Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared;

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born him of the daughter of Shua the Cananitess. But Er the eldest the son of Judah was evil in the sight of the LORD, and therefore he slew him.

But Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "If thou shalt bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and shalt let thine hand be with me, and wilt keep me from evil that it vex me not." And God sent him his desire.

Enoch, Mathuselah, Lamech;

Meraioth begat Amariah. Amariah begat Ahitub.

Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth.

The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth.

The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dadan.

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

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

The sons of Gomer were: Ashkenez, Diphath and Togarmah.

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

And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives: Helah and Naarah.

The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.

And David spake to the chief heads of the Levites, that they should appoint of their brethren to sing with instruments of music: psalteries, harps and cymbals that sounded, and to sing on high with Joyfulness.

And Mizraim begat Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim,

These six were born him in Hebron where he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty three years.

And of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib and Jachin,

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

Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh.

Pathrusim, and Casluhim - of which came the Philistines and the Caphtorites.

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

which he set before Jacob for a decree, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, saying,

And when all they of Jabesh in Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

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

Hivi, Arki, Sini,

All these are the children of Becher, and were reckoned in their kindreds with the heads of the ancient households of them that were men of power, twenty thousand and two hundred.

And Canaan begat Zidon his eldest son, and Heth,

Jebusi, Amori, Girgashi,

And he begat of Hodesh his wife: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

Arvadi, Zemari and Hamathi.

Joktan begat Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth and Jerah;

Hadoram, Uzal, and Diklah;

And Arpachshad begat Shelah and Shelah begat Eber.

And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because that in his days the land was divided. And his brother's name was Joktan.

with all his kingdom and power and times that went over him and over all Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the earth.

Ahitub begat Zadok. Zadok begat Ahimaaz.

Ebal, Abimael, and Sheba;

and the Ark of God was with Obededom in his house, three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom and all that he had.

Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah;

What can David desire more of thee, wherein thou shouldest make thy servant more glorious? Thou knowest thy servant:

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

And David said to Ornan, "Give me the place of the threshing floor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD. Let me have it for as much money as it is worth, that the plague may cease from the people."

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

But unto his brethren in their kindreds, when they are reckoned after their birth, were Jeiel and Zechariah the chief heads.

Eber, Peleg, Reu;

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

Adam, Seth, Enosh;

Serug, Nahor, Tereh;

The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

and the captains of the host had dedicated of the spoil won in battle, to maintain the house of the LORD:

Ahimaaz begat Azariah. Azariah begat Johanan.

These were of the sons of Gad, and were captains over the men of war, the small over a hundred, and the great over a thousand.

And Bela the son of Azaz the son of Shema the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer and so forth unto Nebo and Baalmeon.

Abram, otherwise called Abraham.

Jeuz, Sachia and Mirmah. These are his sons being ancient heads.

The nineteenth to Mallothi with his sons and brethren, twelve persons.

And these are their generations: the eldest son of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, and Mibsam;

'To thee I will give the land of Canaan, to be the portion of your inheritance.'

These are the children of Levi in the households of their fathers the ancient heads, viewed and numbered by name and poll by poll from twenty year and above, to work in the service of the house of the LORD.

And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah: so that all the sons of Judah were five.

And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahastari. These were the sons of Naarah.

And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel: and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Barachiah. And of the sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Kushaiah.

And they put to flight them of the valley both of the east side and also of the west. And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold of David.

The brother of Micah was Isshiah. Of the sons of Isshiah, Zachariah.

and asked not of the LORD. And therefore the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

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.

And Shuppim and Huppim were the children of Ir. And the Hushites were the children of Aher.

And LORD, for thy servant's sake, even according to thine own heart thou hast done all this magnificence,

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

And David went out to them and answered and said to them, "If ye be come peaceably unto me, to help me, mine heart shall be together with you. But and if you come to beguile me and to be mine adversary, seeing there is no wickedness in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon and rebuke it."

He was with David at Pasdammim where the Philistines were gathered to battle. And there was there a parcel of ground full of barley, and the people fled for fear of the Philistines.

Shallum begat Hilkiah. Hilkiah begat Azariah.

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

And David longed and said, "Oh that one would give me of the water of the well of Bethlehem that is in the gate, for to drink."

And David was in a hold. And there was a garrison of the Philistines at Bethlehem that same time.

And so Saul died for his trespass that he trespassed against the LORD, in that he kept not the word of the LORD, and in that he asked counsel of a woman that wrought with a spirit,

Azariah the son of Hilkiah the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok the son of Meraioth the son of Ahitub the chiefest in the house of God.

And the spirit came upon Amasai a captain over thirty and he said, "Thine are we, David, and on thy side thou son of Jesse: peace be with thee, and peace be with thine helpers, for thy God helpeth thee." Then David received them and made them heads of companies of the men of war.

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

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

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

Johanan begat Azariah which ministered in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.

And of Manasseh, there fell certain unto David when he went with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but helped them not. For the lords of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away saying, "He will fall to his master Saul to the Jeopardy of our heads."

The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, and said, "See, we be thy bones and thy flesh.

And Ahio, Shasak, Jeremoth,

and Beriah and Shema - ancient heads among the inhabiters of Aijalon, and they drave out away the inhabiters of Gath -

And eastward he inhabited until the wilderness, even upon the river Euphrates, for their cattle was much in the land of Gilead.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi concerning their ancient fathers.

And when thou hearest a sound go in the tops of the pear trees, then go out to battle: for God will go out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines."

And Zadok, a young man of great power, had his father's household with Captains, twenty two.

And there came one or other to David day by day to help him: until it was a great host, like the host of God.

And as he went to Ziklag there fell to him of Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, and Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, heads of the thousands of Manasseh.

And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand which were appointed by name to go to make David king.

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

and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. And the men of Gath that were born in the land, slew them, because they were come down to take away their cattle.

Ishmerai, Izliah, Jobab: the sons of Elpaal.

Such things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name with the three mightiest,

And they helped David against those rovers - For they were all mighty men and Captains in war.

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

Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

Of the children of Simeon, men of might to war, seven thousand and one hundred.

And of the children of Levi were four thousand and six hundred.

For David said, "The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, and they shall dwell in Jerusalem forever.

Azariah begat Amariah. Amariah begat Ahitub.

The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara: five in all.

The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred trimmed to war.

These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when he had spilled over all his bank.

And Jabez was nobler than his brethren. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bare him with sorrow."

Then Ibahar, Elishama, Eliphelet,

to show all bounteousness LORD, there is none like thee, nor any God save thou, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

And Adaiah the son of Jeroham the son of Pashur the son of Malchijah. And Maasai the son of Adiel the son of Jaezerah the son of Meshullam the son of Meshillemith the son of Immer,

And over the olive trees and mulberry trees that were in the valleys was Baalhanan the Gederite. And over the treasure of oil was Joash.

and over 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. All that was dedicated, was under the hand of Shelomoth and of his brethren.

Ahitub begat Zadok. Zadok begat Shallum.

And they stepped forth into the midst of the furlong and saved it and slew the Philistines. And the LORD gave a great victory.

And Ornan said to David, "Take it to thee, and let my lord king do that seemeth good in his eyes. See, I give thee oxen for a burnt sacrifice, and the threshing sleds for wood, and wheat for meat offering: I give it all."

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

All these are the sons of Jediael and ancient heads and men of might seventeen thousand and two hundred that went out to battle.

And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.

The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbok and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

And Koz begat Anub and Zobebah, and the kindreds of Aharhel the son of Harum.

And the Children of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Bashan, even unto Salecah.

And Ram begat Amminadab: and Amminadab begat Nahshon, a lord among the children of Judah.

Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

with other of their brethren, heads in the ancient households of them, a thousand seven hundred and three score active men in the work of the service of the house of God.

Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad and Tema;

Among the Izrahites was Chenaniah, with his sons, for the work without over Israel, officers and judges.

And thou LORD art become their God.

when the LORD carried away Juda and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, went with them.

And in Bashan, Joel was the chiefest and Shapham the next, then Janai and Shaphat.

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Jaaziah, Beno.

Azariah begat Seraiah, Seraiah begat Jehozadak - which Jehozadak,

The sons of Ethan: Azariah.

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

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

These are the sons of David which were born him in Hebron: the eldest Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess. The second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess.

The sons of Hezron that were born him: Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai.

Ahi was the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, the head of an ancient household among them.

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

And the three of the thirty chiefs went to a rock to David at the cave Adullam. And the Host of the Philistines had pitched 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 brethren, in the ancient households of them, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.

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

And his son was Amaziah, and his son was Azariah, and his son was Jotham.

And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obededom, Jeiel, and Azaziah sang with harps an eight above to courage with all.

Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

When you were a small company in number, even but a few, and thereto strangers therein.

These are the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir the son of Manasseh.

These were the children of Abihail the son of Huri the son of Jaroah Gilead the son of Michael the son of Jeshishai the son of Jahdo the son of Buz.

But king David said to Ornan, "Not so, but I will buy it for as much money as it is worth. I will not take that which is thine, for the LORD, and offer burnt offering without cost."

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

Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet: nine in number.

Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab and Asahel, three.

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

and said, "God forbid it me, that I should do this thing, that I should drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in Jeopardy." For with the Jeopardy of their lives they brought it, and therefore he would not drink it. This did the three mightiest.

And David did as God commanded him. And they smote the host of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

The sons of Levi now are these: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

The sons of Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: for he was the eldest. But because he defied his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, and so he is not reckoned unto the birthright.

And the three brake through the host of the Philistines and drew of the water of the well of Bethlehem that was in the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless David would not drink of it, but offered it to the LORD,

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

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of a strong man that had done great deeds and was of Kabzeel: he slew two strong lions of Moab, and went down and slew a Lion in a pit in time of snow.

These all are the sons of David, beside the sons of his concubines and Tamar their sister.

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

And Bakbakkar the carpenter and Galal. And Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri the son of Asaph.

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

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

And he was much more nobler than any of the three, and was their captain. But was not like to any of the three in acts.

And Barachiah and Elkanah kept the door of the Ark.

These are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned among the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

And with them their brethren of the second degree: Zachariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Uri, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah; Obededom and Jeiel, porters.

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

The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, whose son was Zedekiah.

Solomon's son was Rehoboam, whose son was Abijah: and Asa was his son, and Jehoshaphat his son:

And after the death of Baalhanan, Hadad reigned in his place, and the name of his city was Pai, and his wife's name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab.

And Shebaniah, Jehoshaphat, Nathaniel, Amasai, Zachariah, Benaiah and Eliezer, priests, were blowers with trumpets before the Ark of God. And Obededom and Jehiah were keepers of the door of the Ark.

The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, whose son was Bered, and Tahath his son, and his son Eleadah, and Tahath his son,

And Machir gave to Huppim and Shuppim wives. And the name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of another son was Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had daughters.

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

The sons of Jeconiah the Prisoner were Shealtiel,

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

For unto the time they had watched at the king's gate eastward in the tents of the children of Levi by companies.

The porters were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon and Ahiman with their brethren - Shallum being the chief.

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

And the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and were overthrown and slain in mount Gilboa.

And Shallum the son of Kore the son of Ebiasaph the son of Korah with his brethren the Korahites in the house of their fathers had their business and office to keep the door of the tabernacle: for their fathers in the Host of the LORD kept the entering.

The son of Gershom was Libni, and his son Jahath, and his son Zimmah,

and Boaz begat Obed; Obed begat Jesse.

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

For thou Lord hast told thy servant, that thou wilt build him a house. And therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee.

Obadiah the son of Shemaiah the son of Galal the son of Jeduthun. And Berechiah the son of Asa the son of Elkanah that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

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

And the sons of Josiah were: the eldest son Johanan, the second Jehoakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.

And these following came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close for fear of Saul the son of Kish: and they were of the men that succored the battle,

The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

And Jesse begat his eldest son Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

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

And Nahshon begat Salmon; and Salma begat Boaz;

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

And all Israel brought the Ark of the LORD's covenant with shouting and blowing of horns, and with trumpets and cymbals that sounded, and with psalteries and harps.

And Jerijah was the chiefest among the kindreds and fathers of the Hebronites. And in the fortieth year of the kingdom of David they were sought for. And there were found of them men of activity at Jazer in Gilead.

The sons of Reuben of Gad and of half the tribe of Manasseh, even of fighting men able to bear shield and sword, and shoot with bow, and taught to make war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and three score that went out to battle.

whose son was Joram: and his son was Ahaziah, and Joash was son to him.

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

For the Levites were committed to be principal porters of fidelity. And they had the oversight of the vestries and treasures of the house of God,

And all Israel were numbered by kindreds: and see, they be written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah were carried away to Babylon for their offenses.

The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath.

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

And they dwelt in Gilead and in Bashan and her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, even unto the end of their borders.

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

The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister.

And Caleb the son of Hezron begat Azubah, a woman, and Jerioth whose sons are these: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.

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

But after the death of Hadad, there were dukes in Edom:

And the children of half the tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir and unto mount Hermon, and they were many.

And Meonothai begat Ophrah. And Seraiah begat Joab the father of them of the valley of craftsmen, so-called because they were craftsmen.

And after the death of Hadad, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

Now therefore go to and bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue before thee forever. For what thou blessest, O LORD that is blessed forever."

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

And when God had helped the Levites that bare the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, they offered seven oxen and seven rams.

And they were all reckoned by kindreds in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

weaponed with bows, and could handle stones, arrows and bow as well with the left hand as with the right, and were of Saul's brethren, even of the tribe of Benjamin.

And thy name continue and wax great forever, that it be said, 'the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel is God in Israel, and the house of David thy servant be stable before thee.'

Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

And these were the heads of the ancient households of them: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, Jahdiel, men of great power, men of name and heads of the ancient households of them.

And Ahaz was his son, and Hezekiah was son to him, and Manasseh was his son.

Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

And Jehoiada was the chief of them of Aaron and with him three thousand and seven hundred.

And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah kept the door of the tabernacle of witness.

And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.

God stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser, king of Assyria, and carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, Habor, Hara and to the River Gozan, where they remain unto this day.

And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hands with all that were with the Hagrites. For they cried to God in their battle, and he heard them, because they trusted to him.

And they fought with the Hagrities and with Jetur, Naphish and Nodab.

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

and his son Eliab and Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son,

The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel, Meshullam, Hananiah and Shelomith their sister,

And after the death of Shaul, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his room.

And David had on him an alb of bysse, and so had the Levites that bare the Ark, and so had the singers, and Chenaniah the ruler of the song and of the singers. And David had moreover upon him an Ephod of linen.

And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David, when he kept a hold in the wilderness, men of might and men apt for war and could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were thereto as swift as the roes of the mountains:

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.

These are the principal men of power that clave to David in his kingdom with all Israel, to make him king upon Israel according to the word of the LORD.

Benjamin begat Bela his eldest son, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

The sons of Elkanah: Zophai whose son was Nahath,

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the kindreds of the households of them that wrought bysse in the house of Ashbea.

And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zereh of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

And of the children of Ephraim, were twenty thousand and eight hundred, men of might and named men in the households of their fathers.

And the Philistines followed Saul and his sons and slew Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua the sons of Saul.

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.

for there fell many dead because the war was of God. And they dwelt there in their steads until the time that they were carried away.

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

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

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

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.

Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite;

And Ephraim their father mourned many a day and his brethren came to comfort him.

And the sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, Jalon, Thahar, Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Estemoa.

And this is the number of the heads prepared to battle, that came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the mouth of the LORD.

The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth and Elkanah.

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

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,

All these were chosen fellows to keep the thresholds, two hundred and twelve, and were numbered in their villages. And them did David and Samuel the seer institute in their fidelity.

And they took of their cattle fifty thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and of the people a hundred thousand:

and his son Micah, and the son of him was Reaiah, and his son was Baal,

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

And as the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD came unto the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at a window: and when she saw king David dancing and playing, she despised him in her heart.

And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem which is Jebus: for there dwelt the Jebusites the inhabiters of the land.

Then said David, "Whosoever smite the Jebusites first, shall be the principal captain and a lord." And Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was therefore the chief captain.

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 the sons of Jehallelel were Ziph and Ziphah, and Tirih and Asarel.

And that they should wait on the tabernacle of witness and on the holy place, and on the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

And now LORD thou art the very God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant.

Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite;

Eleazar begat Phinehas. Phinehas begat Abishua.

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

The sons of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Benhanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Benzoheth.

And Amon was his son, and Josiah was son to him.

And of Zebulun that went out with the Host and proceeded in the array to battle with all manner of weapons of war, fifty thousand that kept in order with one accord.

And Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

These were potters and dwelt among trees and hedges and were in the king's work and dwelt even there.

and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, Joshabhesed, five in number.

The chiefest were Ahiezer and Joash the sons of Shemaah a Gibeonite, and Jeziel a Pelite, the sons of Azmaveth; Berachah and Jehu of Anathoth;

Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

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

The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah Joel, Isshiah, five head men in all.

And Penuel, father of Gedeor; And Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the eldest son of Ephrathah father to Bethlehem.

The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, whose son was Rephaiah, and his son Arnan, and his son was Obadiah, and his son was Shecaniah.

and Samuel the son of him. And the sons of Samuel: the eldest Joel and then Abijah.

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

The fifth Shephatiah by Abital. The sixth Ithream by Eglah his wife.

Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh -

And the inhabiters of Jebus said to David, "Thou comest not here." Neverthelater, David won the castle of Zion, which is called the city of David.

And their brethren that were in the country came in their weeks as their course came about with them.

And the sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud,

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

And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Elsashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani, seven.

and lay all night round about the house of God: because the keeping thereof pertained to them and to open it every morning.

And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou leddest Israel out and in. And the LORD thy God said unto thee, 'Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be captain over my people Israel.'"

And the old inhabiters that dwelt in their own possessions and cities were Israel, the priests, Levites and Nethinims.

Gera, Shupham and Huram.

and along by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean with her towns, Taanach with her towns, Megiddo with her towns and Dor with her towns. In those dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

And among them in their kindreds and ancient households six and thirty thousand men prepared to war: for they had many wives and sons.

And of the children of Benjamin the brethren of Saul, were three thousand. And a great part of them did yet follow the house of Saul.

Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite;

Nohah the fourth, and Raphah the fifth.

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

The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, five heads of ancient houses and men of might and were in number twenty two thousand and thirty four.

And of their brethren among all the kindreds of Issachar were reckoned of men of war four score and seven thousand in all.

The sons of the wife of Hodiah the sister of Naham the father of Keilah were Hagarmi and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead and was, when he took her, three score years old. And she bare him Segub.

In four quarters were the keepers: toward the east, west, north and south.

And their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD and of the house of the tabernacle, to keep them.

Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zichri are the sons of Jeroham.

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

And their possession and habitation was Bethel and the towns that belonged thereto, and unto the east of Naaran, and on the west side of Gezer with the towns thereof, and Shechem with the towns of the same, and Ayyah with her towns,

Abishua begat Bukki. Bukki begat Uzzi.

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

And when all the elders of Israel were come to the king to Hebron, David made a covenant with them there before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Samuel.

And of them were certain appointed to oversee the vessels and all holy ornaments, and of the flour, wine, oil, frankincense and sweet odours.

Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah and Shephatiah, Haruphites;

And these were the best men of war of the Host: Asahel the brother of Joab and Elhanan the son of Dodo out of Bethlehem.

Uthai the son of Ammihud the son of Omri the son of Imri of the son of Bani of the children of Perez, the son of Judah.

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

The sons then of Reuben the eldest son of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

The son of Shecaniah was Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, Shaphat and Hesa, six.

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

was the gloriousest of thirty: but attained not unto the three. And David made him of his secret counsel.

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

Adaiah, Beraiah, Shimrath: the sons of Shimei.

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

and his son Nun and his son Joshua.

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

And they dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah and at Hazarshual,

But Azubah died, and Caleb took Ephrath which bare him Hur.

and Ishmaiah a Gibeonite as mighty as any of thirty and more mighty too; and Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan and Jozabad of Gedor;

And certain of them had the rule of the ministering vessels and brought them in and out by tale.

And he begat Shaharaim in the country of Moab after he had sent them away. Hushim and Baara were his wives.

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

Uzzi begat Zerahiah. Zerahiah begat Meraioth.

whose son was Shallum, and the son of him was Mibsam, and his son was Mishma.

And because David dwelt in the castle, therefore it was called the city of David.

Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

And the son of Mishma was Hammuel, and his son was Zaccur, and the son of him was Shimei.

And of these came the father of Etam, Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash, with their sister called Hazzelelponi.

And David prospered and waxed great, and the LORD of Hosts was with him.

Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam of Korah;

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

And Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

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

'Touch not mine anointed, nor do my Prophets any harm.'

And he built the city on every side even from Mello round about. But 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

But in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, of the children of Benjamin and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh.

Gedor, Ahio and Zecher. And Mikloth begat Shimeah.

Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

And Rephah was his son: whose son was Resheph, with his brother Teleh, whose son was Tahan,

Then said Saul to his weapon bearer, "Draw thy sword and thrust me through therewith, that these uncircumcised come not and do me shame." And his weapon bearer would not, but feared exceedingly. Whereupon, Saul caught a sword and fell upon it.

Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

And at Gibeon dwelleth the father of Gibeon whose wife was called Maacah.

And Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brethren had not many children, neither were the kindreds of them like to the children of Judah in multitude.

And the sons of Jerahmeel, the eldest son of Hezron were: Ram, the eldest and Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.

Heman, Asaph and Ethan sang with cymbals of brass to make a sound.

Bethuel, Hormah and at Ziklag;

And he overcame the Geshurites and the Aramites, and took the towns of Jair from them, and Kenath with the towns that belonged to the same, even three score towns. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

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

with other their brethren in their kindreds, nine hundred fifty and five. And all these were honorable heads in the ancient households of them.

And of the sons of Zerah, Jeuel with their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

And of Shiloni, Asaiah the eldest and his sons.

And his eldest son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

at Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

And of Dan prepared to battle, were twenty eight thousand and six hundred.

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

And thus Saul and his three sons and all his house died together.

And the battle went sore against Saul, insomuch that the shooters met him, and he was wounded of the shooters.

