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20:1 And it came to pass, that after the
year was expired, at the time
that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth
the power of the army, and
wasted the country of the children of Ammon,
and came and besieged
Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And
Joab smote Rabbah, and
destroyed it.
20:2 And David took the crown of their king
from off his head, and
found it to weigh a talent of gold, and
there were precious stones in
it; and it was set upon David's head: and he
brought also exceeding
much spoil out of the city.
20:3 And he brought out the people that were
in it, and cut them with
saws, and with harrows of iron, and with
axes. Even so dealt David
with all the cities of the children of Ammon.
And David and all the
people returned to Jerusalem.
20:4 And it came to pass after this, that
there arose war at Gezer
with the Philistines; at which time
Sibbechai the Hushathite slew
Sippai, that was of the children of the
giant: and they were subdued.
20:5 And there was war again with the
Philistines; and Elhanan the son
of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath
the Gittite, whose spear
staff was like a weaver's beam.
20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath,
where was a man of great
stature, whose fingers and toes were four
and twenty, six on each
hand, and six on each foot and he also was
the son of the giant.
20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the
son of Shimea David's
brother slew him.
20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath;
and they fell by the hand
of David, and by the hand of his servants.
21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and
provoked David to number
Israel.
21:2 And David said to Joab and to the
rulers of the people, Go,
number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan;
and bring the number of them
to me, that I may know it.
21:3 And Joab answered, The LORD make his
people an hundred times so
many more as they be: but, my lord the king,
are they not all my
lord's servants? why then doth my lord
require this thing? why will
he be a cause of trespass to Israel? 21:4
Nevertheless the king's
word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab
departed, and went
throughout all Israel, and came to
Jerusalem.
21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of
the people unto David. And
all they of Israel were a thousand thousand
and an hundred thousand
men that drew sword: and Judah was four
hundred threescore and ten
thousand men that drew sword.
21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not
among them: for the king's
word was abominable to Joab.
21:7 And God was displeased with this thing;
therefore he smote
Israel.
21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned
greatly, because I have
done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do
away the iniquity of thy
servant; for I have done very foolishly.
21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's
seer, saying, 21:10 Go and
tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I
offer thee three things:
choose thee one of them, that I may do it
unto thee.
21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto
him, Thus saith the LORD,
Choose thee 21:12 Either three years'
famine; or three months to be
destroyed before thy foes, while that the
sword of thine enemies
overtaketh thee; or else three days the
sword of the LORD, even the
pestilence, in the land, and the angel of
the LORD destroying
throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now
therefore advise thyself what
word I shall bring again to him that sent
me.
21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a
great strait: let me fall now
into the hand of the LORD; for very great
are his mercies: but let me
not fall into the hand of man.
21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon
Israel: and there fell of
Israel seventy thousand men.
21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem
to destroy it: and as he
was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he
repented him of the evil, and
said to the angel that destroyed, It is
enough, stay now thine hand.
And the angel of the LORD stood by the
threshingfloor of Ornan the
Jebusite.
21:16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw
the angel of the LORD
stand between the earth and the heaven,
having a drawn sword in his
hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then
David and the elders of
Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell
upon their faces.
21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not I
that commanded the people
to be numbered? even I it is that have
sinned and done evil indeed;
but as for these sheep, what have they done?
let thine hand, I pray
thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my
father's house; but not on
thy people, that they should be plagued.
21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded
Gad to say to David, that
David should go up, and set up an altar unto
the LORD in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
21:19 And David went up at the saying of
Gad, which he spake in the
name of the LORD.
21:20 And Ornan turned back, and saw the
angel; and his four sons with
him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing
wheat.
21:21 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan
looked and saw David, and went
out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself
to David with his face to
the ground.
21:22 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the
place of this
threshingfloor, that I may build an altar
therein unto the LORD: thou
shalt grant it me for the full price: that
the plague may be stayed
from the people.
21:23 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to
thee, and let my lord the
king do that which is good in his eyes: lo,
I give thee the oxen also
for burnt offerings, and the threshing
instruments for wood, and the
wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
21:24 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but
I will verily buy it for
the full price: for I will not take that
which is thine for the LORD,
nor offer burnt offerings without cost.
21:25 So David gave to Ornan for the place
six hundred shekels of gold
by weight.
21:26 And David built there an altar unto
the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings, and called
upon the LORD; and he
answered him from heaven by fire upon the
altar of burnt offering.
21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel; and
he put up his sword again
into the sheath thereof.
