And, Cush, begat Nimrod, - he, began to be a mighty one in the earth.

And, unto Eber, were born two sons, - the name of the one, was Peleg, for, in his days, was the earth divided, and, the name of his brother, was Joktan.

And, the sons of Seir, Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, - and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.

The sons of Shobal, Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi and Onam. And, the sons of Zibeon, Aiah and Anah.

The sons of Anah, Dishon, - and, the sons of Dishon, Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

Now, these, are the kings, who reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned a king of the sons of Israel, - Bela the son of Beor, and, the name of his city, was Dinhabah.

And Bela died, - and there reigned in his stead, Jobab son of Zerah, of Bozrah.

And Jobab died, - and there reigned in his stead, Husham, of the land of the Temanites.

And Husham died, - and there reigned in his stead, Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, and, the name of his city, was Avith.

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 Shaul died, - and there reigned in his stead, Baal-hanan, the son of Achbor.

And Baal-hanan died, - and there reigned in his stead, Hadad, and, the name of his city, was Pai, - and, the name of his wife, was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

the sons of Judah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah, the three born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess, - but Er the firstborn of Judah became wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, and he slew him.

And, Tamar his daughter-in-law, bare him, Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah, were five.

And, the sons of Carmi, Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in a thing devoted.

And, afterward, Hezron went in unto the daughter of Machir, father of Gilead, and he took her when he was sixty years old, - and she bare him Segub.

And, Segub, begat Jair, - who came to have twenty-three cities, in the land of Gilead;

Now Sheshan had, no sons, but, daughters, - and, Sheshan, had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha;

and the families of scribes who dwelt at Jabez, the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. The same, are the Kenites who came in from Hammath, father of the house of Rechab.

Now, these, were the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron, - the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess;

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

And, these, were born to him in Jerusalem, Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon - four, by Bathshua, daughter of Ammiel;

So then Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldst, indeed bless, me, and enlarge my boundary, and that thy hand might be with me, - and that thou wouldst work to deliver me from evil, that it be not my pain. And God brought about that which he asked.

They, were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim, and Gederah, - with the king in his work, dwelt they there.

And they dwelt in Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual;

and in Bilhah, and in Ezem, and in Tolad;

and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag;

and in Beth-marcaboth, and in Hazar-susim, and in Beth-biri, and in Shaaraim. These, were their cities unto the reign of David.

And, their villages, were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, - five cities;

and all their villages that were round about these cities, as far as Baal. These, were their habitations, and they had their own genealogical register.

These, introduced by their names, were leading men in their families. And, their ancestral house, brake forth exceedingly;

so they went to the entering in of Gerar, unto the east of the valley, - to seek pasture for their flocks;

and they found pasture, fat and good, and, the land, was broad on both hands, and quiet, and secure, - for, of Ham, were the dwellers there aforetime.

But these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim who were found there, and devoted them, until this day, and dwelt in their stead, - for there was pasture for their flocks, there.

And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, for, he, was the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, - and he is not to be enrolled in the place of firstborn,

and his brethren, by his families, in the genealogical registering, by their generations, - the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah;

and Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, - he, dwelt in Aroer, even as far as Nebo, and Baal-meon;

and, eastward, dwelt he as far as the entering in of the desert, from the river Euphrates, - because, their cattle, were multiplied in the land of Gilead;

and, in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand, - so they dwelt in their tents, over all the face of the land east of Gilead.

And, the sons of Gad, over against them, dwelt, in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:

Joel the chief, and Shapham, the second, - and Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan;

and they dwelt in Gilead - in Bashan, and in her villages, - and in all the pasture-lands of Sharon, up to their outgoings.

All of them, were genealogically registered in the days of Jotham king of Judah, - and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

the sons of Reuben and Gad, and half tribe of Manasseh, of the sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword and bending the bow, and instructed in war, were forty-four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, ready to go forth in the host.

and were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all that were with them were delivered into their hand, - for, unto God, made they outcry, in the war, and he suffered himself to be entreated by them, because they put their trust in him;

for, many slain, fell, for, of God, was the war, - and they dwelt in their stead, until the captivity.

And, the sons of the half tribe of Manasseh, dwelt in the land, - from Bashan, as far as to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon, they, were multiplied.

so the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he took them away captive, even the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh, - and brought them in unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

and, Johanan, begat Azariah, - he, it was who ministered as priest, in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem;

and, Jehozadak, departed, when Yahweh carried away Judah and Jerusalem into captivity, - by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

And, these, are they whom David caused to stand, as the servants of song, in the house of Yahweh, when he had given rest unto the ark;

so they became attendants before the habitation of the tent of meeting, with song, until Solomon built the house of Yahweh, in Jerusalem, - and they took their stand according to their prescribed manner over their work.

