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Now the Philistines fought against Israel ;
and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines ,
and fell down slain in mount Gilboa .
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And the Philistines followed hard after Saul ,
and after his sons ;
and the Philistines slew Jonathan ,
and Abinadab ,
and Malchishua ,
the sons of Saul .
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And the battle went sore against Saul ,
and the archers hit him ,
and he was wounded of the archers .
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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 .
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And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead ,
he fell likewise on the sword ,
and died .
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So Saul died ,
and his three sons ,
and all his house died together .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And they put his armour in the house of their gods ,
and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon .
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And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul ,
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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 .
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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 ;
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And enquired not of the LORD :
therefore he slew him ,
and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse .
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Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron ,
saying ,
Behold ,
we are thy bone and thy flesh .
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And moreover in time past ,
even when Saul was king ,
thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel :
and the LORD thy God said unto thee ,
Thou shalt feed my people Israel ,
and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel .
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Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron ;
and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD ;
and they anointed David king over Israel ,
according to the word of the LORD by Samuel .
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And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem ,
which is Jebus ;
where the Jebusites were ,
the inhabitants of the land .
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And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David ,
Thou shalt not come hither .
Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion ,
which is the city of David .
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And David said ,
Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain .
So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up ,
and was chief .
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And David dwelt in the castle ;
therefore they called it the city of David .
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And he built the city round about ,
even from Millo round about :
and Joab repaired the rest of the city .
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So David waxed greater and greater :
for the LORD of hosts was with him .
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These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had ,
who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom ,
and with all Israel ,
to make him king ,
according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel .
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And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had ;
Jashobeam ,
an Hachmonite ,
the chief of the captains :
he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time .
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And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo ,
the Ahohite ,
who was one of the three mighties .
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He was with David at Pasdammim ,
and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle ,
where was a parcel of ground full of barley ;
and the people fled from before the Philistines .
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And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel ,
and delivered it ,
and slew the Philistines ;
and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance .
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Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David ,
into the cave of Adullam ;
and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim .
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And David was then in the hold ,
and the Philistines '
garrison was then at Bethlehem .
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And David longed ,
and said ,
Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem ,
that is at the gate !
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And the three brake through the host of the Philistines ,
and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem ,
that was by the gate ,
and took it ,
and brought it to David :
but David would not drink of it ,
but poured it out to the LORD ,
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And said ,
My God forbid it me ,
that I should do this thing :
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 these three mightiest .
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And Abishai the brother of Joab ,
he was chief of the three :
for lifting up his spear against three hundred ,
he slew them ,
and had a name among the three .
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Of the three ,
he was more honourable than the two ;
for he was their captain :
howbeit he attained not to the first three .
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Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,
the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel ,
who had done many acts ;
he slew two lionlike men of Moab :
also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day .
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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 .
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These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,
and had the name among the three mighties .
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Behold ,
he was honourable among the thirty ,
but attained not to the first three :
and David set him over his guard .
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Also the valiant men of the armies were ,
Asahel the brother of Joab ,
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem ,
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Shammoth the Harorite ,
Helez the Pelonite ,
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Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite ,
Abiezer the Antothite ,
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Sibbecai the Hushathite ,
Ilai the Ahohite ,
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Maharai the Netophathite ,
Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite ,
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Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah ,
that pertained to the children of Benjamin ,
Benaiah the Pirathonite ,
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Hurai of the brooks of Gaash ,
Abiel the Arbathite ,
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Azmaveth the Baharumite ,
Eliahba the Shaalbonite ,
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The sons of Hashem the Gizonite ,
Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite ,
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Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite ,
Eliphal the son of Ur ,
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Hepher the Mecherathite ,
Ahijah the Pelonite ,
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Hezro the Carmelite ,
Naarai the son of Ezbai ,
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Joel the brother of Nathan ,
Mibhar the son of Haggeri ,
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Zelek the Ammonite ,
Naharai the Berothite ,
the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah ,
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Ira the Ithrite ,
Gareb the Ithrite ,
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Uriah the Hittite ,
Zabad the son of Ahlai ,
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Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite ,
a captain of the Reubenites ,
and thirty with him ,
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Hanan the son of Maachah ,
and Joshaphat the Mithnite ,
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Uzzia the Ashterathite ,
Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite ,
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Jediael the son of Shimri ,
and Joha his brother ,
the Tizite ,
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Eliel the Mahavite ,
and Jeribai ,
and Joshaviah ,
the sons of Elnaam ,
and Ithmah the Moabite ,
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Eliel ,
and Obed ,
and Jasiel the Mesobaite .
