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The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 1 1 Adam, Seth, Enos, 2 Cainan, Malaleel, Jared, 3 Henoc, Mathusale, Lamech, 4 Noe, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. 5 The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, Thubal, Mosoch, Thiras. 6 And the sons of Gomer: Ascenez, and Riphath, and Thogorma. 7 And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cethim and Dodanim. 8 The sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesrai, and Phut, and Chaanan. 9 And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan. 10 Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty upon earth. 11 But Mesraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Laabim, and Nephtuim, 12 Phetrusim also, and Casluim: from whom came the Philistines, and Caphtorim. 13 And Chanaan beget Sidon his firstborn, and the Hethite, 14 And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite, and the Gergesite, 15 And the Hevite, and the Aracite, and the Sinite, 16 And the Aradian, and the Samarite, and the Hamathite. 17 The sons of Sem: Elam and Asur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Hus, and Hul, and Gether, and Mosoch. 18 And Arphaxad beget Sale, and Sale beget Heber. 19 And to Heber were born two sons, the name of the one was Phaleg, because In his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother was Jectan. 20 And Jectan beget Elmodad, and Saleph, and Asarmoth, and Jare, 21 And Adoram, and Usal, and Decla, 22 And Hebal, and Abimael, and Saba, 23 And Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab. All these are the sons of Jectan. 24 Sem, Arphaxad, Sale, 25 Heber, Phaleg, Ragau, 26 Serug, Nachor, Thare, 27 Abram, this is Abraham. 28 And the sons of Abraham, Isaac and Ismahel. 29 And these are the generations of them. The firstborn of Ismahel, Nabajoth, then Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabsam, 30 And Masma, and Duma, Massa, Hadad, and Thema, 31 Jetur, Naphis, Cedma: these are the sons of Ismahel. 32 And the sons of Cetura, Abraham's concubine, whom she bore: Zamran, Jecsan, Madan, Madian, Jesboc, and Sue. And the sons of Jecsan, Saba, and Dadan. And the sons of Dadan: Assurim, and Latussim, and Laomin. 33 And the sons of Madian: Epha, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa. All these are the sons of Cetura. 34 And Abraham beget Isaac: and his sons were Esau and Israel. 35 The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Rahuel, Jehus, Ihelom, and Core. 36 The sons of Eliphaz: Theman, Omar, Sephi, Gathan, Cenez, and by Thamna, Amalec. 37 The sons of Rahuel: Nahath, Zara, Samma, Meza. 38 The sons of Seir: Lotan. Sobal, Sebeen, Ana, Dison, Eser, Disan. 39 The sons of Lotan: Hori, Homam. And the sister of Lotan was Thamna. 40 The sons of Sobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Sephi and Onam. The sons of Sebeon: Aia, and Ana. The son of Ana: Dison. 41 The sons of Dison: Hamram, and Eseban, and Jethran, and Charan. 42 The sons of Eser: Balaan, and Zavan, and Jacan. The sons of Disan: Hus and Aran. 43 Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there was a king over the children of Israel: Bale the son of Beer: and the name of his city was Denaba. 44 And Bale died, and Jobab the son of Zare of Bosra, reigned in his stead. 45 And when Jobab also was dead, Husam of the land of the Themanites reigned in his stead. 46 And Husam also died, and Adad the son of Badad reigned in his stead, and he defeated the Madianites in the land of Moab: and the name of his city was Avith. 47 And when Adad also was dead, Semla of Masreca reigned in his stead. 48 Semla also died, and Saul of Rohoboth, which is near the river, reigned in his stead. 49 And when Saul was dead, Balanan the son of Achobor reigned in his stead. 50 He also died, and Adad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Phau, and his wife was called Meetabel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezaab. 51 And after the death of Adad, there began to be dukes in Edom instead of kings: duke Thamna, duke Alva, duke Jetheth, 52 Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon, 53 Duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke Mabsar, 54 Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram. These are the dukes of Edom. The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 2
1 And these are the sons of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi,
Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon,
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephtali, Gad, and Aser.
3 The sons of Juda: Her, Onan and Sela. These three were
born to him of the Chanaanitess the daughter of Sue. And
Her the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the
Lord, and he slew him.
4 And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara.
So all the sons of Juda were five.
5 And the sons of Phares, were Hesron and Hamul.
6 And the sons also of Zare: Zamri, and Ethan, and Eman, and
Chalchal, and Dara, five in all.
7 And the sons of a Charmi: Achar, who troubled Israel, and
sinned by the theft of the anathema.
8 The sons of Ethan: Azarias,
9 And the sons of Hesron that were born to him: Jerameel,
and Ram, and Calubi.
10 And Ram beget Aminadab, and Aminadab beget Nahasson,
prince of the children of Juda.
11 And Nahasson beget Salma, the father of Boot.
12 And Boot beget Obed, and Obed beget Isai.
13 And Isai beget Eliab his firstborn, the second Abinadab,
the third Simmaa,
14 The fourth, Nathanael, the fifth Raddai,
15 The sixth Asom, the seventh David.
16 And their sisters were Sarvia, and Abigail. The sons of
Sarvia: Abisai, Joab, and Asael, three.
17 And Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the
Ismahelite.
18 And Caleb the son of Hesron took a wife named Azuba, of
whom he had Jerioth: and her sons were Jaser, and Sobab,
and Ardon.
19 And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to wife Ephrata: who
bore him Hur.
20 And Hur beget Uri: and Uri beget Bezeleel.
21 And afterwards Hesron went in to the daughter of Machir
the father of Galaad, and took her to wife when he was
threescore years old: and she bore him Segub.
22 And Segub beget Jair, and he had three and twenty cities
in the land of Galaad.
23 And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and
Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All
these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad.
24 And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron
also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of
Thecua.
25 And the sons of Jerameel the firstborn of Hesron, were Ram
his firstborn, and Buna, and Aram, and Asom, and Achia.
26 And Jerameel married another wife, named Atara, who was
the mother of Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerameel, were Moos,
Jamin, and Achar.
28 And Onam had sons Semei, and Jada. And the sons of Semei:
Nadab, and Abisur.
29 And the name of Abisur's wife was Abihail, who bore him
Ahobban, and Molid.
30 And the sons of Nadab were Saled, and Apphaim. And Saled
died without children.
31 But the son of Apphaim was Jesi: and Jesi beget Sesan. And
Sesan beget Oholai.
32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei : Jether and
Jonathan. And Jether also died without children.
33 But Jonathan beget Phaleth, and Ziza, These were the sons
of Jerameel.
34 And Sesan had no sons, but daughters and a servant an
Egyptian, named Jeraa.
35 And he gave him his daughter to wife: and she bore him
Ethei.
36 And Ethei begot Nathan, and Nathan beget Zabad.
37 And Zabad beget Ophlal, and Ophlal beget Obed.
38 Obed beget Jehu, Jehu beget Azarias.
39 Azarias beget Helles, and Helles begot Elasa.
40 Elasa beget Sisamoi, Sisamoi beget Sellum,
41 Sellum beget Icamia, and Icamia begot Elisama.
42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerameel were Mesa
his firstborn, who was the father of Siph: and the sons of
Maresa father of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron, Core, and Thaphua, and Recem, and
Samma.
44 And Samma beget Raham, the father of Jercaam, and Recem
beget Sammai.
45 The son of Sammai, Maon: and Maon the father of Bethsur.
46 And Epha the concubine of Caleb bore Haran, and Mesa, and
Gezez. And Haran beget Gezez.
47 And the sons of Jahaddai, Rogom, and Joathan, and Gesan,
and Phalet, and Epha, and Saaph.
48 And Maacha the concubine of Caleb bore Saber, and Tharana.
49 And Saaph the father of Madmena beget Sue the father of
Machbena, and the father of Gabaa. And the daughter of
Caleb was Achsa.
50 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur the firstborn
of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Cariathiarim.
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hariph the father of
Bethgader.
52 And Sobal the father of Cariathiarim had sons: he that saw
half of the places of rest.
53 And of the kindred of Cariathiarim, the Jethrites, and
Aphuthites, and Semathites, and Maserites. Of them came
the Saraites, and Esthaolites.
54 The sons of Salma, Bethlehem, and Netophathi, the crowns
of the house of Joab, and half of the place of rest of
Sarai.
55 And the families of the scribes that dwell in Jabes,
singing and making melody, and abiding in tents. These are
the Cinites, who came of Calor (Chamath) father of the
house of Rechab,
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 3
1 Now these were the sons of David that were born to him in
Hebron: the firstborn Amnon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess,
the second Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess.
2 The third Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tolmai
king of Gessur, the fourth Adonias the son of Aggith,
3 The fifth Saphatias of Abital, the sixth Jethrahem of
Egla, his wife.
4 So six sons were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned
seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned
three and thirty years.
5 And these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Simmaa, and
Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four of Bethsabee the
daughter of Ammiel.
6 Jebaar also and Elisama,
7 And Eliphaleeh, and Noge, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
8 And Elisama, and Eliada, and Elipheleth, nine:
9 All these the sons of David, beside the sons of the
concubines: and they had a sister Thamar.
10 And Solomon's son was Roboam: whose son Abia beget Asa.
And his son was Josaphat,
11 The father of Joram: and Joram be- got Ochozias, of whom
was born Joas:
12 And his son Amasias begot Azarias. And Joathan the son of
Azarias
13 Beget Achaz, the father of Ezechias, of whom was born
Manasses.
14 And Manasses beget Amen the father of Josias.
15 And the sons of Josias were, the firstborn Johanan, the
second Joakim, the third Sedecias, the fourth Sellum.
16 Of Joakim was born Jechonias, and Sedecias.
17 The sons of Jechonias were Asir, Salathiel,
18 Melchiram, Phadaia, Senneser and Jecemia, Sama, and
Nadabia.
19 Of Phadaia were born Zorobabel and Semei. Zorobabel beget
Mosollam, Hananias, and Salomith their sister:
20 Hasaba also, and Ohol, and Barachias, and Hasadias,
Josabhesed, five.
21 And the son of Hananias was Phaltias the father of
Jeseias, whose son was Raphaia. And his son was Arnan, of
whom was born Obdia, whose son was Sechenias.
22 The son of Sechenias, was Semeia, whose sons were Hattus,
and Jegaal, and Baria, and Naaria, and Saphat, six in
number.
23 The sons of Naaria, Elioenai, and Ezechias, and Ezricam,
three.
24 The sons of Elioenai, Oduia, and Eliasub, and Pheleia, and
Accub, and Johanan, and Dalaia, and Anani, seven.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 4
1 The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi, and Hur, and
Sobal.
2 And Raia the son of Sobal beget Jahath, of whom were born
Ahumai, and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.
3 And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema,
and Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni.
4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of
Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha
the father of Bethlehem.
5 And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa and
Naara:
6 And Naara bore him Ozam, and Hepher, and Themani, and
Ahasthari: these are the sons of Naara.
7 And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.
8 And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, the kindred of Aharehel
the son of Arum.
9 And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren,
and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I
bore him with sorrow.
10 And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If
blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders,
and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being
oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he
prayed for.
11 And Caleb the brother of Sua beget Mahir, who was the
father of Esthon.
12 And Esthon beget Bethrapha, and Phesse, and Tehinna father
of the city of Naas: these are the men of Recha.
13 And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel,. and Saraia. And the
sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.
14 Maonathi beget Ophra, and Saraia begot Joab the father of
the Valley of artificers: for artificers were there.
15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone, were Hir, and
Ela, and Naham. And the sons of Ela: Cenez.
