And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

And Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who were living in the small towns of the Netophathites.

Up till then they had been at the king's door to the east. They were door-keepers for the tents of the sons of Levi.

And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his family, the Korahites, were responsible for everything which had to be done in connection with the order of worship, keepers of the doors of the Tent; their fathers had had the care of the tents of the Lord, being keepers of the doorway.

In the past Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, had been ruler over them; may the Lord be with him!

Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting.

So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.

And some of the sons of the priests were responsible for crushing the spices.

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the oldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for cooking the flat cakes.

And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.

And Abdon his oldest son, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.

And the sons of Micah: Pithon and Melech and Tahrea and Ahaz.

And Moza was the father of Binea; and Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

And Azel had five sons, whose names are: Azrikam, his oldest son, and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

And the Philistines went hard after Saul and his sons, and put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.

So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.

And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.

Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

This is the list of David's men of war: Ishbaal, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the three: he put to death three hundred at one time with his spear.

And after him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three great fighters.

Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a fighting-man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death two young lions going into their secret place; and he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow.

These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.

And these were the great men of war: Asahel, the brother of Joab, Elhanan, the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

Maharai the Netophathite, Heled, the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

Ithai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah, of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan, the son of Shage the Hararite,

Ahiam, the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal, the son of Ur,

Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai, the son of Ezbai,

Joel, the brother of Nathan, Mibhar, the son of Hagri,

Zelek the Ammonite, and Naharai the Berothite, the servant who had the care of the arms of Joab, the son of Zeruiah;

Uriah the Hittite, Zabad, the son of Ahlai,

Adina, the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;

Hanan, the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,

Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,

Jediael, the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

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

Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.

Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite;

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

Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.

And while he was living in Jerusalem, David took more wives and became the father of more sons and daughters.

And David got together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;

Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twenty;

Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty;

Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and thirty;

Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred;

Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brothers, eighty;

Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twelve.

And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, lifting it by its rods, as the Lord had said to Moses.

So Heman, the son of Joel, and, of his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan, the son of Kushaiah, were put in position by the Levites;

And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Azaziah, with corded instruments on the octave, to give the first note of the song.

And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was master of the music: he gave directions about the song, because he was expert.

And Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, with their brothers, sixty-eight of them, to be door-keepers:

And Heman and Jeduthun had horns and brass instruments sounding loudly, and instruments of music for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the door.

And when the time comes for you to go to your fathers, I will put in your place your seed after you, one of your sons, and I will make his kingdom strong.

I will be to him a father and he will be to me a son; and I will not take my mercy away from him as I took it from him who was before you;

He sent his son Hadoram to King David, to give him words of peace and blessing, because he had overcome Hadadezer in the fight, for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou; and he gave him all sorts of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.

And Zadok, the son of Ahitub; and Ahimelech, the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was the scribe;

And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.

Now it came about after this that death came to Nahash, the king of the children of Ammon, and his son became king in his place.

And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, because his father was a friend to me. So David sent men to him, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And the servants of David came to Hanun, to the land of the children of Ammon, offering him comfort.

And again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan, the son of Jair, put to death Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.

And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.

And Ornan, turning back, saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him went to a secret place. Now Ornan was crushing his grain.

And David said, Solomon my son is young and untested, and the house which is to be put up for the Lord is to be very great, a thing of wonder and glory through all countries; so I will make ready what is needed for it. So David got ready a great store of material before his death.

Then he sent for his son Solomon, and gave him orders for the building of a house for the Lord, the God of Israel.

And David said to Solomon, My son, it was my desire to put up a house for the name of the Lord my God.

But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;

He will be the builder of a house for my name; he will be to me a son, and I will be to him a father; and I will make the seat of his rule over Israel certain for ever.

Now, my son, may the Lord be with you; and may you do well, and put up the house of the Lord your God, as he has said of you.

Then David gave orders to all the chiefs of Israel to give their help to Solomon his son, saying,

Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

And David put them into divisions under the names of the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

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

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three; these were the heads of the families of Ladan.

And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zizah and Jeush and Beriah; these four were the sons of Shimei.

Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.

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

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses; and Aaron was made separate and holy, he and his sons for ever, for the care of the most holy things and the burning of offerings before the Lord, to do his work and give blessings in his name for ever.

And the sons of Moses, the man of God, were put into the list of the tribe of Levi

The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer.

The sons of Gershom: Shebuel the first.

And the sons of Eliezer: Rehabiah the first; and Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had a great number.

The sons of Izhar: Shelomith the first.

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 at his death Eleazar had no sons, but only daughters, and their relations, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.

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

These were the sons of Levi, grouped by families, the heads of the families of those who were numbered by name, by heads, all those of twenty years old and over who did the work of the house of the Lord.

So among the last acts of David was the numbering of the sons of Levi, from twenty years old and over.

Their place was by the side of the sons of Aaron in all the work of the house of the Lord, in the open spaces and in the rooms, in the making clean of all the holy things, in doing all the work of the house of the Lord,

And they had the care of the Tent of meeting and the holy place, under the direction of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the work of the house of the Lord.

Now the divisions into which the sons of Aaron were grouped were these: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.