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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 ,
helpers of the war .
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They were armed with bows ,
and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow ,
even of Saul '
s brethren of Benjamin .
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The chief was Ahiezer ,
then Joash ,
the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite ;
and Jeziel ,
and Pelet ,
the sons of Azmaveth ;
and Berachah ,
and Jehu the Antothite ,
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And Ismaiah the Gibeonite ,
a mighty man among the thirty ,
and over the thirty ;
and Jeremiah ,
and Jahaziel ,
and Johanan ,
and Josabad the Gederathite ,
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Eluzai ,
and Jerimoth ,
and Bealiah ,
and Shemariah ,
and Shephatiah the Haruphite ,
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Elkanah ,
and Jesiah ,
and Azareel ,
and Joezer ,
and Jashobeam ,
the Korhites ,
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And Joelah ,
and Zebadiah ,
the sons of Jeroham of Gedor .
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And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might ,
and men of war fit for the battle ,
that could handle shield and buckler ,
whose faces were like the faces of lions ,
and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains ;
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Ezer the first ,
Obadiah the second ,
Eliab the third ,
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Mishmannah the fourth ,
Jeremiah the fifth ,
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Attai the sixth ,
Eliel the seventh ,
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Johanan the eighth ,
Elzabad the ninth ,
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Jeremiah the tenth ,
Machbanai the eleventh .
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These were of the sons of Gad ,
captains of the host :
one of the least was over an hundred ,
and the greatest over a thousand .
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These are they that went over Jordan in the first month ,
when it had overflown all his banks ;
and they put to flight all them of the valleys ,
both toward the east ,
and toward the west .
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And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David .
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And David went out to meet them ,
and answered and said unto them ,
If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me ,
mine heart shall be knit unto you :
but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies ,
seeing there is no wrong in mine hands ,
the God of our fathers look thereon ,
and rebuke it .
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Then the spirit came upon Amasai ,
who was chief of the captains ,
and he said ,
Thine are we ,
David ,
and on thy side ,
thou son of Jesse :
peace ,
peace be unto thee ,
and peace be to thine helpers ;
for thy God helpeth thee .
Then David received them ,
and made them captains of the band .
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And there fell some of Manasseh 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 to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads .
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As he went to Ziklag ,
there fell to him of Manasseh ,
Adnah ,
and Jozabad ,
and Jediael ,
and Michael ,
and Jozabad ,
and Elihu ,
and Zilthai ,
captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh .
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And they helped David against the band of the rovers :
for they were all mighty men of valour ,
and were captains in the host .
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For at that time day by day there came to David to help him ,
until it was a great host ,
like the host of God .
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And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war ,
and came to David to Hebron ,
to turn the kingdom of Saul to him ,
according to the word of the LORD .
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The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred ,
ready armed to the war .
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Of the children of Simeon ,
mighty men of valour for the war ,
seven thousand and one hundred .
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Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred .
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And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites ,
and with him were three thousand and seven hundred ;
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And Zadok ,
a young man mighty of valour ,
and of his father '
s house twenty and two captains .
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And of the children of Benjamin ,
the kindred of Saul ,
three thousand :
for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul .
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And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred ,
mighty men of valour ,
famous throughout the house of their fathers .
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And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand ,
which were expressed by name ,
to come and make David king .
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And of the children of Issachar ,
which were 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 .
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Of Zebulun ,
such as went forth to battle ,
expert in war ,
with all instruments of war ,
fifty thousand ,
which could keep rank :
they were not of double heart .
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And of Naphtali a thousand captains ,
and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand .
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And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred .
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And of Asher ,
such as went forth to battle ,
expert in war ,
forty thousand .
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And on the other side of Jordan ,
of the Reubenites ,
and the Gadites ,
and of the half tribe of Manasseh ,
with all manner of instruments of war for the battle ,
an hundred and twenty thousand .
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All these men of war ,
that could keep rank ,
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 .
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And there they were with David three days ,
eating and drinking :
for their brethren had prepared for them .
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Moreover they that were nigh them ,
even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali ,
brought bread on asses ,
and on camels ,
and on mules ,
and on oxen ,
and meat ,
meal ,
cakes of figs ,
and bunches of raisins ,
and wine ,
and oil ,
and oxen ,
and sheep abundantly :
for there was joy in Israel .
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And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds ,
and with every leader .
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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 :
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And let us bring again the ark of our God to us :
for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul .
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And all the congregation said that they would do so :
for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people .
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So David gathered all Israel together ,
from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath ,
to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim .
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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 .
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And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab :
and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart .
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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 .
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And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon ,
Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark ;
for the oxen stumbled .
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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 .
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And David was displeased ,
because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza :
wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day .
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And David was afraid of God that day ,
saying ,
How shall I bring the ark of God home to me ?
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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 .
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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 .
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Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David ,
and timber of cedars ,
with masons and carpenters ,
to build him an house .
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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 .
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And David took more wives at Jerusalem :
and David begat more sons and daughters .
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Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem ;
Shammua ,
and Shobab ,
Nathan ,
and Solomon ,
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And Ibhar ,
and Elishua ,
and Elpalet ,
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And Nogah ,
and Nepheg ,
and Japhia ,
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And Elishama ,
and Beeliada ,
and Eliphalet .
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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 .
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And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim .
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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 .
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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 .
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And when they had left their gods there ,
David gave a commandment ,
and they were burned with fire .
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And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley .
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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 .
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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 .
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David therefore did as God commanded him :
and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer .
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And the fame of David went out into all lands ;
and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And David assembled the children of Aaron ,
and the Levites :
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Of the sons of Kohath ;
Uriel the chief ,
and his brethren an hundred and twenty :
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Of the sons of Merari ;
Asaiah the chief ,
and his brethren two hundred and twenty :
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Of the sons of Gershom ;
Joel the chief ,
and his brethren an hundred and thirty :
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Of the sons of Elizaphan ;
Shemaiah the chief ,
and his brethren two hundred :
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Of the sons of Hebron ;
Eliel the chief ,
and his brethren fourscore :
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Of the sons of Uzziel ;
Amminadab the chief ,
and his brethren an hundred and twelve .
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And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests ,
and for the Levites ,
for Uriel ,
Asaiah ,
and Joel ,
Shemaiah ,
and Eliel ,
and Amminadab ,
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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 .
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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 .
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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 ;
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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 .
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So the singers ,
Heman ,
Asaph ,
and Ethan ,
were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass ;
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And Zechariah ,
and Aziel ,
and Shemiramoth ,
and Jehiel ,
and Unni ,
and Eliab ,
and Maaseiah ,
and Benaiah ,
with psalteries on Alamoth ;
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And Mattithiah ,
and Elipheleh ,
and Mikneiah ,
and Obededom ,
and Jeiel ,
and Azaziah ,
with harps on the Sheminith to excel .
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And Chenaniah ,
chief of the Levites ,
was for song :
he instructed about the song ,
because he was skilful .
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And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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So they brought the ark of God ,
and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it :
and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God .
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And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings ,
he blessed the people in the name of the LORD .
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And he dealt to every one of Israel ,
both man and woman ,
to every one a loaf of bread ,
and a good piece of flesh ,
and a flagon of wine .
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And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD ,
and to record ,
and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel :
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Asaph the chief ,
and next to him Zechariah ,
Jeiel ,
and Shemiramoth ,
and Jehiel ,
and Mattithiah ,
and Eliab ,
and Benaiah ,
and Obededom :
and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps ;
but Asaph made a sound with cymbals ;
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Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God .
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Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren .
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Give thanks unto the LORD ,
call upon his name ,
make known his deeds among the people .
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Sing unto him ,
sing psalms unto him ,
talk ye of all his wondrous works .
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Glory ye in his holy name :
let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD .
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Seek the LORD and his strength ,
seek his face continually .
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Remember his marvellous works that he hath done ,
his wonders ,
and the judgments of his mouth ;
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O ye seed of Israel his servant ,
ye children of Jacob ,
his chosen ones .
