1*Adam, Seth, E'nosh; ²Ke'nan, Ma-hal'alel, Jar'ed; ³E'noch, Methu'selah, La'mech; ⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Ja'pheth. ⁵The sons of Ja'pheth: Gomer, Ma'gog, Ma'dai, Ja'van, Tu'bal, Me'shech, and Ti'ras. ⁶The sons of Gomer: Ash'kenaz, Di'phath, and Togar'mah. ⁷The sons of Ja'van: Eli'shah, Tar'shish, Kittim, and Ro'danim. ⁸The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. ⁹The sons of Cush: Seba, Hav'ilah, Sabta, Ra'ama, and Sab'teca. The sons of Ra'amah: Sheba and De'dan. ¹⁰Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. ¹¹Egypt was the father of Lu'dim, An'amim, Leha'bim, Naph'tuhim, ¹²Pathru'sim, Caslu'him (from whom came the Philis'tines), and Caph'torim. ¹³Canaan was the father of Si'don his first-born, and Heth, ¹⁴and the Jeb'usites, the Am'orites, the Gir'gashites, ¹⁵the Hi'vites, the Arkites, the Si'nites, ¹⁶the Ar'vadites, the Zem'arites, and the Ha'mathites. ¹⁷The sons of Shem: E'lam, Asshur, Arpach'shad, Lud, Ar'am, Uz, Hul, Ge'ther, and Me'shech. ¹⁸Arpach'shad was the father of She'lah; and Shelah was the father of E'ber. ¹⁹To E'ber were born two sons: the name of the one was Pe'leg (for in his days the earth was divided), and the name of his brother Joktan. ²⁰Joktan was the father of Almo'dad, She'leph, Ha''zarma'veth, Je'rah, ²¹Hador'am, U'zal, Diklah, ²²E'bal, Abim'a-el, Sheba, ²³O'phir, Hav'ilah, and Jo'bab; all these were the sons of Joktan. ²⁴Shem, Arpach'shad, She'lah; ²⁵E'ber, Pe'leg, Re'u; ²⁶Se'rug, Na'hor, Te'rah; ²⁷Abram, that is, Abraham.

²⁸The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ish'mael. ²⁹These are their genealogies: the first-born of Ish'mael, Neba'ioth; and Ke'dar, Ad'beel, Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, Du'mah, Massa, Ha'dad, Te'ma, ³¹Je'tur, Naphish, and Ked'emah. These are the sons of Ish'mael. ³²The sons of Ketu'rah, Abraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Jok'shan, Me'dan, Mid'ian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and De'dan. ³³The sons of Mid'ian: E'phah, E'pher, Ha'noch, Abi'da, and Elda'ah. All these were the descendants of Ketu'rah.

³⁴Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. ³⁵The sons of Esau: Eli'phaz, Reu'el, Je'ush, Ja'lam, and Ko'rah. ³⁶The sons of Eli'phaz: Te'man, Omar, Zephi, Ga'tam, Ke'naz, Timna, and Am'alek. ³⁷The sons of Reu'el: Na'hath, Ze'rah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

³⁸The sons of Se'ir: Lo'tan, Sho'bal, Zib'eon, An'ah, Di'shon, E'zer, and Di'shan. ³⁹The sons of Lo'tan: Ho'ri and Homam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna. ⁴⁰The sons of Sho'bal: Al'ian, Man'ahath, E'bal, She'phi, and O'nam. The sons of Zib'eon: Ai'ah and An'ah. ⁴¹The sons of An'ah: Di'shon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Che'ran. ⁴²The sons of E'zer: Bilhan, Za'avan, and Ja'akan. The sons of Di'shan: Uz and A'ran. ⁴³These are the kings who reigned in the land of E'dom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Be'la the son of Beor, the name of whose city was Din'habah. ⁴⁴When Be'la died, Jobab the son of Ze'rah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁵When Jobab died, Hu'sham of the land of the Te'manites reigned in his stead. ⁴⁶When Hu'sham died, Ha'dad the son of Be'dad, who defeated Mid'ian in the country of Moab, reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was A'vith. ⁴⁷When Ha'dad died, Samlah of Masre'kah reigned in his stead. ⁴⁸When Samlah died, Sha'ul of Reho'both on the Euphra'tes reigned in his stead. ⁴⁹When Sha'ul died, Ba'al-ha'nan, the son of Achbor, reigned in his stead. ⁵⁰When Ba'al-ha'nan died, Ha'dad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pa'i, and his wife’s name Mehet'abel the daughter of Ma'tred, the daughter of Me'zahab. ⁵¹And Ha'dad died. The chiefs of E'dom were: chiefs Timna, Al'iah, Je'theth, ⁵²Oholiba'mah, E'lah, Pi'non, ⁵³Ke'naz, Te'man, Mibzar, ⁵⁴Mag'di-el, and I'ram; these are the chiefs of E'dom.

⁵The sons of Per'ez: Hezron and Ha'mul. ⁶The sons of Ze'rah: Zimri, Ethan, He'man, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. ⁷The sons of Carmi: A'char, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted thing; ⁸and Ethan’s son was Azari'ah. ⁹The sons of Hezron, that were born to him: Jerah'meel, Ram, and Chelu'bai. ¹⁰Ram was the father of Ammin'adab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salma, Salma of Boaz, ¹²Boaz of O'bed, Obed of Jesse. ¹³Jesse was the father of Eli'ab his first-born, Abin'adab the second, Shim'e-a the third, ¹⁴Nethan'el the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; ¹⁶and their sisters were Zeru'iah and Ab'igail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abi'shai, Jo'ab, and As'ahel, three. ¹⁷Ab'igail bore Ama'sa, and the father of Amasa was Je'ther the Ish'maelite.

¹⁸Caleb the son of Hezron had children by his wife Azu'bah, and by Jer'ioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azu'bah died, Caleb married Eph'rath, who bore him Hur. ²⁰Hur was the father of U'ri, and Uri was the father of Bez'alel.

²¹Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Ma'chir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub; ²²and Segub was the father of Ja'ir, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³But Ge'shur and Ar'am took from them Hav'voth-ja'ir, Ke'nath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Ma'chir, the father of Gilead. ²⁴After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Eph'rathah,^a the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ash'hur, the father of Teko'a.

²⁵The sons of Jerah'meel, the first-born of Hezron: Ram, his first-born, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahi'jah. ²⁶Jerah'meel also had another wife, whose name was At'arah; she was the mother of O'nam. ²⁷The sons of Ram, the first-born of Jerah'meel: Ma'az, Ja'min, and E'ker. ²⁸The sons of O'nam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Na'dab and Abi'shur. ²⁹The name of Abi'shur’s wife was Ab'ihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰The sons of Na'dab: Se'led and Ap'pa-im; and Seled died childless. ³¹The sons of Ap'pa-im: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³²The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Je'ther and Jonathan; and Jether died childless. ³³The sons of Jonathan: Pe'leth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerah'meel. ³⁴Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters; but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, whose name was Jarha. ³⁵So Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Jarha his slave; and she bore him Attai. ³⁶Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan of Zabad. ³⁷Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal of O'bed. ³⁸O'bed was the father of Je'hu, and Jehu of Azari'ah. ³⁹Azari'ah was the father of He'lez, and Helez of E'le-a'sah. ⁴⁰Ele-a'sah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum. ⁴¹Shallum was the father of Jekami'ah, and Jekamiah of Elish'ama.

⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerah'meel: Mare'shah^b his first-born, who was the father of Ziph. The sons of Mareshah: He'bron.^{c 43}The sons of He'bron: Ko'rah, Tap'pu-ah, Re'kem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jor'ke-am; and Re'kem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵The son of Shammai: Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. ⁴⁶E'phah also, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez. ⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai: Re'gem, Jo'tham, Geshan, Pe'let, E'phah, and Sha'aph. ⁴⁸Ma'acah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tir'hanah. ⁴⁹She also bore Sha'aph the father of Madman'nah, Sheva the father of Machbe'nah and the father of Gib'e-a; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. ⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb.

The sons^d of Hur the first-born of Eph'rathah: Sho'bal the father of Kir'iath-je'arim, ⁵¹Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-ga'der. ⁵²Sho'bal the father of Kir'iath-je'arim had other sons: Haro'eh, half of the Menu'hoth. ⁵³And the families of Kir'iath-je'arim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shu'mathites, and the Mish'raites; from these came the Zorathites and the Esh'taolites. ⁵⁴The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netoph'athites, At'roth-beth-jo'ab, and half of the Man''aha'thites, the Zorites. ⁵⁵The families also of the scribes that dwelt at Ja'bez: the Ti'rathites, the Shim'e-athites, and the Su'cathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Re'chab.

