 the son of Helcana, the son of Joel, the son of Azarias, the son of Japhanias,
6.37 the son of Thaath, the son of Aser, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core,
6.38 the son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
6.39 And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand; Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa,
6.40 the son of Michael, the son of Baasia, the son of Melchia,
6.41 the son of Athani, the son of Zaarai,
6.42 the son of Adai, the son of Aetham, the son of Zammam, the son of Semei,
6.43 the son of Jeeth, the son of Gedson, the son of Levi.
6.44 And the sons of Merari their brethren on the
left hand: Aetham the son of Kisa, the son of Abai, the son of Maloch,
6.45 the son of Asebi,
6.46 the son of Amessias, the son of Bani, the son of Semer,
6.47 the son of Mooli, the son of Musi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
6.48 And their brethren according to the houses of
their fathers, [were] the Levites who were appointed to all the work of
ministration of the tabernacle of the house of God.
6.49 And Aaron and his sons [were] to burn incense on
the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, and on the altar of incense, for
all the ministry [in] the holy of holies, and to make atonement for
Israel, according to all things that Moses the servant of the Lord
commanded.
6.50 And these [are] the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisu his son,
6.51 Bokki his son, Ozi his son, Saraia his son,
6.52 Mariel his son, Amaria his son, Achitob his son,
6.53 Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.
6.54 And these [are] their residences in their
villages, in their coasts, to the sons of Aaron, to their family the
Caathites: for they had the lot.
6.55 And they gave them Chebron in the land of Juda, and its suburbs round about it.
6.56 But the fields of the city, and its villages, they gave to Chaleb the son of Jephonne.
6.57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of
refuge, [even] Chebron, and Lobna and her suburbs round about, and
Selna and her suburbs, and Esthamo and her suburbs,
6.58 and Jethar and her suburbs, and Dabir and her suburbs,
6.59 and Asan and her suburbs, and Baethsamys and her suburbs:
6.60 and of the tribe of Benjamin Gabai and her
suburbs, and Galemath and her suburbs, and Anathoth and her suburbs:
all their cities [were] thirteen cities according to their families.
6.61 And to the sons of Caath that were left of their
families, [there were given] out of the tribe, [namely], out of the
half-tribe of Manasse, by lot, ten cities.
6.62 And to the sons of Gedson according to their
families [there were given] thirteen cities of the tribe of Issachar,
of the tribe of Aser, of the tribe of Nephthali, of the tribe of
Manasse in Basan.
6.63 And to the sons of Merari according to their
families [there were given], by lot, twelve cities of the tribe of
Ruben, of the tribe of Gad, [and] of the tribe of Zabulon.
6.64 So the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.
6.65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the
children of Juda, and out of the tribe of the children of Symeon, and
out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which they
call by name.
6.66 And [to the members] of the families of the sons
of Caath there were also given the cities of their borders out of the
tribe of Ephraim.
6.67 And they gave them the cities of refuge, Sychem
and her suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer and her suburbs,
6.68 and Jecmaan and her suburbs, and Baethoron and her suburbs,
6.69 and Aelon and her suburbs, and Gethremmon and her suburbs:
6.70 and of the half-tribe of Manasse Anar and her
suburbs, and Jemblaan and her suburbs, to the sons of Caath that were
left, according to [each several] family.
6.71 To the sons of Gedson from the families of the
half-tribe of Manasse [they gave] Golan of Basan and her suburbs, and
Aseroth and her suburbs.
6.72 And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedes and her
suburbs, and Deberi and her suburbs, and Dabor and her suburbs,
6.73 and Ramoth, and Aenan and her suburbs.
6.74 And of the tribe of Aser; Maasal and her suburbs, and Abdon and her suburbs,
6.75 and Acac and her suburbs, and Roob and her suburbs.
6.76 And of the tribe of Nephthali; Kedes in Galilee
and her suburbs, and Chamoth and her suburbs, and Kariathaim and her
suburbs.
6.77 To the sons of Merari that were left, [they
gave] out of the tribe of Zabulon Remmon and her suburbs, and Thabor
and her suburbs:
6.78 out of [the country] beyond Jordan; Jericho
westward of Jordan: out of the tribe of Ruben; Bosor in the wilderness
and her suburbs, and Jasa and her suburbs,
6.79 and Kadmoth and her suburbs, and Maephla and her suburbs.
6.80 Out of the tribe of Gad; Rammoth Galaad and her suburbs, and Maanaim and her suburbs,
6.81 and Esebon and her suburbs, and Jazer and her suburbs.
7.1 And [as] to the sons of Issachar, [they were] Thola, and Phua, and Jasub, and Semeron, four.
7.2 And the sons of Thola; Ozi, Raphaia, and
Jeriel, and Jamai, and Jemasan, and Samuel, chiefs of their fathers'
houses [belonging to] Thola, men of might according to their
generations; their number in the days of David [was] twenty and two
thousand and six hundred.
7.3 And the sons of Ozi; Jezraia: and the sons
of Jezraia; Michael, Abdiu, and Joel, and Jesia, five, all rulers.
7.4 And with them, according to their
generations, according to the houses of their families, [were men]
mighty to set [armies] in array for war, thirty and six thousand, for
they had multiplied [their] wives and children.
7.5 And their brethren among all the families
of Issachar, also mighty men, [were] eighty-seven thousand-- [this was]
the number of them all.
7.6 The sons of Benjamin; Bale, and Bachir, and Jediel, three.
7.7 And the sons of Bale; Esebon, and Ozi, and
Oziel, and Jerimuth, and Uri, five; heads of houses of families, mighty
men; and their number [was] twenty and two thousand and thirty-four.
7.8 And the sons of Bachir; Zemira, and Joas,
and Eliezer, and Elithenan, and Amaria, and Jerimuth, and Abiud, and
Anathoth, and Eleemeth: all these [were] the sons of Bachir.
7.9 And their number according to their
generations, ([they were] chiefs of their fathers' houses, men of
might), [was] twenty thousand and two hundred.
7.10 And the sons of Jediel; Balaan: and the sons of
Balaan; Jaus, and Benjamin, and Aoth, and Chanana, and Zaethan, and
Tharsi, and Achisaar.
7.11 All these [were] the sons of Jediel, chiefs of
their families, men of might, seventeen thousand and two hundred, going
forth to war with might.
7.12 And Sapphin, and Apphin, and the sons of Or, Asom, whose son [was] Aor.
7.13 The sons of Nephthali; Jasiel, Goni, and Aser, and Sellum, his sons, Balam his son.
7.14 The sons of Manasse; Esriel, whom his Syrian
concubine bore; and she bore to him also Machir the father of Galaad.
7.15 And Machir took a wife for Apphin and Sapphin,
and his sister's name was Moocha; and the name of the second [son] was
Sapphaad; and to Sapphaad were born daughters.
7.16 And Moocha the wife of Machir bore a son, and
called his name Phares; and his brother's name [was] Surus; his sons
[were] Ulam, and Rocom.
7.17 And the sons of Ulam; Badam. These [were] the sons of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son of Manasse.
7.18 And his sister Malecheth bore Isud, and Abiezer, and Maela.
7.19 And the sons of Semira were, Aim, and Sychem, and Lakim, and Anian.
7.20 And the sons o Ephraim; Sothalath, and Barad his son, and Thaath his son, Elada his son, Saath his son,
7.21 and Zabad his son, Sothele his son, and Azer,
and Elead: and the men of Geth who were born in the land slew them,
because they went down to take their cattle.
7.22 And their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
7.23 And he went in to his wife, and she conceived,
and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because, [said he], he
was afflicted in my house.
7.24 And his daughter [was] Saraa, and he was among
them that were left, and he built Baethoron the upper and the lower.
And the descendants of Ozan [were] Seera,
7.25 and Raphe his son, Saraph and Thalees his sons, Thaen his son.
7.26 To Laadan his son [was born his] son Amiud, his son Helisamai, [his] son
7.27 Nun, [his] son Jesue, [these were] his sons.
7.28 And their possession and their dwelling [were]
Baethel and her towns, to the east Noaran, westward Gazer and her
towns, and Sychem and her towns, as far as Gaza and her towns.
7.29 And as far as the borders of the sons of
Manasse, Baethsaan and her towns, Thanach and her towns, Mageddo and
her towns, Dor and her towns. In this the children of Joseph the son of
Israel dwelt.
7.30 The sons of Aser; Jemna, and Suia, and Isui, and Beria, and Sore their sister.
7.31 And the sons of Beria; Chaber, and Melchiel; he [was] the father of Berthaith.
7.32 And Chaber begot Japhlet, and Samer, and Chothan, and Sola their sister.
7.33 And the sons of Japhlet; Phasec, and Bamael, and Asith: these [are] the sons of Japhlet.
7.34 And the sons of Semmer; Achir, and Rooga, and Jaba, and Aram.
7.35 And the sons of Elam his brother; Sopha, and Imana, and Selles, and Amal.
7.36 The sons of Sopha; Sue, and Arnaphar, and Suda, and Barin, and Imran,
7.37 and Basan, and Oa, and Sama, and Salisa, and Jethra, and Beera.
7.38 And the sons of Jether, Jephina, and Phaspha, and Ara.
7.39 And the sons of Ola; Orech, Aniel, and Rasia.
7.40 All these [were] the sons of Aser, all heads of
families, choice, mighty men, chief leaders: their number for battle
array-- their number [was] twenty-six thousand men.
8.1 Now Benjamin begot Bale his first-born, and Asbel his second [son], Aara the third, Noa the fourth,
8.2 and Rapha the fifth.
8.3 And the sons of Bale were, Adir, and Gera, and Abiud,
8.4 and Abessue, and Noama, and Achia,
8.5 and Gera, and Sephupham, and Uram.
8.6 These [were] the sons of Aod: these are the
heads of families to them that dwell in Gabee, and they removed them to
Machanathi:
8.7 and Nooma, and Achia and Gera, he removed them, and he begot Aza, and Jachicho.
