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text: I Chronicles
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  The Koren Jerusalem Bible
  
  
  I Chronicles
  
  
  
  
  
  Adam, Shet, Enosh,
  Qenan, Mahalal᾽el, Yered,
  Ĥanokh Metushelaĥ, Lemekh,
  Noaĥ, Shem, Ĥam, and Yefet.
  The sons of Yefet; Gomer, and Magog, and Maday, and Yavan, and Tuval, and Meshekh, and Tiras.
  And the sons of Gommer; Ashkenaz, and Difat, and Togarma.
  And the sons of Yavan; Elisha, and Tarshisha, Kittim, and Rodanim.
  The sons of Ĥam; Kush, and Miżrayim, Put, and Kena῾an.
  And the sons of Kush; Seva, and Ĥavila, and Savta, and Ra῾ma, and Savtekha. And the sons of Ra῾ma; Sheva, and Dedan.
  And Kush begot Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.
  And Miżrayim begot Ludim, and ῾Anamim, and Lehavim, and Naftuĥim,
  and Patrusim, and Kasluĥim, (of whom came to the Pelishtim,) and Kaftorim.
  And Kena῾an begot Żidon his firstborn, and Ĥet,
  and the Yevusi, and the Emori, and the Girgashi,
  and the Ĥivvi and the Arqi, and the Sini,
  and the Arvadi, and the Żemari, and the Ĥamati.
  The sons of Shem; ῾Elam, and Ashshur, and Arpakhshad, and Lud, and Aram, and ῾Uż, and Ĥul, and Geter, and Meshekh.
  And Arpakhshad begot Shelaĥ, and Shelaĥ begot ῾Ever.
  And to ῾Ever were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Yoqtan.
  And Yoqtan begot Almodad, and Shelef, and Ĥażarmavet, and Yeraĥ,
  and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diqla,
  and ῾Eval, and Avima᾽el, and Sheva,
  and Ofir, and Ĥavila, and Yovav. All these were the sons of Yoqtan.
  Shem, Arpakhshad, Shelaĥ,
  ῾Ever, Peleg, Re῾u,
  Serug, Naĥor, Teraĥ,
  Avram; the same is Avraham.
  The sons of Avraham; Yiżĥaq, and Yishma᾽el.
  These are their generations: The firstborn of Yishma᾽el, Nevayot; then Qedar, and Adbe᾽el, and Mivsam,
  Mishma, and Duma, Massa, Ĥadad, and Tema,
  Yetur, Nafish, and Qedema. These are the sons of Yishma᾽el.
  Now the sons of Qetura, Avraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, and Yoqshan, and Medan, and Midyan, and Yishbaq, and Shuaĥ. And the sons of Yoqshan; Sheva, and Dedan.
  And the sons of Midyan; ῾Efa, and ῾Efer, and Ĥanokh, and Avida, and Elda῾a. All these are the sons of Qetura.
  And Avraham begot Yiżĥaq. The sons of Yiżĥaq; ῾Esav and Yisra᾽el.
  The sons of ῾Esav; Elifaz, Re῾u᾽el, and Ye῾ush, and Ya῾lam, and Qoraĥ.
  The sons of Elifaz; Teman, and Omar, Żefi, and Ga῾tam, Qenaz, and Timna, and ῾Amaleq.
  The sons of Re῾u᾽el; Naĥat, Zeraĥ, Shamma, and Mizza.
  And the sons of Se῾ir; Lotan, and Shoval, and Żiv῾on, and ῾Ana, and Dishon, and Eżer, and Dishan.
  And the sons of Lotan; Ĥori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan’s sister.
  The sons of Shoval; ῾Alyan, and Manaĥat, and ῾Eval, Shefi, and Onam. And the sons of Żiv῾on; Ayya, and ῾Ana.
  The sons of ῾Ana; Dishon.      And the sons of Dishon; Ĥamran, and Eshban, and Yitran, and Keran.
  The sons of Eżer; Bilhan, and Za῾avan, and Ya῾aqan. The sons of Dishan; ῾Uż, and Aran.
  Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Yisra᾽el; Bela the son of Be῾or: and the name of his city was Dinhava.
  And when Bela was dead, Yovav the son of Zeraĥ of Bożra reigned in his place.
  And when Yovav was dead, Ĥusham of the land of the Temani reigned in his place.
  And when Ĥusham was dead, Ĥadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midyan in the field of Mo᾽av, reigned in his place: and the name of his city was ῾Avit.
  And when Ĥadad was dead, Samla of Masreqa reigned in his place.
  And when Samla was dead, Sha᾽ul of Reĥovot by the river reigned in his place.
  And when Sha᾽ul was dead, Ba῾al-ĥanan the son of Akhbor reigned in his place.
  And when Ba῾al-ĥanan was dead, Ĥadad reigned in his place: and the name of his city was Pa῾i; and his wife’s name was Mehetav᾽el, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahav.
  Ĥadad died also. And the chiefs of Edom were; chief Timna, chief ῾Alva, chief Yetet,
  chief Oholivama, chief Ela, chief Pinon,
  chief Qenaz, chief Teman, chief Mivżar,
  chief Magdi᾽el, chief ῾Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.
  
  
  
  These are the sons of Yisra᾽el; Re᾽uven, Shim῾on, Levi, and Yehuda, Yissa­khar, and Zevulun,
  Dan, Yosef, and Binyamin, Naftali, Gad and Asher.
  The sons of Yehuda; ῾Er, and Onan, and Shela: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Kena῾anite woman. And ῾Er, the firstborn of Yehuda, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.
  And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pereż and Zeraĥ. All the sons of Yehuda were five.
  The sons of Pereż; Ĥeżron, and Ĥamul.
  And the sons of Zeraĥ; Zimri, and Etan, and Heman, and Kalkol, and Dare: five of them in all.
  And the sons of Karmi; ῾Akhar, the troubler of Yisra᾽el, who transgressed in the devoted property.
  And the sons of Etan; ῾Azarya.
  And the sons of Ĥeżron, that were born to him; Yeraĥme᾽el, and Ram, and Keluvay.
  And Ram begot ῾Amminadav; and ῾Amminadav begot Naĥshon, prince of the children of Yehuda;
  and Naĥshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Bo῾az,
  and Bo῾az begot ῾Oved, and ῾Oved begot Yishay,
  and Ishay begot his firstborn Eli᾽av, and Avinadav the second, and Shim῾a the third,
  Netan᾽el the fourth, Radday the fifth,
  Ożem the sixth, David the seventh:
  whose sisters were Żeruya, and Avigayil. And the sons of Żeruya; Avshay, and Yo᾽av, and Asa᾽el; three.
  And Avigayil bore ῾Amasa: and the father of ῾Amasa was Yeter the Yishme῾elite.
  And Kalev the son of Ĥeżron, begot children by ῾Azuva his wife, and by Yeri῾ot: her sons are these; Yesher, and Shovav, and Ardon.
  And when ῾Azuva was dead, Kalev took to him Efrat, who bore him Ĥur.
  And Ĥur begot Uri, and Uri begot Beżal᾽el.
  And afterwards Ĥeżron went in to the daughter of Makhir the father of Gil῾ad, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Seguv.
  And Seguv begot Ya᾽ir, who had twenty three cities in the land of Gil῾ad.
  And he took Geshur, and Aram, with Ĥavvot-ya᾽ir, from them, with Qenat, and its hamlets, sixty cities. All these belonged to the sons of Makhir the father of Gil῾ad.
  And after Ĥeżron had died in Kalev-efrata, then Aviyya, Ĥeżron’s wife bore him Ashĥur the father of Teqoa.
  And the sons of Yeraĥme᾽el the firstborn of Ĥeżron were, Ram the firstborn, and Buna, and Oren, and Ożem, and Aĥiyya.
  Yeraĥme᾽el had also another wife, whose name was ῾Atara; she was the mother of Onam.
  And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Yeraĥme᾽el were, Ma῾aż, and Yamin, and E῾qer.
  And the sons of Onam were, Shammay, and Yada. And the sons of Shammay; Nadav, and Avishur.
  And the name of the wife of Avishur was Aviĥayil, and she bore him Aĥban, and Molid.
  And the sons of Nadav; Seled, and Appayim; but Seled died without children.
  And the sons of Appayim; Yish῾i, And the son of Yish῾i; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Aĥlay.
  And the sons of Yada the brother of Shammay; Yeter, and Yonatan: and Yeter died without children.
  And the sons of Yonatan; Pelet, and Zaza. These were the sons of Yeraĥme᾽el.
  Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. And Sheshan had a slave, a Miżrian, whose name was Yarĥa.
  And Sheshan gave his daughter to Yarĥa his slave to wife; and she bore him ῾Attay.
  And ῾Attay begot Natan, and Natan begot Zavad.
  and Zavad begot Eflal, and Eflal begot ῾Oved,
  and ῾Oved begot Yehu, and Yehu begot ῾Azarya,
  and ῾Azarya begot Ĥeleż, and Ĥeleż begot El῾asa,
  and El῾asa begot Sismay, and Sismay begot Shallum,
  and Shallum begot Yeqamya, and Yeqamya begot Elishama.
  Now the sons of Kalev the brother of Yeraĥme᾽el were, Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Zif; and the sons of Maresha the father of Ĥevron.
  And the sons of Ĥevron; Qoraĥ, and Tappuaĥ, and Reqem, and Shema.
  And Shema begot Raĥam, the father of Yorqe῾am: and Reqem begot Shammay.
  And the son of Shammay was Ma῾on: and Ma῾on was the father of Bet-żur.
  And ῾Efa, Kalev’s concubine, bore Ĥaran, and Moża, and Gazez: and Ĥaran begot Gazez.
  And the sons of Yohday; Regem, and Yotam, and Geshan, and Pelet, and ῾Efa, and Sha῾af.
  Ma῾akha, Kalev’s concubine, bore Shever, and Tirĥana.
  She bore also Sha῾af the father of Madmanna, Sheva the father of Makhbena, and the father of Giv῾a: and the daughter of Kalev was ῾Akhsa.
  These were the sons of Kalev the son of Ĥur, the firstborn of Efrata; Shoval the father of Qiryat-ye῾arim,
  Salma the father of Bet-leĥem, Ĥaref the father of Bet-gader.
  And Shoval the father of Qiryat-ye῾arim had sons; Haro᾽e, and half of the Menuĥot.
  And the families of Qiryat-ye῾arim; the Yitri, and the Puti, and the Shumati, and the Mishra῾i; of them came the Żor῾ati, and the Eshta᾽uli.
  The sons of Salma; Bet-leĥem, and the Netofati, ῾Atrot-bet-yo᾽av, and half the Manaĥti, and the Żor’i.
  And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Ya῾beż; the Tir῾atim, the Shim῾atim, the Sukhatim. These are the Qinim who came of Ĥamat, the father of the house of Rekhav.
  
