1 Chronicles 1
1Adam, Sheth, Enosh,
2Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered,
3Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5The
sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and
Meshech, and Tiras.
6And
the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah.
7And
the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
8The
sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
9And
the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And
the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.
10And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the
earth.
11And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and
Naphtuhim,
12And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the
Philistines,) and Caphthorim.
13And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,
14The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
15And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud,
and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
18And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
19And unto Eber 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
Joktan.
20And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and
Jerah,
21Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons
of Joktan.
24Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah,
25Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27Abram; the same is Abraham.
28The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
29These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael,
Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
30Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
32Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare
Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons
of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan.
33And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and
Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah.
34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and
Israel.
35The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam,
and Korah.
36The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam,
Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek.
37The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
38And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and
Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan.
39And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was
Lotan's sister.
40The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi,
and Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
41The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram,
and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
42The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of
Dishan; Uz, and Aran.
43Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom
before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and
the name of his city was Dinhabah.
44And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah
reigned in his stead.
45And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the
Temanites reigned in his stead.
46And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which
smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his
city was Avith.
47And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his
stead.
48And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river
reigned in his stead.
49And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor
reigned in his stead.
50And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead:
and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the
daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab.
51Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah,
duke Aliah, duke Jetheth,
52Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
53Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
54Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom.
1 Chronicles 2
1These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and
Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3The
sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the
daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in
the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
4And
Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were
five.
5The
sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6And
the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of
them in all.
7And
the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing
accursed.
8And
the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9The
sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
10And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon,
prince of the children of Judah;
11And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the
second, and Shimma the third,
14Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
16Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of
Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
17And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether
the Ishmeelite.
18And
Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her
sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath,
which bare him Hur.
20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the
father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she
bare him Segub.
22And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in
the land of Gilead.
23And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from
them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these
belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah
Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
25And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram
the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
26Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she
was the mother of Onam.
27And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz,
and Jamin, and Eker.
28And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons
of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.
29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she
bare him Ahban, and Molid.
30And
the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
31And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi;
Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
32And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and
Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
33And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the
sons of Jerahmeel.
34Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a
servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife;
and she bare him Attai.
36And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
37And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
38And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
39And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
40And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
41And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha
his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the
father of Hebron.
43And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and
Shema.
44And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem
begat Shammai.
45And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of
Bethzur.
46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and
Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
47And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and
Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
49She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the
father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was
Achsa.
50These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn
of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.
51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of
Bethgader.
52And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh,
and half of the Manahethites.
53And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the
Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites,
and the Eshtaulites,
54The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites,
Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
55And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the
Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came
of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
1 Chronicles 3
1Now
these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn
Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the
Carmelitess:
2The
third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the
fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3The
fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.
4These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned
seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years.
5And
these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and
Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
6Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet,
7And
Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
8And
Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.
9These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the
concubines, and Tamar their sister.
10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
14Amon his son, Josiah his son.
15And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the
second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
16And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his
son.
17And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
18Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah,
Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and
the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:
20And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah,
Jushabhesed, five.
21And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons
of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
22And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of
Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
23And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and
Azrikam, three.
24And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and
Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
1 Chronicles 4
1The
sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2And
Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad.
These are the families of the Zorathites.
3And
these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name
of their sister was Hazelelponi:
4And
Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons
of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.
5And
Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6And
Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the
sons of Naarah.
7And
the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.
8And
Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9And
Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name
Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou
wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be
with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me!
And God granted him that which he requested.
11And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the
father of Eshton.
12And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the
father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.
13And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons
of Othniel; Hathath.
14And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the
father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.
15And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and
Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
16And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and
Asareel.
17And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher,
and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and
Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are
the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
19And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the
father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan,
and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of
Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them
that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,
22And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph,
who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.
23These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants
and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
24The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah,
and Shaul:
25Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son,
Shimei his son.
27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his
brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to
the children of Judah.
28And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,
29And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and
at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
32And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen,
and Ashan, five cities:
33And all their villages that were round about the same
cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
34And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
35And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah,
the son of Asiel,
36And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and
Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of
Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;
38These mentioned by their names were princes in their
families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
39And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east
side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide,
and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king
of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and
destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there
was pasture there for their flocks.
42And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred
men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and
Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
43And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were
escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
1 Chronicles 5
1Now
the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but
forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the
sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after
the birthright.
2For
Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the
birthright was Joseph's:)
3The
sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron,
and Carmi.
4The
sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
6Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried
away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
7And
his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was
reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8And
Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer,
even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
9And
eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river
Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites,
who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east
land of Gilead.
11And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the
land of Bashan unto Salcah:
12Joel
the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
13And their brethren of the house of their fathers were,
Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber,
seven.
14These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son
of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son
of Jahdo, the son of Buz;
15Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house
of their fathers.
16And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and
in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.
17All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of
Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh,
of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and
skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that
went out to the war.
19And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and
Nephish, and Nodab.
20And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were
delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God
in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in
him.
21And 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 an hundred thousand.
22For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God.
And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.
23And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the
land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount
Hermon.
24And these were the heads of the house of their fathers,
even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and
Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their
fathers.
25And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and
went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed
before them.
26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of
Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them
away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and
brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this
day.
1 Chronicles 6
1The
sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2And
the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3And
the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron;
Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
5And
Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
6And
Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth,
7Meraioth
begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
8And
Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
9And
Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
10And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the
priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
11And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
12And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
13And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
14And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
15And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried
away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and
Shimei.
18And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron,
and Uzziel.
19The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the
families of the Levites according to their fathers.
20Of
Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his
son.
22The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir
his son,
23Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul
his son.
25And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
26As
for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
28And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
29The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son,
Uzza his son,
30Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31And these are they whom David set over the service of song
in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest.
32And they ministered before the dwelling place of the
tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house
of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to
their order.
33And 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,
34The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel,
the son of Toah,
35The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the
son of Amasai,
36The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah,
the son of Zephaniah,
37The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph,
the son of Korah,
38The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the
son of Israel.
39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even
Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
40The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of
Malchiah,
41The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,
42The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,
43The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.
44And
their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of
Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,
45The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of
Hilkiah,
46The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer,
47The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the
son of Levi.
48Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all
manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.
49But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt
offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of
the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that
Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas
his son, Abishua his son,
51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
54Now these are their dwelling places throughout their
castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the
Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
55And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the
suburbs thereof round about it.
56But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they
gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah,
namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir,
and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
58And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,
59And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her
suburbs:
60And 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.
61And 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.
62And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families 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.
63Unto 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.
64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities
with their suburbs.
65And 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.
66And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had
cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem
in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs,
68And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her
suburbs,
69And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her
suburbs:
70And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her
suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons
of Kohath.
71Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of
the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth
with her suburbs:
72And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs,
Daberath with her suburbs,
73And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:
74And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and
Abdon with her suburbs,
75And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:
76And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with
her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.
77Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of
the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:
78And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side
of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness
with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
79Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her
suburbs:
80And
out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with
her suburbs,
81And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
1 Chronicles 7
1Now
the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
2And
the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and
Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men
of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and
twenty thousand and six hundred.
3And
the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and
Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
4And
with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands
of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and
sons.
5And
their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might,
reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
6The
sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
7And
the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five;
heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by
their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
8And
the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and
Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of
Becher.
9And
the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the
house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two
hundred.
10The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan;
Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and
Ahishahar.
11All 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.
12Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim,
the sons of Aher.
13The
sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of
Bilhah.
14The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his
concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,
whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad:
and Zelophehad had daughters.
16And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called
his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were
Ulam and Rakem.
