(1 Chronicles 1:1) Adam, Seth, Enosh,
(1 Chronicles 1:2) Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared,
(1 Chronicles 1:3) Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
(1 Chronicles 1:4) Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
(1 Chronicles 1:5) The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
(1 Chronicles 1:6) The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah.
(1 Chronicles 1:7) The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
(1 Chronicles 1:8) The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
(1 Chronicles 1:9) The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabtecha. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
(1 Chronicles 1:10) Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
(1 Chronicles 1:11) Mizraim begot Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,
(1 Chronicles 1:12) Pathrusim, Casluhim from whom came the Philistines and the Caphtorim.
(1 Chronicles 1:13) Canaan begot Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth;
(1 Chronicles 1:14) the Jebusite, the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
(1 Chronicles 1:15) the Hivite, the Arkite, and the Sinite,
(1 Chronicles 1:16) the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
(1 Chronicles 1:17) The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
(1 Chronicles 1:18) Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.
(1 Chronicles 1:19) To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan.
(1 Chronicles 1:20) Joktan begot Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
(1 Chronicles 1:21) Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
(1 Chronicles 1:22) Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,
(1 Chronicles 1:23) Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
(1 Chronicles 1:24) Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
(1 Chronicles 1:25) Eber, Peleg, Reu,
(1 Chronicles 1:26) Serug, Nahor, Terah,
(1 Chronicles 1:27) and Abram, who is Abraham.
(1 Chronicles 1:28) The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
(1 Chronicles 1:29) These are their generations. The firstborn of Ishmael: Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
(1 Chronicles 1:30) Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
(1 Chronicles 1:31) Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These, the sons of Ishmael.
(1 Chronicles 1:32) The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: She bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.
(1 Chronicles 1:33) The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these, the sons of Keturah.
(1 Chronicles 1:34) And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.
(1 Chronicles 1:35) The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jaalam, and Korah.
(1 Chronicles 1:36) The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek.
(1 Chronicles 1:37) The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
(1 Chronicles 1:38) The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
(1 Chronicles 1:39) The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. Lotan’s sister was Timna.
(1 Chronicles 1:40) The sons of Shobal: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Ajah and Anah.
(1 Chronicles 1:41) The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.
(1 Chronicles 1:42) The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
(1 Chronicles 1:43) Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city: Dinhabah.
(1 Chronicles 1:44) And when Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place.
(1 Chronicles 1:45) When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place.
(1 Chronicles 1:46) And when Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. The name of his city was Avith.
(1 Chronicles 1:47) When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place.
(1 Chronicles 1:48) And when Samlah died, Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place.
(1 Chronicles 1:49) When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place.
(1 Chronicles 1:50) And when Baal-Hanan died, Hadad reigned in his place; and the name of his city: Pai. His wife’s name: Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
(1 Chronicles 1:51) Hadad died also. And the chiefs of Edom: Chief Timnah, Chief Aliah, Chief Jetheth,
(1 Chronicles 1:52) Chief Aholibamah, Chief Elah, Chief Pinon,
(1 Chronicles 1:53) Chief Kenaz, Chief Teman, Chief Mibzar,
(1 Chronicles 1:54) Chief Magdiel, and Chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.
(1 Chronicles 2:1) These, the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
(1 Chronicles 2:2) Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
(1 Chronicles 2:3) The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, the Canaanitess. Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, so He killed him.
(1 Chronicles 2:4) And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah: five.
(1 Chronicles 2:5) The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
(1 Chronicles 2:6) The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five.
(1 Chronicles 2:7) The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who had transgressed in the devoted thing.
(1 Chronicles 2:8) The son of Ethan: Azariah.
(1 Chronicles 2:9) The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
(1 Chronicles 2:10) Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, chief of the sons of Judah;
(1 Chronicles 2:11) Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz;
(1 Chronicles 2:12) Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse;
(1 Chronicles 2:13) Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,
(1 Chronicles 2:14) Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
(1 Chronicles 2:15) Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh.
(1 Chronicles 2:16) Their sisters: Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel; three.
(1 Chronicles 2:17) Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
(1 Chronicles 2:18) Caleb the son of Hezron had sons by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
(1 Chronicles 2:19) When Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath as his wife, who bore him Hur.
(1 Chronicles 2:20) And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel.
(1 Chronicles 2:21) And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he had taken when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
(1 Chronicles 2:22) Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
(1 Chronicles 2:23) (Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its daughter-villages; sixty cities.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
(1 Chronicles 2:24) After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abiah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
(1 Chronicles 2:25) The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
(1 Chronicles 2:26) Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
(1 Chronicles 2:27) The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
(1 Chronicles 2:28) The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
(1 Chronicles 2:29) The name of the wife of Abishur: Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
(1 Chronicles 2:30) The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children.
(1 Chronicles 2:31) The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan; and Sheshan’s son: Ahlai.
(1 Chronicles 2:32) The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children.
(1 Chronicles 2:33) The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These, the sons of Jerahmeel.
(1 Chronicles 2:34) Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.
(1 Chronicles 2:35) Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai.
(1 Chronicles 2:36) Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad;
(1 Chronicles 2:37) Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed;
(1 Chronicles 2:38) Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah;
(1 Chronicles 2:39) Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah;
(1 Chronicles 2:40) Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum;
(1 Chronicles 2:41) Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
(1 Chronicles 2:42) The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and his son: Mareshah, the father of Hebron.
(1 Chronicles 2:43) The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
(1 Chronicles 2:44) Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai.
(1 Chronicles 2:45) And the son of Shammai: Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
(1 Chronicles 2:46) Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez.
(1 Chronicles 2:47) The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
(1 Chronicles 2:48) Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
(1 Chronicles 2:49) She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
(1 Chronicles 2:50) These, the sons of Caleb the son of Hur; the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim,
(1 Chronicles 2:51) Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
(1 Chronicles 2:52) And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
(1 Chronicles 2:53) The families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
(1 Chronicles 2:54) The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.
(1 Chronicles 2:55) The families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These, the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
(1 Chronicles 3:1) Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;
(1 Chronicles 3:2) the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
(1 Chronicles 3:3) the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah.
(1 Chronicles 3:4) These six were born to him in Hebron. There he reigned seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years.
(1 Chronicles 3:5) And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon; four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel.
(1 Chronicles 3:6) Also: Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,
(1 Chronicles 3:7) Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
(1 Chronicles 3:8) Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet; nine.
(1 Chronicles 3:9) These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
(1 Chronicles 3:10) Solomon’s son: Rehoboam; Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
(1 Chronicles 3:11) Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
(1 Chronicles 3:12) Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
(1 Chronicles 3:13) Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
(1 Chronicles 3:14) Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
(1 Chronicles 3:15) The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
(1 Chronicles 3:16) The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
(1 Chronicles 3:17) And the sons of Jeconiah: Assir, and Shealtiel his son,
(1 Chronicles 3:18) and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
(1 Chronicles 3:19) The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister;
(1 Chronicles 3:20) and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed; five.
(1 Chronicles 3:21) The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shechaniah.
(1 Chronicles 3:22) The son of Shechaniah: Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat; six.
(1 Chronicles 3:23) The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hezekiah, and Azrikam; three.
(1 Chronicles 3:24) The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani; seven.
(1 Chronicles 4:1) The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
(1 Chronicles 4:2) And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These, the families of the Zorathites.
(1 Chronicles 4:3) These, the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister: Hazelelponi;
(1 Chronicles 4:4) and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.
(1 Chronicles 4:5) And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
(1 Chronicles 4:6) Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari; these, the sons of Naarah.
(1 Chronicles 4:7) The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan;
(1 Chronicles 4:8) and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
(1 Chronicles 4:9) Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I have borne him with sorrow.
(1 Chronicles 4:10) And Jabez called upon the God of Israel saying, Oh, that You might bless me, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would deal to bless me, keeping me from evil, to not be hurt. And God brought to pass what he had asked.
(1 Chronicles 4:11) Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, the father of Eshton.
(1 Chronicles 4:12) And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-Nahash. These, the men of Rechah.
(1 Chronicles 4:13) The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath,
(1 Chronicles 4:14) and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim; who were craftsmen.
(1 Chronicles 4:15) The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
(1 Chronicles 4:16) The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
(1 Chronicles 4:17) The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
(1 Chronicles 4:18) His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
(1 Chronicles 4:19) The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
(1 Chronicles 4:20) The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
(1 Chronicles 4:21) The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea;
(1 Chronicles 4:22) also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now these records are ancient.
(1 Chronicles 4:23) These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they dwelt there with the king for his work.
(1 Chronicles 4:24) The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul,
(1 Chronicles 4:25) Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.
(1 Chronicles 4:26) The sons of Mishma: Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son.
(1 Chronicles 4:27) Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did any of their families multiply like the sons of Judah.
(1 Chronicles 4:28) They dwelt at Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual,
(1 Chronicles 4:29) Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
(1 Chronicles 4:30) Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
(1 Chronicles 4:31) Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These, their cities until the reign of David.