21:28 At that time when David saw that the
LORD had answered him in
the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite,
then he sacrificed there.
21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which
Moses made in the
wilderness, and the altar of the burnt
offering, were at that season
in the high place at Gibeon.
21:30 But David could not go before it to
enquire of God: for he was
afraid because of the sword of the angel of
the LORD.
22:1 Then David said, This is the house of
the LORD God, and this is
the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
22:2 And David commanded to gather together
the strangers that were in
the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew
wrought stones to build
the house of God.
22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance
for the nails for the doors
of the gates, and for the joinings; and
brass in abundance without
weight; 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance:
for the Zidonians and they
of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
22:5 And David said, Solomon my son is young
and tender, and the house
that is to be builded for the LORD must be
exceeding magnifical, of
fame and of glory throughout all countries:
I will therefore now make
preparation for it. So David prepared
abundantly before his death.
22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and
charged him to build an
house for the LORD God of Israel.
22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as
for me, it was in my mind
to build an house unto the name of the LORD
my God: 22:8 But the word
of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast
shed blood abundantly, and
hast made great wars: thou shalt not build
an house unto my name,
because thou hast shed much blood upon the
earth in my sight.
22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee,
who shall be a man of rest;
and I will give him rest from all his
enemies round about: for his
name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace
and quietness unto Israel
in his days.
22:10 He shall build an house for my name;
and he shall be my son, and
I will be his father; and I will establish
the throne of his kingdom
over Israel for ever.
22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee;
and prosper thou, and build
the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath
said of thee.
22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and
understanding, and give thee
charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest
keep the law of the LORD
thy God.
22:13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou
takest heed to fulfil the
statutes and judgments which the LORD
charged Moses with concerning
Israel: be strong, and of good courage;
dread not, nor be dismayed.
22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have
prepared for the house of the
LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold,
and a thousand thousand
talents of silver; and of brass and iron
without weight; for it is in
abundance: timber also and stone have I
prepared; and thou mayest add
thereto.
22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee
in abundance, hewers and
workers of stone and timber, and all manner
of cunning men for every
manner of work.
22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the
brass, and the iron, there is
no number. Arise therefore, and be doing,
and the LORD be with thee.
22:17 David also commanded all the princes
of Israel to help Solomon
his son, saying, 22:18 Is not the LORD your
God with you? and hath he
not given you rest on every side? for he
hath given the inhabitants of
the land into mine hand; and the land is
subdued before the LORD, and
before his people.
22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to
seek the LORD your God;
arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary
of the LORD God, to bring
the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the
holy vessels of God, into
the house that is to be built to the name of
the LORD.
23:1 So when David was old and full of days,
he made Solomon his son
king over Israel.
23:2 And he gathered together all the
princes of Israel, with the
priests and the Levites.
23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the
age of thirty years and
upward: and their number by their polls, man
by man, was thirty and
eight thousand.
23:4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were
to set forward the work
of the house of the LORD; and six thousand
were officers and judges:
23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters;
and four thousand praised
the LORD with the instruments which I made,
said David, to praise
therewith.
23:6 And David divided them into courses
among the sons of Levi,
namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
23:7 Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and
Shimei.
23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was
Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel,
three.
23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and
Haziel, and Haran, three.
These were the chief of the fathers of
Laadan.
23:10 And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath,
Zina, and Jeush, and
Beriah.
These four were the sons of Shimei.
23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah
the second: but Jeush and
Beriah had not many sons; therefore they
were in one reckoning,
according to their father's house.
23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar,
Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses:
and Aaron was separated,
that he should sanctify the most holy
things, he and his sons for
ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to
minister unto him, and to
bless in his name for ever.
23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God,
his sons were named of the
tribe of Levi.
23:15 The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and
Eliezer.
23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was
the chief.
23:17 And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah
the chief. And Eliezer
had none other sons; but the sons of
Rehabiah were very many.
23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the
chief.
23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the
first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first
and Jesiah the second.
23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi.
The sons of Mahli;
Eleazar, and Kish.
23:22 And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but
daughters: and their
brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder,
and Jeremoth, three.
23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the
house of their fathers;
even the chief of the fathers, as they were
counted by number of names
by their polls, that did the work for the
service of the house of the
LORD, from the age of twenty years and
upward.
23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel
hath given rest unto his
people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for
ever: 23:26 And also unto
the Levites; they shall no more carry the
tabernacle, nor any vessels
of it for the service thereof.
