And to Eber were born two sons. The name of the one was Peleg (because in his days the earth was divided), and the name of his brother was Joktan.

These are their generations. The first-born of Ishmael was Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

And the sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. And Timna was Lotan's sister.

The son of Anah was Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

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

And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his place. And the name of his city was Avith.

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

The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah, three born to him from the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the first-born of Judah, was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and He killed him.

And the son of Ethan was Azariah.

And Abigail bore Amasa. And the father of Amasa was Jether, the Ishmaelite.

And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old. And she bore him Segub.

Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

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

And the son of Appaim was Ishi. And the son of Ishi was Sheshan. And the son of Sheshan was Ahlai.

And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, and his name was Jarha.

And the son of Shammai was Maon. And Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. And Caleb's daughter was Achsah.

These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur. The first-born of Ephratah was Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim;

The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital. The sixth was Ithream by Eglah his wife.

And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, and Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

And these were of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi

And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow.

And Chelub the brother of Shuah fathered Mehir; he was the father of Eshton.

And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the son of Othniel was Hathath.

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the son of Elah was Kenaz.

And they found fertile and good pasture, for the land was wide and quiet and peaceable. For some of the sons of Ham had lived there of old.

And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the homes that were found there, and completely destroyed them until this day, and lived in their places, because there was pasture there for their flocks.

And the sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but since he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and the genealogy is not to be counted according to the birthright;

For Judah prevailed among his brothers, and from him came the chief ruler, but the birthright was Joseph's);

Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away. He was ruler of the men of Reuben.

And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them. For they cried to God in the battle, and He was pleased to hear them, because they put their trust in Him.

For many fell down slain, because the war was of God. And they lived in their places until the captivity.

And these are their dwelling-places throughout their camps, within their borders, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for the lot was theirs.

And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers house, these to Tola, great men of might in their generations. Their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand and six hundred.

And the son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five. All of them chiefs.

And the son of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

and Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim; and the name of his sister was Maachah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had daughters.

And Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. And the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

And the son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the lower, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.

And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

All these were the sons of Asher, heads of their fathers' house, choice, mighty warriors, heads of the rulers. And their enrollment in the warfare in the battle, their number was twenty-six thousand men.

And at Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maachah.

And his first-born son was Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal. And Meribbaal fathered Micah.

And Moza fathered Binea; Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

So all Israel enrolled themselves. And behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was exiled to Babylon for their sins.

And the gatekeepers were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman; and their brothers, Shallum was the chief.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and Jehovah was with him.

Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And they lived around the house of God, because the duty was on them. And they were to open it morning by morning.

And Mattithiah, of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, was faithful over the work of the pans.

And Jehiel, the father of Gibeon, lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maachah.

And his first-born son was Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal. And Meribbaal fathered Micah.

And Moza fathered Binea; and Rephaiah was his son; Eleasah, his son; Azel his son.

And the battle went sorely against Saul. And the archers hit him, and he was wounded by the archers.

And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and pierce me with it, lest these uncircumcised ones come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very much afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell on it.

And his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, and he also fell on the sword and died.

And also in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel. And Jehovah your God said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be ruler over My people Israel.

And David said, Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first and was chief.

And David became greater and greater, for Jehovah of Hosts was with him.

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

He was with David at Pas-dammim. And there the Philistines were gathered together to battle and a portion of the field was full of barley. And the people fled from before the Philistines.

And David was then in the stronghold, and the Philistines garrison was then at Bethlehem.

And David longed and said, Oh that someone would give me drink from the water of the well of Bethlehem, which was by the gate!

And he said, May my God forbid me to do this thing. Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? For they brought it with their lives. And he was not willing to drink it. These three mighty ones did these things.

And Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the three. For lifting up his spear against three hundred, he killed them, and had a name among the three.

Of the three, he was more honorable than the two for he was their captain. However, he did not attain the first three.

And he killed an 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 wrenched the spear out of the Egyptians hand, and killed him with his own spear.

Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but did not attain the first three. And David set him over his court.

The chief was Ahiezer, and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite, and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Berachah, and Jehu of Anathoth

These were the sons of Gad, captains of the army. One of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

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

And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred.

All these were men of war, keeping rank, they came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over Israel. And also all the rest of Israel was of one heart to make David king.

And also those who were near them, even to Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen. And they brought food, meal, cakes of figs and bunches of raisins, and wine and oil, and oxen and sheep abundantly. For there was joy in Israel.

And all the congregation said to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and He struck him because he put his hand to the ark. And he died there before Jehovah.

And David was displeased because Jehovah had made a break on Uzza. And he called that place The Breach of Uzza to this day.

And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God to me?

And David saw that Jehovah had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted on high, because of His people Israel.

And the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard, and went out against them.

And the Levites chose Heman the son of Joel, and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah. And from the sons of Merari their brothers, was Ethan the son of Kushaiah.

And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song. He instructed about the song, because he was skillful.

And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who carried the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers. David also had on him an ephod of linen.

I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. And I will not take My mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you.

And this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, for You have also spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.

And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army. And Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder.

And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests. And Shavsha was scribe.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And the sons of David were first ones at the hand of the king.

And Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, and he chose out of all the choice young men of Israel and set in order against the Syrians.

And it was told to David. And he gathered all Israel and passed over Jordan and came on them. And he set in order against them. And David set in order against the Syrians, and they fought with him.

And the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were beaten before Israel, and they made peace with David and became his servants. And Syria was not willing to help the sons of Ammon any more.

And David took the crown of their king from off his head and found its weight a talent of gold. And precious stones were in it. And it was set on David's head, and he also brought exceeding much spoil out of the city.

And there was war again with the Philistines. And Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear was like a weavers' beam.

And again there was a battle in Gath, and a man of stature was there, and his fingers and toes were twenty-four, six on each hand and six on each foot. And he also had been born son of the giant.

But Levi and Benjamin he did not count among them; for the king's word was evil to Joab.

And it was evil in the eyes of God as to this thing. And He struck Israel.

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. And as he was destroying, Jehovah looked. And He repented of the evil and said to the angel who destroyed, Enough! Stay your hand now! And the angel of Jehovah stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.