  
  
  Now these were the sons of David, who were born to him in Ĥevron; the firstborn Amnon, of Aĥino῾am the Yizre῾elite woman; Daniyyel of Avigayil the Karmelite woman:
  the third, Avshalom the son of Ma῾akha the daughter of Talmay king of Geshur: the fourth, Adoniyya the son of Ĥaggit:
  the fifth, Shefatya of Avital: the sixth, Yitre῾am by ῾Egla his wife.
  These six were born to him in Ĥevron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Yerushalayim he reigned thirty three years.
  And these were born to him in Yerushalayim; Shim῾a, and Shovav, and Natan, and Shelomo; four, of Bat-Shua the daughter of Ammi᾽el:
  and Yivĥar, and Elishama, and Elifelet,
  and Noga, and Nefeg, and Yafia,
  and Elishama, and Elyada, and Elifelet; nine.
  These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
  And Shelomo’s son was Reĥav῾am, Aviyya his son, Asa his son, Yehoshafat his son,
  Yoram his son, Aĥazyahu his son, Yo᾽ash his son,
  Amażyahu his son, ῾Azarya his son, Yotam his son,
  Aĥaz his son, Ĥizqiyyahu his son, Menashshe his son,
  Amon his son, Yoshiyyahu his son.
  And the sons of Yoshiyyahu were, the firstborn Yoĥanan, the second Yehoyaqim, the third Żidqiyyahu, the fourth Shallum.
  And the sons of Yehoyaqim: Yekhonya his son, Żidqiyya his son.
  And the sons of Yekhonya; Assir, She᾽alti᾽el his son.
  and Malkiram, and Pedaya, and Shen᾽ażar, Yeqamya, Hoshama, and Nedavya.
  And the sons of Padaya were, Zerubbavel, and Shim῾i: and the sons of Zerubbavel; Meshullam, and Ĥananya and Shelomith their sister:
  and Ĥashuva, and Ohel, and Berekhya, and Ĥasadya, Yushav-ĥesed; five.
  And the sons of Ĥananya; Pelatya, and Yesha῾aya: the sons of Refaya, the sons of Arnan, the sons of ῾Ovadya, the sons of Shekhanya.
  And the sons of Shekhanya; Shema῾ya: and the sons of Shema῾ya; Ĥattush, and Yig᾽al, and Bariaĥ, and Ne῾arya; and Shafat, six.
  And the sons of Ne῾arya; Elyo῾enay, and Ĥizqiyya, and ῾Azriqam; three.
  And the sons of Elyo῾enay were, Hodavyahu, and Elyashiv, and Pelaya, and ῾Aqquv, and Yoĥanan, and Delaya and ῾Anani; seven.
  
  
  
  The sons of Yehuda; Pereż, Ĥeżron, and Karni, and Ĥur, and Shoval.
  And Re᾽aya the son of Shoval begot Yaĥat; and Yaĥat begot Aĥumay, and Lahad. These are the families of the Żora῾ti.
  And these were of the father of ῾Etam; Yizre᾽el, and Yishma, and Yidbash: and the name of their sister was Hażżelelponi;
  and Penu᾽el the father of Gedor, and ῾Eżer the father of Ĥusha. These are the sons of Ĥur, the firstborn of Efrata, the father of Bet-leĥem.
  And Ashĥur the father of Teqo῾a had two wives, Ĥel᾽a and Na῾ara.
  And Na῾ara bore him Aĥuzzam, and Ĥefer, and Temeni, and Aĥashtari. These were the sons of Na῾ara.
  And the sons of Ĥel᾽a were, Żeret, and Żoĥar, and Etnan.
  And Qoż begot ῾Anuv, and Żoveva, and the families of Aĥarĥel the son of Harum.
  And Ya῾beż was more honourable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Ya῾beż, saying, Because I bore him with pain.
  And Ya῾beż called on the God of Yisra᾽el, saying, Oh that Thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldst keep me from harm, that it may not hurt me! And God granted him that which he requested.
  And Keluv the bro-ther of Shuĥa begot Meĥir, who was the father of Eshton.
  And Eshton begot Bet-rafa, and Paseaĥ, and Teĥinna the father of ῾Ir-naĥash. These are the men of Rekha.
  And the sons of Qenaz; ῾Otni᾽el, and Seraya: and the sons of ῾Otni᾽el: Ĥatat.
  And Me῾onotay begot ῾Ofra: and Seraya begot Yo᾽av, the father of the Ge-ĥarashim; for they were craftsmen.
  And the sons of Kalev the son of Yefunne; ῾Iru, Ela, and Na῾am: and the sons of Ela, even Qenaz.
  And the sons of Yehallel᾽el; Zif, and Zifa, Tirya, and Asar᾽el.
  And the sons of ῾Ezra were, Yeter, and Mered, and ῾Efer, and Yalon: and she conceived Miryam, and Shammay, and Yishbaĥ the father of Eshtemoa.
  And his wife Yehudiyya bore Yered the father of Gedor, and Ĥever the father of Sokho, and Yequti᾽el the father of Zanoaĥ. And these are the sons of Bitya the daughter of Par῾o whom Mered took.
  And the sons of the wife of Hodiyya the sister of Naĥam, the father of Qe῾ila the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Ma῾akhatite.
  And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinna, Ben-ĥanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Yish῾i were, Zoĥet, and Ben-zoĥet.
  The sons of Shela the son of Yehuda were, ῾Er the father of Lekha, and La῾ada the father of Maresha, and the families of the house of the linen workers, of the house of Ashbea,
  and Yoqim, and the men of Kozeva, and Yo᾽ash, and Saraf, who ruled in Mo᾽av, and Yashuvi-leĥem (But the records are ancient.)
  These were the potters, and those who dwelt among plan-tations and hedges: there they dwelt, occupied with the king’s work.
  The sons of Shim῾on were, Nemu᾽el, and Yamin, Yariv, Zeraĥ and Sha᾽ul:
  Shallum his son, Mivsam his son, Mishma his son.
  And the sons of Mishma; Ĥammu᾽el his son, Zakkur his son, Shim῾i his son.
  And Shim῾i had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers had not many children, nor did all their family multiply, like the children of Yehuda.
  And they dwelt at Be᾽er-sheva, and Molada, and Ĥażar-shu῾al.
  and at Bilha, and at ῾Eżem, and at Tolad,
  and at Betu᾽el, and at Ĥorma, and at Żiqlag,
  and at Bet-markavot, and Ĥażar-susim, and at Bet-bir᾽i, and at Sha῾arayim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
  And their settlements were, ῾Etam, and ῾Ayin, Rimmon, and Tokhen, and ῾Ashan; five cities:
  and all their settlements that were round about the same cities as far as Ba῾al. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
  And Meshovav, and Yamlekh, and Yosha the son of Amażya.
  And Yo᾽el, and Yehu the son of Yoshivya, the son of Seraya, the son of ῾Asi᾽el,
  and Elyo῾enay, and Ya῾aqova, and Yeshoĥaya, and ῾Asaya, and ῾Adi᾽el, and Yesimi᾽el, and Benaya.
  and Ziza the son of Shif῾i, the son of Allon, the son of Yedaya, the son of Shimri, the son of Shema῾ya;
  these mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
  And they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
  And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ĥam had dwelt there of old.
  And these written by name came in the days of Yeĥizqiyyahu king of Yehuda, and smote their tents, and the Me῾unim who were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead: because there was pasture there for their flocks.
  And some of them, of the sons of Shim῾on, five hundred men, went to mount Se῾ir, having as their leaders Pelatya, and Ne῾arya, and Refaya, and ῾Uzzi᾽el, the sons of Yish῾i.
  And they smote the remnant of ῾Amaleq who had escaped, and dwelt there to this day.
  
  
  
  Now the sons of Re᾽uven the firstborn of Yisra᾽el, (for he was the firstborn; but, since he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Yosef the son of Yisra᾽el: but not so as to have the birthright attributed to him by genealogy.
  For Yehuda prevailed over his brothers, and of him came the chief ruler; though the birthright was Yosef’s:)
  the sons of Re᾽uven the firstborn of Yisra᾽el were, Ĥanokh, and Pallu, Ĥeżron, and Karmi.
  The sons of Yo᾽el; Shema῾ya his son, Gog his son, Shim῾i his son,
  Mikha his son, Re᾽aya his son, Ba῾al his son,
  Be᾽era his son, whom Tilgat-piln᾽eser king of Ashshur carried away into exile: he was prince of the Re᾽uveni.
  And his brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Ye῾i᾽el, and Zekharyahu,
  and Bela the son of ῾Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Yo᾽el, who dwelt in ῾Aro῾er, as far as Nevo and Ba῾al-me῾on:
  and eastward he inhabited as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the river Perat: because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gil῾ad.
  And in the days of Sha᾽ul they made war with the Hagri᾽im, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gil῾ad.
  And the children of Gad dwelt opposite them, in the land of the Bashan as far as Salkha:
  Yo᾽el the chief, and Shafam the next, and Ya῾nay, and Shafat in the Bashan.
  And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Mikha᾽el, and Meshullam, and Sheva, and Yoray, and Ya῾kan, and Zia, and ῾Ever; seven.
  These are the children of Aviĥayil the son of Ĥuri, the son of Yaroaĥ, the son of Gil῾ad, the son of Mikha᾽el, the son of Yeshishay, the son of Yaĥdo, the son of Buz;
  Aĥi the son of Avdi᾽el, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
  And they dwelt in Gil῾ad in the Bashan, and in its hamlets, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon, to their limits.
  All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Yotam king of Yehuda, and in the days of Yarov῾am king of Yisra᾽el.
  The sons of Re᾽uven, and the Gadi, and half the tribe of Menashshe, of men at arms, able to bear shield and sword, and to draw the bow, and skilful in war, were forty four thousand seven hundred and sixty, who went out to war.
  And they made war with the Hagri᾽im, with Yetur, and Nafish, and Nodav.
  And they were helped against them, and the Hagri᾽im were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he granted their entreaty: because they put their trust in him.
  And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand.
  For there fell down many slain, because the war was from God. And they dwelt in their stead until the exile.
  And the children of the half tribe of Menashshe dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan to Ba῾al-ĥermon and Senir, and to mount Ĥermon.
  And these were the heads of the houses of their fathers, ῾Efer, and Yish῾i, and Eli᾽el, and ῾Azri᾽el, and Yirmeya, and Hodavya, and Yaĥdi᾽el, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the houses of their fathers.
  And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
  And the God of Yisra᾽el stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Ashshur, and the spirit of Tilgat-piln᾽eser king of Ashshur, and he carried them away, namely the Re᾽uveni, and the Gadi, and the half tribe of Menashshe, and brought them to Ĥalaĥ, and Ĥavor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, to this day.
  The sons of Levi; Gershon, Qehat, and Merari.
  And the sons of Qehat; ῾Amram, Yiżhar, and Ĥevron, and ῾Uzzi᾽el.
  And the children of ῾Amram: Aharon, and Moshe, and Miryam. And the sons of Aharon; Nadav, and Avihu, El῾azar, and Itamar.
  El῾azar begot Pineĥas, Pineĥas begot Avishua,
  and Avishua begot Buqqi and Buqqi begot ῾Uzzi,
  and ῾Uzzi begot Zeraĥya, and Zeraĥya begot Merayot;
  Merayot begot Amarya, and Amarya begot Aĥituv,
  and Aĥituv, begot Żadoq, and Żadoq begot Aĥima῾aż,
  and Aĥima῾aż begot ῾Azarya, and ῾Azarya begot Yoĥanan,
  and Yoĥanan begot ῾Azarya, (he it is who executed the priest’s office in the temple that Shelomo built in Yerushalayim:)
  and ῾Azarya begot Amarya, and Amarya begot Aĥituv,
  and Aĥituv begot Żadoq, and Żadoq begot Shallum,
  and Shallum begot Ĥilqiyya, and Ĥilqiyya begot ῾Azarya,
  and ῾Azarya begot Seraya, and Seraya begot Yehożadaq,
  and Yehożadaq went into exile, when the Lord carried away Yehuda and Yerushalayim by the hand of Nevu­khad­neżżar.
  
