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David’s Messengers Abused 1 Now it came about after this, that Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son became king in his place. 2 David said, “I will be kind (gracious) to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father was kind to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning [the death […]

War with Philistine Giants 1 Then it happened at the end of the year,at the time when kings go outto battle,Joab led out the army and ravagedanddevastated the land of the Ammonites, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem [with Bathsheba]. Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it. 2 David took the crown […]

Census Brings Pestilence 1 Satan [the adversary] stood up against Israel and incited David tocount [the population of] Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and the leaders of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me their total, so that I may know it.” 3 Joab said, “May the Lordadd […]

David Prepares for Temple Building 1 Then David said, “This is the house of the LordGod, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.” 2 So David gave orders to gather the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he assigned stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of […]

Solomon Reigns 1 When David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. 2 And he assembled together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and Levites. Offices of the Levites 3 The Levites thirty years old and upward were counted, and their number man by man was 38,000. 4 Of […]

Divisions of Levites 1 The divisions of thedescendants of Aaronwere these:the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. 3 David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of […]

Number and Services of Musicians 1 Moreover, David and the commanders of the army selected for the [temple] service some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were toprophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals. The list of the musicians who performed their service wasas follows: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, […]

Divisions of the Gatekeepers 1 For the divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah […]

Commanders of the Army 1 This is the list of the sons (descendants) of Israel, the heads of fathers’households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout the year, each divisionnumbering24,000: 2 Jashobeam […]

David’s Address about the Temple 1 David assembled at Jerusalem all the leaders (officials) of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock of the king and his […]