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He is the LORD our God ;
his judgments are in all the earth .
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Be ye mindful always of his covenant ;
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations ;
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Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham ,
and of his oath unto Isaac ;
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And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law ,
and to Israel for an everlasting covenant ,
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Saying ,
Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan ,
the lot of your inheritance ;
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When ye were but few ,
even a few ,
and strangers in it .
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And when they went from nation to nation ,
and from one kingdom to another people ;
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He suffered no man to do them wrong :
yea ,
he reproved kings for their sakes ,
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Saying ,
Touch not mine anointed ,
and do my prophets no harm .
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Sing unto the LORD ,
all the earth ;
shew forth from day to day his salvation .
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Declare his glory among the heathen ;
his marvellous works among all nations .
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For great is the LORD ,
and greatly to be praised :
he also is to be feared above all gods .
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For all the gods of the people are idols :
but the LORD made the heavens .
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Glory and honour are in his presence ;
strength and gladness are in his place .
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Give unto the LORD ,
ye kindreds of the people ,
give unto the LORD glory and strength .
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Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name :
bring an offering ,
and come before him :
worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness .
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Fear before him ,
all the earth :
the world also shall be stable ,
that it be not moved .
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Let the heavens be glad ,
and let the earth rejoice :
and let men say among the nations ,
The LORD reigneth .
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Let the sea roar ,
and the fulness thereof :
let the fields rejoice ,
and all that is therein .
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Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD ,
because he cometh to judge the earth .
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O give thanks unto the LORD ;
for he is good ;
for his mercy endureth for ever .
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And say ye ,
Save us ,
O God of our salvation ,
and gather us together ,
and deliver us from the heathen ,
that we may give thanks to thy holy name ,
and glory in thy praise .
*
Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever .
And all the people said ,
Amen ,
and praised the LORD .
*
So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren ,
to minister before the ark continually ,
as every day '
s work required :
*
And Obededom with their brethren ,
threescore and eight ;
Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters :
*
And Zadok the priest ,
and his brethren the priests ,
before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon ,
*
To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening ,
and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD ,
which he commanded Israel ;
*
And with them Heman and Jeduthun ,
and the rest that were chosen ,
who were expressed by name ,
to give thanks to the LORD ,
because his mercy endureth for ever ;
*
And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound ,
and with musical instruments of God .
And the sons of Jeduthun were porters .
*
And all the people departed every man to his house :
and David returned to bless his house .
*
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 .
*
Then Nathan said unto David ,
Do all that is in thine 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 the LORD ,
Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in :
*
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 .
*
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 ?
*
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 :
*
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 .
*
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 ,
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
He shall build me an house ,
and I will stablish his throne for ever .
*
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 :
*
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever :
and his throne shall be established for evermore .
*
According to all these words ,
and according to all this vision ,
so did Nathan speak unto David .
*
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 ?
*
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 .
*
What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant ?
for thou knowest thy servant .
*
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 .
*
O LORD ,
there is none like thee ,
neither is there any God beside 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 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 ?
*
For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever ;
and thou ,
LORD ,
becamest their God .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
And now ,
LORD ,
thou art God ,
and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant :
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
And he smote Moab ;
and the Moabites became David '
s servants ,
and brought gifts .
*
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath ,
as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates .
*
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 .
*
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah ,
David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men .
*
Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus ;
and the Syrians became David '
s servants ,
and brought gifts .
Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went .
*
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer ,
and brought them to Jerusalem .
*
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 .
*
Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah ;
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand .
*
And he put garrisons in Edom ;
and all the Edomites became David '
s servants .
Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went .
*
So David reigned over all Israel ,
and executed judgment and justice among all his people .
*
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host ;
and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud ,
recorder .
*
And Zadok the son of Ahitub ,
and Abimelech the son of Abiathar ,
were the 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 .
*
Now 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 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 .
*
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 ?
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 before 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 out of all the choice of Israel ,
and put them in array against the Syrians .
*
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 .
*
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 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 .
*
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 :
and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
But when he defied Israel ,
Jonathan the son of Shimea David '
s brother slew him .
