And his eldest son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner and Nadab;

And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal. And Meribbaal begat Micah,

and the sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech and Tarea.

And Moza begat Binea, whose son was Rephaiah, and his son was Eleasah, and his son Azel.

And Azel had six sons whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. These are the sons of Azel.

And the Philistines followed Saul and his sons and slew Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchishua the sons of Saul.

And thus Saul and his three sons and all his house died together.

And when all the men that dwelt in the valleys saw how they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and ran away, and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And on the morrow when the Philistines came to strip the dead bodies, they found Saul and his sons overthrown in mount Gilboa.

all the men of war arose and fetched away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh and buried the bones of them under an oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

and asked not of the LORD. And therefore the Lord killed him and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

Then said David, "Whosoever smite the Jebusites first, shall be the principal captain and a lord." And Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was therefore the chief captain.

And this is the number of the mighty men which David had: Jashobeam the son of Hachmoni the chief of thirty - he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time.

And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo an Ahohite which was one of the three mightiest.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of a strong man that had done great deeds and was of Kabzeel: he slew two strong lions of Moab, and went down and slew a Lion in a pit in time of snow.

Such things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name with the three mightiest,

And these were the best men of war of the Host: Asahel the brother of Joab and Elhanan the son of Dodo out of Bethlehem.

Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite;

Maharai the Netophathite and Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite;

Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah that pertaineth to the children of Benjamin: Benaiah the Pirathonite;

the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee, an Hararite;

Ahiam the son of Sachar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur;

Hezro the Carmelite and Naarai the son of Ezbai;

Joel the brother of Nathan: Mibhar the son of Hagri;

Zelek an Ammonite and Naharai a Beerothite, the bearer of the Harness of Joab the son of Zeruiah;

Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai;

Adina the son of Shiza, a Reubenite and a head among the Reubenites and thirty about him;

Hanan the son of Maacah and Joshaphat a Mithnite;

Uzziah an Ashterathite; Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hoham an Aroerite;

Jediael the son of Shimri and Joha his brother, Tizites;

Eliel a Mahavite, and Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam and Ithmah a Moabite;

And these following came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close for fear of Saul the son of Kish: and they were of the men that succored the battle,

The chiefest were Ahiezer and Joash the sons of Shemaah a Gibeonite, and Jeziel a Pelite, the sons of Azmaveth; Berachah and Jehu of Anathoth;

And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

These were of the sons of Gad, and were captains over the men of war, the small over a hundred, and the great over a thousand.

And the spirit came upon Amasai a captain over thirty and he said, "Thine are we, David, and on thy side thou son of Jesse: peace be with thee, and peace be with thine helpers, for thy God helpeth thee." Then David received them and made them heads of companies of the men of war.

And David took yet more wives at Jerusalem and begat more sons and daughters.

Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and of his brethren a hundred and twenty.

And of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and of his brethren a hundred and thirty.

And of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and of his brethren eighty.

And of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and of his brethren a hundred and twelve.

And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel: and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Barachiah. And of the sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Kushaiah.

And Chenaniah the chief of the Levites was master of the song and taught to sing, for he was a man of understanding.

And David had on him an alb of bysse, and so had the Levites that bare the Ark, and so had the singers, and Chenaniah the ruler of the song and of the singers. And David had moreover upon him an Ephod of linen.

And Obededom with his brethren three score and eight, and Obededom the son of Jeduthun and Uzzah to be porters.

And with the said Heman and Jeduthun were trumpets and sounding cymbals, and instruments of the melody of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

But when thy days be expired, that thou must go after thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons and will settle his kingdom.

I will be his father and he shall be my son, and I will not put my mercy away from him as I did from him that was before thee.

he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to salute him and to bless him, because he had fought with Hadadezer and beaten him - for Thou had war with Hadadezer - and sent all manner of Jewels of gold, silver and brass with him.

And Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the salt valley eighteen thousand,

And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud 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 eldest sons of David waited at the king's hand.

After this it chanced that Nahash king of the children of Ammon died, and his son made king in his stead.

Then said David, "I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father dealt kindly with me." And thereupon David sent messengers to comfort him over the death of his father. And when the servants of David were come into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him,

And there was battle again with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear was like the beam of a weaver.

And there chanced yet again war at Gath, where was a man of a size with twenty four fingers and toes, six on every hand and six on every foot, and was the son of Haraphah and defied Israel.

And Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, slew him.

And Ornan turned about and saw the Angel, and his four sons with him, and hid themselves: for Oman was threshing wheat.

For David thus thought, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD, must exceed in greatness, that it may be spoken of and praised in all lands. I will therefore make ordinance for it." And so David prepared abundance before his death.

And he called Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

And David said to Salomon, "My son, I had in mine heart to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God.

Behold, a son shall be born thee which shall be a man of rest, for I will give him rest from all his enemies round about. And his name shall be Solomon: for I will send rest and peace upon Israel in his days.

He shall build a house for my name, and he shall be my son, and I will be his father, and will establish the seat of his kingdom upon Israel forever.'

Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; that thou mayest prosper and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

And David commanded all the lords of Israel, to help Solomon his son, saying,

And when David was old and stricken in years, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

The sons of Ladan: the chief was Jehiel and then Zetham and Joel, three.

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the ancient heads of Ladan.

And the sons of Shimei were also Jahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah: these four were the sons of Shimei.

And Jahath was the chief, Zina the second. But Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, and therefore they were reckoned for one ancient household.

The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel, four.

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was appointed to consecrate in the place most holy, with his sons forever: and to burn the offerings before the LORD, and to minister, and to bless in his name forever.

The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

And of the sons of Gershom: Shebuel was the chief.

The sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had no other sons: But the sons of Rehabiah were very many.

And of the sons of Izhar: Shelomith, the chief.

The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth.

The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first and Isshiah the second.

The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, which their brethren, the sons of Kish, took.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth, three.

"To wait at the hands of the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, and to have the oversight of the courts and of the store houses, and of the purifying of all holy things, and of the work of the things that served for the house of God,

And that they should wait on the tabernacle of witness and on the holy place, and on the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

The division of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

And David ordered them on this manner: Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar to be in office by course.

And there were more mighty heads found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar. And they divided them into sixteen heads of ancient households of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar.

And they put them in order by lot, one with another that there should be rulers in the sanctuary and lords before God as well of the sons of Ithamar as of the sons of Eleazar.

And Shimeah the son of Nethanel the Scribe of the Levites wrote them before the king and the lords, and before Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the ancient heads of the priests and of the Levites: one principal household for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

The rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael. Of the sons of Shubael, Jehdiah.

Of the sons of Rehabiah, the first, Isshiah.

Of the Izharites, Shelomoth. Of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.

And the sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

Of the sons of Uzziel, Micah. Of the sons of Micah, Shamir.

The brother of Micah was Isshiah. Of the sons of Isshiah, Zachariah.

The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Jaaziah, Beno.

The sons of Merari: by Jaaziah. Beno, Shoham, Zaccur and Ibri.

Mahli had Eleazar which had no sons.

The sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth. These are of the children of Levi in the households of their fathers.