I Chronicles 7
1And of the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four.
2And the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Ibsam and Shemuel, heads of their families; they were men of war; in the record of their generations their number in the time of David was twenty-two thousand, six hundred.
3And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah; and the sons of Izrahiah: Michael and Obadiah and Joel and Isshiah, five; all of them chiefs.
4And with them, recorded in generations by their families, were bands of fighting-men, thirty-six thousand of them, for they had a great number of wives and sons.
5And there were recorded among all the families of Issachar, great men of war, eighty-seven thousand.
6The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.
7And the sons of Bela: Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri, five; heads of their families, great men of war; there were twenty-two thousand and thirty-four of them recorded by their families.
8And the sons of Becher: Zemirah and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri and Jerimoth and Abijah and Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
9And they were recorded by their generations, heads of their families, great men of war, twenty thousand, two hundred.
10And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tarshish and Ahishahar.
11All these were the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their families, seventeen thousand, two hundred men of war, able to go out with the army for war.
12And Shuppim and Huppim. The sons of Dan, Hushim his son, one.
13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14The sons of Manasseh by his servant-wife, the Aramaean woman: she gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead;
15(And Gilead took a wife, whose name was Maacah, and his sister's name was Hammoleketh;) and the name of his brother was Zelophehad, who was the father of daughters.
16And Maacah, the wife of Gilead, gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Peresh; and his brother was named Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17And the son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir the son of Manasseh.
18And his sister Hammoleketh was the mother of Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.
19And the sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.
20And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,
21And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath, who had been living in the land from their birth, put to death, because they came down to take away their cattle.
22And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort.
23After that, he had connection with his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to a son, to whom his father gave the name of Beriah, because trouble had come on his family.
24And his daughter was Sheerah, the builder of Beth-horon the lower and the higher, and Uzzen-sheerah.
25And Rephah was his son, and Resheph; his son was Telah, and his son was Tahan;
26Ladan was his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27Nun his son, Joshua his son.
28Their heritage and their living-places were Beth-el and its daughter-towns, and Naaran to the east, and Gezer to the west, with its daughter-towns, as well as Shechem and its daughter-towns as far as Azzah and its daughter-towns;
29And by the limits of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, with their daughter-towns. In these the children of Joseph, the son of Israel, were living.
30The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and Serah, their sister.
31And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
32And Heber was the father of Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham and Shua, their sister.
33And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach and Bimhal and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.
34And the sons of Shomer: Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram.
35And the sons of Hotham, his brother: Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal.
36The sons of Zophah: Suah and Harnepher and Shual and Beri and Imrah,
37Bezer and Hod and Shamma and Shilshah and Ithran and Beera.
38And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh and Pispah and Ara.
39And the sons of Ulla: Arah and Hanniel and Rizia.
40All these were the children of Asher, heads of their families, specially strong men of war, chiefs of the rulers. They were recorded in the army for war, twenty-six thousand men in number.
I Chronicles 8
1And Benjamin was the father of Bela his oldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
2Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3And Bela had sons, Addar and Gera, the father of Ehud,
4And Abishua and Naaman and Ahoah
5And Gera and Shephuphan and Huram.
6And these are the sons of Ehud, heads of families of those living in Geba: Iglaam and Alemeth
7And Naaman and Ahijah and Gera; and Iglaam was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
8And Shaharaim became the father of children in the country of the Moabites after driving out Hushim and Beerah his wives;
9And by Hodesh his wife he became the father of Jobab and Zibia and Mesha and Malcam.
10And Jeuz and Shachia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.
11And Hushim became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.
12And the sons of Elpaal: Eber and Misham and Shemed (he was the builder of Ono and Lod and their daughter-towns);
13And Beriah and Shema, who were heads of the families of those who were living in Aijalon, who put to flight the people living in Gath;
14And their brothers Shashak and Jeremoth.
15And Zebadiah and Arad and Eder
16And Michael and Ishpah and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
17And Zebadiah and Meshullam and Hizki and Heber
18And Ishmerai and Izliah and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
19And Jakim and Zichri and Zabdi
20And Elienai and Zillethai and Eliel
21And Adaiah and Beraiah and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei;
22And Ishpan and Eber and Eliel
23And Abdon and Zichri and Hanan
24And Hananiah and Elam and Anathothijah
25And Iphdeiah and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
26And Shamsherai and Shehariah and Athaliah
27And Jaareshiah and Elijah and Zichri, the sons of Jeremoth.
28These were heads of families in their generations; chief men: these were living in Jerusalem.
29And in Gibeon was living the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah;
30And his oldest son Abdon, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab
31And Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth.
32And Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. And they were living with their brothers in Jerusalem opposite their brothers.
33And Ner was the father of Abner, and Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan and Malchi-shua and Abinadab and Eshbaal.
34And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
35And the sons of Micah: Pithon and Melech and Tarea and Ahaz.
36And Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza;
37And Moza was the father of Binea: Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son;
38And Azel had five sons, whose names are: Azrikam, his oldest, and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
39And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his oldest son, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40And the sons of Ulam were men of war, bowmen, and had a great number of sons and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were the sons of Benjamin.
I Chronicles 9
1So all Israel was listed by their families; and, truly, they are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was taken away as prisoners to Babylon because of their sin.
2Now the first to take up their heritage in their towns were: Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
3And in Jerusalem there were living some of the sons of Judah, and of Benjamin, and of Ephraim and Manasseh;
4Uthai, the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Perez, the son of Judah.
5And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the oldest, and his sons.
6And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred and ninety.
7And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu, the son of Meshullam, Judah, the son of Hassenuah,
8And Ibneiah, the son of Jeroham, and Elah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
9And their brothers, in the list of their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of families, listed by the names of their fathers.
10And of the priests: Jedaiah and Jehoiarib and Jachin
11And Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;
12And Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai, the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
13And their brothers, heads of their families, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty: able men, doing the work of the house of God.
14And of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
15And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
16And Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who were living in the small towns of the Netophathites.
17And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.
18Up till then they had been at the king's door to the east. They were door-keepers for the tents of the sons of Levi.
19And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his family, the Korahites, were responsible for everything which had to be done in connection with the order of worship, keepers of the doors of the Tent; their fathers had had the care of the tents of the Lord, being keepers of the doorway.
20In the past Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, had been ruler over them; may the Lord be with him!
21Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was keeper of the door of the Tent of meeting.
22There were two hundred and twelve whose business it was to keep the doorway. These were listed by families in the country places where they were living, whom David and Samuel the seer put in their responsible positions.
23So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.
24There were keepers of the doors on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south.
25And their brothers, in the country places where they were living, were to come in every seven days to be with them from time to time.
26For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.
27Their sleeping-rooms were round the house of God, for they had the care of it, and were responsible for opening it morning by morning.
28Certain of them had the care of the vessels used in worship, to keep an account of them when they came in and when they were taken out again.
29And some of them were responsible for the holy things and for the vessels of the holy place, and the meal and the wine and the oil and the perfume and the spices.
30And some of the sons of the priests were responsible for crushing the spices.
31And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the oldest son of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for cooking the flat cakes.
32And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.
33And these were those who had the ordering of the music and songs, heads of families of the Levites, who were living in the rooms, and were free from other work, for their work went on day and night.
34These were heads of families of the Levites in their generations, chief men; they were living at Jerusalem.
35And in Gibeon was living the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah;
36And Abdon his oldest son, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab
37And Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth
38Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They were living with their brothers in Jerusalem opposite their brothers.
39And Ner was the father of Kish; and Kish was the father of Saul; and Saul was the father of Jonathan and Malchi-shua and Abinadab and Eshbaal.
40And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
41And the sons of Micah: Pithon and Melech and Tahrea and Ahaz.
42And Ahaz was the father of Jarah; and Jarah was the father of Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.
43And Moza was the father of Binea; and Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
44And Azel had five sons, whose names are: Azrikam, his oldest son, and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
I Chronicles 10
1Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa.
2And the Philistines went hard after Saul and his sons, and put to death Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
3And the fight was going against Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.
4Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on it himself.
5And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.
6So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.
7And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.
8Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.
9And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.
10And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.
11And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,
12All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.
13So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,
14And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.
I Chronicles 11
1Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.
2In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.
3So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.
4Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.
5And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.
6And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.
7And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.
8And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.
9And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.
10Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.
11This is the list of David's men of war: Ishbaal, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the three: he put to death three hundred at one time with his spear.
12And after him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three great fighters.
13He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines had come together for the fight, near a bit of land full of barley; and the people went in flight before the Philistines.
14And he took up his position in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack, and overcame the Philistines; and the Lord gave a great salvation.
15And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.
16At that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines was in Beth-lehem.
17And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of the water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem by the doorway into the town!
18So the three, forcing a way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David; but David would not take it, but made an offering of it, draining it out to the Lord,
19Saying, By my God, far be it from me to do this! How may I take as drink the life-blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? so he did not take it. These things did the three great men of war.
20And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.
21Of the thirty, he was the noblest, and was made their captain, but he was not equal to the first three.
22Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a fighting-man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death two young lions going into their secret place; and he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow.