16 The sons also of Jaleleel: Ziph, and Zipha, Thiria, and
Asrael.
17 And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and
Jalon, and he beget Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the
father of Esthamo.
18 And his wife Judaia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and
Heber the father of Socho, and Icuthiel the father of
Zanoe. And these are the sons of Bethia the daughter of
Pharao, whom Mered took to wife.
19 And the sons of his wife Odaia the sister of Naham the
father of Celia, Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Machathi.
20 The sons also of Simon, Amnon, and Rinna the son of Hanan,
and Thilon. And the sons of Jesi Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
21 The sons of h Sela the son of Juda: Her the father of
Lecha, and Laada the father of Maresa, and the families of
the house of them that wrought fine linen in the House of
oath.
22 And he that made the sun to stand, and the men of Lying,
and Secure, and Burning, who were princes in Moab, and who
returned into Lahem. Now these are things of old.
23 These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and
Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.
24 The sons of Simeon: Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul:
25 Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, Masma his son.
26 The sons of Masma: Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Semei
his son.
27 The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six daughters: but his
brethren had not many sons, and the whole kindred could
not reach to the sum of the children of Juda.
28 And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and Hasarsuhal,
29 And in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad,
30 And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and in Siceleg,
31 And in Bethmarchaboth, and in Hasarsusim, and in
Bethberai, and in Saarim. These were their cities unto the
reign of David.
32 Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Remmon, and Thochen,
and Asan, five cities.
33 And all their villages round about these cities as far as
Baal. This was their habitation, and the distribution of
their dwellings.
34 And Mosabab and Jemlech, and Josa, the son of Amasias,
35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josabia the son of Saraia,
the son of Asiel,
36 And Elioenai, and Jacoba, and Isuhaia, and Asaia, and
Adiel, and Ismiel, and Banaia,
37 Ziza also the son of Sephei the son of Allon the son of
Idaia the son of Semri the son of Samaia.
38 These were named princes in their kindreds, and in the
houses of their families were multiplied exceedingly.
39 And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as to the
east side of the valley, to seek pastures for their
flocks.
40 And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country
spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the
race of Cham had dwelt before.
41 And these whose names are written above, came in the days
of Ezechias king of Juda: and they beat down their tents,
and slew the inhabitants that were found there, and
utterly destroyed them unto this day: and they dwelt in
their place, because they found there fat pastures.
42 Some also of the children of Simeon, five hundred men,
went into mount Seir, having for their captains Phaltias
and Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the sons of Jesi:
43 And they slew the remnant of the Amalecites, who had been
able to escape, and they dwelt there in their stead unto
this day.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 5
1 Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was
his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's
bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph
the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the
firstborn.
2 But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his
brethren, came the princes: but the first birthright was
accounted to Joseph.)
3 The sons then of Ruben the firstborn of Israel were Enoch,
and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi.
4 The sons of Joel: Samaia his son, Gog his son, Semei his
son,
5 Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,
6 Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar king of the
Assyrians carried away captive, and he was prince in the
tribe of Ruben.
7 And his brethren, and all his kindred, when they were
numbered by their families, had for princes Jehiel, and
Zacharias.
8 And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of Samma, the son of
Joel, dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo, and Beelmeon.
9 And eastward he had his habitation as far as the entrance
of the desert, and the river Euphrates. For they possessed
a great number of cattle in the land of Galaad.
10 And in the days of Saul they fought against the Agarites,
and slew them, and dwelt in their tents in their stead, in
all the country, that looketh to the east of Galaad.
11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them in the
land of Basan, as far as Selcha:
12 Johel the chief, and Saphan the second: and Janai, and
Saphat in Basan.
13 And their brethren according to the houses of their
kindreds, were Michael, and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jorai,
and Jacan, and Zie, and Heber, seven.
14 These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Hurl, the son
of Jara, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of
Jesisi, the son of Jeddo, the son of But.
15 And their brethren the sons of Abdiel, the son of Guni,
chief of the house in their families,
16 And they dwelt in Galaad, and in Basan and in the towns
thereof, and in all the suburbs of Saron, unto the
borders.
17 All these were numbered in the days of Joathan king of
Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 The sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of
Manasses, fighting men, bearing shields, and swords, and
bending the bow, and trained up to battles, four and forty
thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to
war.
19 They fought against the Agarites: but the Itureans, and
Naphis, and Nodab,
20 Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their
hands, and all that were with them, because they called
upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they
had put their faith in him.
21 And they took all that they possessed, of camels fifty
thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and
of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand
souls.
22 And many fell down slain : for it was the battle of the
Lord. And they dwelt in their stead till the captivity.
23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasses possessed
the land, from the borders of Basan unto Baal, Hermon, and
Sanir, and mount Hermon, for their number was great.
24 And these were the heads of the house of their kindred,
Epher, and Jesi, and Eliel, and Esriel, and Jeremia, and
Odoia, and Jediel, most valiant and powerful men, and
famous chiefs in their families.
25 But they forsook the God of their fathers, and went astray
after the gods of the people of the land, whom God
destroyed before them.
26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Phul king
of the Assyrians, and the spirit of Thelgathphalnasar king
of Assur: and he carried away Ruben, and Gad, and the half
tribe of Manasses, and brought them to Lahela, and to
Habor, and to Ara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this
day.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 6
1 The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.
2 The sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel.
3 The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Mary. The sons of
Aaron: Nadab and Abiu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar beget Phinees, and Phinees beget Abisue,
5 And Abisue beget Bocci, and Bocci begot Ozi.
6 Ozi beget Zaraias, and Zaraias beget Maraioth.
7 And Maraioth beget Amarias, and Amarias beget Achitob.
8 Achitob beget Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas.
9 Achimaas beget Azarias, Azarias begot Johanan,
10 Johanan beget Azarias. This is he that executed the
priestly office in the house which Solomon built in
Jerusalem.
11 And Azarias beget Amarias, and Amarias beget Achitob.
12 And Achitob beget Sadoc, and Sadoc beget Sellum,
13 Sellum beget Helcias, and Helcias beget Azarias,
14 Azarias beget Saraias, and Saraias beget Josedec.
15 Now Josedec went out, when the Lord carried away Juda, and
Jerusalem, by the hands of Nabuchodonosor.
16 So the sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.
17 And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and
Semei.
18 The sons of Caath : Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and
Oziel.
19 The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the
kindreds of Levi according to their families.
20 Of Gerson: Lobni his son, Jahath his son, Zamma his son,
21 Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his son, Jethrai his son.
22 The sons of Caath, Aminadab his son, Core his son, Asir
his son,
23 Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son, Asir his son,
24 Thahath his son, Uriel his son, Ozias his son, Saul his
son.
25 The sons of Elcana: Amasai, and Achimoth.
26 And Elcana. The sons of Elcana: Sophai his son, Nahath his
son,
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elcana his son.
28 The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vasseni, and Abia.
29 And the sons of Merari, Moholi: Lobni his son, Semei his
son, Oza his son,
30 Sammaa his son, Haggia his son, Asaia his son.
31 These are they, whom David set over the singing men of the
house of the Lord, after that the p ark was placed:
32 And they ministered before the tabernacle of the
testimony, with singing, until Solomon built the house of
the Lord in Jerusalem, and they stood according to their
order in the ministry.
33 And these are they that stood with their sons, of the sons
of Caath, Hemam a singer, the son of Joel, the son of
Sammuel,
34 The son of Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel,
the son of Thohu,
35 The son of Suph, the son of Elcana, the son of Mahath, the
son of Amasai,
36 The son of Elcana, the son of Johel, the son of Azarias,
the son of Sophonias,
37 The son of Thahath, the son of Asir, the son or Abiasaph,
the son of Core,
38 The son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the
son of Israel.
39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, Asaph
the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa.
40 The son of Michael, the son of Basaia, the son of Melchia.
41 The son of Athanai, the son of Zara, the son of Adaia.
42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zamma, the son of Semei.
43 The son of Jeth, the son of Gerson, the son of Levi.
44 And the sons of Merari their brethren, on the left hand,
Ethan the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Meloch,
45 The son of Hasabia, the son of Amasai, the son of Helcias,
46 The son of Amasai, the son of Boni, the son of Somer,
47 The son of Moholi, the son of Mud, the son of Merari, the
son of Levi.
48 Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for
all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the
Lord.
49 But Aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings upon the
altar of holocausts, and upon the altar of incense, for
very work of the holy of holies: and to pray for Israel
according to all that Moses the servant of God had
commanded.
50 And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinees
his son, Abisue his son,
51 Bocci his son, Ozi his son, Zarahia his son,
52 Meraioth his son, Amarias his son, Achitob his son,
53 Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.
54 And these are their dwelling places by the towns and
confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of
the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot.
55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the
suburbs thereof round about:
56 But the fields of the city, and the villages to Caleb son
of Jephone.
57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities for refuge
Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs thereof,
58 And Jether and Esthemo, with their suburbs, and Helon, and
Dabir with their suburbs:
59 Asan also, and Bethsames, with their suburbs.
60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs,
Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs:
all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.
61 And to the sons of Caath that remained of their kindred
they gave out of the half tribe of Manasses ten cities in
possession.
62 And to the sons of Gerson by their families out of the
tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out
of the tribe of Nephtali, and out of the tribe of Manasses
in Basan, thirteen cities. their
63 And to the sons of Merari by families out of the tribe of
Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe
of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve cities.
64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities,
and their suburbs.
65 And they gave them by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of
Juda, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out
of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which
they called by their names.
66 And to them that were of the kindred of the sons of Caath,
and the cities in their borders were of the tribe of
Ephraim.
67 And they gave the cities of refuge Sichem with its suburbs
in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs,
68 Jecmaan also with its suburbs, and Beth-horon in like
manner,
69 Helon also with its suburbs, and Gethremmon in like
manner,
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasses, Aner and its
suburbs, Baalam and its suburbs: to wit, to them that were
left of the family of the sons of Caath.
71 And to the sons of Gersom, out of the kindred of the half
tribe of Manasses, Gaulon, in Basan, and its suburbs, and
Astharoth with its suburbs.
72 Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes and its suburbs, and
Dabereth with its suburbs;
73 Ramoth also and its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs.
74 And out of the tribe of Aser: Masal with its suburbs, and
Abdon in like manner;
75 Hucac also and its suburbs, and Rohol with its suburbs.
76 And out of the tribe of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee and its
suburbs, Hamon with its suburbs, and Cariathaim, and its
suburbs.
77 And to the sons of Merari that remained: out of the tribe
of Zabulon, Remmono and its suburbs, and Thabor with its
suburbs.
78 Beyond the Jordan also over against Jericho, on the east
side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Ruben, Bosor in
the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jassa with its
suburbs;
79 Cademoth also and its suburbs, and Mephaath with its
suburbs;
80 Moreover also out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad
and its suburbs, and Manaim with its suburbs;
81 Hesebon also with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 7
1 Now the sons of Issachar were Thola, and Phua, Jasub and
Simeron, four.
2 The sons of Thola: Ozi and Raphaia, and Jeriel, and Jemai,
and Jebsem, and Samuel, chiefs of the houses of their
kindreds. Of the posterity of Thola were numbered in the
days of David, two and twenty thousand six hundred most
valiant men.
3 The sons of Ozi: Izrahia, of whom were born Michael, and
Obadia, and Joel, and Jesia, five all great men.
4 And there were with them by their families and peoples,
six and thirty thousand most valiant men ready for war:
for they had many wives and children.
5 Their brethren also throughout all the house of Issachar,
were numbered fourscore and seven thousand most valiant
men for war.
6 The sons of s Benjamin were Bela, and Bechor, and Jadihel,
three.
7 The sons of Bela: Esbon, and Ozi, and Ozial, and Jerimoth
and Urai, five chiefs of their families, and most valiant
warriors, and their number was twenty-two thousand and
thirty-four.
8 And the sons of Bechor were Zamira, and Joas, and Eliezer,
and Elioenai, and Amai, and Jerimoth, and Abia, and
Anathoth, and Almath: all these were the sons of Bechor.
9 And they were numbered by the families, heads of their
kindreds, most valiant men for war, twenty thousand and
two hundred.
10 And the son of Jadihel: Balan. And the sons of Balan:
Jehus and Benjamin and Aod, and Chanana, and Zethan and
Tharsis, and Ahisahar.
11 All these were sons of Jadihel, heads of their kindreds,
most valiant men, seventeen thousand and two hundred fit
to go out to war.
12 Sepham also and Hapham the sons of Hir: and Hasim the sons
of Aher.
13 And the sons of Nephtali were Jasiel, and Guni, and Jezer,
and Sellum, sons of Bala.
14 And the son of Manasses, Ezriel: and his concubine the
Syrian bore Machir the father of Galaad.
15 And Machir took wives for his sons Happhim, and Saphan:
and he had a sister named Maacha: the name of the second
was Salphaad, and Salphaad had daughters.
16 And Maacha the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called
his name Phares: and the name of his brother was Sares:
and his sons were Ulam and Recen.
17 And the son of Ulam, Baden. These are the sons of Galaad,
the son of Machir the son of Manasses.
18 And his sister named Queen bore Goodlyman, and Abiezer,
and Mohola.
19 And the sons of Semida were Ahiu, and Sechem, and Leci and
Aniam.
20 And the sons of Ephraim were Suthala, Bared his son,
Thahath his son, Elada his son, Thahath his son, and his
son Zabad,
21 And his son Suthala, and his son Ezer, and Elad: and the
men of Geth born in the land slew them, because they came
down to invade their possessions.
22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his
brethren came to comfort him.
23 And he went in to his wife: and she conceived and bore a
son, and he called his name Beria, because he was born
when it went evil with his house:
24 And his daughter was Sara, who built Bethoron, the nether
and the upper, and Ozensara.
25 And Rapha was his son, and Reseph, and Thale, of whom was
born Thaan,
26 Who begot Laadan: and his son was Ammiud, who beget
Elisama,
27 Of whom was born Nun, who had Josue for his son.
28 And their possessions and habitations were Bethel with her
daughters, and eastward Noran, and westward Gazer and her
daughters, Sichem also with her daughters, as far as Ass
with her daughters.
29 And by the borders of the sons of Manasses Bethsan and her
daughters, Thanach and her daughters, Mageddo and her
daughters: Dor and her daughters: in these dwelt the
children of Joseph, the son of Israel.
30 The children of Aser were Jemna, and Jesua, and Jessui,
and Baria, and Sara their sister.
31 And the sons of Baria: Haber, and Melchiel: he is the
father of Barsaith.
32 And Heber beget Jephlat, and Somer, and Hotham, and Suaa
their sister.
33 The sons of Jephlat: Phosech, and Chamaal, and Asoth:
these are the sons of Jephlat.
34 And the sons of Somer: Ahi, and Roaga, and Haba, and Aram.
35 And the sons of Helem his brother: Supha, and Jemna, and
Selles, and Amal.
36 The sons of Supha: Sue, Hernapher, and Sual, and Beri, and
Jamra.
37 Bosor and Hod, and Samma, and Salusa, and Jethran, and
Bera.
38 The sons of Jether: Jephone, and Phaspha, and Ara.
39 And the sons of Olla: Aree, and Haniel, and Resia.
40 All these were sons of Aser, heads of their families,
choice and most valiant captains of captains: and the
number of them that were of the age that was fit for war,
was six and twenty thousand.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 8
1 Now Benjamin beget Bale his firstborn, Asbel the second,
Ahara the third,
2 Nohaa the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3 And the sons of Bale were Addar, and Gera, and Abiud,
4 And Abisue, and Naamar, and Ahoe,
5 And Gera, and Sephuphan, and Huram.
6 These are the sons of Ahod, heads of families that dwelt
in Gabaa, who were removed into Mrtnahsth.
7 And Naaman, and Achia, and Gera he removed them, and beget
Oza, and Ahiud.
8 And Saharim begot in the land of Moab, after he sent away
Husim and Bara his wives.
9 And he beget of Hodes his wife Jobab, and Sebia, and Mesa,
and Molchom,
10 And Jehus and Sechia, and Marma. These were his sons heads
of their families.
11 And Mehusim beget Abitob, and Elphaal.
12 And the sons of Elphaal were Heber, and Misaam, and Samad:
who built One, and Led, and its daughters.
13 And Baria, and Sama were heads of their kindreds that
dwelt in Aialon: these drove away the inhabitants of Geth.
14 And Ahio, and Sesac, and Jerimoth,
15 And Zabadia, and Arod, and Heder,
16 And Michael, and Jespha, and Joha, the sons of Baria.
17 And Zabadia, and Mosollam, and Hezeci, and Heber,
18 And Jesamari, and Jezlia, and Jobab, sons of Elphaal,
19 And Jacim, and Zechri, and Zabdi,
20 And Elioenai, and Selethai, and Elial,
21 And Adaia, and Baraia, and Samareth, the sons of Semei.
22 And Jespham, and Heber, and Eliel,
23 And Abdon, and Zechri, and Hanan,
24 And Hanania, and Elam, and Anathothia.
25 And Jephdaia, and Phanuel the sons of Sesac.
26 And Samsari, and Sohoria and Otholia,
27 And Jersia, and Elia, and Zechri, the sons of Jeroham.
28 These were the chief fathers, and heads of their families
who dwelt in Jerusalem.
29 And at Gabaon dwelt Abigabaon, and the name of his wife
was Maacha:
30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Sur, and Cia, and Baal,
and Nadab,
31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher, and Macelloth:
32 And Macelloth beget Samaa: and they dwelt over against
their brethren in Jerusalem with their brethren.
33 And Ner beget Cia, and Cia beget Saul. And Saul begot
Jonathan and Melchisua, and Abinadab, and Esbaal.
34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begot
Micha.
35 And the sons of Micha were Phithon, and Melech, and
Tharaa, and Ahaz.
36 And Ahaz beget Joada: and Joada beget Alamath, and Azmoth,
and Zamri: and Zamri beget Mesa,
37 And Mesa beget Banaa, whose son was Rapha, of whom was
born Elasa, who beget Asel.
38 And Asel had six sons whose names were Ezricam, Bochru,
Ismahel, Saria, Obdia, and Hanan. All these were the sons
of Asel.
39 And the sons of Esec, his brother, were Ulam the
firstborn, and Jehus the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40 And the sons of Ulam were most valiant men, and archers of
great strength: and they had many sons and grandsons, even
to a hundred and fifty. All these were children of
Benjamin.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 9
1 And all Israel was numbered: and the sum of them was
written in the book of the kings of Israel, and Juda: and
they were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.
2 Now the first that dwelt in their possessions, and in
their cities, were the Israelites, and the priests, and
the Levites, and the Nathineans.
3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Juda, and of the
children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and
of Manasses.
4 Othei the son of Ammiud, the son of Amri, the son of
Omrai, the son of Bonni, of the sons of Phares the son of
Juda.
5 And of Siloni: Asaia the firstborn, and his sons.
6 And of the sons of Zara: Jehuel, and their brethren, six
hundred and ninety.
7 And of the sons of Benjamin: Sale the son of Mosollam, the
son of Oduia, the son of Asana:
8 And Jobania the son of Jeroham: and Ela the son of Ozi,
the son of Mochori: and Mosallam the son of Saphatias, the
son of Rahuel, the son of Jebania:
9 And their brethren by their families, nine hundred and
fifty-six. All these were heads of their families, by the
houses of their fathers.
10 And of the priests: Jedaia, Joiarib, and Jachin:
11 And Azarias the son of Helcias, the son of Mosollam, the
son of Sadoc, the son of Maraioth, the son of Achitob,
high priest of the house of God.
12 And Adaias the son of Jeroham, the son of Phassur, the son
of Melchias, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of
Jezra, the son of Mosollam, the son of Mosollamith, the
son of Emmer.
13 And their brethren heads in their families re thousand
seven hundred and threescore, very strong and able men for
the work of the ministry in the house of God.
14 And of the Levites: Semeia the son of Hassub the son of
Ezricam, the son of Hasebia of the sons of Merari.
15 And Bacbacar the carpenter, and Galal, and Mathania the
son of Micha, the son of Zechri the son of Asaph:
16 And Obdia the son of Semeia, the son of Galal, the son of
Idithum: and Barachia the son of Asa, the son of Elcana,
who dwelt in the suburbs of Netophati.
17 And the porters were Sellum, and Accub, and Telmon, and
Ahiman: and their brother Sellum was the prince,
18 Until that time, in the king's gate eastward, the sons of
Levi waited by their turns.
19 But Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son
of Core, with his brethren and his father's house, the
Corites were over the works of the service, keepers of the
gates of the tabernacle: and their families in turns were
keepers of the entrance of the camp of the Lord.
20 And Phinees the son of Eleazar, was their prince before
the Lord,
21 And Zacharias the son of Mosollamia, was porter of the
gate of the tabernacle of the testimony:
22 All these that were chosen to be porters at the gates,
were two hundred and twelve: and they mere registered in
their proper towns: whom David and Samuel the seer
appointed in their trust.
23 As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house
of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.
24 In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward
the east, and west, and north, and south.
25 And their brethren dwelt in villages, and came upon their
sabbath days from time to time.
26 To these four Levites were committed the whole number of
the porters, and they were over the chambers, and
treasures, of the house of the Lord.
27 And they abode in their watches round about the temple of
the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates
in the morning.
28 And some of their stock had the charge of the vessels for
the ministry: for the vessels were both brought in and
carried out by number.
29 Some of them also had the instruments of the sanctuary
committed unto them, and the charge of the fine flour, and
wine, and oil, and frankincense, and spices.
30 And the sons of the priests made the ointments of the
spices.
31 And Mathathias a Levite, the firstborn of Sellum the
Corite, was overseer of such things as were fried in the
fryingpan.
32 And some of the sons of Caath their brethren, were over
the leaves of proposition, to prepare always new for every
sabbath.
33 These are the chief of the singing men of the families of
the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers, by the temple,
that they might serve continually day and night in their
ministry.
34 The heads of the Levites, princes in their families, abode
in Jerusalem.
35 And in Gabaon dwelt Jehiel the father of Gabaon, and the
name of hill wife was Maacha:
36 His firstborn son Abdon, and Sur, and Cis, and Baal, and
Ner, and Nadab,
37 Gedor also, and Ahio, and Zacharias, and Macelloth.
38 And Macelloth beget Samaan: these dwelt over against their
brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren.
39 Now Ner beget Cia: and Cis begot Saul: and Saul beget
Jonathan and Melchisua, and Abinadab, and Esbaal.
40 And the son of Jonathan, was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal
beget Micha.
41 And the sons of Micha, were Phithon, and Melech, and
Tharaa, and Ahaz.
42 And Ahaz beget Jara, and Jara beget Alamath, and Azmoth,
and Zamri. And Zamri beget Mesa.
43 And Mesa beget Banaa: whose son Raphaia beget Elasa: of
whom was born Asel.
44 And heel had six sons whose names are, Ezricam, Bochru,
Ismahel, Saria, Obdia, Hanan: these are the sons of Asel.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 10
1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of
Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down
wounded in mount Gelboe.
