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I Chronicles
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Chapter 1
1. Adam, Sheth, Enosh, 2. Kenan, Jered, Mahalaleel, 3. Henoch, Methuselah, amech, 4. Noah, Shem,
Ham, and Japheth. 5. The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 6.
And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 7. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and
Dodanim. {Find a King James Bible and review Genesis Chapter 10, verses 4-5 {KJV} 8. The sons of Ham; Cush,
and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. {Genesis Chapter 9, verses 22-27; Chapter 10, verses 15-19; Chapter 15, verses 18-21;
and Exodus Chapter 3, verse 8 {KJV} 9. And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha.
And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
10. And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.; {And.. Genesis Chapter 10, verses 8-19; and
Chapter 11, verses 1-9 {KJV} 11. And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, 12. And Pathrusim,
and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim.; {Review Genesis Chapter 10, verses 13-14 {KJV}
13. And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, 14. The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, 15. And
the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 16. And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 17. The sons of Shem;
Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. 18. And Arphaxad begat Shelah,
and Shelah begat Eber.
19. And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one [was]
Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name [was] Joktan. 20. And Joktan begat Almodad,
and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 21. Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, 22. And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23. And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these [were] the sons of Joktan. 24. Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25. Eber, Peleg,
Reu, 26. Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27. Abram; the same [is] Abraham. 28. The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. 29. These
[are] their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 30. Mishma, and Dumah, Massa,
Hadad, and Tema, 31. Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
32. Now 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. 33. And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and
Eldaah. All these [are] the sons of Keturah. 34. And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. 35. The sons
of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. 36. The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz,
and Timna, and Amalek. 37. The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 38. And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal,
and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
39. And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna [was] Lotan's sister. 40. The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath,
and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. 41. The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon;
Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 42. The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, [and] Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz,
and Aran. 43. Now these [are] the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before [any] king reigned over the children of Israel;
Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city [was] Dinhabah. 44. And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah
reigned in his stead. 45. And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
46. And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and
the name of his city [was] Avith. 47. And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 48. And when Samlah
was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. 49. And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned
in his stead. 50. And when Baalhanan was dead, 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 Mezahab. 51. Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke
Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, 52. Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 53. Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
54. Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These [are] the dukes of Edom.
Chapter 3
1. Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of
Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: 2. The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter
of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: 3. The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream
by Eglah his wife. 4. These 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. 5. And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan,
and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: 6. Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
7. And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8. And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9. These were all the
sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. 10. And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia
his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 11. Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 12. Amaziah his son, Azariah
his son, Jotham his son, 13. Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 14. Amon his son, Josiah his son. 15. And
the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 16.
And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 17. And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
18. Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19. And the sons of Pedaiah were,
Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20. And Hashubah,
and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five. 21. And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of
Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. 22. And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the
sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 23. And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and
Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 24. And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub,
and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
Chapter 5
1. Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch
as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not
to be reckoned after the birthright. 2. For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler;
but the birthright was Joseph's:) 3. The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were,
Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4. The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5. Micah his son,
Reaia his son, Baal his son. 6. Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was
prince of the Reubenites.
7. And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel,
and Zechariah, 8. And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
9. And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied
in the land of Gilead. 10. And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt
in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. 11. And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the
land of Bashan unto Salchah: 12. Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13. And their
brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and
Heber, seven.
14. These are the children 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; 15. Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of
their fathers. 16. And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
17. All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18. The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword,
and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out
to the war. 19. And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
20. And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with
them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. 21. 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 an hundred thousand. 22. For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in
their steads until the captivity. 23. And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from
Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
24. And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah,
and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. 25. And they
transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed
before them. 26. And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser 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 Gozan, unto this day.
Chapter 10
1. Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines,
and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 2. And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines
slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. 3. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers
hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. 4. Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through
therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took
a sword, and fell upon it.