23And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a very tall man about five cubits high, armed with a spear like a cloth-worker's rod; he went down to him with a stick, and pulling his spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, put him to death with that same spear.
24These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of war.
25He was honoured over the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three: and David put him over his servants.
26And these were the great men of war: Asahel, the brother of Joab, Elhanan, the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,
27Shammoth the Harodite, Helez the Pelonite,
28Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,
29Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
30Maharai the Netophathite, Heled, the son of Baanah the Netophathite,
31Ithai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah, of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
32Hurai of Nahale-gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
33Azmaveth of Bahurim, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
34The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan, the son of Shage the Hararite,
35Ahiam, the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal, the son of Ur,
36Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai, the son of Ezbai,
38Joel, the brother of Nathan, Mibhar, the son of Hagri,
39Zelek the Ammonite, and Naharai the Berothite, the servant who had the care of the arms of Joab, the son of Zeruiah;
40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad, the son of Ahlai,
42Adina, the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;
43Hanan, the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
45Jediael, the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
46Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
47Eliel and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
I Chronicles 12
1Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war.
2They were armed with bows, and were able to send stones, and arrows from the bow, with right hand or left: they were Saul's brothers, of Benjamin.
3Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite;
4And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a great man among the thirty, and their chief; and Jeremiah and Jehaziel and Johanan and Jozabad the Gederathite;
5Eluzai and Jerimoth and Bealiah and Shemariah and Shephatiah the Haruphite;
6Elkanah and Isshiah and Azarel and Joezer and Jashobeam, the Korahites;
7And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8And some of the Gadites, siding with David, went to his strong place in the waste land, great and strong men, trained for war, expert in the use of arms, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were quick-footed like roes on the mountains;
9Ezer their chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh.
14These Gadites were captains of the army; the least of them was captain over a hundred men, and the greatest over a thousand.
15It was they who went over Jordan in the first month, when the river was overflowing, and put to flight all the people of the valleys, to the east and to the west.
16And some of the children of Benjamin and Judah came to David in his strong place.
17And David went out to them, and said to them, If you have come in peace to give me help, my heart will be united with yours; but if you have come to give me up to those who would take my life, though my hands are clean from wrongdoing, then may the God of our fathers see it and give you punishment.
18Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.
19And some of the men of Manasseh came over to David, when he went with the Philistines to the war against Saul, but he gave them no help: for the lords of the Philistines, after discussion, sent him away, saying, He will go back to his master Saul, at the price of our lives.
20Then when he went back to Ziklag, there came over to him, of the men of Manasseh, Adnah and Jozabad and Jediael and Michael and Jozabad and Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands from the armies of Manasseh.
21And they gave David help against the armed bands, for they were all great men of war, and captains in the army.
22And from day to day more supporters came to David, till he had a great army like the army of God.
23These are the numbers of the chiefs of the armed men, ready for war, who came to David at Hebron, to give the kingdom of Saul into his hands, as the Lord had said.
24There were six thousand, eight hundred spearmen of the children of Judah, armed for war;
25Seven thousand, one hundred of the children of Simeon, great men of war;
26Of the children of Levi, four thousand, six hundred.
27And Jehoiada, chief of the family of Aaron, and with him three thousand, seven hundred men;
28And Zadok, a young man, great and strong in war, with twenty-two captains from his father's people.
29And of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand; for up to that time the greater part of them had been true to Saul.
30And of the children of Ephraim, twenty thousand, eight hundred great men of war, men of great name in their families.
31And from the half-tribe of Manasseh, eighteen thousand, listed by name, came to make David king.
32And of the children of Issachar, there were two hundred chiefs, men who had expert knowledge of the times and what it was best for Israel to do, and all their brothers were under their orders.
33Of Zebulun, there were fifty thousand men, who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight, to give help with all sorts of arms; true-hearted men.
34And of Naphtali, a thousand captains with thirty-seven thousand spearmen.
35And of the Danites, twenty-eight thousand, six hundred, expert in ordering the fight.
36And of Asher, forty thousand who went out with the army, expert in ordering the fight.
37From the other side of Jordan, there were a hundred and twenty thousand of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every sort of instrument of war.
38All these men of war, expert in ordering the fight, came to Hebron with the full purpose of making David king over all Israel; and all the rest of Israel were united in their desire to make David king.
39For three days they were there with David, feasting at his table, for their brothers had made ready food for them.
40And those who were near, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came with food on asses and camels and mules and oxen, with meal for food and cakes of figs and masses of grapes, and wine and oil and oxen and sheep in great numbers, for there was joy in Israel.