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

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.

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

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

The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. But Seled died without children.

And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan. But Jether died without children.

Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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,

But Aaron and his sons burnt upon the altar of burnt offerings and on the altar of cense, and were appointed unto all that was to do in the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel in all points according as Moses the servant of God had commanded.

But the country and villages pertaining thereto, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

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

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

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.

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

And he built the city on every side even from Mello round about. But Joab repaired the rest of the city.

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 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 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.

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.

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

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.

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."

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."

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

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

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 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.

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

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 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."

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,

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

But I will set him in mine house and in my kingdom forever, and his seat shall be sure forever.'"

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 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.

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

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

and put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: And the Syrians became David's servants and brought him tribute. For the LORD helped David in all that he went to.

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

and put Soldiers in Edom, and all Edom became David's servants: for the LORD kept David in all that he took in hand.

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 the children of Ammon came out and put them in array to battle before the gate of the city. And the kings that were come kept them by themselves in the field.

When Joab saw that the front of the battle was before him and after, he chose out of all the youth of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians.

And the rest of the people he delivered unto Abishai his brother, that they should put themselves in array against the children of Ammon,

And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse of Israel, they sent messengers and fetched out the Syrians that are beyond the river with Shophach the Captain of the host of Hadadezer before them.

Which, when it was told David, he gathered all Israel, and went over Jordan and went and set upon them. And David put himself in array against the Syrians, and they fought with him.

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.

And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were put to the worse of Israel, they made peace with David and served him. Neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon anymore.

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 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?"

But the Levites and Benjamin he counted not among them. For the king's deed seemed abominable to Joab.

And David said to Gad, "I am in an exceeding strait. But let me fall in to the hands of the LORD, for passing great is his mercy, and let me not fall unto the hands of men."

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."

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."

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

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

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.

The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had no other sons: But the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, which their brethren, the sons of Kish, took.

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

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

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.

But the multitude of them were with their brethren that were cunning in the song of the LORD. And the number of all that taught, were two hundred and fourscore and eight.

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.

Among the children of Ephraim, Hosea the son of Azaziah. In the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah.

But David took not the number of them under twenty years: for the LORD said he would increase Israel like unto the stars of the sky.

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.

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 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 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.

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

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.