8.8 And Saarin begot [children] in the plain of
Moab, after that he had sent away Osin and Baada his wives.
8.9 And he begot of his wife Ada, Jolab, and Sebia, and Misa, and Melchas,
8.10 and Jebus, and Zabia, and Marma: these [were] heads of families.
8.11 And of Osin he begot Abitol, and Alphaal.
8.12 And the sons of Alphaal; Obed, Misaal, Semmer: he built Ona, and Lord, and its towns:
8.13 and Beria, and Sama; these [were] heads of
families among the dwellers in Elam, and they drove out the inhabitants
of Geth.
8.14 And his brethren [were] Sosec, and Arimoth,
8.15 and Zabadia, and Ored, and Eder,
8.16 and Michael, and Jespha, and Joda, the sons of Beria:
8.17 and Zabadia, and Mosollam, and Azaki, and Abar,
8.18 and Isamari, and Jexlias, and Jobab, the sons of Elphaal:
8.19 and Jakim, and Zachri, and Zabdi,
8.20 and Elionai, and Salathi,
8.21 and Elieli, and Adaia, and Baraia, and Samarath, sons of Samaith:
8.22 and Jesphan, and Obed, and Eliel,
8.23 and Abdon, and Zechri, and Anan,
8.24 and Anania, and Ambri, and Aelam, [and] Anathoth,
8.25 and Jathin, and Jephadias, and Phanuel, the sons of Sosec:
8.26 and Samsari, and Saarias, and Gotholia,
8.27 and Jarasia, and Eria, and Zechri, son of Iroam.
8.28 These [were] heads of families, chiefs according to their generations: these dwelt in Jerusalem.
8.29 And the father of Gabaon dwelt in Gabaon; and his wife's name was Moacha.
8.30 And her first-born son was Abdon, and Sur, and Kis, and Baal and Nadab, and Ner,
8.31 and Gedur and his brother, and Zacchur, and Makeloth.
8.32 And Makeloth begot Samaa: for these dwelt in
Jerusalem in the presence of their brethren with their brethren.
8.33 And Ner begot Kis, and Kis begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Aminadab, and Asabal.
8.34 And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribaal; and Meribaal begot Micha.
8.35 And the sons of Micha; Phithon, and Melach, and Tharach, and Achaz.
8.36 And Achaz begot Jada, and Jada begot Salaemath, and Asmoth, and Zambri; and Zambri begot Maesa;
8.37 and Maesa begot Baana: Rhaphaea [was] his son, Elasa his son, Esel his son.
8.38 And Esel [had] six sons, and these [were] their
name; Ezricam his first-born, and Ismael, and Saraia, and Abdia, and
Anan, and Asa: all these [were] the sons of Esel.
8.39 And the sons of Asel his brother; Aelam his first-born, and Jas the second, and Eliphalet the third.
8.40 And the sons of Aelam were mighty men, bending
the bow, and multiplying sons and grandsons, a hundred [and] fifty. All
these [were] of the sons of Benjamin.
9.1
And [this is] all Israel, [even] their enrolment: and these [are]
written down in the book of the kings of Israel and Juda, with the
[names of them] that were carried away to Babylon for their
transgressions.
9.2 And they that dwelt before in their
possessions in the cities of Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the
appointed ones.
9.3 And there dwelt in Jerusalem some of the
children of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children
of Ephraim, and Manasse.
9.4 And Gnothi, and the son of Samiud, the son
of Amri, the son of Ambraim, the son of Buni, son of the sons of
Phares, the son of Juda.
9.5 And of the Selonites; Asaia his first-born, and his sons.
9.6 Of the sons of Zara; Jeel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
9.7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Salom, son of Mosollam, son of Odouia, son of Asinu.
9.8 And Jemnaa son of Jeroboam, and Elo: these
[are] the sons of Ozi the son of Machir: and Mosollam, son of Saphatia,
son of Raguel, son of Jemnai;
9.9 and their brethren according to their
generations, nine hundred and fifty-six, all the men [were] heads of
families according to the houses of their fathers.
9.10 And of the priests; Jodae, and Joarim, and Jachin,
9.11 and Azaria the son of Chelcias, the son of
Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Maraioth, the son of Achitob,
the ruler of the house of God;
9.12 and Adaia son of Iraam, son of Phascor, son of
Melchia, and Maasaia son of Adiel, son of Ezira, son of Mosollam, son
of Maselmoth, son of Emmer;
9.13 and their brethren, chiefs of their families, a
thousand seven hundred and sixty, mighty [men] for the work of the
ministration of the house of God.
9.14 And of the Levites; Samaia son of Asob, son of Ezricam, son of Asabia, of the sons of Merari.
9.15 And Bacbacar, and Ares, and Galaal, and Matthanias son of Micha, son of Zechri, son of Asaph;
9.16 and Abdia, son of Samia, son of Galaal, son of
Idithun, and Barachia son of Ossa, son of Helcana-- who dwelt in the
villages of the Notephatites.
9.17 The door-keepers; Salom, Acum, Telmon, and Diman, and their brethren; Salom [was] the chief;
9.18 and [he waited] hitherto in the king's gate
eastward: these [are] the gates of the companies of the sons of Levi.
9.19 And Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph,
the son of Core, and his brethren belonging to the house of his father,
the Corites [were] over the works of the service, keeping the watches
of the tabernacle, and their fathers over the camp of the Lord, keeping
the entrance.
9.20 And Phinees son of Eleazar was head over them before the Lord, and these [were] with him.
9.21 Zacharias the son of Mosollami [was] keeper of the door of the tabernacle of witness.
9.22 All the chosen porters in the gates [were] two
hundred and twelve, these [were] in their courts, [this was] their
distribution: these David and Samuel the seer established in their
charge.
9.23 And these and their sons [were] over the gates
in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep
watch.
9.24 The gates were toward the four winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward.
9.25 And their brethren [were] in their courts, to enter in weekly from time to time with these.
9.26 For four strong [men] have the charge of the
gates; and the Levites were over the chambers, and they keep watch over
the treasures of the house of God.
9.27 For the charge [was] upon them, and these [were]
charged with the keys to open the doors of the temple every morning.
9.28 And [some] of them [were appointed] over the
vessels of service, that they should carry them in by number, and carry
them out by number.
9.29 And [some] of them [were] appointed over the
furniture, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, the
wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.
9.30 And some of the priests were makers of the ointment, and [appointed to prepare] the spices.
9.31 And Matthathias of the Levites, (he [was] the
first-born of Salom the Corite,) [was set] in charge over the
sacrifices of meat-offering of the pan belonging to the high priest.
9.32 And Banaias the Caathite, from among their
brethren, [was set] over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
9.33 And these [were] the singers, heads of families
of the Levites, [to whom were] established daily courses, for they were
employed in the services day and night.
9.34 These [were] the heads of the families of the
Levites according to their generations; these chiefs dwelt in Jerusalem.
9.35 And Jeel the father of Gabaon dwelt in Gabaon; and his wife's name [was] Moocha.
9.36 And his first-born son [was] Abdon, and [he had] Sur, and Kis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
9.37 and Gedur and [his] brother, and Zacchur, and Makeloth.
9.38 And Makeloth begot Samaa: and these dwelt in the
midst of their brethren in Jerusalem, [even] in the midst of their
brethren.
9.39 And Ner begot Kis, and Kis begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, and Melchisue, and Aminadab, and Asabal.
9.40 And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribaal: and Meribaal begot Micha.
9.41 And the sons of Micha were] Phithon and Malach, and Tharach.
9.42 And Achaz begot Jada: and Jada begot Galemeth, and Gazmoth, and Zambri; and Zambri begot Massa.
9.43 And Massa begot Baana, and Rhaphaia [was] his son, Elasa his son, Esel his son.
9.44 And Esel had six sons, and these [were] their
names; Esricam his first-born, and Ismael, and Saraia, and Abdia, and
Anan, and Asa: these [were] the sons of Esel.
10.1
Now the Philistines warred against Israel; and they fled from before
the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gelbue.
10.2 And the Philistines pursued after Saul, and
after his sons; and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Aminadab, and
Melchisue, sons of Saul.
10.3 And the battle prevailed against Saul, and the
archers hit him with bows and arrows, and they were wounded of the bows.
10.4 And Saul said to his armour-bearer, Draw thy
sword, and pierce me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and
mock me. But his armour-bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid: so
Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
10.5 And his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell upon his sword.
10.6 So Saul died, and his three sons on that day, and all his family died at the same time.
10.7 And all the men of Israel that were in the
valley saw that Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, and
they left their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in
them.
10.8 And it came to pass on the next [day] that the
Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons
fallen on mount Gelbue.
10.9 And they stripped him, and took his head, and
his armour, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about,
to proclaim the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.
10.10 And they put their armour in the house of their god, and they put his head in the house of Dagon.
10.11 And all the dwellers in Galaad heard of all that the Philistines had done to Saul and to Israel.
10.12 And all the mighty men rose up from Galaad, and they
took the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, ad brought them to
Jabis, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabis, and fasted seven
days.
10.13 So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he
transgressed against God, against the word of the Lord, forasmuch as he
kept [it] not, because Saul enquired of a wizard to seek [counsel], and
Samuel the prophet answered him:
10.14 and he sought not the Lord: so he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
11.1 And all Israel came to David in Chebron, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bones and thy flesh.
11.2 And heretofore when Saul was king, thou wast he
that led Israel in and out, and the Lord of Israel said to thee, Thou
shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be for a ruler over Israel.
11.3 And all the elders of Israel came to the king to
Chebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Chebron before the
Lord: and they anointed David to be king over Israel, according to the
word of the Lord by Samuel.
11.4 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem, this
[is] Jebus; and there the Jebusites the inhabitants of the land said to
David,
11.5 Thou shalt not enter in hither. But he took the strong hold of Sion: this [is] the city of David.
11.6 And David said, Whoever first smites the
Jebusite, even he shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of
Saruia went up first, and became chief.