(1 Chronicles 4:32) And their villages: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan; five cities;
(1 Chronicles 4:33) and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baal; these, their dwelling places. Their genealogy:
(1 Chronicles 4:34) Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah;
(1 Chronicles 4:35) Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;
(1 Chronicles 4:36) Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah;
(1 Chronicles 4:37) Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
(1 Chronicles 4:38) these mentioned by name were chiefs in their families, and their father’s house increased abundantly.
(1 Chronicles 4:39) And they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
(1 Chronicles 4:40) And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for those from Ham lived there formerly.
(1 Chronicles 4:41) These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they struck their tents and the Meunim who were found there, and utterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there.
(1 Chronicles 4:42) Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi as their heads.
(1 Chronicles 4:43) And they struck the remnant of the escaped Amalekites, and dwelt there to this day.
(1 Chronicles 5:1) Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, for the genealogy to not be reckoned according to the birthright;
(1 Chronicles 5:2) yet Judah has prevailed over his brothers, and from him is the chief ruler, although the birthright was Joseph’s);
(1 Chronicles 5:3) the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
(1 Chronicles 5:4) The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
(1 Chronicles 5:5) Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
(1 Chronicles 5:6) and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria carried into captivity. He was chief of the Reubenites.
(1 Chronicles 5:7) And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
(1 Chronicles 5:8) and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.
(1 Chronicles 5:9) Eastward they settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead.
(1 Chronicles 5:10) Now in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents before the east of Gilead.
(1 Chronicles 5:11) And the children of Gad dwelt next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah:
(1 Chronicles 5:12) Joel was the chief, Shapham the next, then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan,
(1 Chronicles 5:13) and their brethren of their father’s house: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Eber; seven.
(1 Chronicles 5:14) These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz:
(1 Chronicles 5:15) Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of their father’s house.
(1 Chronicles 5:16) And they dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and in its daughter-villages, and in all the common lands of Sharon within their borders.
(1 Chronicles 5:17) All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
(1 Chronicles 5:18) The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, shooting with the bow, and trained in war, going out to war.
(1 Chronicles 5:19) They made war with the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
(1 Chronicles 5:20) And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were delivered into their hand, for they cried out unto God in the battle; and He was entreated for them, because they had trusted in Him.
(1 Chronicles 5:21) And they took away their livestock; fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand donkeys; and one hundred thousand souls of men;
(1 Chronicles 5:22) for many fell down slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity.
(1 Chronicles 5:23) Thus the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. They multiplied from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir and Mount Hermon.
(1 Chronicles 5:24) These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel; mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their fathers’ houses.
(1 Chronicles 5:25) And they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and went whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
(1 Chronicles 5:26) So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria; and he carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the River Gozan to this day.
(1 Chronicles 6:1) The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
(1 Chronicles 6:2) The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
(1 Chronicles 6:3) The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
(1 Chronicles 6:4) Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua,
(1 Chronicles 6:5) Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi,
(1 Chronicles 6:6) Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth,
(1 Chronicles 6:7) Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,
(1 Chronicles 6:8) Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz,
(1 Chronicles 6:9) Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan,
(1 Chronicles 6:10) Johanan begot Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),
(1 Chronicles 6:11) Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,
(1 Chronicles 6:12) Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,
(1 Chronicles 6:13) Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah,
(1 Chronicles 6:14) Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.
(1 Chronicles 6:15) Jehozadak went into captivity when Jehovah carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
(1 Chronicles 6:16) The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
(1 Chronicles 6:17) These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei.
(1 Chronicles 6:18) The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
(1 Chronicles 6:19) The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
(1 Chronicles 6:20) Of Gershon: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
(1 Chronicles 6:21) Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and Jeatherai his son.
(1 Chronicles 6:22) The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
(1 Chronicles 6:23) Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,
(1 Chronicles 6:24) Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.
(1 Chronicles 6:25) The sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.
(1 Chronicles 6:26) Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, Nahath his son,
(1 Chronicles 6:27) Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son.
(1 Chronicles 6:28) The sons of Samuel: Vashni the firstborn, and Abijah.
(1 Chronicles 6:29) The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
(1 Chronicles 6:30) Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, and Asaiah his son.
(1 Chronicles 6:31) Now these are the ones whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of Jehovah, after the ark was in its resting place.
(1 Chronicles 6:32) They were serving with song before the dwelling place of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem, and they attended to their service according to the ordinance.
(1 Chronicles 6:33) And these are the ones who attended with their sons; of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,
(1 Chronicles 6:34) the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
(1 Chronicles 6:35) the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
(1 Chronicles 6:36) the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
(1 Chronicles 6:37) the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
(1 Chronicles 6:38) the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
(1 Chronicles 6:39) And his brother Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
(1 Chronicles 6:40) the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
(1 Chronicles 6:41) the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
(1 Chronicles 6:42) the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
(1 Chronicles 6:43) the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
(1 Chronicles 6:44) Their brethren, the sons of Merari, on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
(1 Chronicles 6:45) the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,
(1 Chronicles 6:46) the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
(1 Chronicles 6:47) the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
(1 Chronicles 6:48) And their brethren, the Levites, were appointed to all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
(1 Chronicles 6:49) But Aaron and his sons were offering sacrifices with smoke upon the altar of burnt offering and upon the altar of incense, all the service of the Holy of Holies, to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
(1 Chronicles 6:50) These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
(1 Chronicles 6:51) Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
(1 Chronicles 6:52) Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
(1 Chronicles 6:53) Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
(1 Chronicles 6:54) These were their dwelling places throughout their encampments in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites:
(1 Chronicles 6:55) They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common lands.
(1 Chronicles 6:56) But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
(1 Chronicles 6:57) And to the sons of Aaron they gave cities of refuge: Hebron, also Libnah with its common lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common lands,
(1 Chronicles 6:58) Hilen with its common lands, Debir with its common lands,
(1 Chronicles 6:59) Ashan with its common lands, and Beth Shemesh with its common lands.
(1 Chronicles 6:60) And from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its common lands, Alemeth with its common lands, and Anathoth with its common lands. All their cities among their families; thirteen.
(1 Chronicles 6:61) To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave by lot ten cities from the half-tribe of Manasseh.
(1 Chronicles 6:62) And to the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.
(1 Chronicles 6:63) To the sons of Merari, throughout their families, they gave twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun.
(1 Chronicles 6:64) The sons of Israel gave these cities with their common lands to the Levites.
(1 Chronicles 6:65) And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names.
(1 Chronicles 6:66) And some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.
(1 Chronicles 6:67) And they gave them cities of refuge: Shechem with its common lands in the mountains of Ephraim, Gezer with its common lands,
(1 Chronicles 6:68) Jokmeam with its common lands, Beth Horon with its common lands,
(1 Chronicles 6:69) Aijalon with its common lands, and Gath Rimmon with its common lands.
(1 Chronicles 6:70) And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its common lands and Bileam with its common lands, for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath.
(1 Chronicles 6:71) To the sons of Gershon from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its common lands and Ashtaroth with its common lands.
(1 Chronicles 6:72) And from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its common lands, Daberath with its common lands,
(1 Chronicles 6:73) Ramoth with its common lands, and Anem with its common lands.
(1 Chronicles 6:74) And from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its common lands, Abdon with its common lands,
(1 Chronicles 6:75) Hukok with its common lands, and Rehob with its common lands.
(1 Chronicles 6:76) And from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its common lands, Hammon with its common lands, and Kirjathaim with its common lands.
(1 Chronicles 6:77) To the rest of the sons of Merari from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmon with its common lands and Tabor with its common lands.
(1 Chronicles 6:78) And on the other side of the Jordan, across from Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its common lands, Jahzah with its common lands,
(1 Chronicles 6:79) Kedemoth with its common lands, and Mephaath with its common lands.
(1 Chronicles 6:80) And from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its common lands, Mahanaim with its common lands,
(1 Chronicles 6:81) Heshbon with its common lands, and Jazer with its common lands.
(1 Chronicles 7:1) The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron; four.
(1 Chronicles 7:2) The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
(1 Chronicles 7:3) The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah; all these five were chiefs.
(1 Chronicles 7:4) And with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons.
(1 Chronicles 7:5) Their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, reckoned by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand.
(1 Chronicles 7:6) The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael; three.
(1 Chronicles 7:7) The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri; five. They were heads of their fathers’ houses, and they were reckoned by their genealogies, twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty men of valor.
(1 Chronicles 7:8) The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these, the sons of Becher.
(1 Chronicles 7:9) They were reckoned by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor.
(1 Chronicles 7:10) The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
(1 Chronicles 7:11) All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers’ houses; there were seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle.
(1 Chronicles 7:12) The sons of Ir: Shuppim and Huppim. The son of Aher: Hushim.
(1 Chronicles 7:13) The sons of Naphtali, the son of Bilhah: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum.
(1 Chronicles 7:14) The sons of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine had borne him Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.
(1 Chronicles 7:15) Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.
(1 Chronicles 7:16) Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
(1 Chronicles 7:17) The son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
(1 Chronicles 7:18) His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
(1 Chronicles 7:19) The sons of Shemida: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
(1 Chronicles 7:20) The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eladah his son, Tahath his son,
(1 Chronicles 7:21) Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land killed them because they came down to take away their cattle.
