Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of LORD, and he killed him.

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou would keep me from evil, that it not be to my sorrow! And God granted him t

Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,

Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.

Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive. He was ruler of the Reubenites.

The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.

The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.

And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

And Mizraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,

Six were born to him in Hebron, and he reigned there seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years,

And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.

Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.

and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.

And Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

and confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant,

And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.

and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,

And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.

And Canaan begot Sidon his first-born, and Heth,

and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,

And he begot of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,

and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.

And Joktan begot Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,

And Arphaxad begot Shelah, and Shelah begot Eber.

And to Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided. And his brother's name was Joktan.

with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz,

and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,

And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.

Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,

What can David [say] yet more to thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? For thou know thy servant.

and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

Then David said to Ornan, Give me the place of this threshing-floor, that I may build thereon an altar to LORD. For the full price thou shall give it me, that the plague may be stopped from the people.

and these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel;

And his brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

Eber, Peleg, Reu,

all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Serug, Nahor, Terah,

The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.

They dedicated to repair the house of LORD out of the spoil won in battles.

and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan,

These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army. He who was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.

and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal-meon.

Abram (the same is Abraham).

and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers.

for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

saying, To thee I will give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance,

These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of LORD, from twenty ye

And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore for him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

And Naarah bore for him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel. And of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah. And of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah.

And there came of the sons of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David.

The brother of Micah, Isshiah. Of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.

and did not inquire of LORD. Therefore he killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand, and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the [land] east of Gilead.

Also the Shuppim, and the Huppim, the sons of Ir, [and] the Hushim, the sons of Aher.

O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, thou have wrought all this greatness, to make known all [these] great things.

Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If ye have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you, but if [ye be come] to betray me to my adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, th

He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a plot of ground full of barley. And the people fled from before the Philistines.

and Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah,

The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

And David longed, and said, Oh that a man would give me water to drink of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!

And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.

So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against LORD, because of the word of LORD, which did not keep, and also because he asked counsel of a spiritist, to inquire [thereby],

and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God,

Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, [and he said], We are thine, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to thee, and peace be to thy helpers, for thy God helps thee. Then David receive

And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns of it,

and Johanan begot Azariah, (he it is who executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),

From Manasseh also there fell away some to David when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines sent him away upon advisement, saying, He will fall away to his

The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.

and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,

and Beriah, and Shema (who were heads of fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon who put the inhabitants of Gath to flight)

And eastward he dwelt even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.

And it shall be, when thou hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shall go out to battle. For God has gone out before thee to smite the army of the Philistines.

and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains.

For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great host, like the host of God.

As he went to Ziklag, there came to him from Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands who were of Manasseh.

And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.

and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,

and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their cattle.

and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,

These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name among the three mighty men.

And they helped David against the band of rovers, for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the army.

And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,

Of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

Of the sons of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

For David said, LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.

and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,

And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

These are those who went over the Jordan in the first month when it had overflowed all its banks. And they put to flight all those of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.

and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,

O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer,

And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowland was Baal-hanan the Gederite. And over the cellars of oil was Joash.

And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brothers.

and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,

And they stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and killed the Philistines. And LORD saved them by a great victory.

And Ornan said to David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes. Lo, I give [thee] the oxen for burnt-offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meal-offering. I gi

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead.

All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the army for war.

And of Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal.

And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.

And Hakkoz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

And the sons of Gad dwelt opposite them, in the land of Bashan to Salecah:

And Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, ruler of the sons of Judah.

and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

and their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty, very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outer business over Israel, for officers and judges.

For thy people Israel thou made thine own people forever. And thou, LORD, became their God.

And Jehozadak went [into captivity] when LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Jaaziah: Beno.

and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak.

And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.

And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.

The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.

Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;

The sons also of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses.

And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

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.

And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari,

And their brothers of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.

The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.

Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

And Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.

And Abraham begot Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.

when ye were but a few men in number, yea, very few, and sojourners in it,

And the son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

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.

And king David said to Ornan, No, but I will truly buy it for the full price. For I will not take that which is thine for LORD, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.