11.7 And David dwelt in the strong hold; therefore he called it the city of David.
11.8 And he fortified the city round about.
11.9 And David continued to increase, and the Lord Almighty [was] with him.
11.10 And these [are] the chiefs of the mighty men, whom
David had, who strengthened [themselves] with him in his kingdom, with
all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord
concerning Israel.
11.11 And this [is] the list of the mighty [men] of David;
Jesebada, son of Achaman, first of the thirty: he drew his sword once
against three hundred whom he slew at one time.
11.12 And after him Eleazar son of Dodai, the Achochite: he was among the three mighty men.
11.13 He was with David in Pasodamin, and the Philistines
were gathered there to battle, and [there was] a portion of the field
full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines.
11.14 And he stood in the midst of the portion, and rescued
it, and smote the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great deliverance.
11.15 And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock
to David, to the cave of Odollam, and the camp of the Philistines [was]
in the giants' valley.
11.16 And David [was] then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines [was] then in Bethleem.
11.17 And David longed, and said, Who will give me water to drink of the well of Bethleem, that is in the gate?
11.18 And the three broke through the camp of the
Philistines, and they drew water out of the well that was in Bethleem,
which was in the gate, and they took it, and came to David: but David
would not drink it, and poured it out to the Lord, and said,
11.19 God forbid that I should do this thing: shall I drink
the blood of these men with their lives? for with [the peril of] their
lives they brought it. So he would not drink it. These things did the
three mighty [men].
11.20 And Abisa the brother of Joab, he was chief of three:
he drew his sword against three hundred slain at one time, and he had a
name among the [second] three.
11.21 He was more famous than the two [others] of the
three, and he was chief [over] them; yet he reached not to the [first]
three.
11.22 And Banaia the son of Jodae was the son of a mighty
man: many [were] his acts for Cabasael: he smote two lion-like men of
Moab, and he went down and smote a lion in a pit on a snowy day.
11.23 And he smote an Egyptian, a wonderful man five cubits
[high]; and in the hand of the Egyptian [there was] a spear like a
weavers' beam; and Banaia went down to him with a staff, and took the
spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.
11.24 These things did Banaia son of Jodae, and his name [was] among the three mighties.
11.25 He was distinguished beyond the thirty, yet he
reached not to the [first] three: and David set him over his family.
11.26 And the mighty [men] of the forces [were], Asael the brother of Joab, Eleanan the son of Dodoe of Bethleem,
11.27 Samaoth the Arorite, Chelles the Phelonite,
11.28 Ora the son of Ekkis the Thecoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
11.29 Sobochai the Usathite, Eli the Achonite,
11.30 Marai the Netophathite, Chthaod the son of Nooza the Netophathite,
11.31 Airi the son of Rebie of the hill of Benjamin, Banaias the Pharathonite,
11.32 Uri of Nachali Gaas, Abiel the Garabaethite,
11.33 Azbon the Baromite, Eliaba the Salabonite,
11.34 the son of Asam the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Sola the Ararite,
11.35 Achim the son of Achar the Ararite, Elphat the son of Thyrophar
11.36 the Mechorathrite, Achia the Phellonite,
11.37 Esere the Charmadaite, Naarai the son of Azobai,
11.38 Joel the son of Nathan, Mebaal son of Agari,
11.39 Sele the son of Ammoni, Nachor the Berothite, armour-bearer to the son of Saruia,
11.40 Ira the Jethrite, Gaber the Jethrite,
11.41 Uria the Chettite, Zabet son of Achaia,
11.42 Adina son of Saeza, a chief of Ruben, and thirty with him,
11.43 Anan the son of Moocha, and Josaphat the Matthanite,
11.44 Ozia the Astarothite, Samatha and Jeiel sons of Chotham the Ararite,
11.45 Jediel the son of Sameri, and Jozae his brother the Thosaite,
11.46 Eliel the Maoite, and Jaribi, and Josia his son, Ellaam, and Jethama the Moabite,
11.47 Daliel, and Obeth, and Jessiel of Mesobia.
12.1
And these [are] they that came to Sikelag, when he yet kept himself
close because of Saul the son of Kis; and these [were] among the
mighty, aiding [him] in war,
12.2 and [using] the bow with the right hand and with
the left, and slingers with stones, and [shooters] with bows. Of the
brethren of Saul of Benjamin,
12.3 the chief [was] Achiezer, and Joas son of Asthma
the Gabathite, and Joel and Jophalet, sons of Asmoth, and Berchia, and
Jeul of Anathoth,
12.4 and Samaias the Gabaonite a mighty man among the
thirty, and over the thirty; [and] Jeremia, and Jeziel, and Joanan, and
Jozabath of Gadarathiim,
12.5 Azai and Arimuth, and Baalia, and Samaraia, and Saphatias of Charaephiel,
12.6 Helcana, and Jesuni, and Ozriel, and Jozara, and Sobocam, and the Corites,
12.7 and Jelia and Zabadia, sons of Iroam, and the [men] of Gedor.
12.8 And from Gad these separated themselves to David
from the wilderness, strong mighty men of war, bearing shields and
spears, and their faces [were as] the face of a lion, and they were
nimble as roes upon the mountains in speed.
12.9 Aza the chief, Abdia the second, Eliab the third,
12.10 Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the fifth,
12.11 Jethi the sixth, Eliab the seventh,
12.12 Joanan the eighth, Eleazer the ninth,
12.13 Jeremia the tenth, Melchabanai the eleventh.
12.14 These [were] chiefs of the army of the sons of Gad,
the least one commander of a hundred, and the greatest one of a
thousand.
12.15 These [are] the [men] that crossed over Jordan in the
first month, and it had overflowed all its banks; and they drove out
all the inhabitants of the valleys, from the east to the west.
12.16 And there came [some] of the sons of Benjamin and Juda to the assistance of David.
12.17 And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If
ye are come peaceably to me, let my heart be at peace with you: but if
[ye are come] to betray me to my enemies unfaithfully, the God of your
fathers look upon it, and reprove it.
12.18 And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the
thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, thou and thy people,
peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers, for thy God has
helped thee. And David received them, and made them captains of the
forces.
12.19 And [some] came to David from Manasse, when the
Philistines came against Saul to war: and he helped them not, because
the captains of the Philistines took counsel, saying, With the heads of
those men will he return to his master Saul.
12.20 When David was going to Sikelag, there came to him of
Manasse, Edna and Jozabath, and Rodiel, and Michael, and Josabaith, and
Elimuth, and Semathi: [these are the captains of thousands of Manasse.
12.21 And they fought on the side of David against a troop,
for they [were] all men of might; and they were commanders in the army,
[because] of [their] might.
12.22 For daily men came to David, [till they amounted] to a great force, as the force of God.
12.23 And these [are] the names of the commanders of the
army, who came to David to Chebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him
according to the word of the Lord.
12.24 The sons of Juda, bearing shields and spears, six thousand and eight hundred mighty in war.
12.25 Of the sons of Symeon mighty for battle, seven thousand and a hundred.
12.26 Of the sons of Levi, four thousand and six hundred.
12.27 And Joadas the chief [of the family] of Aaron, and with him three thousand and seven hundred.
12.28 And Sadoc, a young [man] mighty in strength, and [there were] twenty-two leaders of his father's house.
12.29 And of the sons of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul,
three thousand: and still the greater part of them kept the guard of
the house of Saul.
12.30 And of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand and eight
hundred mighty men, famous in the houses of their fathers.
12.31 And of the half-tribe of Manasse, eighteen thousand, even [those] who were named by name, to make David king.
12.32 And of the sons of Issachar having wisdom with regard
to the times, knowing what Israel should do, two hundred; and all their
brethren with them.
12.33 And of Zabulon they that went out to battle, with all
weapons of war, [were] fifty thousand to help David, not weak-handed.
12.34 And of Nephthali a thousand captains, and with them [men] with shields and spears, thirty-seven thousand.
12.35 And of the Danites [men] ready for war twenty-eight thousand and eight hundred.
12.36 And of Aser, they that went out to give aid in war, forty thousand.
12.37 And from the country beyond Jordan, from Ruben, and
the Gadites, and from the half-tribe of Manasse, a hundred and twenty
thousand, with all weapons of war.
12.38 All these [were] men of war, setting [the army] in
battle array, with a peaceful mind [towards him], and they came to
Chebron to make David king over all Israel: and the rest of Israel
[were of] one mind to make David king.
12.39 And they were there three days eating and drinking, for their brethren [had] made preparations.
12.40 And their neighbours, as far as Issachar and Zabulon
and Nephthali, brought to them upon camels, and asses, and mules, and
upon calves, victuals, meal, cakes of figs, raisins, wine, and oil,
calves and sheep abundantly: for [there was] joy in Israel.
13.1
And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of
hundreds, [even with] every commander.
13.2 And David said to the whole congregation of
Israel, If it [seem] good to you, and it should be prospered by the
Lord our God, let us send to our brethren that are left in all the land
of Israel, and let the priests the Levites who are with them in the
cities of their possession [come], and let them be gathered to us.
13.3 And let us bring over to us the ark of our God; for men have not enquired [at] it since the days of Saul.
13.4 And all the congregation said that they would do
thus; for the saying was right in the eyes of all the people.
13.5 So David assembled all Israel, from the borders
of Egypt even to the entering in of Hemath, to bring in the ark of God
from the city of Jarim.
13.6 And David brought it up: and all Israel went up
to the city of David, which belonged to Juda, to bring up thence the
ark of the Lord God who sits between the cherubim, whose name is called
[on it].
13.7 And they set the ark of God on a new waggon
[brought] out of the house of Aminadab: and Oza and his brethren drove
the waggon.
13.8 And David and all Israel [were] playing before
the Lord with all their might, and [that] together with singers, and
with harps, and with lutes, with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with
trumpets.
13.9 And they came as far as the threshing-floor: and
Oza put forth his hand to hold the ark, because the bullock moved it
from [its place].
