The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.

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

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

And Azubah died, and Caleb took him Ephrath, and she bore him Hur.

And afterwards Hezron went to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.

And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, Abijah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

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

and Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai.

And these are the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jizreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;

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

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

And Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Ahashtari: these were the sons of Naarah.

And Jabez was more honoured than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with pain.

for Judah prevailed among his brethren, and of him was the prince, but the birthright was Joseph's),

and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him.

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

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

And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers came up with him, and he was terrified by the archers.

And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent them into the land of the Philistines round about, to announce the glad tidings to their idols, and to the people.

and he asked not counsel of Jehovah; therefore he slew him, and transferred the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.

And these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who shewed themselves valiant with him in his kingdom, with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.

And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of Hachmoni, the chief of the captains; he brandished his spear against three hundred, slain by him at one time.

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

He also smote the Egyptian, a man of stature, five cubits high: and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

Behold, he was honoured above the thirty, but he did not attain to the first three. And David set him in his council.

Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;

Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he kept still close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in the conflict;

And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon deliberation sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul at the peril of our heads.

As he went away to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh: Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

For day by day there came men to David to help him, until it was a great camp, like the camp of God.

And this is the number of the men equipped for military service, who came to David to Hebron, to transfer the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.

And Jehoiada the prince of Aaron, and with him were three thousand seven hundred;

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

And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, for his kingdom was highly exalted, because of his people Israel.

And David inquired of God saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines, and wilt thou give them into my hand? And Jehovah said to him, Go up; and I will give them into thy hand.

And David inquired again of God; and God said to him, Go not up after them; turn round them and come upon them opposite the mulberry-trees.

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

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

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

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites, for them has Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to serve him for ever.

For because ye did it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

And David was clothed with a robe of byssus, and all the Levites that bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah chief of the music of the singers; and David had upon him a linen ephod.

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

Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with instruments of lutes and with harps; and Asaph sounding with cymbals;

Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him; Meditate upon all his wondrous works.

Majesty and splendour are before him; Strength and gladness in his place.

Give unto Jehovah the glory of his name! Bring an oblation, and come before him: Worship Jehovah in holy splendour.

Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established, it shall not be moved.

I will be his father, and he shall be my son; and I will not take away my mercy from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;

and I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.

For thou, my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house; therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray before thee.

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

and he sent Hadoram his son to king David to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten him; for Hadarezer was continually at war with Tou; he sent also all manner of vessels of gold and silver and bronze.

And David said, I will shew kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind; and he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians;

And Joab and the people that were with him drew near in front of the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. And David put the battle in array against the Syrians, and they fought with him.

And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.

And Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus saith Jehovah:

Choose thee, either three years of famine, or three months to be destroyed before thine adversaries while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee, or three days the sword of Jehovah and the pestilence in the land, and the angel of Jehovah destroying through all the borders of Israel. And now consider what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; and as he was destroying, Jehovah beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough; withdraw now thine hand. And the angel of Jehovah stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

And Ornan turned back and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

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

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

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

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

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was separated, that he should be hallowed as most holy, he and his sons for ever, to offer before Jehovah, to do service to him, and to bless in his name for ever.

This is their ordering in their service to come into the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance, through Aaron their father, as Jehovah the God of Israel had commanded him.

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God had blessed him.

And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the head;

The fourth for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were twenty-four thousand.

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

And thou, Solomon my son, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searches all hearts, and discerns all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cut thee off for ever.

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

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

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

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