17And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead,
the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and
Mahalah.
19And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and
Likhi, and Aniam.
20And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and
Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
21And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and
Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came
down to take away their cattle.
22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his
brethren came to comfort him.
23And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a
son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
24(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the
nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
25And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son,
and Tahan his son.
26Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
27Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
28And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the
towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof;
Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
29And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean
and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns.
In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
30The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and
Beriah, and Serah their sister.
31And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the
father of Birzavith.
32And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua
their sister.
33And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath.
These are the children of Japhlet.
34And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and
Aram.
35And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and
Shelesh, and Amal.
36The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and
Beri, and Imrah,
37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and
Beera.
38And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
39And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
40All these were the children of Asher, heads of their
father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the
number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle
was twenty and six thousand men.
1 Chronicles 8
1Now
Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
2Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3And
the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
4And
Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
5And
Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
6And
these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the
inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
7And
Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
8And
Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away;
Hushim and Baara were his wives.
9And
he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
10And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons,
heads of the fathers.
11And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
12The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built
Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
13Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of
the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
14And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
16And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
17And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
18Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
19And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
20And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
21And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
22And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
23And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
24And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
25And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
26And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
27And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
28These were heads of the fathers, by their generations,
chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
29And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name
was Maachah:
30And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal,
and Nadab,
31And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
32And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their
brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
33And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat
Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
34And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat
Micah.
35And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea,
and Ahaz.
36And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
37And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son,
Azel his son:
38And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam,
Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the
sons of Azel.
39And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn,
Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers,
and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the
sons of Benjamin.
1 Chronicles 9
1So
all 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.
2Now
the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the
Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
3And
in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin,
and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh;
4Uthai 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.
5And
of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.
6And
of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
7And
of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the
son of Hasenuah,
8And
Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and
Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
9And
their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six.
All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
10And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
11And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the
son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of
God;
12And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son
of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of
Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
13And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a
thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the
service of the house of God.
14And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of
Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
15And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of
Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
16And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son
of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in
the villages of the Netophathites.
17And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and
Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
18Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were
porters in the companies of the children of Levi.
19And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son
of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were
over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their
fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in
time past, and the LORD was with him.
21And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door
of the tabernacle of the congregation.
22All 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.
23So
they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the
LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24In
four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
25And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to
come after seven days from time to time with them.
26For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their
set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
27And they lodged round about the house of God, because the
charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
28And certain of them had the charge of the ministering
vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale.
29Some 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.
30And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of
the spices.
31And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn
of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in
the pans.
32And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites,
were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.
33And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the
Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in
that work day and night.
34These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout
their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
35And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose
wife's name was Maachah:
36And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal,
and Ner, and Nadab.
37And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their
brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
39And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat
Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
40And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat
Micah.
41And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,
and Ahaz.
42And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;
43And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his
son, Azel his son.
44And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam,
Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons
of Azel.
1 Chronicles 10
1Now
the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before
the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.
2And
the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the
Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3And
the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded
of the archers.
4Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and
thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But
his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and
fell upon it.
5And
when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword,
and died.
6So
Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together.
7And
when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that
Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the
Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8And
it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain,
that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.
9And
when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into
the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and
to the people.
10And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and
fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines
had done to Saul,
12They 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.
13So
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;
14And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and
turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
1 Chronicles 11
1Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron,
saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2And
moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out
and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed
my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
3Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to
Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they
anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.
4And
David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites
were, the inhabitants of the land.
5And
the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither.
Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David.
6And
David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain.
So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief.
7And
David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
8And
he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired
the rest of the city.
9So
David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
10These 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.
11And 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 slain by him at one time.
12And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who
was one of the three mighties.
13He
was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together
to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled
from before the Philistines.
14And 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.
15Now 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.
16And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines'
garrison was then at Bethlehem.
17And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink
of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate!
18And
the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the
well of Bethlehem, 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.
19And said, My God forbid it me, 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 they brought it. Therefore he would not drink
it. These things did these three mightiest.
20And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three:
for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name
among the three.
21Of
the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain:
howbeit he attained not to the first three.
22Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of
Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went
down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day.
23And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five
cubits high; and in the Egyptian'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.
24These
things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three
mighties.
25Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained
not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.
26Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother
of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
27Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite,
28Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite,
29Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite,
30Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the
Netophathite,
31Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the
children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
32Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,
33Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
34The
sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
35Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur,
36Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
37Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai,
38Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,
39Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer
of Joab the son of Zeruiah,
40Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
41Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,
42Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the
Reubenites, and thirty with him,
43Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan
the Aroerite,
45Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the
Tizite,
46Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of
Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite,
1 Chronicles 12
1Now
these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close
because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of
the war.
2They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand
and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's
brethren of Benjamin.
3The
chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel,
and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite.
4And
Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and
Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
5Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and
Shephatiah the Haruphite,
6Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam,
the Korhites,
7And
Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.
8And
of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the
wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle
shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift
as the roes upon the mountains;
9Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
10Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,
11Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,
12Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,
13Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.
14These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of
the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.
15These are they that went over Jordan in the first month,
when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the
valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.
16And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the
hold unto David.
17And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto
them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto
you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong
in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.
18Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the
captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse:
peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth
thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
19And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with
the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords
of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his
master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
20As
he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and
Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the
thousands that were of Manasseh.
21And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for
they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in the host.
22For at that time day by day there came to David to help
him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.
23And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready
armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to
him, according to the word of the LORD.
24The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six
thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.
25Of
the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and
one hundred.
26Of
the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
27And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him
were three thousand and seven hundred;
28And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his
father's house twenty and two captains.
29And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three
thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house
of Saul.
30And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight
hundred, mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
31And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which
were expressed by name, to come and make David king.
32And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had
understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them
were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
33Of
Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of
war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart.
34And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with
shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.
35And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand
and six hundred.
36And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war,
forty thousand.
37And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of
war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.
38All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a
perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest
also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
39And there they were with David three days, eating and
drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.
40Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and
Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and
on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and
oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
1 Chronicles 13
1And
David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every
leader.
2And
David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and
that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every
where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the
priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather
themselves unto us:
3And
let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the
days of Saul.
4And
all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the
eyes of all the people.
5So
David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering
of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
6And
David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which
belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth
between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
7And
they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and
Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
8And
David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing,
and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and
with trumpets.
9And
when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to
hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
10And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he
smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
11And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a
breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I
bring the ark of God home to me?
13So
David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it
aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
14And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in
his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all
that he had.
1 Chronicles 14
1Now
Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons
and carpenters, to build him an house.
2And
David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his
kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
3And
David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.
4Now
these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and
Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,
5And
Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,
6And
Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
7And
Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet.
8And
when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all
the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out
against them.
9And
the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
10And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against
the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said
unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
11So
they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God
hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of
waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
12And when they had left their gods there, David gave a
commandment, and they were burned with fire.
13And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in
the valley.
14Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto
him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against
the mulberry trees.
15And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in
the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God
is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
16David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote
the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
17And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD
brought the fear of him upon all nations.
1 Chronicles 15
1And
David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of
God, and pitched for it a tent.
2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the
Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister
unto him for ever.
3And
David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the
LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
4And
David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
5Of
the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
6Of
the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
7Of
the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
8Of
the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
9Of
the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
10Of
the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and
twelve.
11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and
for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and
Amminadab,
12And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the
Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up
the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
13For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God
made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
14So
the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the
LORD God of Israel.
15And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon
their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the
word of the LORD.
16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint
their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and
harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
17So
the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son
of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of
Kushaiah;
18And with them their brethren of the second degree,
Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and
Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and
Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
19So
the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of
brass;
20And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and
Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom,
and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he
instructed about the song, because he was skilful.