23:27 For by the last words of David the
Levites were numbered from
twenty years old and above: 23:28 Because
their office was to wait on
the sons of Aaron for the service of the
house of the LORD, in the
courts, and in the chambers, and in the
purifying of all holy things,
and the work of the service of the house of
God; 23:29 Both for the
shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat
offering, and for the
unleavened cakes, and for that which is
baked in the pan, and for that
which is fried, and for all manner of
measure and size; 23:30 And to
stand every morning to thank and praise the
LORD, and likewise at
even: 23:31 And to offer all burnt
sacrifices unto the LORD in the
sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set
feasts, by number,
according to the order commanded unto them,
continually before the
LORD: 23:32 And that they should keep the
charge of the tabernacle of
the congregation, and the charge of the holy
place, and the charge of
the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the
service of the house of the
LORD.
24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons
of Aaron. The sons of
Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and
Ithamar.
24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their
father, and had no
children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar
executed the priest's office.
24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok
of the sons of Eleazar,
and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar,
according to their offices in
their service.
24:4 And there were more chief men found of
the sons of Eleazar than
of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they
divided. Among the sons of
Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the
house of their fathers,
and eight among the sons of Ithamar
according to the house of their
fathers.
24:5 Thus were they divided by lot, one sort
with another; for the
governors of the sanctuary, and governors of
the house of God, were of
the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of
Ithamar.
24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the
scribe, one of the Levites,
wrote them before the king, and the princes,
and Zadok the priest, and
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before
the chief of the fathers of
the priests and Levites: one principal
household being taken for
Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
24:7 Now the first lot came forth to
Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to
Seorim, 24:9 The fifth to
Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 24:10 The
seventh to Hakkoz, the
eighth to Abijah, 24:11 The ninth to
Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,
24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth
to Jakim, 24:13 The
thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to
Jeshebeab, 24:14 The fifteenth
to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 24:15 The
seventeenth to Hezir, the
eighteenth to Aphses, 24:16 The nineteenth
to Pethahiah, the twentieth
to Jehezekel, 24:17 The one and twentieth to
Jachin, the two and
twentieth to Gamul, 24:18 The three and
twentieth to Delaiah, the four
and twentieth to Maaziah.
24:19 These were the orderings of them in
their service to come into
the house of the LORD, according to their
manner, under Aaron their
father, as the LORD God of Israel had
commanded him.
24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were
these: Of the sons of
Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael;
Jehdeiah.
24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of
Rehabiah, the first was
Isshiah.
24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the
sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the
first, Amariah the second,
Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the
sons of Michah; Shamir.
24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of
the sons of Isshiah;
Zechariah.
24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and
Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah;
Beno.
24:27 The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno,
and Shoham, and Zaccur, and
Ibri.
24:28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no
sons.
24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was
Jerahmeel.
24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and
Eder, and Jerimoth. These
were the sons of the Levites after the house
of their fathers.
24:31 These likewise cast lots over against
their brethren the sons of
Aaron in the presence of David the king, and
Zadok, and Ahimelech, and
the chief of the fathers of the priests and
Levites, even the
principal fathers over against their younger
brethren.
25:1 Moreover David and the captains of the
host separated to the
service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman,
and of Jeduthun, who
should prophesy with harps, with psalteries,
and with cymbals: and the
number of the workmen according to their
service was: 25:2 Of the sons
of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah,
and Asarelah, the sons of
Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which
prophesied according to the
order of the king.
25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun;
Gedaliah, and Zeri, and
Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six,
under the hands of their
father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp,
to give thanks and to
praise the LORD.
25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah,
Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel,
and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah,
Giddalti, and Romamtiezer,
Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and
Mahazioth: 25:5 All these were the
sons of Heman the king's seer in the words
of God, to lift up the
horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons
and three daughters.
25:6 All these were under the hands of their
father for song in the
house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries,
and harps, for the
service of the house of God, according to
the king's order to Asaph,
Jeduthun, and Heman.
25:7 So the number of them, with their
brethren that were instructed
in the songs of the LORD, even all that were
cunning, was two hundred
fourscore and eight.
25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward,
as well the small as the
great, the teacher as the scholar.
25:9 Now the first lot came forth for Asaph
to Joseph: the second to
Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons
were twelve: 25:10 The third
to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve: 25:11 The
fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve: 25:12 The
fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve: 25:13
The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he,
his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve: 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah,
he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve: 25:17 The tenth to
Shimei, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve: 25:18 The
eleventh to Azareel, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:19
The twelfth to Hashabiah,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:20 The thirteenth to
Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve: 25:21 The
fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve:
25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were
twelve: 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he,
his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve: 25:24 The seventeenth
to Joshbekashah, he, his
sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25:25
The eighteenth to Hanani,
he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:
25:26 The nineteenth to
Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve: 25:27 The
twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
25:28 The one and twentieth to Hothir, he,
his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve: 25:29 The two and twentieth to
Giddalti, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were twelve: 25:30 The
three and twentieth to
Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve: 25:31 The four
and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons,
and his brethren, were
twelve.
