1 Tawarikh 2:1--29:30
Konteks2:1 These were the sons of Israel: 1
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Issachar and Zebulun;
2:2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin;
Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
2:3 The sons of Judah:
Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, 2 a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. 3
2:4 Tamar, Judah’s 4 daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
2:5 The sons of Perez:
Hezron and Hamul.
2:6 The sons of Zerah:
Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara 5 – five in all.
Achan, 7 who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God. 8
Azariah.
2:9 The sons born to Hezron:
Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. 10
2:10 Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah. 2:11 Nahshon was the father of Salma, 11 and Salma was the father of Boaz. 2:12 Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
2:13 Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, 2:14 Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, 2:15 Ozem sixth, David seventh. 2:16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai, 12 Joab, and Asahel. 2:17 Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
2:18 Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). 13 Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 2:19 When Azubah died, Caleb married 14 Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 2:20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
2:21 Later 15 Hezron had sexual relations with 16 the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married 17 her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub. 2:22 Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 2:23 (Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, 18 along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
2:24 After Hezron’s death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. 19
2:25 The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 2:26 Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was Onam’s mother.
2:27 The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
2:28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada.
The sons of Shammai:
Nadab and Abishur.
2:29 Abishur’s wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.
2:30 The sons of Nadab:
Seled and Appaim. (Seled died without having sons.)
Ishi.
The son of Ishi:
Sheshan.
The son of Sheshan:
Ahlai.
2:32 The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother:
Jether and Jonathan. (Jether died without having sons.)
2:33 The sons of Jonathan:
Peleth and Zaza.
These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
2:34 Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. 2:35 Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai.
2:36 Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad. 2:37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed. 2:38 Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah. 2:39 Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah. 2:40 Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum. 2:41 Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
2:42 The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel’s brother:
His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, 21 the father of Hebron.
2:43 The sons of Hebron:
Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
2:44 Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. 2:45 Shammai’s son was Maon, who was the father of Beth-Zur.
2:46 Caleb’s concubine 22 Ephah bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
2:47 The sons of Jahdai:
Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
2:48 Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah. 2:49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.
2:50 These were the descendants of Caleb.
The sons 23 of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath: 24
Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, 2:51 Salma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-Gader.
2:52 The sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half of the Manahathites, 25 2:53 the clans of Kiriath Jearim – the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.) 26
2:54 The sons of Salma:
Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, 2:55 and the clans of the scribes 27 who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended 28 from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab. 29
3:1 These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron:
The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel;
the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel;
3:2 the third was Absalom whose mother was Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
the fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith;
3:3 the fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital;
the sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah.
3:4 These six were born to David 30 in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months.
He ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 31 3:5 These were the sons born to him in Jerusalem:
Shimea, 32 Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon – the mother of these four was Bathsheba 33 the daughter of Ammiel. 34
3:6 The other nine were Ibhar, Elishua, 35 Elpelet, 36 3:7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 3:8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
3:9 These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. 37 Tamar was their sister.
3:10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam,
followed by Abijah his son,
Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
Ahaziah his son,
Joash his son,
3:12 Amaziah his son,
Azariah his son,
Jotham his son,
3:13 Ahaz his son,
Hezekiah his son,
Manasseh his son,
3:14 Amon his son,
Josiah his son.
3:15 The sons of Josiah:
Johanan was the firstborn; Jehoiakim was born second; Zedekiah third; and Shallum fourth.
3:16 The sons of Jehoiakim:
his son Jehoiachin 39 and his son Zedekiah.
3:17 The sons of Jehoiachin the exile: 40
Shealtiel his son, 3:18 Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
3:19 The sons of Pedaiah:
Zerubbabel and Shimei.
The sons of Zerubbabel:
Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister.
3:20 The five others were Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed.
3:21 The descendants of Hananiah:
Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.
3:22 The descendants of Shecaniah:
Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat – six in all.
3:23 The sons of Neariah:
Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam – three in all.
3:24 The sons of Elioenai:
Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani – seven in all.
4:1 The descendants of Judah:
Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
4:2 Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
4:3 These were the sons of Etam:
Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi.
4:4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
4:5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 4:6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 4:7 The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, 4:8 and Koz, who was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum.
4:9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, “I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.” 41 4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only 42 you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!” 43 God answered his prayer. 44
4:11 Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 4:12 Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. 45 These were the men of Recah.
4:13 The sons of Kenaz:
Othniel and Seraiah.
The sons of Othniel:
Hathath and Meonothai. 46 4:14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.
Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in Ge Harashim, who were craftsmen. 47
4:15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:
Iru, Elah, and Naam.
The son of Elah:
Kenaz. 48
4:16 The sons of Jehallelel:
Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
4:17 The sons of Ezrah:
Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.
Mered’s wife Bithiah 49 gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. 4:18 (His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married. 50
4:19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham:
the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
4:20 The sons of Shimon:
Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon.
The descendants of Ishi:
Zoheth and Ben Zoheth. 51
4:21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah:
Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbea, 4:22 Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, both of whom ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (This information is from ancient records.) 52 4:23 They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there and worked for the king. 53
4:24 The descendants of Simeon:
Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul, 4:25 his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.
4:26 The descendants of Mishma:
His son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei.
4:27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah. 4:28 They lived in Beer Sheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, 4:29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 4:30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 4:31 Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David. 4:32 Their settlements also included Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan – five towns. 4:33 They also lived in all the settlements that surrounded these towns as far as Baal. 54 These were their settlements; they kept genealogical records.
4:34 Their clan leaders were: 55
Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, 4:35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel), 4:36 Eleoenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 4:37 Ziza son of Shipi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah). 4:38 These who are named above were the leaders of their clans.
Their extended families increased greatly in numbers. 4:39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep. 4:40 They found fertile and rich pasture; the land was very broad, undisturbed and peaceful. Indeed some Hamites had been living there prior to that. 4:41 The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites’ settlements, 56 as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them, 57 for they found pasture for their sheep there. 4:42 Five hundred men of Simeon, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to the hill country of Seir 4:43 and defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees; 58 they live there to this very day.
5:1 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn –
(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, 59 his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records. 60 5:2 Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, 61 the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)
5:3 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn:
Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
5:4 The descendants of Joel:
His son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei, 5:5 his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal, 5:6 and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser 62 of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah 63 was the tribal leader of Reuben.
5:7 His brothers by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records:
The leader Jeiel, Zechariah, 5:8 and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel.
They lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal Meon. 5:9 In the east they settled as far as the entrance to the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, for their cattle had increased in numbers in the land of Gilead. 5:10 During the time of Saul they attacked the Hagrites and defeated them. They took over their territory in the entire eastern region of Gilead. 64
5:11 The descendants of Gad lived near them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah.
5:12 They included Joel the leader, Shapham the second in command, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 5:13 Their relatives, listed according to their families, 65 included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber – seven in all.
5:14 These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz. 5:15 Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was the leader of the family. 66 5:16 They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its surrounding settlements, and in the pasturelands of Sharon to their very borders. 67 5:17 All of them were listed in the genealogical records in the time of King Jotham of Judah and in the time of King Jeroboam of Israel.
5:18 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war. 68 5:19 They attacked 69 the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 5:20 They received divine help in fighting them, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. They cried out to God during the battle; he responded to their prayers because they trusted in him. 70 5:21 They seized the Hagrites’ 71 animals, including 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took captive 100,000 people. 5:22 Because God fought for them, 72 they killed many of the enemy. 73 They dispossessed the Hagrites and lived in their land until the exile. 74
5:23 The half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan as far as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They grew in number.
5:24 These were the leaders of their families: 75
Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were skilled warriors, men of reputation, 76 and leaders of their families. 5:25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors 77 and worshiped instead 78 the gods of the native peoples 79 whom God had destroyed before them. 5:26 So the God of Israel stirred up 80 King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), 81 and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day.
6:1 (5:27) 82 The sons of Levi:
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
6:2 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
6:3 The children of Amram:
Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron:
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
6:4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas was the father of Abishua. 6:5 Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi. 6:6 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth. 6:7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub. 6:8 Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz. 6:9 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan. 6:10 Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as a priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem. 83 6:11 Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub. 6:12 Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum. 6:13 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah. 6:14 Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak. 6:15 Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent the people of 84 Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
6:16 (6:1) 85 The sons of Levi:
Gershom, 86 Kohath, and Merari.
6:17 These are the names of the sons Gershom:
Libni and Shimei.
6:18 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
6:19 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the clans of the Levites by their families. 87
6:20 To Gershom:
His son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah, 6:21 his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.
His son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir, 6:23 his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir, 6:24 his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.
6:25 The sons of Elkanah:
Amasai, Ahimoth, 89 6:26 his son Elkanah, 90 his son Zophai, his son Nahath, 6:27 his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah. 91
6:28 The sons of Samuel:
Joel the firstborn 92 and Abijah the second oldest.
6:29 The descendants of Merari:
Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah, 6:30 his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.
6:31 These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary, 93 after the ark was placed there. 6:32 They performed music 94 before the sanctuary 95 of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord’s temple in Jerusalem. 96 They carried out their tasks according to regulations.
6:33 These are the ones who served along with their sons:
From the Kohathites:
Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel, 6:34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, 6:35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, 6:36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, 6:37 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, 6:38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.
6:39 Serving beside him was his fellow Levite Asaph, 97 son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, 6:40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, 98 son of Malkijah, 6:41 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, 6:42 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, 6:43 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
6:44 Serving beside them were their fellow Levites, the descendants of Merari, led by 99 Ethan, son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, 6:45 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, 6:46 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, 6:47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
6:48 The rest of their fellow Levites 100 were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God’s sanctuary. 101 6:49 But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary. 102 They made atonement for Israel, just as God’s servant Moses had ordered. 103
6:50 These were the descendants of Aaron:
His son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua, 6:51 his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah, 6:52 his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub, 6:53 his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.
6:54 These were the areas where Aaron’s descendants lived: 104
The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment: 105
6:55 They were allotted Hebron in the territory of Judah, as well as its surrounding pasturelands. 6:56 (But the city’s land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.) 6:57 The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities 106 of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, 6:58 Hilez 107 and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, 6:59 Ashan 108 and its pasturelands, 109 and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands.
6:60 Within the territory of the tribe of Benjamin they were allotted 110 Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. Their clans were allotted thirteen cities in all. 6:61 The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh. 111
6:62 The clans of Gershom’s descendants received thirteen cities within the territory of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh (in Bashan). 112
6:63 The clans of Merari’s descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. 113
6:64 So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands. 6:65 They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. 114
6:66 The clans of Kohath’s descendants also received territory within the tribe of Ephraim. 115 6:67 They were allotted as cities 116 of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands (in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands, 6:68 Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth Horon and its pasturelands, 6:69 Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands.
6:70 Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the rest of Kohath’s descendants received Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands. 117
6:71 The following belonged to Gershom’s descendants: 118
Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands.
6:72 Within the territory of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands, 6:73 Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.
6:74 Within the territory of the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands, 6:75 Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.
6:76 Within the territory of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.
6:77 The following belonged to the rest of Merari’s descendants: 119
Within the territory of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono 120 and its pasturelands, and Tabor and its pasturelands.
6:78 Within the territory of the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan River east of Jericho: 121 Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands, 6:79 Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.
6:80 Within the territory of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands, 6:81 Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.
7:1 The sons of Issachar:
Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron – four in all.
7:2 The sons of Tola:
Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, 122 and Samuel. 123 They were leaders of their families. 124 In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. 125
Izrachiah.
The sons of Izrahiah:
Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five were leaders.
7:4 According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons. 127 7:5 Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors. 128
Bela, Beker, and Jediael – three in all.
7:7 The sons of Bela:
Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records.
7:8 The sons of Beker:
Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker. 7:9 There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.
Bilhan.
The sons of Bilhan:
Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 7:11 All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.
7:12 The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir; the Hushites were descendants of Aher. 131
7:13 The sons of Naphtali:
Jahziel, 132 Guni, Jezer, and Shallum 133 – sons of Bilhah.
7:14 The sons of Manasseh:
Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. 134 She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 7:15 Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. 135 (His sister’s name was Maacah.)
Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son; 136 he had only daughters.
7:16 Maacah, Makir’s wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh. 7:18 His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
7:19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
7:20 The descendants of Ephraim:
Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath, 7:21 his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah
(Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle. 7:22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days and his brothers came to console him. 7:23 He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim 138 named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family. 139 7:24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzzen Sheerah),
7:25 his 140 son Rephah, his son Resheph, 141 his son Telah, his son Tahan, 7:26 his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama, 7:27 his son Nun, 142 and his son Joshua.
7:28 Their property and settlements included Bethel 143 and its surrounding towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its surrounding towns to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding towns as far as Ayyah and its surrounding towns. 7:29 On the border of Manasseh’s territory were Beth-Shean 144 and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo 145 and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel’s son, lived here.