(1 Chronicles 7:22) And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
(1 Chronicles 7:23) And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, because of the evil upon his house.
(1 Chronicles 7:24) His daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah;
(1 Chronicles 7:25) Rephah his son, Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
(1 Chronicles 7:26) Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
(1 Chronicles 7:27) Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
(1 Chronicles 7:28) Their possessions and dwelling places: Bethel and its daughter-villages, to the east Naaran, to the west Gezer and its daughter-villages, and Shechem and its daughter-villages, as far as Azzah and its daughter-villages;
(1 Chronicles 7:29) and by the borders of the children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its daughter-villages, Taanach and its daughter-villages, Megiddo and its daughter-villages, Dor and its daughter-villages. In these dwelt the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel.
(1 Chronicles 7:30) The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
(1 Chronicles 7:31) The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel the father of Birzaith.
(1 Chronicles 7:32) Heber begot Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua.
(1 Chronicles 7:33) The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These, the sons of Japhlet.
(1 Chronicles 7:34) The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
(1 Chronicles 7:35) The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
(1 Chronicles 7:36) The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
(1 Chronicles 7:37) Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
(1 Chronicles 7:38) The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
(1 Chronicles 7:39) The sons of Ulla: Arah, Haniel, and Rizia.
(1 Chronicles 7:40) All these were the sons of Asher, heads of their fathers’ houses, choice, mighty men of valor, chief leaders. And they were reckoned by genealogies among the army, fit for battle; twenty-six thousand men.
(1 Chronicles 8:1) Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,
(1 Chronicles 8:2) Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
(1 Chronicles 8:3) The sons of Bela: Addar, Gera, Abihud,
(1 Chronicles 8:4) Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,
(1 Chronicles 8:5) Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
(1 Chronicles 8:6) These are the sons of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and took them in exile to Manahath:
(1 Chronicles 8:7) Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera who had taken them into exile. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.
(1 Chronicles 8:8) And Shaharaim begot children in the land of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.
(1 Chronicles 8:9) By Hodesh his wife he begot Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,
(1 Chronicles 8:10) Jeuz, Sachiah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers.
(1 Chronicles 8:11) And by Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal.
(1 Chronicles 8:12) The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemer, who built Ono and Lod with their daughter-villages;
(1 Chronicles 8:13) and Beriah and Shema, heads of fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.
(1 Chronicles 8:14) Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,
(1 Chronicles 8:15) Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,
(1 Chronicles 8:16) Michael, Ispah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
(1 Chronicles 8:17) Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,
(1 Chronicles 8:18) Ishmerai, Jizliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
(1 Chronicles 8:19) Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,
(1 Chronicles 8:20) Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
(1 Chronicles 8:21) Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath; the sons of Shimei.
(1 Chronicles 8:22) Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,
(1 Chronicles 8:23) Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,
(1 Chronicles 8:24) Hananiah, Elam, Antothijah,
(1 Chronicles 8:25) Iphdeiah, and Penuel; the sons of Shashak.
(1 Chronicles 8:26) Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
(1 Chronicles 8:27) Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri; the sons of Jeroham.
(1 Chronicles 8:28) These were heads of fathers by their generations; chiefs. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
(1 Chronicles 8:29) The father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon.
(1 Chronicles 8:30) His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
(1 Chronicles 8:31) Gedor, Ahio, Zecher.
(1 Chronicles 8:32) Mikloth begot Shimeah. These also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, across from them.
(1 Chronicles 8:33) Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
(1 Chronicles 8:34) The son of Jonathan: Merib-Baal; and Merib-Baal begot Micah.
(1 Chronicles 8:35) The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
(1 Chronicles 8:36) And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah; Jehoaddah begot Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza.
(1 Chronicles 8:37) Moza begot Binea, Raphah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.
(1 Chronicles 8:38) Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these, the sons of Azel.
(1 Chronicles 8:39) And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
(1 Chronicles 8:40) The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor; archers. They had many sons, and sons of sons; one hundred and fifty. These were all sons of Benjamin.
(1 Chronicles 9:1) Thus all Israel was reckoned by genealogies, and behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.
(1 Chronicles 9:2) Now the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and the temple slaves.
(1 Chronicles 9:3) Some of the sons of Judah, the sons of Benjamin, and the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh dwelt in Jerusalem:
(1 Chronicles 9:4) Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Perez, the son of Judah.
(1 Chronicles 9:5) Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
(1 Chronicles 9:6) Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brethren; six hundred and ninety.
(1 Chronicles 9:7) Of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Senuah;
(1 Chronicles 9:8) Ibneiah the son of Jeroham; Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
(1 Chronicles 9:9) and their brethren, according to their generations; nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers in their fathers’ houses.
(1 Chronicles 9:10) The priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;
(1 Chronicles 9:11) Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler over the house of God;
(1 Chronicles 9:12) Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
(1 Chronicles 9:13) and their brethren, heads of their fathers’ houses; one thousand seven hundred and sixty. They were very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
(1 Chronicles 9:14) The Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
(1 Chronicles 9:15) Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
(1 Chronicles 9:16) Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
(1 Chronicles 9:17) The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren; with Shallum as chief.
(1 Chronicles 9:18) Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the sons of Levi at the King’s Gate to the east.
(1 Chronicles 9:19) Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, gatekeepers of the tent. Their fathers had been keepers at the entrance to the camp of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 9:20) Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the ruler over them previously; and Jehovah was with him.
(1 Chronicles 9:21) Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the door of the tent of meeting.
(1 Chronicles 9:22) All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. They were reckoned by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them in their faithfulness.
(1 Chronicles 9:23) So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, by watches.
(1 Chronicles 9:24) The gatekeepers were at the four sides: the east, west, north, and south.
(1 Chronicles 9:25) And their brethren in their villages had to come to them from time to time for seven days.
(1 Chronicles 9:26) In this trust were four chief gatekeepers; Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
(1 Chronicles 9:27) They lodged all around the house of God because theirs was the charge for opening up morning by morning.
(1 Chronicles 9:28) Some of them were over the vessels of service, for they brought them in by count and took them out by count.
(1 Chronicles 9:29) Some of them were appointed over the furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.
(1 Chronicles 9:30) Some of the sons of the priests mixed the ointment of the spices.
(1 Chronicles 9:31) Mattithiah of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the trust over the things that were made in the pans.
(1 Chronicles 9:32) Some of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites were to prepare the Bread in Rows Sabbath by Sabbath.
(1 Chronicles 9:33) These were the singers, heads of fathers of the Levites, who stayed in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for this was their occupation day and night.
(1 Chronicles 9:34) These heads of fathers of the Levites were heads throughout their generations; and dwelt in Jerusalem.
(1 Chronicles 9:35) Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon.
(1 Chronicles 9:36) His firstborn son: Abdon; then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
(1 Chronicles 9:37) Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
(1 Chronicles 9:38) And Mikloth begot Shimeam. And they dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, across from their brethren.
(1 Chronicles 9:39) Ner begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
(1 Chronicles 9:40) The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begot Micah.
(1 Chronicles 9:41) The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea;
(1 Chronicles 9:42) and Ahaz begot Jarah; Jarah begot Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza;
(1 Chronicles 9:43) Moza begot Binea, Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.
(1 Chronicles 9:44) And Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these, the sons of Azel.
(1 Chronicles 10:1) Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
(1 Chronicles 10:2) And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons.
(1 Chronicles 10:3) And the battle was heavy against Saul; and the archers found him, and he was wounded by the archers.
(1 Chronicles 10:4) And Saul said to his armorbearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell on it.
(1 Chronicles 10:5) And when his armorbearer saw that Saul had died, he also fell on his sword and died.
(1 Chronicles 10:6) Thus Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.
(1 Chronicles 10:7) And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
(1 Chronicles 10:8) So it happened the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
(1 Chronicles 10:9) And they stripped him and took his head and his weapons, and sent throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news to their idols and among the people.
(1 Chronicles 10:10) And they put his weapons in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.
(1 Chronicles 10:11) And when all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
(1 Chronicles 10:12) all the valiant men arose and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons; and they brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
(1 Chronicles 10:13) Thus Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had transgressed against Jehovah, because he had not kept the Word of Jehovah, and because he asked counsel to seek after a medium.
(1 Chronicles 10:14) He had not inquired after Jehovah; therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.
(1 Chronicles 11:1) And all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, Behold we are your bone and your flesh.
(1 Chronicles 11:2) Also, in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and Jehovah your God said to you, You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over My people Israel.
(1 Chronicles 11:3) Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before Jehovah. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the Word of Jehovah by the hand of Samuel.
(1 Chronicles 11:4) And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
(1 Chronicles 11:5) And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come in here. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the City of David.
(1 Chronicles 11:6) And David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief commander. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and became chief.
(1 Chronicles 11:7) And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the City of David.
(1 Chronicles 11:8) And he built the city all around, from the Millo and all around. And Joab restored the rest of the city.
(1 Chronicles 11:9) And David went on, proceeding to greatness, for Jehovah of Hosts was with him.
(1 Chronicles 11:10) These were the heads of the mighty men with David, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the Word of Jehovah concerning Israel.