  
  
  The sons of Levi; Gershom, Qehat, and Merari.
  And these are the names of the sons of Gershom; Livni, and Shim῾i.
  And the sons of Qehat were, ῾Amram, and Yiżhar, and Ĥevron, and ῾Uzzi᾽el.
  The sons of Merari; Maĥli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers.
  Of Gershom; Livni his son, Yaĥat his son, Zimma his son,
  Yoaĥ his son, ῾Iddo his son, Zeraĥ his son, Ye᾽ateray his son.
  The sons of Qehat; ῾Amminadav his son, Qoraĥ his son, Assir his son,
  Elqana his son, and Evyasaf his son and Assir his son,
  Taĥat his son, Uri᾽el his son, ῾Uzziyya his son, and Sha᾽ul his son.
  And the sons of Elqana; ῾Amasay, and Ahimot.
  As for Elqana: the sons of Elqana; Żafay his son, and Naĥat his son.
  Eli᾽av his son, Yeroĥam his son, Elqana his son.
  And the sons of Shemu᾽el; the firstborn Vashni, and Aviyya.
  The sons of Merari; Maĥli, Livni his son, Shim῾i his son, ῾Uzza his son,
  Shim῾a his son, Ĥaggiyya his son, ῾Asaya his son.
  And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after the ark had rest.
  And they ministered before the dwelling place of the Tent of Meeting with singing, until Shelomo had built the house of the Lord in Yerushalayim: and then they performed their office according to their order.
  And these are the men who served with their sons. Of the sons of the Qehati; Heman the singer, the son of Yo᾽el, the son of Shemu᾽el,
  the son of Elqana, the son of Yeroĥam, the son of Eli᾽el, the son of Toaĥ,
  the son of Żuf, the son of Elqana, the son of Maĥat, the son of ῾Amasay,
  the son of Elqana, the son of Yo᾽el, the son of ῾Azarya, the son of Żefanya,
  the son of Taĥat, the son of Assir, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Qoraĥ,
  the son of Yiżhar, the son of Qehat, the son of Levi, the son of Yisra᾽el,
  and his brother Asaf, who stood on his right hand, Asaf the son of Berekhyahu, son of Shim῾a,
  the son of Mikha᾽el, the son of Ba῾aseya, the son of Malkiyya,
  the son of Etni, the son of Zeraĥ, the son of ῾Adaya,
  the son of Etan, the son of Zimma, the son of Shim῾i,
  the son of Yaĥat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
  And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Etan the son of Qishi, the son of ῾Avdi, the son of Mallukh,
  the son of Ĥashavya, the son of Amażya, the son of Ĥilqiyya,
  the son of Amżi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,
  the son of Maĥli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
  And their brethren the Levites were appointed to all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
  But Aharon and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Yisra᾽el, according to all that Moshe the servant of God had commanded.
  And these are the sons of Aharon; El῾azar his son, Pineĥas his son, Avishua his son,
  Buqqi his son, ῾Uzzi his son, Zeraĥya his son,
  Merayot his son, Amarya his son, Aĥituv his son,
  Żadoq his son, Aĥima῾aż his son.
  Now these are their dwelling places throughout their encampments in their borders, of the sons of Aharon, of the families of the Qehati: for theirs was the lot.
  And they gave them Ĥevron in the land of Yehuda, and its pasture lands round about it.
  But the fields of the city, and its farmsteads, they gave to Kalev the son of Yefunne.
  And to the sons of Aharon they gave the cities of refuge, Ĥevron, and Livna with its pasture lands, and Yattir, and Eshtemoa, with its pasture lands,
  and Ĥilen with its pasture lands, Devir with its pasture lands,
  and ῾Ashan with its pasture lands, and Bet-shemesh with its pasture lands:
  and out of the tribe of Binyamin; Geva with its pasture lands, and ῾Alemet with its pasture lands, and ῾Anatot with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
  And to the rest of the sons of Kehat, were given by lot, out of the family of that tribe, out of the half tribe, the half of Menashshe, ten cities.
  And to the sons of Gershom according to their families out of the tribe of Yissakhar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naftali, and out of the tribe of Menashshe in the Bashan, thirteen cities.
  To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Re᾽uven, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zevulun, twelve cities.
  And the children of Yisra᾽el gave to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands.
  And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Yehuda and out of the tribe of the children of Shim῾on, and out of the tribe of the children of Binyamin, these cities, which are mentioned by names.
  And some of the families of the sons of Qehat had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Efrayim.
  For they gave to them the cities of refuge, Shekhem in mount Efrayim with its pasture lands; and Gezer with its pasture lands,
  and Yoqme῾am with its pasture lands, and Bet-ĥoron with its pasture lands,
  and Ayyalon with its pasture lands, and Gat-rimmon with its pasture lands:
  and out of the half tribe of Menashshe; ῾Aner with its pasture lands, and Bil῾am with its pasture lands, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Qehat.
  To the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Menashshe, Golan in the Bashan with its pasture lands, and ῾Ashtarot with its pasture lands:
  and out of the tribe of Yissakhar; Qedesh with its pasture lands, Daverat, with its pasture lands,
  and Ramot with its pasture lands, and ῾Anam with its pasture lands:
  and out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with its pasture lands, and ῾Avdon with its pasture lands,
  and Ĥuqoq with its pasture lands and Reĥov with its pasture lands:
  and out of the tribe of Naftali, Qedesh in the Galil with its pasture lands, and Ĥammon with its pasture lands, and Qiryatayim with its pasture lands.
  To the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zevulun, Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tavor with its pasture lands:
  and on the other side of Yarden by Yeriĥo, on the east side of the Yarden, were given them out of the tribes of Re᾽uven, Beżer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, and Yahża with its pasture lands,
  and Qedemot with its pasture lands, and Mefa῾at with its pasture lands:
  and out of the tribe of Gad; Ramot in the Gil῾ad with its pasture lands, and Maĥanayim with its pasture lands,
  and Ĥeshbon with its pasture lands, and Ya῾zer with its pasture lands.
  
  
  
  Now the sons of Yissakhar were, Tola, and Pu῾a, Yashuv, and Shimron, four.
  And the sons of Tola; ῾Uzzi, and Refaya, and Yeri᾽el, and Yaĥmay, and Yivsam, and Shemu᾽el, heads of their father’s houses, that is, of Tola; were valiant men at arms in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty two thousand six hundred.
  And the sons of ῾Uzzi; Yizraĥya: and the sons of Yizraĥya; Mikhal, and ῾Ovadya and Yo᾽el, Yishshiyya; five: all of them chief men.
  And with them, by their generations, after the houses of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war; thirty six thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
  And their brethren among all the families of Yissakhar, valiant men at arms, reckoned in all by their genealogies, eighty seven thousand.
  The sons of Binyamin; Bela, and Bekher, and Yedi῾a᾽el; three.
  And the sons of Bela; Eżbon, and ῾Uzzi, and ῾Uzzi᾽el, and Yerimot, and ῾Iri; five; heads of the houses of their fathers, mighty men at arms; and were reckoned by their genealogies, twenty two thousand and thirty four.
  And the sons of Bekher; Zemira, and Yo᾽ash, and Eli῾ezer, and Elyo῾enay, and ῾Omri, and Yeremot, and Aviyya, and ῾Anatot, and ῾Alemet. All these were the sons of Bekher.
  And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the houses of their fathers, mighty men at arms, was twenty thousands two hundred.
  And the sons of Yedi῾a᾽el; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Ye῾ush, and Binyamin, and Eĥud, and Kena῾ana, and Zetan, and Tarshish, and Aĥishaĥar.
  All these were the sons of Yedi῾a᾽el, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men at arms, seventeen thousand two hundred, fit to go out to war and battle.
  And Shuppim, and Ĥuppim, the children of ῾Ir, and Ĥushim, the sons of Aĥer.
  The sons of Naftali; Yaĥżi᾽el, and Guni, and Yeżer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilha.
  The sons of Menashshe; Asri᾽el, whom she bore: (but his concubine, the Arammian woman, bore Makhir the father of Gil῾ad:
  and Makhir took to wife one of the family of Ĥuppim and Shuppim, a sister, whose name was Ma῾akha;) and the name of the second was Żelofĥad: and Żelofĥad had daughters.
  And Ma῾akha the wife of Makhir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Reqem.
  And the son of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gil῾ad, the son of Makhir, the son of Menashshe.
  And his sister Hammolekhet bore Ishhod, and Avi῾ezer, and Maĥla.
  And the sons of Shemida were, Aĥyan, and Shekhem, and Liqĥi, and Ani῾am.
  And the sons of Efrayim; Shutelaĥ, and Bered his son, and Taĥat his son, and El῾ada his son, and Taĥat his son,
  and Zavad his son, and Shutelaĥ his son, and ῾Eżer, and El῾ad, whom the men of Gat that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
  And Efrayim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
  And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beri῾a, because evil had befallen his house.
  (And his daughter was She᾽era, who built both the lower and the upper Bet-ĥoron, and Uzzen-she᾽era.)
  And Refaĥ was his son, and Reshef, and Telaĥ his son, and Taĥan his son,
  La῾dan his son, ῾Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
  Non his son, Yehoshua his son.
  And their possessions and habitations were Bet-el and its hamlets, and eastward Na῾aran, and westward Gezer, with its hamlets; and Shekhem and its hamlets, as far as ῾Azza and its hamlets:
  and by the borders of the children of Menashshe, Bet-she᾽an and its hamlets, Ta῾nakh and its hamlets, Megiddo and its hamlets, Dor and its hamlets. In these dwelt the children of Yosef the son of Yisra᾽el.
  The sons of Asher; Yimna, and Yishva, and Yishvi, and Beri῾a, and Seraĥ their sister.
  And the sons of Beri῾a; Ĥever, and Malki᾽el, who is the father of Birzayit.
  And Ĥever begot Yaflet, and Shomer, and Ĥotam, and Shua their sister.
  And the sons of Yaflet; Pasakh, and Bimhal, and ῾Ashvat. These are the children of Yaflet.
  And the sons of Shemer; Aĥi, and Rohga, and Ĥubba, and Aram.
  And the sons of his brother Helem; Żofaĥ, and Yimna, and Shelesh, and ῾Amal.
  The sons of Żofaĥ; Suaĥ, and Ĥarnefer, and Shu῾al, and Beri, and Yimra,
  Beżer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilsha, and Yitran, and Be᾽era.
  And the sons of Yeter; Yefunne, and Pispa, and Ara.
  And the sons of ῾Ulla; Araĥ, and Ĥanni᾽el, and Riżya.
  All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s houses, choice and mighty men at arms, chiefs of the princes. And the number reckoned by genealogy of those who were apt for war and battle was twenty six thousand men.
  