7:30 The sons of Asher:
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister.
7:31 The sons of Beriah:
Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
7:32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.
7:33 The sons of Japhlet:
Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.
7:34 The sons of his brother 146 Shemer: 147
Rohgah, Hubbah, 148 and Aram.
7:35 The sons of his brother Helem: 149
Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
7:36 The sons of Zophah:
Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 7:37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, 150 and Beera.
7:38 The sons of Jether:
Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
7:39 The sons of Ulla:
Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
7:40 All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle. 151
8:1 Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah 152 third, 8:2 Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth.
8:3 Bela’s sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud, 8:4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 8:5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
8:6 These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath: 8:7 Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who moved them. Gera 153 was the father of Uzzah and Ahihud.
8:8 Shaharaim fathered sons in Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. 8:9 By his wife Hodesh he fathered Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, 8:10 Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons; they were family leaders. 8:11 By Hushim he fathered Abitub and Elpaal.
8:12 The sons of Elpaal:
Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod, as well as its surrounding towns), 8:13 Beriah, and Shema. They were leaders of the families living in Aijalon and chased out the inhabitants of Gath.
8:14 Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, 8:15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, 8:16 Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
8:17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, 8:18 Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
8:19 Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, 8:20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, 8:21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.
8:22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 8:23 Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, 8:24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, 8:25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
8:26 Shamsherai, Shechariah, Athaliah, 8:27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham. 8:28 These were the family leaders listed in the genealogical records; they lived in Jerusalem. 154
8:29 The father of Gibeon 155 lived in Gibeon; his wife’s name was Maacah. 8:30 His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, 156 Nadab, 8:31 Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, and Mikloth. 157
8:32 Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. 158
8:33 Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 159
8:34 The son of Jonathan:
Meribbaal. 160
Meribbaal was the father of Micah.
8:35 The sons of Micah:
Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
8:36 Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza, 8:37 and Moza was the father of Binea. His son was Raphah, whose son was Eleasah, whose son was Azel.
8:38 Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, 161 followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, 162 Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
8:39 The sons of his brother Eshek:
Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. 8:40 The sons of Ulam were warriors who were adept archers. 163 They had many sons and grandsons, a total of 150.
All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
9:1 Genealogical records were kept for all Israel; they are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel.
The people of Judah 164 were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 9:2 The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. 165 9:3 Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem. 166
9:4 The settlers included: 167 Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, who was a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
9:5 From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
9:6 From the descendants of Zerah: Jeuel.
Their relatives numbered 690.
9:7 From the descendants of Benjamin:
Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah; 9:8 Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, son of Mikri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah.
9:9 Their relatives, listed in their genealogical records, numbered 956. All these men were leaders of their families. 168
9:10 From the priests:
Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin; 9:11 Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub the leader in God’s temple; 9:12 Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer.
9:13 Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God’s temple. 169
9:14 From the Levites:
Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah a descendant of Merari; 9:15 Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mika, son of Zikri, son of Asaph; 9:16 Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived among the settlements of the Netophathites.
9:17 The gatekeepers were:
Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader; 9:18 he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.
9:19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. 170 Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the Lord’s dwelling place. 171 9:20 Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him. 9:21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the guard at the entrance to the meeting tent.
9:22 All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet 172 had appointed them to their positions. 173 9:23 They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle). 174 9:24 The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides – east, west, north, and south. 9:25 Their relatives, who lived in their settlements, came from time to time and served with them for seven-day periods. 9:26 The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary. 175 9:27 They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, 176 for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning. 9:28 Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out. 177 9:29 Some of them were in charge of the equipment and articles of the sanctuary, 178 as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices. 9:30 (But some of the priests mixed the spices.) 9:31 Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son 179 of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of baking the bread for offerings. 9:32 Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath.
9:33 The musicians and Levite family leaders stayed in rooms at the sanctuary 180 and were exempt from other duties, for day and night they had to carry out their assigned tasks. 9:34 These were the family leaders of the Levites, as listed in their genealogical records. They lived in Jerusalem.
9:35 Jeiel (the father of Gibeon) lived in Gibeon. His wife was Maacah. 9:36 His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 9:37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth. 9:38 Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. 181
9:39 Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 182
9:40 The son of Jonathan:
Meribbaal, 183 who was the father of Micah.
9:41 The sons of Micah:
Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz. 184
9:42 Ahaz was the father of Jarah, 185 and Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza, 9:43 and Moza was the father of Binea. His son was Rephaiah, whose son was Eleasah, whose son was Azel.
9:44 Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, 186 followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.
10:1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The Israelites fled before the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa. 10:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels of 187 Saul and his sons. They 188 struck down Saul’s 189 sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua. 10:3 The battle was thick 190 around Saul; the archers spotted him and wounded him. 191 10:4 Saul told his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.” 192 But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. 10:5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died. 10:6 So Saul and his three sons died; his whole household 193 died together. 10:7 When all the Israelites who were in the valley saw that the army 194 had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.
10:8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa. 10:9 They stripped his corpse, and then carried off his head and his armor. They sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines proclaiming the news to their idols and their people. 10:10 They placed his armor in the temple of their gods 195 and hung his head in the temple of Dagon. 10:11 When all the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul, 10:12 all the warriors went and recovered the bodies of Saul and his sons 196 and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their remains 197 under the oak tree in Jabesh and fasted for seven days.
10:13 So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord’s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits. 198 10:14 He did not seek the Lord’s guidance, so the Lord 199 killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse.
11:1 All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood! 200 11:2 In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. 201 The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’” 11:3 When all the leaders 202 of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made an agreement 203 with them in Hebron before the Lord. They anointed 204 David king over Israel, just as the Lord had announced through Samuel. 205
11:4 David and the whole Israelite army 206 advanced to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). 207 (The Jebusites, the land’s original inhabitants, lived there.) 208 11:5 The residents of Jebus said to David, “You cannot invade this place!” But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David). 11:6 209 David said, “Whoever attacks 210 the Jebusites first will become commanding general!” 211 So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked 212 first and became commander. 213 11:7 David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David. 11:8 He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; 214 Joab restored the rest of the city. 11:9 David’s power steadily grew, for the Lord who commands armies was with him. 215
11:10 These were the leaders of David’s warriors who helped establish and stabilize his rule over all Israel, in accordance with the Lord’s word. 216 11:11 This is the list of David’s warriors: 217
Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. 218 He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle. 219
11:12 Next in command 220 was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. He was one of the three elite warriors. 11:13 He was with David in Pas Dammim 221 when the Philistines assembled there for battle. In an area of the field that was full of barley, the army retreated before the Philistines, 11:14 but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it 222 and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory. 223
11:15 Three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the rocky cliff at the cave of Adullam, while a Philistine force was camped in the Valley of Rephaim. 11:16 David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem. 224 11:17 David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink 225 from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!” 11:18 So the three elite warriors 226 broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate. They carried it back to David, but David refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord 11:19 and said, “God forbid that I should do this! 227 Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” 228 Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. 229
11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three 230 elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear 231 and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. 232 11:21 From 233 the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them. 234
11:22 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab; 235 he also went down and killed a lion inside a cistern on a snowy day. 11:23 He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet 236 tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom; Benaiah attacked 237 him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear. 11:24 Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame along with the three elite warriors. 11:25 He received honor from 238 the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.
11:26 The mighty warriors were:
Asahel the brother of Joab,
Elhanan son of Dodo, from Bethlehem, 239
11:27 Shammoth the Harorite, 240
Helez the Pelonite, 241
11:28 Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Abiezer the Anathothite,
11:29 Sibbekai 242 the Hushathite,
Ilai 243 the Ahohite,
11:30 Maharai the Netophathite,
Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite,
11:31 Ithai 244 son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjaminite territory,
Benaiah the Pirathonite,
11:32 Hurai 245 from the valleys of Gaash,
Abiel 246 the Arbathite,
11:33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, 247
Eliahba the Shaalbonite,
11:34 the sons of Hashem 248 the Gizonite,
Jonathan son of Shageh 249 the Hararite,
11:35 Ahiam son of Sakar 250 the Hararite,
Eliphal son of Ur, 251
11:36 Hepher the Mekerathite,
Ahijah the Pelonite,
11:37 Hezro 252 the Carmelite,
Naarai son of Ezbai,
11:38 Joel the brother of Nathan, 253
Mibhar son of Hagri,
11:39 Zelek the Ammonite,
Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,
11:40 Ira the Ithrite,
Gareb the Ithrite,
11:41 Uriah the Hittite,
Zabad son of Achli,
11:42 Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, leader of the Reubenites and the thirty warriors with him,
11:43 Hanan son of Maacah,
Joshaphat the Mithnite,
11:44 Uzzia the Ashterathite,
Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
11:45 Jediael son of Shimri,
and Joha his brother, the Tizite,
11:46 Eliel the Mahavite,
and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam,
and Ithmah the Moabite,
11:47 Eliel,
and Obed,
and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
12:1 These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished 254 from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle. 12:2 They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones right or left-handed. They were fellow tribesmen of Saul from Benjamin. 255 ) These were: 256
12:3 Ahiezer, the leader, and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth;
Berachah,
Jehu the Anathothite,
12:4 Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, one of the thirty warriors and their leader,
(12:5)257 Jeremiah,
Jahaziel,
Johanan,
Jozabad the Gederathite,
12:5 (12:6) Eluzai,
Jerimoth,
Bealiah,
Shemariah,
Shephatiah the Haruphite,
12:6 Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites,
12:7 and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor.
12:8 Some of the Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the desert. They were warriors who were trained for battle; they carried shields and spears. They were as fierce as lions and could run as quickly as gazelles across the hills. 258 12:9 Ezer was the leader, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third, 12:10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 12:11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 12:13 Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh. 12:14 These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand. 259 12:15 They crossed the Jordan River 260 in the first month, 261 when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west. 262
12:16 Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David’s stronghold. 12:17 David went out to meet them and said, 263 “If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. 264 But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, 265 may the God of our ancestors 266 take notice and judge!” 12:18 But a spirit 267 empowered 268 Amasai, the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said: 269
“We are yours, O David!
We support 270 you, O son of Jesse!
May you greatly prosper! 271
May those who help you prosper! 272
Indeed 273 your God helps you!”
So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands.
12:19 Some men from Manasseh joined 274 David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: “It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.”) 275 12:20 When David 276 went to Ziklag, the men of Manasseh who joined him were Adnach, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, leaders of a thousand soldiers each in the tribe of Manasseh. 12:21 They helped David fight against raiding bands, for all of them were warriors and leaders in the army. 12:22 Each day men came to help David until his army became very large. 277
12:23 The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul’s place, in accordance with the Lord’s decree: 278
12:24 From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears. 279
12:25 From Simeon there were 7,100 warriors.
12:26 From Levi there were 4,600. 12:27 Jehoiada, the leader of Aaron’s descendants, brought 3,700 men with him, 12:28 along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family.
12:29 From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, 280 there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul. 281
12:30 From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families. 282
12:31 From the half tribe of Manasseh there were 18,000 who had been designated by name to come and make David king.
12:32 From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command – they understood the times and knew what Israel should do. 283
12:33 From Zebulun there were 50,000 warriors who were prepared for battle, equipped with all kinds of weapons, and ready to give their undivided loyalty. 284
12:34 From Naphtali there were 1,000 officers, along with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears.
12:35 From Dan there were 28,600 men prepared for battle.
12:36 From Asher there were 40,000 warriors prepared for battle.
12:37 From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.
12:38 All these men were warriors who were ready to march. 285 They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; 286 all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king. 287 12:39 They spent three days feasting 288 there with David, for their relatives had given them provisions. 12:40 Also their neighbors, from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There were large supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, olive oil, beef, and lamb, 289 for Israel was celebrating. 290
13:1 David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred. 291 13:2 David said to the whole Israelite assembly, “If you so desire and the Lord our God approves, 292 let’s spread the word 293 to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and to the priests and Levites in their cities, 294 so they may join us. 13:3 Let’s move the ark of our God back here, 295 for we did not seek his will 296 throughout Saul’s reign.” 297 13:4 The whole assembly agreed to do this, 298 for the proposal seemed right to all the people. 299 13:5 So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River 300 in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, 301 to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim. 13:6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who sits enthroned between the cherubim – the ark that is called by his name. 302
13:7 They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart, 13:8 while David and all Israel were energetically 303 celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, 304 tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. 13:9 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of 305 the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 13:10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 306 he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. 307 He died right there before God. 308
13:11 David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; 309 so he called that place Perez Uzzah, 310 which remains its name to this very day. 13:12 David was afraid of God that day and said, “How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?” 13:13 So David did not move the ark to the City of David; 311 he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 13:14 The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom’s house for three months; the Lord blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that belonged to him.