¹⁰The descendants of Solomon: Rehobo'am, Abi'jah his son, Asa his son, Jehosh'aphat his son, ¹¹Jo'ram his son, Ahazi'ah his son, Jo'ash his son, ¹²Amazi'ah his son, Azari'ah his son, Jo'tham his son, ¹³A'haz his son, Hezeki'ah his son, Manas'seh his son, ¹⁴A'mon his son, Josi'ah his son. ¹⁵The sons of Josi'ah: Joha'nan the first-born, the second Jehoi'akim, the third Zedeki'ah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶The descendants of Jehoi'akim: Jeconi'ah his son, Zedeki'ah his son; ¹⁷and the sons of Jeconi'ah, the captive: She-al'ti-el his son, ¹⁸Malchi'ram, Pedai'ah, Shenaz'zar, Jekami'ah, Hosh'ama, and Nedabi'ah; ¹⁹and the sons of Pedai'ah: Zerub'babel and Shim'e-i; and the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshul'lam and Hanani'ah, and Shelo'mith was their sister; ²⁰and Hashu'bah, O'hel, Berechi'ah, Hasadi'ah, and Ju'shab-he'sed, five. ²¹The sons of Hanani'ah: Pelati'ah and Jesha'iah, his son^e Rephai'ah, his son^e Arnan, his son^e Obadi'ah, his son^e Shecani'ah. ²²The sons of Shecani'ah: Shemai'ah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, I'gal, Bari'ah, Neari'ah, and Sha'phat, six. ²³The sons of Neari'ah: El'i-o-e'nai, Hizki'aj, and Azri'kam, three. ²⁴The sons of El'i-o-e'nai: Hod''avi'ah, Eli'ashib, Pelai'ah, Akkub, Joha'nan, Delai'ah, and Ana'ni, seven.

4The sons of Judah: Per'ez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Sho'bal. ²Re-ai'ah the son of Sho'bal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahu'mai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zo'rathites. ³These were the sons^f of E'tam: Jezre'el, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelpo'ni, ⁴and Penu'el was the father of Gedor, and E'zer the father of Hu'shah. These were the sons of Hur, the first-born of Eph'rathah, the father of Bethlehem. ⁵Ash'hur, the father of Teko'a, had two wives, He'lah and Na'arah; ⁶Na'arah bore him Ahuz'zam, He'pher, Te'meni, and Ha-a-hash'tari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷The sons of He'lah: Ze'reth, Izhar, and Ethnan. ⁸Koz was the father of A'nub, Zobe'bah, and the families of Ahar'hel the son of Harum. ⁹Ja'bez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” ¹⁰Ja'bez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not hurt me!” And God granted what he asked. ¹¹Che'lub, the brother of Shu'hah, was the father of Me'hir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²Eshton was the father of Bethra'pha, Pase'ah, and Tehin'nah the father of Irna'hash. These are the men of Re'cah. ¹³The sons of Ke'naz: Oth'ni-el and Serai'ah; and the sons of Othni-el: Ha'thath and Meo'nothai.^{g 14}Meo'nothai was the father of Oph'rah; and Serai'ah was the father of Jo'ab the father of Ge-har'ashim,^h so-called because they were craftsmen. ¹⁵The sons of Caleb the son of Jephun'neh: Iru, E'lah, and Na'am; and the sons of Elah: Ke'naz. ¹⁶The sons of Jehal'lelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tir'i-a, and As'arel. ¹⁷The sons of Ezrah: Je'ther, Me'red, E'pher, and Ja'lon. These are the sons of Bith'i-ah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married;ⁱ and she conceived and bore^j Miriam, Sham'mai, and Ish'bah, the father of Eshtemo'a. ¹⁸And his Jewish wife bore Je'red the father of Gedor, He'ber the father of Soco, and Jeku'thiel the father of Zano'ah. ¹⁹The sons of the wife of Hodi'ah, the sister of Na'ham, were the fathers of Kei'lah the Garmite and Eshtemo'a the Ma-ac'athite. ²⁰The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-ha'nan, and Ti'lon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zo'heth. ²¹The sons of She'lah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, La'adah the father of Mare'shah, and the families of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbe'a; ²²and Jokim, and the men of Coze'ba, and Jo'ash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and returned to Lehem^k (now the records^l are ancient). ²³These were the potters and inhabitants of Neta'im and Gede'rah; they dwelt there with the king for his work.

²⁴The sons of Simeon: Nem'u-el, Ja'min, Ja'rib, Ze'rah, Sha'ul; ²⁵Shallum was his son, Mib'sam his son, Mishma his son. ²⁶The sons of Mishma: Ham'mu-el his son, Zaccur his son, Shim'e-i his son. ²⁷Shim'e-i had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many children, nor did all their family multiply like the men of Judah. ²⁸They dwelt in Be'er-she'ba, Mo'ladah, Ha'zar-shu'al, ²⁹Bilhah, E'zem, To'lad, ³⁰Bethu'el, Hormah, Zik'lag, ³¹Beth-mar'caboth, Ha'zar-su'sim, Beth-bir'i, and Sha-ara'im. These were their cities until David reigned. ³²And their villages were E'tam, A'in, Rimmon, Tochen, and A'shan, five cities, ³³along with all their villages which were round about these cities as far as Ba'al. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record.

³⁴Mesho'bab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amazi'ah, ³⁵Joel, Je'hu the son of Joshibi'ah, son of Serai'ah, son of As'i-el, ³⁶Eli-o-e'nai, Ja''ako'bah, Jeshohai'ah, Asai'ah, Ad'i-el, Jesim'i-el, Bena'iah, ³⁷Ziza the son of Shi'phi, son of Allon, son of Jedai'ah, son of Shimri, son of Shemai'ah— ³⁸these mentioned by name were princes in their families, and their fathers’ houses increased greatly. ³⁹They journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks, ⁴⁰where they found rich, good pasture, and the land was very broad, quiet, and peaceful; for the former inhabitants there belonged to Ham. ⁴¹These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezeki'ah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Me-u'nim who were found there, and exterminated them to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks. ⁴²And some of them, five hundred men of the Simeonites, went to Mount Se'ir, having as their leaders Pelati'ah, Ne-ari'ah, Rephai'ah, and Uz'ziel, the sons of Ishi; ⁴³and they destroyed the remnant of the Amal'ekites that had escaped, and they have dwelt there to this day.

¹¹The sons of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Sal'ecah: ¹²Joel the chief, Sha'pham the second, Ja'nai, and Sha'phat in Bashan. ¹³And their kinsmen according to their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshul'lam, Sheba, Jo'rai, Ja'can, Zia, and E'ber, seven. ¹⁴These were the sons of Ab'ihail the son of Huri, son of Jaro'ah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshish'ai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz; ¹⁵A'hi the son of Ab'di-el, son of Gu'ni, was chief in their fathers’ houses; ¹⁶and they dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon to their limits. ¹⁷All of these were enrolled by genealogies in the days of Jo'tham king of Judah, and in the days of Jerobo'am king of Israel.

¹⁸The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manas'seh had valiant men, who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert in war, forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, ready for service. ¹⁹They made war upon the Hag'rites, Je'tur, Na'phish, and No'dab; ²⁰and when they received help against them, the Hag'rites and all who were with them were given into their hands, for they cried to God in the battle, and he granted their entreaty because they trusted in him. ²¹They carried off their livestock: fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and a hundred thousand men alive. ²²For many fell slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their place until the exile.

²³The members of the half-tribe of Manas'seh dwelt in the land; they were very numerous from Ba'shan to Ba'al-her'mon, Se'nir, and Mount Hermon. ²⁴These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: E'pher,^m Ishi, Eli'el, Az'ri-el, Jeremi'ah, Hod''avi'ah, and Jah'di-el, mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses. ²⁵But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. ²⁶So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Til'gath-pilne'ser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manas'seh, and brought them to Ha'lah, Ha'bor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.

^16oThe sons of Levi: Gershom, Ko'hath, and Merar'i. ¹⁷And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shim'e-i. ¹⁸The sons of Ko'hath: Amram, Izhar, He'bron, and Uz'ziel. ¹⁹The sons of Merar'i: Mah'li and Mu'shi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. ²⁰Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, ²¹Jo'ah his son, Iddo his son, Ze'rah his son, Je-ath'erai his son. ²²The sons of Ko'hath: Ammin'adab his son, Ko'rah his son, Assir his son, ²³Elka'nah his son, Ebi'asaph his son, Assir his son, ²⁴Ta'hath his son, Uri'el his son, Uzzi'ah his son, and Sha'ul his son. ²⁵The sons of Elka'nah: Ama'sai and Ahi'moth, ²⁶Elka'nah his son, Zo'phai his son, Na'hath his son, ²⁷Eli'ab his son, Jero'ham his son, Elka'nah his son. ²⁸The sons of Samuel: Joel^p his first-born, the second Abi'jah.^{q 29}The sons of Merar'i: Mah'li, Libni his son, Shim'e-i his son, Uzzah his son, ³⁰Shim'e-a his son, Haggi'ah his son, and Asai'ah his son.