  
  
  Now Binyamin begot Bela his firstborn. Ashbel the second, and Aĥraĥ the third,
  Noĥa the fourth, and Rafa the fifth.
  And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Avihud,
  and Avishua, and Na῾aman, and Aĥoaĥ,
  and Gera, and Shefufan, and Ĥuram.
  And these are the sons of Eĥud: these are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geva, and they were exiled into Manaĥat:
  and Na῾aman, and Aĥiyya, and Gera, he exiled them, and begot ῾Uzza, and Aĥiĥud.
  And Shaĥarayim begot children in the field of Mo᾽av, after he had sent away Ĥushim and Ba῾ara his wives.
  And he begot of Ĥodesh his wife, Yovav, and Żivya, and Mesha, and Malkam,
  And Ye῾uż, and Sakhya, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers’ houses.
  And of Ĥushim he begot Avituv, and Elpa῾al.
  The sons of Elpa῾al; ῾Ever, and Mish῾am, and Shemed, who built Ono, and Lod, with its hamlets:
  Beri῾a also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Ayyalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gat:
  and Aĥyo, Shashaq, and Yeremot,
  and Zevadya, and ῾Arad and ῾Eder,
  and Mikha᾽el, and Yishpa, and Yoĥa, the sons of Beri῾a;
  and Zevadya, and Meshullam, and Ĥizqi, and Ĥever,
  and Yishmerary, and Yizli᾽a, and Yovav, the sons of Elpa῾al;
  and Yaqim, and Zikhri, and Zavdi,
  and Eli῾esenay, and Żilletay, and Eli᾽el,
  and ῾Adaya, and Beraya, and Shimrat, the sons of Shim῾i;
  and Yishpan, and ῾Ever and Eli᾽el,
  and Avdon, and Zikhri, and Ĥanan,
  and Ĥananya, and ῾Elam, and ῾Antotiyya,
  and Yifdeya, and Penu᾽el, the sons of Shashaq;
  and Shamsheray, and Sheĥarya, and ῾Atalya,
  and Ya῾areshya, and Eliyya, and Zikhri, the sons of Yeroĥam.
  These were heads of the father’s houses, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Yerushalayim.
  And at Giv῾on dwelt the father of Giv῾on; whose wife’s name was Ma῾akha:
  and his firstborn son ῾Avdon, and Żur, and Qish, and Ba῾al, and Nadav,
  and Gedor, and Aĥyo, and Zekher.
  And Miqlot begot Shim῾a. And these also dwelt opposite their brethren in Yerushalayim, with their brethren.
  And Ner begot Qish, and Qish begot Sha᾽ul, and Sha᾽ul begot Yehonatan, and Malki-shua, and Avinadav, and Eshba῾al.
  And the son of Yehonatan was Meriv-ba῾al; and Meriv-ba῾al begot Mikha.
  And the sons of Mikha were, Piton, and Melekh, and Ta᾽rea, and Aĥaz.
  And Aĥaz begot Yeho῾adda; and Yeho῾adda begot ῾Alemet, and ῾Azmavet, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moża,
  and Moża begot Bin῾a: Rafa was his son, El῾asa his son, Ażel his son:
  and Ażel had six sons, whose names are these, ῾Azriqam, Bokheru, and Yishma᾽el, and She῾arya, and ῾Ovadya, and Ĥanan. All these were the sons of Ażel.
  And the sons of ῾Eseq his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Ye῾ush the second, and Elifelet the third.
  And the sons of Ulam were mighty men at arms, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Binyamin.
  
  
  
  So all Yisra᾽el were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Yisra᾽el; and Yehuda was carried away to Bavel for their transgression.
  Now the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Yisra᾽elites, the priests, Levites, and the temple servants.
  And in Yerushalayim dwelt some of the children of Yehuda, and some of the children of Binyamin, and some of the children of Efrayim, and Menashshe;
  ῾Utay the son of ῾Ammihud, the son of ῾Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pereż the son of Yehuda.
  And of the Shiloni; ῾Asaya the firstborn, and his sons.
  And of the sons of Zeraĥ; Ye῾u᾽el, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
  And of the sons of Binyamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodavya, the son of Senu᾽a,
  and Yivneya the son of Yeroĥam, and Ela the son of ῾Uzzi, the son of Mikhri, and Meshullam the sons of Shefatya, the son of Re῾u᾽el, the son of Yivniyya;
  and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty six. All these men were chiefs of the fathers in the houses of their fathers.
  And of the priests; Yeda῾ya, and Yehoyariv, and Yakhin,
  and ῾Azarya the son of Ĥilqiyya, the son of Meshullam, the son of Żadoq, the son of Merayot, the son of Aĥituv, the ruler of the house of God;
  and ῾Adaya the son of Yeroĥam, the son of Pashĥur, the son of Malkiyya, and Ma῾asay the son of ῾Adi᾽el, the son of Yaĥzera, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemit, the son of Immer;
  and their brethren, heads of the houses of their fathers, a thousand seven hundred and sixty; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
  And of the Levites; Shema῾ya the son of Ĥashshuv, the son of ῾Azriqam, the son of Ĥashavya, of the sons of Merari;
  and Baqbaqqar, Ĥeresh, and Galal, and Mattanya the son of Mikha, the son of Zikhri, the son of Asaf;
  and ῾Ovadya the son of Shema῾ya, the son of Galal, the son of Yedutun, and Berekhya the son of Asa, the son of Elqana, who dwelt in the settlements of the Netofati.
  And the gatekeepers were; Shallum, and ῾Aqquv, and Talmon, and Aĥiman, and their brethren: (Shallum being the chief;)
  who were hitherto stationed at the king’s gate eastward; they were gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.
  And Shallum the son of Qore, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Qoraĥ, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Qorĥim, were over the work of the service, keepers of the threshold of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the camp of the Lord, were keepers of the entry.
  And Pineĥas the son of El῾azar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him.
  And Zekharya the son of Meshelemya was keeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
  All these who were chosen to be keepers in the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their settlements, whom David and Shemu᾽el the seer did establish in their office of trust.
  So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the tabernacle, by watches.
  On the four sides were the gatekeepers; east, west, north, and south.
  And their brethren, who were in their settlements, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them.
  For these Levites, the four chief gatekeepers, were in an office of trust, and were appointed over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
  And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and they had the duty of opening it every morning.
  And certain of them had the charge of the vessels of service, that they should bring them in by number and out by number.
  Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
  And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
  And Mattitya, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Qorĥite, was entrusted with that which was prepared in the pans.
  And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Qehati, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
  And these were the singers, chiefs of the fathers’ houses of the Levites, dwelling in the temple chambers free from other duties: for they were employed in that work day and night.
  These were chiefs of fathers’ houses of the Levites, chief men by their generations; these dwelt in Yerushalayim.
  And in Giv῾on dwelt the father of Giv῾on, Ye῾i᾽el, whose wife’s name was Ma῾akha:
  and his firstborn son ῾Avdon, then Żur, and Qish, and Ba῾al, and Ner, and Nadav,
  and Gedor, and Aĥyo, and Zekharya, and Miqlot.
  And Miqlot begot Shim῾am. And they also dwelt opposite their brethren in Yerushalayim, with their brethren.
  And Ner begot Qish; and Qish begot Sha᾽ul; and Sha᾽ul begot Yehonatan, and Malki-shua, and Avinadav, and Eshba῾al.
  And the son of Yehonatan was Meriv-ba῾al; and Meriv-ba῾al begot Mikha.
  And the sons of Mikha were, Piton, and Melekh, and Taĥrea,
  and Aĥaz begot Ya῾ra; and Ya῾ra begot ῾Alemet, and ῾Azmavet, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moża;
  and Moża begot Bin῾a; and Refaya his son, El῾asa his son, Ażel his son.
  And Ażel had six sons, whose names were these, ῾Azriqam, Bokheru, and Yishma᾽el, and She῾arya, and ῾Ovadya, and Ĥanan: these were the sons of Ażel.
  
  
  
  Now the Pelishtim fought against Yisra᾽el; and the men of Yisra᾽el fled from before the Pelishtim and fell down slain on mount Gilboa.
  And the Pelishtim followed hard after Sha᾽ul, and after his sons; and the Pelishtim slew Yonatan, and Avinadav, and Malki-shua, the sons of Sha᾽ul.
  And the battle went hard against Sha᾽ul, and the archers hit him, and he was in dread because of the archers.
  Then Sha᾽ul said to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it; lest these uncircumcised ones come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Sha᾽ul took a sword, and fell upon it.
  And when his armourbearer saw that Sha᾽ul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died.
  So Sha᾽ul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
  And when all the men of Yisra᾽el who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Sha᾽ul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Pelishtim came and dwelt in them.
  And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Pelishtim came to strip the slain, that they found Sha᾽ul and his sons fallen on mount Gilboa.
  And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Pelishtim round about, to carry tidings to their idols, and to the people.
  And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
  And when all Yavesh-gil῾ad heard all that the Pelishtim had done to Sha᾽ul,
  they arose, all the men at arms, and took away the body of Sha᾽ul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Yavesh, and buried their bones under the terebinth in Yavesh, and fasted seven days.
  So Sha᾽ul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, against the word of the Lord, which he did not keep, and also for asking counsel of a medium, to make inquiry;
  and he inquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Yishay.
  
  
  