The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three, for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.

and said, My God forbid it of me, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? For with [the jeopardy of] their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These thin

And David did as God commanded him, and they smote the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.

The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born, but, inasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and so the genealogy is not to be reckone

And the three broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David. But David would not drink of it, but poured it out to LORD,

And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he killed the two [sons of] Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.

All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines. And Tamar was their sister.

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,

Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.

Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.

Of the three, he was more famous than the two, and was made their captain. However he did not attain to the [first] three.

And Berechiah and Elkanah were porters for the ark.

Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel: Bela the son of Beor. And the name of his city was Dinhabah.

And with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the po

And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

And Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead. And the name of his city was Pai, and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.

And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God. And Obed-edom and Jehiah were porters for the ark.

And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,

And Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah, and the name of the second was Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had daughters.

And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

And the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,

And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. And the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

who formerly [served] in the king's gate eastward. They were the porters for the camp of the sons of Levi.

And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),

And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

Now the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. And their fathers had been over t

Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse,

The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.

For thou, O my God, have revealed to thy servant that thou will build him a house. Therefore thy servant has found [in his heart] to pray before thee.

and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

And the sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

and Jesse begot his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

And Nahshon begot Salmon, and Salmon begot Boaz,

And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.

Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jaz

The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, who were able to

Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, [and] LORD was with him.

for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies. And, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression.

And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.

And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

And the sons of Lotan: Hori, and Homam. And Timna was Lotan's sister.

And Caleb the son of Hezron begot [sons] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth. And these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

And Abigail bore Amasa. And the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

And Hadad died. And the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,

And the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. They increased from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon.

And Meonothai begot Ophrah. And Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.

And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

and now it has pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.

and they went about from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people.

And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of LORD, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.

All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow. They were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.

And let thy name be established and magnified forever, saying, LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel, and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.

and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,

And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.

Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

And Jehoiada was the leader of [the house of] Aaron. And with him were three thousand and seven hundred,

Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.

And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.

And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought the

And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them, for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated by them because they put their trust in him.

And they made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the sons of Elah: Kenaz.

Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

And the sons of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;

And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song [with] the singers. And David had upon him an ephod of linen.

And of the Gadites there separated themselves to David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swi

And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them at one time.

Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of LORD concerning Israel.

And Benjamin begot Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

And of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.

And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, [namely], of Tola, mighty men of valor in their generations. Their number in the days of David was twenty-two

For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.

Now Judah prevailed above his brothers, and the ruler came from him, but the birthright was Joseph's.)

And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high. And in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam. And he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed hi

Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

And these are the numbers of the heads of those who were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of LORD.

And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.

And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their office of trust.

And they took away their cattle: of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.

Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient.

And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath. And Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing. And she despised him in her heart.

And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus), and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.

And David said, Whoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief.

And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

And that they should keep the charge of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of LORD.

And now, O LORD, thou are God, and have promised this good thing to thy servant,

Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

Eleazar begot Phinehas, Phinehas begot Abishua,

The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.

Amon his son, Josiah his son.

Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the army, who could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and who could order [the battle array, and were] not of double heart.

and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,

These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They dwelt there with the king for his work.

and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.

The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite,

and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.

and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.

And the sons of Samuel: the first-born [Joel], and the second Abijah.

and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.

Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.

And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shall not come in here. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.

And their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them;

And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

[The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

And the sons of Elioneai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [of it] was upon them, and to them pertained the opening of it morning by morning.

In times past, even when Saul was king, it was thou who led out and brought in Israel. And LORD thy God said to thee, Thou shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shall be ruler over my people Israel.

Now the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

and by the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the army for war, thirty-six thousand, for they had many wives and sons.

And of the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand, for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,

Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor. And they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.

And their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.

And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [to wife] when he was sixty years old, and she bore for him Segub.

On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

So they and their sons had the oversight of the gates of the house of LORD, even the house of the tent, by wards.

and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

And their possessions and habitations were Bethel and the towns of it, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns of it, also Shechem and the towns of it, to Azzah and the towns of it,

and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi,

And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron. And David made a covenant with them in Hebron before LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of LORD by Samuel.

Some of them were also appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,

Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

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.

Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.

Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Behold, he was more famous than the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.

and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,

Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera. He carried them captive, and he begot Uzza and Ahihud.

Nun his son, Joshua his son.

The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

And Azubah died, and Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore for him Hur.

and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite,

And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service, for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out.

And Shaharaim begot sons in the field of Moab after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

And these are the sons of Ehud. These are the heads of fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:

and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth,

Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

And David dwelt in the stronghold. Therefore they called it the city of David.

and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,

And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

And David grew greater and greater, for LORD of hosts was with him.

Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites,

And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,

and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,

The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

[Saying], Touch not my anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.

And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about. And Joab repaired the rest of the city.

Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah,

And in Jerusalem dwelt of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin, and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh:

and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.

and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,

And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon i

Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon [Jeiel], whose wife's name was Maacah,

and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many sons, neither did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah.

And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud.

and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages of it, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them thirty-seven thousand with shield and spear.

and their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of fathers by their fathers' houses.

And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred and ninety.

And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons.

and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,

and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

And of the Danites who could set the battle in array, twenty-eight thousand and six hundred.

The sons of Merari: Of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.

So Saul died, and his three sons. And all his house died together.

And the battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him. And he was wounded because of the archers.

and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak,

And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

These were heads of fathers throughout their generations, chief men; these dwelt in Jerusalem.

And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.

Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about to carry the news to their idols, and to the people.

He allowed no man to do them wrong. Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,

And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled. And the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah, Hezron's wife bore for him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died.

And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.

And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel.

And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore for him Ahban, and Molid.

And Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel.

And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth.

Sing to LORD, all the earth. Show forth his salvation from day to day.

And what one nation on the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before thy people whom thou redeemed out of E

And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite. And over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai.

Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.

And the fame of David went out into all lands. And LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

Therefore David praised LORD before all the assembly. And David said, Blessed be thou, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.

And of the sons of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred. And all their brothers were at their commandment.

The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and on the earth [is thine]. Thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou are exalted as head above all.

And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song. He instructed about the song because he was skilful.

For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered, from twenty years old and upward.

For great is LORD, and greatly to be praised. He also is to be feared above all gods.

Tremble before him, all the earth. The world also is established that it cannot be moved.

For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God, also

Moreover David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals. And the number of those who did t

And David the king said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great, for the palace is not for man, but for LORD God.

And [David] made for him houses in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

Ascribe to LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship LORD in holy array.

The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.

Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.

And also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all the vessels of it for the service of it.

O give thanks to LORD. Call upon his name. Make known his doings among the peoples.

And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of LORD [dwells] under curtains.

for the showbread, and for the fine flour for a meal-offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size.

And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses.

O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.

And David built there an altar to LORD, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon LORD. And he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

And now, O LORD, let the word that thou have spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as thou have spoken.

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind, for LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be

And LORD commanded the agent, and he put up his sword again into the sheath of it.

Now David was old and full of days, and he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that Joab led forth the army, and wasted the country of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah, but David remained at J

And David assembled all the rulers of Israel, the rulers of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by division, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the rulers over all the su

And the divisions of the sons of Aaron [were these]. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of LORD, and for the service of the king.

for the twenty-fourth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

And they brought in 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.

For the divisions of the porters: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.

Then David said, This is the house of LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt-offering for Israel.

Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou rule over all. And in thy hand is power and might. And in thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all.

For all the gods of the peoples are idols. But LORD made the heavens.

Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people. As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of LORD, and for the footstool of our God. And I had made

For the tabernacle of LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

And to offer all burnt-offerings to LORD, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before LORD.

These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and of the Levites, the fathers of the chief even as those o

Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

Now the sons of Israel after their number, [namely], the heads of fathers and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by mon

And David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know the sum of them.

And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.

for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to LORD by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.

And over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite. And over the donkeys was Jehdeiah the Meronothite. And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagrite.

And his brothers, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred, heads of fathers, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, a

And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of LORD, and to celebrate and to thank and praise LORD, the God of Israel:

And it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build for him a house.

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it. Fear not, nor be dismayed, for LORD God, even my God, is with thee. He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the hou

So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of LORD out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.

Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the [things of] gold, and the silver for the [things of] silver, and the brass for the [things of] brass, the iron for the [things of] iron, and wood for th

And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.

At that time, when David saw that LORD had answered him in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.

Ascribe to LORD, ye kindred of the peoples. Ascribe to LORD glory and strength.

And David commanded to gather together the sojourners that were in the land of Israel. And he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king.

But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid because of the sword of the agent of LORD.

And Ahithophel was the king's counselor. And Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.

And there was again war with the Philistines. And Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

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.

And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. And all those of Israel were a million and a hundred thousand men who drew a sword. And Judah was four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.

Seek ye LORD and his strength. Seek his face evermore.

Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest. And I will give him rest from all his enemies round about, for his name shall be Solomon. And I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.

And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead. And the name of his city was Avith.

Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and gladness are in his place.

And God sent an agent to Jerusalem to destroy it. And as he was about to destroy, LORD beheld, and he relented of the evil, and said to the destroying agent, It is enough. Now halt thy hand. And the agent of LORD was standing by th

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites, for LORD has them chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.

Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Samuel the seer, and in the history of Nathan the prophet, and in the history of Gad the seer,

All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's.

And Nathan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart, for God is with thee.

And David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seems good to you, and if it be of LORD our God, let us send abroad everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in the

Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of the temple], and of the houses of it, and of the treasuries of it, and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner chambers of it, and of the place of the mercy-seat,

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no sons. Therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

And these are those whom David set over the service of song in the house of LORD, after the ark had rest.

either three years of famine, or three months to be consumed before thy foes while the sword of thine enemies overtakes thee, or else three days the sword of LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the agent of LORD destroying throu

And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines. Then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai of the sons of the giant, and they were subdued.

I know also, my God, that thou try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy thy people, who are present here, off

Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe. And Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons.

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 into the land of the sons of Ammon

And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.

Blessed be LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praised LORD.

So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the brook] of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,

And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.

And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen. And David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved from them for a hundred chariots.

So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there. And David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth.

Let the sea roar, and the fullness of it. Let the field exult, and all that is therein.

And when they came to the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps, and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud,

Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the agent of LORD standing between earth and heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.

And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it. And it was set upon David's head, and he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceedingly much.

And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons. And I will establish his kingdom.

And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

And he brought forth the people that were therein, and cut [them] with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service.

And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab. And Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel was over the first division for the first month, and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is] to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, LORD who sits [above] the cherubim that is called by the Name.

Then David the king went in, and sat before LORD. And he said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that thou have brought me thus far?

and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.

Now therefore thus thou shall say to my servant David, Thus says LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that thou should be prince over my people Israel.

And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of LORD.

And he gathered together all the rulers of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.

And to stand every morning to thank and praise LORD, and likewise at evening.

and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests, and Shavsha was scribe,

And the families of scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

and ate and drank before LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to LORD to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.

Then the agent of LORD commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up, and rear an altar to LORD in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

and four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised LORD with the instruments which I made, [David said], to praise therewith.

Then the people rejoiced, because they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to LORD. And David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

And of all my sons (for LORD has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of LORD over Israel.

And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

And David said to Solomon his son, As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of LORD my God.

Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,

And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

And when the sons 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 them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Arammaacah, and out o

For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tabernacle [to another].

Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising LORD.

and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tabernacle of LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,

Sing to him. Sing praises to him. Talk ye of all his marvelous works.

And these are those who served, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

Then the rulers of the fathers, and the rulers of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers over the king's work, offered willingly.

All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watch against watch.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. And let them say among the nations, LORD reigns.

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.

and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

And David said to God, Is it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? Even I it is who have sinned and done very badly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let thy hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be against me, and agains

the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

And they sacrificed sacrifices to LORD, and offered burnt-offerings to LORD on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for

And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepa

Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote eighteen thousand of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

And David perceived that LORD had established him king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted on high for his people Israel's sake.

But the word of LORD came to me, saying, Thou have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars. Thou shall not build a house to my name because thou have shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.

and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight, and gold for the pattern of the chariot, [even] the cherubim that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of LORD.