And, his brother Asaph who stood on his right hand, Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, -

And, the sons of Merari, their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch; -

And, these, are their dwelling-places, according to their encampments, in their boundary, - pertaining to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for, theirs, was the lot:

so they gave them Hebron, in the land of Judah, and the pasture lands thereof, round about it;

And, to the sons of Gershom, by their families - out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

and they gave unto them the cities of refuge - Shechem and her pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, - and Gezer, with her pasture lands;

Unto the sons of Gershom - out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, with her pasture lands, - and Ashtaroth, with her pasture lands.

And, out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, with her pasture lands, and Hammon, with her pasture lands, - and Kiryathaim, with her pasture lands.

And, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east of the Jordan - out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness, with her pasture lands, - and Jahzah, with her pasture lands;

And, out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, with her pasture lands, - and Mahanaim, with her pasture lands;

And, the sons of Tola, were Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Ibsam and Shemuel, chiefs of their ancestral house, pertaining to Tola, heroes of valour, in their generations, - their number, in the days of David, twenty-two thousand and six hundred.

and, their brethren, of all the families of Issachar, heroes of great valour, were eighty-seven thousand, when they had, all, registered themselves.

And, the sons of Bela, Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri, five, chiefs of the ancestral house, heroes of great valour, - who, when they had registered themselves, were twenty-two thousand and thirty-four,

And, when they had registered themselves by their generations, the chiefs of their ancestral house, the heroes of valour, were twenty thousand and two hundred.

and Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, - but the men of Gath who had been born in the land slew them, because they had come down to take away their cattle.

And he went in unto his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, - and he called his name, Beriah, because, in misfortune, was she in his house.

and, on the sides of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean and the villages thereof, Taanach and the villages thereof, Megiddo and the villages thereof, Dor and the villages thereof. In these, dwelt the sons of Joseph, son of Israel.

All these, were sons of Asher, chiefs of the ancestral house, choice men, heroes of great valour, chiefs of the leaders, - and, when they registered themselves, in host, for war, the number of the men, was twenty-six thousand.

And, Shaharaim, begat children in the field of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.

And, the sons of Elpaal, Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, - he, built Ono, and Lod, and the villages thereof.

these, were ancestral chiefs to their generations, chief men, - these, dwelt in Jerusalem;

And, in Gibeon, dwelt the father of Gibeon Jeiel , the name of whose wife, was Maacah, -

And, Mikloth, begat Shimeah, - moreover also, they, over against their brethren, did dwell in Jerusalem, with their own brethren.

And, all Israel, registered themselves, and lo! they are written, in the Book of the Kings of Israel, and, Judah, was carried away captive to Babylon, for their faithlessness.

Now, the first inhabitants, who were in their possessions, in their cities, were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

And, in Jerusalem, there dwelt, of the sons of Judah, and of the sons of Benjamin, - and of the sons of Ephraim, and Manasseh:

and Obadiah, son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, - and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

and, hitherto, they were in the gate of the king, eastward, - the same, were the keepers of the gate, for the camps of the sons of Levi.

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.

And, their brethren in their villages, had to come in, every seven days, from time to time, along with these.

For, in trust, were four mighty men of the keepers of the gates, the same, were Levites, - and they were over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God.

And, some from among them, were over the utensils of the service, - for, by number, used they to bring them in, and, by number, used they to take them forth.

And, some from among them, were appointed over the utensils, yea over all the vessels of the holy place, - and over the fine meal, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

And, Mattithiah, from among the Levites, - the same, was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite - was in trust over the making of the flat cakes.

And, some from among the Kohathites, of their brethren, were over the Bread that was set in Array, - to place it sabbath by sabbath.

These, also were the singers, ancestral chiefs of the Levites, in the chambers, free, - for, by day and by night, was there a charge upon them, in the business.

These, were the ancestral chiefs, of the Levites, by their generations, chief men, - these, dwelt in Jerusalem.

And, in Gibeon, dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, - the name of whose wife, was Maacah:

And, Mikloth, begat Shimeam - and, they also, over against their brethren, did dwell in Jerusalem, along with their brethren.

Now, the Philistines, fought against Israel, - and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and the wounded fell in Mount Gilboa.

And, when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, then, he also, fell upon the sword, and died.

And, when all the men of Israel that were in the vale saw, that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then forsook they their cities, and fled, and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And it came to pass, on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, - that they found Saul, and his sons, lying prostrate in Mount Gilboa.

And they put his armour, in the house of their gods, - but, his skull, fastened they up, in the house of Dagon.

And, when all Jabesh-Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

then rose up all the men of valour, and took away the corpse of Saul, and the corpses of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, - and buried their bodies under the terebinth, in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

Thus died Saul, for his unfaithfulness wherewith he dealt unfaithfully against Yahweh, over the word of Yahweh, which he kept not, - and, also, in asking by necromancy when he desired to enquire;