All these were the sons of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, choice men, mighty of valour, chiefs of the princes. And their number according to their genealogy, registered as fit for service for war, was twenty-six thousand men.

And Benjamin was the father of Bela his oldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

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

And these are the sons of Ehud (these were the chief fathers of the inhabitants of Geba; and they carried them away to Manahath;

Shaharaim fathered sons in Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

and Jeuz, and Shobia, and Mirmah; these were his sons, chief fathers.

By Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.

And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemer, who built Ono, and Lod and its dependent villages;

Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

and Michael, and Jishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

and Jishmerai, and Jizliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

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

and Jiphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

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

And his son, the firstborn, was Abdon; and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal; and Merib-Baal begot Micah.

And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

and Moza begot Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

And Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bochru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan; all these were sons of Azel.

And the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers; and they had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

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

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

And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

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

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

and Jibneiah 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 Jibnijah;

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

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

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

and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal; and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

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.

and, hitherto, they were in the gate of the king, eastward, - the same, were the keepers of the gate, for the camps of the sons of Levi.

And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers, set over the camp of Jehovah, were keepers of the entrance.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them formerly; Jehovah was with him.

Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was doorkeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.

And it was some one of the sons of the priests who compounded the ointment of the spices.

Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of baking the bread for offerings.

And some of the sons of the Kohathites, their brethren, were over the loaves to be set in rows, to prepare them every sabbath.

and, his firstborn son, Abdon, - and Zur, and Kish, and Baal and Ner, and Nadab;

and, the son of Jonathan, was Merib-baal, - and, Merib-baal, begat Micah;

and, the sons of Micah, were Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea and Ahaz ;

and, Moza, begat Binea, - and Raphaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son;

and, Azel, had six sons, and these are their names - Azrikam, his firstborn , and Ishmael, and Sheariah and Obadiah, and Hanan, and Asah . These, were the sons of Azel.

And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons, - and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, sons of Saul.

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

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

And it came to pass, on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, - that they found Saul, and his sons, lying prostrate in Mount Gilboa.

then rose up all the men of valour, and took away the corpse of Saul, and the corpses of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, - and buried their bodies under the terebinth, in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

and enquired not of Yahweh, wherefore he slew him, - and turned round the kingdom unto David, son of Jesse.

Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.

And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, first, shall become a chief, and a ruler, - So then Joab son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became a chief.

And, this, is the number of the heroes who pertained to David, - Jashobeam son of a Hachmonite, chief of the thirty, the same, brandished his spear over three hundred - slain at one time.

And, after him, was Eleazar son of Dodai, the Ahohite, - he, was among the three heroes;

Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, son of a man of valour, hero of many a deed, from Kabziel - he, smote the two sons of Ariel of Moab, he, also went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit, in time of snow;

These things, did Benaiah son of Jehoiada, so, he, had a name among three heroes.

Now, the heroes of the forces, were, - Asahel, brother of Joab, Elhanan, son of Dodo, of Bethlehem;

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

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

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

the sons of Hashem, the Gizonite, Jonathan, son of Shageh, the Hararite;

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

Hezro, the Carmelite, Naarai, son of Ezbai;

Joel, brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri;

Zelek, the Ammonite, - Naharai, the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah;

Uriah, the Hittite, Zabad son of Ahlai;

Adina, son of Shiza, the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites and over the thirty;

Hanan, son of Maacah, and Joshaphat, the Mithnite;

Uzzia, the Ashterathite, - Shama, and Jeiel, sons of Hotham, the Aroerite;

Jediael, son of Shimri, and Joha, his brother, the Tizite;

Eliel, the Mahavite, and Jeribai and Joshaviah, sons of Elnaam, - and Ithmah the Moabite;

Now these, are they who came unto David, to Ziklag, he yet being shut up, because of Saul son of Kish, - and, they, were among the heroes, helpers in the war;

the chief, Ahiezer, and Joash, sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel and Pelet, sons of Azmaveth, - and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite;

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

These, were of the sons of Gad, chiefs of the host, - one to a hundred, the least, and, the greatest, to a thousand.

And there came, of the sons of Benjamin, and Judah, as far as the stronghold, unto David.

Then, the spirit, clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, Thine, O David, Yea, with, thee, O son of Jesse! Prosperity, prosperity to thee, And prosperity to thy helpers, For thy God, hath helped thee: So David accepted them, and set them among the chiefs of the band.

Sons of Judah, bearers of shield and spear, six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.

Of sons of Simeon, heroes of valour for the war, seven thousand, and one hundred.

Of the sons of Levi, four thousand, and six hundred.

And, of the sons of Benjamin, brethren of Saul, three thousand, - and, hitherto, the greater part of them, had been keeping the charge of the house of Saul.

And, of the sons of Ephraim, twenty thousand, and eight hundred, - heroes of valour, men of renown, to their ancestral house.

And, of the sons of Issachar, such as were of good understanding of the times, to know what Israel, should do, their chiefs, were two hundred, and, all their brethren, were at their bidding.

And David took more wives, in Jerusalem, - and David begat more sons and daughters.

And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

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

of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;

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

of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;

of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty;

of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

And the sons of the Levites bare the ark of God, just as Moses commanded, according to the word of Yahweh, - on their shoulder, with the staves upon them.

And David spake to the chiefs of the Levites, to station their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, harps and lyres, and cymbals, - sounding aloud at the lifting up of the voice, for joy.

And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

And with them their brethren being second, Zechariah the son, and Jahaziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah. and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, Jeiel, gate-keepers.

And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Azaziah, with corded instruments on the octave, to give the first note of the song.

And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.

And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.