So David did not move the ark to him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

And all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

And the anger of LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him because he put forth his hand to the ark. And there he died before God.

And David inquired again of God. And God said to him, Thou shall not go up after them. Turn away from them, and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.

And Ner begot Kish, and Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.

Then Solomon sat on the throne of LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

And LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying,

O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name comes of thy hand, and is all thine own.

And he said to me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

Thus they were divided by lot, one sort with another. For there were rulers of the sanctuary, and rulers for God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.

He shall build for me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

and the pattern of all that he had by the Spirit, for the courts of the house of LORD, and for all the chambers round about, for the treasuries of the house of God, and for the treasuries of the dedicated things,

All this, [David said], I have been made to understand in writing from the hand of LORD, even all the works of this pattern.

But the rulers of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, Do thou think that David honors thy father, in that he has sent comforters to thee? Have not his servants come to thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab.

chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

Moreover those who were near to them, [even] as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on donkeys, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, provisions of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and

And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation. And gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.

Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of LORD, and in the audience of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of LORD your God, that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance to you

Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,

The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.

And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers of the priests and

And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar. And the captain of the king's army was Joab.

and Obed-edom with their sixty-eight brothers. And Obed-edom the son of Jeduthun and Hosah [were] to be porters,

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal begot Micah.

the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

For because ye did not at the first, LORD our God made a breach upon us, because we did not seek him according to the ordinance.

O LORD, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart to thee.

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.

and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities to the reign of David.

And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.

And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah,

The sons of Uzziel, Micah. Of the sons of Micah, Shamir.

And the sons [of Hebron]: Jeriah [the chief], Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

And David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters.

And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel. And over the treasures in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of Uzziah.

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but did not finish. And wrath came for this upon Israel. Neither was the number put into the account in the chronicles of king David.

So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of LORD, Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required,

And of the rest of the sons of Levi: Of the sons of Amram, Shubael. Of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah.

Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,

Moreover also, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, seeing that I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, I give it to the house of my God over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight, for it is in abundance. Also I have prepared timber and

Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers a hundred and twenty;

And they left their gods there. And David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.

the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

So they hired for them thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to LORD because his loving kindness [is] forever.

even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses,

And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature whose fingers and toes were twenty-four, six [on each hand], and six [on each foot]. And he also was born to the giant.

Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for LORD, the God of Israel.

But God said to me, Thou shall not build a house for my name, because thou are a man of war, and have shed blood.

Also sons were born to Shemaiah his son, who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor.

And David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And the Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward. And their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty-eight thousand.

And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, with which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

And Joab said, LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?

of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers a hundred and thirty;

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were chief about the king.

to offer burnt-offerings to LORD upon the altar of burnt-offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of LORD, which he commanded to Israel.

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons, forever, to burn incense before LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, forever.

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

And the Syrians fled before Israel. And David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the army.

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to aid Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men.

And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God. But thou have spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.

And let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not inquire from it in the days of Saul.

And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

And David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now, put away, I beseech thee, the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done very foolishly.

And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the army of Hadarezer king of Zobah,

the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

And LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

And some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread to prepare it every Sabbath.

And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah had not many sons. Therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.

and cedar trees without number. For the Sidonians and those of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings, and brass in abundance without weight,

Glory ye in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek LORD rejoice.

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins.

And David was displeased, because LORD had broken forth upon Uzza. And he called that place Perez-uzza, to this day.

Of these were the divisions of the porters, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers to minister in the house of LORD.

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers of Ladan.

And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will thou deliver them into my hand? And LORD said to him, Go up, for I will deliver them into thy hand.

The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of LORD. And six thousand were officers and judges,

And David said to all the assembly, Now praise LORD your God. And all the assembly praised LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and and did obeisance to LORD, and the king.

and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for every table, and silver for the tables of silver,

Take heed now, for LORD has chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.

Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri the ruler; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah;

Also Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief),

All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says LORD, Take which thou will:

So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

I will be his father, and he shall be my son. And I will not take my loving kindness away from him as I took it from him who was before thee.

These also king David dedicated to LORD, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations: from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.