  Then all Yisra᾽el gathered themselves to David to Ĥevron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
  And moreover in time past, even when Sha᾽ul was king, thou wast he who didst lead out Yisra᾽el and bring them in: and the Lord thy God said to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd over my people Yisra᾽el, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Yisra᾽el.
  Therefore all the elders of Yisra᾽el came to the king to Ĥevron; and David made a covenant with them in Ĥevron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Yisra᾽el, according to the word of the Lord by Shemu᾽el.
  And David and all Yisra᾽el went to Yerushalayim, which is Yevus; where the Yevusi were, the inhabitants of the land.
  And the inhabitants of Yevus said to David, Thou shalt not come here. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Żiyyon, which is the city of David.
  And David said, Whoever smites the Yevusi first shall be chief and captain. So Yo᾽av the son of Żeruya went first up, and became the chief.
  And David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore they called it the city of David.
  And he built the city round about, even from the Millo round about: and Yo᾽av repaired the rest of the city.
  So David grew greater and greater: for the Lord of hosts was with him.
  These also are the chiefs of the mighty men whom David had, who held fast to him in his kingdom, together with all Yisra᾽el, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Yisra᾽el.
  And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Yoshov῾am, the son of Ĥakhmoni, the chief of the captains: he swung his spear over three hundred slain at one time.
  And after him was El῾azar the son of Dodo, the Aĥoĥite, who was one of the three mighty men.
  He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Pelishtim were gathered together to battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Pelishtim.
  And they set themselves in the midst of that plot, and delivered it, and slew the Pelishtim; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance.
  Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of ῾Adullam; and the host of the Pelishtim encamped in the valley of Refa᾽im.
  And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Pelishtim was then at Bet-leĥem.
  And David longed, and said, Oh that someone would give me water of the well of Bet-leĥem, that is by the gate, to drink!
  And those three broke through the host of the Pelishtim, and drew water out of the well of Bet-leĥem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord,
  and he said, far be it from me before my God, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives have they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest.
  And Avshay the brother of Yo᾽av, he was chief among the three: and he swung his spear over three hundred slain, and had a name among the three.
  Of the three in the second rank he was most honourable; therefore he was their captain: but he attained not to the first three.
  Benaya the son of Yehoyada, the son of a valiant man of Qavże᾽el, who had done many acts; he slew two lionhearted men of Mo᾽av: and he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a time of snow.
  And he slew a Miżrian man, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Miżrian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Miżrian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.
  These things Benayahu the son of Yehoyada did, and he had a name among the three mighty ones.
  Behold, he was renowned among the thirty, but did not attain to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
  And the valiant men of the armies were ῾Asa᾽el the brother of Yo᾽av, Elĥanan the son of Dodo of Bet-leĥem,
  Shammot the Harorite, Ĥeleż the Pelonite,
  ῾Ira the son of ῾Iqqesh the Teqo῾ite, Avi῾ezer the ῾Antotite,
  Sibbekhay the Ĥushatite, ῾Ilay the Aĥoĥite,
  Maharay the Netofatite, Ĥeled the sons of Ba῾ana the Netofatite,
  Itay the son of Rive of Giv῾a of the children of Binyamin, Benaya the Pir῾atonite,
  Ĥuray of the wadis of Ga῾ash, Avi᾽el the ῾Arvatite,
  ῾Azmavet the Baĥarumite, Elyaĥba the Sha῾alvonite,
  the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Yonatan the son of Shage the Hararite,
  Aĥi῾am the son of Sakhar the Hararite, Elifal the son of Ur,
  Ĥefer the Mekheratite, Aĥiyya the Pelonite,
  Ĥeżro the Karmelite, Na῾aray the son of Ezbay,
  Yo᾽el the brother of Natan, Mivĥar the son of Hagri,
  Żeleq the ῾Ammonite, Naĥray the Berotite, the armourbearer of Yo᾽av the son of Żeruya,
  ῾Ira the Yitrite, Garev the Yitrite,
  Uriyya the Ĥittite, Zavad the son of Aĥlay,
  ῾Adina the son of Shiza the Re᾽uvenite, a captain of the Re᾽uveni, and thirty with him.
  Ĥanan the son of Ma῾akha, and Yoshafat the Mitnite,
  ῾Uzziyya the ῾Ashteratite, Shama and Ye῾i᾽el the sons of Ĥotam the ῾Aro῾erite,
  Yedi῾a᾽el the son of Shimri, and Yoĥa his brother, the Tiżite,
  Eli᾽el from Maĥavim, and Yerivay, and Yoshavya, the sons of Elna῾am, and Yitma the Mo᾽avite,
  Eli᾽el, and ῾Oved, and Ya῾asi᾽el of Meżovaya.
  
  
  
  Now these are they who came to David to Żiqlag, while he yet kept himself shut up because of Sha᾽ul the son of Qish: and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.
  They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and shooting arrows from the bow; they were of Sha᾽ul’s brethren of Binyamin.
  The chief was Aĥi῾ezer, then Yo᾽ash, the sons of Shema῾a the Giv῾atite; and Yezi᾽el, and Met, the sons of ῾Azmavet; and Berakhah, and Yehu the ῾Antotite,
  and Yishma῾ya the Giv῾onite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty;
  and Yirmeya, and Yaĥazi᾽el, and Yoĥanan, and Yozavad the Gederatite,
  El῾uzay and Yerimot, and Be῾alya, and Shemaryahu, and Shefatyahu the Ĥarufite,
  Elqana, and Yishshiyyahu, and ῾Azar᾽el, and Yo῾ezer, and Yoshov῾am, the Qorĥites,
  and Yo῾ela, and Zevadya, the sons of Yeroĥam of Gedor.
  And of the Gadi there separated themselves to David into the stronghold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war apt for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;
  ῾Eżer the first, ῾Ovadya the second, Eli᾽av the third,
  Mishmanna the fourth, Yirmeya the fifth
  ῾Attay the sixth, Eli᾽el the seventh,
  Yoĥanan the eighth, Elzavad the ninth,
  Yirmeyahu the tenth, Makhbannay the eleventh.
  These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
  These are they who went over the Yarden in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all those of the valleys, both towards the east, and towards the west.
  And there came of the children of Binyamin and Yehuda to the stronghold, to David.
  And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If you are come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you: but if you are come to betray me to my enemies, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, then let the God of our fathers see, and rebuke you.
  Then the spirit came upon ῾Amasay, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Yishay: peace, peace be to thee, and peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helps thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
  And some of Menashshe deserted to David, when he came with the Pelishtim against Sha᾽ul to battle: but they did not help them: for the lords of the Pelishtim took counsel and sent him away, saying, He will desert to his master Sha᾽ul to the jeopardy of our heads.
  As he went to Żiqlag, there deserted to him of Menashshe, ῾Adnah, and Yozavad, and Yedi῾a᾽el and Mikha᾽el, and Yozavad, and Elihu, and Żilletay, captains of the thousands that were of Menashshe.
  And they helped David against the troop of raiders: for they were all mighty men at arms, and they were captains in the host.
  For at that time day by day men came over to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
  And these are the numbers of the bands of the armed troops who came to David to Ĥevron, to turn the kingdom of Sha᾽ul over to him, according to the word of the Lord.
  The children of Yehuda who bore shield and spear were six thousand eight hundred, armed troops.
  Of the children of Shim῾on mighty men at arms for the war, seven thousand one hundred.
  Of the children of Levi four thousand six hundred.
  And Yehoyada was the leader of the house of Aharon, and with him three thousand seven hundred;
  and Żadoq, a young mighty man at arms, and of his father’s home, twenty two captains.
  And of the children of Binyamin, the kindred of Sha᾽ul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Sha᾽ul.
  And of the children of Efrayim were twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men at arms, famous throughout the houses of their fathers.
  And of the half tribe of Menashshe eighteen thousand, who were expressly named, to come and make David king.
  And of the children of Yissakhar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Yisra᾽el ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
  Of Zevulun, such as went out to battle, expert in war, with all weapons of war, fifty thousand; and who ranged themselves with undivided loyalty.
  And of Naftali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty seven thousand.
  And of the Danites expert in war twenty eight thousand fix hundred.
  And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
  And on the other side of the Yarden, of the Re᾽uveni, and the Gadi, and of the half tribe of Menashshe, with all manner of weapons of war for the battle, a hundred and twenty thousand.
  All these men of war, ranged in battle order, came with a perfect heart to Ĥevron, to make David king over all Yisra᾽el: and all the rest also of Yisra᾽el were of one heart to make David king.
  And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
  Also their neighbours as far as Yissakhar and Zevulun and Naftali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and provisions of meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Yisra᾽el.
  
  
  
  And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
  And David said to all the congregation of Yisra᾽el, If it seem good to you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad to our brethren everywhere, who are left in all the land of Yisra᾽el, and with them also to the priests and Levites who are in their cities that have pasture lands that they may gather themselves to us:
  and let us bring back the ark of our God to us: for we did not inquire at it in the days of Sha᾽ul.
  And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing seemed right in the eyes of all the people.
  So David gathered all Yisra᾽el together, from Shiĥor of Miżrayim as far as the entrance of Ĥamat, to bring the ark of God from Qiryat-ye῾arim.
  And David went up, and all Yisra᾽el to Ba῾ala, that is, to Qiryat-ye῾arim, which belonged to Yehuda, to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who dwells above the keruvim, by whose name it is called.
  And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Avinadav: and ῾Uzza and Aĥyo drove the cart.
  And David and all Yisra᾽el played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with lyres, and with lutes, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
  And when they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, ῾Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen shook it.
  And the anger of the Lord burned against ῾Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
  And David was vexed, because the Lord had broken out upon ῾Uzza: so that place is called Pereż-῾uzza to this day.
  And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
  So David did not bring the ark to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of ῾Oved-edom the Gittite.
  And the ark of God remained with the family of ῾Oved-edom in his house for three months. And the Lord blessed the house of ῾Oved-edom and all that he had.
  
  
  
  Now Ĥuram king of Żor sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.
  And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Yisra᾽el, for his kingdom was highly exalted, for the sake of his people Yisra᾽el.
  And David took more wives at Yerushalayim: and David begot more sons and daughters.
  Now these are the names of his children whom he had in Yerushalayim; Shammua, and Shovav, Natan, and Shelomo,
  and Yivĥar, and Elishua, and Elpelet,
  and Noga, and Nefeg, and Yafia,
  and Elishama, and Be῾elyada, and Elifelet.
  And when the Pelishtim heard that David was anointed king over all Yisra᾽el, all the Pelishtim went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.
  And the Pelishtim came and made a raid in the valley of Refa᾽im.
  And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Pelishtim? and wilt Thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thy hand.
  So they came up to Ba῾al-perażim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God has broken through my enemies by my hand like a bursting flood of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Ba῾al-perażim.
  And they left their gods there and David gave command, that they should be burned with fire.
  And the Pelishtim once again made a raid in the valley.
  So David inquired again of God; and God said to him, Do not go up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them opposite the bakha trees.
  And let it be, when thou shalt hear a sound of marching in the tops of the bakha trees, then thou shalt go out to battle: for God has gone out before thee to smite the camp of the Pelishtim.
  David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the camp of the Pelishtim from Giv῾on as far as Gezer.
  And David’s renown went out into all the lands; and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations.
  
  
  
  And David made houses for himself in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
  Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.
  And David gathered all Yisra᾽el together to Yerushalayim, to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.
  And David assembled the children of Aharon, and the Levites:
  of the sons of Qehat; Uri᾽el the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty:
  of the sons of Merari; ῾Asaya the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
  of the sons of Gershom: Yo᾽el the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty:
  of the sons of Eliżafan; Shema῾ya the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
  of the sons of Ĥevron; Eli᾽el the chief, and his brethren eighty:
  of the sons of ῾Uzzi᾽el; ῾Amminadav the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.
  And David called for Żadoq and Evyatar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uri᾽el, ῾Asaya, and Yo᾽el, Shema῾ya, and Eli᾽el, and ῾Amminadav,
  and he said to them, You are the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Yisra᾽el to the place that I have prepared for it.
  For because you did not do so at first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, because we did not seek him according to the prescribed form.
  So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Yisra᾽el.
  And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders the bars being upon them, as Moshe had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
  And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, lutes and lyres and cymbals, playing loudly to raise sounds of joy.
  So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Yo᾽el; and of his brethren, Asaf the son of Berekhyahu; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Etan the son of Qushayahu;
  and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zekharyahu, Ben, and Ya῾azi᾽el, and Shemiramot, and Yeĥi᾽el, and ῾Unni, Eli᾽av, and Benayahu, and Ma῾aseyahu, and Mattityahu, and Eliflehu, and Miqneyahu, and ῾Oved-edom, and Ye῾i᾽el, the gatekeepers.
  So the singers, Heman, Asaf, and Etan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
  and Zekharya, and ῾Azi᾽el, and Shemiramot, and Yeĥi᾽el, and ῾Unni, and Eli᾽av, and Ma῾aseyahu, and Benayahu, with lutes to ῾Alamot;
  and Mattityahu, and Eliflehu, and Miqneyahu, and ῾Oved-edom, and Ye῾i᾽el, and ῾Azazyahu, with lyres to the Sheminit to lead.
  And Kenanyahu, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he was master in the song, because he was skilful.
  And Berekhya and Elqana were gatekeepers for the ark.
  And Shevanyahu, and Yoshafat, and Netan᾽el, and ῾Amasay, and Zekharyahu, and Benayahu, and Eli῾ezer, the priests, did blow on the trumpets before the ark of God: and ῾Oved-edom and Yehiyya were gatekeepers for the ark.
  So David, and the elders of Yisra᾽el, and the captains over the thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of ῾Oved-edom with joy.
  And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
  And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Kenanya the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an efod of linen.
  Thus all Yisra᾽el brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the shofar, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with lutes and lyres.
  And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Mikhal the daughter of Sha᾽ul looking through a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
  