(1 Chronicles 11:11) This is the number of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam the son of a Hachmonite, chief of the thirty; he had lifted up his spear against three hundred, killed at one time.
(1 Chronicles 11:12) After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was among the three mighty men.
(1 Chronicles 11:13) He was with David at Pasdammim. Now the Philistines had gathered there for battle, and there was a parcel of land full of barley; and the people had fled before the Philistines.
(1 Chronicles 11:14) But they took their stand in the middle of that field, recovered it, and killed the Philistines. And Jehovah saved by a great deliverance.
(1 Chronicles 11:15) And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
(1 Chronicles 11:16) David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
(1 Chronicles 11:17) And David said longingly, Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate.
(1 Chronicles 11:18) So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. But David would not drink it, but poured it out to Jehovah,
(1 Chronicles 11:19) and said, Far be it from me, O my God, to do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men with their souls? For at the risk of their lives they have brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things were done by the three mighty men.
(1 Chronicles 11:20) Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of another three. He had lifted up his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and had a name among the three.
(1 Chronicles 11:21) Of the three he was more honored than the other two; therefore he became their commander. However he did not attain to the first three.
(1 Chronicles 11:22) Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel, who had done many deeds. He had killed two lion-like ones of Moab. He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.
(1 Chronicles 11:23) And he killed an Egyptian, a man five cubits in stature. In the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, wrested the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
(1 Chronicles 11:24) These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and won a name among the three mighty men.
(1 Chronicles 11:25) Behold, he was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David appointed him over his guard.
(1 Chronicles 11:26) And the mighty ones of the army were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
(1 Chronicles 11:27) Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
(1 Chronicles 11:28) Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
(1 Chronicles 11:29) Sibbechai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
(1 Chronicles 11:30) Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
(1 Chronicles 11:31) Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
(1 Chronicles 11:32) Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
(1 Chronicles 11:33) Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
(1 Chronicles 11:34) the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
(1 Chronicles 11:35) Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
(1 Chronicles 11:36) Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
(1 Chronicles 11:37) Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
(1 Chronicles 11:38) Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,
(1 Chronicles 11:39) Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite (the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah),
(1 Chronicles 11:40) Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
(1 Chronicles 11:41) Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
(1 Chronicles 11:42) Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite (a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him),
(1 Chronicles 11:43) Hanan the son of Maachah, Joshaphat the Mithnite,
(1 Chronicles 11:44) Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
(1 Chronicles 11:45) Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
(1 Chronicles 11:46) Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite,
(1 Chronicles 11:47) Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
(1 Chronicles 12:1) Now these were the ones who came to David at Ziklag while he was still restrained from before Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, helping in the war,
(1 Chronicles 12:2) armed with bows, using both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows with the bow; Saul’s brethren from Benjamin.
(1 Chronicles 12:3) The chief: Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Berachah, and Jehu the Anathothite;
(1 Chronicles 12:4) Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;
(1 Chronicles 12:5) Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
(1 Chronicles 12:6) Elkanah, Jisshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;
(1 Chronicles 12:7) and Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
(1 Chronicles 12:8) Some Gadites had separated over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men of war fit for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
(1 Chronicles 12:9) Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
(1 Chronicles 12:10) Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
(1 Chronicles 12:11) Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
(1 Chronicles 12:12) Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
(1 Chronicles 12:13) Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbanai the eleventh.
(1 Chronicles 12:14) These were from the sons of Gad, chiefs of the army; the least was over a hundred, and the greatest was over a thousand.
(1 Chronicles 12:15) These are the ones who crossed over the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks; and they put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.
(1 Chronicles 12:16) And some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to David at the stronghold.
(1 Chronicles 12:17) And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see it and judge.
(1 Chronicles 12:18) And when the Spirit had clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, he said: We are yours, O David; we are on your side, O son of Jesse. Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers. For your God helps you. So David received them, and assigned them to the chiefs among the troops.
(1 Chronicles 12:19) Some from Manasseh had fallen out to David when he was going with the Philistines to battle against Saul; but they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away after taking counsel, saying, He may fall out to his master Saul with our heads.
(1 Chronicles 12:20) When he went to Ziklag, those of Manasseh who had fallen out to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai; heads of thousands from Manasseh.
(1 Chronicles 12:21) And they helped David against the bands of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor, and they were commanders in the army;
(1 Chronicles 12:22) for at that time they came to David day by day to help him, until it was a great camp, like the host of God.
(1 Chronicles 12:23) These were the numbers of the divisions that were equipped for war, who had come to David at Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the mouth of Jehovah:
(1 Chronicles 12:24) of the sons of Judah bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred armed for war;
(1 Chronicles 12:25) of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor fit for war, seven thousand one hundred;
(1 Chronicles 12:26) of the sons of Levi four thousand six hundred;
(1 Chronicles 12:27) Jehoiada, the leader of the Aaronites, and with him three thousand seven hundred;
(1 Chronicles 12:28) Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and from his father’s house twenty-two commanders;
(1 Chronicles 12:29) of the sons of Benjamin, kindred of Saul, three thousand (for until then the greater number of them were keeping the charge of guarding the house of Saul);
(1 Chronicles 12:30) of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men throughout the house of their fathers;
(1 Chronicles 12:31) of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who had been designated by name to come and make David king;
(1 Chronicles 12:32) of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;
(1 Chronicles 12:33) of Zebulun there were fifty thousand who could go out to war and set the battle in array with all implements of war, to help with undivided heart;
(1 Chronicles 12:34) of Naphtali one thousand commanders, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear;
(1 Chronicles 12:35) of the Danites who could draw up in battle formation, twenty-eight thousand six hundred;
(1 Chronicles 12:36) of Asher, those who could go out to war and draw up in battle formation, forty thousand;
(1 Chronicles 12:37) of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, from the other side of the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand armed for battle with every kind of implement of war.
(1 Chronicles 12:38) All these men of war, who could keep ranks, came to Hebron with a perfect heart, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
(1 Chronicles 12:39) And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had prepared for them.
(1 Chronicles 12:40) Moreover those who were near to them, from as far away as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys and camels, on mules and oxen; provisions of flour and cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, wine and oil and oxen and sheep abundantly, for there was joy in Israel.
(1 Chronicles 13:1) And David consulted with the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
(1 Chronicles 13:2) And David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seems good to you, and it is of Jehovah our God, let us send out and broadcast to our brethren everywhere who are left in all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities and their common lands, that they may gather together to us;
(1 Chronicles 13:3) and let us bring around the ark of our God to us, for we have not inquired at it since the days of Saul.
(1 Chronicles 13:4) And all the assembly responded to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
(1 Chronicles 13:5) So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim.
(1 Chronicles 13:6) And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kirjath Jearim of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of Jehovah God, who dwells between the cherubim, where His name has been proclaimed.
(1 Chronicles 13:7) And they made the ark of God ride on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio were leading the cart.
(1 Chronicles 13:8) And David and all Israel were making sport before God with all their might, with singing, with harps, with lutes, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with trumpets.
(1 Chronicles 13:9) And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen had fallen.
(1 Chronicles 13:10) And the anger of Jehovah burned against Uzza, and He struck him because he had put his hand on the ark; and he died there before God.
(1 Chronicles 13:11) And David was furious because Jehovah had violently burst forth upon Uzza; therefore that place is called Perez Uzza to this day.
(1 Chronicles 13:12) And David feared God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God to me?
(1 Chronicles 13:13) So David did not take away the ark with him into the City of David, but turned it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
(1 Chronicles 13:14) And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-Edom in his house three months. And Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that he had.
(1 Chronicles 14:1) Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timber, with masons and craftsmen, to build him a house.
(1 Chronicles 14:2) Thus David perceived that Jehovah had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom had been exalted on high for the sake of His people Israel.
(1 Chronicles 14:3) And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters.
(1 Chronicles 14:4) And these are the names of his sons whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
(1 Chronicles 14:5) Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,
(1 Chronicles 14:6) Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
(1 Chronicles 14:7) Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
(1 Chronicles 14:8) Now when the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it and went out to face them.
(1 Chronicles 14:9) And the Philistines went and made a raid on the Valley of Rephaim.
(1 Chronicles 14:10) And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Have You delivered them into my hand? And Jehovah said to him, Go up, for I have delivered them into your hand.
(1 Chronicles 14:11) So they went up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there. And David said, God has broken through to my enemies by my hand like a breakthrough of water. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
(1 Chronicles 14:12) And when they left their gods there, David commanded, and they were burned with fire.
(1 Chronicles 14:13) The Philistines again made a raid on the valley.
(1 Chronicles 14:14) And David again inquired of God, and God said to him, You shall not go up after them; circle around them, and come upon them in front of the balsam trees.
(1 Chronicles 14:15) And it shall be, when you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.
(1 Chronicles 14:16) So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer.
(1 Chronicles 14:17) And David’s fame went out into all the lands, for Jehovah had put the dread of him upon all the nations.
(1 Chronicles 15:1) David built houses for himself in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.
(1 Chronicles 15:2) Then David said, No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for Jehovah has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to serve before Him continually.