2 And the Philistines drew near pursuing after Saul, and his
sons, and they killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and
Melchisua the sons of Saul.
3 And the battle grew hard against Saul, and the archers
reached him, and wounded him with arrows.
4 And Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and
kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and mock me. But
his armourbearer would not, for he was struck with fear:
so Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer saw it, to wit, that Saul was
dead, he also fell upon his sword and died.
6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house fell
together.
7 And when the men of Israel, that dwelt in the plains, saw
this, they fled: and Saul and his sons being dead, they
forsook their cities, and were scattered up and down: and
the Philistines came, and dwelt in them.
8 And the next day the Philistines taking away the spoils of
them that were slain, found Saul and his sons lying on
mount Gelboe.
9 And when they had stripped him, and cut off his head, and
taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be
carried about, and shewn in the temples of the idols and
to the people.
10 And his armour they dedicated in the temple of their god,
and his head they fastened up in the temple of Dagon.
11 And when the men of Jabes Galaad had heard this, to wit,
all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 All the valiant men of them arose, and took the bodies of
Saul and of his sons, and brought them to Jabes, and
buried their bones under the oak that was in Jabes, and
they fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died for his iniquities, because he transgressed
the commandment of the Lord, which he had commanded, and
kept it not: and moreover consulted also a witch,
14 And trusted not is the Lord: therefore he slew him, and
transferred his kingdom to David the son of Isai.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 11
1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron,
saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.
2 Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul was king,
thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel:
for the Lord thy God said to thee: Thou shalt feed my
people Israel, and thou shalt; be ruler over them.
3 So all the ancients of Israel came to the king to Hebron,
and David made a covenant with them before the Lord: and
they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word
of the Lord which he spoke in the hand of Samuel.
4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is
Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the
land.
5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: Thou shalt not
come in here. But David took the castle of Sion, which is
the city of David.
6 And he said: Whosoever shall first strike the Jebusites,
shall be the head and chief captain. And Joab the son of
Sarvia went up first, and was made the general.
7 And David dwelt in the castle, and therefore it was called
the city of David.
8 And he built the city round about from Mello all round,
and Joab built the rest of the city.
9 And David went on growing and increasing, and the Lord of
hosts was with him.
10 These are the chief of the valiant men of David, who
helped him to be made king over all Israel, according to
the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Israel.
11 And this is the number of the heroes of David: Jesbaam the
son of Hachamoni the chief among the thirty: he lifted up
his spear against three hundred wounded by him at one
time.
12 And after him was Eleazar his uncle's son the Ahohite, who
was one of the three mighties.
13 He was with David in Phesdomim, when the Philistines were
gathered to that place to battle: and the field of that
country was full of barley, and the people fled from
before the Philistines.
14 But these men stood in the midst of the field, and
defended it: and they slew the Philistines, and the Lord
gave a great deliverance to his people.
15 And three of the thirty captains went down to the rock,
wherein David was, to the cave of Odollam, when the
Philistines encamped in the valley of Raphaim.
16 And David was in a hold, and the garrison of the
Philistines in Bethlehem.
17 And David longed, and said: O that some man would give me
water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.
18 And these three broke through the midst of the camp of the
Philistines, and drew water out of the cistern of
Bethlehem, which was in the gate, and brought it to David
to drink: and he would not drink of it, but rather offered
it to the Lord,
19 Saying: God forbid that I should do this in the sight of
my God, and should drink the blood of these men: for with
the danger of their lives they have brought me the water.
And therefore he would not drink. These things did the
three most valiant.
20 And Abisai the brother of Joab, he was chief of three, and
he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew,
and he was renowned among the three,
21 And illustrious among the second three, and their captain:
but yet he attained not to the first three.
22 Banaias the son of Joiada, a most valiant man, of Cabseel,
who had done many acts: he slew the two ariels of Moab:
and he went down, and killed a lion in the midst of a pit
in the time of snow.
23 And he slew an Egyptian, whose stature was of five cubits,
and who had a spear like a weaver's beam: and he went down
to him with a staff, and plucked away the spear, that he
held in his hand, and slew him with his own spear.
24 These things did Banaias the son of Joiada, who was
renowned among the three valiant ones,
25 And the first among the thirty, but yet to the three he
attained not: and David made him of his council.
26 Moreover the most valiant men of the army, were Asahel
brother of Joab, and Elchanan the son of his uncle of
Bethlehem,
27 Sammoth an Arorite, Helles a Phalonite,
28 Ira the son of Acces a Thecuite, Abiezer an Anathothite,
29 Sobbochai a Husathite, Ilai an Ahohite,
30 Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the son of Baana a
Netophathite,
31 Ethai the son of Ribai of Gabaath of the sons of Benjamin,
Banal a Pharathonite,
32 Hurai of the torrent Gaas, Abiel an Arbathite, Azmoth a
Bauramite, Eliaba a Salabonite,
33 The sons of Assem a, Gezonite, Jonathan the son of Sage an
Ararite,
34 Ahiam the son of Sachar an Ararite,
35 Eliphal the son of Ur,
36 Hepher a Mecherathite, Ahia a Phelonite,
37 Hesro a Carmelite, Naarai the son of Azbai,
38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar the son of Agarai.
39 Selec an Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite, the armourbearer
of Joab the son of Sarvia.
40 Ira a Jethrite, Gareb a Jethrite,
41 Urias a Hethite, Zabad the son of Oholi,
42 Adina the son of Siza a Rubenite the prince of the
Rubenites, and thirty with him:
43 Hanan the son of Maacha, and Josaphat a Mathanite,
44 Ozia an Astarothite, Samma, and Jehiel the sons of Hotham
an Arorite,
45 Jedihel the son of Zamri, and Jobs his brother a Thosaite,
46 Eliel a Mithumite, and Jeribai, and Josaia the sons of
Elnaim, and Jethma a Moabite, Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel
of Masobia.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 12
1 Now these are they that came to David to Siceleg, while he
yet fled from Saul the son of Cia, and they were most
valiant and excellent warriors,
2 Bending the bow, and using either hand in hurling stones
with slings, and shooting arrows: of the brethren of Saul
of Benjamin.
3 The chief was Ahiezer, and Joas, the sons of Samaa of
Gabaath, and Jaziel, and Phallet the sons of Azmoth, and
Beracha, and Jehu an Anathothite.
4 And Samaias of Gabaon, the stoutest amongst the thirty and
over the thirty; Jeremias, and Jeheziel, and Johanan, and
Jezabad of Gaderoth;
5 And Eluzai, and Jerimuth, and Baalia, and Samaria, and
Saphatia the Haruphite;
6 Elcana, and Jesia, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jesbaam of
Carehim:
7 And Joela, and Zabadia the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8 From Gaddi also there went over to David, when he lay hid
in the wilderness most valiant men, and excellent
warriors, holding shield and spear: whose faces were like
the faces of a lion, and they were swift like the roebucks
on the mountains.
9 Ezer the chief, Obdias the second, Eliab the third,
10 Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the fifth.
11 Ethi the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12 Johanan the eighth, Elzebad the ninth,
13 Jerenias the tenth, Machbani the eleventh,
14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the army: the
least of them was captain over a hundred soldiers, and the
greatest over a thousand.
15 These are they who passed over the Jordan in the first
month, when it is used to how over its banks: and they put
to flight all that dwelt in the valleys both toward the
east and toward the west.
16 And there came also of the men of Benjamin, and of Juda to
the hold, in which David abode.
17 And David went out to meet them, and said: If you are come
peaceably to me to help me, let my heart be joined to you:
but if you plot against me for my enemies whereas I have
no iniquity in my hands, let the God of our fathers see,
and judge.
18 But the spirit came upon Amasai the chief among thirty,
and he said: We are thine, O David, and for thee, O son of
Isai: peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers.
For thy God helpeth thee. So David received them, and made
them captains of the band.
19 And there were some of Manasses that went over to David,
when he came with the Philistines against Saul to fight:
but he did not fight with them: because the lords of the
Philistines taking counsel sent him back, saying: With the
danger of our heads he will return to his master Saul.
20 So when he went back to Siceleg, m there fled to him of
Manasses, Ednas and Jozabad, and Jedihel, and Michael, and
Ednas, and Jozabad, and Eliu, and Salathi, captains of
thousands in Manasses.
21 These helped David against the rovers: for they were all
most valiant men, and were made commanders in the army.
22 Moreover day by day there came some to David to help him
till they became a great number, like the army of God.
23 And this is the number of the chiefs of the army who came
to David, when he was in Hebron, to transfer to him the
kingdom of Saul, according to the word of the Lord.
24 The sons of Juda bearing shield and spear, six thousand
eight hundred well appointed to war.
25 Of the sons of Simeon valiant men for war, seven thousand
one hundred.
26 Of the sons of Levi, four thousand six hundred.
27 And Joiada prince of the race of Aaron, and with him three
thousand seven hundred.
28 Sadoc also a young man of excellent disposition, and the
house of his father, twenty-two principal men.
29 And of the sons of Benjamin the brethren of Saul, three
thousand: for hitherto a great part of them followed the
house of Saul.
30 And of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred,
men of great valour renowned in their kindreds.
31 And of the half tribe of Manasses, eighteen thousand,
every one by their names, came to make David king.
32 Also of the sons of Issachar men of understanding, that
knew all times to order what Israel should do, two hundred
principal men: and all the rest of the tribe followed
their counsel.
33 And of Zabulon such as went forth to battle, and stood in
array well appointed with armour for war, there came fifty
thousand to his aid, with no double heart.
34 And of Nephtali, a thousand leaders: and with them seven
and thirty thousand, furnished with shield and spear.
35 Of Dan also twenty-eight thousand six hundred prepared for
battle.
36 And of Aser forty thousand going forth to fight, and
challenging in battle.
37 And on the other side of the Jordan of the sons of Ruben,
and of Gad, and of the half of the tribe of Manasses a
hundred and twenty thousand, furnished with arms for war.
38 All these men of war well appointed to fight, 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.
39 And they were there with David three days eating and
drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
40 Moreover they that were near them even as far as Issachar,
and Zabulon, and Nephtali, brought leaves on asses, and on
camels, and on mules, and on oxen, to eat: meal, figs,
raisins, wine, oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance, for
there was joy in Israel.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 13
1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands, and of
hundreds, and with all the commanders.
2 And he said to all the assembly of Israel: If it please
you; and if the words which I speak come from the Lord our
God, let us send to the rest of our brethren into all the
countries of Israel, and to the priests, and the Levites,
that dwell in the suburbs of the cities, to gather
themselves to us,
3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we
sought it not in the days of Saul.
4 And all the multitude answered that it should be so: for
the word pleased all the people.
5 So David assembled all Israel from Sihor of Egypt, even to
the entering into Emath, to bring the ark of God from
Cariathiarim.
6 And David went up with all the men of Israel to the hill
of Cariathiarim which is in Juda, to bring thence the ark
of the Lord God sitting upon the cherubims, where his name
is called upon.
7 And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, out of
the house of Abinadab. And Oza and his brother drove the
cart.
8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their
might with hymns, and with harps, and with psalteries, and
timbrels, and cymbals, and trumpets,
9 And when they came to the floor of Chidon, Oza put forth
his hand, to hold up the ark: for the ox being wanton had
made it lean a little on one side.
10 And the Lord was angry with Oza, and struck him, because
he had touched the ark; and he died there before the Lord.
11 And David was troubled because the Lord had divided Oza:
and he called that place the Breach of Oza to this day.
12 And he feared God at that time, saying: How can I bring in
the ark of God to me?
13 And therefore he brought it not home to himself, that is,
into the city of David, but carried it aside into the
house of Obededom the Gethite.
14 And the ark of God remained in the house of Obededom three
months: and the Lord blessed his house, and all that he
had.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 14
1 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar
trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.
2 And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king
over Israel, and that his kingdom was exalted over his
people Israel.
3 And David took other wives in Jerusalem: and he beget
sons, and daughters.
4 Now these are the names of them that were born to him in
Jerusalem: Samua, and Sobad, Nathan, and Solomon,
5 Jebahar, and Elisua, and Eliphalet,
6 And Noga, and Napheg, and Japhia,
7 Elisama. and Baaliada, and Eliphalet.
8 And the Philistines hearing that David was anointed king
over all Israel, went all up to seek him: and David heard
of it, and went out against them.
9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the vale
of Raphaim.
10 And David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go up
against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into
my hand? And the Lord said to him: Go up, and I will
deliver them into thy hand.
11 And when they were come to Baalpharasim, David defeated
them there, and he said: God hath divided my enemies by my
hand, as waters are divided: and therefore the name of
that place was called Baalpharasim.
12 And they left there their gods, and David commanded that
they should be burnt.
13 Another time also the Philistines made an irruption, and
spread themselves abroad in the valley.
14 And David consulted God again, and God said to him: Go not
up after them, turn away from them, and come upon them
over against the pear trees.
15 And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the
tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou go out to battle.
For God is gone out before thee to strike the army of the
Philistines.
16 And David did as God had commanded him, and defeated the
army of the Philistines, slaying them from Gabaon to
Gazera.
17 And the name of David became famous in all countries, and
the Lord made all nations fear him.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 15
1 He made also houses for himself in the city of David: and
built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle
for it.
2 Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God, but
the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it, and to
minister unto himself for ever.
3 And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem, that
the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he
had prepared for it.
4 And the sons of Aaron also, and the Levites.
5 Of the children of Caath, Uriel was the chief, and his
brethren a hundred and twenty.
6 Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the chief, and his brethren
two hundred and twenty.
7 Of the sons of Gersom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a
hundred and thirty.
8 Of the sons of Elisaphan, Semeias the chief: and his
brethren two hundred.
9 Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief: and his brethren
eighty.
10 Of the sons of Oziel, Aminadab the chief: and his brethren
a hundred and twelve.
11 And David called Sadoc, and Abiathar the priests, and the
Levites, Uriel, Asaia, Joel, Semeia, Eliel, and Aminadab:
12 And he said to them: You that are the heads of the
Levitical families, be sanctified with your brethren, and
brine the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place,
which is prepared for it:
13 Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because you were not
present, the same should now also come to pass, by our
doing some thing against the law.
14 So the priests and the Levites were sanctified, to carry
the ark of the Lord the God of Israel.
15 And the sons of Levi took the ark of God as Moses had
commanded, according to the word of the Lord, upon their
shoulders, with the staves.
16 And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites, to appoint
some of their brethren to be singers with musical
instruments, to wit, on psalteries, and harps, and
cymbals, that the joyful noise might resound on high.
17 And they appointed Levites, Hemam the son of Joel, and of
his brethren Asaph the son of Barachias: and of the sons
of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Casaia.
18 And with them their brethren: in the second rank,
Zacharias, and Ben, and Jaziel, and Semiramoth, and
Jahiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Maasias, and
Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and
Jehiel, the porters.
19 Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, sounded with
cymbals of brass.
20 And Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel, and
Ani, and Eliab, and Maasias, and Banaias, sung mysteries
upon psalteries.
21 And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias and Obededom,
and Jehiel and Ozaziu, sung a song of victory for the
octave upon harps.
22 And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the
prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.
23 And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.
24 And Sebenias, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and
Zacharias, and Banaias, and Eliezer the priests, sounded
with trumpets, before the ark of God: and Obededom and
Jehias were porters of the ark.
25 So David and all the ancients of Israel, and the captains
over thousands, went to bring the ark of the covenant of
the Lord out of the house of Obededom with joy.
26 And when God had helped the Levites who carried the ark of
the covenant of the Lord, they offered in sacrifice seven
oxen, and seven rams.
27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all
the Levites that carried the ark, and the singing men, and
Chonenias the ruler of the prophecy among the singers: and
David also had on him an ephod of linen.
28 And all Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord
with joyful shouting, and sounding with the sound of the
comet, and with trumpets, and cymbals, and psalteries, and
harps.
29 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was come to
the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul looking out
at a window, saw king David dancing and playing, and she
despised him in her heart.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 16
1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of
the tent, which David had pitched for it : and they
offered holocausts, and peace offerings before God.
2 And when David had made an end of offering holocausts, and
peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the
Lord.
3 And he divided to all and every one, both men and women,
a loaf of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and flour
fried with oil.
4 And he appointed Levites to minister before the ark of the
Lord, and to remember his works, and to glorify, and
praise the Lord God of Israel.
5 Asaph the chief, and next after him Zacharias: moreover
Jahiel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mathathias, and
Eliab, and Banaias, and Obededom: and Jehiel over the
instruments of psaltery, and harps: and Asaph sounded with
cymbals:
6 But Banaias, and Jaziel the priests, to sound the trumpet
continually before the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
7 In that day David made Asaph the chief to give praise to
the Lord with his brethren.
8 Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make known his
doings among the nations.
9 Sing to him, yea, sing praises to him: and relate all his
wondrous works.
10 Praise ye his holy name: let the heart I of them rejoice,
that seek the Lord.
11 Seek ye the Lord, and his power: seek ye his face
evermore.
12 Remember his wonderful works, which he hath done: his
signs, and the judgments of his mouth.
13 O ye seed of Israel his servants, ye children of Jacob his
chosen.
14 He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the
earth.
15 Remember for ever his covenant: the word, which he
commanded to a thousand generations.
16 The covenant which he made with Abraham: and his oath to
Isaac.
17 And he appointed the same to Jacob for a precept: and to
Israel for an everlasting covenant:
18 Saying: To thee will I give the land of Chanaan: the lot
of your inheritance.
19 When they were but a small number: very few and sojourners
in it.
20 And they passed from nation to nation: and from a kingdom
to another people.
21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings
for their sake.
22 Touch not my anointed: and do no evil to my prophets.
23 Sing ye to the Lord, all the earth: shew forth from day to
day his salvation.
24 Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among
all people.
25 For the Lord is great and exceedingly to be praised: and
he is to be feared above all gods.
26 For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord
made the heavens.
27 Praise and magnificence are before him: strength and joy
in his place.
28 Bring ye to the Lord, O ye families of the nations: bring
ye to the Lord glory and empire.
29 Give to the Lord glory to his name, bring up sacrifice,
and come ye in his sight: and adore the Lord in holy
becomingness.
30 Let all the earth be moved at his presence : for he hath
founded the world immoveable.
31 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad: and let
them say among the nations: The Lord hath reigned.
32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields
rejoice, and all things that are in them.
33 Then shall the trees of the wood give praise before the
Lord: because he is come to judge the earth.
34 Give ye glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy
endureth for ever.
35 And say ye: Save us, O God our saviour: and gather us
together, and deliver us from the nations, that we may
give glory to thy holy name, and may rejoice in singing
thy praises.
36 Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to
eternity: and let all the people say Amen, and a hymn to
God.
37 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the
Lord, Asaph and his brethren to minister in the presence
of the ark continually day by day, and in their courses.
38 And Obededom, with his brethren sixty-eight: and Obededom
the son of Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to be porters.
39 And Sadoc the priest, and his brethren priests, before the
tabernacle of the Lord in the high place, which was in
Gabaon.
40 That they should offer holocausts to the Lord upon the
altar of holocausts continually, morning and evening,
according to all that is written in the law of the Lord,
which he commanded Israel.
41 And after him Heman, and Idithun, and the rest that were
chosen, every one by his name to give praise to the Lord:
because his mercy endureth for ever.
42 And Heman and Idithun sounded the trumpet, and played on
the cymbals, and all kinds of musical instruments to sing
praises to God: and the sons of Idithun he made porters.
43 And all the people returned to their houses: and David to
bless also his own house.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 17
1 Now when David was dwelling in his house, he said to
Nathan the prophet: Behold I dwell in a house of cedar :
and the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under skins.
2 And Nathan said to David: Do all that is in thy heart: for
God is with thee.
3 Now that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:
4 Go, and speak to David my servant: Thus saith the Lord:
Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in.
5 For I have not remained in a house from the time that I
brought up Israel, to this day: but I have been always
changing places in a tabernacle, and in a tent,
6 Abiding with all Israel. Did I ever speak to any one, of
all the judges of Israel, whom I charged to feed my
people, saying: Why have you not built me a house of
cedar?
7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say to my servant David:
Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I took thee from the
pastures, from following the flock, that thou shouldst be
ruler of my people Israel.
8 And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast gone:
and have slain all thy enemies before thee, and have made
thee a name like that of one of the great ones that are
renowned in the earth.
9 And I have given a place to my people Israel: they shall
be planted, and shall dwell therein, and shall be moved no
more, neither shall the children of iniquity waste them,
as at the beginning,
10 Since the days that I gave judges to my people Israel, and
have humbled all thy enemies. And I declare to thee, that
the Lord will build thee a house.
11 And when thou shalt have ended thy days to go to thy
fathers, I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall
be of thy sons: and I will establish his kingdom.
12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne
for ever.
13 I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son:
and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it
from him that was before thee.
14 But I will settle him in my house, and in my kingdom for
ever: and his throne shall be most firm for ever.
15 According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak to David.
16 And king David came and sat before the Lord, and said: Who
am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou shouldst
give such things to me?
17 But even this hath seemed little in thy sight, and
therefore thou hast also spoken concerning the house of
thy servant for the time to come: and best made me
remarkable above all men, O Lord God.
18 What can David add more, seeing thou hast thus glorified
thy servant, and known him?
19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, according to thy own
heart, thou hast shewn all this magnificence, and wouldst
have all the great things to be known.
20 O Lord there is none like thee: and there is no other God
beside thee, of all whom we have heard of with our ears.
21 For what other nation is there upon earth like thy people
Israel, whom God went to deliver, and make a people for
himself, and by his greatness and terrors cast out nations
before their face whom he had delivered out of Egypt?
22 And thou hast made thy people Israel to be thy own people
for ever, and thou, O Lord, art become their God.
23 Now therefore, O Lord, let the word which thou hast spoken
to thy servant, and concerning his house, be established
for ever, and do as thou hast said.
24 And let thy name remain and be magnified for ever: and let
it be said: The Lord of hosts is God of Israel, and the
house of David his servant remaineth before him.
25 For thou, O Lord my God, hast revealed to the ear of thy
servant, that thou wilt build him a house: and therefore
thy servant hath found confidence to pray before thee.
26 And now O Lord, thou art God: and thou hast promised to
thy servant such great benefits.
27 And thou hast begun to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may be always before thee: for seeing thou
blessest it, O Lord, it shall be blessed for ever.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 18
1 And it came to pass after this, that David defeated the
Philistines, and humbled them, and took away Geth, and her
daughters out of the hands of the Philistines,
2 And he defeated Moab, and the Moabites were made David's
servants, and brought him gifts.
3 At that time David defeated also Adarezer king of Soba of
the land of Hemath, when he went to extend his dominions
as far as the river Euphrates.
4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven
thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and he
houghed all the chariot horses, only a hundred chariots,
which he reserved for himself.