14:1 King Hiram of Tyre 312 sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, 313 and carpenters to build a palace for him. 14:2 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated 314 his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
14:3 In Jerusalem 315 David married 316 more wives and fathered more sons and daughters. 14:4 These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 14:5 Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, 14:6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 14:7 Elishama, Beeliada, 317 and Eliphelet.
14:8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed 318 king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him. 319 When David heard about it, he marched out against 320 them. 14:9 Now the Philistines had come and raided 321 the Valley of Rephaim. 14:10 David asked God, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to him, “March up! I will hand them over to you!” 14:11 So they marched against Baal Perazim and David defeated them there. David said, “Using me as his instrument, 322 God has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.” So that place is called Baal Perazim. 323 14:12 The Philistines left 324 their idols 325 there, so David ordered that they be burned.
14:13 The Philistines again raided the valley. 14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. 326 This time 327 God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 328 14:15 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack. 329 For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army 330 of the Philistines.” 14:16 David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.
14:17 So David became famous 331 in all the lands; the Lord caused all the nations to fear him. 332
15:1 David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. 15:2 Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually. 15:3 David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem 333 to bring the ark of the Lord up to the place he had prepared for it. 15:4 David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
15:5 From the descendants of Kohath: Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives.
15:6 From the descendants of Merari: Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives.
15:7 From the descendants of Gershom: 334 Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives.
15:8 From the descendants of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives.
15:9 From the descendants of Hebron: Eliel the leader and 80 of his relatives.
15:10 From the descendants of Uzziel: Amminadab the leader and 112 of his relatives.
15:11 David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, along with the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. 15:12 He told them: “You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it. 15:13 The first time you did not carry it; that is why the Lord God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.” 335 15:14 The priests and Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. 15:15 The descendants of Levi carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, just as Moses had ordered according to the divine command.
15:16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully. 336 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; one of his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; one of the descendants of Merari, 337 Ethan son of Kushaiah; 15:18 along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, 338 Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.
15:19 The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; 15:20 Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to the alamoth style; 339 15:21 Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play the lyres according to the sheminith style, 340 as led by 341 the director; 15:22 Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter; 342 15:23 Berechiah and Elkanah were guardians 343 of the ark; 15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; Obed-Edom and Jehiel were also guardians 344 of the ark.
15:25 So David, the leaders of Israel, and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the house of Obed-Edom with celebration. 15:26 When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. 15:27 David was wrapped in a linen robe, as were all the Levites carrying the ark, the musicians, and Kenaniah the supervisor of transport and the musicians; 345 David also wore a linen ephod. 346 15:28 All Israel brought up the ark of the Lord’s covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments. 15:29 As the ark of the Lord’s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him. 347
16:1 They brought the ark of God and put it in the middle of the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings 348 before God. 16:2 When David finished offering burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the Lord’s name. 16:3 He then handed out to each Israelite man and woman a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. 16:4 He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel. 16:5 Asaph was the leader and Zechariah second in command, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They were to play stringed instruments; Asaph was to sound the cymbals; 16:6 and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God’s covenant.
16:7 That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the Lord:
16:8 Give thanks to the Lord!
Call on his name!
Make known his accomplishments among the nations!
16:9 Sing to him! Make music to him!
Tell about all his miraculous deeds!
16:10 Boast about his holy name!
Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice!
16:11 Seek the Lord and the strength he gives!
Seek his presence 349 continually!
16:12 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed,
his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, 350
16:13 O children 351 of Israel, God’s 352 servant,
you descendants of Jacob, God’s 353 chosen ones!
16:14 He is the Lord our God;
he carries out judgment throughout the earth. 354
16:15 Remember 355 continually his covenantal decree,
the promise he made 356 to a thousand generations –
16:16 the promise 357 he made to Abraham,
the promise he made by oath to Isaac! 358
16:17 He gave it to Jacob as a decree,
to Israel as a lasting promise, 359
16:18 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
as the portion of your inheritance.”
16:19 When they were few in number,
just a very few, and foreign residents within it,
16:20 they wandered from nation to nation,
and from one kingdom to another. 360
16:21 He let no one oppress them,
he disciplined kings for their sake,
16:22 saying, 361 “Don’t touch my anointed ones!
Don’t harm my prophets!”
16:23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth!
Announce every day 362 how he delivers!
16:24 Tell the nations about his splendor,
tell 363 all the nations about his miraculous deeds!
16:25 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise,
he is more awesome than 364 all gods.
16:26 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, 365
but the Lord made the heavens. 366
16:27 Majestic splendor emanates from him, 367
he is the source of strength and joy. 368
16:28 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations,
ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength!
16:29 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! 369
Bring an offering and enter his presence!
Worship the Lord in holy attire! 370
16:30 Tremble before him, all the earth!
The world is established, it cannot be moved.
16:31 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy!
Let the nations say, 371 ‘The Lord reigns!’
16:32 Let the sea and everything in it shout!
Let the fields and everything in them celebrate!
16:33 Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the Lord,
for he comes to judge the earth!
16:34 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
and his loyal love endures. 372
16:35 Say this prayer: 373 “Deliver us, O God who delivers us!
Gather us! Rescue us from the nations!
Then we will give thanks 374 to your holy name,
and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.” 375
16:36 May the Lord God of Israel be praised,
in the future and forevermore. 376
Then all the people said, “We agree! 377 Praise the Lord!”
16:37 David 378 left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements, 379 16:38 including Obed-Edom and sixty-eight colleagues. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers. 16:39 Zadok the priest and his fellow priests served 380 before the Lord’s tabernacle at the worship center 381 in Gibeon, 16:40 regularly offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar for burnt sacrifice, morning and evening, according to what is prescribed in the law of the Lord which he charged Israel to observe. 382 16:41 Joining them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord. (For his loyal love endures!) 383 16:42 Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets, cymbals, and the other musical instruments used in praising God. The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance. 384
16:43 Then all the people returned to their homes, and David went to pronounce a blessing on his family. 385
17:1 When David had settled into his palace, 386 he 387 said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace 388 made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.” 389 17:2 Nathan said to David, “You should do whatever you have in mind, 390 for God is with you.”
17:3 That night God told Nathan the prophet, 391 17:4 “Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: “You must not build me a house in which to live. 17:5 For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt 392 to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places. 393 17:6 Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say 394 to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, 395 ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’
17:7 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies 396 says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd 397 to make you a leader of my people Israel. 17:8 I was with you wherever you went and I defeated 398 all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. 399 17:9 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle 400 them there; they will live there and not be disturbed 401 anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning 402 17:10 and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies.
“‘“I declare to you that the Lord will build a dynastic house 403 for you! 17:11 When the time comes for you to die, 404 I will raise up your descendant, 405 one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom. 17:12 He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent. 406 17:13 I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. 407 17:14 I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent.”’” 408 17:15 Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him. 409
17:16 David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, 410 that you should have brought me to this point? 17:17 And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. 411 You have revealed to me what men long to know, 412 O Lord God. 17:18 What more can David say 413 to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition. 414 17:19 O Lord, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, 415 you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness. 416 17:20 O Lord, there is none like you; there is no God besides you! What we heard is true! 417 17:21 And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation 418 in the earth? Their God 419 went to claim 420 a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds 421 when you drove out 422 nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. 423 17:22 You made Israel your very own nation for all time. 424 You, O Lord, became their God. 17:23 So now, O Lord, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! 425 Do as you promised, 426 17:24 so 427 it may become a reality 428 and you may gain lasting fame, 429 as people say, 430 ‘The Lord who commands armies is the God of Israel.’ 431 David’s dynasty 432 will be established before you, 17:25 for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty 433 for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. 434 17:26 Now, O Lord, you are the true God; 435 you have made this good promise to your servant. 436 17:27 Now you are willing to bless your servant’s dynasty 437 so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future.” 438
18:1 Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. He took Gath and its surrounding towns 439 away from the Philistines. 440
18:2 He defeated the Moabites; the Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute. 441
18:3 David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority 442 to the Euphrates River. 443 18:4 David seized from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, 444 and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of Hadadezer’s 445 chariot horses. 446 18:5 The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,000 of the Arameans. 18:6 David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; 447 the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The Lord protected 448 David wherever he campaigned. 449 18:7 David took the golden shields which Hadadezer’s servants had carried 450 and brought them to Jerusalem. 451 18:8 From Tibhath 452 and Kun, 453 Hadadezer’s cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called “The Sea,” 454 the pillars, and other bronze items.
18:9 When King Tou 455 of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah, 18:10 he sent his son Hadoram 456 to King David to extend his best wishes 457 and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. 458 He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. 459 18:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, 460 along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including 461 Edom, 462 Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.
18:12 Abishai son of Zeruiah 463 killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. 18:13 He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The Lord protected 464 David wherever he campaigned. 465
18:14 David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people. 466 18:15 Joab son of Zeruiah was commanding general of 467 the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary; 18:16 Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha 468 was scribe; 18:17 Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised 469 the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were the king’s leading officials. 470
19:1 Later King Nahash of the Ammonites died and his son succeeded him. 19:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty 471 to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal 472 to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. 473 When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy, 474 19:3 the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? 475 No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!” 476 19:4 So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved their beards off. 477 He cut off the lower part of their robes so that their buttocks were exposed 478 and then sent them away. 19:5 Messengers 479 came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho 480 until your beards grow again; then you may come back.”
19:6 When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, 481 Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,000 talents 482 of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah, and Zobah. 483 19:7 They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba. The Ammonites also assembled from their cities and marched out to do battle.
19:8 When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them. 484 19:9 The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field. 19:10 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. 485 19:11 He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites. 19:12 Joab 486 said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, 487 you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, 488 I will come to your rescue. 19:13 Be strong! Let’s fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!” 489 19:14 So Joab and his men 490 marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him. 19:15 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab’s 491 brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem. 492
19:16 When the Arameans realized they had been defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, 493 led by Shophach the commanding general of Hadadezer’s army. 494 19:17 When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, 495 and marched against them. 496 David deployed his army against the Arameans for battle and they fought against him. 497 19:18 The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 7,000 498 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 infantrymen; he also killed Shophach 499 the commanding general. 19:19 When Hadadezer’s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.
20:1 In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, 500 Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down. 20:2 David took the crown from the head of their king 501 and wore it 502 (its weight was a talent 503 of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city. 20:3 He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. 504 This was his policy 505 with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
20:4 Later there was a battle 506 with the Philistines in Gezer. 507 At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, 508 one of the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines 509 were subdued.
20:5 There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, 510 whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom. 511
20:6 In a battle in Gath 512 there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot – twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha. 20:7 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, 513 David’s brother, killed him.
20:8 These were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed 514 by the hand of David and his soldiers. 515
21:1 An adversary 516 opposed 517 Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had. 518 21:2 David told Joab and the leaders of the army, 519 “Go, count the number of warriors 520 from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” 521 21:3 Joab replied, “May the Lord make his army 522 a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?” 523
21:4 But the king’s edict stood, despite Joab’s objections. 524 So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel before returning to Jerusalem. 525 21:5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors. 526 In all Israel there were 1,100,000 527 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers. 528 21:6 Now Joab 529 did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him. 21:7 God was also offended by it, 530 so he attacked Israel.
21:8 David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.” 21:9 The Lord told Gad, David’s prophet, 531 21:10 “Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them.”’” 532 21:11 Gad went to David and told him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Pick one of these: 21:12 three 533 years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, 534 or three days being struck down by the Lord, during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord’s messenger will destroy throughout Israel’s territory.’ 535 Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me.” 21:13 David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” 536 21:14 So the Lord sent a plague through Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died.
21:15 God sent an angel 537 to ravage 538 Jerusalem. As he was doing so, 539 the Lord watched 540 and relented from 541 his judgment. 542 He told the angel who was destroying, “That’s enough! 543 Stop now!” 544
Now the Lord’s angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan 545 the Jebusite. 21:16 David looked up and saw the Lord’s messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. 546 21:17 David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! 547 As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, 548 but remove the plague from your people!” 549
21:18 So the Lord’s messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build 550 an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 21:19 So David went up as Gad instructed him to do in the name of the Lord. 551 21:20 While Ornan was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the messenger, and he and his four sons hid themselves. 21:21 When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face 552 to the ground. 21:22 David said to Ornan, “Sell me the threshing floor 553 so I can build 554 on it an altar for the Lord – I’ll pay top price 555 – so that the plague may be removed 556 from the people.” 21:23 Ornan told David, “You can have it! 557 My master, the king, may do what he wants. 558 Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you.” 21:24 King David replied to Ornan, “No, I insist on buying it for top price. 559 I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice 560 that cost me nothing. 561 21:25 So David bought the place from Ornan for 600 pieces of gold. 562 21:26 David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. 563 He called out to the Lord, and the Lord 564 responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar. 21:27 The Lord ordered the messenger 565 to put his sword back into its sheath.