26:1 Concerning the divisions of the
porters: Of the Korhites was
Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of
Asaph.
26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were,
Zechariah the firstborn,
Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third,
Jathniel the fourth, 26:3 Elam
the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the
seventh.
26:4 Moreover the sons of Obededom were,
Shemaiah the firstborn,
Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and
Sacar the fourth, and
Nethaneel the fifth.
26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh,
Peulthai the eighth: for
God blessed him.
26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons
born, that ruled throughout
the house of their father: for they were
mighty men of valour.
26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and
Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad,
whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and
Semachiah.
26:8 All these of the sons of Obededom: they
and their sons and their
brethren, able men for strength for the
service, were threescore and
two of Obededom.
26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren,
strong men, eighteen.
26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari,
had sons; Simri the
chief, (for though he was not the firstborn,
yet his father made him
the chief;) 26:11 Hilkiah the second,
Tebaliah the third, Zechariah
the fourth: all the sons and brethren of
Hosah were thirteen.
26:12 Among these were the divisions of the
porters, even among the
chief men, having wards one against another,
to minister in the house
of the LORD.
26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small
as the great, according to
the house of their fathers, for every gate.
26:14 And the lot eastward fell to
Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his
son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and
his lot came out
northward.
26:15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons
the house of Asuppim.
26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came
forth westward, with the gate
Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going
up, ward against ward.
26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward
four a day, southward four
a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the
causeway, and two at Parbar.
26:19 These are the divisions of the porters
among the sons of Kore,
and among the sons of Merari.
26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over
the treasures of the house
of God, and over the treasures of the
dedicated things.
26:21 As concerning the sons of Laadan; the
sons of the Gershonite
Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the
Gershonite, were Jehieli.
26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel
his brother, which were
over the treasures of the house of the LORD.
26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites,
the Hebronites, and the
Uzzielites: 26:24 And Shebuel the son of
Gershom, the son of Moses,
was ruler of the treasures.
26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah
his son, and Jeshaiah his
son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son,
and Shelomith his son.
26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were
over all the treasures of
the dedicated things, which David the king,
and the chief fathers, the
captains over thousands and hundreds, and
the captains of the host,
had dedicated.
26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did
they dedicate to maintain
the house of the LORD.
26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul
the son of Kish, and
Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of
Zeruiah, had dedicated; and
whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was
under the hand of Shelomith,
and of his brethren.
26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his
sons were for the outward
business over Israel, for officers and
judges.
26:30 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and
his brethren, men of
valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were
officers among them of
Israel on this side Jordan westward in all
the business of the LORD,
and in the service of the king.
26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the
chief, even among the
Hebronites, according to the generations of
his fathers. In the
fortieth year of the reign of David they
were sought for, and there
were found among them mighty men of valour
at Jazer of Gilead.
26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were
two thousand and seven
hundred chief fathers, whom king David made
rulers over the
Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe
of Manasseh, for every
matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the
king.
27:1 Now the children of Israel after their
number, to wit, the chief
fathers and captains of thousands and
hundreds, and their officers
that served the king in any matter of the
courses, which came in and
went out month by month throughout all the
months of the year, of
every course were twenty and four thousand.
27:2 Over the first course for the first
month was Jashobeam the son
of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand.
27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief
of all the captains of the
host for the first month.
27:4 And over the course of the second month
was Dodai an Ahohite, and
of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in
his course likewise were
twenty and four thousand.
27:5 The third captain of the host for the
third month was Benaiah the
son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his
course were twenty and
four thousand.
27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty
among the thirty, and above
the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad
his son.
27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month
was Asahel the brother of
Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in
his course were twenty
and four thousand.
27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month
was Shamhuth the Izrahite:
and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month
was Ira the son of Ikkesh
the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty
and four thousand.
27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh
month was Helez the
Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in
his course were twenty
and four thousand.
27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth
month was Sibbecai the
Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his
course were twenty and four
thousand.
27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month
was Abiezer the
Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his
course were twenty and four
thousand.
27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month
was Maharai the
Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his
course were twenty and four
thousand.
