followed by nine more: Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,

Jabez enjoyed more honor than his relatives his mother named him Jabez, she said, "because I bore him in pain."

David became more and more prestigious because the LORD of the Heavenly Armies was with him.

He was more well-known than the Three, but he never attained the stature of the Three.

But while he was living in Jerusalem, David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.

"What more can David say to you about how you are honoring your servant, and you surely know your servant.

At great effort I have provided for the Temple of the LORD 100,000 gold talents, 1,000,000 silver talents, as well as bronze and iron beyond calculation, since there is so much of it. I've also provided timber and stone, but you'll need to obtain more.

More leaders were located among Eleazar's descendants than among those of Ithamar, so sixteen leaders were appointed from the leaders of the ancestral households of Eleazar's descendants and eight from those of Ithamar.