(1 Chronicles 15:3) And David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah to its place, which he had prepared for it.
(1 Chronicles 15:4) And David assembled the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
(1 Chronicles 15:5) of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and one hundred and twenty of his brethren;
(1 Chronicles 15:6) of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brethren;
(1 Chronicles 15:7) of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and one hundred and thirty of his brethren;
(1 Chronicles 15:8) of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and two hundred of his brethren;
(1 Chronicles 15:9) of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and eighty of his brethren;
(1 Chronicles 15:10) of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and one hundred and twelve of his brethren.
(1 Chronicles 15:11) And David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab;
(1 Chronicles 15:12) and he said to them, You are the heads of the fathers of the Levites; consecrate yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.
(1 Chronicles 15:13) For because you did not do it the first time, Jehovah our God has burst out against us, because we had not inquired of Him concerning the ordinance.
(1 Chronicles 15:14) So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.
(1 Chronicles 15:15) And the sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders, by its poles, as Moses had commanded according to the Word of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 15:16) And David commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren as singers with instruments of song, lutes, harps, and resounding cymbals, to raise the voice with joy.
(1 Chronicles 15:17) So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of their brethren the sons of Merari, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
(1 Chronicles 15:18) and with them their brethren of the second rank. The gatekeepers: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel.
(1 Chronicles 15:19) The singers: Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound the cymbals of bronze.
(1 Chronicles 15:20) Lutes on Alamoth: Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah.
(1 Chronicles 15:21) Directing with harps on the Sheminith: Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah.
(1 Chronicles 15:22) The songs: Chenaniah, chief of the Levites; he taught the songs because he had understanding.
(1 Chronicles 15:23) Doorkeepers for the ark: Berechiah and Elkanah.
(1 Chronicles 15:24) Sounding the trumpets before the ark of God: Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests. Doorkeepers for the ark: Obed-Edom and Jehiah.
(1 Chronicles 15:25) Thus David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the house of Obed-Edom with joy.
(1 Chronicles 15:26) And so it was, as God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
(1 Chronicles 15:27) David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the leader in uplifting singing. David also wore a linen ephod.
(1 Chronicles 15:28) Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting and with the sound of the shofar, with trumpets and with cymbals, sounding aloud with lutes and harps.
(1 Chronicles 15:29) And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the City of David, that Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David whirling and playing; and she despised him in her heart.
(1 Chronicles 16:1) So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it. And they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
(1 Chronicles 16:2) And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 16:3) And he distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins.
(1 Chronicles 16:4) And he appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, to commemorate, to thank, and to praise Jehovah the God of Israel:
(1 Chronicles 16:5) Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, Jeiel with lutes and harps, Asaph with resounding cymbals,
(1 Chronicles 16:6) and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests continually with the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.
(1 Chronicles 16:7) On that day David first gave this psalm by the hand of Asaph and his brethren, to give thanks unto Jehovah:
(1 Chronicles 16:8) Oh, give thanks unto Jehovah. Call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples.
(1 Chronicles 16:9) Sing unto Him, make music unto Him; talk of all His wondrous works.
(1 Chronicles 16:10) Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those seeking Jehovah rejoice.
(1 Chronicles 16:11) Seek Jehovah and His strength; seek His face continually.
(1 Chronicles 16:12) Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
(1 Chronicles 16:13) O seed of Israel His servant, You children of Jacob, His elect.
(1 Chronicles 16:14) He is Jehovah our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
(1 Chronicles 16:15) Remember His covenant forever, the word which He has commanded, for a thousand generations,
(1 Chronicles 16:16) the covenant which He has made with Abraham, and His oath unto Isaac,
(1 Chronicles 16:17) and established it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for a perpetual covenant,
(1 Chronicles 16:18) saying, To you I give the land of Canaan as the allotment of your inheritance,
(1 Chronicles 16:19) when you were few in number, even very few, and were sojourning in it.
(1 Chronicles 16:20) When they went from nation to another, and from one kingdom to another people,
(1 Chronicles 16:21) He permitted no man to do them wrong; yea, He reproved kings for their sakes,
(1 Chronicles 16:22) saying, Do not touch My anointed ones, and do My prophets no evil.
(1 Chronicles 16:23) Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; proclaim His salvation from day to day.
(1 Chronicles 16:24) Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples.
(1 Chronicles 16:25) For Jehovah is great and greatly to be praised; He is also to be feared above all gods.
(1 Chronicles 16:26) For all the gods of the peoples are nothing, but Jehovah has made the heavens.
(1 Chronicles 16:27) Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and gladness are in His place.
(1 Chronicles 16:28) Ascribe unto Jehovah, O families of the peoples, ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength.
(1 Chronicles 16:29) Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due His name; bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, bow down before Jehovah in the beauty of holiness.
(1 Chronicles 16:30) Writhe before Him, all the earth. The world also is firmly established, it shall not be moved.
(1 Chronicles 16:31) Let the Heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; and let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigns.
(1 Chronicles 16:32) Let the sea roar, and all its fullness; let the fields rejoice, and all that is in them.
(1 Chronicles 16:33) Then the trees of the forest shall cry out for joy before Jehovah, for He has come to judge the earth.
(1 Chronicles 16:34) Oh, give thanks unto Jehovah, for He is good; for His mercy is eternal.
(1 Chronicles 16:35) And say, Save us, O God of our salvation; gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to Your holy name, to boast in Your praise.
(1 Chronicles 16:36) Blessed be Jehovah the God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen; and praised Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 16:37) Thus he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to minister before the ark continually, according to the matter day by day;
(1 Chronicles 16:38) and Obed-Edom with his sixty-eight brethren: Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun and Hosah, the gatekeepers;
(1 Chronicles 16:39) and Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah at the high place that was at Gibeon,
(1 Chronicles 16:40) to offer burnt offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the Law of Jehovah which He had commanded Israel;
(1 Chronicles 16:41) and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks unto Jehovah, because His mercy is eternal;
(1 Chronicles 16:42) and with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets and cymbals and the instruments of song of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers.
(1 Chronicles 16:43) So all the people departed, every man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
(1 Chronicles 17:1) Now it came to pass, when David had been dwelling in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Behold now, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah is under curtains.
(1 Chronicles 17:2) And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.
(1 Chronicles 17:3) But it happened that night that the Word of God came to Nathan, saying,
(1 Chronicles 17:4) Go and tell My servant David, Thus says Jehovah: You shall not build Me a house to dwell in.
(1 Chronicles 17:5) For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, even to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
(1 Chronicles 17:6) Wherever I have walked about with all Israel, have I spoken a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I had commanded to shepherd My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?
(1 Chronicles 17:7) Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says Jehovah of Hosts: I have taken you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.
(1 Chronicles 17:8) And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great ones of the earth.
(1 Chronicles 17:9) Moreover I have established a place for My people Israel, and have planted them, that they may dwell in their place and move no more, for the sons of wickedness to wear them out anymore, as previously,
(1 Chronicles 17:10) since the day that I have commanded judges to be over My people Israel. I have also subdued all your enemies. Furthermore I declare to you that Jehovah shall build you a house.
(1 Chronicles 17:11) And it shall be, when your days have been fulfilled to go to your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you from your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
(1 Chronicles 17:12) He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
(1 Chronicles 17:13) I will be his Father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.
(1 Chronicles 17:14) And I will establish him in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.
(1 Chronicles 17:15) According to all these words and according to all this vision, thus Nathan spoke to David.
(1 Chronicles 17:16) Then King David went in and sat before Jehovah, and he said: Who am I, O Jehovah God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
(1 Chronicles 17:17) And yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; and You have also spoken of Your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the manner of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.
(1 Chronicles 17:18) What more can David add to You for the honor of Your servant? For You have known Your servant.
(1 Chronicles 17:19) O Jehovah, for Your servant’s sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness, to make known all this greatness.
(1 Chronicles 17:20) O Jehovah, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
(1 Chronicles 17:21) And what single nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God has gone to redeem for Himself as a people; to make for Yourself a great name to be feared, to drive out nations before Your people whom You redeemed out of Egypt?
(1 Chronicles 17:22) For You designated Your people Israel as Your people forever; and You, Jehovah, have become their God.
(1 Chronicles 17:23) And now, O Jehovah, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as You have spoken.
(1 Chronicles 17:24) Let it even be established, that Your name may be magnified forever, saying, Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, God to Israel. And let the house of Your servant David be established before You.
(1 Chronicles 17:25) For You, O my God, have disclosed to Your servant’s ear that You will build him a house. Therefore Your servant has found heart to pray before You.
(1 Chronicles 17:26) And now, Jehovah, You are God, and have promised this goodness to Your servant.
(1 Chronicles 17:27) Now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may be before You forever; for You have blessed it, O Jehovah, and it is blessed forever.
(1 Chronicles 18:1) After this it came to pass that David struck the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its daughter-villages from the hand of the Philistines.
(1 Chronicles 18:2) Then he struck Moab, and the Moabites became David’s servants, bringing tribute.
(1 Chronicles 18:3) And David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his hand by the River Euphrates.