5 And the Syrians of Damascus came also to help Adarezer
king of Soba: and David slew of them likewise two and
twenty thousand men.
6 And he put a garrison in Damascus, that Syria also should
serve him, and bring gifts. And the Lord assisted him in
all things to which he went.
7 And David took the golden quivers which the servants of
Adarezer had, and he brought them to Jerusalem.
8 Likewise out of Thebath and Chun, cities of Adarezer, he
brought very much brass, of which Solomon made the brazen
sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
9 Now when Thou king of Hemath heard that David had defeated
all the army of Adarezer king of Soba,
10 He sent Adoram his son to king David, to desire peace of
him, and to congratulate him that he had defeated and
overthrown Adarezer: for Thou was an enemy to Adarezer.
11 And all the vessels of gold, and silver, and brass king
David consecrated to the Lord, with the silver and gold
which he had taken from all the nations, as well from
Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, as from
the Philistines, and from Amalec.
12 And Abisai the son of Sarvia slew of the Edomites in the
vale of the saltpits, eighteen thousand:
13 And he put a garrison in Edom, that Edom should serve
David: and the Lord preserved David in all things to which
he went.
14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment
and justice among all his people.
15 And Joab the son of Sarvia was over the army, and Josaphat
the son of Ahilud recorder.
16 And Sadoc the son of Achitob, and Achimelech the son of
Abiathar, were the priests: and Susa, scribe.
17 And Banaias the son of Joiada was over the bands of the
Cerethi, and the Phelethi: and the sons of David were
chief about the king.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 19
1 Now it came to pass that Naas the king of the children of
Ammon died, and his son reigned is his stead.
2 And David said: I will shew kindness to Hanon the son of
Naas: for his father did a favour to me. And David sent
messengers to comfort him upon the death of his father.
But when they were come into the land of the children of
Ammon, to comfort Hanon,
3 The princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanon: Thou
thinkest perhaps that David to do honour to thy father
hath sent comforters to thee: and thou dost not take
notice, that his servants are come to thee to consider,
and search, and spy out thy land.
4 Wherefore Hanon shaved the heads and beards of the
servants of David, and cut away their garments from the
buttocks to the feet, and sent them away.
5 And when they were gone, they sent word to David, who sent
to meet them (for they had suffered a great affront) and
ordered them to stay at Jericho till their beards grew and
then to return.
6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had done an
injury to David, Hanon and the rest of the people sent a
thousand talents of silver, to hire them chariots and
horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria Maacha, and
out of Soba.
7 And they hired two and thirty thousand chariots, and the
king of Maacha, with his people. And they came and camped
over against Medaba. And the children of Ammon gathered
themselves together out of their cities, and came to
battle.
8 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army
of valiant men:
9 And the children of Ammon came out and put their army in
array before the gate of the city : and the kings, that
were come to their aid, stood apart in the field.
10 Wherefore Joab understanding that the battle was set
against him before and behind, chose out the bravest men
of all Israel, and marched against the Syrians,
11 And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of
Abisai his brother, and they went against the children of
Ammon.
12 And he said: If the Syrians be too strong for me, then
thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too
strong for thee, I will help thee.
13 Be of good courage and let us behave ourselves manfully
for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the
Lord will do that which is good in his sight.
14 So Joab and the people that were with him, went against
the Syrians to the battle : and he put them to flight.
15 And the children of Ammon seeing that the Syrians were
fled, they likewise fled from Abisai his brother, and went
into the city: and Joab also returned to Jerusalem.
16 But the Syrians seeing that they had fallen before Israel,
sent messengers, and brought to them the Syrians that were
beyond the river: and Sophach, general of the army of
Adarezer, was their leader.
17 And it was told David, and he gathered together all
Israel, and passed the Jordan, and came upon them, and put
his army in array against them, and they fought with him.
18 But the Syrian fled before Israel: and David slew of the
Syrians seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand
footmen, and Sophach the general of the army.
19 And when the servants of Adarezer saw themselves overcome
by Israel, they went over to David, and served him: and
Syria would not help the children of Ammon any more.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 20
1 And it came to pass after the course of a year, at the
time that kings go out to battle, Joab gathered together
an army and the strength of the troops, and wasted the
land of the children of Ammon: and went and besieged
Rabba. But David stayed at Jerusalem, when Joab smote
Rabba, and destroyed it.
2 And David took the crown of Melchom from his head, and
found in it a talent weight of gold, and most precious
stones, and he made himself a diadem of it: he took also
the spoils of the city which were very great.
3 And the people that were therein he brought out: and made
harrows, and sleds, and chariots of iron to go over them,
so that they were cut and bruised to pieces: in this
manner David dealt with all the cities of the children of
Ammon : and he returned with alibis people to Jerusalem.
4 After this there arose a war at Gazer against the
Philistines: in which Sabachai the Husathite slew Saphai
of the race of Raphaim, and humbled them.
5 Another battle also was fought against the Philistines, in
which Adeodatus the son of Saltus a Bethlehemite slew the
brother of Goliath the Gethite, the staff of whose spear
was like a weaver's beam.
6 There was another battle also in Geth, in which there was
a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four
and twenty, six on each hand and foot: who also was born
of the stock of Rapha.
7 He reviled Israel: but Jonathan the son of Samaa the
brother of David slew him. These were the sons of Rapha in
Geth, who fell by the hand of David and his servants.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 21
1 And Satan rose up against Israel: and moved David to
number Israel.
2 And David said to Joab, and to the rulers of the people:
Go, and number Israel from Bersabee even to Dan, and bring
me the number of them that I may know it.
3 And Joab answered: The Lord make his people a hundred
times more than they are : but, my lord the king, are they
not all thy servants: why doth my lord seek this thing,
which may be imputed as a sin to Israel?
4 But the king's word rather prevailed: and Joab departed,
and went through all Israel: and returned to Jerusalem.
5 And he gave David the number of them, whom he had
surveyed: and all the number of Israel was found to be
eleven hundred thousand men that drew the sword: and of
Juda four hundred and seventy thousand fighting men.
6 But Levi and Benjamin he did not number: for Joab
unwillingly executed the king's orders.
7 And God was displeased with this thing that was commanded:
and he struck Israel.
8 And David said to God: I have sinned exceedingly in doing
this: I beseech thee take away the iniquity of thy
servant, for I have done foolishly.
9 And the Lord spoke to Gad the seer of David, saying:
10 Go, and speak to David, and tell him: Thus saith the Lord:
I give thee the choice of three things: choose one which
thou wilt, and I will do it to thee.
11 And when Gad was come to David, he said to him: Thus saith
the Lord: choose which thou wilt:
12 Either three years' famine: or three months to flee from
thy enemies, and not to be able to escape their sword: or
three days to have the sword of the Lord, and pestilence
in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying in all
the coasts of Israel: now therefore see what I shall
answer him who sent me.
13 And David said to Gad: I am on every side in a great
strait: but it is better for me to fall into the hands of
the Lord, for his mercies are many, than into the hands of
men.
14 So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel. And there fell
of Israel seventy thousand men.
15 And he sent an angel to Jerusalem, to strike it: and as he
was striking it, the Lord beheld, and took pity for the
greatness of the evil: and said to the angel that
destroyed: It is enough, now stop thy hand. And the angel
of the Lord stood by the thrashing door of Ornan the
Jebusite.
16 And David lifting up his eyes, saw the angel of the Lord
standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in
his hand, turned against Jerusalem: and both he and the
ancients clothed in haircloth, fell down flat on the
ground.
17 And David said to God: Am not I he that commanded the
people to be numbered? It is I that have sinned: it is I
that have done the evil: but as for this flock, what hath
it deserved? O Lord my God, let thy hand be turned, I
beseech thee, upon me, and upon my father's house: and let
not thy people be destroyed.
18 And the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to tell David, to
go up, and build an altar to the Lord God in the
thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19 and David went up, according to the word of Gad, which he
spoke to him in the name of the Lord.
20 Now when Ornan looked up, and saw the angel, he and his
four sons hid themselves: for at that time he was
thrashing wheat in the floor.
21 And as David was coming to Ornan, Ornan saw him, and went
out of the thrashingfloor to meet him, and bowed down to
him with his face to the ground.
22 And David said to him: Give me this place of thy
thrashingfloor, that I may build therein an altar to the
Lord: but thou shalt take of me as much money as it is
worth, that the plague may cease from the people.
23 And Ornan said to David: Take it, and let my lord the king
do all that pleaseth him: and moreover the oxen also I
give for a holocaust, and the drays for wood, and the
wheat for the sacrifice: I will give it all willingly.
24 And king David said to him: It shall not be so, but I will
give thee money as much se it is worth: for I must not
take it from thee, and so offer to the Lord holocausts
free cost.
25 So David gave to Ornan for the place, six hundred sides of
gold of just weight.
26 And he built there an altar to the Lord: and he offered
holocausts, and peace offerings, and he called upon the
Lord, and he heard him by sending Are from heaven upon the
altar of the holocaust.
27 And the Lord commanded the angel: and he put up his sword
again into the sheath.
28 And David seeing that the Lord had heard him in the
thrashingfloor of Oman the Jebusite, forthwith offered
victims there.
29 But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the
desert, and the altar of holocausts, was at that time in
the high place of Gabaon.
30 And David could not go to the altar there to pray to God:
for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the
sword of the angel of the Lord.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 22
1 Then David said: This is the house of God, and this is the
altar for the holocaust of Israel.
2 And he commanded to gather together all the proselytes of
the land of Israel, and out of them he appointed
stonecutters to hew stones and polish them, to build the
house of God.
3 And David prepared in abundance iron for the nails of the
gates, and for the closures and joinings: and of brass an
immense weight.
4 And the cedar trees were without number, which the
Sidonians, and Tyrians brought to David.
5 And David said: Solomon my son is very young and tender,
and the house which I would have to be built to the Lord,
must be such as to be renowned in all countries: therefore
I will prepare him necessaries. And therefore before his
death he prepared all the charges.
6 And he called for Solomon his son: and commanded him to
build a house to the Lord the God of Israel.
7 And David said to Solomon: My son, it was my desire to
have built a house to the name of the Lord my God.
8 But the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Thou hast
shed much blood, and fought many battles, so thou canst
not build a house to my name, after shedding so much blood
before me:
9 The son, that shall be born to thee, shall be a most quiet
man: for I will make him rest from all his enemies round
about: and therefore he shall be called Peaceable: and I
will give peace and quietness to Israel all his days.
10 He shall build a house to my name, and he shall be a son
to me, and I will be a father to him: and I will establish
the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
11 Now then, my son, the Lord be with thee, and do thou
prosper, and build the house to the Lord thy God, as he
hath spoken of thee.
12 The Lord also give thee wisdom and understanding, that
thou mayest be able to rule Israel, and to keep the law of
the Lord thy God.
13 For then thou shalt be able to prosper, if thou keep the
commandments, and judgments, which the Lord commanded
Moses to teach Israel: take courage and act manfully, fear
not, nor be dismayed.
14 Behold I in my poverty have prepared the charges of the
house of the Lord, of gold a hundred thousand talents, and
of silver a million of talents: but of brass, and of iron
there is no weight, for the abundance surpasseth all
account: timber also and stones I have prepared for all
the charges.
15 Thou hast also workmen in abundance, hewers of stones, and
masons, and carpenters, and of all trades the most skilful
in their work,
16 In gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, whereof
there is no number. Arise then, and be doing, and the Lord
will be with thee.