27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh
month was Benaiah the
Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and
in his course were twenty
and four thousand.
27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth
month was Heldai the
Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course
were twenty and four
thousand.
27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel:
the ruler of the
Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of
the Simeonites,
Shephatiah the son of Maachah: 27:17 Of the
Levites, Hashabiah the son
of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: 27:18 Of
Judah, Elihu, one of the
brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son
of Michael: 27:19 Of
Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of
Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of
Azriel: 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim,
Hoshea the son of Azaziah:
of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son
of Pedaiah: 27:21 Of the
half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the
son of Zechariah: of
Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 27:22 Of
Dan, Azareel the son of
Jeroham. These were the princes of the
tribes of Israel.
27:23 But David took not the number of them
from twenty years old and
under: because the LORD had said he would
increase Israel like to the
stars of the heavens.
27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to
number, but he finished not,
because there fell wrath for it against
Israel; neither was the number
put in the account of the chronicles of king
David.
27:25 And over the king's treasures was
Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and
over the storehouses in the fields, in the
cities, and in the
villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan
the son of Uzziah: 27:26
And over them that did the work of the field
for tillage of the ground
was Ezri the son of Chelub: 27:27 And over
the vineyards was Shimei
the Ramathite: over the increase of the
vineyards for the wine cellars
was Zabdi the Shiphmite: 27:28 And over the
olive trees and the
sycomore trees that were in the low plains
was Baalhanan the Gederite:
and over the cellars of oil was Joash: 27:29
And over the herds that
fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and
over the herds that were
in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:
27:30 Over the camels
also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the
asses was Jehdeiah the
Meronothite: 27:31 And over the flocks was
Jaziz the Hagerite. All
these were the rulers of the substance which
was king David's.
27:32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a
counsellor, a wise man, and a
scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was
with the king's sons: 27:33
And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor:
and Hushai the Archite was
the king's companion: 27:34 And after
Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son
of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of
the king's army was Joab.
28:1 And David assembled all the princes of
Israel, the princes of the
tribes, and the captains of the companies
that ministered to the king
by course, and the captains over the
thousands, and captains over the
hundreds, and the stewards over all the
substance and possession of
the king, and of his sons, with the
officers, and with the mighty men,
and with all the valiant men, unto
Jerusalem.
28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his
feet, and said, Hear me, my
brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in
mine heart to build an
house of rest for the ark of the covenant of
the LORD, and for the
footstool of our God, and had made ready for
the building: 28:3 But
God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an
house for my name, because
thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed
blood.
28:4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me
before all the house of
my father to be king over Israel for ever:
for he hath chosen Judah to
be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the
house of my father; and
among the sons of my father he liked me to
make me king over all
Israel: 28:5 And of all my sons, (for the
LORD hath given me many
sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit
upon the throne of the
kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son,
he shall build my house and
my courts: for I have chosen him to be my
son, and I will be his
father.
28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom
for ever, if he be constant
to do my commandments and my judgments, as
at this day.
28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all
Israel the congregation of the
LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep
and seek for all the
commandments of the LORD your God: that ye
may possess this good land,
and leave it for an inheritance for your
children after you for ever.
28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the
God of thy father, and
serve him with a perfect heart and with a
willing mind: for the LORD
searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all
the imaginations of the
thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found
of thee; but if thou
forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
28:10 Take heed now; for the LORD hath
chosen thee to build an house
for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the
pattern of the porch, and
of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries
thereof, and of the upper
chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours
thereof, and of the place
of the mercy seat, 28:12 And the pattern of
all that he had by the
spirit, of the courts of the house of the
LORD, and of all the
chambers round about, of the treasuries of
the house of God, and of
the treasuries of the dedicated things:
28:13 Also for the courses of
the priests and the Levites, and for all the
work of the service of
the house of the LORD, and for all the
vessels of service in the house
of the LORD.
28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things
of gold, for all
instruments of all manner of service; silver
also for all instruments
of silver by weight, for all instruments of
every kind of service:
28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks
of gold, and for their
lamps of gold, by weight for every
candlestick, and for the lamps
thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver
by weight, both for the
candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof,
according to the use of
every candlestick.
28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the
tables of shewbread, for
every table; and likewise silver for the
tables of silver: 28:17 Also
pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls,
and the cups: and for the
golden basons he gave gold by weight for
every bason; and likewise
silver by weight for every bason of silver:
28:18 And for the altar of
incense refined gold by weight; and gold for
the pattern of the
chariot of the cherubims, that spread out
their wings, and covered the
ark of the covenant of the LORD.