*
These were born unto the giant in Gath ;
and they fell by the hand of David ,
and by the hand of his servants .
*
And Satan stood up against Israel ,
and provoked David to number Israel .
*
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 .
*
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 ?
*
Nevertheless the king '
s word prevailed against Joab .
Wherefore Joab departed ,
and went throughout all Israel ,
and came to Jerusalem .
*
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 .
*
But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them :
for the king '
s word was abominable to Joab .
*
And God was displeased with this thing ;
therefore he smote Israel .
*
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 .
*
And the LORD spake unto Gad ,
David '
s seer ,
saying ,
*
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 .
*
So Gad came to David ,
and said unto him ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Choose thee
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel :
and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
And David went up at the saying of Gad ,
which he spake in the name of the LORD .
*
And Ornan turned back ,
and saw the angel ;
and his four sons with him hid themselves .
Now Ornan was threshing wheat .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight .
*
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 .
*
And the LORD commanded the angel ;
and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof .
*
At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite ,
then he sacrificed there .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
Then David said ,
This is the house of the LORD God ,
and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel .
*
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 .
*
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 ;
*
Also cedar trees in abundance :
for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David .
*
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 .
*
Then he called for Solomon his son ,
and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel .
*
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 :
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son ,
saying ,
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
So when David was old and full of days ,
he made Solomon his son king over Israel .
*
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel ,
with the priests and the Levites .
*
Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward :
and their number by their polls ,
man by man ,
was thirty and eight thousand .
*
Of which ,
twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD ;
and six thousand were officers and judges :
*
Moreover four thousand were porters ;
and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made ,
said David ,
to praise therewith .
*
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi ,
namely ,
Gershon ,
Kohath ,
and Merari .
*
Of the Gershonites were ,
Laadan ,
and Shimei .
*
The sons of Laadan ;
the chief was Jehiel ,
and Zetham ,
and Joel ,
three .
*
The sons of Shimei ;
Shelomith ,
and Haziel ,
and Haran ,
three .
These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan .
*
And the sons of Shimei were ,
Jahath ,
Zina ,
and Jeush ,
and Beriah .
These four were the sons of Shimei .
*
And Jahath was the chief ,
and Zizah the second :
but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons ;
therefore they were in one reckoning ,
according to their father '
s house .
*
The sons of Kohath ;
Amram ,
Izhar ,
Hebron ,
and Uzziel ,
four .
*
The sons of Amram ;
Aaron and Moses :
and Aaron was separated ,
that he should sanctify the most holy things ,
he and his sons for ever ,
to burn incense before the LORD ,
to minister unto him ,
and to bless in his name for ever .
*
Now concerning Moses the man of God ,
his sons were named of the tribe of Levi .
*
The sons of Moses were ,
Gershom ,
and Eliezer .
*
Of the sons of Gershom ,
Shebuel was the chief .
*
And the sons of Eliezer were ,
Rehabiah the chief .
And Eliezer had none other sons ;
but the sons of Rehabiah were very many .
*
Of the sons of Izhar ;
Shelomith the chief .
*
Of the sons of Hebron ;
Jeriah the first ,
Amariah the second ,
Jahaziel the third ,
and Jekameam the fourth .
*
Of the sons of Uzziel ;
Michah the first ,
and Jesiah the second .
*
The sons of Merari ;
Mahli ,
and Mushi .
The sons of Mahli ;
Eleazar ,
and Kish .
*
And Eleazar died ,
and had no sons ,
but daughters :
and their brethren the sons of Kish took them .
*
The sons of Mushi ;
Mahli ,
and Eder ,
and Jeremoth ,
three .
*
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers ;
even the chief of the fathers ,
as they were counted by number of names by their polls ,
that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD ,
from the age of twenty years and upward .
*
For David said ,
The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people ,
that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever :
*
And also unto the Levites ;
they shall no more carry the tabernacle ,
nor any vessels of it for the service thereof .