  
  
  So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had set up for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
  And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord.
  And he distributed to every one of Yisra᾽el both men and women, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of meat, and a cake of raisins.
  And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to invoke and to thank and praise the Lord God of Yisra᾽el.
  Asaf the chief, and next to him Zekharya, Ye῾i᾽el, and Shemiramot, and Yeĥi᾽el, and Mattitya, and Eli᾽av, and Benayahu, and ῾Oved-edom: and Ye῾i᾽el with lutes and with lyres; but Asaf was to sound the cymbals;
  and Benayahu and Yaĥazi᾽el the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
  Then on that day David first delivered this psalm (to thank the Lord) into the hand of Asaf and his brethren.
  Give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples.
  Sing to him, sing psalms to him, talk of all his wondrous works.
  Glory in his holy name: let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
  Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.
  Remember his marvellous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
  O seed of Yisra᾽el his servant, you children of Ya῾aqov, his chosen ones.
  He is the Lord our God; his judgments are on all the earth.
  Be mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
  which he made with Avraham, and of his oath to Yiżĥaq;
  and he confirmed the same to Ya῾aqov for a law, and to Yisra᾽el for an everlasting covenant,
  saying, To thee will I give the land of Kena῾an, the lot of your inheritance;
  when you were but a few men in number, of little account and sojourners there:
  when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
  he suffered no man to do them wrong: but he reproved kings for their sakes, saying,
  Do not touch any anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
  Sing to the Lord, all the earth; announce his salvation from day to day.
  Declare his glory among the nations; his marvellous works among all peoples.
  For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and he is to be feared above all gods.
  For all the gods of the peoples are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.
  Honour and majesty are before him; strength and gladness are in his place.
  Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
  Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
  Tremble before him, all the earth: the world also is established, so that it shall not be moved.
  Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let it be said among the nations, The Lord reigns.
  Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the field rejoice, and all that is in it.
  Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy at the presence of the Lord, because he comes to judge the earth.
  O give thanks to the Lord; for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever.
  And say, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Thy holy name, and glory in Thy praise.
  Blessed be the Lord God of Yisra᾽el for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord.
  So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord Asaf and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required:
  and ῾Oved-edom with their brethren, sixty eight; and ῾Oved-edom the son of Yeditun and Ĥosa to be doorkeepers:
  and Żadoq the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Giv῾on,
  to offer burnt offerings to the Lord upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the Tora of the Lord, which he commanded Yisra᾽el;
  And with them Heman and Yedutun, and the rest who were chosen, who were expressly named, to give thanks to the Lord, because his steadfast love endures forever;
  and with them Heman and Yedutun with trumpets and cymbals for making a loud sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Yedutun were posted at the gate.
  And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
  
  
  
  Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Natan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar wood, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remains under curtains.
  Then Natan said to David, Do all that is in thy heart; for God is with thee.
  And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Natan, saying,
  Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the Lord, Thou shalt not build me a house to dwell in:
  for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Yisra᾽el to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
  Everywhere where I have walked among all Yisra᾽el, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Yisra᾽el whom I commanded to be shepherds to my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar wood?
  Now therefore thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the pasture, from following the sheep, that thou shouldst be ruler over my people Yisra᾽el:
  and I have been with thee wherever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thy enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men who are on the earth.
  And I will ordain a place for my people Yisra᾽el, and I will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; nor shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
  and ever since the time when I commanded judges to be over my people Yisra᾽el. And I will subdue all thy enemies. Moreover I declare to thee that the Lord will build thee a house.
  And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled when thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, who shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
  He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne for ever.
  I will be his father, and he will be my son: and I will not take my steadfast love away from him, as I took it from the one who was before thee:
  but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
  According to all these words, and according to all this vision, did Natan speak to David.
  And David the king came and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that Thou hast brought me so far?
  And as though this was too little in Thy eyes, O God, Thou hast also spoken of Thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me as a man of high degree, O Lord God.
  What more can David say to Thee concerning the honour done to Thy servant? for Thou knowst Thy servant.
  O Lord, for Thy servant’s sake, and according to Thy own heart, hast Thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
  O Lord, there is none like Thee, nor is there any God besides Thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
  And who is like Thy people Yisra᾽el, a singular nation on the earth, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make Thee a name of greatness and awesomeness, by driving out nations from before Thy people, whom Thou didst redeem out of Miżrayim?
  For Thy people Yisra᾽el didst Thou make Thy own people forever; and Thou, Lord, didst become their God.
  Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that Thou hast spoken concerning Thy servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as Thou hast said,
  So let it be established, that Thy name may be magnified forever, saying, The Lord of hosts, the God of Yisra᾽el, is a God to Yisra᾽el: and let the house of David Thy servant be established before Thee.
  For Thou, O my God, hast told Thy servant that Thou wilt build him a house: therefore Thy servant has found in his heart to pray before Thee.
  And now, Lord, Thou art God, and hast promised this goodness to Thy servant:
  and now it has pleased Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may be before Thee forever: for Thou, O Lord, hast blessed it, and it shall be blessed forever.
  
  
  
  Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Pelishtim, and subdued them, and took Gat and its hamlets out of the hand of the Pelishtim.
  And he smote Mo᾽av; and Mo᾽av became David’s servants, and brought tribute.
  And David smote Hadad῾ezer king of Żova as far as Ĥamat, as he went to set up his dominion by the river Perat.
  And David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David lamed all the chariot horses, but reserved from them enough for a hundred chariots.
  And when Aram of Darmeseq came to help Hadad῾ezer king of Żova, David slew of Aram twenty two thousand men.
  Then David put garrisons in Aram of Darmeseq; and the people of Aram became David’s servants, and brought tribute. Thus the Lord preserved David wherever he went.
  And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadad῾ezer, and brought them to Yerushalayim.
  Likewise from Tivĥat, and from Kun, cities of Hadad῾ezer, David took very much brass, with which Shelomo made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
  Now when To῾u king of Ĥamat heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadad῾ezer king of Żova;
  he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadad῾ezer, and smitten him; (for Hadad῾ezer had wars with To῾u;) and he had with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
  These also did king David dedicate to the Lord, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all these nations; from Edom, and from Mo᾽av, and from the children of ῾Ammon, and from the Pelishtim, and from ῾Amaleq.
  Moreover Avshay the son of Żeruya slew of Edom in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
  And he put garrisons in Edom; and all Edom became David’s servants. Thus the Lord preserved David wherever he went.
  So David reigned over all Yisra᾽el, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
  And Yo᾽av the son of Żeruya was over the host; and Yehoshafat the son of Aĥilud, was recorder.
  And Żadoq the son of Aĥituv, and Avimelekh the son of Evyatar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
  and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada was over the Kereti and the Peleti; and the sons of David were chief ministers about the king.
  
  
  
  Now it came to pass after this, that Naĥash the king of the children of ῾Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
  And David said, I will deal loyally with Ĥanun the son of Naĥash, because his father dealt loyally with me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of ῾Ammon to Ĥanun, to comfort him.
  But the princes of the children of ῾Ammon said to Ĥanun, Thinkst thou that David honours thy father, that he has sent comforters to thee? are not his servants come to thee to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
  So Ĥanun took David’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle to their hips, and sent them away.
  Then there went certain persons, and told David how the men had been treated. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Yeriĥo until your beards are grown, and then return.
  And when the children of ῾Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Ĥanun and the children of ῾Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen out of Aram-naharayim, and out of Aram-ma῾akha, and out of Żova.
  So they hired thirty two thousand chariots, and the king of Ma῾akha and his people; who came and encamped before Medeva. And the children of ῾Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
  And when David heard of it, he sent Yo᾽av, and all the host of the mighty men.
  And the children of ῾Ammon came out, and ranged themselves in battle before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
  Now when Yo᾽av saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice men of Yisra᾽el, and ranged them against Aram.
  And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Avshay his brother, and they ranged themselves against the children of ῾Ammon.
  And he said, If Aram is too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of ῾Ammon are too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
  Be of good courage, and let us prove strong for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight:
  So Yo᾽av and the people that were with him drew near before Aram to the battle; and they fled before him.
  And when the children of ῾Ammon saw that Aram had fled, they likewise fled before Avshay his brother, and entered the city. Then Yo᾽av came to Yerushalayim.
  And when Aram saw that they were put to the worse before Yisra᾽el, they sent messengers, and brought out the men of Aram who were beyond the river: and Shofakh the captain of the host of Hadad῾ezer went before them.
  And it was told David; and he gathered all Yisra᾽el, and passed over the Yarden, and came upon them, and ranged himself against them. So David put the battle in array against Aram, and they fought with him.
  But Aram fled before Yisra᾽el; and David slew of Aram seven thousand charioteers, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shofakh the captain of the host.
  And when the servants of Hadad῾ezer saw that they were put to the worse before Yisra᾽el, they made peace with David, and became his servants: and Aram was not willing to help the children of ῾Ammon any more.
  