(1 Chronicles 18:4) David took from him one thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. And David also hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.
(1 Chronicles 18:5) When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.
(1 Chronicles 18:6) Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and brought tribute. Thus Jehovah prospered David wherever he went.
(1 Chronicles 18:7) And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
(1 Chronicles 18:8) Also from Tibhath and from Chun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought very much bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, the pillars, and the articles of bronze.
(1 Chronicles 18:9) And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,
(1 Chronicles 18:10) he sent Hadoram his son to King David, to ask after his welfare and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him (for Hadadezer had been a man of war against Tou); along with all kinds of articles of gold, silver, and bronze.
(1 Chronicles 18:11) King David also consecrated these unto Jehovah, along with the silver and gold that he had brought from all these nations: Edom, Moab, the children of Ammon, the Philistines, and Amalek.
(1 Chronicles 18:12) Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah killed eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
(1 Chronicles 18:13) He also put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s servants. And Jehovah prospered David wherever he went.
(1 Chronicles 18:14) Thus David reigned over all Israel, executing judgment and justice to all his people.
(1 Chronicles 18:15) Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
(1 Chronicles 18:16) Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Shavsha was the scribe;
(1 Chronicles 18:17) Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were chiefs at the king’s side.
(1 Chronicles 19:1) It happened after this that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.
(1 Chronicles 19:2) And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David’s servants came to Hanun in the land of the children of Ammon to comfort him.
(1 Chronicles 19:3) And the leaders of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, In your eyes is David honoring your father in that he has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to you to search, to overthrow and to spy out the land?
(1 Chronicles 19:4) Therefore Hanun took David’s servants, shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, at their buttocks, and sent them away.
(1 Chronicles 19:5) Then some went and reported to David about the men; and he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.
(1 Chronicles 19:6) And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Syrian Naharaim, from Syrian Maachah, and from Zobah.
(1 Chronicles 19:7) So they hired for themselves thirty-two thousand chariots, with the king of Maachah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. Also the sons of Ammon gathered together from their cities, and came to battle.
(1 Chronicles 19:8) And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.
(1 Chronicles 19:9) And the sons of Ammon came out and put themselves in battle array before the entrance to the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.
(1 Chronicles 19:10) And when Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel’s choice ones and put them in battle array to meet the Syrians.
(1 Chronicles 19:11) And the rest of the people he put into the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in battle array against the sons of Ammon.
(1 Chronicles 19:12) And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will help you.
(1 Chronicles 19:13) Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God; and may Jehovah do what is good in His eyes.
(1 Chronicles 19:14) So Joab and the people who were with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.
(1 Chronicles 19:15) And when the sons of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they also fled before Abishai his brother, and entered the city. So Joab came to Jerusalem.
(1 Chronicles 19:16) So when the Syrians saw that they had been struck down before Israel, they sent messengers and brought the Syrians who were beyond the River, and Shophach the commander of Hadadezer’s army went before them.
(1 Chronicles 19:17) And when it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan and came upon them, and set up in battle array against them. So when David had set up in battle array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
(1 Chronicles 19:18) And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven thousand charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers of the Syrians, and killed Shophach the commander of the army.
(1 Chronicles 19:19) And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they had been struck down before Israel, they made peace with David and served him. So the Syrians were not willing to help the sons of Ammon anymore.
(1 Chronicles 20:1) It happened at the time of the return of the year, at the time kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the armed forces and ravaged the land of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it.
(1 Chronicles 20:2) And David took their king’s crown from his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. And it was set on David’s head. Also he brought out the spoils of the city; a very great amount.
(1 Chronicles 20:3) And he brought out the people who were in it, and cut them with saws, with iron picks, and with axes. Thus David did to all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
(1 Chronicles 20:4) And it happened afterward that war rose up at Gezer with the Philistines, at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Sippai, who was born to the giant. And they were subdued.
(1 Chronicles 20:5) Again there was war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
(1 Chronicles 20:6) Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, with twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also had been born to the giant.
(1 Chronicles 20:7) So when he reproached Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.
(1 Chronicles 20:8) These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.
(1 Chronicles 21:1) Now Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.
(1 Chronicles 21:2) And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba to Dan, and bring the number of them to me that I may know it.
(1 Chronicles 21:3) And Joab answered, May Jehovah make His people a hundred times more than they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why then does my lord desire this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?
(1 Chronicles 21:4) Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Therefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem.
(1 Chronicles 21:5) And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. All Israel had one million one hundred thousand men who drew the sword, and Judah had four hundred and seventy thousand men who drew the sword.
(1 Chronicles 21:6) But he did not count Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king’s word was abhorrent to Joab.
(1 Chronicles 21:7) And this thing caused the eye of God to quiver; therefore He struck Israel.
(1 Chronicles 21:8) So David said to God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing; but now, I pray, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.
(1 Chronicles 21:9) And Jehovah spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
(1 Chronicles 21:10) Go and speak to David, saying, Thus says Jehovah: I offer you three things; choose one of them for yourself, that I may do it to you.
(1 Chronicles 21:11) So Gad came to David and said to him, Thus says Jehovah: Choose for yourself,
(1 Chronicles 21:12) either three years of famine, or three months of being defeated before your foes with the sword of your enemies overtaking you, or else for three days the sword of Jehovah; the plague in the land, with the Angel of Jehovah destroying throughout all the territory of Israel. Now consider what word I shall return to the One sending me.
(1 Chronicles 21:13) And David said to Gad, I am in great distress. Please let me fall into the hand of Jehovah, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hand of man.
(1 Chronicles 21:14) So Jehovah sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell.
(1 Chronicles 21:15) And God sent the Angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. As he was destroying, Jehovah looked and was moved to compassion regarding the evil, and said to the Angel who was destroying, It is enough; now restrain Your hand. And the Angel of Jehovah stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
(1 Chronicles 21:16) And David lifted his eyes and saw the Angel of Jehovah standing between earth and the heavens, having in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. And David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.
(1 Chronicles 21:17) And David said to God, Was it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? I am the one who has sinned and done evil indeed; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, O Jehovah my God, be against me and my father’s house, but not against Your people to be plagued.
(1 Chronicles 21:18) And the Angel of Jehovah commanded Gad to say to David that David should go and set up an altar unto Jehovah on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
(1 Chronicles 21:19) So David went up at the word of Gad, which he had spoken in the name of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 21:20) And Ornan turned and saw the Angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. Now Ornan had been threshing wheat.
(1 Chronicles 21:21) And David came to Ornan, and Ornan looked and saw David. And he went out from the threshing floor, and bowed to David with his face to the ground.
(1 Chronicles 21:22) And David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar on it unto Jehovah. You shall give it to me for the full price, that the plague may be restrained from the people.
(1 Chronicles 21:23) And Ornan said to David, Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. See, I have also given you the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing implements for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; I have given it all.
(1 Chronicles 21:24) And King David said to Ornan, No, but I will buy to acquire it for the full price, for I will not take away what is yours for Jehovah, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
(1 Chronicles 21:25) So David gave to Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the place.
(1 Chronicles 21:26) And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and He answered him from the heavens by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
(1 Chronicles 21:27) And Jehovah commanded the Angel, and He returned His sword to its sheath.
(1 Chronicles 21:28) At that time, when David saw that Jehovah had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
(1 Chronicles 21:29) For the tabernacle of Jehovah and the altar of the burnt offering, which Moses had made in the wilderness, were at that time at the high place in Gibeon.
(1 Chronicles 21:30) But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he had been terrified of the sword of the Angel of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 22:1) Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.
(1 Chronicles 22:2) And David commanded to gather the sojourners in the land of Israel; and he appointed masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God.
(1 Chronicles 22:3) And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails of the doors of the gates and for the joints, and bronze in abundance beyond weight,
(1 Chronicles 22:4) and cedar timber without number; for the Sidonians and those from Tyre brought cedar timber to David in abundance.
(1 Chronicles 22:5) And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house to be built for Jehovah must be exceedingly magnificent, for fame and glory throughout all lands. I will now make preparation for it. So David made abundant preparations before his death.
(1 Chronicles 22:6) And he summoned his son Solomon, and charged him to build a house for Jehovah the God of Israel.
(1 Chronicles 22:7) And David said to Solomon: My son, as for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God;
(1 Chronicles 22:8) but the Word of Jehovah came unto me, saying, You have shed much blood and have made great wars; you shall not build a house for My name, because you have shed much blood on the earth before Me.
(1 Chronicles 22:9) Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be Solomon, for I will give peace and tranquillity to Israel in his days.
(1 Chronicles 22:10) He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.
(1 Chronicles 22:11) Now, my son, may Jehovah be with you; and may you prosper, and build the house of Jehovah your God, as He has spoken concerning you.
(1 Chronicles 22:12) Only may Jehovah give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel, to keep the Law of Jehovah your God.
(1 Chronicles 22:13) Then you will prosper, if you take care to fulfill the statutes and judgments which Jehovah has commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage; do not fear nor be dismayed.