13.10 Ad the Lord was very angry with Oza, and smote him
there, because of his stretching forth his hand upon the ark: and he
died there before God.
13.11 And David was dispirited, because the Lord [had] made
a breach on Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza until this
day.
13.12 And David feared God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God in to myself?
13.13 So David brought not the ark home to himself into the
city of David, but he turned it aside into the house of Abeddara the
Gethite.
13.14 And the ark of God abode in the house of Abeddara three months: and God blessed Abeddara and all that he had.
14.1
And Chiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timbers,
and masons, and carpenters, to build a house for him.
14.2 And David knew that the Lord [had] designed him
to be king over Israel; because his kingdom was highly exalted, on
account of his people Israel.
14.3 And David took more wives in Jerusalem: and there were born to David more sons and daughters.
14.4 And these [are] the names of those that were
born, who were [born] to him in Jerusalem; Samaa, Sobab, Nathan, and
Solomon,
14.5 and Baar, and Elisa, and Eliphaleth,
14.6 and Nageth, and Naphath, and Japhie,
14.7 and Elisamae, and Eliade, and Eliphala.
14.8 And the Philistines heard that David was
anointed king over all Israel: and all the Philistines went up to seek
David; and David heard [it], and went out to meet them.
14.9 And the Philistines came and assembled together in the giants' valley.
14.10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up
against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And
the Lord said to him, Go up, and I will deliver them into thy hands.
14.11 And he went up to Baal Pharasin, and David smote them
there; and David said, God has broken through enemies by my hand like a
breach of water: therefore he called the name of that place, the Breach
of Pharasin.
14.12 And the Philistines left their gods there; and David gave orders to burn them with fire.
14.13 And the Philistines once more assembled themselves in the giants' valley.
14.14 And David enquired of God again; and God said to him,
Thou shalt not go after them; turn away from them, and thou shalt come
upon them near the pear trees.
14.15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear the sound of
their tumult in the tops of the pear trees, then thou shalt go into the
battle: for God has gone out before thee to smite the army of the
Philistines.
14.16 And he did as God commanded him: and he smote the army of the Philistines from Gabaon to Gazera.
14.17 And the name of David was [famous] in all the land; and the Lord put the terror of him on all the nations.
15.1
And [David] made for himself houses in the city of David, and he
prepared a place for the ark of God, and made a tent for it.
15.2 Then said David, It is not [lawful for any] to
bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to
bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever.
15.3 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to
bring up the ark of the Lord to the place which he [had] prepared for
it.
15.4 And David gathered together the sons of Aaron the Levites.
15.5 Of the sons of Caath; [there was] Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty.
15.6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaia the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty.
15.7 Of the sons of Gedson; Joel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and thirty.
15.8 Of the sons of Elisaphat; Semei the chief, and his brethren, two hundred.
15.9 Of the sons of Chebrom; Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty.
15.10 Of the sons of Oziel; Aminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.
15.11 And David called Sadoc and Abiathar the priests, and
the Levites, Uriel, Asaia, and Joel, and Semaia, and Eliel, and
Aminadab,
15.12 and said to them, Ye [are] the heads of the families
of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, and ye
shall carry up the ark of the God of Israel, [to the place] which I
have prepared for it.
15.13 For because ye were not [ready] at the first, our God
made a breach upon us, because we sought him not according to the
ordinance.
15.14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves, to bring up the ark of the God of Israel.
15.15 And the sons of the Levites took the ark of God, (as
Moses commanded by the word of God according to the scripture) upon
their shoulders with staves.
15.16 And David said to the chiefs of the Levites, Set your
brethren the singers with musical instruments, lutes, harps, and
cymbals, to sound aloud with a voice of joy.
15.17 So the Levites appointed Aeman the son of Joel; Asaph
the son of Barachias [was one] of his brethren; and Aethan the son of
Kisaeus was of the sons of Merari their brethren;
15.18 and with them their brethren of the second rank,
Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth, and Jeiel, and Elioel, and Eliab,
and Banaia, and Maasaia, and Matthathia, and Eliphena, and Makellia,
and Abdedom, and Jeiel, and Ozias, the porters.
15.19 And the singers, Aeman, Asaph, and Aethan, with brazen cymbals to make [a sound] to be heard.
15.20 Zacharias, and Oziel, Semiramoth, Jeiel, Oni, Eliab, Maasaeas, Banaeas, with lutes, on alaemoth.
15.21 And Mattathias, and Eliphalu, and Makenia, and
Abdedom, and Jeiel, and Ozias, with harps of Amasenith, to make a loud
noise.
15.22 And Chonenia chief of the Levites [was] master of the bands, because he was skilful.
15.23 And Barachia and Elcana [were] door-keepers of the ark.
15.24 And Somnia, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai,
and Zacharia, and Banaea, and Eliezer, the priests, were sounding with
trumpets before the ark of God: and Abdedom and Jeia [were]
door-keepers of the ark of God.
15.25 So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains
of thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant from the house
of Abdedom with gladness.
15.26 And it came to pass when God strengthened the Levites
bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they sacrificed seven
calves and seven rams.
15.27 And David [was] girt with a fine linen robe, and all
the Levites [who were] bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and
the singers, and Chonenias the master of the band of singers; also upon
David [there was] a robe of fine linen.
15.28 And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of
the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of a horn, and with
trumpets, and with cymbals, playing loudly on lutes and harps.
15.29 And the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived, and
came to the city of David; and Melchol the daughter of Saul looked down
through the window, and saw king David dancing and playing: and she
despised him in her heart.
16.1
So they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the
tabernacle which David pitched for it; and they offered
whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.
16.2 And David finished offering up
whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and blessed the people in
the name of the Lord.
16.3 And he divided to every man of Israel (both men and women), to [every] man one baker's loaf, and a cake.
16.4 And he appointed before the ark of the covenant
of the Lord, Levites to minister [and] lift up the voice, and to give
thanks and praise the Lord God of Israel:
16.5 Asaph [was] the chief, and next to him
Zacharias, Jeiel, Semiramoth, and Jeiel, Mattathias, Eliab, and
Banaeas, and Abdedom: and Jeiel sounding with musical instruments,
lutes [and] harps, and Asaph with cymbals:
16.6 and Banaeas and Oziel the priests [sounding]
continually with trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God in that
day.
16.7 Then David first gave orders to praise the Lord by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
16.8 Song. Give thanks to the Lord, call upon him by his name, make known his designs among the people.
16.9 Sing [songs] to him, and sing hymns to him,
relate to all [people] his wonderful deeds, which the Lord has wrought.
16.10 Praise his holy name, the heart that seeks his pleasure shall rejoice.
16.11 Seek the Lord and be strong, seek his face continually.
16.12 Remember his wonderful works which he has wrought, his wonders, and the judgments of is mouth;
16.13 [ye] seed of Israel his servants, [ye] seed of Jacob his chosen ones.
16.14 He [is] the Lord our God; his judgments [are] in all the earth.
16.15 Let us remember his covenant for ever, his word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
16.16 which he covenanted with Abraham, and his oath [sworn] to Isaac.
16.17 He confirmed it to Jacob for an ordinance, to Israel [as] an everlasting covenant,
16.18 saying, To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
16.19 when they were few in number, when they were but little, and dwelt as strangers in it;
16.20 and went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.
16.21 He suffered not a man to oppress them, and he reproved kings for their sakes,
16.22 saying, Touch not my anointed ones, and deal not wrongfully with my prophets.
16.23 Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth; proclaim his salvation from day to day.
16.24 Declare among the nations his glory, his wondrous deeds among all peoples.
16.25 For the Lord [is] great, and greatly to be praised: he [is] to be feared above all gods.
16.26 For all the gods of the nations [are] idols; but our God made the heavens.
16.27 Glory and praise [are] in his presence; strength and rejoicing [are] in his place.
16.28 Give to the Lord, ye families of the nations, give to the Lord glory and strength.
16.29 Give to the Lord the glory [belonging] to his name:
take gifts and offer [them] before him; and worship the Lord in his
holy courts.
16.30 Let the whole earth fear before him; let the earth be established, and not be moved.
16.31 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth exult; and let them say among the nations, The Lord reigns.
16.32 The sea with its fullness shall resound and the tree of the field, and all things in it.
16.33 Then shall the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord, for he is come to judge the earth.
16.34 Give thanks to the Lord, for [it is] good, for his mercy [is] for ever.
16.35 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and
gather us, and rescue us from among the heathen, that we may praise thy
holy name, and glory in thy praises.
16.36 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel from everlasting
and to everlasting: And all the people shall say, Amen. So they praised
the Lord.
16.37 And they left there Asaph and his brethren before the
ark of the covenant of the Lord, to minister before the ark
continually, according to the service of each day: from day to day.
16.38 And Abdedom and his brethren [were] sixty and eight;
and Abdedom the son of Idithun, and Osa, [were] to be door-keepers.
16.39 And [they appointed] Sadoc the priest, and his
brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high
place in Gabaon,
16.40 to offer up whole-burnt-offerings continually morning
and evening, and according to all things written in the law of the
Lord, which he commanded the children of Israel by Moses the servant of
God.
16.41 And with him [were] Aeman and Idithun, and the rest
chosen out by name to praise the Lord, for his mercy [endures] for ever.
16.42 And with them [there were] trumpets and cymbals to
sound aloud, and musical instruments for the songs of God: and the sons
of Idithun [were] at the gate.
16.43 And all the people went every one to his home: and David returned to bless his house.
17.1
And it came to pass as David dwelt in his house, that David said to
Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of
the covenant of the Lord [is] under [curtains] of skins.
17.2 And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God [is] with thee.
17.3 And it came to pass in that night, that the word of the Lord came to Nathan, [saying],
17.4 Go and say to David my servant, Thus said the
Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house for me to dwell in it.
17.5 For I have not dwelt in a house from the day
that I brought up Israel until this day, but I have been in a
tabernacle and a tent,
17.6 in all places through which I have gone with all
Israel: did I ever speak to [any] one tribe of Israel whom I commanded
to feed my people, saying, [Why is it] that ye have not built me a
house of cedar?