23And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai,
and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the
trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for
the ark.
25So
David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring
up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.
26And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare
the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven
rams.
27And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all
the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the
song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.
28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the
LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with
cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
29And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD
came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a
window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
1 Chronicles 16
1So
they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had
pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before
God.
2And
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.
3And
he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread,
and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
4And
he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and
to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
5Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom:
and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
6Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets
continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
7Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank
the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
8Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known
his deeds among the people.
9Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his
wondrous works.
10Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice
that seek the LORD.
11Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.
12Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his
wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
13O
ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
14He
is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.
15Be
ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand
generations;
16Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his
oath unto Isaac;
17And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to
Israel for an everlasting covenant,
18Saying,
Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
19When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
20And when they went from nation to nation, and from one
kingdom to another people;
21He
suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
22Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no
harm.
23Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to
day his salvation.
24Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works
among all nations.
25For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also
is to be feared above all gods.
26For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made
the heavens.
27Glory
and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
28Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto
the LORD glory and strength.
29Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an
offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
30Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be
stable, that it be not moved.
31Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let
men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
32Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields
rejoice, and all that is therein.
33Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence
of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.
34O
give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
35And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us
together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy
name, and glory in thy praise.
36Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And
all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.
37So
he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his
brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:
38And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight;
Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
39And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before
the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
40To
offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering
continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in
the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;
41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were
chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his
mercy endureth for ever;
42And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals
for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And
the sons of Jeduthun were porters.
43And all the people departed every man to his house: and
David returned to bless his house.
1 Chronicles 17
1Now
it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the
prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the
LORD remaineth under curtains.
2Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart;
for God is with thee.
3And
it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4Go
and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an
house to dwell in:
5For
I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this
day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to
any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why
have ye not built me an house of cedars?
7Now
therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of
hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou
shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8And
I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all
thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the
great men that are in the earth.
9Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant
them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither
shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
10And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell
thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
11And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that
thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee,
which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12He
shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13I
will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away
from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
14But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for
ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
15According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said,
Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me
hitherto?
17And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for
thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and
hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God.
18What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy
servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19O
LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done
all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
20O
LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according
to all that we have heard with our ears.
21And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel,
whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness
and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast
redeemed out of Egypt?
22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for
ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.
23Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken
concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do
as thou hast said.
24Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified
for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel:
and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.
25For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt
build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray
before thee.
26And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this
goodness unto thy servant:
27Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be
blessed for ever.
1 Chronicles 18
1Now
after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them,
and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
2And
he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
3And
David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his
dominion by the river Euphrates.
4And
David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and
twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but
reserved of them an hundred chariots.
5And
when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew
of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
6Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians
became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
7And
David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and
brought them to Jerusalem.
8Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,
brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the
pillars, and the vessels of brass.
9Now
when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer
king of Zobah;
10He
sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to
congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him;
(for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold
and silver and brass.
11Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the
silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from
Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from
Amalek.
12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in
the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
13And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became
David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
14So
David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his
people.
15And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
16And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of
Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
17And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites
and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
1 Chronicles 19
1Now
it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died,
and his son reigned in his stead.
2And
David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his
father shewed kindness to 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 Hanun, to comfort him.
3But
the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David
doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his
servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the
land?
4Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and
cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
5Then there went certain, and told David how the men were
served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the
king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
6And
when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David,
Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them
chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of
Zobah.
7So
they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his
people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered
themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
8And
when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
9And
the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of
the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
10Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him
before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in
array against the Syrians.
11And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of
Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of
Ammon.
12And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou
shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will
help thee.
13Be
of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for
the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
14So
Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the
battle; and they fled before him.
15And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were
fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city.
Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
16And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse
before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were
beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before
them.
17And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and
passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against
them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought
with him.
18But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the
Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand
footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
19And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put
to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his
servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
1 Chronicles 20
1And
it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out
to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the
children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at
Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.
2And
David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a
talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon
David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.
3And
he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with
harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the
children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
4And
it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines;
at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of
the giant: and they were subdued.
5And
there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew
Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's
beam.
6And
yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose
fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot
and he also was the son of the giant.
7But
when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
8These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the
hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
1 Chronicles 21
1And
Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
2And
David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from
Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.
3And
Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they
be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth
my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?
4Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab.
Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5And
Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of
Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword:
and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
6But
Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable
to Joab.
7And
God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.
8And
David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but
now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very
foolishly.
9And
the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
10Go
and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose
thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
11So
Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee
12Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed
before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else
three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the
angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore
advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
13And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me
fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me
not fall into the hand of man.
14So
the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand
men.
15And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as
he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said
to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel
of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
16And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD
stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand
stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were
clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
17And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the
people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but
as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my
God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they
should be plagued.
18Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David,
that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
19And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in
the name of the LORD.
20And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons
with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.
21And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and
went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the
ground.
22Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this
threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt
grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
23And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord
the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for
burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the
meat offering; I give it all.
24And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it
for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor
offer burnt offerings without cost.
25So
David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.
26And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered
him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.
27And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword
again into the sheath thereof.
28At
that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor
of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
29For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the
wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the
high place at Gibeon.
30But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he
was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 22
1Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this
is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
2And
David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of
Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
3And
David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and
for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
4Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of
Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
5And
David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be
builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory
throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So
David prepared abundantly before his death.
6Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build
an house for the LORD God of Israel.
7And
David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house
unto the name of the LORD my God:
8But
the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and
hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou
hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
9Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of
rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name
shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.
10He
shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his
father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
11Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and
build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.
12Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give
thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy
God.
13Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the
statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be
strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
14Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of
the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents
of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber
also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto.
15Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers
and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner
of work.
16Of
the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise
therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.
17David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help
Solomon his son, saying,
18Is
not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side?
for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is
subdued before the LORD, and before his people.
19Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God;
arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark
of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that
is to be built to the name of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 23
1So
when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.
2And
he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the
Levites.
3Now
the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their
number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.
4Of
which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of
the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
5Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand
praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise
therewith.
6And
David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon,
Kohath, and Merari.
7Of
the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei.
8The
sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.
9The
sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief
of the fathers of Laadan.
10And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and
Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.
11And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush
and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according
to their father's house.
12The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
13The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was
separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for
ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in
his name for ever.
14Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of
the tribe of Levi.
15The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer.
16Of
the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
17And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And
Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
18Of
the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.
19Of
the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third,
and Jekameam the fourth.
20Of
the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second.
21The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli;
Eleazar, and Kish.
22And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their
brethren the sons of Kish took them.
23The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.
24These were the sons of Levi after the house of their
fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names
by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD,
from the age of twenty years and upward.
25For
David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they
may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
26And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the
tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.
27For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered
from twenty years old and above:
28Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for
the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and
in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house
of God;
29Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat
offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan,
and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
30And
to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even:
31And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the
sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the
order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:
32And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of
the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons
of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 24
1Now
these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and
Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
2But
Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore
Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.
3And
David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the
sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
4And
there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of
Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were
sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of
Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for
the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the
sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.
6And
Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before
the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of
Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one
principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
7Now
the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,
8The
third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,
9The
fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,
10The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
11The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,
12The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,
13The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
14The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,
15The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,
16The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,
17The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to
Gamul,
18The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth
to Maaziah.
19These were the orderings of them in their service to come
into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their
father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.
20And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of
Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
21Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was
Isshiah.
22Of
the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.
23And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the
second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
24Of
the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
25The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah;
Zechariah.
26The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of
Jaaziah; Beno.
27The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and
Zaccur, and Ibri.
28Of
Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.
29Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.
30The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth.
These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.
31These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the
sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and
the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers
over against their younger brethren.
1 Chronicles 25
1Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the
service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should
prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the
workmen according to their service was:
2Of
the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of
Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the
king.
3Of
Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah,
and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied
with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
4Of
Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth,
Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi,
Hothir, and Mahazioth:
5All
these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up
the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6All
these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD,
with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God,
according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
7So
the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of
the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.
8And
they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher
as the scholar.
9Now
the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with
his brethren and sons were twelve:
10The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
11The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
12The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
13The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
14The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
15The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
16The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
17The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were
twelve:
18The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
19The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
20The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
21The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
22The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
23The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
24The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
25The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
26The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
27The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren,
were twelve:
28The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
29The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
30The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his
brethren, were twelve:
31The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and
his brethren, were twelve.
1 Chronicles 26
1Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was
Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
2And
the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second,
Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
3Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn,
Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the
fifth.
5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth:
for God blessed him.
6Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled
throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.
7The
sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong
men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
8All
these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men
for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom.
9And
Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.
10Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the
chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the
chief;)
11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the
fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among
the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of
the LORD.
13And they cast lots, as well the small as the great,
according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
14And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah
his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
15To
Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
16To
Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by
the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
17Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward
four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.
18At
Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
19These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of
Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
20And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the
house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
21As
concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief
fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
22The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which
were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.
23Of
the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
24And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler
of the treasures.
25And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah
his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
26Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the
treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers,
the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
27Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to
maintain the house of the LORD.
28And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and
Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever
had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his
brethren.
29Of
the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over
Israel, for officers and judges.
30And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of
valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on
this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service
of the king.
31Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the
Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year
of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them
mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
32And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and
seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites,
the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to
God, and affairs of the king.
1 Chronicles 27
1Now
the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and
captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in
any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout
all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
2Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the
son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
3Of
the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the
first month.
4And
over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was
Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.
5The
third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,
a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
6This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and
above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.
7The
fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and
Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
8The
fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course
were twenty and four thousand.
9The
sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in
his course were twenty and four thousand.
10The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the
Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
11The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the
Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
12The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the
Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
13The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the
Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
14The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the
Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four
thousand.
15The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the
Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.
16Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the
Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son
of Maachah:
17Of
the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok:
18Of
Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of
Michael:
19Of
Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:
20Of
the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of
Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:
21Of
the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin,
Jaasiel the son of Abner:
22Of
Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of
Israel.
23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old
and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars
of the heavens.
24Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished
not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put
in the account of the chronicles of king David.
25And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of
Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the
villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:
26And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of
the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:
27And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the
increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
28And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were
in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was
Joash:
29And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the
Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of
Adlai:
30Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the
asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
31And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were
the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
32Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man,
and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
33And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the
Archite was the king's companion:
34And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and
Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab.
1 Chronicles 28
1And
David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the
captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the
captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards
over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the
officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto
Jerusalem.
2Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear
me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an
house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of
our God, and had made ready for the building:
3But
God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast
been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
4Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house
of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be
the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the
sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:
5And
of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon
my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
6And
he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I
have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
7Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be
constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.
8Now
therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the
audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your
God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for
your children after you for ever.
9And
thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a
perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and
understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will
be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
10Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an
house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
11Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the
porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the
upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of
the mercy seat,
12And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the
courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the
treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things:
13Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and
for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the
vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
14He
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:
15Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their
lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and
for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also
for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.
16And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for
every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:
17Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the
cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and
likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:
18And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and
gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their
wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
19All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in
writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.
20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good
courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God,
will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast
finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
21And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites,
even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there
shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for
any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at
thy commandment.
1 Chronicles 29
1Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation,
Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the
work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
2Now
I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things
to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for
things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx
stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all
manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
3Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my
God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to
the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy
house.
4Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir,
and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the
houses withal:
5The
gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all
manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing
to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?
6Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of
Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the
king's work, offered willingly,
7And
gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten
thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen
thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
8And
they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the
house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
9Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly,
because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the
king also rejoiced with great joy.
10Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the
congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father,
for ever and ever.
11Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the
glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in
the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head
above all.
12Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over
all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make
great, and to give strength unto all.
13Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy
glorious name.
14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able
to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of
thine own have we given thee.
15For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were
all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none
abiding.
16O
LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for
thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.
17I
know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in
uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly
offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are
present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
18O
LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in
the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their
heart unto thee:
19And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy
commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things,
and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.
20And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD
your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and
bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
21And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered
burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand
bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings,
and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
22And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with
great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time,
and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be
priest.
23Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead
of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
24And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons
likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
25And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of
all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any
king before him in Israel.
26Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
27And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years;
seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in
Jerusalem.
28And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and
honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
29Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold,
they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the
prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
30With all his reign and his might, and the times that went
over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
2 Chronicles 1
1And
Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God
was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.
2Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of
thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all
Israel, the chief of the fathers.
3So
Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at
Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses
the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
4But
the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David
had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
5Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the
son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and
the congregation sought unto it.
6And
Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the
tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
7In
that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall
give thee.
8And
Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and
hast made me to reign in his stead.
9Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be
established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the
earth in multitude.
10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and
come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so
great?
11And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart,
and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine
enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge
for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king:
12Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give
thee riches, and wealth, and honour, such as none of the kings have had that
have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like.
13Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that
was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and
reigned over Israel.
14And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a
thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he
placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
15And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous
as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale
for abundance.
16And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen
yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price.
17And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a
chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and
fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and
for the kings of Syria, by their means.
2 Chronicles 2
1And
Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for
his kingdom.
2And
Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore
thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee
them.
3And
Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David
my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein,
even so deal with me.
4Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to
dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual
shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths,
and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an
ordinance for ever to Israel.
5And
the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
6But
who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens
cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only
to burn sacrifice before him?
7Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in
silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and
that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in
Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
8Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of
Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and,
behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,
9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which
I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
10And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that
cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand
measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths
of oil.
11Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he
sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king
over them.
12Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel,
that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued
with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an
house for his kingdom.
13And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with
understanding, of Huram my father's,
14The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father
was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron,
in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson;
also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall
be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David
thy father.
15Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the
wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants:
16And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt
need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt
carry it up to Jerusalem.
17And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the
land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered
them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and
six hundred.
18And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be
bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and
three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
2 Chronicles 3
1Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at
Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in
the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
2And
he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of
his reign.
3Now
these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the
house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore
cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
4And
the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to
the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and
twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
5And
the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold,
and set thereon palm trees and chains.
6And
he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold
of Parvaim.
7He
overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the
doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.
8And
he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of
the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he
overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
9And
the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper
chambers with gold.
10And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image
work, and overlaid them with gold.
11And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits long: one
wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and
the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other
cherub.
12And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching
to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to
the wing of the other cherub.
13The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty
cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
14And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and
fine linen, and wrought cherubims thereon.
15Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and
five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five
cubits.
16And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the
heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the
chains.
17And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the
right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right
hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz.
2 Chronicles 4
1Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length
thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height
thereof.
2Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim,
round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty
cubits did compass it round about.
3And
under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a
cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was
cast.
4It
stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking
toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward
the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were
inward.
5And
the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the
brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand
baths.
6He
made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to
wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in
them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in.
7And
he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the
temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
8He
made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side,
and five on the left. And he made an hundred basons of gold.
9Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great
court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
10And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over
against the south.
11And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basons.
And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house
of God;
12To
wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top
of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the
chapiters which were on the top of the pillars;
13And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows
of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which
were upon the pillars.
14He
made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases;
15One sea, and twelve oxen under it.
16The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all
their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of
the LORD of bright brass.
17In
the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth
and Zeredathah.
18Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for
the weight of the brass could not be found out.
19And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of
God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set;
20Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they
should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold;
21And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of
gold, and that perfect gold;
22And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the
censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for
the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
2 Chronicles 5
1Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD
was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had
dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among
the treasures of the house of God.
2Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the
heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto
Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of
David, which is Zion.
3Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto
the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
4And
all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
5And
they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the
holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites
bring up.
6Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that
were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could
not be told nor numbered for multitude.
7And
the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to
the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the
cherubims:
8For
the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the
cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
9And
they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from
the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto
this day.
10There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which
Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of
Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
11And
it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the
priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
12Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of
Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed
in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end
of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with
trumpets:)
13It
came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound
to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their
voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the
LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the
house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
14So
that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the
glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
2 Chronicles 6
1Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in
the thick darkness.
2But
I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for
ever.
3And
the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all
the congregation of Israel stood.
4And
he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled
that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
5Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land
of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in,
that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my
people Israel:
6But
I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to
be over my people Israel.
7Now
it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the
LORD God of Israel.
8But
the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build
an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
9Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son
which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.
10The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath
spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the
throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name
of the LORD God of Israel.
11And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of
the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
12And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence
of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
13For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold of five cubits long,
and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of
the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the
congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.
14And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee
in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto
thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
15Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that
which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it
with thine hand, as it is this day.
16Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant
David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail
thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy
children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before
me.
17Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified,
which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
18But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?
behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less
this house which I have built!
19Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to
his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which
thy servant prayeth before thee:
20That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night,
upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to
hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
21Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant,
and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou
from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
22If
a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him
swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
23Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants,
by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by
justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
24And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the
enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy
name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
25Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy
people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and
to their fathers.
26When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because
they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess
thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
27Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy
servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way,
wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given
unto thy people for an inheritance.
28If
there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or
mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities
of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
29Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made
of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore
and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
30Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive,
and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou
knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
31That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as
they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy
people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and
thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
33Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling
place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all
people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people
Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
34If
thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send
them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the
house which I have built for thy name;
35Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their
supplication, and maintain their cause.
36If
they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be
angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry
them away captives unto a land far off or near;
37Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are
carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity,
saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
38If
they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of
their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their
land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast
chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
39Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling
place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and
forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
40Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and
let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
41Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place,
thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with
salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
42O
LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of
David thy servant.
2 Chronicles 7
1Now
when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and
consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD
filled the house.
2And
the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of
the LORD had filled the LORD's house.
3And
when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of
the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground
upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is
good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
4Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before
the LORD.
5And
king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an
hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the
house of God.
6And
the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of
musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because
his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the
priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
7Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was
before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat
of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not
able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.
8Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and
all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath
unto the river of Egypt.
9And
in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of
the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
10And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he
sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness
that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people.
11Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's
house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD,
and in his own house, he prosperously effected.
12And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto
him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house
of sacrifice.
13If
I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour
the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
14If
my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and
seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
15Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the
prayer that is made in this place.
16For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my
name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there
perpetually.
17And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy
father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt
observe my statutes and my judgments;
18Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according
as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a
man to be ruler in Israel.
19But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my
commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods,
and worship them;
20Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which
I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I
cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all
nations.
21And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to
every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus
unto this land, and unto this house?
22And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God
of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid
hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he
brought all this evil upon them.
2 Chronicles 8
1And
it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house
of the LORD, and his own house,
2That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon
built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there.
3And
Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it.
4And
he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in
Hamath.
5Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,
fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars;
6And
Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities,
and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in
Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
7As
for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
8But
of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of
Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
9But
of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they
were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and
horsemen.
10And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even
two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
11And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the
city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife
shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are
holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
12Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the
altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch,
13Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to
the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the
solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread,
and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles.
14And he appointed, according to the order of David his
father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their
charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day
required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the
man of God commanded.
15And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto
the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures.
16Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of
the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the
house of the LORD was perfected.
17Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side
in the land of Edom.
18And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and
servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of
Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and
brought them to king Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9
1And
when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon
with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that
bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come
to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2And
Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon
which he told her not.
3And
when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he
had built,
4And
the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of
his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and
his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more
spirit in her.
5And
she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of
thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
6Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine
eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was
not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
7Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which
stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set
thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved
Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to
do judgment and justice.
9And
she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great
abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen
of Sheba gave king Solomon.
10And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of
Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious
stones.
11And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house
of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers:
and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
12And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire,
whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she
turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
13Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was
six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
14Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all
the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to
Solomon.
15And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold:
six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
16And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three
hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house
of the forest of Lebanon.
17Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and
overlaid it with pure gold.
18And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of
gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting
place, and two lions standing by the stays:
19And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the
other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
20And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold,
and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold:
none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
21For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of
Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and
silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in
riches and wisdom.
23And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of
Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
24And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver,
and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a
rate year by year.
25And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and
chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities,
and with the king at Jerusalem.
26And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto
the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar
trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
28And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out
of all lands.
29Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are
they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah
the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of
Nebat?
30And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty
years.
31And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in
the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 10
1And
Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king.
2And
it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he
fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned
out of Egypt.
3And
they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to
Rehoboam, saying,
4Thy
father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous
servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will
serve thee.
5And
he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed.
6And
king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his
father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to
this people?
7And
they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them,
and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever.
8But
he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the
young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him.
9And
he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this
people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father
did put upon us?
10And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto
him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying,
Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus
shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's
loins.
11For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put
more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you
with scorpions.
12So
Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king
bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day.
13And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam
forsook the counsel of the old men,
14And answered them after the advice of the young men,
saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father
chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
15So
the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD
might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to
Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
16And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken
unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David?
and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O
Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their
tents.
17But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities
of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.
18Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute;
and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam
made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.
19And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this
day.
2 Chronicles 11
1And
when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and
Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to
fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam.
2But
the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,
3Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and
to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying,
4Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against
your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And
they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.
5And
Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defence in Judah.
6He
built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa,
7And
Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam,
8And
Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,
9And
Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,
10And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and
in Benjamin fenced cities.
11And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in
them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
12And in every several city he put shields and spears, and
made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
13And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel
resorted to him out of all their coasts.
14For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession,
and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off
from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
15And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for
the devils, and for the calves which he had made.
16And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set
their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice
unto the LORD God of their fathers.
17So
they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon
strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and
Solomon.
18And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the
son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
19Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham.
20And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom;
which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
21And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above
all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore
concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.)
22And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to
be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
23And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children
throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and
he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives.
2 Chronicles 12
1And
it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had
strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him.
2And
it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt
came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD,
3With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand
horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt;
the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians.
4And
he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.
5Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the
princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak,
and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore
have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.
6Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled
themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous.
7And
when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to
Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy
them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured
out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
8Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know
my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.
9So
Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of
the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he
carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made.
10Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and
committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance
of the king's house.
11And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the
guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber.
12And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned
from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things
went well.
13So
king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was
one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years
in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of
Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess.
14And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek
the LORD.
15Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not
written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning
genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the
city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 13
1Now
in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2He
reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the
daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
3And
Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four
hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him
with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
4And
Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear
me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
5Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the
kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a
covenant of salt?
6Yet
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen
up, and hath rebelled against his lord.
7And
there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have
strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was
young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them.
8And
now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of
David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with your golden calves,
which Jeroboam made you for gods.
9Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of
Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the
nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a
young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no
gods.
10But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not
forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of
Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
11And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening
burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon
the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn
every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken
him.
12And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and
his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of
Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not
prosper.
13But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind
them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
14And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before
and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the
trumpets.
15Then
the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to
pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God
delivered them into their hand.
17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter:
so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that
time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD
God of their fathers.
19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from
him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and
Ephraim with the towns thereof.
20Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of
Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
21But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and
begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his
sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
2 Chronicles 14
1So
Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and
Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years.
2And
Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God:
3For
he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake
down the images, and cut down the groves:
4And
commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and
the commandment.
5Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high
places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him.
6And
he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in
those years; because the LORD had given him rest.
7Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and
make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet
before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he
hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
8And
Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred
thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and
fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.
9And
there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand
thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
10Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in
array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is
nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power:
help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against
this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee.
12So
the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians
fled.
13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto
Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover
themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and
they carried away very much spoil.
14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the
fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was
exceeding much spoil in them.
15They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep
and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 15
1And
the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded:
2And
he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and
Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he
will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you.
3Now
for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching
priest, and without law.
4But
when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought
him, he was found of them.
5And
in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came
in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.
6And
nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all
adversity.
7Be
ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be
rewarded.
8And
when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took
courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and
Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and
renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
9And
he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim
and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in
abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him.
10So
they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the
fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.
11And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil
which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
12And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of
their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul;
13That
whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether
small or great, whether man or woman.
14And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with
shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets.
15And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with
all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of
them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.
16And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he
removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa
cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
17But the high places were not taken away out of Israel:
nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days.
18And he brought into the house of God the things that his
father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and
vessels.
19And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year
of the reign of Asa.
2 Chronicles 16
1In
the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up
against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or
come in to Asa king of Judah.
2Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of
the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of
Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
3There is a league between me and thee, as there was between
my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break
thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
4And
Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against
the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the
store cities of Naphtali.
5And
it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and
let his work cease.
6Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the
stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he
built therewith Geba and Mizpah.
7And
at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him,
Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy
God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand.
8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with
very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he
delivered them into thine hand.
9For
the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself
strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou
hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison
house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed
some of the people the same time.
11And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are
written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
12And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was
diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease
he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians.
13And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and
fortieth year of his reign.
14And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had
made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled
with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art:
and they made a very great burning for him.
2 Chronicles 17
1And
Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against
Israel.
2And
he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the
land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken.
3And
the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his
father David, and sought not unto Baalim;
4But
sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not
after the doings of Israel.
5Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and
all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honour in
abundance.
6And
his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high
places and groves out of Judah.
7Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes,
even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to
Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
8And
with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and
Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and
Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests.
9And
they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and
went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
10And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the
lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against
Jehoshaphat.
11Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents,
and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and
seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
12And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in
Judah castles, and cities of store.
13And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the
men of war, mighty men of valour, were in Jerusalem.
14And these are the numbers of them according to the house of
their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with
him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.
15And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two
hundred and fourscore thousand.
16And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly
offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of
valour.
17And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with
him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand.
18And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and
fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war.
19These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in
the fenced cities throughout all Judah.
2 Chronicles 18
1Now
Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab.
2And
after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and
oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and
persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead.
3And
Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me
to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy
people; and we will be with thee in the war.
4And
Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of
the LORD to day.
5Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets
four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or
shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's
hand.
6But
Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we
might enquire of him?
7And
the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may
enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but
always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not
the king say so.
8And
the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly
Micaiah the son of Imla.
9And
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his
throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in
of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.
10And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of
iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they
be consumed.
11And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the
king.
12And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him,
saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one
assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of their's, and speak
thou good.
13And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God
saith, that will I speak.
14And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him,
Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he
said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
15And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure
thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
16Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the
mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no
master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.
17And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell
thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil?
18Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw
the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his
right hand and on his left.
19And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel,
that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner,
and another saying after that manner.
20Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD,
and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith?
21And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the
mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou
shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.
22Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in
the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee.
23Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote
Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me
to speak unto thee?
24And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when
thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
25Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry
him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
26And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the
prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction,
until I return in peace.
27And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then
hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
28So
the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.
29And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will
disguise myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the
king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle.
30Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the
chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save
only with the king of Israel.
31And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw
Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed
about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God
moved them to depart from him.
32For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the
chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again
from pursuing him.
33And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the
king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his
chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I
am wounded.
34And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of
Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and
about the time of the sun going down he died.
2 Chronicles 19
1And
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.
2And
Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king
Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD?
therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
3Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that
thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart
to seek God.
4And
Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from
Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their
fathers.
5And
he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by
city,
6And
said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the
LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
7Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take
heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of
persons, nor taking of gifts.
8Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites,
and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment
of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
9And
he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully,
and with a perfect heart.
10And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren
that dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and
commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass
not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this
do, and ye shall not trespass.
11And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all
matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of
Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before
you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
2 Chronicles 20
1It
came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of
Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to
battle.
2Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There
cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria;
and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.
3And
Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast
throughout all Judah.
4And
Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all
the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
5And
Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of
the LORD, before the new court,
6And
said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not
thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power
and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
7Art
not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy
people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
8And
they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name,
saying,
9If,
when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we
stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,)
and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount
Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land
of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
11Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out
of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
12O
our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great
company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are
upon thee.
13And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little
ones, their wives, and their children.
14Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of
Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph,
came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
15And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not
afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not
yours, but God's.
16To
morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and
ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
17Ye
shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see
the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be
dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground:
and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD,
worshipping the LORD.
19And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of
the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a
loud voice on high.
20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the
wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear
me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so
shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed
singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they
went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth
for ever.
22And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set
ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were
come against Judah; and they were smitten.
23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the
inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had
made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
24And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the
wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies
fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
25And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the
spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead
bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than
they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it
was so much.
26And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the
valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the
same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
27Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and
Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for
the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and
trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
29And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those
countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of
Israel.
30So
the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
31And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in
Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed
not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.
33Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the
people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
34Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last,
behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is
mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
35And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself
with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
36And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to
Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.
37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied
against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the
LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able
to go to Tarshish.
2 Chronicles 21
1Now
Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city
of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
2And
he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah,
and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat
king of Israel.
3And
their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious
things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram;
because he was the firstborn.
4Now
when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened
himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the
princes of Israel.
5Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.
6And
he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for
he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the
eyes of the LORD.
7Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David,
because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give
a light to him and to his sons for ever.
8In
his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made
themselves a king.
9Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his
chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which
compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots.
10So
the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time
also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD
God of his fathers.
11Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and
caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah
thereto.
12And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet,
saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not
walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of
Judah,
13But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast
made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the
whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy
father's house, which were better than thyself:
14Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people,
and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods:
15And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy
bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day.
16Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of
the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians:
17And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried
away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also,
and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the
youngest of his sons.
18And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an
incurable disease.
19And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end
of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore
diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his
fathers.
20Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and
he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired.
Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the
kings.
2 Chronicles 22
1And
the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead:
for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the
eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.
2Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign,
and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the
daughter of Omri.
3He
also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor
to do wickedly.
4Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the
house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to
his destruction.
5He
walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of
Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians
smote Joram.
6And
he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him
at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of
Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel,
because he was sick.
7And
the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come,
he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had
anointed to cut off the house of Ahab.
8And
it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab,
and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that
ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them.
9And
he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and
brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because,
said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his
heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom.
10But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son
was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah.
11But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the
son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and
put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king
Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,)
hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not.
12And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and
Athaliah reigned over the land.
2 Chronicles 23
1And
in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of
hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and
Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son
of Zichri, into covenant with him.
2And
they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of
Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.
3And
all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he
said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of
the sons of David.
4This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you
entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of
the doors;
5And
a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the
foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
6But
let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that
minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the
people shall keep the watch of the LORD.
7And
the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in
his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death:
but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out.
8So
the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest
had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath,
with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed
not the courses.
9Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of
hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which
were in the house of God.
10And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in
his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple,
along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about.
11Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the
crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons
anointed him, and said, God save the king.
12Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and
praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD:
13And
she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and
the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land
rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of
musick, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and
said, Treason, Treason.
14Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of
hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the
ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the
priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD.
15So
they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate
by the king's house, they slew her there.
16And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all
the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people.
17Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it
down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest
of Baal before the altars.
18Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the
LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the
house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written
in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by
David.
19And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the
LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
20And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and
the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down
the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into
the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom.
21And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was
quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword.
2 Chronicles 24
1Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of
Beersheba.
2And
Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of
Jehoiada the priest.
3And
Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters.
4And
it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the
LORD.
5And
he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto
the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your
God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites
hastened it not.
6And
the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not
required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the
collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and
of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?
7For
the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and
also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon
Baalim.
8And
at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of
the house of the LORD.
9And
they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD
the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the
wilderness.
10And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and
brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.
11Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was
brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw
that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came
and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus
they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.
12And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work
of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to
repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend
the house of the LORD.
13So
the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house
of God in his state, and strengthened it.
14And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the
money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of
the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and
vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of
the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada.
15But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died;
an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died.
16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings,
because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house.
17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah,
and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
18And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers,
and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this
their trespass.
19Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the
LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear.
20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of
Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus
saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot
prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones
at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which
Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he
said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
23And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host
of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and
destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the
spoil of them unto the king of Damascus.
24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of
men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had
forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against
Joash.
25And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in
great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the
sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they
buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of
the kings.
26And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the
son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess.
27Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens
laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written
in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his
stead.
2 Chronicles 25
1Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem.
2And
he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect
heart.
3Now
it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants
that had killed the king his father.
4But
he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of
Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the
children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall
die for his own sin.
5Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them
captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of
their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from
twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men,
able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.
6He
hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel for an
hundred talents of silver.
7But
there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go
with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of
Ephraim.
8But
if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall
before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down.
9And
Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents
which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD
is able to give thee much more than this.
10Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come
to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly
kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger.
11And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people,
and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand.
12And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah
carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them
down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces.
13But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that
they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from
Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much
spoil.
14Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the
slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir,
and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned
incense unto them.
15Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou
sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out
of thine hand?
16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king
said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou
be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined
to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my
counsel.
17Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash,
the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see
one another in the face.
18And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah,
saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon,
saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast
that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
19Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine
heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to
thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
20But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he
might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after
the gods of Edom.
21So
Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he
and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah.
22And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled
every man to his tent.
23And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah,
the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to
Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the
corner gate, four hundred cubits.
24And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the
vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of
the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
25And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the
death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years.
26Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last,
behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel?
27Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from
following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled
to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there.
28And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his
fathers in the city of Judah.
2 Chronicles 26
1Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen
years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah.
2He
built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his
fathers.
3Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he
reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah
of Jerusalem.
4And
he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his
father Amaziah did.
5And
he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of
God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper.
6And
he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of
Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about
Ashdod, and among the Philistines.
7And
God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in
Gurbaal, and the Mehunims.
8And
the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the
entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly.
9Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner
gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified
them.
10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells:
for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen
also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved
husbandry.
11Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out
to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel
the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the
king's captains.
12The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty
men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.
13And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand
and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help
the king against the enemy.
14And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host
shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast
stones.
15And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men,
to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones
withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he
was strong.
16But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his
destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the
temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
17And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him
fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men:
18And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It
appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the
priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the
sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from
the LORD God.
19Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn
incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in
his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the
incense altar.
20And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked
upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out
from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten
him.
21And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death,
and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house
of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people
of the land.
22Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did
Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
23So
Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the
field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper:
and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 27
1Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah,
the daughter of Zadok.
2And
he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his
father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the
people did yet corruptly.
3He
built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built
much.
4Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the
forests he built castles and towers.
5He
fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the
children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten
thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the
children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third.
6So
Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God.
7Now
the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are
written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
8He
was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years
in Jerusalem.
9And
Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and
Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 28
1Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the
sight of the LORD, like David his father:
2For
he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for
Baalim.
3Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of
Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the
heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
4He
sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and
under every green tree.
5Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of
the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of
them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the
hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter.
6For
Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one
day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of
their fathers.
7And
Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the
governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
8And
the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred
thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them,
and brought the spoil to Samaria.
9But
a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before
the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God
of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand,
and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
10And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and
Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even
with you, sins against the LORD your God?
11Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again,
which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD
is upon you.
12Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim,
Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah
the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came
from the war,
13And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives
hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add
more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is
fierce wrath against Israel.
14So
the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the
congregation.
15And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took
the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and
arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed
them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to
Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to
Samaria.
16At
that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.
17For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and
carried away captives.
18The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low
country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and
Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages
thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.
19For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of
Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD.
20And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and
distressed him, but strengthened him not.
21For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD,
and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king
of Assyria: but he helped him not.
22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more
against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.
23For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote
him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore
will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him,
and of all Israel.
24And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God,
and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the
house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.
25And in every several city of Judah he made high places to
burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his
fathers.
26Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and
last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
27And
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in
Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel:
and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 29
1Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years
old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name
was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
2And
he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that
David his father had done.
3He
in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the
house of the LORD, and repaired them.
4And
he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the
east street,
5And
said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the
house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of
the holy place.
6For
our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the
LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the
habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.
7Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out
the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy
place unto the God of Israel.
8Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and
Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to
hissing, as ye see with your eyes.
9For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons
and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
10Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD
God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
11My
sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him,
to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.
12Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel
the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari,
Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites;
Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:
13And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the
sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah:
14And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the
sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel.
15And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified
themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of
the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
16And the priests went into the inner part of the house of
the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in
the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites
took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
17Now they began on the first day of the first month to
sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the
LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth
day of the first month they made an end.
18Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have
cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all
the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof.
19Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did
cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold,
they are before the altar of the LORD.
20Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers
of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.
21And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven
lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the
sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to
offer them on the altar of the LORD.
22So
they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it
on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood
upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon
the altar.
23And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering
before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:
24And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation
with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the
king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for
all Israel.
25And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with
cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of
David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the
commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
26And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and
the priests with the trumpets.
27And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the
altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with
the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel.
28And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang,
and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was
finished.
29And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all
that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped.
30Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the
Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the
seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and
worshipped.
31Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated
yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings
into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and
thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings.
32And the number of the burnt offerings, which the
congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two
hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD.
33And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three
thousand sheep.
34But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay
all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them,
till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves:
for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the
priests.
35And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the
fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering.
So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order.
36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had
prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.
2 Chronicles 30
1And
Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and
Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep
the passover unto the LORD God of Israel.
2For
the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in
Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month.
3For
they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified
themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to
Jerusalem.
4And
the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
5So
they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from
Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD
God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such
sort as it was written.
6So
the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all
Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye
children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of
the kings of Assyria.
7And
be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against
the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye
see.
8Now
be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the
LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and
serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from
you.
9For
if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find
compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again
into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not
turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
10So
the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh
even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
11Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun
humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.
12Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to
do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD.
13And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the
feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
14And they arose and took away the altars that were in
Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into
the brook Kidron.
15Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the
second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified
themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
16And they stood in their place after their manner, according
to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they
received of the hand of the Levites.
17For there were many in the congregation that were not
sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the
passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD.
18For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and
Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat
the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them,
saying, The good LORD pardon every one
19That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his
fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the
sanctuary.
20And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
21And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem
kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the
Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud
instruments unto the LORD.
22And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that
taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast
seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of
their fathers.
23And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven
days: and they kept other seven days with gladness.
24For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a
thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the
congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of
priests sanctified themselves.
25And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the
Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers
that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
26So
there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of
David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
27Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people:
and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place,
even unto heaven.
2 Chronicles 31
1Now
when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities
of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw
down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim
also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the
children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
2And
Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their
courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt
offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to
praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD.
3He
appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to
wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for
the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written
in the law of the LORD.
4Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to
give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged
in the law of the LORD.
5And
as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in
abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the
increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly.
6And
concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah,
they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things
which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.
7In
the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished
them in the seventh month.
8And
when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD,
and his people Israel.
9Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites
concerning the heaps.
10And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered
him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of
the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath
blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
11Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of
the LORD; and they prepared them,
12And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the
dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei
his brother was the next.
13And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and
Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were
overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment
of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God.
14And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the
east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of
the LORD, and the most holy things.
15And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and
Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set
office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the
small:
16Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and
upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily
portion for their service in their charges according to their courses;
17Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their
fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by
their courses;
18And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives,
and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their
set office they sanctified themselves in holiness:
19Also
of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of
their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to
give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned
by genealogies among the Levites.
20And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought
that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God.
21And in every work that he began in the service of the house
of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it
with all his heart, and prospered.
2 Chronicles 32
1After these things, and the establishment thereof,
Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against
the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
2And
when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight
against Jerusalem,
3He
took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the
fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
4So
there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the
brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of
Assyria come, and find much water?
5Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that
was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and
repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
6And
he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in
the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
7Be
strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor
for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with
him:
8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God
to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the
words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
9After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants
to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power
with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at
Jerusalem, saying,
10Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye
trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
11Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to
die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of
the hand of the king of Assyria?
12Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and
his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before
one altar, and burn incense upon it?
13Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the
people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways
able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
14Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my
fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that
your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade
you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or
kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of
my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
16And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and
against his servant Hezekiah.
17He
wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him,
saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their
people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people
out of mine hand.
18Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto
the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble
them; that they might take the city.
19And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the
gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
20And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet
Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.
21And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty
men of valour, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria.
So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the
house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with
the sword.
22Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of
Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand
of all other, and guided them on every side.
23And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and
presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of
all nations from thenceforth.
24In
those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he
spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit
done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him,
and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
26Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of
his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the
LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
27And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he
made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and
for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
28Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and
oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.
29Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks
and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
30This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of
Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And
Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
31Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes
of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the
land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
32Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness,
behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz,
and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in
the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son
reigned in his stead.
2 Chronicles 33
1Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem:
2But
did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of
the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
3For
he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and
he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of
heaven, and served them.
4Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the
LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever.
5And
he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of
the LORD.
6And
he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of
Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and
dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the
sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
7And
he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of
which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in
Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my
name for ever:
8Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out
of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take
heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the
statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
9So
Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse
than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel.
10And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they
would not hearken.
11Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the
host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound
him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
12And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his
God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
13And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard
his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then
Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God.
14Now after this he built a wall without the city of David,
on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish
gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put
captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
15And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the
house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the
house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
16And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed
thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the
LORD God of Israel.
17Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high
places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
18Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto
his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD
God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
19His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all
his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and
set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are
written among the sayings of the seers.
20So
Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon
his son reigned in his stead.
21Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign,
and reigned two years in Jerusalem.
22But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as
did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which
Manasseh his father had made, and served them;
23And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his
father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
24And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his
own house.
25But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired
against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his
stead.
2 Chronicles 34
1Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years.
2And
he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of
David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
3For
in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after
the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah
and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and
the molten images.
4And
they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were
on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the
molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon
the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
5And
he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and
Jerusalem.
6And
so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto
Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.
7And
when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven
images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of
Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
8Now
in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the
house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the
city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD
his God.
9And
when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was
brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had
gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel,
and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem.
10And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the
oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that
wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house:
11Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy
hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings
of Judah had destroyed.
12And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of
them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah
and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of
the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
13Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were
overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the
Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
14And when they brought out the money that was brought into
the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD
given by Moses.
15And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have
found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the
book to Shaphan.
16And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the
king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do
it.
17And they have gathered together the money that was found in
the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers,
and to the hand of the workmen.
18Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the
priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king.
19And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of
the law, that he rent his clothes.
20And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of
Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a
servant of the king's, saying,
21Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left
in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for
great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers
have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this
book.
22And
Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess,
the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the
wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to
that effect.
23And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel,
Tell ye the man that sent you to me,
24Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this
place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written
in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
25Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto
other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their
hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be
quenched.
26And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of
the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel
concerning the words which thou hast heard;
27Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble
thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and
against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst
rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the
LORD.
28Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt
be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil
that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So
they brought the king word again.
29Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of
Judah and Jerusalem.
30And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all
the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the
Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the
words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD.
31And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before
the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his
testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to
perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
32And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and
Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the
covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
33And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the
countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were
present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days
they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 35
1Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem:
and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
2And
he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the
house of the LORD,
3And
said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD,
Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did
build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God,
and his people Israel,
4And
prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according
to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon
his son.
5And
stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the
fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of
the Levites.
6So
kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they
may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
7And
Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover
offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and
three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.
8And
his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites:
Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the
priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle
and three hundred oxen.
9Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and
Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites
for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.
10So
the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites
in their courses, according to the king's commandment.
11And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the
blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them.
12And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give
according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the
LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen.
13And they roasted the passover with fire according to the
ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and
in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people.
14And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the
priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt
offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for
themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron.
15And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place,
according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the
king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from
their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them.
16So
all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover,
and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the
commandment of king Josiah.
17And the children of Israel that were present kept the
passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
18And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from
the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a
passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and
Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19In
the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept.
20After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho
king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah
went out against him.
21But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do
with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against
the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear
thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
22Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but
disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the
words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
23And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to
his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded.
24His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and
put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem,
and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all
Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
25And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men
and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and
made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the
lamentations.
26Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness,
according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
27And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in
the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
2 Chronicles 36
1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
2Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3And
the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an
hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4And
the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and
turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried
him to Egypt.
5Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil
in the sight of the LORD his God.
6Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and
bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
7Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of
the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
8Now
the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that
which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of
Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and
he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was
evil in the sight of the LORD.
10And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent,
and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD,
and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to
reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
12And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his
God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the
mouth of the LORD.
13And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had
made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from
turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
14Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people,
transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted
the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
15And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his
messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his
people, and on his dwelling place:
16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his
words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his
people, till there was no remedy.
17Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees,
who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and
had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for
age: he gave them all into his hand.
18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small,
and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and
of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
19And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the
goodly vessels thereof.
20And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to
Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the
kingdom of Persia:
21To
fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had
enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to
fulfil threescore and ten years.
22Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the
word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the
LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
23Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the
earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him
an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his
people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
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