³¹These are the men whom David put in charge of the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark rested there. ³²They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they performed their service in due order. ³³These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Ko'hathites: He'man the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel, ³⁴son of Elka'nah, son of Jero'ham, son of Eli'el, son of To'ah, ³⁵son of Zuph, son of Elka'nah, son of Mahath, son of Ama'sai, ³⁶son of Elka'nah, son of Joel, son of Azari'ah, son of Zephani'ah, ³⁷son of Ta'hath, son of Assir, son of Ebi'asaph, son of Ko'rah, ³⁸son of Izhar, son of Ko'hath, son of Levi, son of Israel; ³⁹and his brother A'saph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechi'ah, son of Shim'e-a, ⁴⁰son of Michael, son of Ba-ase'iah, son of Malchi'jah, ⁴¹son of Ethni, son of Ze'rah, son of Adai'ah, ⁴²son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shim'e-i, ⁴³son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. ⁴⁴On the left hand were their brethren the sons of Merar'i: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Mal'luch, ⁴⁵son of Hashabi'ah, son of Amazi'ah, son of Hilki'ah, ⁴⁶son of Amzi, son of Ba'ni, son of She'mer, ⁴⁷son of Mah'li, son of Mu'shi, son of Merar'i, son of Levi; ⁴⁸and their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

⁴⁹But Aaron and his sons made offerings upon the altar of burnt offering and upon the altar of incense for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. ⁵⁰These are the sons of Aaron: Elea'zar his son, Phin'ehas his son, Abishu'a his son, ⁵¹Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahi'ah his son, ⁵²Mera'ioth his son, Amari'ah his son, Ahi'tub his son, ⁵³Za'dok his son, Ahim'a-az his son.

⁵⁴These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of Ko'hathites, for theirs was the lot, ⁵⁵to them they gave He'bron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasture lands, ⁵⁶but the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephun'neh. ⁵⁷To the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: He'bron, Libnah with its pasture lands, Jat'tir, Eshtemo'a with its pasture lands, ⁵⁸Hilen with its pasture lands, De'bir with its pasture lands, ⁵⁹A'shan with its pasture lands, and Beth-she'mesh with its pasture lands; ⁶⁰and from the tribe of Benjamin, Ge'ba with its pasture lands, Al'emeth with its pasture lands, and An'athoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

⁶¹To the rest of the Ko'hathites were given by lot out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manas'seh, ten cities. ⁶²To the Ger'shomites according to their families were allotted thirteen cities out of the tribes of Is'sachar, Asher, Naph'tali, and Manas'seh in Bashan. ⁶³To the Merar'ites according to their families were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zeb'ulun. ⁶⁴So the sons of Israel gave the Levites the cities with their pasture lands. ⁶⁵They also gave them by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities which are mentioned by name.

⁶⁶And some of the families of the sons of Ko'hath had cities of their territory out of the tribe of E'phraim. ⁶⁷They were given the cities of refuge: She'chem with its pasture lands in the hill country of E'phraim, Gezer with its pasture lands, ⁶⁸Jok'me-am with its pasture lands, Beth-ho'ron with its pasture lands, ⁶⁹Ai'jalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rim'mon with its pasture lands, ⁷⁰and out of the half-tribe of Manas'seh, A'ner with its pasture lands, and Bil'e-am with its pasture lands, for the rest of the families of the Ko'hathites.

⁷¹To the Ger'shomites were given out of the half-tribe of Manas'seh: Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands and Ash'taroth with its pasture lands; ⁷²and out of the tribe of Is'sachar: Ke'desh with its pasture lands, Dab'erath with its pasture lands, ⁷³Ra'moth with its pasture lands, and A'nem with its pasture lands; ⁷⁴out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, ⁷⁵Hukok with its pasture lands, and Re'hob with its pasture lands; ⁷⁶and out of the tribe of Naph'tali: Ke'desh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Ham'mon with its pasture lands, and Kir''iatha'im with its pasture lands. ⁷⁷To the rest of the Merar'ites were allotted out of the tribe of Zeb'ulun: Rim'mono with its pasture lands, Ta'bor with its pasture lands, ⁷⁸and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the steppe with its pasture lands, Jah'zah with its pasture lands, ⁷⁹Ked'emoth with its pasture lands, and Meph'a-ath with its pasture lands; ⁸⁰and out of the tribe of Gad: Ra'moth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Ma''hana'im with its pasture lands, ⁸¹Hesh'bon with its pasture lands, and Ja'zer with its pasture lands.

7The sons^r of Is'sachar: To'la, Puah, Jash'ub, and Shim'ron, four. ²The sons of To'la: Uzzi, Rephai'ah, Je'ri-el, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemu'el, heads of their fathers’ houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being twenty-two thousand six hundred. ³The sons of Uzzi: Izrahi'ah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadi'ah, Joel, and Isshi'ah, five, all of them chief men; ⁴and along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were units of the army for war, thirty-six thousand, for they had many wives and sons. ⁵Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Is'sachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.

⁶The sons of Benjamin: Be'la, Be'cher, and Jedi'a-el, three. ⁷The sons of Be'la: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uz'ziel, Jer'imoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers’ houses, mighty warriors; and their enrollment by genealogies was twenty-two thousand and thirty-four. ⁸The sons of Be'cher: Zemi'rah, Jo'ash, Elie'zer, El'i-o-e'nai, Omri, Jer'emoth, Abi'jah, An'athoth, and Al'emeth. All these were the sons of Becher; ⁹and their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, was twenty thousand two hundred. ¹⁰The sons of Jedi'a-el: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Je'ush, Benjamin, E'hud, Chena'anah, Zethan, Tar'shish, and Ahish'ahar. ¹¹All these were the sons of Jedi'a-el according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, seventeen thousand and two hundred, ready for service in war. ¹²And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hu'shim the sons of A'her.

¹³The sons of Naph'tali: Jah'zi-el, Gu'ni, Je'zer, and Shallum, the offspring of Bilhah.

¹⁴The sons of Manas'seh: As'ri-el, whom his Arame'an concubine bore; she bore Ma'chir the father of Gilead. ¹⁵And Ma'chir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Ma'acah. And the name of the second was Zeloph'ehad; and Zelophehad had daughters. ¹⁶And Ma'acah the wife of Ma'chir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. ¹⁷The sons of Ulam: Be'dan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Ma'chir, son of Manas'seh. ¹⁸And his sister Hammo'lecheth bore Ish'hod, Abie'zer, and Mahlah. ¹⁹The sons of Shemi'da were Ahi'an, She'chem, Likhi, and Ani'am.

²⁰The sons of E'phraim: Shuthe'lah, and Be'red his son, Ta'hath his son, Ele-a'dah his son, Tahath his son, ²¹Zabad his son, Shuthe'lah his son, and E'zer and E'le-ad, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land slew, because they came down to raid their cattle. ²²And E'phraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. ²³And E'phraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beri'ah, because evil had befallen his house. ²⁴His daughter was She'erah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-ho'ron, and Uz'zen-she'erah. ²⁵Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Te'lah his son, Ta'han his son, ²⁶Ladan his son, Ammi'hud his son, Elish'ama his son, ²⁷Nun his son, Joshua his son. ²⁸Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Na'aran, and westward Gezer and its towns, She'chem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns; ²⁹also along the borders of the Manas'sites, Beth-she'an and its towns, Ta'anach and its towns, Megid'do and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

³⁰The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beri'ah, and their sister Se'rah. ³¹The sons of Beri'ah: He'ber and Mal'chi-el, who was the father of Bir'zaith. ³²He'ber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Ho'tham, and their sister Shua. ³³The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet. ³⁴The sons of She'mer his brother: Rohgah, Jehub'bah, and Ar'am. ³⁵The sons of He'lem his brother: Zo'phah, Imna, Shelesh, and A'mal. ³⁶The sons of Zo'phah: Su'ah, Har'nepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Be-e'ra. ³⁸The sons of Je'ther: Jephun'neh, Pispa, and Ar'a. ³⁹The sons of Ulla: A'rah, Han'niel, and Rizi'a. ⁴⁰All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers’ houses, approved, mighty warriors, chief of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was twenty-six thousand men.