17.7 And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David,
Thus saith the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheepfold, from
following the flocks, to be a ruler over my people Israel:
17.8 and I was with thee in all places whither thou
wentest, and I destroyed all thine enemies from before thee, and I made
for thee a name according to the name of the great ones that are upon
the earth.
17.9 And I will appoint a place for my people Israel,
and I will plant him, and he shall dwell by himself, and shall no
longer be anxious; and the son of iniquity shall no longer afflict him,
as at the beginning,
17.10 and from the days when I appointed judges over my
people Israel. Also I have humbled all thine enemies, and I will
increase thee, and the Lord will build thee a house.
17.11 And it shall come to pass when thy days shall be
fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, that I will raise up
thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy bowels, and I will establish
his kingdom.
17.12 He shall build me a house, and I will set up his throne for ever.
17.13 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a
son: and my mercy will I not withdraw from him, as I withdrew [it] from
them that were before thee.
17.14 And I will establish him in my house and in his kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be set up for ever.
17.15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so spoke Nathan to David.
17.16 And king David came and sat before the Lord, and
said, Who am I, O Lord God? and what [is] my house, that thou hast
loved me for ever?
17.17 And these things were little in thy sight, O God:
thou hast also spoken concerning the house of thy servant for a long
time to come, and thou hast looked upon me as a man looks upon his
fellow, and hast exalted me, O Lord God.
17.18 What shall David do more toward thee to glorify [thee]? and thou knowest thy servant.
17.19 And thou hast wrought all this greatness according to thine heart.
17.20 O Lord, there is none like thee, and there is no God
beside thee, according to all things which we have heard with our ears.
17.21 Neither is there another nation upon the earth [such]
as thy people Israel, whereas God led him in the way, to redeem a
people for himself, to make for himself a great and glorious name, to
cast out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of
Egypt.
17.22 And thou hast appointed thy people Israel as a people
to thyself for ever; and thou, Lord, didst become a God to them.
17.23 And now, Lord, let the word which thou spokest to thy
servant, and concerning his house, be confirmed for ever, and do thou
as thou hast spoken.
17.24 And let thy name [be] established and magnified for
ever, [men] saying, Lord, Lord, Almighty God of Israel: and [let] the
house of thy servant David [be] established before thee.
17.25 For thou, O Lord my God, hast revealed to the ear of
thy servant that thou wilt build him a house; therefore thy servant has
found a willingness to pray before thee.
17.26 And now, Lord, thou thyself art God, and thou hast spoken these good things concerning thy servant.
17.27 And now thou hast begun to bless the house of thy
servant, so that it should continue for ever before thee: for thou,
Lord, hast blessed [it], and do thou bless [it] for ever.
18.1
And it came to pass afterwards, that David smote the Philistines, and
routed them, and took Geth and its villages out of the hand of the
Philistines.
18.2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, [and] tributaries.
18.3 And David smote Adraazar king of Suba of Emath,
as he was going to establish power toward the river Euphrates.
18.4 And David took of them a thousand chariots, and
seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand infantry: and David
houghed all the chariot [horses], but there were reserved of them a
hundred chariots.
18.5 And the Syrian came from Damascus to help
Adraazar king of Suba; and David smote of the Syrian [army] twenty and
two thousand men.
18.6 And David put a garrison in Syria near Daascus;
and they became tributary servants to David: and the Lord delivered
David wherever he went.
18.7 And David took the golden collars that were on the servants of Adraazar, and brought them to Jerusalem.
18.8 And David took out of Matabeth, and out of the
chief cities of Adraazar very much brass: of this Solomon made the
brazen sea, and the pillars, and the brazen vessels.
18.9 And Thoa king of Emath heard that David had smitten the whole force of Adraazar king of Suba.
18.10 And he sent Aduram his son to king David to ask how
he was, and to congratulate him because he had fought against Adraazar,
and smitten him; for Thoa was the enemy of Adraazar.
18.11 And all the golden and silver and brazen vessels,
even these king David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and the
gold which he took from all the nations; from Idumaea, and Moab, and
from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalec.
18.12 And Abesa son of Saruia smote the Idumeans in the valley of Salt, eighteen thousand.
18.13 And he put garrisons in the valley; and all the
Idumaeans became David's servants: and the Lord delivered David
wherever he went.
18.14 So David reigned over all Israel; and he executed judgment and justice to all his people.
18.15 And Joab the son of Saruia [was] over the army, and Josaphat the son of Achilud [was] recorder.
18.16 And Sadoc son of Achitob, and Achimelech son of Abiathar, [were] the priests; and Susa [was] the scribe;
18.17 and Banaeas the son of Jodae [was] over the
Cherethite and the Phelethite, and the sons of David were the chief
deputies of the king.
19.1
And it came to pass after this, [that] Naas the king of the children of
Ammon died, and Anan his son reigned in his stead.
19.2 And David said, I will act kindly toward Anan
the son of Naas, as his father acted kindly towards me. And David sent
messengers to condole with him on the death of his father. So the
servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Anan,
to comfort him.
19.3 And the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to
Anan, Is it to honour thy father before thee, that David has sent
comforters to thee? Have not his servants come to thee that they might
search the city, and to spy out the land?
19.4 And Anan took the servants of David, and shaved
them, and cut off the half of their garments as far as their tunic, and
sent them away.
19.5 And there came men to report to David concerning
the men: and he sent to meet them, for they were greatly disgraced: and
the king said, Dwell in Jericho until your beards have grown, and
return.
19.6 And the children of Ammon saw that the people of
David were ashamed, and Anan and the children of Ammon sent a thousand
talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen out of
Syria of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria Maacha, and from Sobal.
19.7 And they hired for themselves two and thirty
thousand chariots, and the king of Maacha and his people; and they came
and encamped before Medaba: and the children of Ammon assembled out of
their cities, and came to fight.
19.8 And David heard, and sent Joab and all the host of mighty men.
19.9 And the children of Ammon came forth, and set
themselves in array for battle by the gate of the city: and the kings
that were come forth encamped by themselves in the plain.
19.10 And Joab saw that they were fronting [him] to fight
against him before and behind, and he chose [some] out of all the young
men of Israel, and they set themselves in array against the Syrian.
19.11 And the rest of the people he gave into the hand of
his brother Abesai, and they set themselves in array against the
children of Ammon.
19.12 And he said, If the Syrian should prevail against me,
then shalt thou deliver me: and if the children of Ammon should prevail
against thee, then will I deliver thee.
19.13 Be of good courage, and let us be strong, for our
people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord shall do what [is]
good in his eyes.
19.14 So Joab and the people that were with him set
themselves in battle array against the Syrians, and they fled fro them.
19.15 And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled,
and they also fled from before Abesai, and from before Joab his
brother, and they came to the city: and Joab came to Jerusalem.
19.16 And the Syrian saw that Israel had defeated him, and
he sent messengers, and they brought out the Syrians from beyond the
river; and Sophath the commander-in-chief of the forces of Adraazar
[was] before them.
19.17 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel,
and crossed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in
array against them. So David set [his army] in array to fight against
the Syrians, and they fought against him.
19.18 And the Syrians fled from before Israel; and David
slew of the Syrians seven thousand [riders in] chariots, and forty
thousand infantry, and he slew Sophath the commander-in-chief of the
forces.
19.19 And the servants of Adraazar saw that they were
defeated before Israel, and they made peace with David and served him:
and the Syrians would not any more help the children of Ammon.
20.1
And it came to pass at the return of the year, at the [time of the]
going forth of kings [to war], that Joab gathered the whole force of
the army, and they ravaged the land of the children of Ammon; and he
came and besieged Rabba. But David abode in Jerusalem. And Joab smote
Rabba and destroyed it.
20.2 And David took the crown of Molchom their king
off his head, and the weight of it was found [to be] a talent of gold,
and on it were precious stones; and it was [placed] on the head of
David: and he brought out the spoils of the city [which were] very
great.
20.3 And he brought out the people that were in it,
and sawed them asunder with saws, and [cut them] with iron axes, and
with harrows: and thus David did to all the children of Ammon. And
David and all his people returned to Jerusalem.
20.4 And it came to pass afterward that there was
again war with the Philistines in Gazer: then Sobochai the Sosathite
smote Saphut of the sons of the giants, and laid him low.
20.5 And there [was] war agin with the Philistines;
and Eleanan the son of Jair smote Lachmi the brother of Goliath the
Gittite, and the wood of his spear [was] as a weavers' beam.
20.6 And there was again war in Geth, and there was a
man of extraordinary size, and his fingers [and toes were] six on each
hand and foot, four and twenty; and he was descended from the giants.
20.7 And he defied Israel, and Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David slew him.
20.8 These were born to Rapha in Geth; all four were
giants, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his
servants.
21.1 And the devil stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
21.2 And king David said to Joab and to the captains
of the forces, Go, number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring
me [the account], and I shall know their number.
21.3 And Joab said, May the Lord add to his people, a
hundred-fold as many as they [are], and [let] the eyes of my lord the
king see [it]: all [are] the servants of my lord. Why does my lord seek
this thing? [do it not], lest it become a sin to Israel.
21.4 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against
Joab; and Joab went out and passed through all Israel, and came to
Jerusalem.
21.5 And Joab gave the number of the mustering of the
people to David: and all Israel was a million and a hundred thousand
men that drew sword: and the sons of Juda [were] four hundred and
seventy thousand men that drew sword.
21.6 But he numbered not Levi and Benjamin among them; for the word of the king was painful to Joab.
21.7 And [there was] evil in the sight of the Lord respecting this thing; and he smote Israel.
21.8 And David said to God, I have sinned
exceedingly, in that I have done this thing: and now, I pray thee,
remove the sin of thy servant; for I have been exceedingly foolish.
21.9 And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer, saying,
21.10 Go and speak to David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I
bring three things upon thee: choose one of them for thyself, and I
will do it to thee.