*
For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above :
*
Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD ,
in the courts ,
and in the chambers ,
and in the purifying of all holy things ,
and the work of the service of the house of God ;
*
Both for the shewbread ,
and for the fine flour for meat offering ,
and for the unleavened cakes ,
and for that which is baked in the pan ,
and for that which is fried ,
and for all manner of measure and size ;
*
And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD ,
and likewise at even ;
*
And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths ,
in the new moons ,
and on the set feasts ,
by number ,
according to the order commanded unto them ,
continually before the LORD :
*
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation ,
and the charge of the holy place ,
and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren ,
in the service of the house of the LORD .
*
Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron .
The sons of Aaron ;
Nadab ,
and Abihu ,
Eleazar ,
and Ithamar .
*
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father ,
and had no children :
therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest '
s office .
*
And David distributed them ,
both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar ,
and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar ,
according to their offices in their service .
*
And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar ;
and thus were they divided .
Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers ,
and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers .
*
Thus were they divided by lot ,
one sort with another ;
for the governors of the sanctuary ,
and governors of the house of God ,
were of the sons of Eleazar ,
and of the sons of Ithamar .
*
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe ,
one of the Levites ,
wrote them before the king ,
and the princes ,
and Zadok the priest ,
and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar ,
and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites :
one principal household being taken for Eleazar ,
and one taken for Ithamar .
*
Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib ,
the second to Jedaiah ,
*
The third to Harim ,
the fourth to Seorim ,
*
The fifth to Malchijah ,
the sixth to Mijamin ,
*
The seventh to Hakkoz ,
the eighth to Abijah ,
*
The ninth to Jeshua ,
the tenth to Shecaniah ,
*
The eleventh to Eliashib ,
the twelfth to Jakim ,
*
The thirteenth to Huppah ,
the fourteenth to Jeshebeab ,
*
The fifteenth to Bilgah ,
the sixteenth to Immer ,
*
The seventeenth to Hezir ,
the eighteenth to Aphses ,
*
The nineteenth to Pethahiah ,
the twentieth to Jehezekel ,
*
The one and twentieth to Jachin ,
the two and twentieth to Gamul ,
*
The three and twentieth to Delaiah ,
the four and twentieth to Maaziah .
*
These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD ,
according to their manner ,
under Aaron their father ,
as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him .
*
And the rest of the sons of Levi were these :
Of the sons of Amram ;
Shubael :
of the sons of Shubael ;
Jehdeiah .
*
Concerning Rehabiah :
of the sons of Rehabiah ,
the first was Isshiah .
*
Of the Izharites ;
Shelomoth :
of the sons of Shelomoth ;
Jahath .
*
And the sons of Hebron ;
Jeriah the first ,
Amariah the second ,
Jahaziel the third ,
Jekameam the fourth .
*
Of the sons of Uzziel ;
Michah :
of the sons of Michah ;
Shamir .
*
The brother of Michah was Isshiah :
of the sons of Isshiah ;
Zechariah .
*
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi :
the sons of Jaaziah ;
Beno .
*
The sons of Merari by Jaaziah ;
Beno ,
and Shoham ,
and Zaccur ,
and Ibri .
*
Of Mahli came Eleazar ,
who had no sons .
*
Concerning Kish :
the son of Kish was Jerahmeel .
*
The sons also of Mushi ;
Mahli ,
and Eder ,
and Jerimoth .
These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers .
*
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king ,
and Zadok ,
and Ahimelech ,
and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites ,
even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren .
*
Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph ,
and of Heman ,
and of Jeduthun ,
who should prophesy with harps ,
with psalteries ,
and with cymbals :
and the number of the workmen according to their service was :
*
Of the sons of Asaph ;
Zaccur ,
and Joseph ,
and Nethaniah ,
and Asarelah ,
the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph ,
which prophesied according to the order of the king .
*
Of Jeduthun :
the sons of Jeduthun ;
Gedaliah ,
and Zeri ,
and Jeshaiah ,
Hashabiah ,
and Mattithiah ,
six ,
under the hands of their father Jeduthun ,
who prophesied with a harp ,
to give thanks and to praise the LORD .
*
Of Heman :
the sons of Heman ;
Bukkiah ,
Mattaniah ,
Uzziel ,
Shebuel ,
and Jerimoth ,
Hananiah ,
Hanani ,
Eliathah ,
Giddalti ,
and Romamtiezer ,
Joshbekashah ,
Mallothi ,
Hothir ,
and Mahazioth :
*
All these were the sons of Heman the king '
s seer in the words of God ,
to lift up the horn .
