And he said, What have they seen in thy house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them.


And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah.


Behold, the days come, that all that is in thy house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith Jehovah.


And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, whom thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.


Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of Jehovah which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth shall be in my days?


Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


And Hezekiah slept with his fathers; and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.


Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hephzibah.


And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, after the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.


For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.


And he built altars in the house of Jehovah, whereof Jehovah said, In Jerusalem will I put my name.


And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.


And he made his son to pass through the fire, and practised augury, and used enchantments, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.


And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Jehovah said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever;


neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.


But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations whom Jehovah destroyed before the children of Israel.


And Jehovah spake by his servants the prophets, saying,


Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, that were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols;


therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle.


And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.


And I will cast off the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;


because they have done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.


Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.


Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead.


Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah.


And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father.


And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them:


and he forsook Jehovah, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of Jehovah.


And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.


But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.


Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.


Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.


And he did that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.


And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of Jehovah, saying,


Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the money which is brought into the house of Jehovah, which the keepers of the threshold have gathered of the people:


and let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah; and let them give it to the workmen that are in the house of Jehovah, to repair the breaches of the house,


unto the carpenters, and to the builders, and to the masons, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.


Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.


And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it.


And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of Jehovah.


And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.


And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.


And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying,


Go ye, inquire of Jehovah for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Jehovah that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.


So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they communed with her.


And she said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Tell ye the man that sent you unto me,


Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read.


Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.


But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of Jehovah, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard,


because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before Jehovah, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith Jehovah.


Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.


And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem.


And the king went up to the house of Jehovah, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of Jehovah.


And the king stood by the pillar, and made a covenant before Jehovah, to walk after Jehovah, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and all his soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people stood to the covenant.


And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Jehovah all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven, and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el.


And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven.


And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Jehovah, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast the dust thereof upon the graves of the common people.


And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were in the house of Jehovah, where the women wove hangings for the Asherah.


And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beer-sheba; and he brake down the high places of the gates that were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city.


Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of Jehovah in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren.


And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.


And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Jehovah, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.


And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, did the king break down, and beat them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.


And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile.


And he brake in pieces the pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men.


Moreover the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.


And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Jehovah which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.


Then he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el.


And he said, Let him be; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.


And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Jehovah to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Beth-el.


And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them; and he returned to Jerusalem.


And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.


Surely there was not kept such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;


but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to Jehovah in Jerusalem.


Moreover them that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of Jehovah.


And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to Jehovah with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.


Notwithstanding, Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations wherewith Manasseh had provoked him.


And Jehovah said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.


Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and Pharaoh-necoh slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.


And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead.


Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.


And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.


And Pharaoh-necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.


And Pharaoh-necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim: but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.


And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-necoh.


Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.


In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.


And Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which he spake by his servants the prophets.


Surely at the commandment of Jehovah came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,


and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.


Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.


And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.


Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.


And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father had done.


At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.


And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it;


and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.


And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had said.


And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.


And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.


And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.


And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.


Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.


And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.


For through the anger of Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.


And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it; and they built forts against it round about.


So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.


On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land.


Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about); and the king went by the way of the Arabah.


But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.


Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.


And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon.


Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem.


And he burnt the house of Jehovah, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burnt he with fire.


And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about.


And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.


But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.


And the pillars of brass that were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the brazen sea that were in the house of Jehovah, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon.


And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away.


And the firepans, and the basins, that which was of gold, in gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.


The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah, the brass of all these vessels was without weight.


The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.


And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold:


and out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war; and five men of them that saw the king's face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city.


And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.


And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.


And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor.


Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.


And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.


But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, so that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah.


And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans.


And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;


and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,


and changed his prison garments. And Jehoiachin did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life:


and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.


Adam, Seth, Enosh,


Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,


Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,


Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.


The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.


And the sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Diphath, and Togarmah.


And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.


The sons of Ham: Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.


And the sons of Cush: Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba, and Dedan.


And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth.


And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim,


and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence came the Philistines), and Caphtorim.


And Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, and Heth,


and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,


and the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,


and the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.


The sons of Shem: Elam, and Asshur, and Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.


And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.


And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.


And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,


and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,


and Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,


and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.


Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,


Eber, Peleg, Reu,


Serug, Nahor, Terah,


Abram (the same is Abraham).


The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.


These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,


Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,


Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.


And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.


And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.


And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.


The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah.


The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.


The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.


And the sons of Seir: Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.


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


The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.


The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.


The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz, and Aran.


Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel: Bela the son of Beor; and the name of his city was Dinhabah.


And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.


And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.


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


And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.


And Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by the River reigned in his stead.


And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.


And Baal-hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead; and the name of his city was Pai: and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.


And Hadad died. And the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth,


chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,


chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,


chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.


These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,


Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.


The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.


And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.


The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.


And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.


And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.


And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.


The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.


And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;


and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,


and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;


and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,


Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,


Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;


and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.


And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.


And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.


And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur.


And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.


And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took to wife when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.


And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.


And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.


And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.


And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.


And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.


And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.


And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.


And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.


And the sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without children.


And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.


And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.


And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.