21:28 At that time, when David saw that the Lord responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. 21:29 Now the Lord’s tabernacle (which Moses had made in the wilderness) and the altar for burnt sacrifices were at that time at the worship center 566 in Gibeon. 21:30 But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord’s messenger. 22:1 David then said, “This is the place where the temple of the Lord God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”
22:2 David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple. 22:3 David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed, 22:4 and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.)
22:5 David said, “My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, 567 and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. 568 Therefore I will make preparations for its construction.” So David made extensive preparations before he died.
22:6 He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel. 22:7 David said to Solomon: “My son, I really wanted 569 to build a temple to honor 570 the Lord my God. 22:8 But the Lord said to me: 571 ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, 572 for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me. 22:9 Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man. 573 I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. 574 Indeed, Solomon 575 will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign. 576 22:10 He will build a temple to honor me; 577 he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’ 578
22:11 “Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would. 579 22:12 Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey 580 the law of the Lord your God. 22:13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered Moses to give to Israel. 581 Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 582 22:14 Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord’s temple. 583 I have stored up 100,000 talents 584 of gold, 1,000,000 585 talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more! 22:15 You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, 586 and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled 22:16 in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. 587 Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!”
22:17 David ordered all the officials of Israel to support 588 his son Solomon. 22:18 He told them, 589 “The Lord your God is with you! 590 He has made you secure on every side, 591 for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region 592 and the region 593 is subdued before the Lord and his people. 22:19 Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! 594 Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring 595 the ark of the Lord’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service 596 into the temple that is built to honor the Lord.” 597
23:1 When David was old and approaching the end of his life, 598 he made his son Solomon king over Israel.
23:2 David 599 assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites. 23:3 The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men. 600 23:4 David said, 601 “Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the Lord’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges; 23:5 4,000 are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship.” 602 23:6 David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
23:7 The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei.
23:8 The sons of Ladan:
Jehiel the oldest, Zetham, and Joel – three in all.
23:9 The sons of Shimei:
Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran – three in all.
These were the leaders of the family of Ladan.
23:10 The sons of Shimei:
Jahath, Zina, 603 Jeush, and Beriah. These were Shimei’s sons – four in all. 604 23:11 Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility.
23:12 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel – four in all.
23:13 The sons of Amram:
Aaron and Moses.
Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to serve him, and to praise his name. 605 23:14 The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites. 606
23:15 The sons of Moses:
Gershom and Eliezer.
Shebuel 608 the oldest.
23:17 The son of Eliezer was 609 Rehabiah, the oldest. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many descendants.
Shelomith the oldest.
23:19 The sons of Hebron:
Jeriah the oldest, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
23:20 The sons of Uzziel:
Micah the oldest, and Isshiah the second.
23:21 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
The sons of Mahli:
Eleazar and Kish.
23:22 Eleazar died without having sons; he had only daughters. The sons of Kish, their cousins, married them. 611
23:23 The sons of Mushi:
Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth – three in all.
23:24 These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up. 612 23:25 For David said, “The Lord God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem. 613 23:26 So the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the items used in its service.” 23:27 According to David’s final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted. 614
23:28 Their job was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the Lord’s temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God’s temple. 615 23:29 They also took care of 616 the bread that is displayed, the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring. 617 23:30 They also stood in a designated place 618 every morning and offered thanks and praise to the Lord. They also did this in the evening 23:31 and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations. 619 23:32 They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the Lord’s temple. 620
24:1 The divisions of Aaron’s descendants were as follows:
The sons of Aaron:
Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
24:2 Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
24:3 David, Zadok (a descendant of Eleazar), and Ahimelech (a descendant of Ithamar) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities. 621 24:4 The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight. 622 24:5 They divided them by lots, for there were officials of the holy place and officials designated by God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar. 623 24:6 The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar. 624
24:7 The first lot went to Jehoiarib,
the second to Jedaiah,
24:8 the third to Harim,
the fourth to Seorim,
24:9 the fifth to Malkijah,
the sixth to Mijamin,
24:10 the seventh to Hakkoz,
the eighth to Abijah,
24:11 the ninth to Jeshua,
the tenth to Shecaniah,
24:12 the eleventh to Eliashib,
the twelfth to Jakim,
24:13 the thirteenth to Huppah,
the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,
24:14 the fifteenth to Bilgah,
the sixteenth to Immer,
24:15 the seventeenth to Hezir,
the eighteenth to Happizzez,
24:16 the nineteenth to Pethahiah,
the twentieth to Jehezkel,
24:17 the twenty-first to Jakin,
the twenty-second to Gamul,
24:18 the twenty-third to Delaiah,
the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.
24:19 This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord’s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor 625 Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him. 626
24:20 The rest of the Levites included: 627
Shubael 628 from the sons of Amram,
Jehdeiah from the sons of Shubael,
24:21 the firstborn Isshiah from Rehabiah and the sons of Rehabiah,
24:22 Shelomoth from the Izharites,
Jahath from the sons of Shelomoth.
Jeriah, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.
Micah;
Shamir from the sons of Micah.
24:25 The brother of Micah:
Isshiah.
Zechariah from the sons of Isshiah.
24:26 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
The son of Jaaziah:
Beno. 631
24:27 The sons of Merari, from Jaaziah:
Beno, 632 Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
24:28 From Mahli:
Eleazar, who had no sons.
24:29 From Kish:
Jerahmeel. 633
24:30 The sons of Mushi:
Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.
These were the Levites, listed by their families.
24:31 Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest. 634
25:1 David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. 635 The following men were assigned this responsibility: 636
25:2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king’s supervision. 637
25:3 From the sons of Jeduthun: 638 Gedaliah, Zeri, 639 Jeshaiah, 640 Hashabiah, and Mattithiah – six in all, 641 under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.
25:4 From the sons of Heman: 642 Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. 25:5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. 643 God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
25:6 All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king. 25:7 They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the Lord, numbered two hundred eighty-eight. 644
25:8 They cast lots to determine their responsibilities – oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student. 645
25:9 The first lot went to Asaph’s son Joseph and his relatives and sons – twelve in all, 646
the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons – twelve in all,
25:10 the third to Zaccur and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:11 the fourth to Izri 647 and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:12 the fifth to Nethaniah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:13 the sixth to Bukkiah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:14 the seventh to Jesharelah 648 and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:15 the eighth to Jeshaiah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:16 the ninth to Mattaniah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:17 the tenth to Shimei and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:18 the eleventh to Azarel 649 and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:19 the twelfth to Hashabiah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:20 the thirteenth to Shubael and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:21 the fourteenth to Mattithiah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:22 the fifteenth to Jerimoth and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:23 the sixteenth to Hananiah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:24 the seventeenth to Joshbekashah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:25 the eighteenth to Hanani and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:26 the nineteenth to Mallothi and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:27 the twentieth to Eliathah and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:28 the twenty-first to Hothir and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:29 the twenty-second to Giddalti and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:30 the twenty-third to Mahazioth and his sons and relatives – twelve in all,
25:31 the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer and his sons and relatives – twelve in all.
26:1 The divisions of the gatekeepers:
From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
26:2 Meshelemiah’s sons:
The firstborn Zechariah, the second Jediael, the third Zebadiah, the fourth Jathniel, 26:3 the fifth Elam, the sixth Jehohanan, and the seventh Elihoenai.
26:4 Obed-Edom’s sons:
The firstborn Shemaiah, the second Jehozabad, the third Joah, the fourth Sakar, the fifth Nethanel, 26:5 the sixth Ammiel, the seventh Issachar, and the eighth Peullethai. (Indeed, God blessed Obed-Edom.)
26:6 His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders of their families, for they were highly respected. 26:7 The sons of Shemaiah:
Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. His relatives 650 Elihu and Semakiah were also respected.
26:8 All these were the descendants of Obed-Edom. They and their sons and relatives were respected men, capable of doing their responsibilities. There were sixty-two of them related to Obed-Edom.
26:9 Meshelemiah had sons and relatives who were respected – eighteen in all.
26:10 Hosah, one of the descendants of Merari, had sons:
The firstborn Shimri (he was not actually the firstborn, but his father gave him that status), 26:11 the second Hilkiah, the third Tebaliah, and the fourth Zechariah. All of Hosah’s sons and relatives numbered thirteen.
26:12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the Lord’s temple.
26:13 They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for. 651 26:14 The lot for the east gate went to Shelemiah. 652 They then cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise adviser, and the lot for the north gate went to him. 26:15 Obed-Edom was assigned the south gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses. 26:16 Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate, along with the Shalleketh gate on the upper road. One guard was adjacent to another. 653 26:17 Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs. 26:18 At the court on the west there were four posted on the road and two at the court. 26:19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.
26:20 Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses 654 in God’s temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items. 26:21 The descendants of Ladan, 655 who were descended from Gershon through Ladan and were leaders of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, included Jehieli 656 26:22 and the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the storehouses in the Lord’s temple.
26:23 As for the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites:
26:24 Shebuel 657 son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the supervisor of the storehouses. 26:25 His relatives through Eliezer included: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zikri his son, and Shelomith 658 his son. 26:26 Shelomith 659 and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers. 26:27 They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord’s temple. 26:28 They were also in charge of everything dedicated by Samuel the prophet, 660 Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah; Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of everything that had been dedicated.
26:29 As for the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were given responsibilities outside the temple 661 as officers and judges over Israel.
26:30 As for the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 respected men, were assigned responsibilities in Israel west of the Jordan; they did the Lord’s work and the king’s service.
26:31 As for the Hebronites: Jeriah was the leader of the Hebronites according to the genealogical records. In the fortieth year of David’s reign, they examined the records and discovered 662 there were highly respected men in Jazer in Gilead. 26:32 Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders. 663 King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king. 664
27:1 What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men. 665
27:2 Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. His division consisted of 24,000 men. 27:3 He was a descendant of Perez; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month.
27:4 Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division assigned the second month; Mikloth was the next in rank. 666 His division consisted of 24,000 men.
27:5 The third army commander, assigned the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was the leader of his division, which consisted of 24,000 men. 27:6 Benaiah was the leader of the thirty warriors and his division; his son was Ammizabad. 667
27:7 The fourth, assigned the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah succeeded him. 668 His division consisted of 24,000 men.
27:8 The fifth, assigned the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.
27:9 The sixth, assigned the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.
27:10 The seventh, assigned the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.
27:11 The eighth, assigned the eighth month, was Sibbekai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.
27:12 The ninth, assigned the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.
27:13 The tenth, assigned the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.
27:14 The eleventh, assigned the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,000 men.
27:15 The twelfth, assigned the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, a descendant of Othniel. His division consisted of 24,000 men.
27:16 The officers of the Israelite tribes:
Eliezer son of Zikri was the leader of the Reubenites,
Shephatiah son of Maacah led the Simeonites,
27:17 Hashabiah son of Kemuel led the Levites,
Zadok led the descendants of Aaron,
27:18 Elihu, a brother of David, led Judah,
Omri son of Michael led Issachar,
27:19 Ishmaiah son of Obadiah led Zebulun,
Jerimoth son of Azriel led Naphtali,
27:20 Hoshea son of Azaziah led the Ephraimites,
Joel son of Pedaiah led the half-tribe of Manasseh,
27:21 Iddo son of Zechariah led the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead,
Jaasiel son of Abner led Benjamin,
27:22 Azarel son of Jeroham led Dan.
These were the commanders of the Israelite tribes.
27:23 David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky. 27:24 Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel 669 because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll 670 called The Annals of King David.
27:25 Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the king’s storehouses;
Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the field, in the cities, in the towns, and in the towers.
27:26 Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land. 671
27:27 Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards;
Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the wine stored in the vineyards. 672
27:28 Baal-Hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the lowlands; 673
Joash was in charge of the storehouses of olive oil.
27:29 Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the cattle grazing in Sharon;
Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the cattle in the valleys.
27:30 Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels;
Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.
27:31 Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the sheep.
All these were the officials in charge of King David’s property.
27:32 Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a wise adviser and scribe; 674
Jehiel son of Hacmoni cared for 675 the king’s sons.
27:33 Ahithophel was the king’s adviser;
Hushai the Arkite was the king’s confidant. 676
27:34 Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.
Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.
28:1 David assembled in Jerusalem 677 all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.
28:2 King David rose to his feet and said: “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. 678 I have made the preparations for building it. 28:3 But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple to honor me, 679 for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.’ 28:4 The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father’s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. 680 Indeed, 681 he chose Judah as leader, and my father’s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father’s sons and made me king over all Israel. 682 28:5 From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel. 683 28:6 He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father. 28:7 I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’ 684 28:8 So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord’s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: 685 Carefully observe 686 all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.
28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, obey 687 the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, 688 for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one’s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, 689 but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently. 28:10 Realize 690 now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!”
28:11 David gave to his son Solomon the blueprints for the temple porch, 691 its buildings, its treasuries, 692 its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room 693 for atonement. 28:12 He gave him 694 the blueprints of all he envisioned 695 for the courts of the Lord’s temple, all the surrounding rooms, the storehouses of God’s temple, and the storehouses for the holy items.
28:13 He gave him the regulations 696 for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord’s temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord’s temple.
28:14 He gave him 697 the prescribed weight for all the gold items to be used in various types of service in the Lord’s temple, for all the silver items to be used in various types of service, 698 28:15 for the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, for the silver lampstands, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, according to the prescribed use of each lampstand, 28:16 for the gold used in the display tables, including the amount to be used in each table, for the silver to be used in the silver tables, 28:17 for the pure gold used for the meat forks, bowls, and jars, for the small gold bowls, including the weight for each bowl, for the small silver bowls, including the weight for each bowl, 28:18 and for the refined gold of the incense altar.
He gave him 699 the blueprint for the seat 700 of the gold cherubim that spread their wings 701 and provide shelter for the ark of the Lord’s covenant.
28:19 David said, 702 “All of this I put in writing as the Lord directed me and gave me insight regarding the details of the blueprints.” 703
28:20 David said to his son Solomon: “Be strong and brave! Do it! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! 704 For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord’s temple is finished. 28:21 Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites who will perform all the service of God’s temple. All the willing and skilled men are ready to assist you in all the work and perform their service. 705 The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions.” 706
29:1 King David said to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, 707 and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. 29:2 So I have made every effort 708 to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, 709 as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster. 29:3 Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple. 29:4 This includes 3,000 talents 710 of gold from Ophir and 7,000 talents of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the buildings, 29:5 for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?”
29:6 The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king’s work contributed willingly. 29:7 They donated for the service of God’s temple 5,000 talents 711 and ten thousand darics 712 of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron. 29:8 All who possessed precious 713 stones donated them to the treasury of the Lord’s temple, which was under the supervision of Jehiel the Gershonite. 29:9 The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; 714 King David was also very happy. 715
29:10 David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: 716
“O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore! 29:11 O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign 717 over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler 718 of all. 29:12 You are the source of wealth and honor; 719 you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all. 720 29:13 Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name!
29:14 “But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? 721 Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. 722 29:15 For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; 723 our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security. 724 29:16 O Lord our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you. 29:17 I know, my God, that you examine thoughts 725 and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives 726 I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you. 29:18 O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you. 727 29:19 Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations.” 728
29:20 David told the entire assembly: “Praise the Lord your God!” So the entire assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the Lord and the king.
29:21 The next day they made sacrifices and offered burnt sacrifices to the Lord (1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, 1,000 lambs), along with their accompanying drink offerings and many other sacrifices for all Israel. 29:22 They held a feast 729 before the Lord that day and celebrated. 730
Then they designated Solomon, David’s son, as king a second time; 731 before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest. 29:23 Solomon sat on the Lord’s throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him. 732 29:24 All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. 733 29:25 The Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him. 734
29:26 David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. 29:27 He reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years and in Jerusalem 735 thirty-three years. 29:28 He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. 736 His son Solomon succeeded him. 29:29 King David’s accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Samuel the prophet, the Annals of Nathan the prophet, and the Annals of Gad the prophet. 737 29:30 Recorded there are all the facts about his reign and accomplishments, and an account of the events that involved him, Israel, and all the neighboring kingdoms. 738
[2:1] 1 tn The groupings in the list that follows, as well as the conjunctions (vav-consecutives in Hebrew), reflect those of the Hebrew text.
[2:3] 2 tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”
[2:3] 3 tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the
[2:4] 4 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[2:6] 5 tc Many medieval Hebrew
[2:7] 6 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.
[2:7] 7 tc The Hebrew text has “Achar,” which means “disaster,” but a few medieval Hebrew
[2:7] 8 tn Heb “the troubler of Israel who was unfaithful with respect to the devoted [things].”
[2:8] 9 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural, but only one son is listed.
[2:9] 10 tn The Hebrew text has “Celubai,” but see v. 18, where Caleb is described as the son of Hezron.
[2:11] 11 tc The LXX reads “Salmon” (cf. Ruth 4:21) and is followed by some English versions (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).
[2:16] 12 tn In 2 Sam 2:18 this name appears as “Abishai,” a spelling followed by many English versions here.
[2:18] 13 tn Heb “and Caleb son of Hezron fathered [children] with Azubah, a wife, and with Jerioth.” Jerioth could be viewed as a second wife (so NLT; cf. also NASB, NIV, NRSV), but the following context mentions only “her [presumably Azubah’s] sons.” Another option, the one chosen in the translation, is that Jerioth is another name for Azubah.
[2:19] 14 tn Heb “took for himself.”
[2:21] 15 sn This means “later” in relation to the births of the three sons (Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb) mentioned in v. 9.
[2:21] 16 tn Heb “Hezron went to.”
[2:21] 17 tn Heb “he took,” referring to taking in marriage.
[2:23] 18 tn Or “Havvoth Jair” (NIV, NRSV). Some translations do not translate the phrase (“havvoth” = “the towns of”), but treat it as part of the place name.
[2:24] 19 tn Heb “And after the death of Hezron in Caleb Ephrathah, and the wife of Hezron, Abijah, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.” Perhaps one could translate: “After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV). In this case the text suggests that Abijah was born after his father’s death. Because of the awkward syntax and the odd appearance of “Caleb Ephrathah” as a place name, some prefer to emend the text. Some alter בְּכָלֵב אֶפְרָתָה (bÿkhalev ’efratah, “in Caleb Ephrathah”) to בָּא כָלֵב אֶפְרָתָה (bo’ khalev ’efratah, “Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath”) and then change אֲבִיָּה (’aviyyah, “Abijah”) to אָבִיהוּ (’avihu, “his father”). This results in the following translation: “And after Hezron’s death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s wife, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa” (cf. NAB). This would mean that Caleb’s second wife Ephrath had actually been his late father’s wife (probably Caleb’s stepmother). Perhaps the text was subsequently altered because Caleb’s actions appeared improper in light of the injunctions in Lev 18:8; 20:11; Deut 22:30; 27:20 (which probably refer, however, to a son having sexual relations with his stepmother while his father is still alive).
[2:31] 20 tn Heb “sons.” The Hebrew text has the plural “sons” in all three instances in this verse, even though the following lists have only one name each.
[2:42] 21 tc Heb “and the sons of Mareshah,” but this does not fit contextually. Perhaps the text originally had וּבְנוֹ מִשְׁנֶה מָרֵשָׁה (uvÿno mishneh mareshah, “and his second son, Mareshah”), with מִשְׁנֶה (“second”) later accidentally falling out by homoioteleuton (cf. the note in BHS here).
[2:46] 22 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 1:32.
[2:50] 23 tn Heb “son.” The Hebrew text has the singular, but the following list contains more than one name.
[2:50] 24 tn The Hebrew text reads “Ephrathah” here, but see v. 19, which mentions “Ephrath” as the wife of Hur.
[2:52] 25 tn The Hebrew text has “Menuchites” here, but v. 54 has “Manachathites.”
[2:53] 26 tn Heb “from these went forth the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.”
[2:55] 27 tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.
[2:55] 29 tn Or (if בֵּית [beth] is translated as “house” rather than considered to be part of the name) “the father of the house [i.e., family] of Rechab.”
[3:4] 30 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[3:4] 31 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[3:5] 32 tn “Shimea” (שִׁמְעָא, shim’a’) is a variant spelling of “Shammua” (שַׁמּוּעַ, shammua’; see 2 Sam 5:14). Some English versions use the spelling “Shammua” here (e.g., NIV, NCV).
[3:5] 33 tn Most Hebrew
[3:5] 34 tn In 2 Sam 11:3 Bathsheba is called “the daughter of Eliam,” while here her father’s name is given as “Ammiel.”
[3:6] 35 tn All but two Hebrew
[3:6] 36 tn The MT reads “Eliphelet” here, but 1 Chr 14:5 lists the name as “Elpelet” and is followed by some English versions here (e.g., TEV, NLT). Another son named “Eliphelet” is listed in 3:8.
[3:9] 37 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 1:32.
[3:11] 38 sn Joram is a variant spelling of the name “Jehoram.”
[3:16] 39 tn Heb “Jeconiah,” a variation of the name “Jehoiachin” (also in v. 17).
[3:17] 40 tn Heb “prisoner.” Jehoiachin was carried off to Babylon as a prisoner. See 2 Chr 36:10.
[4:9] 41 tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (ya’bets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (’otsev) which means “pain.”
[4:10] 42 tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.
[4:10] 43 tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”
[4:10] 44 tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”
[4:12] 45 tn Or “of the city of Nahash.”
[4:13] 46 tc “Meonothai” is read here by some
[4:14] 47 tn Heb “the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen.” The name “Ge Harashim” means “valley of craftsmen.”
[4:15] 48 tn Heb “and the sons of Elah and Kenaz.” Kenaz was actually the son of Elah.
[4:17] 49 tn The Hebrew text has simply, “and she gave birth to,” without identifying the subject. The words “Mered’s wife Bithiah” are added in the translation for clarification. See v. 18b, which mentions “Bethiah, whom Mered married.”
[4:18] 50 tn Heb “took,” referring to taking in marriage.
[4:20] 51 tn Or “and the son of Zoheth” (NAB). The word בֶּן (ben) in Hebrew means “son [of].”
[4:22] 52 tn Heb “and the words are old.”
[4:23] 53 tn Heb “and those who lived in Netaim and Gederah; with the king in his work they lived there.”
[4:33] 54 tc Some LXX
[4:34] 55 tn The words “their clan leaders were” are added in the translation for clarification. See v. 38a, which makes this clear.
[4:41] 56 tn The Hebrew text reads “their tents,” apparently referring to those of the Hamites mentioned at the end of v. 40. Some prefer to emend the text to read, “the tents of Ham.”
[4:41] 57 tn Heb “and they lived in place of them.”
[4:43] 58 tn Heb “and struck down the remnant that had escaped belonging to Amalek.”
[5:1] 59 sn The phrase when he defiled his father’s bed refers to Reuben having sexual relations with his father Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. This incident is recorded in Gen 35:22.
[5:1] 60 tn Heb “and not to be listed in the genealogical records as (having) the right of the firstborn.”
[5:2] 61 tn Heb “and [one] for a leader [was] from him.” This probably refers to the Davidic king.
[5:6] 62 tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser (also in v. 26).
[5:6] 63 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Beerah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[5:10] 64 tn Heb “and in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites and they fell by their hand and they lived in their tents unto all the face of the east of Gilead.”
[5:13] 65 tn Heb “and their brothers by the house of their fathers.”
[5:15] 66 tn Heb “was the head of the house of their fathers.”
[5:16] 67 tn Heb “unto their extremities.”
[5:18] 68 tn Heb “the sons of Reuben and the Gadites and half of the tribe of Manasseh, from the sons of bravery, men carrying a shield and sword and treading a bow and trained for war, 44,760 going out for warfare.”
[5:19] 69 tn Heb “made war with.”
[5:20] 70 tn Heb “and they were helped against them and they were given over into their hand, the Hagrites and all who were with them, for to God they cried out in the battle and he was entreated [or “allowed himself to be entreated”] by them for they trusted in him.”
[5:21] 71 tn Heb “their”; the referent (the Hagrites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[5:22] 72 tn Heb “from God [was] the battle.”
[5:22] 73 tn Heb “many slain fell.”
[5:22] 74 tn Heb “and they lived in place of them until the exile.” The referent of “them” (the Hagrites) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[5:24] 75 tn Heb “and these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers.”
[5:24] 76 tn Heb “men of names.”
[5:25] 78 tn Heb “prostituted themselves after.”
[5:25] 79 tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”
[5:26] 80 tn Heb “stirred up the spirit of.”
[5:26] 81 tn Heb “and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria.” “Pul” and “Tilgath-pilneser” were names of the same Assyrian ruler, more commonly known as Tiglath-pileser (cf. 2 Kgs 15:29).
[6:1] 82 sn Beginning with 6:1, the verse numbers through 6:81 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 6:1 ET = 5:27 HT, 6:2 ET = 5:28 HT, 6:16 ET = 6:1 HT, etc., through 6:81 ET = 6:66 HT. Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
[6:10] 83 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[6:15] 84 tn The words “the people of” are added in the translation for clarification.
[6:16] 85 sn Chapter 6 of 1 Chr begins here in the Hebrew text; 6:16-81 ET = 6:1-66 HT. See the note at 6:1.
[6:16] 86 tn The name “Gershom” (also in vv. 17, 20, 43, 62, 71) appears as “Gershon” in 1 Chr 6:1.