17 David also charged all the princes of Israel, to help
Solomon his son,
18 Saying: You see, that the Lord your God is with you, and
hath given you rest round about, and hath delivered all
your enemies into your hands, and the land is subdued
before the Lord, and be- fore his people.
19 Give therefore your hearts and your souls, to seek the
Lord your God: and arise, and build a sanctuary to the
Lord God, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and
the vessels consecrated to the Lord, may be brought into
the house, which is built to the name of the Lord.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 23
1 And David being old and full of days, made Solomon his son
king over Israel.
2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and
the priests and Levites.
3 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty
years, and upwards: and there were found of them
thirty-eight thousand men.
4 Of these twenty-four thousand were chosen, and distributed
unto the ministry of the house of the Lord: and six
thousand were the overseers and judges.
5 Moreover four thousand were porters: and as many singers
singing to the Lord with the instruments, which he had
made to sing with.
6 And David distributed them into courses by the families of
the sons of Levi, to wit, of Gerson, and of Caath, and of
Merari.
7 The sons of Gerson were Leedan and Semei.
8 The sons of Leedan: the chief Jahiel, and Zethan, and
Joel, three.
9 The sons of Semei: Salomith, and Hosiel, and Aran, three:
these were the heads of the families of Leedan.
10 And the sons of Semei were Leheth, and Ziza, and Jaus, and
Baria: these were the sons of Semei, four.
11 And Leheth was the first, Ziza the second: but Jaus and
Baria had not many children, and therefore they were
counted in one family, and in one house.
12 The sons of Caath were Amram, and Isaar, Hebron, and
Oziel, four.
13 The sons of Amram, Aaron, and Moses. And Aaron was
separated to minister in the holy of holies, he and his
sons for ever, and to burn incense before the Lord,
according to his ceremonies, and to bless his name for
ever.
14 The sons also of Moses, the man of God, were numbered in
the tribe of Levi.
15 The sons of Moses were Gersom and Eliezer:
16 The sons of Gersom: Subuel the first.
17 And the sons of Eliezer were: Rohobia the first: and
Eliezer had no more sons. But the sons of Rohobia were
multiplied exceedingly.
18 The sons of Isaar: Salomith the first.
19 The sons of Hebron: Jeriau the first, Amarias the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jecmaam the fourth.
20 The sons of Oziel: Micha the first, Jesia the second.
21 The sons of Merari: Moholi, and Musi. The sons of Moholi:
Eleazar and Cia.
22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons but daughters: and the
sons of Cis their brethren took them.
23 The sons of Musi: Moholi, and Eder, and Jerimoth, three.
24 These are the sons of Levi in their kindreds and families,
princes by their courses, and the number of every head
that did the works of the ministry of the house of the
Lord from twenty years old and upward.
25 For David said: The Lord the God of Israel hath given rest
to his people, and a habitation in Jerusalem for ever.
26 And it shall not be the office of the Levites to carry any
more the tabernacle, and all the vessels for the service
thereof.
27 So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of
Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.
28 And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for
the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and
in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in
the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the
temple of the Lord.
29 And the priests have the charge of the leaves of
proposition, and of the sacrifice of fine flour, and of
the unleavened cakes, and of the fryingpan, and of the
roasting, and of every weight and measure.
30 And the Levites are to stand in the morning to give
thanks, and to sing praises to the Lord: and in like
manner in the evening,
31 As well in the oblation of the holocausts of the Lord, as
in the sabbaths and in the new moons, and the rest of the
solemnities, according to the number and ceremonies
prescribed for every thing, continually before the Lord.
32 And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the
covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the
charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may
minister in the house of the Lord.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 24
1 Now these were the divisions of the sons of Aaron: The
sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abiu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2 But Nadab and Abiu died before their father, and had no
children: so Eleazar, and Ithamar did the office of the
priesthood.
3 And David distributed them, that is, Sadoc of the sons of
Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according
to their courses and ministry.
4 And there were found many more of the sons of Eleazar
among the principal men, than of the sons of Ithamar. And
he divided them so, that there were of the sons of
Eleazar, sixteen chief men by their families: and of the
sons of Ithamar eight by their families and houses.
5 And he divided both the families one with the other by
lot: for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes
of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of
Ithamar.
6 And Semeias the son of Nathanael the scribe a Levite,
wrote them down before the king and the princes, and Sadoc
the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the
princes also of the priestly and Levitical families: one
house, which was over the rest, of Eleazar: and another
house, which had the rest under it, of Ithamar.
7 Now the first lot came forth to Joiarib, the second to
Jedei,
8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
9 The fifth to Melchia, the sixth to Maiman,
10 The seventh to Accos, the eighth to Abia,
11 The ninth to Jesua, the tenth to Sechenia,
12 The eleventh to Eliasib, the twelfth to Jacim,
13 The thirteenth to Hoppha, the fourteenth to Isbaab,
14 The fifteenth to Belga, the sixteenth to Emmer,
15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
16 The nineteenth to Pheteia, the twentieth to Hezechiel,
17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to
Gamul,
18 The three and twentieth to Dalaiau, the four and twentieth
to Maaziau.
19 These are their courses according to their ministries, to
come into the house of the Lord, and according to their
manner under the hand of Aaron their father: as the Lord
the God of Israel had commanded.
20 Now of the rest of the sons of Levi, there was of the sons
of Amram, Subael: and of the sons of Subael, Jehedeia.
21 Also of the sons of Rohobia the chief Jesias.
22 And the son of Isaar Salemoth, and the son of Salemoth
Jahath:
23 And his son Jeriau the first, Amarias the second, Jahaziel
the third, Jecmaan the fourth.
24 The son of Oziel, Micha: the son of Micha, Samir.
25 The brother of Micha, Jesia: and the son of Jesia,
Zacharias.
26 The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi: the son of Oziau:
Benno.
27 The son also of Merari: Oziau, and Seam, and Zacchur, and
Hebri.
28 And the son of Moholi: Eleazar, who had no sons.
29 And the son of Cis, Jeramael.
30 The sons of Musi: Moholi, Eder, and Jerimoth. These are
the sons of Levi according to the houses of their
families.
31 And they also cast lots over against their brethren the
sons of Aaron before David the king, and Sadoc, and
Ahimelech, and the princes of the priestly and Levitical
families, both the elder and the younger. The lot divided
all equally.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 25
1 Moreover David and the chief .officers of the army
separated for the ministry the sons of Asaph, and of
Heman, and of Idithun : to prophesy with harps, and with
psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number
serving in their appointed office.
2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zacchur, and Joseph, and Nathania,
and Asarela, sons of Asaph: under the hand of Asaph
prophesying near the king.
3 And of Idithun: the sons of Idithun, Godolias, Serf,
Jeseias, and Hasabias, and Mathathias, six, under the hand
of their father Idithun, who prophesied with a harp to
give thanks and to praise the Lord.
4 Of Heman also: the sons of Heman, Bocciau, Mathaniau,
Oziel, Subuel, and Jerimoth, Hananias, Hanani, Eliatha,
Geddelthi, and Romemthiezer, and Jesbacassa, Mellothi,
Othir, Mahazioth:
5 All these were the sons of Heman the seer of the king in
the words of God, to lift up the horn: and God gave to
Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these under their father's hand were distributed to
sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals, and
psalteries and harps, for the service of the house of the
Lord near the king: to wit, Asaph, and Idithun, and Heman.
7 And the number of them with their brethren, that taught
the song of the Lord, all the teachers, were two hundred
and eighty-eight,
8 And they cast lots by their courses, the elder equally
with the younger, the learned and the unlearned together.
9 And the first lot came forth to Joseph, who was of Asaph.
The second to Godolias, to him and his sons, and his
brethren twelve.
10 The third to Zachur, to his sons and his brethren twelve.
11 The fourth to Isari, to his sons and his brethren twelve.
12 The fifth to Nathania, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
13 The sixth to Bocciau, to his sons and his brethren twelve.
14 The seventh to Isreela, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
15 The eighth to Jesaia, to his sons and his brethren twelve.
16 The ninth to Mathanaias, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
17 The tenth to Semeias, to his sons and his brethren twelve.
18 The eleventh to Azareel, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
19 The twelfth to Hasabia, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
20 The thirteenth to Subael, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
21 The fourteenth to Mathathias, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
22 The fifteenth to Jerimoth, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
23 The sixteenth to Hananias, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
24 The seventeenth to Jesbacassa, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.
25 The eighteenth to Hanani, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
26 The nineteenth to Mellothi, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
27 The twentieth to Eliatha, to his sons and his brethren
twelve.
28 The one and twentieth to Othir, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.
29 The two and twentieth to Geddelthi, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.
30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, to his sons and his
brethren twelve.
31 The four and twentieth to Romemthiezer, to his sons and
his brethren twelve.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 26
1 And the divisions of the porters: of the Corites
Meselemia, the son of Core, of the sons of Asaph.
2 The sons of Meselemia: Zacharias the firstborn, Jadihel
the second, Zabadias the third, Jathanael the fourth,
3 Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4 And the sons of Obededom, Semeias the firstborn, Jozabad
the second, Joaha the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael
the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phollathi the
eighth: for the Lord had blessed him.
6 And to Semei his son were born sons, herds of their
families: for they were men of great valour.
7 The sons then of Semeias were Othni, and Raphael, and
Obed, Elizabad, and his brethren most valiant men: and
Eliu, and Samachias.
8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they, and their sons,
and their brethren most able men for service, sixty-two of
Obededom.
9 And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren strong men,
were eighteen.
10 And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of Merari: Semri the
chief, (for he had not a firstborn, and therefore his
father made him chief.)
11 Helcias the second, Tabelias the third, Zacharias the
fourth: all these the sons, and the brethren of Hosa, were
thirteen.
12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the
chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always
ministered in the house of the Lord.
13 And they cast lots equally, both little and great, by
their families for every one of the gates.
14 And the lot of the east fell to Selemias. But to his son
Zacharias, a very wise and learned man, the north gate
fell by lot.
15 And to Obededom and his sons that towards the south: in
which part of the house was the council of the ancients.
16 To Sephim, and Hosa towards the west, by the gate which
leadeth to the way of the ascent: ward against ward.
17 Now towards the east were six Levites: and towards the
north four a day: and towards the south likewise four a
day: and where the council was, two and two.
18 In the cells also of the porters toward the west four in
the way: and two at every cell.
19 These are the divisions of the porters of the sons of
Core, and of Merari.
20 Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and
the holy vessels.
21 The sons of Ledan, the sons of Gersonni: of Ledan were
heads of the families, of Ledan, and Gersonni, Jehieli.
22 The sons of Jehieli: Zathan and Joel, his brethren over
the treasures of the house of the Lord,
23 With the Amramites, and Isaarites, and Hebronites, and
Ozielites.
24 And Subael the son of Gersom, the son of Moses, was chief
over the treasures.
25 His brethren also, Eliezer, whose son Rohobia, and his son
Isaias, and his son Joram, and his son Zechri, and his son
Selemith.
26 Which Selemith and his brethren were over the treasures of
the holy things, which king David, and the heads of
families, and the captains over thousands and over
hundreds, and the captains of the host had dedicated,
27 Out of the wars, and the spoils won in battles, which they
had consecrated to the building and furniture of the
temple of the Lord.
28 And all these things that Samuel the seer and Saul the son
of Cis, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of
Sarvia had sanctified: and whosoever had sanctified those
things, they were under the hand of Selemith and his
brethren.
29 But Chonenias and his sons were over the Isaarites, for
the business abroad over Israel to teach them and judge
them.
30 And of the Hebronites Hasabias, and his brethren most able
men, a thousand seven hundred had the charge over Israel
beyond the Jordan westward, in all the works of the Lord,
and for the service of the king.
