During his lifetime, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim, who became his vassal for three years, after which he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled.

And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

Just as the Lord had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins which Manasseh had committed.

And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

And the king of Egypt added no more to come forth from his land, for the king of Babel took from the torrent of Egypt, even to the river Phrath, all which was to the king of Eygpt

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain.

And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:

And the walls round Jerusalem were broken down by the Chaldaean army which was with the captain.

And the rest of the people being left in the city, and those falling away which fell to the king of Babel, and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan chief of the cooks carried into exile.

The bronze pillars which [were in] the temple of Yahweh, the water carts, and the bronze sea that was in the temple of Yahweh, the Chaldeans broke into pieces and carried their bronze to Babylon.

And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they minister they have taken,

And the firepans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.

The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight.

And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:

And over the people that remained in the land of Judah, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon left, he set Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan.

And he will speak with him good things, and he will give his throne above the throne of the kings which were with him in Babel.

And Cush begat Nimrod: which Nimrod began to wax mighty upon the earth.

Pathrus, Casluh, from which the Philistines came, and Caphtor.

And these the kings which reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned for the sons of Israel: Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city Dinhabah.

And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith.

The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

The sons of Carmi: Achar, that troubled Israel, which transgressed in the unlawful things.

And the sons of Hezron, which were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

And Abigail bare Amasa the father of which Amasa was Jether an Ishmaelite.

And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

And Segub begat Jair which had twenty three cities in the land of Gilead.

And Jerahmeel had yet another wife named Atarah which was the mother of Onam.

And the wife of Abishur was called Abihail, which bare him Ahban and Molid.

Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath. And Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad which are the kindreds of the Zorathites.

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

And Eshton begat Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah the father of the city of Nahash - which are the men of Rechah.

And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

And Jokim and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, which were inhabited in Moab, but returned to Lehem and to Debarim-Aikim.

And all their villages which were round about these cities even to Baal These their habitations and their enrolling for them.

And they struck the rest which escaped to Amalek, and lived there until this day.

For unto Judah which was mighty among his brethren, was given the principality before him. But the birthright was given Joseph.

and Beerah was his son. Which Beerah, Tilgathpilneser, king of Assyria, carried away: for he was a great lord among the Reubenites.

And in the days of Saul they warred with the Hagrites which were overthrown by their hands. And they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.

But when they had transgressed against the God of their fathers and had gone awhoring after the gods of the people of the land, which God destroyed before them,

And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:)

Azariah begat Seraiah, Seraiah begat Jehozadak - which Jehozadak,

These be they which David set for to sing in the house of the LORD, after that the Ark had rest.

These are they that waited with their children of the sons of Kohath: Heman a singer, which was the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

And his brother Asaph stood on his righthand, which was the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

Now these are their living-places, the limits inside which they were to put up their tents: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, because they had the first selection,

And to the sons of Aaron they gave Hebron, the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, and Libnah with its outskirts, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its outskirts,

And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

And they gave them the town to which men might go in flight and be safe, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its outskirts, and Gezer with its outskirts,

The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Shemuel which were heads in the ancient households of Tola and men of might among their kindreds: the number of them in the days of David were two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel which Aramea his concubine bare: she bare also Machir the father of Gilead.

And he went into his wife which conceived and bare him a son, and he called the name of it Beriah because it went evil with his household.

And his daughter was Sheerah which built Bethhoron the nether and also the upper, and Uzzansheerah.

The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel which was the father of Birzaith.

And these are the sons of Ehud, ancient heads among the inhabiters of Geba which carried them to Manahath:

Naaman, Ahijah and Gera - which Gera carried them away and begat Uzza and Ahihud.

The sons of Elpaal were: Eber, Misham, and Shemed - which built Ono, Lod, and the towns belonging thereto -

And the first inhabitants which were in their possession in their cities, Israel the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinims.

And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his family, the Korahites, were responsible for everything which had to be done in connection with the order of worship, keepers of the doors of the Tent; their fathers had had the care of the tents of the Lord, being keepers of the doorway.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them before the LORD, which was with him.

All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the responsibility over the things which were baked in pans.

And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.

And all the men of Israel which are in the valley will see that they fled, and that Saul and his sons died, and they will forsake their cities and will flee: and the rovers will come and dwell in them.

So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;

And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.

And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.

And these the heads, strong ones, which were to David, strengthening themselves with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to cause him to reign according to the word of Jehovah upon Israel.

And this is the number of the mighty men which David had: Jashobeam the son of Hachmoni the chief of thirty - he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time.

And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo an Ahohite which was one of the three mightiest.

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

And the three broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, which is in the gate, and took it, and brought it to David; David however would not drink of it, but poured it out to Jehovah.

And he slew an Egyptian which was a man of size, even five cubits long, and in his hand had a spear like a weaver's beam. And the other went to him with a waster and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his spear.

In his going to Ziklag there fell to him from Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael and Jozabad, Elihu, and Zilthai, the heads to the thousands which were to Manasseh.

And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.

And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.

David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.

And the ark of God will dwell with the house of Obed-Edom in his house three months. And Jehovah will bless the house of Obed-Edom, and all which is to him.

Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

And they left their gods there, which David bade to be burnt with fire.

And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

So they brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

Remember his wondrous works which he hath done; His miracles, and the judgments of his mouth:

Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

And which he confirmed to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

Let the sea be thundering with all its waters; let the field be glad, and everything which is in it;

And [he left] Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of Yahweh at the high place which [was] at Gibeon