[6:19] 87 tn Heb “by their fathers.”
[6:22] 88 tn Or perhaps, “descendants,” since the list differs from the one in v. 18.
[6:25] 89 tn Heb “and Achimoth.”
[6:26] 90 tc The consonantal Hebrew text (Kethib) has, “Elkanah, his son, Elkanah.” The marginal reading (Qere) is “Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah.” The text probably originally read simply, “Elkanah his son.”
[6:27] 91 tc After the last named individual (“Elkanah” in v. 27) some LXX
[6:28] 92 tc The Hebrew text lacks the name יוֹאֵל (yo’el, “Joel”), which has probably dropped out due to homoioteleuton (note the last three letters of the preceding name שְׁמוּאֵל (shÿmuel, “Samuel”).
[6:32] 94 tn Heb “they were serving…with music.”
[6:32] 95 tn Or traditionally “tabernacle.”
[6:32] 96 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[6:39] 97 tn Heb “and his brother Asaph, the one who stood at his right hand.”
[6:40] 98 tc A few Hebrew
[6:44] 99 tn Heb “and the sons of Merari, their brothers, on the left.”
[6:48] 100 tn Heb “their brothers, the Levites.”
[6:48] 101 tn Heb “were assigned to all the work of the tabernacle of the house of God.”
[6:49] 102 tn Heb “for all the work of the holy of holies.”
[6:49] 103 tn Heb “making atonement for Israel according to all which Moses the servant of God commanded.”
[6:54] 104 tn Heb “and these were their dwelling places according to their encampments in their territory to the sons of Aaron.”
[6:54] 105 tn Heb “to the clan of the Kohathites for to them was the lot.”
[6:57] 106 tn The parallel account in Josh 21:13 has the singular “city,” which apparently refers only to Hebron.
[6:58] 107 tc The MT reads “Hilez” here; the place name appears as “Holon” in Josh 21:15.
[6:59] 108 tc The MT reads “Ashan” here; the place name appears as “Ain” in Josh 21:16.
[6:59] 109 tc The LXX and Syriac (following the parallel list in Josh 21:16) add “Juttah and its pasturelands” here. Cf. NAB “Jetta”; also NIV, NCV, NLT “Juttah.”
[6:60] 110 tn The parallel passage in Josh 21:17 adds “Gibeon and its pasturelands” (cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT). The words “they were allotted” are supplied in the translation for both clarity and stylistic reasons.
[6:61] 111 tn Heb “to the sons of Kohath who were left from the clan of the tribe, from the half of the tribe of the half of Manasseh by lot ten cities.”
[6:62] 112 tn Heb “and to the sons of Gershom by their clans from the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribe of Asher, and from the tribe of Naphtali, and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.”
[6:63] 113 tn Heb “and to the sons of Merari by their clans from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun by lot, twelve cities.”
[6:65] 114 tn Heb “and they gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and from the tribe of the sons of Benjamin these cities, which they called them by names.”
[6:66] 115 tn Heb “and from [it is probably preferable to read “to” here] the clans of the sons of Kohath and there were the cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim.”
[6:67] 116 tn The parallel account in Josh 21:21 has the singular “city,” referring only to Shechem.
[6:70] 117 tn Heb “and from the half of the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands to the clan, to the sons of Kohath who were left.”
[6:71] 118 tn Heb “to the sons of Gershom.”
[6:77] 119 tn Heb “to the sons of Merari, who were left.”
[6:77] 120 tc Before “Rimmono” the LXX (following the parallel passage in Josh 21:34) adds “Jokneam and its pasturelands, Kartah and its pasturelands.” This addition is included in some English versions (e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT).
[6:78] 121 tn Heb “and from across the Jordan at Jericho, on the east of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben.” The word “River” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
[6:78] map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
[7:2] 122 tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”
[7:2] 123 tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”
[7:2] 124 tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”
[7:2] 125 tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”
[7:3] 126 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.
[7:4] 127 tn Heb “and unto them by their generations to the house of their fathers [were] troops of war of battle, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons.”
[7:5] 128 tn Heb “and their brothers, according to all the clans of Issachar, the warriors [were] 87,000 listed in the genealogical records for all.”
[7:6] 129 tc The Hebrew text has simply “Benjamin,” but בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons of”) has dropped out by haplography (בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִן, bÿney binyamin).
[7:10] 130 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.
[7:12] 131 tn The name “Aher” appears as “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.
[7:13] 132 tn The name “Jahziel” appears as “Jahzeel” in Gen 46:24.
[7:13] 133 tc Most Hebrew
[7:14] 134 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 1:32.
[7:15] 135 tn Some translations treat the terms שֻׁפִּים (shuppim) and חֻפִּים (khuppim) as proper names of individuals (“Huppim” and “Shuppim”), but others consider these forms to be plurals and refer to tribal or clan names.
[7:15] 136 tn Heb “and the name of the second was Zelophehad.”
[7:17] 137 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.
[7:23] 138 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ephraim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[7:23] 139 tn Heb “because in tragedy there had come to his house.” The preposition prefixed to רָעָה (ra’ah) should probably be omitted. The Hebrew noun רָעָה (“tragedy”) should be understood as the subject of the feminine verb form that follows.
[7:25] 140 tn The antecedent of the pronoun “his” is not clear. The translation assumes that v. 25 resumes the list of Ephraim’s descendants (see vv. 20-21a) after a lengthy parenthesis (vv. 21b-24).
[7:25] 141 tc The Hebrew text has simply “Resheph,” but the phrase “his son” has probably been accidentally omitted, since the names before and after this one include the phrase.
[7:27] 142 tn Heb “Non” (so KJV, NASB; cf. Exod 33:11, where the more familiar spelling “Nun” occurs).
[7:28] 143 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
[7:29] 144 tn “Beth Shean” is a variant spelling of “Beth Shan.”
[7:29] 145 map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.
[7:34] 146 tc The Hebrew text has אֲחִי (’akhiy, “the brother of”), but this should probably be emended to אֲחִיו (’akhiyv, “his brother”). Cf. v. 35. Most English versions treat this Hebrew word as a proper name (“Ahi”) and list it before “Rohgah.”
[7:34] 147 tn Or “Shomer,” cf. v. 32.
[7:34] 148 tc “Hubbah” is the marginal reading (Qere); the consonantal text (Kethib) has “Jachbah.”
[7:35] 149 tn Or “Hotham,” cf. v. 32.
[7:37] 150 tn The name “Ithran” is sometimes understood to be another name for “Jether” (v. 38).
[7:40] 151 tn Heb “all these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, selected, warriors, heads of the leaders, and there was listed in the genealogical records in war, in battle, their number, men, 26,000.”
[8:1] 152 sn Aharah is called “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.
[8:7] 153 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Gera) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
[8:28] 154 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[8:29] 155 tc Some LXX
[8:30] 156 tc Some LXX
[8:31] 157 tc The Hebrew text omits the name “Mikloth,” but it may have fallen out accidentally by haplography. Note that the name immediately follows at the beginning of v. 32; cf. NAB.
[8:32] 158 tn Heb “and also they, opposite their brothers, lived in Jerusalem with their brothers.” This redundancy has been removed in the translation.
[8:33] 159 sn Eshbaal is called “Ishbosheth” in 2 Sam 2:8.
[8:34] 160 sn Meribbaal is called “Mephibosheth” in 2 Sam 4:4.
[8:38] 161 tc The Hebrew text has בֹּכְרוּ (bokhÿru), which some understand as a name: “Bocheru” (so, e.g., NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). But the form should probably be revocalized בְּכֹרוֹ (bÿkhoru, “his firstborn”). A name has accidentally dropped from the list, and a scribe apparently read בֹּכְרוּ as one of the names.
[8:38] 162 tc The Lucianic recension of the LXX inserts another name here, καὶ Ἀζαριας (kai Azarias, “and Azariah”), presumably to make up the six sons mentioned at the beginning of the verse (see the previous tc note on “firstborn”). Cf. NAB.
[8:40] 163 tn Heb “and the sons of Ulam were men, warriors and treaders of a bow.”
[9:1] 164 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Judah,” though the verb הָגְלוּ (hoglu, “carried away”) is plural.
[9:2] 165 tn Heb “and the inhabitants, the first who [were] in their property in their cities, Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.”
[9:3] 166 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[9:4] 167 tn The words “the settlers included” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[9:9] 168 tn Heb “and all these men were heads of fathers for the house of their fathers.”
[9:13] 169 tn Heb “capable [for] the work of the task of the house of God.”
[9:19] 170 tn Heb “and his brothers belonging to the house of his father, the Korachites, to the work of the task, guardians of the threshold of the tent.”
[9:19] 171 tn Heb “and their fathers to the camp of the
[9:22] 172 tn The Hebrew term is רֹאֶה (ro’eh, “seer”), an older word for נָבִיא (navi’, “prophet”).
[9:22] 173 tn Heb “they – David appointed, and Samuel the seer, in their position.”
[9:23] 174 tn Heb “and they and their sons to the gates of the house of the
[9:26] 175 tn Heb “in the house of God.”
[9:27] 176 tn Heb “in the house of God.”
[9:28] 177 tn Heb “and from them over the articles of the task, for by number they would bring them in, and by number they would bring them out.”
[9:29] 178 tn Heb “holy place.”
[9:31] 179 tn The word “son” is not in the Hebrew text, but is implied.
[9:33] 180 tn Heb “were in rooms.” The words “at the sanctuary” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[9:38] 181 tn Heb “and also they, opposite their brothers, lived in Jerusalem with their brothers.” This redundancy has been removed in the translation.
[9:38] map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[9:39] 182 sn Eshbaal is called “Ishbosheth” in 2 Sam 2:8.
[9:40] 183 sn Meribbaal is called “Mephibosheth” in 2 Sam 4:4.
[9:41] 184 tc The name “Ahaz” is included in the Vulgate and Syriac, but omitted in the MT. It probably was accidentally omitted by haplography. Note that the name appears at the beginning of the next verse. Cf. also 8:35.
[9:42] 185 tc So MT; some Hebrew
[9:44] 186 tc The Hebrew text has בֹּכְרוּ (bokhÿru), which some understand as a name: “Bocheru” (so, e.g., NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). But the form should probably be revocalized בְֹּכרוֹ (bÿkhoro, “his firstborn”). A name has accidentally dropped from the list, and a scribe apparently read בֹּכְרוּ as one of the names. Cf. also 1 Chr 8:38.
[10:2] 187 tn Heb “stuck close after.”
[10:2] 188 tn Heb “the Philistines.” The translation has substituted the pronoun “they” to avoid redundancy.
[10:2] 189 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[10:3] 191 tn Heb “and they found him, the ones who shoot with the bow, and he was in pain from the ones shooting.”
[10:4] 192 tn Heb “so these uncircumcised ones might not come and abuse me.”
[10:6] 193 tn Heb “all his house.” This is probably to be understood as a general summary statement. It could include other males in Saul’s household besides his three sons, cf. 1 Sam 31:6. If it refers only to the male members of his household who would have stood in succession to the throne (cf. NLT, “bringing his dynasty to an end,”) even here there is an exception, since one of Saul’s sons, Eshbaal (or “Ishbosheth” in 2 Sam 2:8) was not killed in the battle and became king over Israel, which he ruled for two years (2 Sam 2:10) until he was assassinated by Rechab and Baanah (2 Sam 4:5-6). The tribe of Judah never acknowledged Ishbosheth as king; instead they followed David (2 Sam 2:10).
[10:7] 194 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the army) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[10:10] 195 tn Or “god.” The Hebrew term may be translated as singular or plural depending on the context.
[10:12] 196 tn Heb “arose and carried away the corpse of Saul and the corpses of his sons.”
[10:12] 197 tn Heb “their bones.”
[10:13] 198 tn Heb “and Saul died because of his unfaithfulness by which he acted unfaithfully against the
[10:14] 199 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
[11:1] 200 tn Heb “look, your bone and your flesh [are] we.”
[11:2] 201 tn Heb “you were the one who led out and the one who brought in Israel.”
[11:3] 204 tn Or “They poured olive oil on David to designate him as king.”
[11:3] 205 tn Heb “according to the word of the
[11:4] 206 tn Heb “all Israel.”
[11:4] 207 sn Jebus was an older name for the city of Jerusalem (cf. Josh 15:8; Judg 1:21).
[11:4] map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[11:4] 208 tn Heb “and there [were] the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land.”
[11:6] 209 sn Verse 6 inserts into the narrative parenthetical information about Joab’s role in the conquest of the city. Verse 7 then picks up where v. 5 left off.
[11:6] 210 tn Or perhaps “strikes down.”
[11:6] 211 tn Heb “head and officer.”