21.11 And Gad came to David, and said to him, thus saith the Lord, Choose for thyself,
21.12 either three years of famine, or that thou shouldest
flee three months from the face of thine enemies, and the sword of
thine enemies [shall be employed] to destroy thee, or that the sword of
the Lord and pestilence [should be] three days in the land, and the
angel of the Lord [shall be] destroying in all the inheritance of
Israel. And now consider what I shall answer to him that sent the
message.
21.13 And David said to Gad, They are very hard for me,
even [all] the three: let me fall now into the hands of the Lord, for
his mercies [are] very abundant, and let me not fall by any means into
the hands of man.
21.14 So the Lord brought pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
21.15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and
as he was destroying, the Lord saw, and repented for the evil, and said
to the angel that was destroying, Let it suffice thee; withhold thine
hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing-floor of Orna
the Jebusite.
21.16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of
the Lord, standing between the earth and the heaven, and his sword
drawn in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem: and David and the
elders clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
21.17 And David said to God, [Was it] not I [that] gave
orders to number the people? and I am the guilty one; I have greatly
sinned: but these sheep, what have they done? O Lord God, let thy hand
be upon me, and upon my father's house, and not on thy people for
destruction, O Lord!
21.18 And the angel of the Lord told Gad to tell David,
that he should go up to erect and altar to the Lord, in the
threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite.
21.19 And David went up according to the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the Lord.
21.20 And Orna turned and saw the king; and he hid himself and his four sons with him. Now Orna was threshing wheat.
21.21 And David came to Orna; and Orna came forth from the
threshing-floor, and did obeisance to David wit his face to the ground.
21.22 And David said to Orna, Give me thy place of the
threshing-floor, and I will build upon it an altar to the Lord: give it
me for its worth in money, and the plague shall cease from [among] the
people.
21.23 And Orna said to David, Take it to thyself, and let
my lord the king do what is right in his eyes: see, I have given the
calves for a whole-burnt-offering, and the plough for wood, and the
corn for a meat-offering; I have given all.
21.24 And king David said to Orna, Nay; for I will surely
buy it for its worth in money: for I will not take thy property for the
Lord, to offer a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord without cost [to
myself].
21.25 And David gave to Orna for his place six hundred shekels of gold [by] weight.
21.26 And David built there an altar to the Lord, and
offered up whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and he cried to
the Lord, and he answered him by fire out of heaven on the altar of
whole-burnt-offerings, and [it] consumed the whole-burnt-offering.
21.27 And the Lord spoke to the angel; and he put up the sword into its sheath.
21.28 At that time when David saw that the Lord answered
him in the threshing-floor of Orna the Jebusite, he also sacrificed
there.
21.29 And the tabernacle of the Lord which Moses made in
the wilderness, and the altar of whole-burnt-offerings, [were] at that
time in the high place at Gabaon.
21.30 And David could not go before it to enquire of God;
for he hasted not because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
22.1
And David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this [is] the
altar for whole-burnt-offering for Israel.
22.2 And David gave orders to gather all the
strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he appointed
stone-hewers to hew polished stones to build the house to God.
22.3 And David prepared much iron for the nails of
the doors and the gate; the hinges also and brass in abundance, there
was no weighing [of it].
22.4 And cedar threes without number: for the
Sidonians and the Tyrians brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
22.5 And David said, My son Solomon [is] a tender
child, and the house [for me] to build to the Lord [is] for superior
magnificence for a name and for a glory through all the earth: I will
make preparation for it. And David prepared abundantly before his death.
22.6 And he called Solomon his son, and commanded him to build the house for the Lord God of Israel.
22.7 And David said to Solomon, [My] child, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the Lord God.
22.8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast carried on great wars: thou
shalt not build a house to my name, because thou hast shed much blood
upon the earth before me.
22.9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, he shall be
a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round
about: for his name [shall be] Solomon, and I will give peace and
quietness to Israel in his days.
22.10 He shall build a house to my name; and he shall be a
son to me, and I will be a father to him; and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom in Israel for ever.
22.11 And now, my son, the Lord shall be with thee, and
prosper [thee]; and thou shalt build a house to the Lord thy God, as he
spoke concerning thee.
22.12 Only may the Lord give thee wisdom and prudence, and
strengthen thee over Israel, both to keep and to do the law of the Lord
thy God.
22.13 Then will he prosper [thee], if thou take heed to do
the commandments and judgments which the Lord commanded Moses for
Israel: be courageous and strong; fear not, nor be terrified.
22.14 And, behold, I according to my poverty have prepared
for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a
million talents of silver, and brass and iron without measure; for it
is abundant; and I have prepared timber and stones; and do thou add to
these.
22.15 And [of them that are] with thee do thou add to the
multitude of workmen; [let there be] artificers and masons, and
carpenters, and every skilful [workman] in every work;
22.16 in gold and silver, brass and iron, [of which] there is no number. Arise and do, and the Lord [be] with thee.
22.17 And David charged all the chief men of Israel to help Solomon his son, [saying],
22.18 [Is] not the Lord with you? and he has given you rest
round about, for he has given into your hands the inhabitants of the
land; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.
22.19 Now set your hearts and souls to seek after the Lord
your God: and rise, and build a sanctuary to your God to carry in the
ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the
house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.
23.1 And David was old and full of days; and he made Solomon his son king over Israel in his stead.
23.2 And he assembled all the chief men of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites.
23.3 And the Levites numbered [themselves] from
thirty years old and upward; and their number by their polls amounted
to thirty and eight thousand men.
23.4 Of the overseers over the works of the house of
the Lord [there were] twenty-four thousand, and [there were] six
thousand scribes and judges;
23.5 and four thousand door-keepers, and four
thousand to praise the Lord with instruments which he made to praise
the Lord.
23.6 And David divided them [into] daily courses, for the sons of Levi, for Gedson, Caath, and Merari.
23.7 And for [the family of] Gedson, Edan, and Semei.
23.8 The sons of Edan [were] Jeiel, the chief, and Zethan, and Joel, three.
23.9 The sons of Semei; Salomith, Jeiel, and Dan, three: these [were] the chiefs of the families of Edan.
23.10 And to the sons of Semei, Jeth, and Ziza, and Joas, and Beria: these [were] the four sons of Semei.
23.11 And Jeth was the chief, and Ziza the second: and Joas
and Beria did not multiply sons, and they became [only] one reckoning
according to the house of their father.
23.12 The sons of Caath; Ambram, Isaar, Chebron, Oziel, four.
23.13 The sons of Ambram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was
appointed for the consecration of the most holy things, he and his sons
or ever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister and bless in his
name for ever.
23.14 And [as for] Moses the man of God, his sons were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
23.15 The sons of Moses; Gersam, and Eliezer.
23.16 The sons of Gersam; Subael the chief.
23.17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rabia the chief: and
Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rabia were very greatly
multiplied.
23.18 The sons of Isaar; Salomoth the chief.
23.19 The sons of Chebron; Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth.
23.20 The sons of Oziel; Micha the chief, and Isia the second.
23.21 The sons of Merari; Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Mooli; Eleazar, and Kis.
23.22 And Eleazar died, and he had no sons, but daughters: and the sons of Kis, their brethren, took them.
23.23 The sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jarimoth, three.
23.24 These [are] the sons of Levi according to the houses
of their fathers; chiefs of their families according to their
numbering, according to the number of their names, according to their
polls, doing the works of service of the house of the Lord, from twenty
years old and upward.
23.25 For David said, The Lord God of Israel has given rest
to his people, and has taken up his abode in Jerusalem for ever.
23.26 And the Levites bore not the tabernacle, and all the vessels of it for its service.
23.27 For by the last words of David was the number of the Levites [taken] from twenty years old and upward.
23.28 For he appointed them to wait on Aaron, to minister
in the house of the Lord, over the courts, and over the chambers, and
over the purification of all the holy things, and over the works of the
service of the house of God;
23.29 and for the shew-bread, and for the fine flour of the
meat-offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake,
and for the dough, and for every measure;
23.30 and to stand in the morning to praise and give thanks to the Lord, and so in the evening;
23.31 and [to be] over all the whole-burnt-offerings that
were offered up to the Lord on the sabbaths, and at the new moons, and
at the feasts, by number, according to the order [given] to them,
continually before the Lord.
23.32 And they are to keep the charge of the tabernacle of
witness, and the charge of the holy place, and the charges of the sons
of Aaron their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
24.1 And [they number] the sons of Aaron in [their] division, Nadab, and Abiud, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24.2 And Nadab and Abiud died before their father,
and they had no sons: so Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron
ministered as priests.
24.3 And David distributed them, even Sadoc of the
sons of Eleazar, and Achimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to
their numbering, according to their service, according to the houses of
their fathers.
24.4 And there were found [among] the sons of Eleazar
more chiefs of the mighty ones, than of the sons of Ithamar: and he
divided them, sixteen heads of families to the sons of Eleazar, eight
according to [their] families to the sons of Ithamar.
24.5 And he divided them according to their lots, one
with the other; for there were those who had charge of the holy things,
and those who had charge of the [house] of the Lord among the sons of
Eleazar, and among the sons of Ithamar.
24.6 And Samaias the son of Nathanael, the scribe,
[of the family] of Levi, wrote them down before the king, and the
princes, and Sadoc the priest, and Achimelech the son of Abiathar [were
present]; and the heads of the families of the priests and the Levites,
each of a household [were assigned] one to Eleazar, and one to Ithamar.
24.7 And the first lot came out to Joarim, the second to Jedia,
24.8 the third to Charib, the fourth to Seorim,
24.9 the fifth to Melchias, the sixth to Meiamin,
24.10 the seventh to Cos, the eighth to Abia,
24.11 the ninth to Jesus, the tenth to Sechenias,
24.12 the eleventh to Eliabi, the twelfth to Jacim,
24.13 the thirteenth to Oppha, the fourteenth to Jesbaal,
24.14 the fifteenth to Belga, the sixteenth to Emmer,
24.15 the seventeenth to Chezin, the eighteenth to Aphese,
24.16 the nineteenth to Phetaea, the twentieth to Ezekel,
24.17 the twenty-first to Achim, the twenty-second to Gamul,
24.18 the twenty-third to Adallai, the twenty-fourth to Maasai.