  
  
  And it came to pass, at the time of the return of the year, at the time when the kings go out to battle, that Yo᾽av led forth the power of the army, and ravaged the country of the children of ῾Ammon, and came and besieged Rabba. But David remained at Yerushalayim. And Yo᾽av smote Rabba, and destroyed it.
  And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David’s head: and he also brought very much spoil out of the city.
  And he brought out the people who were in it, and set them to work with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so did David deal with all the cities of the children of ῾Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Yerushalayim.
  And it came to pass after this that there arose war at Gezer with the Pelishtim; at which time Sibbekhay the Ĥushatite slew Sippay, that was of the children of the Rafa; and they were subdued.
  And there was war again with the Pelishtim; and Elĥanan the son of Ya᾽ir slew Laĥmi the brother of Golyat the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.
  And yet again there was war at Gat, where there was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were twenty four, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the Rafa.
  And he insulted Yisra᾽el, so Yehonatan the son of Shim῾a, David’s brother, slew him.
  These were born to the Rafa in Gat; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
  
  
  
  And an adversary angel stood up against Yisra᾽el, and provoked David to number Yisra᾽el.
  And David said to Yo᾽av and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Yisra᾽el from Be᾽er-sheva to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
  And Yo᾽av answered, The Lord make his people a hundred times so many more as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Yisra᾽el?
  But the king’s word prevailed against Yo᾽av. So Yo᾽av departed, and went throughout all Yisra᾽el, and came to Yerushalayim.
  And Yo᾽av gave the sum of the number of the people to David. In all Yisra᾽el there were one million one hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Yehuda was four hundred and seventy thousand men that drew sword.
  But he did not count Levi and Binyamin among them: for the king’s word was abhorrent to Yo᾽av.
  And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Yisra᾽el.
  And David said to God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I pray thee, take away the iniquity of Thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
  And the Lord spoke to Gad, David’s seer, saying,
  Go and tell David, saying, Thus says the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose one of them, that I may do it to thee.
  So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus say the Lord, Choose,
  either three years famine; or three months to be driven away before thy foes, while the sword of thy enemies overtakes thee; or else three days of the Lord’s sword, namely, pestilence in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the border of Yisra᾽el. Now therefore consider what word I shall bring back to him who sent me.
  And David said to Gad, I am in great distress: let me fall rather into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
  So the Lord sent a plague upon Yisra᾽el: and there fell of Yisra᾽el seventy thousand men.
  And God sent an angel to Yerushalayim to destroy it: and as he was about to destroy, the Lord beheld, and he relented of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, now hold thy hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Yevusite.
  And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the Lord standing between the earth and the heaven, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Yerushalayim. Then David and the elders, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
  And David said to God, Is it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? so that it is I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let Thy hand, I pray Thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on Thy people, that they should be plagued.
  Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Yevusite.
  And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the Lord.
  And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
  And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
  Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar on it to the Lord: thou shalt give it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
  And Ornan said to 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 meal offering; I give it all.
  And king David said to Ornan, No; but I will surely buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings without payment.
  So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
  And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the Lord; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
  And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into its sheath.
  At that time when David saw that the Lord had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Yevusite, then he sacrificed there.
  But the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moshe made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Giv῾on.
  And David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was terrified because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.
  
  
  
  Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Yisra᾽el.
  And David commanded to gather together the strangers who were in the land of Yisra᾽el and he set masons to hew dressed stones to build the house of God.
  And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
  and cedar trees in abundance: for the men of Żidon and of Żor brought much cedar wood to David.
  And David said, Shelomo my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all lands: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David provided abundant materials before his death.
  Then he called for Shelomo his son, and charged him to build a house for the Lord God of Yisra᾽el.
  And David said to Shelomo, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the Lord my God:
  but the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build a house to my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
  Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of tranquillity; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Shelomo, and I will give peace and quietness to Yisra᾽el in his days.
  He shall build a 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 Yisra᾽el forever.
  Now, my son, the Lord be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the Lord thy God, as he has said of thee,
  Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge over Yisra᾽el that thou mayst keep the Tora of the Lord thy God.
  Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the Lord commanded Moshe for Yisra᾽el: be strong, and of good courage; do not dread, or be dismayed.
  Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver; and brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: and timber and stone have I prepared; and thou mayst add to it.
  Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of skilful men for every manner of work.
  Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no account. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.
  And David commanded all the princes of Yisra᾽el to help Shelomo his son, saying,
  Is not the Lord your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.
  Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.
  
  
  
  So when David was old and full of days, he made Shelomo his son king over Yisra᾽el.
  And he gathered together all the princes of Yisra᾽el, with the priests and the Levites.
  Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upwards: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty eight thousand.
  Twenty four thousand of these were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:
  and four thousand were gatekeepers; and four thousand praised the Lord with the instruments which I made for praise.
  And David divided them into sections      according to the sons of Levi; Gershon, Qehat, and Merari.
  Of the Gershoni there were: La῾adan, and Shim῾i.
  The sons of La῾adan; the chief was Yeĥi᾽el, and Zetam, and Yo᾽el three.
  The sons of Shim῾i; Shelomit, and Ĥazi᾽el, and Ĥaran; three. These were the chiefs of the fathers’ houses of La῾adan.
  And the sons of Shim῾i were, Yaĥat, Zina, and Ye῾ush. and Beri῾a. These four were the sons of Shim῾i.
  And Yaĥat was the chief, and Ziza the second: but Ye῾ush and Beri῾a had not many sons; therefore they became a father’s house in one reckoning.
  The sons of Qehat; ῾Amram, Yiżhar, Ĥevron, and ῾Uzzi᾽el; four.
  The sons of ῾Amram; Aharon and Moshe: and Aharon was separated, that he should be sanctified as most holy, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the Lord, to minister to him, and to bless in his name forever.
  Now concerning Moshe the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi.
  The sons of Moshe were, Gershom, and Eli῾ezer.
  Of the sons of Gershom, Shevu᾽el was the chief.
  And the sons of Eli῾ezer were, Reĥavya the chief. And Eli῾ezer had no other sons; but the sons of Reĥavya were very many.
  Of the sons of Yiżhar; Shelomit the chief.
  Of the sons of Ĥevron; Yeriyyahu the first, Amarya the second, Yaĥazi᾽el the third, and Yeqam῾am the fourth.
  Of the sons of ῾Uzzi᾽el; Mikha the first, and Yishshiyya the second.
  The sons of Merari; Maĥli, and Mushi. The sons of Maĥli; El῾azar, and Qish.
  And El῾azar died, and had no sons, but only daughters: and their brethren the sons of Qish took them to wife.
  The sons of Mushi; Maĥli, and ῾Eder, and Yeremot, three.
  These were the sons of Levi according to the houses of their fathers; the heads of father’s houses, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from the age of twenty years and upwards.
  For David said, The Lord God of Yisra᾽el has given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Yerushalayim forever:
  and also to the Levites that they shall no more need to carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for its service.
  For by the last ordinances of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:
  because their station was at the side of the sons of Aharon for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
  both for the showbread, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
  and to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening;
  and whenever burnt sacrifices are offered to the Lord on the sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the appointed seasons, by number, according to the order commanded to them, continually before the Lord:
  and that they should keep the charge of the Tent of Meeting, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aharon their brethren, for the service of the house of the Lord.
  
  
  
  The divisions of the sons of Aharon. The sons of Aharon; Nadav, and Avihu, El῾azar, and Itamar.
  But Nadav and Avihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore El῾azar and Itamar executed the priest’s office.
  And David and Żadoq of the sons of El῾azar, and Aĥimelekh of the sons of Itamar, divided them up according to their offices in their service.
  And there were more chief men found of the sons of El῾azar than of the sons of Itamar; and thus they were divided. Among the sons of El῾azar there were sixteen heads of fathers’ houses and among the sons of Itamar eight for the houses of their fathers.
  Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were officers of the sanctuary, and officers of God, among the sons of El῾azar, and of the sons of Itamar.
  And Shema῾ya the son of Netan᾽el the scribe, one of the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Żadoq the priest, and Aĥimelekh the son of Evyatar, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites: one father’s house being chosen for El῾azar, and one chosen for Itamar.
  Now the first lot fell to Yehoyariv, the second to Yeda῾ya,
  the third to Ĥarim, the fourth to Se῾orim,
  the fifth to Malkiyya, the sixth to Miyyamin,
  the seventh to Haqqoż, the eighth to Aviyya,
  the ninth to Yeshua, the tenth to Shekhanyahu,
  the eleventh to Elyashiv, the twelfth to Yaqim,
  the thirteenth to Ĥuppa, the fourteenth to Yeshev᾽av,
  the fifteenth to Bilga, the sixteenth to Immer,
  the seventeenth to Ĥezir, the eighteenth to Happiżżeż,
  the nineteenth to Petaĥya, the twentieth to Yeĥezqel,
  the twenty first to Yakhin, the twenty second to Gamul,
  the twenty third to Delayahu, the twenty fourth to Ma῾azyahu.
  These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the Lord, according to the form prescribed to them by the hand of Aharon their father, as the Lord God of Yisra᾽el had commanded him.
  And the rest of the sons of Levi were: of the sons of ῾Amram; Shuva᾽el: of the sons of Shuva᾽el; Yeĥdeyahu.
  Of Reĥavyahu: of the sons of Reĥavyahu, the chief was Yishshiyya.
  Of the Yiżhari; Shelomot: of the sons of Shelomot; Yaĥat.
  And the sons of Yeriyyahu: Amaryahu the second, Yaĥazi᾽el the third, Yeqam῾am the fourth.
  Of the sons of ῾Uzzi᾽el; Mikha: of the sons of Mikha; Shamir.
  The brother of Mikha was Yishshiyya: of the sons of Yishshiyya; Zekharyahu.
  The sons of Merari were Maĥli and Mushi: the sons of Ya῾aziyyahu; Beno.
  The sons of Merari by Ya῾aziyyahu; Beno, and Shoham, and Zakkur, and ῾Ivri.
  Of Maĥli came El῾azar, who had no sons.
  Concerning Qish: the son of Qish was Yeraĥme᾽el.
  And the sons of Mushi; Maĥli, and ῾Eder, and Yerimot. These were the sons of the Levites according to the houses of their fathers.
  These also cast lots in the same manner as their brethren the sons of Aharon, in the presence of David the king, and Żadoq, and Aĥimelekh, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites; the head of each father’s house in the same manner as his younger brother.
  
  
  
  And David and the captains of the host separated for the service certain of the sons of Asaf, and of Heman, and of Yedutun, who should prophesy with lyres, with lutes, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
  of the sons of Asaf; Zekhur, and Yosef, and Netanya, and Asar᾽ela, the sons of Asaf, under the hands of Asaf, who prophesied according to the order of the king.
  Of Yedutun: the sons of Yedutun; Gedalyahu, and Żeri, and Yesha῾yahu, Ĥashavyahu, and Mattityahu; six, under the hands of their father Yedutun, who prophesied with a lyre, to give thanks and to praise the Lord.
  Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Buqqiyyahu, Mattanyahu, ῾Uzzi᾽el, Shevu᾽el, and Yerimot, Ĥananya, Ĥanani, Eli᾽ata, Giddalti, and Romamti-῾ezer, Yoshbeqasha, Malloti, Hotir, and Maĥazi᾽ot:
  all these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer according to the word of God, who bade to lift up his horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
  All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, lutes, and lyres, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order      Asaf, Yedutun, and Heman.
  So the number of them, with their brethren who were instructed in the songs of the Lord, all who were skilful, was two hundred and eighty eight.
  And they cast lots, watch against watch, the small and the great alike, the teacher together with the pupil.
  Now the first lot came out for Asaf to Yosef: the second to Gedalyahu; he with his brethren and sons were twelve:
  the third to Zakkur, his sons and his brethren, twelve:
  the fourth to Yiżri, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the fifth to Netanyahu, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the sixth to Buqqiyyahu, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the seventh to Yesar᾽ela, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
  the eighth to Yesha῾yahu, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the ninth to Mattanyahu, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the tenth to Shim῾i, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the eleventh to ῾Azar᾽el, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the twelfth to Ĥashavya, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the thirteenth to Shuva᾽el, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the fourteenth to Mattityahu, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the fifteenth to Yeremot, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the sixteenth, to Ĥananyahu, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the seventeenth to Yoshbeqasha, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the eighteenth to Ĥanani, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the nineteenth to Malloti, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the twentieth to Eliyyata, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the twenty first to Hotir, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the twenty second to Giddalti, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the twenty third to Maĥazi᾽ot, his sons, and his brethren, twelve:
  the twenty fourth to Romamti-῾ezer, his sons, and his brethren, twelve.
  