Iphdeiah and Penuel are the sons of Shashak.

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

And so David gave to Ornan for the place sicles of gold, six hundred by weight.

These were ancient heads in their kindreds and dwelt in Jerusalem.

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

But certain of the sons of the priests were set to make sweet savours.

Maharai the Netophathite and Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite;

And when they had stripped him they took his head and his harness and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about to show tidings unto their idols and to the people.

He suffered no man to do them wrong: But rebuked kings for their sakes.

And when all the men that dwelt in the valleys saw how they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and ran away, and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And after the death of Hezron at Calebephrata, Abia his wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

The twentieth to Eliathah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons.

And when his harness bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell on a sword also and died.

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

The sons of Onam were: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.

And the sons of Ram, the eldest son of Jerahmeel were: Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

And on the morrow when the Philistines came to strip the dead bodies, they found Saul and his sons overthrown in mount Gilboa.

And they put his harness in the houses of their gods. But his skull they hanged in the house of Dagon.

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

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

And Zachariah, Uzziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah sang with psalteries on an Alamoth.

Sing unto the LORD all the earth: and show from day to day his victories.

Moreover, what nation on the earth is like thy people Israel, which God went and redeemed to be his own people, and to make thee a name of excellency and terribleness, with casting out nations from before thy people forever?

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

Mahli had Eleazar which had no sons.

Tell among the heathen of his glory: and among all nations of his wonderful deeds.

And the fame of David went out into all lands, and the LORD made all nations fear him.

And David blessed the LORD before all the congregation and said, "Blessed art thou LORD God of Israel our father, from ever and for ever.

And of the children of Issachar which were men that had understanding in the right time to know what Israel ought to do: The heads of them were two hundred, and all their brethren at their will.

The sons of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshbon, Ithran and Cheran.

Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, power and glory, victory and praise: for all that is in heaven and in earth is thine, and thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art lifted up a head above all.

And Chenaniah the chief of the Levites was master of the song and taught to sing, for he was a man of understanding.

But at the last commandment of David, the Levites were numbered from twenty years and above -

For great is the LORD and to be praised exceedingly: and terrible is he above all Gods.

All the earth fear him: he established the earth that it cannot move.

"To wait at the hands of the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, and to have the oversight of the courts and of the store houses, and of the purifying of all holy things, and of the work of the things that served for the house of God,

And David and the captains of the host appointed out to do service, the sons of Asaph of Heman and Jeduthun, which did prophesy with harps, psalteries and cymbals. And they were numbered unto the work according to their office.

And David the king said unto all the congregation, "God hath specially chosen Solomon my son which is yet young and tender, and the work is great, for the house is not for man, but for the LORD God.

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

Give honour unto the LORD's name: bring presents and come before him, and bow to the LORD in holy apparel.

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

The sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.

Moreover, the Levites should now no more bear the tabernacle and all the vessels that pertain to the service thereof." -

"Thank the LORD, call on his name, make his acts known among the people!

And as David dwelt in his house he said to Nathan the prophet, "Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar tree: and the Ark of the LORD's covenant dwelleth under curtains."

as the shewbread, the fine flour, the meat offerings, the flawnes of sweet bread, and of the things baken in the frying pan, or broiled on the gridiron, and on all manner measures and size

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth. These are of the children of Levi in the households of their fathers.

Thank the LORD for he is good, and his mercy lasteth ever!

And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings and called unto the LORD and he heard him from heaven in fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

And now LORD the thing thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and his house be true forever, and do as thou hast said.

And thou, Solomon my son: know God thy father and serve him with a pure heart and lust of soul. For the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of thoughts. If thou shalt seek him, he will be found of thee: But and if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

And the LORD commanded the Angel to put up his sword again to the sheath of it.

And when David was old and stricken in years, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

And the year following about the time that kings go out a warfare, Joab carried out the army of the host and destroyed the country of the children of Ammon, and went and besieged Rabbah and destroyed it: But David bode at Jerusalem while Joab smote Rabbah and destroyed it.

And David gathered together all the lords of Israel: the lords of the tribes, the lords of the companies that ministered to the king by course, the lords over the thousands and over the hundreds, and the lords over all the goods and cattle of the king and of his sons, with the chamberlains, warriors and all active men unto Jerusalem.

The division of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of activity a thousand and seven hundred, were officers in Israel on this side Jordan westward, in all businesses of the LORD and service of the king.

The twenty fourth to Romamtiezer with his sons and brethren, twelve persons.

When they had brought in the Ark of God they set it in the tent that David had pitched for it. And they brought burnt sacrifice and peace offerings before God.

The division of the porters among the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore of the children of Asaph.

duke Magdiel and duke Iram. These were the dukes of Edom.

And David counseled with the Captains of thousands and of hundreds, and with all the lords,

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

And riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all, and in thine hand is power and strength, and in thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all.

For all the gods of the heathen are idols: But the LORD made heaven!

And king David stood upon his feet and said, "Hear me, my brethren and my people: I had in mine heart to build a house of rest for the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, and a footstool for our God, and had made ready to build.

For the tabernacle of the LORD which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were that season in the hill at Gibeon.

And to wait on every offering of burnt sacrifices unto the LORD, the Sabbaths and first days of the months, and other feastful days by number and custom, was their office ever before the LORD.

And these cast lots next to their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king and Zadok and Ahimelech and the ancient heads and priests of the Levites: as well the youngest brother as an ancient head.

Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah that pertaineth to the children of Benjamin: Benaiah the Pirathonite;

So speak of the children of Israel: in the number of them were ancient heads and captains of thousands and hundreds, and officers that served the king in all things according to the companies that came in or went out, month by month throughout all the months of the year. And every company had twenty four thousand.