28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me
understand in writing by
his hand upon me, even all the works of this
pattern.
28:20 And David said to Solomon his son, Be
strong and of good
courage, and do it: fear not, nor be
dismayed: for the LORD God, even
my God, will be with thee; he will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee,
until thou hast finished all the work for
the service of the house of
the LORD.
28:21 And, behold, the courses of the
priests and the Levites, even
they shall be with thee for all the service
of the house of God: and
there shall be with thee for all manner of
workmanship every willing
skilful man, for any manner of service: also
the princes and all the
people will be wholly at thy commandment.
29:1 Furthermore David the king said unto
all the congregation,
Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen,
is yet young and tender,
and the work is great: for the palace is not
for man, but for the LORD
God.
29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might
for the house of my God the
gold for things to be made of gold, and the
silver for things of
silver, and the brass for things of brass,
the iron for things of
iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx
stones, and stones to be set,
glistering stones, and of divers colours,
and all manner of precious
stones, and marble stones in abundance.
29:3 Moreover, because I have set my
affection to the house of my God,
I have of mine own proper good, of gold and
silver, which I have given
to the house of my God, over and above all
that I have prepared for
the holy house.
29:4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of
the gold of Ophir, and
seven thousand talents of refined silver, to
overlay the walls of the
houses withal: 29:5 The gold for things of
gold, and the silver for
things of silver, and for all manner of work
to be made by the hands
of artificers. And who then is willing to
consecrate his service this
day unto the LORD? 29:6 Then the chief of
the fathers and princes of
the tribes of Israel and the captains of
thousands and of hundreds,
with the rulers of the king's work, offered
willingly, 29:7 And gave
for the service of the house of God of gold
five thousand talents and
ten thousand drams, and of silver ten
thousand talents, and of brass
eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred
thousand talents of iron.
29:8 And they with whom precious stones were
found gave them to the
treasure of the house of the LORD, by the
hand of Jehiel the
Gershonite.
29:9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they
offered willingly,
because with perfect heart they offered
willingly to the LORD: and
David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
29:10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD
before all the congregation:
and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of
Israel our father, for
ever and ever.
29:11 Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and
the power, and the glory,
and the victory, and the majesty: for all
that is in the heaven and in
the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O
LORD, and thou art exalted
as head above all.
29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee,
and thou reignest over all;
and in thine hand is power and might; and in
thine hand it is to make
great, and to give strength unto all.
29:13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee,
and praise thy glorious
name.
29:14 But who am I, and what is my people,
that we should be able to
offer so willingly after this sort? for all
things come of thee, and
of thine own have we given thee.
29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and
sojourners, as were all
our fathers: our days on the earth are as a
shadow, and there is none
abiding.
29:16 O LORD our God, all this store that we
have prepared to build
thee an house for thine holy name cometh of
thine hand, and is all
thine own.
29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest
the heart, and hast
pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the
uprightness of mine heart I
have willingly offered all these things: and
now have I seen with joy
thy people, which are present here, to offer
willingly unto thee.
29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of
Israel, our fathers, keep
this for ever in the imagination of the
thoughts of the heart of thy
people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
29:19 And give unto Solomon
my son a perfect heart, to keep thy
commandments, thy testimonies, and
thy statutes, and to do all these things,
and to build the palace, for
the which I have made provision.
29:20 And David said to all the
congregation, Now bless the LORD your
God.
And all the congregation blessed the LORD
God of their fathers, and
bowed down their heads, and worshipped the
LORD, and the king.
29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto
the LORD, and offered burnt
offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after
that day, even a thousand
bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand
lambs, with their drink
offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for
all Israel: 29:22 And did
eat and drink before the LORD on that day
with great gladness. And
they made Solomon the son of David king the
second time, and anointed
him unto the LORD to be the chief governor,
and Zadok to be priest.
29:23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the
LORD as king instead of
David his father, and prospered; and all
Israel obeyed him.
29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty
men, and all the sons
likewise of king David, submitted themselves
unto Solomon the king.
29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon
exceedingly in the sight of all
Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal
majesty as had not been on
any king before him in Israel.
29:26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned
over all Israel.
29:27 And the time that he reigned over
Israel was forty years; seven
years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and
three years reigned he in
Jerusalem.
29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of
days, riches, and honour:
and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first
and last, behold, they are
written in the book of Samuel the seer, and
in the book of Nathan the
prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
29:30 With all his reign and
his might, and the times that went over him,
and over Israel, and over
all the kingdoms of the countries. |
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