  
  
  Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Qorĥi was Meshelem­yahu the son of Qore, of the sons of Asaf.
  And the sons of Meshelemyahu were, Zekharyahu the firstborn, Yedi῾a᾽el the second, Zevadyahu the third, Yatni᾽el the fourth,
  ῾Elam the fifth, Yehoĥanan the sixth, Elyeho῾enay the seventh.
  And ῾Oved-edom had sons, Shema῾ya the firstborn, Yehozavad the second, Yo᾽aĥ the third, and Sakhar the fourth, and Netan᾽el the fifth,
  ῾Ammi᾽el the sixth, Yissakhar the seventh, Pe῾ulletay the eighth: for God blessed him.
  Also to Shema῾ya his son were sons born, who ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men at arms.
  The sons of Shema῾ya; ῾Otni, and Refa᾽el, and ῾Oved, Elzavad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semakhyahu.
  All these of the sons of ῾Oved-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were sixty two of ῾Oved-edom.
  And Meshelemyahu had sons and brothers, strong men, eighteen.
  Also Ĥosa, of the children of Merari, had sons; Shimri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
  Ĥilqiyyahu the second, Tevalyahu the third, Zekharyahu the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Ĥosa were thirteen.
  Among these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, among the chief men, having watches in the same manner as their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord.
  And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to the houses of their fathers, for every gate.
  And the lot eastward fell to Shelemyahu. Then for Zekharyahu his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northwards.
  To ῾Oved-edom southwards; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
  To Shuppim and Ĥosa westwards, with the gate Shallekhet, by the causeway that goes up, ward against ward.
  Eastwards were six Levites, northwards four a day, southwards four a day, and towards Asuppim two and two.
  At Parbar westwards, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
  These are the divisions of the gatekeepers, among the sons of Qoraĥ, and among the sons of Merari.
  And of the Levites, Aĥiyya was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the holy things.
  The sons of La῾dan; the sons of the Gershoni belonging to La῾dan, the heads of fathers’ houses, of La῾dan the Gershonite, were Yeĥi᾽eli.
  The sons of Yeĥi᾽eli; Zetam, and Yo᾽el his brother, who were over the treasures of the house of the Lord.
  Of the ῾Amrami, the Yiżhari, the Ĥevroni, and the ῾Ozzi᾽eli:
  and Shevu᾽el the son of Gershom, the son of Moshe, was ruler of the treasures.
  And his brethren by Eli῾ezer; Reĥavyahu his son, and Yesha῾yahu his son, and Yoram his son, and Zikhri his son, and Shelomot his son.
  This Shelomot and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ houses, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
  Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the Lord.
  And all that Shemu᾽el the seer, and Sha᾽ul the son of Qish, and Avner the son of Ner, and Yo᾽av the son of Żeruya, had dedi-cated; and whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomit, and of his brethren.
  Of the Yiżhari, Kenanyahu and his sons were for the outward business over Yisra᾽el, for officers and judges.
  And of the Ĥevroni, Ĥashavyahu and his brethren, men at arms, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Yisra᾽el on this side of the Yarden westward in all the business of the Lord, and in the service of the king.
  Among the Ĥevroni was Yeriyya the chief, among the Ĥevroni, 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 at arms at Ya῾zer of Gil῾ad.
  And his brethren, men at arms, two thousand seven hundred heads of fathers’ houses, whom king David made rulers over the Re᾽uveni, the Gadi, and the half tribe of Menashshe, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.
  
  
  
  Now the children of Yisra᾽el after their number, namely, heads of fathers’ houses and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in any matter of the divisions, who came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year; in every division were twenty four thousand.
  Over the first division for the first month was Yoshov῾am the son of Zavdi᾽el: and in his division were twenty four thousand.
  Of the children of Pereż the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
  And over the division of the second month was Doday an Aĥoĥite, and his division, and Miqlot the ruler in his division were twenty four thousand.
  The third captain of the host for the third month was Benayahu the son of Yehoyada, a chief priest: and in his division were twenty four thousand.
  This is that Benayahu, who was the mighty one of the thirty, and over the thirty: and in his division was ῾Ammizavad his son.
  The fourth captain for the fourth month was ῾Asa᾽el the brother of Yo᾽av, and Zevadya his son after him: and in his division were twenty four thousand.
  The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhut of Yirzaĥ: and in his division were twenty four thousand.
  The sixth captain for the sixth month was ῾Ira the son of ῾Iqqesh the Teqo῾ite: and in his division, were twenty four thousand.
  The seventh captain for the seventh month was Ĥeleż the Pelonite, of the children of Efrayim: and in his division were twenty four thousand.
  The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbekhay the Ĥushatite, of the Zarĥi: and in his division were twenty four thousand.
  The ninth captain for the ninth month was Avi῾ezer the ῾Antotite, of the Benyemini: and in his division were twenty four thousand.
  The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharay the Netofatite, of the Zarĥi: and in his division were twenty four thousand.
  The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaya the Pir῾atonite, of the children of Efrayim: and in his division were twenty four thousand.
  The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Ĥelday the Netofatite, of ῾Otniel: and in his division were twenty four thousand.
  Furthermore over the tribes of Yisra᾽el: the ruler of the Re᾽uveni was Eli῾ezer the son of Zikhri: of the Shim῾oni, Shefatyahu the son of Ma῾akha:
  of the Levites, Ĥashavya the son of Qemu᾽el: of the sons of Aharon, Żadoq:
  of Yehuda, Elihu, one of the brothers of David: of Yissakhar, ῾Omri the son of Mikha᾽el:
  of Zevulun, Yishma῾yahu the son of ῾Ovadyahu: of Naftali, Yerimot the son of ῾Azri᾽el:
  of the children of Efrayim, Hoshea the son of ῾Azazyahu: of the half tribe of Menashshe, Yo᾽el the son of Pedayahu:
  of the half tribe of Menashshe in Gil῾ad, Yiddo the son of Zekharyahu: of Binyamin, Ya῾asi᾽el the son of Avner:
  of Dan, ῾Azar᾽el the son of Yeroĥam. These were the princes of the tribes of Yisra᾽el.
  But David did not take the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Yisra᾽el like the stars of the heavens.
  Yo᾽av the son of Żeruya began to count, but he did not finish, because there fell wrath for it against Yisra᾽el; nor was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.
  And over the king’s treasures was ῾Azmavet the son of ῾Adi᾽el: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the towers, was Yehonatan the son of ῾Uzziyyahu:
  and over those who did the work of the field for the tillage of the ground was ῾Ezri the son of Keluv:
  and over the vineyards was Shim῾i the Ramatite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zavdi the Shifmite:
  and over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the low plains was Ba῾al-ĥanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Yo᾽ash:
  and over the herds which fed in the Sharon was Shirtay the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shafat the son of ῾Adlay:
  and over the camels was Ovile the Yishme῾elite: and over the asses was Yeĥdeyahu the Meronotite:
  and over the flocks was Yaziz the Hagrite. All these were the stewards of the property which belonged to king David.
  And Yehonatan David’s uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Yeĥi᾽el the son of Ĥakhmoni was with the king’s sons:
  and Aĥitofel was the king’s counsellor: and Ĥushay the Arkite was the king’s companion:
  and after Aĥitofel came Yehoyada the son of Benayahu, and Evyatar: and the general of the king’s army was Yo᾽av.
  
  
  
  And David assembled all the princes of Yisra᾽el, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that served the king by divisions, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the property and possessions of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the men at arms to Yerushalayim.
  Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and I had made ready for building:
  but God said to me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou hast been a man of battles, and hast shed blood.
  Yet the Lord God of Yisra᾽el chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Yisra᾽el forever: for he has chosen Yehuda to be the ruler; and out of the house of Yehuda, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Yisra᾽el:
  and of all my sons, (for the Lord has given me many sons), he has chosen Shelomo my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Yisra᾽el.
  And he said to me, Shelomo thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him.
  Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
  Now therefore in the sight of all Yisra᾽el the congregation of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek out all the commandments of the Lord your God: that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you forever.
  And thou, Shelomo my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found by thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.
  Take heed now; for the Lord has chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
  Then David gave to Shelomo his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses and of its treasuries, and of its upper chambers, and of its inner rooms, and of the place of the ark with its covering,
  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 holy things:
  also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the Lord.
  He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:
  both the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for its lamps: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, for the candlestick, and for its lamps, according to the use of every candlestick.
  And by weight he gave gold for the tables of showbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
  also pure gold for the forks, and the basins, and the jars: and for the golden bowls by weight for every bowl; and likewise by weight for every bowl of the silver bowls:
  and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, that is the keruvim, that spread out their wings, and cover the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
  All this, said he, is put in writing by the hand of the Lord who instructed me, all the works of this pattern.
  And David said to Shelomo his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: do not fear, or be dismayed: for the Lord God, my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, or forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
  And, behold, the divisions of the priests and the Levites, 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.
  
  
  
  And David the king said to all the congregation, Shelomo my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the Lord God.
  Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; Shoham stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and coloured stones; and all manner of precious stones, and marble stone in abundance.
  Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, I have given of my own private treasure, of gold and silver, to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
  three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ofir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses:
  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 himself this day to the Lord?
  Then the chief of the fathers’ houses and princes of the tribes of Yisra᾽el, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly,
  and gave for the service of the house of God five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
  And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the Lord, by the hand of Yeĥi᾽el the Gershonite.
  Then the people rejoiced, for having offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
  Wherefore David blessed the Lord before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be Thou, Lord God of Yisra᾽el our father, forever and ever.
  Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in heaven and on earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all.
  Both riches and honour come of Thee, and Thou reignest over all; and in Thy hand is power and might; and in Thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all.
  Now therefore, our God, we thank Thee, and praise Thy glorious name.
  But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly after this sort? for all things come of Thee, and of Thy own have we given Thee.
  For we are strangers before Thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
  O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared, to build Thee a house for Thy holy name comes of Thy hand, and is all Thy own.
  I know also, my God, that Thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now I have seen Thy people, who are present here, offering joyfully and freely to Thee.
  O Lord God of Avraham, Yiżĥaq and of Yisra᾽el, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Thy people, and direct their hearts to Thee:
  And give to Shelomo 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 which I have made provision.
  And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the Lord your God. And all the congregation blessed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and prostrated themselves before the Lord, and the king.
  And they sacrificed sacrifices to the Lord, and offered burnt offerings to the Lord, on the morrow after that day, a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Yisra᾽el:
  and they did eat and drink before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Shelomo the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to the Lord to be the chief governor, and Żadoq to be priest.
  Then Shelomo sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Yisra᾽el obeyed him.
  And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves to Shelomo the king.
  And the Lord magnified Shelomo exceedingly in the sight of all Yisra᾽el, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Yisra᾽el.
  Thus David the son of Yishay reigned over all Yisra᾽el.
  And the time that he reigned over Yisra᾽el was forty years; seven years he reigned in Ĥevron, and thirty three years he reigned in Yerushalayim.
  And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Shelomo his son reigned in his stead.
  Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Shemu᾽el the seer, and in the book of Natan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
  with all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Yisra᾽el, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.