These were the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. Bela’s town was named Dinhabah.

So the Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites.

The first to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

So the Israelites went up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated the Philistines there. Then David said, “Like a bursting flood, God has used me to burst out against my enemies.” Therefore, they named that place the Lord Bursts Out.

Then he distributed to each and every Israelite, both men and women, a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.

So the Lord sent a plague on Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died.

This is the list of the Israelites, the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter to do with the divisions that were on rotated military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 in each division: