And Hadad died, - and there reigned in his stead, Samlah of Masrekah.

And Samlah died, - and there reigned in his stead, Shaul, of Rehoboth by the River.

And, the sons of Samuel, the firstborn, Joel , and, the second, Abiah.

Yea, these, are they who stood, with their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites, Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

All those who were chosen for door-keepers in the vestibule, were two hundred and twelve, - the same, in their villages, had registered themselves, the same, did David and Samuel the seer establish in their trust.

Thus came all the elders of Israel unto the king, to Hebron, and David solemnised to them a covenant in Hebron, before Yahweh, - and they anointed David to be king over Israel, according to the word of Yahweh, through Samuel.

So they cast lots for their charges, all alike, as the small so the great, the teacher with the learner.

Yea they east lots, as the small so the great, by their ancestral house, for every several gate.

And, all that Samuel the seer, and Saul son of Kish, and Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, had hallowed, whosoever had hallowed anything, it was under the direction of Shelomoth, and his brethren.

Now, the acts of David the king, first and last, behold them! written in the records of Samuel the seer, and in the records of Nathan the prophet, and in the records of Gad the seer: