the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and
then they waited on their office according to with her suburbs,
their order.

33 And these are they that waited with their children: of the sons of the Kohathites; Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,

34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jerobam, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

39 And his brother Asaph, (who stood on bis right hand,) even Asaph the son of Bereehiah, the son of Shimea,

40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah,

41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the SOR of Adaiah,

42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir

59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs:

60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities, throughout their families, were thirteen cities.

61 And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half-tribe, namely, out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

62 And to the sons of Gershom, throughout their families, were given out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs.

65 And they gave by lot, out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are called by their names.

66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out

44 And their brethren, the sons of Merari, stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Am-of the tribe of Ephraim. aziah, the son of Hilkiah,

46 The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,

47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

67 And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Geżer with her suburbs,

68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs,

69 And Ajalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs:

70 And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh

49 ¶ But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the al-Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her tar of incense, and were appointed for all the suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the work of the place most holy, and to make an sons of Kohath.

atonement for Israel, according to all that 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given, Moses, the servant of God, had commanded. out of the family of the half-tribe of Manas

50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Elea-seh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and zar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

son,

72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, his son, 73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Abi-Anem with her suburbs:

74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,

75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Re

52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, tub his son,

53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 ¶ Now these are their dwelling-places throughout their castles, in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohath-hob with her suburbs: ites; for theirs was the lot.

55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rim. mon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of 78 And on the other side Jordan by refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were giv Jattir and Eshtemoa with their suburbs, en them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer

76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah¦ a son, and she called his name Peresh; and with her suburbs, the name of his brother was Sheresh; and

79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. Menhaath with her suburbs:

17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir. the son of Manasseh.

18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

CHAP. VII.

19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

NOW

20 ¶ And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

OW the sons of Issachar were Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, 21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of Gath that were born in that land slew, bemight in their generations; whose number cause they came down to take away their was, in the days of David, two and twenty cattle. thousand and six hundred.

80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,

81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

22 And Ephraim their father mourned 3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah : and the many days, and his brethren came to comsons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and fort him. Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.

23 ¶ And when he went in to his wife, she 4 And with them, by their generations, af- conceived, and bare a son, and he called his ter the house of their fathers, were bands of name Beriah, because it went evil with his soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men : for they had many wives and sons.

5 And their brethren, among all the families of Issachar, were valiant men of might, reckoned in all, by their genealogies, fourscore and seven thousand.

house.

24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)

25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

6¶ The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Eiishama his son,

27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
28 And their possessions and habitations

7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastmen of valour; and were reckoned by their ward Naaran, and westward Gezer with the genealogies twenty and two thousand and towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thirty and four. thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai,and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Ala-nach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, meth. All these are the sons of Becher. Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the chil

29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taa

9 And the number of them, after their ge-dren of Joseph, the son of Israel. nealogy by their generations, heads of the 30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuhouse of their fathers, mighty men of valour, ah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their was twenty thousand and two hundred. sister.

10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, aud Tharshish, and Abishabar.

11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.

31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shuah their sister.

33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath: these are the children o Japhlet.

34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harne pher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,

14 ¶ The sons of Manasseh, Ashriel, whom she bare; (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir, the father of Gilead:

37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.

38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah ;) and the name of the second was Zelopbehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.

39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Ha niel, and Reziab

10 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and migh

18 And Maachah, the wife of Machir, bare ty men of valour, chief of the princes. And

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13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

the number throughout the genealogy of them | Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi that were apt to the war and to battle was shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. twenty and six thousand men. CHAP. VIII.

34 And the son of Jonathan was Merib baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 35 And the sons of Micah were Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Abaz.

NOW Benjamin begat Bela his first-born,

Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 And the sons of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,

5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Hu-son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:

ram.

38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are 6 And these are the sons of Ehud; these these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and are the heads of the fathers of the inhabit-Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All ants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:

7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahi-Eliphelet the third. bud.

40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men

8 And Shaharaim begat children in the of valour, archers, and had many sons, and country of Moab, after he had sent them sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. are of the sons of Benjamin. 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, CHAP. IX. and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma.

These were his sons, heads of the fathers.
11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and
Elpaal.

12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof:

13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Ajalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;

17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,

18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijab,

25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;

26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zinri; and Zimri begat Moza;

37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his

29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maachah;

30 And his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. 32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

33 1 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat

these were the sons of Azel.

39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his first-born, Jehush the second, and

Sall Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold, they were written in the book of the Kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

2 Now the first inhabitants, that dwelt in their possessions in their cities, were the israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.

3¶ And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;

4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

1. CHRONICLES.

14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son chambers were free; for they were employed
34 These chief fathers of the Levites were
Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of in that work day and night.
ashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, chief throughout their generations: these
ad Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of dwelt at Jerusalem.
chri, the son of Asaph;

35¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maa-n of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Bere-chah: iah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that welt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters were Shallum, and AkCub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their rethren: Shallum was the chief;

18 (Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward;) they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi.

36 And his first-born son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korabites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, be ing over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam: and they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

3And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.

41 And the sons of Mical were Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz.

42 And Ahaz begat Jarah, and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

43 And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiab his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. CHAP. X. These were the sons of Azel.

20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.

21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

NO

WOW the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before

23 So they and their children had the over-the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount sight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. 24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.

Gilboa.

2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.

3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wound ed of the archers.

4 Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through

26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. But his armour-bearer would 27 And they lodged round about the therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and house of God, because the charge was upon abuse me. a sword, and fell upon it. them, and the opening thereof every morn-not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took ing pertained to them.

28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.

25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

29 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

30 And some of the sons of the priests made
the ointment of the spices.

31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites,
who was the first-born of Shallum the Ko-
rahite, had the set office over the things that
pans.
were made in the

32 And other of their brethren, of the sons
of the Kohathites, were over the shew-bread,
to prepare it every sabbath.

5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword,

and died.

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.

7 And when all the men of Israel that were Saul and his sons were dead, then they for in the valley saw that they fled, and that came and dwelt in them. sook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines

8 And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, mount Gilboa. that they found Saul and his sons fallen in

9 And when they had stripped him, they the land of the Philistines round about, to took his head, and his armour, and sent into carry tidings unto their idols, and to the

33 And these are the singers, chief of the
fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the people.

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10 And they put his armour in the house full of barley; and the people fled from be of their gods, and fastened his head in the fore the Philistines: temple of Dagon.

117 And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.

12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.

15 Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

13¶ So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it¿

16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Beth-lehem.

14 And enquired not of the LORD; therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.

CHAP. XI.

THEN all Israel gathered themselves to unto saying,

we

17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate!

18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would it, it

are thy bone and thy flesh.

LORD,

2 And moreover, in time past, even when 19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out should do this thing. Shall I drink the blood and broughtest in Israel; and the LORD thy of these men that have put their lives in jeoGod said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my peo-pardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives ple Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my they brought it: therefore he would not drink people Israel. it. These things did these three mightiest.

21 Of the three he was more honourable than the two, for he was their captain; how

3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to 20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he the king to Hebron; and David made a co-was chief of the three for lifting up his venant with them in Hebron before the LORD; spear against three hundred, he slew them, and they anointed David king over Israel, and had a name among the three. according to the word of the LORD by Samuel. 4 ¶ And David and all Israel went to Je-beit he attained not unto the first three. rusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son were, the inhabitants of the land. of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to Da-many acts; he slew two lion-like men of vid, Thou shalt not come hither. Neverthe- Moab also he went down and slew a lion Jess David took the castle of Zion, which is in a pit in a snowy day. the city of David.

6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.

23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyp tian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties.

25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it, The city of David.

8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about; and Joab repaired the rest of the city.

9 So David waxed greater and greater; for the LORD of hosts was with him.

101 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred, hite, slain by him at one time.

12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.

13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground Arbathite,

26 Also the valiant men of the armies were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pe lonite,

28 Íra the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi ezer the Antothite,

29 Sibbecai the Hushatbite, Ilai the Aho

30 Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite,

31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,

32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the