8Benjamin was the father of Be'la his first-born, Ash'bel the second, A'harah the third, ²No'hah the fourth, and Ra'pha the fifth. ³And Be'la had sons: Addar, Gera, Abi'hud, ⁴Abishu'a, Na'aman, Aho'ah, ⁵Gera, Shephu'phan, and Hu'ram. ⁶These are the sons of E'hud (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Ge'ba, and they were carried into exile to Mana'hath): ⁷Na'aman,^s Ahi'jah, and Gera, that is, Heglam,^t who was the father of Uzza and Ahi'hud. ⁸And Sha''hara'im had sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hu'shim and Ba'ara his wives. ⁹He had sons by Hodesh his wife: Jo'bab, Zib'ia, Me'sha, Malcam, ¹⁰Je'uz, Sachi'a, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers’ houses. ¹¹He also had sons by Hu'shim: Abi'tub and Elpa'al. ¹²The sons of Elpa'al: E'ber, Misham, and She'med, who built Ono and Lod with its towns, ¹³and Beri'ah and She'ma (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Ai'jalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath); ¹⁴and Ahi'o, Shashak, and Jer'emoth. ¹⁵Zebadi'ah, Ar'ad, E'der, ¹⁶Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were sons of Beri'ah. ¹⁷Zebadi'ah, Meshul'lam, Hizki, He'ber, ¹⁸Ish'merai, Izli'ah, and Jo'bab were the sons of Elpa'al. ¹⁹Ja'kim, Zich'ri, Zabdi, ²⁰E'li-e'nai, Zil'le-thai, Eli'el, ²¹Adai'ah, Bera'iah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shim'e-i. ²²Ishpan, E'ber, Eli'el, ²³Abdon, Zich'ri, Ha'nan, ²⁴Hanani'ah, E'lam, Anthothi'jah, ²⁵Iphde'iah, and Penu'el were the sons of Shashak. ²⁶Sham'sherai, Shehari'ah, Athali'ah, ²⁷Ja-areshi'ah, Eli'jah, and Zich'ri were the sons of Jero'ham. ²⁸These were the heads of fathers’ houses, according to their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

²⁹Je-i'el^u the father of Gib'eon dwelt in Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Ma'acah. ³⁰His first-born son: Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Ba'al, Na'dab, ³¹Gedor, Ahi'o, Zecher, ³²and Mikloth (he was the father of Shim'e-ah). Now these also dwelt opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen. ³³Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Mal''chishu'a, Abin'adab, and Eshba'al; ³⁴and the son of Jonathan was Mer'ib-ba'al; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah. ³⁵The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tare'a, and A'haz. ³⁶A'haz was the father of Jeho'addah; and Jehoaddah was the father of Al'emeth, Az'maveth, and Zimri; Zimri was the father of Moza. ³⁷Moza was the father of Bin'e-a; Ra'phah was his son, El-e-a'sah his son, A'zel his son. ³⁸A'zel had six sons, and these are their names: Azri'kam, Bo'cheru, Ish'mael, Sheari'ah, Obadi'ah, and Ha'nan. All these were the sons of Azel. ³⁹The sons of E'shek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Je'ush the second, and Eliph'elet the third. ⁴⁰The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty. All these were Benjaminites.

¹⁰Of the priests: Jedai'ah, Jehoi'arib, Ja'chin, ¹¹and Azari'ah the son of Hilki'ah, son of Meshul'lam, son of Za'dok, son of Mera'ioth, son of Ahi'tub, the chief officer of the house of God; ¹²and Adai'ah the son of Jero'ham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchi'jah, and Ma'asai the son of Ad'i-el, son of Jah'zerah, son of Meshul'lam, son of Meshil'lemith, son of Immer; ¹³besides their kinsmen, heads of their fathers’ houses, one thousand seven hundred and sixty, very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

¹⁴Of the Levites: Shemai'ah the son of Hasshub, son of Azri'kam, son of Hashabi'ah, of the sons of Merar'i; ¹⁵and Bakbak'kar, He'resh, Ga'lal, and Mattani'ah the son of Mica, son of Zich'ri, son of A'saph; ¹⁶and Obadi'ah the son of Shemai'ah, son of Galal, son of Jedu'thun, and Berechi'ah the son of Asa, son of Elka'nah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netoph'athites.

¹⁷The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahi'man, and their kinsmen (Shallum being the chief), ¹⁸stationed hitherto in the king’s gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers of the camp of the Levites. ¹⁹Shallum the son of Ko're, son of Ebi'asaph, son of Ko'rah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ house, the Ko'rahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance. ²⁰And Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar was the ruler over them in time past; the LORD was with him. ²¹Zechari'ah the son of Meshelemi'ah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ²²All these, who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were two hundred and twelve. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer established them in their office of trust. ²³So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, that is, the house of the tent, as guards. ²⁴The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south; ²⁵and their kinsmen who were in their villages were obliged to come in every seven days, from time to time, to be with these; ²⁶for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were in charge of the chambers and the treasures of the house of God. ²⁷And they lodged round about the house of God; for upon them lay the duty of watching, and they had charge of opening it every morning.

²⁸Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out. ²⁹Others of them were appointed over the furniture, and over all the holy utensils, also over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices. ³⁰Others, of the sons of the priests, prepared the mixing of the spices, ³¹and Mattithi'ah, one of the Levites, the first-born of Shallum the Ko'rahite, was in charge of making the flat cakes. ³²Also some of their kinsmen of the Ko'hathites had charge of the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

³³Now these are the singers, the heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, dwelling in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night. ³⁴These were heads of fathers’ houses of the Levites, according to their generations, leaders, who lived in Jerusalem.

³⁵In Gib'eon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Je-i'el, and the name of his wife was Ma'acah, ³⁶and his first-born son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Ba'al, Ner, Na'dab, ³⁷Gedor, Ahi'o, Zechari'ah, and Mikloth; ³⁸and Mikloth was the father of Shim'e-am; and these also dwelt opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen. ³⁹Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Mal''chishu'a, Abin'adab, and Eshba'al; ⁴⁰and the son of Jonathan was Mer'ib-ba'al; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah. ⁴¹The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tah're-a, and A'haz;^{v 42}and A'haz was the father of Jarah, and Jarah of Al'emeth, Az'maveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza. ⁴³Moza was the father of Bin'e-a; and Rephai'ah was his son, Ele-a'sah his son, A'zel his son. ⁴⁴A'zel had six sons and these are their names: Azri'kam, Bo'cheru, Ish'mael, Sheari'ah, Obadi'ah, and Ha'nan; these were the sons of Azel.

10Now the Philis'tines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philis'tines, and fell slain on Mount Gilbo'a. ²And the Philis'tines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan and Abin'adab and Mal''chishu'a, the sons of Saul. ³The battle pressed hard upon Saul, and the archers found him; and he was wounded by the archers. ⁴Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer would not; for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword, and fell upon it. ⁵And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword, and died. ⁶Thus Saul died; he and his three sons and all his house died together. ⁷And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the army^w had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philis'tines came and dwelt in them.

⁸The next day, when the Philis'tines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilbo'a. ⁹And they stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philis'tines, to carry the good news to their idols and to the people. ¹⁰And they put his armor in the temple of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Da'gon. ¹¹But when all Ja'besh-gil'ead heard all that the Philis'tines had done to Saul, ¹²all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Ja'besh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

¹³So Saul died for his unfaithfulness; he was unfaithful to the LORD in that he did not keep the command of the LORD, and also consulted a medium, seeking guidance, ¹⁴and did not seek guidance from the LORD. Therefore the LORD slew him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

⁴And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is Je'bus, where the Jeb'usites were, the inhabitants of the land. ⁵The inhabitants of Je'bus said to David, “You will not come in here.” Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David. ⁶David said, “Whoever shall strike the Jeb'usites first shall be chief and commander.” And Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah went up first, so he became chief. ⁷And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David. ⁸And he built the city round about from the Millo in complete circuit; and Jo'ab repaired the rest of the city. ⁹And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of hosts was with him.

¹⁰Now these are the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. ¹¹This is an account of David’s mighty men: Jasho'be-am, a Hach'monite, was chief of the three;^x he wielded his spear against three hundred whom he slew at one time.

¹²And next to him among the three mighty men was Elea'zar the son of Dodo, the Aho'hite. ¹³He was with David at Pas-dam'mim when the Philis'tines were gathered there for battle. There was a plot of ground full of barley, and the men fled from the Philistines. ¹⁴But he^y took his^y stand in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philis'tines; and the LORD saved them by a great victory.

¹⁵Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David at the cave of Adul'lam, when the army of Philis'tines was encamped in the valley of Reph'aim. ¹⁶David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philis'tines was then at Bethlehem. ¹⁷And David said longingly, “O that some one would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!” ¹⁸Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philis'tines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took and brought it to David. But David would not drink of it; he poured it out to the LORD, ¹⁹and said, “Far be it from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

²⁰Now Abi'shai, the brother of Jo'ab, was chief of the thirty.^z And he wielded his spear against three hundred men and slew them, and won a name beside the three. ²¹He was the most renowned^a of the thirty,^z and became their commander; but he did not attain to the three.