And David said to Joab and the rulers of the people, "Go ye and number Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring it to me that I may know the number of them."

And after that, David beat the Philistines and subdued them, and took Gath and the towns that belonged thereto, out of the hands of the Philistines.

The twenty-third Mahazioth with his sons and brethren, twelve persons.

And that same time David did appoint chiefly to thank the LORD by Asaph and his brethren:

And over the camels Obil the Ishmaelite. And over the asses was Jehdiah the Meronothite.

And his brethren were in men of activity, two thousand and seven hundred ancient heads, which king David made rulers over the Reubenites, Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh in all matters pertaining to God and businesses of the king.

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

After this it chanced that Nahash king of the children of Ammon died, and his son made king in his stead.

After that Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedar trees with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

And David said to Solomon his son, "Harden thyself and be strong and do it. Fear not, nor let thine heart discourage thee. For the LORD my God is with thee, and shall not leave thee nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work that must serve for the house of the LORD.

And David and the elders of Israel and the Captains over thousands went to fetch the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with gladness.

But all is of thee, and of that we received of thine hand we have given thee.

Moreover, let the trees of the wood ring at the presence of the LORD: for he cometh to judge the earth.

Moreover, I have prepared with all my might for the house of God: gold for things of gold, and silver for things of silver, brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood: and onyx stones, set stones, and of other gay stones, and all manner of precious stones, and of marble great abundance.

And after the death of Samlah, Shaul of Rehoboth upon Euphrates reigned in his place.

At that time, when David saw that the LORD had heard him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he used to offer there.

Ascribe to the LORD ye kindreds of people; Ascribe to the LORD Glory and strength.

And David commanded to gather the strangers that were in the land of Israel, and set hewers to hew stone, to build the house of God.

The sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, Asharelah, to wait on Asaph which prophesied by the king.

And David could not go before it to seek God, because he was afraid of the sword of the Angel of the LORD.

And Ahithophel was of the king's counsel. And Hushai the Archite was the king's companion.

And there was battle again with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear was like the beam of a weaver.

Haurai of the river of Gaash, and Abiel the Arbathite;

He shall build a house for my name, and he shall be my son, and I will be his father, and will establish the seat of his kingdom upon Israel forever.'

and gave the number of the count of the people unto David. And all Israel were in number a thousand, thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.

Seek the LORD and his strength: Seek his presence always!

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

and after the death of Husham, Hadad the son of Bedad, which beat the Midianites in the fields of Moab, reigned in his room, and the name of his city was Avith.

Praise and honour are in his presence: strength and gladness are in his place.

And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. And as he was about to destroy, the LORD beheld and had compassion on the wretchedness, and said to the angel that destroyed, "It is enough, now cease thine hand." And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

And then David said, "The Ark of God ought not to be carried but of the Levites. For them hath the LORD chosen to bear the Ark of the LORD and to minister to him forever."

The acts of David the king, both first and last, are written in the books of Samuel the seer and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer of visions,

And over the sheep was Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were the rulers of the substance of king David.

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

and said unto all the congregation of Israel, "If it seem you good - and also to be of the LORD our God - Let us take and send unto the remnant of our brethren throughout all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites with them, in their cities and suburbs, and gather them together to us.

And David gave Solomon his son the pattern of the porch and of the houses that belonged thereto, and of the storehouses, upper chambers, innermore parlors and of the house of the mercy seat:

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar were the Priests.

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

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

'Choose thee either three years' famishment, or three months to be consumed of thine adversaries, the sword of thine enemies overtaking thee: or else the sword of the LORD three days and pestilence in the land, the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel.' And now advise thyself what word I shall bring again unto him that sent me."

And the sons of Meshelemiah were these: Zachariah the eldest, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

After that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines. At which time Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai that was of the children of Rephaim, and they were subdued.

I know my God, that thou provest the heart and hast pleasure in plainness. And in plainness of mine heart I have willingly given all this. And now I see thy people, which are here in gladness to offer willingly to thee.

And Jonathan, David's brother's son, a man of counsel, a man that taught wisdom, and a writer: he and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni waited on the king's sons.

Then said David, "I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father dealt kindly with me." And thereupon David sent messengers to comfort him over the death of his father. And when the servants of David were come into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him,

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

Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever!' And all nations say 'Amen,' so praising the LORD."

And David gathered all Israel together from Shihor in Egypt unto Hamath, to bring the Ark of the Lord from Kiriathjearim.

Ahiam the son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur;

And after the death of Jobab, Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his room,

And David took from him a thousand chariots and seven thousand horsemen and twenty thousand footmen, and brake all the chariots, save that he reserved of them a hundred.

And when they were come as far as Baalperazim, David beat them there. And David said, "God hath divided mine enemies with mine hand as a man would divide water." And therefore they called the name of the said place Baalperazim.

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

Let the sea thunder and his fullness, and let the fields rejoice and all that is therein.

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

even Asaph the chief, and next to him Zachariah then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obededom, and Jeiel with Psalteries and harps. But Asaph with sounding cymbals,

The first lot fell to Jehoiarib. The second to Jedaiah.

But the same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and heaven with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out toward Jerusalem. Then fell David and the elders of Israel, clothed in sack, upon their faces.

And Matiithiah, one of the Levites, the eldest son of Shallum the Korahite, had the oversight of the things that were baken in the frying pan.

And David took the crown of their king off his head, and found therein the weight of a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it, and it was set on David's head. And he brought out also the spoil of the city, which was exceeding much.

But when thy days be expired, that thou must go after thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons and will settle his kingdom.

And David beat Hadadezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to bring his dominion unto the river Euphrates.

The twenty-second to Giddalti with his sons and brethren, twelve persons.