And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters .
*
All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD ,
with cymbals ,
psalteries ,
and harps ,
for the service of the house of God ,
according to the king '
s order to Asaph ,
Jeduthun ,
and Heman .
*
So the number of them ,
with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD ,
even all that were cunning ,
was two hundred fourscore and eight .
*
And they cast lots ,
ward against ward ,
as well the small as the great ,
the teacher as the scholar .
*
Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph :
the second to Gedaliah ,
who with his brethren and sons were twelve :
*
The third to Zaccur ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The fourth to Izri ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The fifth to Nethaniah ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The sixth to Bukkiah ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The seventh to Jesharelah ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The eighth to Jeshaiah ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The ninth to Mattaniah ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The tenth to Shimei ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The eleventh to Azareel ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The twelfth to Hashabiah ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The thirteenth to Shubael ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The fourteenth to Mattithiah ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The fifteenth to Jeremoth ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The sixteenth to Hananiah ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The seventeenth to Joshbekashah ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The eighteenth to Hanani ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The nineteenth to Mallothi ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The twentieth to Eliathah ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The one and twentieth to Hothir ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The two and twentieth to Giddalti ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The three and twentieth to Mahazioth ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve :
*
The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer ,
he ,
his sons ,
and his brethren ,
were twelve .
*
Concerning the divisions of the porters :
Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore ,
of the sons of Asaph .
*
And the sons of Meshelemiah were ,
Zechariah the firstborn ,
Jediael the second ,
Zebadiah the third ,
Jathniel the fourth ,
*
Elam the fifth ,
Jehohanan the sixth ,
Elioenai the seventh .
*
Moreover the sons of Obededom were ,
Shemaiah the firstborn ,
Jehozabad the second ,
Joah the third ,
and Sacar the fourth ,
and Nethaneel the fifth ,
*
Ammiel the sixth ,
Issachar the seventh ,
Peulthai the eighth :
for God blessed him .
*
Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born ,
that ruled throughout the house of their father :
for they were mighty men of valour .
*
The sons of Shemaiah ;
Othni ,
and Rephael ,
and Obed ,
Elzabad ,
whose brethren were strong men ,
Elihu ,
and Semachiah .
*
All these of the sons of Obededom :
they and their sons and their brethren ,
able men for strength for the service ,
were threescore and two of Obededom .
*
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren ,
strong men ,
eighteen .
*
Also Hosah ,
of the children of Merari ,
had sons ;
Simri the chief , (
for though he was not the firstborn ,
yet his father made him the chief ;)
*
Hilkiah the second ,
Tebaliah the third ,
Zechariah the fourth :
all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen .
*
Among these were the divisions of the porters ,
even among the chief men ,
having wards one against another ,
to minister in the house of the LORD .
*
And they cast lots ,
as well the small as the great ,
according to the house of their fathers ,
for every gate .
*
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah .
Then for Zechariah his son ,
a wise counsellor ,
they cast lots ;
and his lot came out northward .
*
To Obededom southward ;
and to his sons the house of Asuppim .
*
To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward ,
with the gate Shallecheth ,
by the causeway of the going up ,
ward against ward .
*
Eastward were six Levites ,
northward four a day ,
southward four a day ,
and toward Asuppim two and two .
*
At Parbar westward ,
four at the causeway ,
and two at Parbar .
*
These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore ,
and among the sons of Merari .
*
And of the Levites ,
Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God ,
and over the treasures of the dedicated things .
*
As concerning the sons of Laadan ;
the sons of the Gershonite Laadan ,
chief fathers ,
even of Laadan the Gershonite ,
were Jehieli .
*
The sons of Jehieli ;
Zetham ,
and Joel his brother ,
which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD .
*
Of the Amramites ,
and the Izharites ,
the Hebronites ,
and the Uzzielites :
*
And Shebuel the son of Gershom ,
the son of Moses ,
was ruler of the treasures .
*
And his brethren by Eliezer ;
Rehabiah his son ,
and Jeshaiah his son ,
and Joram his son ,
and Zichri his son ,
and Shelomith his son .