²²And Bena'iah the son of Jehoi'ada was a valiant man^b of Kab'zeel, a doer of great deeds; he struck two Ariels^c of Moab. He also went down and slew a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen. ²³And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits tall. The Egyptian had in his hand a spear like a weaver’s beam; but Bena'iah went down to him with a staff, and snatched the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear. ²⁴These things did Bena'iah the son of Jehoi'ada, and won a name beside the three mighty men. ²⁵He was renowned among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David set him over his bodyguard.

²⁶The mighty men of the armies were As'ahel the brother of Jo'ab, Elha'nan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, ²⁷Shammoth of Harod,^d He'lez the Pel'onite, ²⁸Ira the son of Ikkesh of Teko'a, Abie'zer of An'athoth, ²⁹Sib'becai the Hu'shathite, Ilai the Aho'hite, ³⁰Ma'harai of Netoph'ah, He'led the son of Ba'anah of Netophah, ³¹Ithai the son of Ri'bai of Gib'e-ah of the Benjaminites, Bena'iah of Pir'athon, ³²Hurai of the brooks of Ga'ash, Abi'el the Ar'bathite, ³³Az'maveth of Baha'rum, Eli'ahba of Sha-al'bon, ³⁴Hashem^e the Gi'zonite, Jonathan the son of Sha'gee the Har'arite, ³⁵Ahi'am the son of Sachar the Har'arite, Eli'phal the son of Ur, ³⁶He'pher the Meche'rathite, Ahi'jah the Pel'onite, ³⁷Hezro of Carmel, Na'arai the son of Ezbai, ³⁸Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri, ³⁹Zelek the Am'monite, Na'harai of Be-er'oth, the armor-bearer of Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah, ⁴⁰Ira the Ithrite, Ga'reb the Ithrite, ⁴¹Uri'ah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, ⁴²Ad'ina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a leader of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, ⁴³Ha'nan the son of Ma'acah, and Josh'aphat the Mithnite, ⁴⁴Uzzi'a the Ash'terathite, Shama and Je-i'el the sons of Ho'tham the Aro'erite, ⁴⁵Jedi'a-el the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Ti'zite, ⁴⁶Eli'el the Ma'havite, and Jer'ibai, and Joshavi'ah, the sons of El'na-am, and Ithmah the Moabite, ⁴⁷Eli'el, and O'bed, and Ja-asi'el the Mezo'baite.

12Now these are the men who came to David at Zik'lag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in war. ²They were bowmen, and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul’s kinsmen. ³The chief was Ahie'zer, then Jo'ash, both sons of Shema'ah of Gib'e-ah; also Je'zi-el and Pe'let the sons of Az'maveth; Ber'acah, Je'hu of An'athoth, ⁴Ishma'iah of Gib'eon, a mighty man among the thirty and a leader over the thirty; Jeremi'ah,^f Jaha'ziel, Joha'nan, Joz'abad of Gede'rah, ⁵Elu'zai,^g Jer'imoth, Beali'ah, Shemari'ah, Shephati'ah the Har'uphite; ⁶Elka'nah, Isshi'ah, Az'arel, Jo-e'zer, and Jasho'be-am, the Ko'rahites; ⁷and Jo-e'lah and Zebadi'ah, the sons of Jero'ham of Gedor.

⁸From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains: ⁹E'zer the chief, Obadi'ah second, Eli'ab third, ¹⁰Mishman'nah fourth, Jeremi'ah fifth, ¹¹Attai sixth, Eli'el seventh, ¹²Joha'nan eighth, Elza'bad ninth, ¹³Jeremi'ah tenth, Mach'bannai eleventh. ¹⁴These Gadites were officers of the army, the lesser over a hundred and the greater over a thousand. ¹⁵These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

¹⁶And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David. ¹⁷David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be knit to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong in my hands, then may the God of our fathers see and rebuke you.” ¹⁸Then the Spirit came upon Ama'sai, chief of the thirty, and he said,

¹⁹Some of the men of Manas'seh deserted to David when he came with the Philis'tines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, “At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.”) ²⁰As he went to Zik'lag these men of Manas'seh deserted to him: Adnah, Joz'abad, Jedi'a-el, Michael, Jozabad, Eli'hu, and Zil'lethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh. ²¹They helped David against the band of raiders;^h for they were all mighty men of valor, and were commanders in the army. ²²For from day to day men kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.

²³These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops, who came to David in He'bron, to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the LORD. ²⁴The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred armed troops. ²⁵Of the Simeonites, mighty men of valor for war, seven thousand one hundred. ²⁶Of the Levites four thousand six hundred. ²⁷The prince Jehoi'ada, of the house of Aaron, and with him three thousand seven hundred. ²⁸Za'dok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own father’s house. ²⁹Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, three thousand, of whom the majority had hitherto kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. ³⁰Of the E'phraimites twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses. ³¹Of the half-tribe of Manas'seh eighteen thousand, who were expressly named to come and make David king. ³²Of Is'sachar men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, two hundred chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command. ³³Of Zeb'ulun fifty thousand seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help Davidⁱ with singleness of purpose. ³⁴Of Naph'tali a thousand commanders with whom were thirty-seven thousand men armed with shield and spear. ³⁵Of the Danites twenty-eight thousand six hundred men equipped for battle. ³⁶Of Asher forty thousand seasoned troops ready for battle. ³⁷Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manas'seh from beyond the Jordan, one hundred and twenty thousand men armed with all the weapons of war.

³⁸All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to He'bron with full intent to make David king over all Israel; likewise all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king. ³⁹And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had made preparation for them. ⁴⁰And also their neighbors, from as far as Is'sachar and Zeb'ulun and Naph'tali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of meal, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

⁵So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Ha'math, to bring the ark of God from Kir'iath-je'arim. ⁶And David and all Israel went up to Ba'alah, that is, to Kir'iath-je'arim which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD who sits enthroned above the cherubim. ⁷And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, from the house of Abin'adab, and Uzzah and Ahi'o^j were driving the cart. ⁸And David and all Israel were making merry before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

⁹And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled. ¹⁰And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and he struck him because he put forth his hand to the ark; and he died there before God. ¹¹And David was angry because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah; and that place is called Pe'rez-uzza^k to this day. ¹²And David was afraid of God that day; and he said, “How can I bring the ark of God home to me?” ¹³So David did not take the ark home into the city of David, but took it aside to the house of O'bed-e'dom the Gittite. ¹⁴And the ark of God remained with the household of O'bed-e'dom in his house three months; and the LORD blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that he had.

³And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters. ⁴These are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Sham'mu-a, Sho'bab, Nathan, Solomon, ⁵Ibhar, Eli'shu-a, El'pelet, ⁶No'gah, Ne'pheg, Japhi'a, ⁷Elish'ama, Beeli'ada, and Eliph'elet.

⁸When the Philis'tines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; and David heard of it and went out against them. ⁹Now the Philis'tines had come and made a raid in the valley of Reph'aim. ¹⁰And David inquired of God, “Shall I go up against the Philis'tines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the LORD said to him, “Go up, and I will give them into your hand.” ¹¹And he went up to Ba'al-pera'zim, and David defeated them there; and David said, “God has broken through^l my enemies by my hand, like a bursting flood.” Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.^{m 12}And they left their gods there, and David gave command, and they were burned.

¹³And the Philis'tines yet again made a raid in the valley. ¹⁴And when David again inquired of God, God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come upon them opposite the balsam trees. ¹⁵And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle; for God has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philis'tines.” ¹⁶And David did as God commanded him, and they struck the Philis'tine army from Gib'eon to Gezer. ¹⁷And the fame of David went out into all lands, and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

15David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it. ²Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister to him for ever.” ³And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he had prepared for it. ⁴And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: ⁵of the sons of Ko'hath, Uri'el the chief, with a hundred and twenty of his brethren; ⁶of the sons of Merar'i, Asai'ah the chief, with two hundred and twenty of his brethren; ⁷of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with a hundred and thirty of his brethren; ⁸of the sons of Eliza'phan, Shemai'ah the chief, with two hundred of his brethren; ⁹of the sons of He'bron, Eli'el the chief, with eighty of his brethren; ¹⁰of the sons of Uz'ziel, Ammin'adab the chief, with a hundred and twelve of his brethren. ¹¹Then David summoned the priests Za'dok and Abi'athar, and the Levites Uri'el, Asai'ah, Joel, Shemai'ah, Eli'el, and Ammin'adab, ¹²and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it. ¹³Because you did not carry it the first time,ⁿ the LORD our God broke forth upon us, because we did not care for it in the way that is ordained.” ¹⁴So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel. ¹⁵And the Levites carried the ark of God upon their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD.