And he brought out the people that were in it and tamed them with saws and harrows of iron and with brakes, and so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And then David and all the people came again to Jerusalem.

And David ordered them on this manner: Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar to be in office by course.

And Obededom had sons: Shemaiah the eldest, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

And they carried the Ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab. And Uzzah and his brother drove the cart.

Over the first company in the first month, was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel. And in his number twenty four thousand.

And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, and so to Kiriathjearim that is in Judah, to fetch thence the Ark of the God and LORD that sitteth on the Cherubs, where his name is called on.

and sat him before the LORD and said, "What am I, O LORD God, and what is mine household, that thou hast promoted me thus far?

Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet.

Now therefore thus say unto my servant David, 'Thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: I took thee out of the pasture from after sheep, that thou shouldest be captain over my people Israel.

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

And then he gathered together all the lords of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

and to wait every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at evening.

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

And so were the kindred of the writers that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and Sucathites which are the Kenites, that came of Hammath the father of Beth Rechab.

And they slew plenteously throughout all Israel, and did eat and drink before the LORD the same day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king of Israel the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD, to be ruler, and Zadok to be the priest.

And the Angel commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go and rear up an altar unto the LORD, in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters.

Four thousand were porters and four thousand praised the LORD with such instruments as David had made to praise withal.

And the people rejoiced that they were so willing: for with a pure heart they were willing unto the LORD. And thereto David the king rejoiced with great gladness.

And of all my sons - for the LORD hath given me many sons - he hath chosen Solomon my son, to sit on the seat of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

And of the Levites, Ahijah had the oversight of the treasure of the house of God, and of the treasure of the dedicated things.

And David said to Salomon, "My son, I had in mine heart to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God.

Hezro the Carmelite and Naarai the son of Ezbai;

And he beat the Moabites, and the Moabites became David's servants and paid him tribute.

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

And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank in the nose of David, Hanun, and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire the chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia and out of Arammaacah and out of Zobah.

For I have dwelt in no house since I brought out the children of Israel unto this day: But have gone from tent to tent and from one tabernacle to another.

The sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah-Shimei, six, at the hands of their fathers Jeduthun, with harps: which Jeduthun prophesied for to thank and praise the LORD.

And Zadok the priest with his brethren the priests set he before the tabernacle of the LORD at the hill altar of Gibeon,

Sing unto him and play unto him: and record all his wonderful deeds!

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 the ancient lords and the lords of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and hundreds and the lords over the substance of the king, were willing

All these were of the sons of Heman the king's seer of visions with the word of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

And to Shuppim and Hosah fell the west with the gate Shallecheth, where the way ascendeth upward, the one way being fast by the other.

The heaven rejoice and the earth be glad, and let men tell among the nations that the LORD is a king.

For we be but strangers before thee and tenants, as were all our fathers. Our days on the earth is but a shadow, and there is none abiding.

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

And David said unto God, "Is it not I that commanded to number the people? And I am he that have sinned and done evil in deed. But what have these sheep done? Let thine hand therefore O LORD God be on me and on my father's house, and not on thy people to destroy them."

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

And they offered offerings unto the LORD. And on the morrow after the said day, they offered in burnt offerings unto the LORD a thousand oxen, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs with their drink offerings.

For David thus thought, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD, must exceed in greatness, that it may be spoken of and praised in all lands. I will therefore make ordinance for it." And so David prepared abundance before his death.

And Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the salt valley eighteen thousand,

Whereby David perceived that the LORD had prepared him to be king upon Israel, in that his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'Thou hast shed much blood, and hast made many battles. Thou shalt not build a house for my name, for thou hast shed much blood to the earth in my sight.

And for the altar of cense of tried gold by weight. And the similitude of the seat of the Cherubs that stretched out their wings and covered the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD.

And so David brought not the Ark home to him in the city of David: But turned it in to the house of Obededom o Gittite,

And all the congregation was content so to do, for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people.

And the LORD was wroth with Uzzah and smote him, because he put his hand to the Ark.

Then David asked God, And God said to him, "Go not after them, but turn away from them, and come upon them straight from the pear trees.

And Ner begat Kisk, and Kish, Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.

And the Philistines came and pranced in the valley of Rephaim.

And so Solomon sat on the seat of the LORD, and was king for David his father, and prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer of visions, saying,

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

And he said unto 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,

And they put them in order by lot, one with another that there should be rulers in the sanctuary and lords before God as well of the sons of Ithamar as of the sons of Eleazar.

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

and the example of all that was in his mind, both of the courts of the house of the LORD and of the treasure houses round about, for the treasures of the house of God and for the treasure of the dedicated gifts,

"All was given me by writing of the hand of the LORD, which made me understand all the workmanship of the pattern."

the lords of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, "Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father in thy sight, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? Nay, but it is to search and overthrow and to spy out the land, that his servants be come unto thee."

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

Duke Timna, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth: duke Oholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,

Moreover, they that were nigh to them, as Issachar, Zebulun and, Naphtali, brought bread on asses, camels, mules and oxen, and meat: flour, figs, raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep abundantly. For there was mirth in Israel.

And say, 'Save us o God our saviour and gather us together and deliver us from among the heathen, to thank thy holy name, and to praise thee with the praise that becometh thee.

And now I say unto you before all Israel, the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God: keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God, that ye may enjoy a good land and inherit your children after you forever.

Think on his covenant ever, and on the word he commanded to a thousand generations.

As concerning the sons of Ladan which were Gershonites: Ladan had ancient fathers. Ladan the Gershonite had Jehieli.