(1 Chronicles 22:14) Now behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Jehovah one hundred thousand talents of gold and one million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for it is in abundance. I have prepared timber and stone also, and you may add to them.
(1 Chronicles 22:15) Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance: hewers and craftsmen in stone and timber, and wise men for every kind of work.
(1 Chronicles 22:16) There is no counting the gold and silver and bronze and iron. Arise and get to work; for Jehovah is with you.
(1 Chronicles 22:17) David also commanded all the rulers of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,
(1 Chronicles 22:18) Is not Jehovah your God with you? And has He not given you rest all around? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before Jehovah and before His people.
(1 Chronicles 22:19) Now give your hearts and your souls to seek Jehovah your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 23:1) So when David was old and satisfied with days, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
(1 Chronicles 23:2) And he gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
(1 Chronicles 23:3) Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and above; and the head count of the men was thirty-eight thousand.
(1 Chronicles 23:4) Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of Jehovah, six thousand officers and judges,
(1 Chronicles 23:5) four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand for praising Jehovah with instruments, which I have made, said David, to give praise.
(1 Chronicles 23:6) David also divided them into divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
(1 Chronicles 23:7) The Gershonites: Laadan and Shimei.
(1 Chronicles 23:8) The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel; three.
(1 Chronicles 23:9) The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran; three. These were the heads of the fathers of Laadan.
(1 Chronicles 23:10) And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah; these, the four sons of Shimei.
(1 Chronicles 23:11) Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were reckoned as one father’s house.
(1 Chronicles 23:12) The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; four.
(1 Chronicles 23:13) The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart, he and his sons perpetually, that he should consecrate the set apart, holy things, to burn incense before Jehovah, to serve Him, and to bless in His name perpetually.
(1 Chronicles 23:14) The sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi.
(1 Chronicles 23:15) The sons of Moses: Gershon and Eliezer.
(1 Chronicles 23:16) The sons of Gershon: Shebuel was head.
(1 Chronicles 23:17) The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah was head. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
(1 Chronicles 23:18) The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was head.
(1 Chronicles 23:19) The sons of Hebron: Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
(1 Chronicles 23:20) The sons of Uzziel: Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.
(1 Chronicles 23:21) The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
(1 Chronicles 23:22) And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but only daughters; and their brethren, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
(1 Chronicles 23:23) The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth; three.
(1 Chronicles 23:24) These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses; heads of fathers as they were reckoned by the number of names by head count, who did the work for the service of the house of Jehovah, from the age of twenty years and above.
(1 Chronicles 23:25) For David had said, Jehovah the God of Israel has given rest to His people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem always;
(1 Chronicles 23:26) and also to the Levites, They shall no longer need to carry the tabernacle, nor any of the vessels for its service.
(1 Chronicles 23:27) For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above;
(1 Chronicles 23:28) because their function was to give a hand to the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of Jehovah, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,
(1 Chronicles 23:29) both with the Bread in Rows and the fine flour for the grain offering, with the unleavened cakes and what is in the pans, with what is mixed and with all kinds of measures and sizes;
(1 Chronicles 23:30) to stand every morning to thank and praise Jehovah, and likewise at evening;
(1 Chronicles 23:31) and to offer the burnt offerings unto Jehovah on the Sabbaths and on the new moons and on the set feasts, by number according to their ordinance, continually before Jehovah;
(1 Chronicles 23:32) and that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren in the service of the house of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 24:1) These are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
(1 Chronicles 24:2) And Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no sons; and Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
(1 Chronicles 24:3) And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to the office of their service.
(1 Chronicles 24:4) There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus they were divided. Among the sons of Eleazar were sixteen chief men of their fathers’ houses, and eight heads of their fathers’ houses among the sons of Ithamar.
(1 Chronicles 24:5) Thus they were divided by lot, these and these; for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of the house of God, from the sons of Eleazar and from the sons of Ithamar.
(1 Chronicles 24:6) And the scribe, Shemaiah the son of Nethanel, one of the Levites, wrote them down before the king, the rulers, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and Levites, one father’s house taken for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.
(1 Chronicles 24:7) The first lot came out to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
(1 Chronicles 24:8) the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
(1 Chronicles 24:9) the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
(1 Chronicles 24:10) the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
(1 Chronicles 24:11) the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
(1 Chronicles 24:12) the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
(1 Chronicles 24:13) the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
(1 Chronicles 24:14) the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
(1 Chronicles 24:15) the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Pizzez,
(1 Chronicles 24:16) the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
(1 Chronicles 24:17) the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,
(1 Chronicles 24:18) the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
(1 Chronicles 24:19) This was the assignment of their service to come into the house of Jehovah according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded him.
(1 Chronicles 24:20) And for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.
(1 Chronicles 24:21) For Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.
(1 Chronicles 24:22) Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.
(1 Chronicles 24:23) Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
(1 Chronicles 24:24) Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah; of the sons of Michah, Shamir.
(1 Chronicles 24:25) The brother of Michah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.
(1 Chronicles 24:26) The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno.
(1 Chronicles 24:27) The sons of Merari by Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
(1 Chronicles 24:28) Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.
(1 Chronicles 24:29) Of Kish, the son of Kish: Jerahmeel.
(1 Chronicles 24:30) The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses.
(1 Chronicles 24:31) These also cast lots, as their brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King David: Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites, and the chief fathers, as well as their younger brethren.
(1 Chronicles 25:1) Moreover David and the commanders of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, for prophesying with harps, lutes, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service,
(1 Chronicles 25:2) of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied under the hand of the king.
(1 Chronicles 25:3) Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah; six; under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 25:4) Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
(1 Chronicles 25:5) All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the Words of God, to exalt his horn; for God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
(1 Chronicles 25:6) All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the hand of the king: Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
(1 Chronicles 25:7) So the number of them, with their brethren who were trained in the songs of Jehovah, all with understanding: two hundred and eighty-eight.
(1 Chronicles 25:8) And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and scholar.
(1 Chronicles 25:9) The first lot for Asaph came out for Joseph. The second for Gedaliah, him with his brethren and sons; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:10) The third for Zaccur, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:11) The fourth for Jizri, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:12) The fifth for Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:13) The sixth for Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:14) The seventh for Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:15) The eighth for Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:16) The ninth for Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:17) The tenth for Shimei, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:18) The eleventh for Azarel, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:19) The twelfth for Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:20) The thirteenth for Shubael, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:21) The fourteenth for Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:22) The fifteenth for Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:23) The sixteenth for Hananiah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:24) The seventeenth for Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:25) The eighteenth for Hanani, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:26) The nineteenth for Mallothi, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:27) The twentieth for Eliathah, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:28) The twenty-first for Hothir, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:29) The twenty-second for Giddalti, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:30) The twenty-third for Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 25:31) The twenty-fourth for Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren; twelve.
(1 Chronicles 26:1) The divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
(1 Chronicles 26:2) The sons of Meshelemiah: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
(1 Chronicles 26:3) Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
(1 Chronicles 26:4) The sons of Obed-Edom: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
(1 Chronicles 26:5) Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth; for God blessed him.
(1 Chronicles 26:6) Also sons were born to Shemaiah his son, who ruled their fathers’ houses, for they were mighty men of valor.
(1 Chronicles 26:7) The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; whose brothers Elihu and Semachiah were men of valor.
(1 Chronicles 26:8) All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons and their brethren, mighty men of valor for the service: sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
(1 Chronicles 26:9) And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, eighteen men of valor.
(1 Chronicles 26:10) Also Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the first (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him the first),
(1 Chronicles 26:11) Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah, thirteen.
(1 Chronicles 26:12) Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, among the chief men, having duties just like their brethren, to serve in the house of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 26:13) And they cast lots for each gate, the small and the great, according to their father’s house.
(1 Chronicles 26:14) The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. And they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the north.
(1 Chronicles 26:15) To Obed-Edom the south, and to his sons the storehouse.
(1 Chronicles 26:16) To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the west, for the Shallecheth Gate ascending to the highway; guard next to guard.
(1 Chronicles 26:17) On the east were six Levites, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, and for the storehouse two and two.
(1 Chronicles 26:18) As for the Parbar on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the Parbar.
(1 Chronicles 26:19) These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the sons of Korah and among the sons of Merari.
(1 Chronicles 26:20) Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the dedicated things.
(1 Chronicles 26:21) The sons of Laadan, the sons of the Gershonites of Laadan, heads of their fathers, of Laadan the Gershonite: Jehieli.
(1 Chronicles 26:22) The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel his brother were over the treasuries of the house of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 26:23) Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
(1 Chronicles 26:24) Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasuries.
(1 Chronicles 26:25) His brethren by Eliezer: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
(1 Chronicles 26:26) This Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the dedicated things which King David and the heads of fathers, the commanders over thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had consecrated.
(1 Chronicles 26:27) Some of the spoils won in battles they consecrated to maintain the house of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 26:28) And all that Samuel the seer, Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had consecrated, every dedicated thing, was under the hand of Shelomith and his brethren.
(1 Chronicles 26:29) Of the Izharites: Chenaniah and his sons were over the external business over Israel of the officials and judges.