¹⁶David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. ¹⁷So the Levites appointed He'man the son of Joel; and of his brethren A'saph the son of Berechi'ah; and of the sons of Merar'i, their brethren, Ethan the son of Kusha'iah; ¹⁸and with them their brethren of the second order, Zechari'ah, Ja-a'ziel, Shemir'amoth, Jehi'el, Unni, Eli'ab, Bena'iah, Ma''asei'ah, Mattithi'ah, Eliph'elehu, and Mikne'iah, and the gatekeepers O'bed-e'dom and Je-i'el. ¹⁹The singers, He'man, A'saph, and Ethan, were to sound bronze cymbals; ²⁰Zechari'ah, A'zi-el, Shemir'amoth, Jehi'el, Unni, Eli'ab, Ma''asei'ah, and Bena'iah were to play harps according to Al'amoth; ²¹but Mattithi'ah, Eliph'elehu, Mikne'iah, O'bed-e'dom, Je-i'el, and Azazi'ah were to lead with lyres according to the Shem'inith. ²²Chenani'ah, leader of the Levites in music, should direct the music, for he understood it. ²³Berechi'ah and Elka'nah were to be gatekeepers for the ark. ²⁴Shebani'ah, Josh'aphat, Nethan'el, Ama'sai, Zechari'ah, Bena'iah, and Elie'zer, the priests, should blow the trumpets before the ark of God. O'bed-e'dom and Jehi'ah also were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

²⁵So David and the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of O'bed-e'dom with rejoicing. ²⁶And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. ²⁷David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers, and Chenani'ah the leader of the music of the singers; and David wore a linen ephod. ²⁸So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.

²⁹And as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David dancing and making merry; and she despised him in her heart.

16And they brought in the ark of God, and set it inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. ²And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD, ³and distributed to all Israel, both men and women, to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat,^o and a cake of raisins.

⁴Moreover he appointed certain of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel. ⁵A'saph was the chief, and second to him were Zechari'ah, Je-i'el, Shemir'amoth, Jehi'el, Mattithi'ah, Eli'ab, Bena'iah, O'bed-e'dom, and Je-iel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals, ⁶and Bena'iah and Jaha'ziel the priests were to blow trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

⁷Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the LORD by A'saph and his brethren.

³⁷So David left A'saph and his brethren there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister continually before the ark as each day required, ³⁸and also O'bed-e'dom and his^p sixty-eight brethren; while Obed-edom, the son of Jedu'thun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers. ³⁹And he left Za'dok the priest and his brethren the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gib'eon, ⁴⁰to offer burnt offerings to the LORD upon the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, according to all that is written in the law of the LORD which he commanded Israel. ⁴¹With them were He'man and Jedu'thun, and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the LORD, for his mercy endures for ever. ⁴²He'man and Jedu'thun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.

⁴³Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household.

³But that same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, ⁴“Go and tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: You shall not build me a house to dwell in. ⁵For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I led up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling. ⁶In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, “Why have you not built me a house of cedar?”’ ⁷Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel; ⁸and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth. ⁹And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be disturbed no more; and violent men shall waste them no more, as formerly, ¹⁰from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I declare to you that the LORD will build you a house. ¹¹When your days are fulfilled to go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. ¹²He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne for ever. ¹³I will be his father, and he shall be my son; I will not take my merciful love from him, as I took it from him who was before you, ¹⁴but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom for ever and his throne shall be established for ever.’” ¹⁵In accordance with all these words, and in accordance with all this vision, Nathan spoke to David.

¹⁶Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? ¹⁷And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; you have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations,^q O LORD God! ¹⁸And what more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant. ¹⁹For your servant’s sake, O LORD, and according to your own heart, you have wrought all this greatness, in making known all these great things. ²⁰There is none like you, O LORD, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. ²¹What other^r nation on earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for yourself a name for great and terrible things, in driving out nations before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt? ²²And you made your people Israel to be your people for ever; and you, O LORD, became their God. ²³And now, O LORD, let the word which you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as you have spoken; ²⁴and your name will be established and magnified for ever, saying, ‘The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God,’ and the house of your servant David will be established before you. ²⁵For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him; therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you. ²⁶And now, O LORD, you are God, and you have promised this good thing to your servant; ²⁷now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue for ever before you; for what you, O LORD, have blessed is blessed for ever.”

²And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

³David also defeated Hadade'zer king of Zobah, toward Ha'math, as he went to set up his monument^s at the river Euphrates. ⁴And David took from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for a hundred chariots. ⁵And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadade'zer king of Zobah, David slew twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians. ⁶Then David put garrisons^t in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went. ⁷And David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadade'zer, and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁸And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadade'zer, David took very much bronze; with it Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the vessels of bronze.

⁹When To'u king of Ha'math heard that David had defeated the whole army of Hadade'zer, king of Zobah, ¹⁰he sent his son Hador'am to King David, to greet him, and to congratulate him because he had fought against Hadade'zer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had often been at war with To'u. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze; ¹¹these also King David dedicated to the LORD, together with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, from E'dom, Moab, the Am'monites, the Philis'tines, and Am'alek.

¹²And Abi'shai, the son of Zeru'iah, slew eighteen thousand E'domites in the Valley of Salt. ¹³And he put garrisons in E'dom; and all the E'domites became David’s servants. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.

¹⁴So David reigned over all Israel; and he administered justice and equity to all his people. ¹⁵And Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah was over the army; and Jehosh'aphat the son of Ahi'lud was recorder; ¹⁶and Za'dok the son of Ahi'tub and Ahim'elech the son of Abi'athar were priests; and Shavsha was secretary; ¹⁷and Bena'iah the son of Jehoi'ada was over the Cher'ethites and the Pel'ethites; and David’s sons were the chief officials in the service of the king.

⁶When the Am'monites saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Ha'nun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopota'mia, from Ar'am-ma'acah, and from Zobah. ⁷They hired thirty-two thousand chariots and the king of Ma'acah with his army, who came and encamped before Med'eba. And the Am'monites were mustered from their cities and came to battle. ⁸When David heard of it, he sent Jo'ab and all the army of the mighty men. ⁹And the Am'monites came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country.

¹⁰When Jo'ab saw that the battle was set against him both in front and in the rear, he chose some of the picked men of Israel, and arrayed them against the Syrians; ¹¹the rest of his men he put in the charge of Abi'shai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Am'monites. ¹²And he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the Am'monites are too strong for you, then I will help you. ¹³Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what seems good to him.” ¹⁴So Jo'ab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians for battle; and they fled before him. ¹⁵And when the Am'monites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abi'shai, Jo'ab’s brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

¹⁶But when the Syrians saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the Euphra'tes, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadade'zer at their head. ¹⁷And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and crossed the Jordan, and came to them, and drew up his forces against them. And when David set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. ¹⁸And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand foot soldiers, and killed also Shophach the commander of their army. ¹⁹And when the servants of Hadade'zer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David, and became subject to him. So the Syrians were not willing to help the Am'monites any more.

20In the spring of the year, the time when kings go forth to battle, Jo'ab led out the army, and ravaged the country of the Am'monites, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. And Jo'ab struck Rabbah, and overthrew it. ²And David took the crown of their king^u from his head; he found that it weighed a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on David’s head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, a very great amount. ³And he brought forth the people who were in it, and set them to labor^v with saws and iron picks and axes;^w and thus David did to all the cities of the Am'monites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

⁴And after this there arose war with the Philis'tines at Gezer; then Sib'becai the Hu'shathite slew Sippai, who was one of the descendants of the giants; and the Philistines were subdued. ⁵And there was again war with the Philis'tines; and Elha'nan the son of Ja'ir slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam. ⁶And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was descended from the giants. ⁷And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shim'e-a, David’s brother, slew him. ⁸These were descended from the giants in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

⁷But God was displeased with this thing, and he struck Israel. ⁸And David said to God, “I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, I pray you, take away the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly.” ⁹And the LORD spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying, ¹⁰“Go and say to David, ‘Thus says the LORD, Three things I offer you; choose one of them, that I may do it to you.’” ¹¹So Gad came to David and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Take which you will: ¹²either three years of famine; or three months of devastation by your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days of the sword of the LORD, pestilence upon the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.’ Now decide what answer I shall return to him who sent me.” ¹³Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress; let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is very great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.”

¹⁴So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel; and there fell seventy thousand men of Israel. ¹⁵And God sent the angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but when he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw, and he repented of the evil; and he said to the destroying angel, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jeb'usite. ¹⁶And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. ¹⁷And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave command to number the people? It is I who have sinned and done very wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? Let your hand, I pray you, O LORD my God, be against me and against my father’s house; but let not the plague be upon your people.”