[11:8] 214 tn Heb “to that which surrounds.” On the referent here as “the surrounding walls,” see HALOT 740 s.v. סָבִיב.
[11:9] 215 tn Heb “and David went, going and becoming great, and the
[11:10] 216 tn Heb “and these were the heads of the warriors who were David’s, who held strongly with him in his kingdom and with all Israel to make him king, according to the word of the
[11:11] 217 tn Heb “and these are the number of the warriors who were David’s.”
[11:11] 218 tc The marginal reading (Qere) has “officers;” the consonantal text (Kethib) has “the Thirty” (see v. 15).
[11:11] 219 tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against 300, [who were] slain at one time.”
[11:12] 220 tn Heb “after him.”
[11:13] 221 tc Some read here “Ephes Dammim.” See 1 Sam 17:1.
[11:14] 222 tn Heb “delivered it.”
[11:14] 223 tn Heb “and the
[11:16] 224 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
[11:17] 225 tn Heb “Who will give me water to drink?” On the rhetorical use of מִי (mi) here, see BDB 566 s.v. f.
[11:18] 226 tn Heb “the three,” referring to the three elite warriors mentioned in v. 12.
[11:19] 227 tn Heb “Far be it to me from my God from doing this.”
[11:19] 228 tn Heb “with their lives.” The same expression occurs later in this verse.
[11:19] 229 tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”
[11:20] 230 tc The Syriac reads “thirty” here and at the beginning of v. 21; this reading is followed by some English translations (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).
[11:20] 231 tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain.”
[11:20] 232 tn Heb “and to him [reading with the Qere] there was a name among the three.”
[11:21] 233 tn Or “more than.”
[11:21] 234 tn Heb “of the three.”
[11:22] 235 tc Heb “the two of Ariel, Moab.” The precise meaning of אֲרִיאֵל (’ari’el) is uncertain; some read “warrior.” The present translation assumes that the word is a proper name and that בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons of”) has accidentally dropped from the text by homoioarcton (note the preceding שְׁנֵי, shÿney).
[11:23] 236 tn Heb “five cubits.” Assuming a length of 18 inches for the standard cubit, this individual would be 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall.
[11:23] 237 tn Heb “went down to.”
[11:25] 238 tn Or “more than.”
[11:26] 239 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.
[11:27] 240 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:25 has the variant spelling of “Shammah.”
[11:27] 241 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:26 has the variant spelling of “Paltite.”
[11:29] 242 tn In 2 Sam 23:27 this individual’s name is given as “Mebunnai.”
[11:29] 243 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:28 has the variant “Zalmon.”
[11:31] 244 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:29 has the variant spelling “Ittai.”
[11:32] 245 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:28 has the variant spelling “Hiddai.”
[11:32] 246 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:31 has the variant spelling “Abi-Albon.”
[11:33] 247 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:31 has the variant spelling “Barhumite.”
[11:34] 248 tn In 2 Sam 23:32 this individual’s name is given as “Jashen.”
[11:34] 249 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:33 has the variant spelling “Shammah.”
[11:35] 250 tn In 2 Sam 23:33 this individual’s name is given as “Sharar.”
[11:35] 251 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:34 has the variant “Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite.”
[11:37] 252 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:35 has the variant spelling “Hezrai.”
[11:38] 253 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 23:36 has the variant “Igal son of Nathan from Zobah.”
[12:1] 254 tn Heb “kept from.”
[12:2] 255 tn Heb “ones armed with bow[s], using the right hand and the left hand with stones and with arrows with the bow, from the brothers of Saul from Benjamin.”
[12:2] 256 tn The words “These were” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons, because of the length of the intervening material since the beginning of the verse.
[12:4] 257 sn In the Hebrew text (BHS) a verse division occurs at this point, and for the remainder of the chapter the verse numbers of the Hebrew Bible differ by one from the English Bible. Thus 1 Chr 12:4b ET = 12:5 HT, and 12:5-40 ET = 12:6-41 HT. Beginning with 13:1 the verse numbers in the ET and HT are again the same.
[12:8] 258 tn Heb “warriors, men of battle for war, prepared with shield and spear, and [like] the face of a lion were their faces, and like gazelles on the hills to hurry.”
[12:14] 259 tn Heb “one for a hundred the small, and the great for a thousand.” Another option is to translate the preposition -לְ (lamed) as “against” and to understand this as a hyperbolic reference to their prowess: “the least could stand against a hundred, the greatest against a thousand.”
[12:15] 260 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.
[12:15] 261 sn That is, March-April.
[12:15] 262 tn Heb “and they chased all the valleys to the east and to the west.”
[12:17] 263 tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”
[12:17] 264 tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”
[12:17] 265 tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”
[12:18] 267 tn Perhaps “the Spirit,” but the text has simply רוּחַ (ruakh) with no article (suggesting an indefinite reference).
[12:18] 269 tn The words “and he said” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[12:18] 270 tn Heb “are with.”
[12:18] 271 tn Heb “Peace, peace to you.” The Hebrew term שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) is repeated to emphasize degree.
[12:18] 272 tn Heb “and peace to the one who helps you.”
[12:19] 274 tn Heb “fell upon,” here in a good sense.
[12:19] 275 tn Heb “and they did not help them for by counsel they sent him away, the lords of the Philistines, saying, ‘With our heads he will fall to his master Saul.’”
[12:20] 276 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[12:22] 277 tn Heb “for at the time of day in a day they were coming to David to help him until [there was] a great camp like the camp of God.” The term אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “God”) is probably used idiomatically here to indicate the superlative.
[12:23] 278 tn Heb “these are the numbers of the heads of the forces armed for battle [who] came to David in Hebron to turn over the kingdom of Saul to him according to the mouth of the
[12:24] 279 tn Heb “the sons of Judah, carrying shield and spear, [were] 6,800 armed for battle.”
[12:29] 280 tn Heb “from the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul.”
[12:29] 281 tn Heb “and until then, the majority of them were keeping the charge of the house of Saul.”
[12:30] 282 tn Heb “men of names for the house of their fathers.”
[12:32] 283 tn Heb “from the sons of Issachar, knowers of understanding for times to know what Israel should do, their heads [were] 200, and all their brothers according to their mouth.”
[12:33] 284 tn Heb “from Zebulun, those going out for battle, prepared for war with all weapons of war, 50,000, and to help without a heart and a heart.”
[12:38] 285 tc Heb “all these [were] men of war, helpers of the battle line.” The present translation assumes an emendation of עֹדְרֵי (’odÿrey, “helpers of”) to עֹרְכֵי, (’orÿkhey, “prepared for”).
[12:38] 286 tn Heb “with a complete heart they came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel.”
[12:38] 287 tn Heb “and also all the rest of Israel [was of] one mind to make David king.”
[12:39] 288 tn Heb “eating and drinking.”
[12:40] 289 tn Heb “cattle and sheep.”
[12:40] 290 tn Heb “for there was joy in Israel.”
[13:1] 291 tn Heb “and David consulted with the officers of thousands and hundreds, to every ruler.”
[13:2] 292 tn Heb “If to you [it is] good and from the
[13:2] 293 tn Heb “let us spread and let us send.” The words “the word” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[13:2] 294 tn Heb “in the cities of their pasturelands.”
[13:3] 296 tn Heb “him.” In this case, seeking God’s will is what is implied.
[13:3] 297 tn Heb “in the days of Saul.”
[13:4] 298 tn Heb “all the assembly said to do so.”
[13:4] 299 tn Heb “for right was the word in the eyes of all the people.”
[13:5] 300 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.
[13:5] sn The Shihor River was a river on the border of Egypt, probably the eastern branch of the Nile.
[13:5] 301 tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.”
[13:6] 302 tn Heb “the ark of God the
[13:8] 303 tn Heb “with all strength.”
[13:8] 304 tn Heb “with songs and with zithers [meaning uncertain] and with harps.” Due to the collocation with “harps,” some type of stringed instrument is probably in view.
[13:10] 306 tn Heb “and the anger of the
[13:10] 307 tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”
[13:10] 308 sn The modern reader might think God seemed to overreact here, but Israel needed a vivid object lesson of God’s holiness. By loading the ark on a cart, David had violated the instructions in God’s law (Exod 25:12-14; Num 4:5-6, 15). Uzzah’s action, however innocent it may seem, betrayed a certain lack of reverence for God’s presence. God had to remind his people that his holiness could not under any circumstances be violated.
[13:11] 309 tn Heb “because the
[13:11] 310 sn The name Perez Uzzah means in Hebrew “the outburst [against] Uzzah.”
[13:13] 311 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
[14:1] 312 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
[14:1] 313 tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.
[14:2] 314 tn Heb “was lifted upwards.”
[14:3] 315 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[14:7] 317 tn In 1 Chr 3:8 and 2 Sam 5:16 this name appears as “Eliada.” The form here represents a variant spelling of the name.
[14:8] 318 tn Or “designated”; NCV “had been made king”; CEV “had become king.”
[14:8] 319 tn Heb “to seek David.”
[14:8] 320 tn Heb “went out before.”
[14:11] 322 tn Heb “by my hand.”
[14:11] 323 sn The name Baal Perazim means “Lord of outbursts” in Hebrew.
[14:12] 324 tn Heb “abandoned.”
[14:14] 326 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”
[14:14] 327 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
[14:14] 328 tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.
[14:15] 329 tn Heb “go out in battle.”
[14:17] 331 tn Heb “the name of David went out.”
[14:17] 332 tn Heb “and the
[15:3] 333 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[15:7] 334 sn Gershom is a variant spelling of the name Gershon.
[15:13] 335 tn Heb “because for what was at first [i.e., formerly] you [were] not, the
[15:16] 336 tn Heb “causing to be heard to lift up with a voice of joy.”
[15:17] 337 tn The Hebrew text adds, “their brothers.”
[15:18] 338 tc The Hebrew text adds בֶּן (ben, “son”) here; the word is omitted in three Hebrew
[15:20] 339 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word עֲלָמוֹת (’alamot) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See HALOT 835-36 s.v. עַלְמָה.
[15:21] 340 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word שְׁמִינִית (shÿminit) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See HALOT 1562 s.v. שְׁמִינֹי.
[15:21] 341 tn Heb “for” or “according to.”
[15:22] 342 tn Heb “and Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, with lifting up, supervising with lifting up, for he was well-informed.” The precise nuance of מַשָּׂא (masa’, “lifting up”) is unclear. Some understand it as a reference to supervising the singing and music (e.g., NIV: “Kenaniah…was in charge of the singing”; NEB: “Kenaniah…was precentor in charge of the music”).
[15:23] 343 tn Heb “gatekeepers.”
[15:24] 344 tn Heb “gatekeepers.”
[15:27] 345 tn Heb “the leader, the lifting up, the musicians.” See also the note on the word “matter” in v. 22.
[15:27] 346 sn An ephod was a priestly garment worn over the robe.
[15:29] 347 tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.”
[16:1] 348 tn Or “tokens of peace”; NIV “fellowship offerings.”
[16:12] 350 tn Heb “and the judgments of his mouth.”
[16:13] 352 tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[16:13] 353 tn Heb “his”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[16:14] 354 tn Heb “in all the earth [are] his judgments.”
[16:15] 355 tn The Hebrew text has a masculine plural imperative, addressed to the people. Some LXX
[16:15] 356 tn Heb “[the] word he commanded.” The text refers here to God’s unconditional covenantal promise to Abraham and the patriarchs, as vv. 16-18 make clear.
[16:16] 358 tn Heb “his oath to Isaac.”
[16:17] 359 tn Or “eternal covenant.”
[16:20] 360 tn Heb “and from a kingdom to another nation.”
[16:22] 361 tn The word “saying” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
[16:23] 362 tn Heb “from day to day.”
[16:24] 363 tn The verb “tell” is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).
[16:25] 364 tn Or “feared above.”
[16:26] 365 tn The Hebrew word אֱלִילִים (’elilim, “worthless”) sounds like אֱלֹהִים (’elohim, “gods”). The sound play draws attention to the statement. Many modern English translations render this term as “idols” here.
[16:26] 366 tn Or “the sky” (also in v. 31). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
[16:27] 367 tn Heb “majesty and splendor [are] before him.”
[16:27] 368 tn Heb “strength and joy [are] in his place.”
[16:29] 369 tn Heb “the splendor of [i.e., due] his name.”
[16:29] 370 tn Or “in holy splendor.”
[16:31] 371 tn Heb “let them say among the nations.”
[16:34] 372 tn Or “is eternal.”
[16:35] 373 tn The words “this prayer” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[16:35] 374 tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.
[16:35] 375 tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”
[16:36] 376 tn Heb “from everlasting to everlasting.”
[16:36] 377 tn This is the Hebrew term אָמֵן (’amen, “surely”), traditionally transliterated “amen.”