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


And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.


And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,


and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,


and Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,


and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,


and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum,


and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.


And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.


And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.


And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begat Shammai.


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


And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.


And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.


Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah.


She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.


These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,


Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.


And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.


And the families of Kiriath-jearim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.


The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.


And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.


Now these were the sons of David, that were born unto him in Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess;


the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;


the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife:


six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years;


and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel;


and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,


and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,


and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.


All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.


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


Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,


Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,


Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,


Amon his son, Josiah his son.


And the sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.


And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.


And the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son,


and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.


And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister;


and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five.


And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.


And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.


And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.


And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.


The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.


And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.


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


and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.


And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.


And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.


And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.


And Hakkoz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.


And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.


And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested.


And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.


And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.


And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.


And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen.


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


And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.


And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.


And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.


And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.


And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.


The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;


and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient.


These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.


The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;


Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.


And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.


And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah.


And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,


and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,


and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,


and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.


And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;


and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy.


And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,


and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,


and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,


and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah-


these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers' houses increased greatly.


And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.


And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.


And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks.


And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.


And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.


And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.


For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph's),


the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.


The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,


Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,


Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.


And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,


and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:


and eastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.


And in the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.


And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah:


Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.


And their brethren of their fathers' houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.


These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;


Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses.


And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.


All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.


The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able to go forth to war.


And they made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.


And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him.


And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.


For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.


And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon.


And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.


And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.


And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.


The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.


And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.


And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.


Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,


and Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,


and Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,


Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,


and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,


and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,


and Johanan begat Azariah (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),


and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,


and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,


and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,


and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak;


And Jehozadak went into captivity, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.


The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.


And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.


And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.


The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.


Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,


Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.


The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,


Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,


Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son.


And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, and Ahimoth.


As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,


Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.


And the sons of Samuel: the first-born, Joel, and the second Abijah.


The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,


Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.


And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah, after that the ark had rest.


And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.


And these are they that waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,


the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,


the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,


the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,


the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,


the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.


And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,


the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,


the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,


the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,


the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.


And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,


the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,


the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,


the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.


And their brethren the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.


But Aaron and his sons offered 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.


And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,


Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,


Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,


Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.


Now these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot),


to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it;


but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.


And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with its suburbs,


and Hilen with its suburbs, Debir with its suburbs,


and Ashan with its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with its suburbs;


and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its suburbs, and Allemeth with its suburbs, and Anathoth with its suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.


And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities.


And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.


Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.


And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs.


And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name.


And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim.


And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,


and Jokmeam with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs,


and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs;


and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.


Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its suburbs, and Ashtaroth with its suburbs;


and out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its suburbs, Daberath with its suburbs,


and Ramoth with its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs;


and out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its suburbs, and Abdon with its suburbs,


and Hukok with its suburbs, and Rehob with its suburbs;


and out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its suburbs, and Hammon with its suburbs, and Kiriathaim with its suburbs.


Unto the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its suburbs, Tabor with its suburbs;


and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,


and Kedemoth with its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;


and out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its suburbs, and Mahanaim with its suburbs,


and Heshbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.


And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.


And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, to wit, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.


And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.


And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.


And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.


The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.


And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.


And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.


And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.


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


All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.


Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.


The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.


The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare; she bare Machir the father of Gilead.


And Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.


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


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


And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.


And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.


And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,


and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.


And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.


And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.


And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.


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


Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,


Nun his son, Joshua his son.


And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Azzah and the towns thereof;


and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.


The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.


And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.


And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.


And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.


And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.


And the sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.


The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,


Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.


And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.


And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.


All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.


And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,


Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.


And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,


and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,


and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.


And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:


and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive; and he begat Uzza and Ahihud.


And Shaharaim begat children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.


And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,


and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses.


And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.


And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;


and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;


and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,


and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,


and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,


and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,


and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,


and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,


and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,


and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,


and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,


and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,


and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,


and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak,


and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,


and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.


These were heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt in Jerusalem.


And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah;


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


and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.


And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.


And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.


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


And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.


And Ahaz begat Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza.


And Moza begat Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.


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


And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.


And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.


So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their transgression.


Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.


And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh:


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


And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the first-born, and his sons.


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


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


and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;


and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' houses.


And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin,


and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;


and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;


and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.


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


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


and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.


And the porters: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief),


who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.


And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent: and their fathers had been over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entry.


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


Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting.


All these that were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust.


So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.


On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.


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


for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.


And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge thereof was upon them; and to them pertained the opening thereof morning by morning.


And certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by count were these brought in and by count were these taken out.


Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.


And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices.


And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in pans.


And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.


And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service; for they were employed in their work day and night.


These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt at Jerusalem.


And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah;


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


and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.


And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.


And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.


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


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


And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;


and Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.


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


Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.


And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.


And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was distressed by reason of the archers.


Then said Saul unto his armor-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.


And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died.


So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together.


And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.


And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.


And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people.


And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.


And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,


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


So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah, which he kept not; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby,


and inquired not of Jehovah: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.


Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.


In times past, even when Saul was king, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over my people Israel.


So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of Jehovah by Samuel.


And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there.


And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion; the same is the city of David.


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


And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.


And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.


And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah of hosts was with him.


Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.


And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time.


And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men.


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


And they stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines; and Jehovah saved them by a great victory.


And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim.


And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.


And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!


And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto Jehovah,


and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.


And Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three; for he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them, and had a name among the three.


Of the three, he was more honorable than the two, and was made their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three.


Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.


And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.


These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men.


Behold, he was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.


Also the mighty men of the armies: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,


Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,


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


Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,


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


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


Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,


Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,


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


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


Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,


Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,


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


Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah,


Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,


Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,


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


Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,


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


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


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


Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.


Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.


They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.


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


and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite,


Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,


Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites,


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


And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains:


Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,


Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,


Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,


Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,


Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.


These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host: he that was least was equal to a hundred, and the greatest to a thousand.


These are they that went over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east and toward the west.


And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold unto David.


And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, my heart shall be knit unto you; but if ye be come to betray me to mine adversaries, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.


Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.


Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.


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


And they helped David against the band of rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.


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


And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, who came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of Jehovah.


The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war.


Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.


Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.


And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,


and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains.


And of the children of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.


And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.


And of the half-tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, who were mentioned by name, to come and make David king.


And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.


Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand, and that could order the battle array, and were not of double heart.


And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.


And of the Danites that could set the battle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.


And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand.


And on the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.


All these, being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.


And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.


Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.


And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.


And David said unto all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us;


and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.


And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.


So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor the brook of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.


And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.


And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.


And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.


And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.


And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.


And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza: and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day.


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


So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.


And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.


And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.


And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake.


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


And these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,


and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet,


and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,


and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.


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


Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.


And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thy hand.


So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and David said, God hath broken mine enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.


And they left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.


And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.


And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.


And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle; for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.


And David did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.


And the fame of David went out into all lands; and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations.


And David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.


Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.


And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.


And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:


of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty;


of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;


of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty;


of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;


of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore;


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


And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,


and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it.


For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.


So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.


And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.


And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.


So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;


and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.


So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;


and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth;


and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.


And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.


And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.


And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.


So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.


And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.


And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: and David had upon him an ephod of linen.


Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.


And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.


And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.


And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah.


And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion of flesh, and a cake of raisins.


And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of Jehovah, and to celebrate and to thank and praise Jehovah, the God of Israel:


Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;


and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.


Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.


O give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his doings among the peoples.


Sing unto him, sing praises unto him; Talk ye of all his marvellous works.


Glory ye in his holy name; Let the heart of them rejoice that seek Jehovah.


Seek ye Jehovah and his strength; Seek his face evermore.


Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,


O ye seed of Israel his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.


He is Jehovah our God; His judgments are in all the earth.


Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations,


The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac,


And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant,


Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The lot of your inheritance;


When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;


And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people.


He suffered no man to do them wrong; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,


Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm.


Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; Show forth his salvation from day to day.


Declare his glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.


For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.


For all the gods of the peoples are idols: But Jehovah made the heavens.


Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place.


Ascribe unto Jehovah, ye kindreds of the peoples, Ascribe unto Jehovah glory and strength;


Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come before him; Worship Jehovah in holy array.


Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved.


Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; And let them say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth.


Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; Let the field exult, and all that is therein;


Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth.


O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.


And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise.


Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praised Jehovah.


So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required;


and Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;


and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of Jehovah in the high place that was at Gibeon,


to offer burnt-offerings unto Jehovah upon the altar of burnt-offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Jehovah, which he commanded unto Israel;


and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his lovingkindness endureth for ever;


and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.


And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.


And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah dwelleth under curtains.


And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.


And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,


Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith Jehovah, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:


for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, unto this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.


In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, Why have ye not built me a house of cedar?


Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over my people Israel:


and I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth.


And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first,


and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house.


And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.


He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.


I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee;


but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever; and his throne shall be established for ever.


According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.


Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?


And this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; but thou hast spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Jehovah God.


What can David say yet more unto thee concerning the honor which is done to thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.


O Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things.


O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.


And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt?


For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.


And now, O Jehovah, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.


And let thy name be established and magnified for ever, saying, Jehovah of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.


For thou, O my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him a house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray before thee.


And now, O Jehovah, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:


and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Jehovah, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever.


And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the Philistines.


And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.


And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates.


And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hocked all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.


And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadarezer king of Zobah, David smote of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.


Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought tribute. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.


And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.


And from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.


And when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah,


he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and smitten him (for Hadarezer had wars with Tou); and he had with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.


These also did king David dedicate unto Jehovah, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.


Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.


And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became servants to David. And Jehovah gave victory to David whithersoever he went.


And David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness unto all his people.


And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;


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


and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.


And it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.


And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.


But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, in that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?


So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.


Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.


And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Aram-maacah, and out of Zobah.


So they hired them thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.


And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.


And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.


Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.


And the rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of Ammon.


And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.


Be of good courage, and let us play the man for our people, and for the cities of our God: and Jehovah do that which seemeth him good.


So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.


And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.


And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer at their head.


And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.


And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.


And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.