¹⁸Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and raise an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jeb'usite. ¹⁹So David went up at Gad’s word, which he had spoken in the name of the LORD. ²⁰Now Ornan was threshing wheat; he turned and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. ²¹As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David and went forth from the threshing floor, and did obeisance to David with his face to the ground. ²²And David said to Ornan, “Give me the site of the threshing floor that I may build on it an altar to the LORD—give it to me at its full price—that the plague may be averted from the people.” ²³Then Ornan said to David, “Take it; and let my lord the king do what seems good to him; see, I give the oxen for burnt offerings, and the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for a cereal offering. I give it all.” ²⁴But King David said to Ornan, “No, but I will buy it for the full price; I will not take for the LORD what is yours, nor offer burnt offerings which cost me nothing.” ²⁵So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold by weight for the site. ²⁶And David built there an altar to the LORD and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD, and he answered him with fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering. ²⁷Then the LORD commanded the angel; and he put his sword back into its sheath.

²⁸At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jeb'usite, he made his sacrifices there. ²⁹For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gib'eon; ³⁰but David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

²David commanded to gather together the aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God. ³David also provided great stores of iron for nails for the doors of the gates and for clamps, as well as bronze in quantities beyond weighing, ⁴and cedar timbers without number; for the Sido'nians and Ty'rians brought great quantities of cedar to David. ⁵For David said, “Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands; I will therefore make preparation for it.” So David provided materials in great quantity before his death.

⁶Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel. ⁷David said to Solomon, “My son, I had it in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God. ⁸But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed so much blood before me upon the earth. ⁹Behold, a son shall be born to you; he shall be a man of peace. I will give him peace from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. ¹⁰He shall build a house for my name. He shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish his royal throne in Israel for ever.’ ¹¹Now, my son, the LORD be with you, so that you may succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as he has spoken concerning you. ¹²Only, may the LORD grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the LORD your God. ¹³Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the ordinances which the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong, and of good courage. Fear not; be not dismayed. ¹⁴With great pains I have provided for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, a million talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weighing, for there is so much of it; timber and stone too I have provided. To these you must add. ¹⁵You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working ¹⁶gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Arise and be doing! The LORD be with you!”

¹⁷David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, ¹⁸“Is not the LORD your God with you? And has he not given you peace on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD and his people. ¹⁹Now set your mind and heart to seek the LORD your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God may be brought into a house built for the name of the LORD.”

²David assembled all the leaders of Israel and the priests and the Levites. ³The Levites, thirty years old and upward, were numbered, and the total was thirty-eight thousand men. ⁴“Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, “shall have charge of the work in the house of the LORD, six thousand shall be officers and judges, ⁵four thousand gatekeepers, and four thousand shall offer praises to the LORD with the instruments which I have made for praise.” ⁶And David organized them in divisions corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershom, Ko'hath, and Merar'i.

⁷The sons of Gershom^x were Ladan and Shim'e-i. ⁸The sons of Ladan: Jehi'el the chief, and Zetham, and Joel, three. ⁹The sons of Shim'e-i: Shelo'moth, Ha'zi-el, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Ladan. ¹⁰And the sons of Shim'e-i: Jahath, Zina, and Je'ush, and Beri'ah. These four were the sons of Shim'e-i. ¹¹Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second; but Je'ush and Beri'ah had not many sons, therefore they became a father’s house in one reckoning.

¹²The sons of Ko'hath: Amram, Izhar, He'bron, and Uz'ziel, four. ¹³The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to consecrate the most holy things, that he and his sons for ever should burn incense before the LORD, and minister to him and pronounce blessings in his name for ever. ¹⁴But the sons of Moses the man of God were named among the tribe of Levi. ¹⁵The sons of Moses: Gershom and Elie'zer. ¹⁶The sons of Gershom: Shebu'el the chief. ¹⁷The sons of Elie'zer: Rehabi'ah the chief; Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. ¹⁸The sons of Izhar: Shelo'mith the chief. ¹⁹The sons of He'bron: Jeri'ah the chief, Amari'ah the second, Jaha'ziel the third, and Jekame'am the fourth. ²⁰The sons of Uz'ziel: Micah the chief and Isshi'ah the second.

²¹The sons of Merar'i: Mah'li and Mu'shi. The sons of Mahli: Elea'zar and Kish. ²²Elea'zar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them. ²³The sons of Mu'shi: Mah'li, E'der, and Jer'emoth, three.

²⁴These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of fathers’ houses as they were registered according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the LORD. ²⁵For David said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given peace to his people; and he dwells in Jerusalem for ever. ²⁶And so the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service”— ²⁷for by the last words of David these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and upward—²⁸“but their duty shall be to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God; ²⁹to assist also with the showbread, the flour for the cereal offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baked offering, the offering mixed with oil, and all measures of quantity or size. ³⁰And they shall stand every morning, thanking and praising the LORD, and likewise at evening, ³¹and whenever burnt offerings are offered to the LORD on sabbaths, new moons, and feast days, according to the number required of them, continually before the LORD. ³²Thus they shall keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and shall attend the sons of Aaron, their brethren, for the service of the house of the LORD.”

⁷The first lot fell to Jehoi'arib, the second to Jedai'ah, ⁸the third to Harim, the fourth to Se-o'rim, ⁹the fifth to Malchi'jah, the sixth to Mi'jamin, ¹⁰the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abi'jah, ¹¹the ninth to Jesh'ua, the tenth to Shecani'ah, ¹²the eleventh to Eli'ashib, the twelfth to Ja'kim, ¹³the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jesheb'e-ab, ¹⁴the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, ¹⁵the seventeenth to He'zir, the eighteenth to Hap'pizzez, ¹⁶the nineteenth to Pethahi'ah, the twentieth to Jehez'kel, ¹⁷the twenty-first to Ja'chin, the twenty-second to Gamul, ¹⁸the twenty-third to Delai'ah, the twenty-fourth to Ma-azi'ah. ¹⁹These had as their appointed duty in their service to come into the house of the LORD according to the procedure established for them by Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

²⁰And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shu'ba-el; of the sons of Shuba-el, Jehde'iah. ²¹Of Rehabi'ah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshi'ah the chief. ²²Of the Iz'harites, Shelo'moth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. ²³The sons of He'bron:^y Jeri'ah the chief,^z Amari'ah the second, Jahazi'el the third, Jekame'am the fourth. ²⁴The sons of Uz'ziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Sha'mir. ²⁵The brother of Micah, Isshi'ah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechari'ah. ²⁶The sons of Merar'i: Mah'li and Mu'shi. The sons of Ja-azi'ah: Beno. ²⁷The sons of Merar'i: of Ja-azi'ah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. ²⁸Of Mah'li: Elea'zar, who had no sons. ²⁹Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerah'meel. ³⁰The sons of Mu'shi: Mah'li, E'der, and Jer'imoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. ³¹These also, the head of each father’s house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brethren the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Za'dok, Ahim'elech, and the heads of fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites.

25David and the chiefs of the service also set apart for the service certain of the sons of A'saph, and of He'man, and of Jedu'thun, who should prophesy with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals. The list of those who did the work and of their duties was: ²Of the sons of A'saph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethani'ah, and Ashare'lah, sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. ³Of Jedu'thun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedali'ah, Zeri, Jeshai'ah, Shim'e-i,^a Hashabi'ah, and Mattithi'ah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the LORD. ⁴Of He'man, the sons of Heman: Bukki'ah, Mattani'ah, Uz'ziel, Shebu'el, and Jer'imoth, Hanani'ah, Hana'ni, Eli'athah, Giddal'ti, and Romam'ti-e'zer, Joshbekash'ah, Mallo'thi, Hothir, Maha'zi-oth. ⁵All these were the sons of He'man the king’s seer, according to the promise of God to exalt him; for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. A'saph, Jedu'thun, and He'man were under the order of the king. ⁷The number of them along with their brethren, who were trained in singing to the LORD, all who were skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight. ⁸And they cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and pupil alike.

⁹The first lot fell for A'saph to Joseph; the second to Gedali'ah, to him and his brethren and his sons, twelve; ¹⁰the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹²the fifth to Nethani'ah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹³the sixth to Bukki'ah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁴the seventh to Jeshare'lah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁵the eighth to Jesha'iah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁶the ninth to Mattani'ah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁷the tenth to Shim'e-i, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁸the eleventh to Az'arel, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabi'ah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁰to the thirteenth, Shu'ba-el, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²¹to the fourteenth, Mattithi'ah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²²to the fifteenth, to Jer'emoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²³to the sixteenth, to Hanani'ah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁴to the seventeenth, to Joshbekash'ah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁵to the eighteenth, to Hana'ni, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁶to the nineteenth, to Mallo'thi, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁷to the twentieth, to Eli'athah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁸to the twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ²⁹to the twenty-second, to Giddal'ti, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ³⁰to the twenty-third, to Maha'zi-oth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; ³¹to the twenty-fourth, to Romam'ti-e'zer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

¹²These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brethren did, ministering in the house of the LORD; ¹³and they cast lots by fathers’ houses, small and great alike, for their gates. ¹⁴The lot for the east fell to Shelemi'ah. They cast lots also for his son Zechari'ah, a shrewd counselor, and his lot came out for the north. ¹⁵O'bed-e'dom’s came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the storehouse. ¹⁶For Shuppim and Ho'sah it came out for the west, at the gate of Shal'lecheth on the road that goes up. Watch corresponded to watch. ¹⁷On the east there were six each day,^b on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the storehouse; ¹⁸and for the parbar^c on the west there were four at the road and two at the parbar. ¹⁹These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Ko'rahites and the sons of Merar'i.