*
Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things ,
which David the king ,
and the chief fathers ,
the captains over thousands and hundreds ,
and the captains of the host ,
had dedicated .
*
Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD .
*
And all that Samuel the seer ,
and Saul the son of Kish ,
and Abner the son of Ner ,
and Joab the son of Zeruiah ,
had dedicated ;
and whosoever had dedicated any thing ,
it was under the hand of Shelomith ,
and of his brethren .
*
Of the Izharites ,
Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel ,
for officers and judges .
*
And of the Hebronites ,
Hashabiah and his brethren ,
men of valour ,
a thousand and seven hundred ,
were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD ,
and in the service of the king .
*
Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief ,
even among the Hebronites ,
according to the generations of his fathers .
In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for ,
and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead .
*
And his brethren ,
men of valour ,
were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers ,
whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites ,
the Gadites ,
and the half tribe of Manasseh ,
for every matter pertaining to God ,
and affairs of the king .
*
Now the children of Israel after their number ,
to wit ,
the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds ,
and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses ,
which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year ,
of every course were twenty and four thousand .
*
Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month .
*
And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite ,
and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler :
in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand .
*
The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ,
a chief priest :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
This is that Benaiah ,
who was mighty among the thirty ,
and above the thirty :
and in his course was Ammizabad his son .
*
The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab ,
and Zebadiah his son after him :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite ,
of the children of Ephraim :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite ,
of the Zarhites :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite ,
of the Benjamites :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite ,
of the Zarhites :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite ,
of the children of Ephraim :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite ,
of Othniel :
and in his course were twenty and four thousand .
*
Furthermore over the tribes of Israel :
the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri :
of the Simeonites ,
Shephatiah the son of Maachah :
*
Of the Levites ,
Hashabiah the son of Kemuel :
of the Aaronites ,
Zadok :
*
Of Judah ,
Elihu ,
one of the brethren of David :
of Issachar ,
Omri the son of Michael :
*
Of Zebulun ,
Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah :
of Naphtali ,
Jerimoth the son of Azriel :
*
Of the children of Ephraim ,
Hoshea the son of Azaziah :
of the half tribe of Manasseh ,
Joel the son of Pedaiah :
*
Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead ,
Iddo the son of Zechariah :
of Benjamin ,
Jaasiel the son of Abner :
*
Of Dan ,
Azareel the son of Jeroham .
These were the princes of the tribes of Israel .
*
But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under :
because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens .
*
Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number ,
but he finished not ,
because there fell wrath for it against Israel ;
neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David .
*
And over the king '
s treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel :
and over the storehouses in the fields ,
in the cities ,
and in the villages ,
and in the castles ,
was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah :
*
And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub :
*
And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite :
over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite :
*
And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite :
and over the cellars of oil was Joash :
*
And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite :
and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai :
*
Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite :
and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite :
*
And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite .
All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David '
s .
*
Also Jonathan David '
s uncle was a counsellor ,
a wise man ,
and a scribe :
and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king '
s sons :
*
And Ahithophel was the king '
s counsellor :
and Hushai the Archite was the king '
s companion :
*
And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah ,
and Abiathar :
and the general of the king '
s army was Joab .
*
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 .
*
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 :
*
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 .
*
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 :
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever ,
if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments ,
as at this day .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
Take heed now ;
for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary :
be strong ,
and do it .
*
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 ,
*
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 :
*
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 .
*
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 :
*
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 .
*
And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread ,
for every table ;
and likewise silver for the tables of silver :
*
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 :
*
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 .
*
All this ,
said David ,
the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me ,
even all the works of this pattern .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 ,
*
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 :
*
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 ?
*
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 ,
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
Now therefore ,
our God ,
we thank thee ,
and praise thy glorious name .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 :
*
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 .
*
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 .
*
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 :
*
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 .
*
Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father ,
and prospered ;
and all Israel obeyed him .
*
And all the princes ,
and the mighty men ,
and all the sons likewise of king David ,
submitted themselves unto Solomon the king .
*
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 .
*
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel .
*
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 .
*
And he died in a good old age ,
full of days ,
riches ,
and honour :
and Solomon his son reigned in his stead .
*
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 ,
*
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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