Some of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of the Kohathites.

The Gershomites received:

Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh.

From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,

From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,

From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.

The rest of the Merarites received:

From the tribe of Zebulun they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,

From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,

Their relatives among all the families of Issachar, courageous men, registered by genealogies, were 87,000 in all.

In addition, Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and the Hushites were descended from Aher.

Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. (His sister's name was Maacah.) Zelophehad was Manasseh's second son; he had only daughters.

And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath, who had been living in the land from their birth, put to death, because they came down to take away their cattle.

And Shaharaim begat in the field of Moab from his sending them away; Hushim and Baara his wives.

And he will beget from Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

And from Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.

And Mikloth fathered Shimeah. And these also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, across from them.

And the sons of Ulam will be strong men of power, bending the bow, and many sons and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these from the sons of Benjamin.

Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.

Uthai the son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, from the sons of Perez, the son of Judah.

And from the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

And from the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

And from the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

And from the priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin;

And from the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, from the sons of Merari;

he serves to this day at the King's Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the Lord's dwelling place.

To the four quarters will be the gates, from the sunrising, the sea, the north and the south.

And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after every seven days from time to time with them.

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, some from among the sons of the priests, were compounders of perfumes, with 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 from the sons of the Kohathites, some of their kinsmen [were] over the {showbread} to prepare [it] {every Sabbath}.

Now these [were] the singers; the heads of the {families} of the Levites [were] in the chambers free from other service, for day and night [they were] over them on the service.

And Mikloth fathered Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brothers at Jerusalem, across from their brothers.

Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and every Israelite fled away from before the Philistines. And they fell slain upon Mount Gilboa.

And the war will be heavy upon Saul, and they shooting with bows will find him, and he will be wounded from those shooting.

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.

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa.

So Saul died for his transgressions; that is, he acted unfaithfully to the LORD by transgressing the message from the LORD (which he did not keep), by consulting a medium for advice,

and by not seeking counsel from the LORD, who therefore put him to death and turned the kingdom over to Jesse's son David.

And he built the city all around from the Millo and up to the circuit. And Joab restored the remainder of the city.

These are the leaders of the elite warriors who were strong supporters of David in his kingdom, along with all of Israel, in keeping with the message from the LORD concerning Israel.

He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines were gathered together to battle; and there was there a plot of ground full of barley; and the people had fled from before the Philistines.

And the three from the thirty heads will go down upon the rock to David to the cave of Adullam; and the camp of the rovers encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

And David had a craving, and he said, "Who could give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem that [is] by the gate!"

Then the three broke through into the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem that [was] by the gate and brought [it] and came to David. But David would not drink it and poured it out before Yahweh.

And he said, "Far be it from me [that] I would do this before my God. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For {at the risk of their lives} they brought it." And he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

Joab's brother Abishai was the lieutenant in charge of the platoons. He used his spear to fight and kill 300 men, gaining a reputation distinct from the Three.

From the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them.

[And] Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] {a strong man} from Kabzeel, [one who did] great deeds. He himself struck down two [sons of] Ariel of Moab. And he himself went down and struck down a lion within a pit on a snowy day.

And he himself struck down an Egyptian man, a large man five cubits [tall]. And in the hand of the Egyptian [was] a spear like a weaver's beam. But he went down to him with a club and seized the spear from the hand of the Egyptian and killed him with his own spear.

He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

Now the mighty warriors of the troops [were] Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo from Bethlehem,

Shammoth from Haror, Helez the Pelonite,

Ikkesh's son Ira from Tekoa, Abiezer from Anathoth,

Maharai from Netophah, Baanah's son Heled from Netophah,

Ittai the son of Ribai from Gibeah of the people of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

Hurai from the valleys of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

Azmaveth from Baharum, Eliahba from Shaalbon,

Hezro from Carmel, Ezbai's son Naarai,

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai from Beeroth, who was the armor-bearer for Zeruiah's son Joab,

These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.

[They were] armed with [the] bow, [able to shoot] right-handed or left-handed, [slinging] stones or [shooting] arrows with the bow; [they were] kinsmen of Saul from Benjamin.

Their leaders were Shemaah's sons Ahiezer and Joash from Gibeah, Azmaveth's sons Jeziel and Pelet, Beracah, Jehu from Anathoth,

Ishmaiah from Gibeon (who was one of the elite among the Thirty and in charge over them), Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad from Gederah,

Joelah and Zebadiah, sons of Jeroham from the Gedor.

And from the Gadites, valiant mighty warriors, {soldiers fit for war}, expert with shield and spear, defected to David at the fortress toward the wilderness. And {they had faces like lions} [and were] swift as gazelles upon the mountains.

These from the sons of Gad, heads of the army: one to a hundred the small, and the great to a thousand.

And some of the sons of Benjamin and [from] Judah came to the fortress, to David.

And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.

Some men from Manasseh joined David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: "It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.")

As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him these from Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of the thousands who were from Manasseh.

For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like the army of God.

From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

From the men of Simeon, mighty warriors of strength for war: seven thousand one hundred.

From the Levites: four thousand six hundred.

along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family.

From the men of Benjamin, kinsmen of Saul, three thousand, and {even still} the majority of them {remained loyal} to the house of Saul.

And from the men of Ephraim: twenty thousand eight hundred mighty warriors of strength, famous men in the house of their fathers.

And from the half-tribe of Manasseh: eighteen thousand who were designated by name to come to make David king.

And from the men of Issachar: {men who were skilled in understanding the times} to know what Israel should do. Their chiefs [were] two hundred, and all their kinsmen [were] under their command.

From Zebulun, those who went out armed, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war: fifty thousand to help David {with singleness of purpose}.

From Naphtali: one thousand commanders; and [those] with them with shield and spear: thirty-seven thousand.

From the Danites, [those] equipped for battle: twenty-eight thousand six hundred.

And from Asher, those who went out armed [and] prepared for battle: forty thousand.

And from beyond the Jordan, from the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all [their] weapons of war for battle: one hundred and twenty thousand.

Also their neighbors, from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There were large supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, olive oil, beef, and lamb, for Israel was celebrating.

And David said to all the congregation of Israel, If it is good to you, and if it has broken forth from Jehovah our God, let us send to our brothers, those remaining in all the lands of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites in their cities that they be gathered to us.

And let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not inquire from it in the days of Saul.

And David summoned all Israel from Shihor of Egypt up to Lebo-Hamath to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-Jearim.

And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, Kiriath-Jearim of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of Yahweh God [who] is enthroned [between] the cherubim, which is called the name.

And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio were driving the cart.

And David removed not the ark of God from the city of David, and he will turn it away to the house of Obed-Edom the Gathite.

When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard and went out from before them.

And David, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? and will you give them into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up; for I will give them into your hands.

Then David inquired again of God. And God said to him, "You shall not go up after them. Go around from before them and come against them the opposite [way] of the balsam trees.

When you hear the sound of marching coming from the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, because God will have gone out ahead of you to destroy the Philistine army."

And David did as God commanded him, and they struck the camp of the Philistines from Gibeon to Gezer.