²⁰And of the Levites, Ahi'jah had charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts. ²¹The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Ger'shonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ houses belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehi'eli.^d

²²The sons of Jehi'eli, Zetham and Joel his brother, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD. ²³Of the Am'ramites, the Iz'harites, the He'bronites, and the Uz'zielites— ²⁴and Shebu'el the son of Gershom, son of Moses, was chief officer in charge of the treasuries. ²⁵His brethren: from Elie'zer were his son Rehabi'ah, and his son Jeshai'ah, and his son Jo'ram, and his son Zich'ri, and his son Shelo'moth. ²⁶This Shelo'moth and his brethren were in charge of all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ houses, and the officers of the thousands and the hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had dedicated. ²⁷From spoil won in battles they dedicated gifts for the maintenance of the house of the LORD. ²⁸Also all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah had dedicated—all dedicated gifts were in the care of Shelo'moth^e and his brethren.

²⁹Of the Iz'harites, Chenani'ah and his sons were appointed to outside duties for Israel, as officers and judges. ³⁰Of the He'bronites, Hashabi'ah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred men of ability, had the oversight of Israel westward of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king. ³¹Of the He'bronites, Jeri'jah was chief of the Hebronites of whatever genealogy or fathers’ houses. (In the fortieth year of David’s reign search was made and men of great ability among them were found at Ja'zer in Gilead.) ³²King David appointed him and his brethren, two thousand seven hundred men of ability, heads of fathers’ houses, to have the oversight of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manas'sites for everything pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.

²Jasho'beam the son of Zab'diel was in charge of the first division in the first month; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ³He was a descendant of Per'ez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month. ⁴Dodai the Aho'hite^f was in charge of the division of the second month; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁵The third commander, for the third month, was Bena'iah, the son of Jehoi'ada the priest, as chief; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁶This is the Bena'iah who was a mighty man of the thirty and in command of the thirty; Ammiz'abad his son was in charge of his division.^{g 7}As'ahel the brother of Jo'ab was fourth, for the fourth month, and his son Zebadi'ah after him; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁸The fifth commander, for the fifth month, was Shamhuth, the Iz'rahite; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ⁹Sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Teko'ite; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁰Seventh, for the seventh month, was He'lez the Pel'onite, of the sons of E'phraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹¹Eighth, for the eighth month, was Sib'becai the Hu'shathite, of the Ze'rahites; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹²Ninth, for the ninth month, was Abie'zer of An'athoth, a Benjaminite; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹³Tenth, for the tenth month, was Ma'harai of Netoph'ah, of the Ze'rahites; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁴Eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Bena'iah of Pir'athon, of the sons of E'phraim; in his division were twenty-four thousand. ¹⁵Twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netoph'athite, of Oth'ni-el; in his division were twenty-four thousand.

¹⁶Over the tribes of Israel, for the Reubenites Elie'zer the son of Zich'ri was chief officer; for the Simeonites, Shephati'ah the son of Ma'acah; ¹⁷for Levi, Hashabi'ah the son of Kemu'el; for Aaron, Za'dok; ¹⁸for Judah, Eli'hu, one of David’s brothers; for Is'sachar, Omri the son of Michael; ¹⁹for Zeb'ulun, Ishma'iah the son of Obadi'ah; for Naph'tali, Jer'emoth the son of Az'ri-el; ²⁰for the E'phraimites, Hoshe'a the son of Azazi'ah; for the half-tribe of Manas'seh, Joel the son of Pedai'ah; ²¹for the half-tribe of Manas'seh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechari'ah; for Benjamin, Ja-asi'el the son of Abner; ²²for Dan, Az'arel the son of Jero'ham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel. ²³David did not number those below twenty years of age, for the LORD had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven. ²⁴Jo'ab the son of Zeru'iah began to number, but did not finish; yet wrath came upon Israel for this, and the number was not entered in the chronicles of King David.

²⁵Over the king’s treasuries was Az'maveth the son of Ad'i-el; and over the treasuries in the country, in the cities, in the villages and in the towers, was Jonathan the son of Uzzi'ah; ²⁶and over those who did the work of the field for tilling the soil was Ezri the son of Che'lub; ²⁷and over the vineyards was Shim'e-i the Ra'mathite; and over the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite. ²⁸Over the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephe'lah was Ba'al-ha'nan the Gede'rite; and over the stores of oil was Jo'ash. ²⁹Over the herds that pastured in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite; over the herds in the valleys was Sha'phat the son of Ad'lai. ³⁰Over the camels was Obil the Ish'maelite; and over the she-donkeys was Jehde'iah the Meron'othite. Over the flocks was Jaziz the Hag'rite. ³¹All these were stewards of King David’s property.

³²Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a counselor, being a man of understanding and a scribe; he and Jehi'el the son of Hach'moni attended the king’s sons. ³³Ahith'ophel was the king’s counselor, and Hu'shai the Ar'chite was the king’s friend. ³⁴Ahith'ophel was succeeded by Jehoi'ada the son of Bena'iah, and Abi'athar. Jo'ab was commander of the king’s army.

⁹“And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever. ¹⁰Take heed now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be strong, and do it.”

¹¹Then David gave Solomon his son the plan of the vestibule of the temple, and of its houses, its treasuries, its upper rooms, and its inner chambers, and of the room for the mercy seat; ¹²and the plan of all that he had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries of the house of God, and the treasuries for dedicated gifts; ¹³for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the LORD; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the LORD, ¹⁴the weight of gold for all golden vessels for each service, the weight of silver vessels for each service, ¹⁵the weight of the golden lampstands and their lamps, the weight of gold for each lampstand and its lamps, the weight of silver for a lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand in the service, ¹⁶the weight of gold for each table for the showbread, the silver for the silver tables, ¹⁷and pure gold for the forks, the basins, and the cups; for the golden bowls and the weight of each; for the silver bowls and the weight of each; ¹⁸for the altar of incense made of refined gold, and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. ¹⁹All this he made clear by the writing from the hand of the LORD concerning it,^h all the work to be done according to the plan.

²⁰Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and of good courage, and do it. Fear not, be not dismayed; for the LORD God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished. ²¹And behold the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God; and with you in all the work will be every willing man who has skill for any kind of service; also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command.”

⁶Then the heads of fathers’ houses made their freewill offerings, as did also the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officers over the king’s work. ⁷They gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, ten thousand talents of silver, eighteen thousand talents of bronze, and a hundred thousand talents of iron. ⁸And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, in the care of Jehi'el the Ger'shonite. ⁹Then the people rejoiced because these had given willingly, for with a whole heart they had offered freely to the LORD; David the king also rejoiced greatly.

¹⁰Therefore David blessed the LORD in the presence of all the assembly; and David said: “Blessed are you, O LORD, the God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. ¹¹Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty; for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours; yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. ¹²Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might; and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. ¹³And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.

¹⁴“But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. ¹⁵For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no abiding.^{i 16}O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided for building you a house for your holy name comes from your hand and is all your own. ¹⁷I know, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness; in the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things, and now I have seen your people, who are present here, offering freely and joyously to you. ¹⁸O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep for ever such purposes and thoughts in the hearts of your people, and direct their hearts toward you. ¹⁹Grant to Solomon my son that with a whole heart he may keep your commandments, your covenants, and your statutes, performing all, and that he may build the palace for which I have made provision.”

²⁰Then David said to all the assembly, “Bless the LORD your God.” And all the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD, and did obeisance to the king. ²¹And they performed sacrifices to the LORD, and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the LORD, a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel; ²²and they ate and drank before the LORD on that day with great gladness.

And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the LORD, and Za'dok as priest. ²³Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father; and he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. ²⁴All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. ²⁵And the LORD gave Solomon great repute in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

²⁶Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. ²⁷The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned seven years in He'bron, and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. ²⁸Then he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor; and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. ²⁹Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of Gad the seer, ³⁰with accounts of all his rule and his might and of the circumstances that came upon him and upon Israel, and upon all the kingdoms of the countries.