5. And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. 6. So Saul died, and his
three sons, and all his house died together. 7. And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that
they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt
in them. 8. 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. 9. And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land
of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
10. And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. 11. And when all
Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12. They arose, all the valiant men, 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. 13. So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of
the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of
it; 14. And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
Chapter 13
1. And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
2. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that
it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of
Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that
they may gather themselves unto us: 3. And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days
of Saul. 4. And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
5. So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God
from Kirjathjearim. 6. And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged
to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on
it. 7. And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
8. And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries,
and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9. And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
10. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he
died before God. 11. And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called
Perezuzza to this day. 12. And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of
God home to me? 13. So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried
it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. 14. And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house
three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
Chapter 14
1. Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters,
to build him an house. 2. And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted
up on high, because of his people Israel. 3. And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
4. Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
5. And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, 6. And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 7. And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
8. 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.
9. And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 10. And David enquired of God, saying, Shall
I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go
up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 11. So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David
said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore
they called the name of that place Baalperazim. 12. And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and
they were burned with fire.
13. And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. 14. Therefore David enquired again of God; and
God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry
trees. 15. And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou
shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 16. David therefore
did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. 17. And the fame of David
went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
Chapter 15
1. And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of
God, and pitched for it a tent. 2. Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the
LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3. And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem,
to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 4. And David assembled the children of Aaron,
and the Levites: 5. Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty: 6. Of the sons of Merari;
Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: 7. Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an
hundred and thirty: 8. Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
9. Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: 10. Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief,
and his brethren an hundred and twelve. 11. And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for
Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12. And said unto them, Ye are the
chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark
of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. 13. For because ye did it not at the
first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. 14. So the priests and
the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
15. 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 the LORD. 16. And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be
the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. 17.
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; 18. 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 Elipheleh, and Mikneiah,
and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. 19. So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals
of brass;
20. And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries
on Alamoth; 21. And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith
to excel. 22. And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was
skilful. 23. And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. 24. And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel,
and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom
and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. 25. So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands,
went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
26. And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven
bullocks and seven rams. 27. 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: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
28. Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets,
and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. 29. And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of
the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing:
and she despised him in her heart.
Chapter 17
1. Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.
2. Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
3. And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, 4. Go and tell David
my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: 5. For I have not
dwelt in an 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. 6. Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel,
whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
7. Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I
took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8. And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have
made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. 9. Also I will ordain a place for my people
Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of
wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, 10. And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
11. And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will
raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. 12. He shall build me an house,
and I will stablish his throne for ever. 13. I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away
from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: 14. But I will settle him in mine house and in my
kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore . 15. According to all these words, and according
to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. 16. And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who
am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
17. And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also 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 LORD God. 18. What can
David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. 19. O LORD, for thy servant's
sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
20. O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have
heard with our ears. 21. And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to
be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people,
whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
22. For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. 23. Therefore
now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and
do as thou hast said. 24. Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is
the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established
before thee. 25. For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found
in his heart to pray before thee. 26. And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
27. Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest,
O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever .
Chapter 18
1. Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took
Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. 2. And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and
brought gifts. 3. And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4. And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed
all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. 5. And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help
Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6. Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus;
and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
7. And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. 8. Likewise
from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and
the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9. Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer
king of Zobah; 10. He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had
fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of
gold and silver and brass. 11. Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought
from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from
Amalek.
12. Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. 13. And he put garrisons
in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. 14. So David reigned
over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. 15. And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over
the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. 16. And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,
were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 17. And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and
the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
Chapter 19
1. Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his
son reigned in his stead. 2. And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because
his father shewed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of
David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 3. But the princes of the children of Ammon said
to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are
not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
4. Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks,
and sent them away. 5. Then there went certain, 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. 6. 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
Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah.
7. So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before
Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 8. And when David heard
of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9. And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle
in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. 10. Now when
Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them
in array against the Syrians.
11. And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array
against the children of Ammon. 12. 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. 13. Be of good courage, and let us behave
ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his
sight. 14. So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they
fled before him. 15. 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.
16. 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: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. 17. And
it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over 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. 18. But the Syrians
fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand
footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. 19. And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the
worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon
any more.