24.19 This [is] their numbering according to their service
to go into the house of the Lord, according to their appointment by the
hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.
24.20 And for the sons of Levi that were left, [even] for the sons of Ambram, Sobael: for the sons of Sobael, Jedia.
24.21 For Raabia, the chief [was] [Isaari],
24.22 and for Isaari, Salomoth: for the sons of Salomoth, Jath.
24.23 The sons of Ecdiu; Amadia the second, Jaziel the third, Jecmoam the fourth.
24.24 For the sons of Oziel, Micha: the sons of Micha; Samer.
24.25 The brother of Micha; Isia, the son of Isia; Zacharia.
24.26 The sons of Merari, Mooli, and Musi: the sons of Ozia,
24.27 [That is, the sons] of Merari by Ozia,-- his sons [were] Isoam, and Sacchur, and Abai.
24.28 To Mooli [were born] Eleazar, and Ithamar; and Eleazar died, and had no sons.
24.29 For Kis; the sons of Kis; Jerameel.
24.30 And the sons of Musi; Mooli, and Eder, and Jerimoth.
These [were] the sons of the Levites according to the houses of their
families.
24.31 And they also received lots as their brethren the
sons of Aaron before the king; Sadoc also, and Achimelech, and the
chiefs of the families of the priests and of the Levites, principal
heads of families, even as their younger brethren.
25.1
And king David and the captains of the host appointed to their services
the sons of Asaph, and of Aeman, and of Idithun, prophesiers with
harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their
polls serving in their ministrations.
25.2 The sons of Asaph; Sacchur, Joseph, and Nathanias, and Erael: the sons of Asaph [were] next the king.
25.3 To Idithun [were reckoned] the sons of Idithun,
Godolias, and Suri, and Iseas, and Asabias, and Matthathias, six after
their father Idithun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and
praise to the Lord.
25.4 To Aeman [were reckoned] the sons of Aeman,
Bukias, and Matthanias, and Oziel, and Subael, and Jerimoth, and
Ananias, and Anan, and Heliatha, and Godollathi, and Rometthiezer, and
Jesbasaca, and Mallithi, and Otheri, and Meazoth.
25.5 All these [were] the sons of Aeman the king's
chief player in the praises of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave
to Aeman fourteen sons, and three daughters.
25.6 All these sang hymns with their father in the
house of God, with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, for the service of
the house of God, near the king, and Asaph, and Idithun, and Aeman.
25.7 And the number of them after their brethren,
those instructed to sing to God, every one that understood [singing]
was two hundred and eighty-eight.
25.8 And they also cast lots for the daily courses,
for the great and the small [of them], of the perfect ones and the
learners.
25.9 And the first lot of his sons and of his
brethren came forth to Asaph the son of Joseph, [namely], Godolias: the
second Heneia, his sons and his brethren [being] twelve.
25.10 The third Zacchur, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve:
25.11 the fourth Jesri, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve:
25.12 the fifth Nathan, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.13 the sixth Bukias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.14 the seventh Iseriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.15 the eighth Josia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.16 the ninth Matthanias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.17 the tenth Semeia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.18 the eleventh Asriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.19 the twelfth Asabia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.20 the thirteenth Subael, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.21 the fourteenth Matthathias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.22 the fifteenth Jerimoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.23 the sixteenth Anania, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.24 the seventeenth Jesbasaca, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.25 the eighteenth Anania, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.26 the nineteenth Mallithi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.27 the twentieth Heliatha, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.28 the twenty-first Otheri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.29 the twenty-second Godollathi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.30 the twenty-third Meazoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
25.31 the twenty-fourth Rometthiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
26.1 And for the divisions of the gates: the sons of the Corites [were] Mosellemia, of the sons of Asaph.
26.2 And Mosellemia's first-born son [was] Zacharias, the second Jadiel, the third Zabadia, the fourth Jenuel,
26.3 the fifth Jolam, the sixth Jonathan, the seventh Elionai, the eighth Abdedom.
26.4 And to Abdedom [there were born] sons, Samaias
the first-born, Jozabath the second, Joath the third, Sachar the
fourth, Nathanael the fifth,
26.5 Amiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phelathi the eighth: for God blessed him.
26.6 And to Samaias his son were born the sons of his
first-born, chiefs over the house of their father, for they were mighty.
26.7 The sons of Samai; Othni, and Raphael, and Obed,
and Elzabath, and Achiud, mighty men, Heliu, and Sabachia, and Isbacom.
26.8 All [these were] of the sons of Abdedom, they
and their sons and their brethren, doing mightily in service: in all
sixty-two [born] to Abdedom.
26.9 And Mosellemia [had] eighteen sons and brethren, mighty men.
26.10 And to Osa of the sons of Merari [there were born]
sons, keeping the dominion; though he was not the first-born, yet his
father made him chief of the second division.
26.11 Chelcias the second, Tablai the third, Zacharias the
fourth: all these [were] the sons and brethren of Osa, thirteen.
26.12 To these [were assigned] the divisions of the gates,
to the chiefs of the mighty men the daily courses, even their brethren,
to minister in the house of the Lord.
26.13 And they cast lots for the small as well as for the great, for the several gates, according to their families.
26.14 And the lo of the east gates fell to Selemias, and
Zacharias: the sons of Soaz cast lots for Melchias, and the lot came
out northward.
26.15 To Abdedom [they gave by lot] the south, opposite the house of Esephim.
26.16 [They gave the lot] for the second to Osa westward,
after the gate of the chamber by the ascent, watch against watch.
26.17 Eastward [were] six [watchmen] in the day; northward
four by the day; southward four by the day; and two at the Esephim,
26.18 to relieve guard, also for Osa westward after the
chamber-gate, three. [There was] a ward over against the ward of the
ascent eastward, six [men] in a day, and four for the north, and four
for the south, and at the Esephim two to relieve guard, and four by the
west, and two to relieve guard at the pathway.
26.19 These [are] the divisions of the porters for the sons of Core, and to the sons of Merari.
26.20 And the Levites their brethren [were] over the
treasures of the house of the Lord, and over the treasures of the
hallowed things.
26.21 These [were] the sons of Ladan, the sons of the
Gersonite: to Ladan [belonged] the heads of the families: [the son] of
Ladan the Gersonite [was] Jeiel.
26.22 The sons of Jeiel [were] Zethom, and Joel; brethren [who were] over the treasures of the house of the Lord.
26.23 To Ambram and Issaar belonged Chebron, and Oziel.
26.24 And Subael the [son] of Gersam, the [son] of Moses, [was] over the treasures.
26.25 And Rabias [was] son to his brother Eliezer, and [so was] Josias, and Joram, and Zechri, and Salomoth.
26.26 This Salomoth and his brethren [were] over all the
sacred treasures, which David the king and the heads of families
consecrated, [and] the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
and princes of the host,
26.27 things which he took out of cities and from the
spoils, and consecrated some of them, so that the building of the house
of God should not want [supplies];
26.28 and over all the holy things of God dedicated by
Samuel the prophet, and Saul the son of Kis, and Abenner the son of
Ner, and Joab the son of Saruia, whatsoever they sanctified [was] by
the hand of Salomoth and his brethren.
26.29 For the Issaarites, Chonenia, and [his] sons [were
over] the outward ministration over Israel, to record and to judge.
26.30 For the Chebronites, Asabias and his brethren, a
thousand and seven hundred mighty men, [were] over the charge of Israel
beyond Jordan westward, for all the service of the Lord and work of the
king.
26.31 Of the [family] of Chebron Urias [was] chief, even of
the Chebronites according to their generations, according to their
families. In the fortieth year of his reign they were numbered, and
there were found mighty men among them in Jazer of Galaad.
26.32 And his brethren [were] two thousand seven hundred
mighty men, chiefs of their families, and king David set them over the
Rubenites, and the Gaddites, and the half-tribe of Manasse, for every
ordinance of the Lord, and business of the king.
27.1
Now the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of families,
captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and scribes ministering
to the king, and for every affair of the king according to [their]
divisions, [for] every ordinance of coming in and going out monthly,
for all the months of the year, one division of them [was] twenty-four
thousand.
27.2 And over the first division of the first month
[was] Isboaz the son of Zabdiel: in his division [were] twenty-four
thousand.
27.3 Of the sons of Tharez [one] was chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
27.4 And over the division of the second month [was]
Dodia the son of Ecchoc, and over his division [was] Makelloth also
chief: and in his division [were] twenty and four thousand, chief men
of the host.
27.5 The third for the third month [was] Banaias the
son of Jodae the chief priest: and in his division [were] twenty and
four thousand.
27.6 This Banaeas [was] more mighty than the thirty,
and over the thirty: and Zabad his son [was] over his division.
27.7 The fourth for the fourth month [was] Asael the
brother of Joab, and Zabadis his son, and his brethren: and in his
division [were] twenty and four thousand.
27.8 The fifth chief for the fifth month [was]
Samaoth the Jezraite: and in his division [were] twenty and four
thousand.
27.9 The sixth for the sixth month [was] Hoduias the
son of Ekkes the Thecoite: and in his division [were] twenty and four
thousand.
27.10 The seventh for the seventh month [was] Chelles of
Phallus of the children of Ephraim: and in his division [were] twenty
and four thousand.
27.11 The eighth for the eighth month [was] Sobochai the
Usathite, [belonging] to Zarai: and in his division [were] twenty and
four thousand.
27.12 The ninth for the ninth month [was] Abiezer of
Anathoth, of the land of Benjamin: and in his division [were] twenty
and four thousand.