31 And the chief of the Hebronites was Jeria according to
their families and kindreds. In the fortieth year of the
reign of David they were numbered, and there were found
most valiant men in Jazer Galaad,
32 And his brethren of stronger age, two thousand seven
hundred chiefs of families. And king David made them
rulers over the Rubenites and the Gadites, and the half
tribe of Manasses, for all the service of God, and the
king.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 27
1 Now the children of Israel according to their number, the
heads of families, captains of thousands and of hundreds,
and officers, that served the king according to their
companies, who came in and went out every month in the
year, under every chief were four and twenty thousand.
2 Over the first company the first month Jesboam, the son of
Zabdiel was chief, and under him were four and twenty
thousand.
3 Of the sons of Phares, the chief of all the captains in
the host in the first month.
4 The company of the second month was under Dudia, an
Ahohite, and after him was another named Macelloth, who
commanded a part of the army of four and twenty thousand.
5 And the captain of the third company for the third month,
was Banaias the son of Joiada the priest: and in his
division were four and twenty thousand.
6 This is that Banaias the most valiant among the thirty,
and above the thirty. And Amizabad his son commanded his
company.
7 The fourth, for the fourth month, was Asahel the brother
of Joab, and Zabadias his son after him: and in his
company were four and twenty thousand.
8 The fifth captain for the fifth month, was Samaoth a
Jezerite: and his company were four and twenty thousand.
9 The sixth, for the sixth month, was Hira the son of Acces
a Thecuite: and in his company were four and twenty
thousand.
10 The seventh, for the seventh month, was Helles a
Phallonite of the sons of Ephraim: and in his company were
four and twenty thousand.
11 The eighth, for the eighth month, was Sobochai a Husathite
of the race of Zarahi: and in his company were four and
twenty thousand.
12 The ninth, for the ninth month, was Abiezer an Anathothite
of the sons of Jemini, and in His company were four and
twenty thousand.
13 The tenth, for the tenth month, was Marai, who was a
Netophathite of the race of Zarai: and in his company were
four and twenty thousand.
14 The eleventh, for the eleventh month, was Banaias, a
Pharathonite of the sons of Ephraim: and in his company
were four and twenty thousand.
15 The twelfth, for the twelfth month, was Holdai a
Netophathite, of the race of Gothoniel: and in his company
were four and twenty thousand.
16 Now the chiefs over the tribes of Israel were these: over
the Rubenites, Eliezer the son of Zechri was ruler: over
the Simeonites, Saphatias the son of Maacha :
17 Over the Levites, Hasabias the son of Camuel: over the
Aaronites, Sadoc:
18 Over Juda, Eliu the brother of David: over Issachar, Amri
the son of Michael:
19 Over the Zabulonites, Jesmaias the son of Adias : over the
Nephtalites, Jerimoth the son of Ozriel:
20 Over the sons of Ephraim, Osee the: son of Ozaziu: over
the half tribe of Manasses, Joel the son of Phadaia:
21 And over the half tribe of Manasses: in Galaad, Jaddo the
son of Zacharias: and over Benjamin, Jasiel the son of
Abner.
22 And over Dan, Ezrihel the son of Jeroham: these were the
princes of the children of Israel.
23 But David would not number them from twenty years old and
under: because the Lord had said that he would multiply
Israel like the stars of heaven.
24 Joab the son of Sarvia began to number, but he finished
not: because upon this there fell wrath upon Israel: and
therefore the number of them that were numbered, was not
registered in the chronicles of king David.
25 And over the king's treasures was Azmoth the son of Adiel:
and over those stores which were in the cities, and is the
villages, and in the castles, was Jonathan the son of
Ozias.
26 And over the tillage, and the husbandmen, who tilled the
ground, was Ezri the son of Chelub:
27 And over the dressers of the vineyards, was Semeias a
Romathite: and over the wine cellars, Zabdias an Aphonite.
28 And over the oliveyards and the fig groves, which were in
the plains, was Balanam a Gederite: and over the oil
cellars, Joas.
29 And over the herds that fed in Saron, was Setrai a
Saronite: and over the. oxen in the valleys, Saphat the
son of Adli:
30 And over the camels, Ubil an Ishmahelite: and over the
asses, Jadias a Meronathite:
31 And over the sheep Jazia an Agarene. All these were the
rulers of the substance of king David.
32 And Jonathan David's uncle, a counsellor, a wise and
learned man: he and Jahiel the son of Hachamoni were with
the king's sons.
33 And Achitophel was the king's counsellor, and Chusai the
Arachite, the king's friend.
34 And after Achitophel was Joiada the son of Banaias, and
Abiathar. And the general of the king's army was Joab.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 28
1 And David assembled all the chief men of Israel, the
princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies,
who waited on the king: and the captains over thousands,
and over hundreds, and them who had the charge over the
substance and possessions of the king, and his sons with
the officers of the court, and the men of power, and all
the bravest of the army at Jerusalem.
2 And the king rising up, and standing said: Hear me, my
brethren and my people: I had a thought to have built a
house, in which the ark of the Lord, and the footstool of
our God might rest: and I prepared all things for the
building.
3 And God said to me: Thou shalt not build a house to my
name: because thou art a man of war, and hast shed blood.
4 But the Lord God of Israel chose me of all the house of my
father, to be king over Israel for ever: for of Juda he
chose the princes: and of the house of Juda, my father's
house: and among the sons of my father, it pleased him to
choose me king over all Israel.
5 And among my sons (for the Lord hath given me many sons)
he hath chosen Solomon my son, to sit upon the throne of
the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
6 And he said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house,
and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I
will be a father to him.
7 And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he continue
to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day.
8 Now then before all the assembly of Israel, in the hearing
of our God, keep ye, and seek all the commandments of the
Lord our God: that you may possess the good land, and may
leave it to your children after you for ever.
9 And thou my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and
serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind: "for
the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under- standeth all the
thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him:
but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
10 Now therefore seeing the Lord hath chosen thee to build
the house of the sanctuary, take courage, and do it.
11 And David gave to Solomon his son a description of the
porch, and of the temple, and of the treasures, and of the
upper floor, and of the inner chambers, and of the house
for the mercy seat,
12 As also of all the courts, which he had in his thought,
and of the chambers round about, for the treasures of the
house of the Lord, and for the treasures of the
consecrated things,
13 And of the divisions of the priests and of the Levites,
for all the works of the house of the Lord, and for all
the vessels of the service of the temple of the Lord.
14 Gold by weight for every vessel for the ministry. And
silver by weight ac- cording to the diversity of the
vessels and uses.
15 He gave also gold for the golden candlesticks, and their
lamps, according to the dimensions of every candlestick,
and the lamps thereof. In like manner also he gave silver
by weight for the silver candlesticks, and for their lamps
according to the diversity of the dimensions of them.
16 He gave also gold for the tables of proposition, according
to the diversity of the tables: in like manner also silver
for other tables of silver.
17 For fleshhooks also, and bowls, and censers of fine gold,
and for little lions of gold, according to the measure he
gave by weight, for every lion. In like manner also for
lions of silver he set aside a different weight of silver.
18 And for the altar of incense, he gave the purest gold: and
to make the likeness of the chariot of the cherubims
spreading their wings, and covering the ark of the
covenant of the Lord.
19 All these things, said he, came to me written by the hand
of the Lord that I might understand all the works of the
pattern.
20 And David said to Solomon his son: Act like a man, and
take courage, and do: fear not, and be not dismayed: for
the Lord my God will be with thee, and will not leave
thee, nor forsake thee, till thou hast finished all the
work for the service of the house of the Lord.
21 Behold the courses of the priests and the Levites, for
every ministry of the house of the Lord, stand by thee,
and are ready, and both the princes, and the people know
how to execute all thy commandments.
The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapter 29
1 And king David said to all the assembly: Solomon my son,
whom alone God hath chosen, is as yet young and tender:
and the work is great, for a house is prepared not for
man, but for God.
2 And I with all my ability have prepared the expenses for
the house of my God. Gold for vessels of gold, and silver
for vessels of silver, brass for things of brass, iron for
things of iron, wood for things of wood: and onyx stones,
and stones like alabaster, and of divers colours, and all
manner of precious stones, and marble of Paros in great
abundance.
3 Now over and above the things which I have offered into
the house of my God I give of my own proper goods, gold
and silver for the temple of my God, beside what things I
have prepared for the holy house.
4 Three thousand talents of gold of the gold of Ophir: and
seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the
walls of the temple.
5 And gold for wheresoever there is need of gold: and silver
for wheresoever there is need of silver, for the works to
be made by the hands of the artificers: now if any man is
willing to offer, let him fill his hand to day, and offer
what he pleaseth to the Lord.
6 Then the heads of the families, and the princes of the
tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands, and of
hundreds, and the overseers of the king's possessions
promised,
7 And they gave for the works of the house of the Lord, of
gold, five thousand talents, and ten thousand solids: of
silver ten thousand talents: and of brass eighteen
thousand talents: and of iron a hundred thousand talents.
8 And all they that had stones, gave them to the treasures
of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Jahiel the
Gersonite.
9 And the people rejoiced, when they promised their
offerings willingly: because they offered them to the Lord
with all their heart: and David the king rejoiced also
with a great joy.
10 And he blessed the Lord before all the multitude, and he
said: Blessed art thou, O Lord the God of Israel, our
father from eternity to eternity.
11 Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and power, and glory, and
victory: and to thee is praise: for all that is in heaven,
and in earth, is thine: thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and
thou art above all princes.
12 Thine are riches, and thine is glory, thou hast dominion
over all, in thy hand is power and might: in thy hand
greatness, and the empire of all things.
13 Now therefore our God we give thanks to thee, and we
praise thy glorious name.
14 Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to
promise thee all these things? all things are thine: and
we have given thee what we received of thy hand.
15 For we are sojourners before thee, and strangers, as were
all our fathers. Our days upon earth are as a shadow, and
there is no stay.
16 O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to
build thee a house for thy holy name, is from thy hand,
and all things are thine.
17 I know my God that thou provest hearts, and lovest
simplicity, wherefore I also in the simplicity of my
heart, have joyfully offered all these things: and I have
seen with great joy thy people, which are here present,
offer thee their offerings.
18 O Lord God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel our
fathers, keep for ever this will of their heart, and let
this mind remain always for the worship of thee.
19 And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, that he may
keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy
ceremonies, and do all things: and build the house, for
which I have provided the charges.
20 And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord
our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of
their fathers: and they bowed themselves and worshipped
God, and then the king.
21 And they sacrificed victims to the Lord: and they offered
holocausts the next day, a thousand bullocks, a thousand
rams, a thousand lambs, with their libations, and with
every thing prescribed most abundantly for all Israel.
22 And they ate, and drank before the Lord that day with
great joy. And they anointed the second time Solomon the
son of David. And they anointed him to the Lord to be
prince, end Sadoc to be high priest.
23 And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead
of David his father, and he pleased all: and all Israel
obeyed him.
24 And all the princes, and men of power, and all the sons of
king David gave their hand, and were subject to Solomon
the king.
25 And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel: and gave
him the glory of a reign, such as no king of Israel had
before him.
26 So David the son of Isai reigned over all Israel.
27 And the days that he reigned over Israel, were forty
years: in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem
three and thirty years.
28 And he died in a good age, full of days, and riches, and
glory. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29 Now the acts of king David first and last are written in
the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the
prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer:
30 And of all his reign, and his valour, and of the times
that passed under him, either in Israel, or in all the
kingdoms of the countries.
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