(1 Chronicles 26:30) Of the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred able men, had the oversight of Israel on the west side of the Jordan for all the business of Jehovah, and in the service of the king.
(1 Chronicles 26:31) Of the Hebronites: Jerijah was head of the Hebronites according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.
(1 Chronicles 26:32) And his brethren were two thousand seven hundred men of valor, heads of fathers, whom King David made overseers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God and the matters of the king.
(1 Chronicles 27:1) And the sons of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers, the commanders of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter in their divisions. These divisions came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year; each division having twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:2) Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel, and in his division were twenty-four thousand;
(1 Chronicles 27:3) he was of the sons of Perez, and chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month.
(1 Chronicles 27:4) Over the division of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his division Mikloth also was the ruler; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:5) The third commander of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the chief priest; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:6) This was the Benaiah who was mighty among the thirty, and was over the thirty; in his division was Ammizabad his son.
(1 Chronicles 27:7) The fourth for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:8) The fifth commander for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:9) The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:10) The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:11) The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbechai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:12) The ninth for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite, of the Benjamites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:13) The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:14) The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:15) The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel; in his division were twenty-four thousand.
(1 Chronicles 27:16) Furthermore, over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites, Eliezer the son of Zichri; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah;
(1 Chronicles 27:17) of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; of the Aaronites, Zadok;
(1 Chronicles 27:18) of Judah, Elihu, one of David’s brothers; of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;
(1 Chronicles 27:19) of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel;
(1 Chronicles 27:20) of the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah;
(1 Chronicles 27:21) of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner;
(1 Chronicles 27:22) of Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the rulers over the tribes of Israel.
(1 Chronicles 27:23) But David did not take the number of those twenty years old and under, because Jehovah had said He would multiply Israel like the stars of the heavens.
(1 Chronicles 27:24) Joab the son of Zeruiah began to count, but he did not finish, for wrath came upon Israel because of this; nor was the number recorded in the account of the chronicles of King David.
(1 Chronicles 27:25) Azmaveth the son of Adiel was over the king’s treasuries; and Jehonathan the son of Uzziah was over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, in the villages, and in the towers.
(1 Chronicles 27:26) Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for working the land.
(1 Chronicles 27:27) And Shimei the Ramathite was over the vineyards, and Zabdi the Shiphmite was over the produce of the vineyards for the supply of wine.
(1 Chronicles 27:28) Baal-Hanan the Gederite was over the olive trees and the sycamore trees in the lowlands, and Joash was over the supply of oil.
(1 Chronicles 27:29) And Shitrai the Sharonite was over the herds that fed in Sharon, and Shaphat the son of Adlai was over the herds in the valleys.
(1 Chronicles 27:30) Obil the Ishmaelite was over the camels, Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over the donkeys,
(1 Chronicles 27:31) and Jaziz the Hagrite was over the flocks. All these were the officials over King David’s property.
(1 Chronicles 27:32) Also Jehonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king’s sons.
(1 Chronicles 27:33) Ahithophel was the king’s counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.
(1 Chronicles 27:34) After Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, then Abiathar. And the commander of the king’s army was Joab.
(1 Chronicles 28:1) Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel: the chiefs of the tribes and the leaders of the divisions who served the king, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, and the officials over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the overseers, the mighty men, and all the men of valor.
(1 Chronicles 28:2) And King David rose to his feet and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.
(1 Chronicles 28:3) But God has said to me, You shall not build a house for My name, because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.
(1 Chronicles 28:4) However Jehovah the God of Israel chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen Judah as the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, He has been pleased to make me king over all Israel.
(1 Chronicles 28:5) And of all my sons (for Jehovah has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah, over Israel.
(1 Chronicles 28:6) And He said to me, Your son Solomon shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
(1 Chronicles 28:7) Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he prevails to do My commandments and My judgments, as it is this day.
(1 Chronicles 28:8) Now therefore, in the eyes of all Israel the assembly of Jehovah, and in the ears of our God, take heed to seek out all the commandments of Jehovah your God, that you may possess this good land, and leave it as an inheritance for your children after you always.
(1 Chronicles 28:9) As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts and understands all the intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever.
(1 Chronicles 28:10) Consider now, for Jehovah has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.
(1 Chronicles 28:11) Then David gave his son Solomon the pattern for the porch, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat;
(1 Chronicles 28:12) and the pattern for all that he had by the Spirit, of the courts of the house of Jehovah, of all the chambers all around, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries for the consecrated things;
(1 Chronicles 28:13) also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 28:14) Gold by weight for the things of gold, for all the vessels used in every kind of service; also silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all the vessels used in every kind of service;
(1 Chronicles 28:15) the weight for the lampstands of gold, and their lamps of gold, by weight for each lampstand and its lamps; for the lampstands of silver by weight, for the lampstand and its lamps, according to the service of each lampstand.
(1 Chronicles 28:16) And by weight, the gold for the tables of the Bread in Rows, for each table, and silver for the tables of silver;
(1 Chronicles 28:17) also pure gold for the forks, the bowls, the pitchers of pure gold, and the golden basins; gold by weight for every basin; and for the silver basins, silver by weight for every basin;
(1 Chronicles 28:18) and refined gold by weight for the altar of incense, and for the construction of the chariot, that is, the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 28:19) All this, said David, Jehovah has given me insight in writing, by His hand upon me, all these patterns of the workmanship.
(1 Chronicles 28:20) And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of good courage, and do it; do not fear nor be dismayed, for Jehovah God, my God, will be with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah.
(1 Chronicles 28:21) Behold, the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and every willing man of wisdom will be with you for all manner of workmanship, for every kind of service; also the rulers and all the people are here for whatever you say.
(1 Chronicles 29:1) Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and tender; and the work is great, because the temple is not for man but for Jehovah God.
(1 Chronicles 29:2) Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might: gold for things to be made of gold, silver for things of silver, bronze for things of bronze, iron for things of iron, wood for things of wood, onyx stones, stones to be set, antimony and of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster stones in abundance.
(1 Chronicles 29:3) Moreover, because of my determination regarding the house of my God, I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the house of the sanctuary, from my own possessions of gold and silver:
(1 Chronicles 29:4) three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses;
(1 Chronicles 29:5) the gold for things of gold and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be done by the hands of craftsmen. Who then is willing to consecrate his hand this day unto Jehovah?
(1 Chronicles 29:6) Then the heads of the fathers, chiefs of the tribes of Israel, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with the officers over the king’s business, offered free-will offerings.
(1 Chronicles 29:7) They gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
(1 Chronicles 29:8) And those with whom precious stones were found, gave them to the treasury of the house of Jehovah, into the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
(1 Chronicles 29:9) And the people rejoiced, for they had offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they had offered willingly unto Jehovah; and King David also rejoiced with great joy.
(1 Chronicles 29:10) And David blessed Jehovah before the eyes of all the assembly, and David said: Blessed are You, Jehovah the God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever.
(1 Chronicles 29:11) Yours, O Jehovah, is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and on earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and You are exalted as head over all.
(1 Chronicles 29:12) Both riches and honor come from before You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; it is in Your hand to make great and to give strength to all.
(1 Chronicles 29:13) Now therefore, our God, we are giving thanks to You and praising Your glorious name.
(1 Chronicles 29:14) But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things are from You, and out of Your own hand we have given to You.
(1 Chronicles 29:15) For we are strangers and sojourners before You, as were all our fathers; our days on earth are as a shadow, and there is no hope.
(1 Chronicles 29:16) O Jehovah our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy name is out of Your hand, and is all Your own.
(1 Chronicles 29:17) I know also, my God, that You examine the heart and take pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things; and now with joy I have seen Your people who are found here, to offer willingly to You.
(1 Chronicles 29:18) O Jehovah the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the intent of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and fix their heart toward You.
(1 Chronicles 29:19) And give my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments and Your testimonies and Your statutes, to do all these things, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.
(1 Chronicles 29:20) And David said to all the assembly, Now bless Jehovah your God. So all the assembly blessed Jehovah the God of their fathers, and bowed down and prostrated themselves before Jehovah and the king.
(1 Chronicles 29:21) And they slaughtered sacrifices unto Jehovah and offered burnt offerings unto Jehovah on the next day: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.
(1 Chronicles 29:22) And they ate and drank before Jehovah with great gladness that day. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him before Jehovah as the prince, and Zadok as priest.
(1 Chronicles 29:23) And Solomon sat on the throne of Jehovah as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
(1 Chronicles 29:24) All the rulers and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, set themselves under the hand of King Solomon.
(1 Chronicles 29:25) Thus Jehovah highly magnified Solomon in the eyes of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
(1 Chronicles 29:26) Thus David the son of Jesse had reigned over all Israel.
(1 Chronicles 29:27) And the days that he reigned over Israel were forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem.
(1 Chronicles 29:28) And he died in a good old age, satisfied with days, riches and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his place.
(1 Chronicles 29:29) Now the acts of King David, first and last, behold they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer;
(1 Chronicles 29:30) of all his reign and his might, and the events that happened to him, to Israel, and to all the kingdoms of the lands.
Pray Conquer All !!! 