And Shimeah the son of Nethanel the Scribe of the Levites wrote them before the king and the lords, and before Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the ancient heads of the priests and of the Levites: one principal household for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

And next to Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar. And the captain of the king's war was Joab.

And Obededom with his brethren three score and eight, and Obededom the son of Jeduthun and Uzzah to be porters.

And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal and Meribbaal begat Micah.

The seventh to Hakkoz. The eighth to Abijah.

And now our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. For what am I? And what is my people, that would obtain strength to be so willing?

For because ye were not there at the first time, the LORD our God made a rent among us, for that we sought him not as the fashion ought to be."

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

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third and Zachariah the fourth: so that all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

at Bethmarcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

And the Philistines came again and ran abroad in the valley.

And in Gibeon dwelt Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose wife was called Maacah.

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

And the sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

And David took yet more wives at Jerusalem and begat more sons and daughters.

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

And Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number. And though he finished it not, yet there fell wrath for that upon Israel. And therefore the number was not put in the chronicles of king David.

And he left there before the ark of the LORD's covenant, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the Ark evermore day by day.

The rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael. Of the sons of Shubael, Jehdiah.

Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite;

And yet because I have lust to the house of my God, I have several gold and silver which I give to the house of my God above all I have prepared for the holy house:

Behold: in mine adversity I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold and a thousand, thousand talents of silver, and as for brass and iron it cannot be numbered, it is so much. And I have prepared timber and stone, and shalt provide more thereto.

Among the Amramites, Izrahites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites,

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

Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and of his brethren a hundred and twenty.

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

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

And they hired thirty two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, which came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities and went out to battle.

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and other that were chosen and named by name, to thank the LORD that his mercy lasteth ever.

even three thousand talents of gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of silver tried:

And there chanced yet again war at Gath, where was a man of a size with twenty four fingers and toes, six on every hand and six on every foot, and was the son of Haraphah and defied Israel.

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

But God said to me, 'Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou art a man of war and hast shed blood.'

And unto Shemaiah his son were sons born that ruled in the house of their father, for they were men of might.

And David put an order among the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

And the Levites were numbered from thirty years and above, and the tale of them in men, poll by poll, was thirty eight thousand.

And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, brought David exceeding much brass. Wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea and the pillars and the vessels of brass.

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

And Joab answered, "The LORD make thy people a hundred times so many more as they be. But my lord king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why then doth my lord require this thing? Why should my lord be a cause of trespass to Israel?"

And of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and of his brethren a hundred and thirty.

and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites and the eldest sons of David waited at the king's hand.

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

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was appointed to consecrate in the place most holy, with his sons forever: and to burn the offerings before the LORD, and to minister, and to bless in his name forever.

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

But the Syrians fled before Israel, and David destroyed of the Syrians seven thousand chariots, and slew forty thousand footmen and killed Shophach the Captain of the host.

Then came the Syrians of Damascus to help Hadadezer king of Zobah. And David slew of the Syrians twenty two thousand,

And yet this seemed little in thine eyes O God. But that thou shouldest speak of thy servant's house for a great while to come: and hast looked upon me as upon a man of high degree, O LORD God.

And let us bring again the Ark of the Lord to us: for we regarded it not in the days of Saul."

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

Then said David to God, "I have sinned exceedingly in doing this thing. Nevertheless, yet do away the wickedness of thy servant, for I have done above measure foolishly."

And when Thou king of Hamath, heard how David had beat all the host of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

The ninth to Mattaniah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons.

And the LORD magnified Solomon on high, in the sight of all Israel, and gave him so glorious a kingdom as none of all that were kings before in Israel had.

And other of their brethren, the sons of Kohath, had the oversight of the shewbread, to prepare against all Sabbaths.

And Jahath was the chief, Zina the second. But Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, and therefore they were reckoned for one ancient household.

and of Cedar trees without number. For the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought much Cedar wood to David.

And David prepared plenty of iron for nails to the doors of the gates and to join with all, and abundance of brass without weight,

Praise his holy name, and let the hearts of them that seek the LORD rejoice!

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

And he dealt all Israel both man and woman a cracknel of bread, a piece of flesh and a mess of sops.

And there he died before God. And David was displeased, because the LORD had rent a rent in Uzzah, and called the said place Perezuzzah unto this day.

Unto these was divided the office of the portership as unto heads over the men that waited with their brethren and ministered in the house of the LORD.

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

And David asked God, saying, "Shall I go against the Philistines and wilt thou deliver them into mine hands?" And the LORD said to him: "Go, for I will deliver them into thine hand."

The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Raphael, Obed, and Elzabad and his brethren, men of activity, Elihu and Semachiah.

And thereto there went of the said children of Simeon five hundred men - Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel the sons of Ishi being their heads -

Of which twenty four thousand were set to further the work of the house of the LORD. And six thousand were officers and judges.

And David said to all the congregation, "Bless the LORD your God." And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and stooped and bowed themselves unto the LORD and to the king.

And the weight of gold for the tables of shewbread, table by table: and likewise silver for the tables of silver.

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

And the rulers over the tribes of Israel were these. Among the Reubenites, was Eliezer the son of Zichri. Among the Simeonites, was Shephatiah the son of Maacah.

And Hosah of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief, yet he was not the eldest, but his father made him the chiefest.

All these were at the hand of their father to sing in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps in the service of the house of God. And at the hand of the king was Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman:

And Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus sayeth the LORD:

Whereupon Hanun took David's servants and shaved them, and cut off their coats hard by their buttocks and sent them away.

I will be his father and he shall be my son, and I will not put my mercy away from him as I did from him that was before thee.

And king David dedicated them also unto the LORD with the silver and gold that he brought from all nations, from the Edomites, from the Moabites, from the children of Ammon, from the Philistines, from the Amalekites.