27.13 The tenth for the tenth month [was] Meera the
Netophathite, [belonging] to Zarai: and in his division [were] twenty
and four thousand.
27.14 The eleventh for the eleventh month [was] Banaias of
Pharathon, of the sons of Ephraim: and in his division [were] twenty
and four thousand.
27.15 The twelfth for the twelfth month [was] Choldia the
Netophathite, [belonging] to Gothoniel: and in his division [were]
twenty and four thousand.
27.16 And over the tribes of Israel, the chief for Ruben
[was] Eliezer the son of Zechri: for Symeon, Saphatias the son of
Maacha:
27.17 for Levi, Asabias the son of Camuel: for Aaron, Sadoc:
27.18 for Juda, Eliab of the brethren of David: for Issachar, Ambri the son of Michael:
27.19 for Zabulon, Samaeas the son of Abdiu: for Nephthali, Jerimoth the son of Oziel:
27.20 for Ephraim, Ose the son of Ozia: for the half-tribe of Manasse, Joel the son of Phadaea:
27.21 for the half-tribe of Manasse in the land of Galaad,
Jadai the son of Zadaeas, for the sons of Benjamin, Jasiel the son of
Abenner:
27.22 for Dan, Azariel the son of Iroab: these [are] the chiefs of the tribes of Israel.
27.23 But David took not their number from twenty years old
and under: because the Lord said that he would multiply Israel as the
stars of the heaven.
27.24 And Joab the son of Saruia began to number the
people, and did not finish the work, for there was hereupon wrath on
Israel; and the number was not recorded in the book of the chronicles
of king David.
27.25 And over the king's treasures [was] Asmoth the son of
Odiel; and over the treasures in the country, and in the towns, and in
the villages, and in the towers, [was] Jonathan the son of Ozia.
27.26 And over the husbandmen who tilled the ground [was] Esdri the son of Chelub.
27.27 And over the fields [was] Semei of Rael; and over the
treasures of wine in the fields [was] Zabdi the son of Sephni.
27.28 And over the oliveyards, and over the sycamores in
the plain country [was] Ballanan the Gedorite; and over the stores of
oil [was] Joas.
27.29 And over the oxen pasturing in Saron [was] Satrai the
Saronite; and over the oxen in the valleys [was] Sophat the son of Adli.
27.30 And over the camels [was] Abias the Ismaelite; and over the asses [was] Jadias of Merathon.
27.31 And over the sheep [was] Jaziz the Agarite. All these [were] superintendents of the substance of king David.
27.32 And Jonathan, David's uncle by the father's side,
[was] a counsellor, a wise man: and Jeel the son of Achami [was] with
the king's sons.
27.33 Achitophel [was] the king's counsellor: and Chusi the chief friend of the king.
27.34 And after this Achitophel Jodae the son of Banaeas
[came] next, and Abiathar: and Joab [was] the king's commander-in-chief.
28.1
And David assembled all the chief [men] of Israel, the chief of the
judges, and all the chief [men] of the courses [of attendance] on the
person of the king, and the captains of thousands and hundreds, and the
treasurers, and the lords of his substance, and of all the king's
property, and of his sons, together with the eunuchs, and the mighty
men, and the warriors of the army, at Jerusalem.
28.2 And David stood in the midst of the assembly,
and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: it was in my heart to
build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and a
place for the feet of our Lord, and I prepared [materials] suitable for
the building:
28.3 but God said, Thou shalt not build me a house to
call my name upon it, for thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
28.4 Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of the
whole house of my father to be king over Israel for ever; and he chose
Juda as the kingly [house], and out of the house of Juda [he chose] the
house of my father; and among the sons of my father he preferred me,
that I should be king over all Israel.
28.5 And of all my sons, (for the Lord has given me
many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son, to set him on the throne of
the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
28.6 And God said to me, Solomon thy son shall build
my house and my court: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will
be to him a father.
28.7 And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he
continue to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as [at] this day.
28.8 And now [I charge you] before the whole assembly
of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek all the
commandments of the Lord our God, that ye may inherit the good land,
and leave it for your sons to inherit after you for ever.
28.9 And now, [my] son Solomon, know the God of thy
fathers, and serve him with a perfect heart and willing soul: for the
Lord searches all hearts, and knows every thought: if thou seek him, he
will be found of thee; but if thou shouldest forsake him, he will
forsake thee for ever.
28.10 See now, for the Lord has chosen thee to build him a house for a sanctuary, be strong and do [it].
28.11 And David gave Solomon his son the plan of the
temple, and its buildings, and its treasuries, and its upper chambers,
and the inner store-rooms, and the place of the atonement,
28.12 and the plan which he had in his mind of the courts
of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about,
[designed] for the treasuries of the house of God, and of the
treasuries of the holy things, and of the chambers for resting:
28.13 and [the plan] of the courses of the priests and
Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and
of the stores of vessels for ministration of the service of the house
of the Lord.
28.14 And [he gave him] the account of their weight, both of gold and silver [vessels].
28.15 He gave him the weight of the candlesticks, and of the lamps.
28.16 He gave him likewise the weight of the tables of
shewbread, of each table of gold, and likewise of the [tables of]
silver:
28.17 also of the flesh-hooks, and vessels for
drink-offering, and golden bowls: and the weight of the gold and silver
[articles], and censers, [and] bowls, according to the weight of each.
28.18 And he shewed him the weight [of the utensils] of the
altar of incense, [which was] of pure gold, and the plan of the chariot
of the cherubs that spread out their wings, and overshadowed the ark of
the covenant of the Lord.
28.19 David gave all to Solomon in the Lord's handwriting,
according to the knowledge given him of the work of the pattern.
28.20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong, and
play the man, and do: fear not, neither be terrified; for the Lord my
God [is] with thee; he will not forsake thee, and will not fail thee,
until thou hast finished all the work of the service of the house of
the Lord. And behold the pattern of the temple, even his house, and its
treasury, and the upper chambers, and the inner store-rooms, and the
place of propitiation, and the plan of the house of the Lord.
28.21 And see, [here are] the courses of the priests and
Levites for all the service of the house of the Lord, and [there shall
be] with thee [men] for every workmanship, and every one of ready skill
in every art: also the chief men and all the people, [ready] for all
thy commands.
29.1
And David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom
the Lord has chosen, [is] young and tender, and the work [is] great;
for [it is] not for man, but for the Lord God.
29.2 I have prepared according to all [my] might for
the house of my God gold, silver, brass, iron, woo, onyx stones, and
costly and variegated stones for setting, and every precious stone, and
much Parian [marble].
29.3 And still farther, because I took pleasure in
the house of my God, I have gold and silver which I have procured for
myself, and, behold, I have given them to the house of my God over and
above, beyond what I have prepared for the holy house.
29.4 Three thousand talents of gold of Suphir, and
seven thousand talents of fine silver, for the overlaying of the walls
of the sanctuary:
29.5 [for thee to use] the gold for [things of] gold,
and the silver for things of silver, and for every work by the hand of
the artificers. And who is willing to dedicate himself in work this day
for the Lord?
29.6 Then the heads of families, and the princes of
the children of Israel, and the captains of thousands and captains of
hundreds, and the overseers of the works, and the king's builders,
offered willingly.
29.7 And they gave for the works of the house of the
Lord five thousand talents of gold, and ten thousand gold [pieces], and
ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass,
and a hundred thousand talents of iron.
29.8 And they who had [precious] stone, gave it into
the treasuries of the house of the Lord by the hand of Jeiel the
Gedsonite.
29.9 And the people rejoiced because of the
willingness, for they offered willingly to the Lord with a full heart:
and king David rejoiced greatly.
29.10 And king David blessed the Lord before the
congregation, saying, Blessed art thou, O Lord God of Israel, our
Father, from everlasting and to everlasting.
29.11 Thine, O Lord, [is] the greatness, and the power, and
the glory, and the victory, and the might: for thou art Lord of all
things that are in heaven and upon the earth: before thy face every
king and nation is troubled.
29.12 From thee [come] wealth and glory: thou, O Lord,
rulest over all, the Lord of all dominion, and in thy hand [is]
strength and rule; and [thou art] almighty with thy hand to increase
and establish all things.
29.13 And no, Lord, we give thanks to thee, and praise thy glorious name.
29.14 But who am I, and what [is] my people, that we have
been able to be thus forward [in offering] to thee? for all things
[are] thine, and of thine own have we given thee,
29.15 for we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as
all our fathers [were]: our days upon the earth [are] as a shadow, and
there is no remaining.
29.16 O Lord our God, as for all this abundance which I
have prepared that a house should be built to thy holy name, it is of
thy hand, and all [is] thine.
29.17 And I know, Lord, that thou art he that searches the
hearts, and thou lovest righteousness. I have willingly offered all
these things in simplicity of heart; and now I have seen with joy thy
people here present, willingly offering to thee.
29.18 O Lord God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel, our
fathers, preserve these things in the thought of the heart of thy
people for ever, and direct their hearts to thee.
29.19 And to Solomon my son give a good heart, to perform
thy commandments, and [to observe] thy testimonies, and thine
ordinances, and to accomplish the building of thy house.
29.20 And David said to the whole congregation, Bless ye
the Lord our God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of
their fathers, and they bowed the knee and worshipped the Lord, and
[did obeisance] to the king.
29.21 And David sacrificed to the Lord, and offered up
whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord on the morrow after the first day, a
thousand calves, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, and their
drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
29.22 And they ate and drank joyfully that day before the
Lord: and they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and
anointed him king before the Lord, and Sadoc to the priesthood.
29.23 And Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and was highly honoured; and all Israel obeyed him.
29.24 The princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons of king David his father, were subject to him.
29.25 And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel, and
gave him royal glory, such as was not upon any king before him.
29.26 And David the son of Jessae reigned over Israel forty years;
29.27 seven years in Chebron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
29.28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, in wealth, and glory: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29.29 And the rest of the acts of David, the former and the
latter, are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the
history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,
29.30 concerning all his reign, and his power, and the
times which went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms
of the earth.