followed by nine more: Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,

And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him in pain."

these mentioned by name were leaders in their families; and their fathers’ houses increased greatly [so they needed more land].

For a great number fell mortally wounded, because the battle was of God. And these Israelites settled in their territory until the exile [by Assyria more than five centuries later].

David steadily grew more powerful, and the Lord of Hosts was with him.

Of the three he was more honourable than the two, and he was their captain; but he did not attain to the first three.

Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn't attain to the [first] three: and David set him over his guard.

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

For at that time day by day there came more to David to help him, until it was a great army, like the army of God.

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

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.

And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and be disturbed no more; neither shall the sons of wickedness waste them any more, as formerly,

What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? You know Your servant.

And the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were routed before Israel, and they made peace with David, and became his servants. And the Syrians would no more help the children of Ammon.

And Joab answered, the LORD make his people a hundred times more numerous than they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed,

and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)

“Notice I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the Lord—3,775 tons of gold, 37,750 tons of silver, and bronze and iron that can’t be weighed because there is so much of it. I have also provided timber and stone, but you will need to add more to them.

In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.

These were the sons of Levi by their ancestral houses—the heads of families, according to their registration by name in the headcount—20 years old or more, who worked in the service of the Lord’s temple.

and the Levites also have no more to carry the tabernacle, nor any of its vessels for its service.

for according to the last words of David, the Levites 20 years old or more were to be counted—

Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than Ithamar’s, they were divided accordingly: 16 heads of ancestral houses were from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight heads of ancestral houses were from Ithamar’s.

And David did not {take a census of those twenty years old or under} because Yahweh promised to make Israel more numerous than the stars of heaven.

Now as far as I am able, I have made ready what is needed for the house of my God; the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the silver things, and the brass for the brass things, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; beryls and jewels to be framed, and stones of different colours for ornament; all sorts of stones of great price, and polished building-stone, as much as is needed and more.