Chapter 20
1. And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle,
Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David
tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. 2. And David took the crown of their king from off his head,
and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and
he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. 3. And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut
them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children
of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4. And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite
slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. 5. And there was war again with the Philistines;
and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's
beam. 6. And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were
four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant. 7. But when
he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. 8. These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they
fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Chapter 21
1. And Satan stood up against Israel, and
provoked David to number Israel. 2. And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go,
number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3. And Joab
answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the
king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass
to Israel? 4. Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all
Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 5. And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel
were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten
thousand men that drew sword.
6. But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab. 7. And God was displeased
with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. 8. And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because
I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
9. And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 10. Go and tell David, saying, Thus
saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
11. So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
12. Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh
thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying
throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
13. And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for
very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man. 14. So the LORD sent pestilence upon
Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. 15. And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem
to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the
angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the
angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 16. And David lifted up his eyes, and saw
the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his
hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon
their faces.
17. And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered?
even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand,
I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
18. Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David
should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19. And David went up
at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. 20. And Ornan turned back, and saw the
angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
21. And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David
with his face to the ground. 22. Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this
threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague
may be stayed from the people. 23. And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let
my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings,
and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all. 24. And king David said
to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is
thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
25. So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 26. And David built there an altar unto
the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire
upon the altar of burnt offering. 27. And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his
sword again into the sheath thereof. 28. At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor
of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 29. For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and
the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon. 30. But David could not go before
it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
Chapter 22
1. Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is
the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. 2. And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were
in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3. And David prepared iron in abundance
for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; 4. Also cedar trees
in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. 5. And David said, Solomon
my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding
magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So
David prepared abundantly before his death.
6. Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. 7. And David said
to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: 8.
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great
wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. 9. Behold,
a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto
Israel in his days. 10. He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and
I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
11. Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
12. Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law
of the LORD thy God. 13. Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD
charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. 14. Now, behold, in my trouble
I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver;
and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
15. Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner
of cunning men for every manner of work. 16. Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number.
Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee . 17. David also commanded all the princes of Israel
to help Solomon his son, saying, 18. Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he
not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued
before the LORD, and before his people. 19. Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and
build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the
house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.
Chapter 28
1. And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of
the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds,
and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty
men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. 2. Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear
me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: 3. But God said unto me,
Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed
blood.
4. Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel
for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among
the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: 5. And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given
me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. 6. And he said
unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be
my son, and I will be his father. 7. Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments
and my judgments, as at this day. 8. Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation
of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess
this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
9. And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and
with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek
him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. 10. Take heed now; for the LORD hath
chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. 11. Then David gave to Solomon his
son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof,
and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, 12. And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit,
of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of
the treasuries of the dedicated things:
13. Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD,
and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. 14. He gave of gold by weight for things of
gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all
instruments of every kind of service: 15. Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight
for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick,
and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. 16. And by weight he gave gold
for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: 17. Also pure gold for
the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and
likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
18. And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that
spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. 19. All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand
upon me, even all the works of this pattern. 20. And David said to Solomon his son, Be
strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will
be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house
of the LORD. 21. And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the
service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man,
for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
Chapter 29
1. Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son,
whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not
for man, but for the LORD God. 2. Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to
be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for
things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones,
and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. 3. Moreover, because I have set
my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the
house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
4. Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of
refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal: 5. The gold for things of gold, and the silver
for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then
is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD? 6. Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes
of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, 7. And gave
for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents,
and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. 8. And they with whom precious
stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
9. Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the
LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. 10. Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and
David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. 11. Thine, O LORD,
is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the
heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
12. Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might;
and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. 13. Now therefore, our God, we thank thee,
and praise thy glorious name.
14. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly
after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. 15. For we are strangers
before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there
is none abiding. 16. O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name
cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. 17. I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast
pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have
I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 18. O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of
Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart
unto thee:
19. And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy
statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
20. And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation
blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king. 21. And they sacrificed
sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand
bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all
Israel: 22. And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David
king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be
priest. 23. Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel
obeyed him.
24. And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon
the king. 25. And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal
majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. 26. Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 27. And
the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years
reigned he in Jerusalem. 28. And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned
in his stead. 29. Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel
the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, 30. With all his reign and his might, and
the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
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