[16:37] 378 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[16:37] 379 tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”
[16:39] 380 tn The word “served” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[16:39] 381 tn Or “high place.”
[16:40] 382 tn Heb “which he commanded Israel.”
[16:41] 383 tn Perhaps this refers to the refrain of their songs of praise (see Ps 136). In this case one could translate, “to give thanks to the
[16:42] 384 tn Heb “and with them, Heman and Jeduthun, trumpets and cymbals for sounding, and the instrument of song of God, and the sons of Jeduthun [were] at the gate.”
[16:43] 385 tn Heb “to bless his house.” Elsewhere when “house” is the object of “bless,” it refers to a household or family. See, for example, 1 Chr 13:14; 17:27. However, since בֵּית (bet, “house”) refers to a literal house or home earlier in the verse and to David’s palace in 17:1, one might translate here, “David went to pronounce a blessing on [i.e., dedicate] his house [i.e., palace].”
[17:1] 387 tn Heb “David.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation here to avoid redundancy in keeping with contemporary English style.
[17:1] 389 tn Heb “tent curtains.”
[17:2] 390 tn Heb “all which is in your heart.”
[17:3] 391 tn Heb “the word of God was [i.e., came] to Nathan the prophet.”
[17:5] 392 tn The words “from Egypt” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[17:5] 393 tc Heb “and I was from tent to tent and from tabernacle.” The words אֶל־מִשְּׁכָּן (’el-mishÿkan, “to tabernacle”) should probably be added at the end of the sentence to complete this prepositional phrase and produce symmetry with the preceding prepositional phrase. The words probably fell from the text by homoioteleuton.
[17:5] sn I have lived in a tent that has been in various places. The point here is that the Lord moved with the tabernacle as it moved from place to place; he did not confine himself to a particular location.
[17:6] 394 tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question (“Did I say?”) meaning “I did not say.”
[17:6] 395 tn Heb “to one of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to shepherd my people.”
[17:7] 396 tn Traditionally, “
[17:7] 397 tn Heb “and from after sheep.”
[17:8] 399 tn Heb “and I will make for you a name like the name of the great men who are in the earth.”
[17:9] 402 tn Heb “and sons of violence will no longer consume them as in the beginning.”
[17:10] 403 tn Here the word “house” is used in a metaphorical sense, referring to a royal dynasty. The
[17:11] 404 tn Heb “and it will be when your days are full to go with your ancestors.”
[17:11] 405 tn Heb “your seed.”
[17:12] 406 tn Heb “and I will establish his throne permanently.”
[17:13] 407 sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.
[17:14] 408 tn Heb “and his throne will be established permanently.”
[17:15] 409 tn Heb “according to all these words and according to all this revelation, so Nathan said to David.”
[17:17] 411 tn Heb “and this was small in your eyes, O God, so you spoke concerning the house of your servant for a distance.”
[17:17] 412 tn The translation “You have revealed to me what men long to know” is very tentative; the meaning of the Hebrew text is unclear. The text appears to read literally, “and you see me like the searching of man, that which is upward,” which is nonsensical. The translation above assumes the following: (1) The Qal verb translated “you see me” is repointed as a Hiphil, “you showed me,” (2) תּוֹר (tor) is understood in the sense of “searching, exploring,” and (3) הַמַּעֲלָה (hamma’alah) is taken in a temporal sense of “that which lies beyond.” Thus one could translate, “you have shown me what men search for, what lies beyond.”
[17:18] 413 tn The word “say” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
[17:18] 414 tn Heb “for honoring your servant, and you, your servant, know.”
[17:19] 416 tn Heb “to make known all the great deeds.”
[17:20] 417 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “in all which we heard with our ears,” but בְּכֹל (bÿkhol, “in all”) should probably be emended to כְּכֹל (kÿkhol, “according to all”).
[17:21] 418 tn Heb “a nation, one.”
[17:21] 419 tn Heb “whose God,” or “because God.” In the Hebrew text this clause is subordinated to what precedes. The clauses are separated in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[17:21] 420 tn Heb “redeem” or “deliver.”
[17:21] 421 tn Heb “to make for yourself a name [with] great and awesome [deeds].”
[17:21] 422 tn Heb “to drive out.”
[17:21] 423 tn Heb “from Egypt, nations.” The parallel text in 2 Sam 7:23 reads “from Egypt, nations and its gods.”
[17:22] 424 tn Heb “and you made your people Israel your own for a people permanently.”
[17:23] 425 tn Heb “and now, O
[17:23] 426 tn Heb “as you have spoken.”
[17:24] 427 tn Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result: “so it might become a reality.”
[17:24] 428 tn Heb “so it might be established.”
[17:24] 429 tn Heb “and your name might be great permanently.” Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result (parallel to the previous purpose/result clause): “[so]…you might gain lasting fame.”
[17:24] 430 tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
[17:24] 431 tc Heb “the
[17:24] 432 tn Heb “the house of David.”
[17:25] 434 tn Heb “That is why your servant found to pray before you.” Perhaps the phrase אֶת לִבּוֹ (’et libbo, “his heart”) should be supplied as the object of the verb “found.”
[17:26] 435 tn Heb “the God.” The article indicates uniqueness here.
[17:26] 436 tn Heb “and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.”
[17:27] 438 tn Heb “for you, O
[18:1] 439 tn 2 Sam 8:1 identifies this region as “Metheg Ammah.”
[18:1] 440 tn Heb “from the hand of the Philistines.” Here “hand” is figurative language for “control.”
[18:2] 441 tn Heb “and the Moabites were servants of David, carriers of tribute.”
[18:3] 443 tn Heb “when he went to set up his hand at the Euphrates River.” The Hebrew word יָד (yad, “hand”) is usually understood to mean “control” or “dominion” here. However, since יָד does occasionally refer to a monument, perhaps one could translate, “to set up his monument at the Euphrates River” (i.e., as a visible marker of the limits of his dominion). For another example of the Hiphil of נָצַב (natsav) used with יָד (“monument”), see 1 Sam 15:12.
[18:4] 445 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Hadadezer) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[18:4] 446 tn Heb “and David cut the hamstrings of all the chariot horses, and he left from them one hundred chariot horses.”
[18:6] 447 tc Heb “and David placed in Aram of Damascus.” The object נְצִיבִים (nÿtsivim, “garrisons”) appears to have been accidentally omitted from the text. See v. 13, as well as the parallel passage in 2 Sam 8:6, which includes it.
[18:6] 449 tn Or “wherever he went.”
[18:7] 450 tn Heb “which were upon the servants of Hadadezer.”
[18:7] 451 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[18:8] 452 tn The MT reads “Tibhath” here, a variant name for Tebah (cf. 2 Sam 8:8). Some English translations substitute the other version of the name here (e.g., NIV, NLT), while others follow the reading of the Hebrew text at this point (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV).
[18:8] 453 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:8 has the variant name “Berothai.”
[18:8] 454 tn Heb “the sea of bronze,” or “[the] sea, the bronze one.” See the note at 1 Kgs 7:23.
[18:9] 455 tn The name is spelled “Toi” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:9.
[18:10] 456 tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.
[18:10] 457 tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”
[18:10] 458 tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”
[18:10] 459 tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”
[18:11] 460 tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the
[18:11] 462 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:12 of the MT reads “Aram.” However, a few Hebrew
[18:12] 463 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:13 attributes this victory to David.
[18:13] 464 tn Or “delivered.”
[18:13] 465 tn Or “wherever he went.”
[18:14] 466 tn Heb “and he was doing what is just and fair for all his people.”
[18:16] 468 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:17 has the variant spelling “Seraiah.”
[18:17] 469 tn Heb “[was] over.”
[18:17] 470 tn Heb “and the sons of David [were] the heads at the hand of David.” The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:18 identifies them as “priests” (see sn there on the word “priests”).
[19:2] 471 tn Heb “do loyalty.”
[19:2] 472 tn Heb “did loyalty.”
[19:2] 473 tn Heb “to console him concerning his father.”
[19:2] 474 tn Heb “and the servants of David came to the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him.”
[19:3] 475 tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”
[19:3] 476 tc Heb “Is it not to explore and to overturn and to spy out the land (that) his servants have come to you?” The Hebrew term לַהֲפֹךְ (lahafakh, “to overturn”) seems misplaced in the sequence. Some emend the form to לַחְפֹּר (lakhpor, “to spy out”). The sequence of three infinitives may be a conflation of alternative readings.
[19:4] 477 tn Heb “shaved them.” See v. 5.
[19:4] 478 tn Heb “and he cut their robes in the middle unto the buttocks.”
[19:5] 479 tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
[19:5] 480 map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
[19:6] 481 tn Heb “that they were a stench [i.e., disgusting] with David.”
[19:6] 482 tn The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or, by extension, to a standard unit of weight. According to the older (Babylonian) standard the “talent” weighed 130 lbs. (58.9 kg), but later this was lowered to 108.3 lbs. (49.1 kg). More recent research suggests the “light” standard talent was 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg). Using this as the standard for calculation, the Ammonites hired chariots and charioteers for about 33.7 tons (30,600 kg) of silver.
[19:6] 483 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:6 has “Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah.”
[19:8] 484 tn The words “the news” and “to meet them” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.
[19:10] 485 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:10 has “the Ammonites” in place of “the Arameans” here.
[19:10] tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”
[19:12] 486 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[19:12] 487 tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”
[19:12] 488 tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”
[19:13] 489 tn Heb “and the
[19:14] 490 tn Heb “and the army which was with him.”
[19:15] 491 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[19:15] 492 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[19:16] 493 tn Heb “the River,” referring to the Euphrates. This has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[19:16] 494 tn Heb “and Aram saw that they were struck down before Israel and they sent messengers and brought out Aram which is beyond the River, and Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer [was] before them.”
[19:17] 495 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
[19:17] 496 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:17 “he came to Helam.”
[19:17] tn Heb “and he came to them and was deployed against them.”
[19:17] 497 tn Heb “and David was deployed to meet Aram [for] battle and they fought with him.”
[19:18] 498 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has “seven hundred.”
[19:18] 499 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has the variant spelling “Shobach.”
[20:1] 500 tn Heb “and it was at the time of the turning of the year, at the time of the going out of kings.”
[20:2] 501 tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.
[20:2] 502 tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”
[20:2] 503 sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.
[20:3] 504 tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).
[20:3] 505 tn Heb “and so he would do.”
[20:4] 506 tn Heb “battle stood.”
[20:4] 507 tn The parallel text in 2 Sam 21:18 identifies this site as “Gob.”
[20:4] 508 tn The parallel text in 2 Sam 21:18 has the variant spelling “Saph.”
[20:4] 509 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[20:5] 510 tc The Hebrew text reads, “Elchanan son of Jair killed Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite.” But it is likely that the accusative marker in front of לַחְמִי (lakhmiy, “Lachmi”) is a corruption of בֵּית (bet), and that אֶת־לַחְמִי (’et-lakhmiy) should be emended to בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי (bet hallakhmiy, “the Bethlehemite”). See 2 Sam 21:19.
[20:5] 511 tc See tc note on the parallel passage in 2 Sam 21:19.
[20:6] 512 tn Heb “and there was another battle, in Gath.”
[20:7] 513 tn The parallel text in 2 Sam 21:21 has the variant spelling “Shimeah.”
[20:8] 514 tn Heb “they fell.”
[20:8] 515 tn Heb “his servants.”
[21:1] 516 tn Or “Satan.” The Hebrew word שָׂטָן (satan) can refer to an adversary in general or Satan in particular. There is no article accompanying the term here, which suggests it should be understood generally (cf. NAB “a satan”).
[21:1] 517 tn Heb “stood against.”
[21:1] 518 tn Heb “and incited David to count Israel.” As v. 5 indicates, David was not interested in a general census, but in determining how much military strength he had.
[21:1] sn The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:1 says, “The
[21:2] 520 tn Heb “Go, count Israel.” See the note on “had” in v. 1.
[21:2] 521 tn Heb “their number.”
[21:3] 523 tn Heb “Why should it become guilt for Israel?” David’s decision betrays an underlying trust in his own strength rather than in divine provision. See also 1 Chr 27:23-24.
[21:4] 524 tn Heb “and the word of the king was stronger than Joab.”
[21:4] 525 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[21:5] 526 tn Heb “and Joab gave to David the number of the numbering of the army [or “people”].”
[21:5] 527 tn Heb “a thousand thousands and one hundred thousand.”
[21:5] 528 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:9 has variant figures: “In Israel there were eight hundred thousand sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were five hundred thousands soldiers.”
[21:6] 529 tn Heb “he”; the proper name (“Joab”) has been substituted for the pronoun here for stylistic reasons; the proper name occurs at the end of the verse in the Hebrew text, where it has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.
[21:7] 530 tn Heb “There was displeasure in the eyes of God concerning this thing.”
[21:10] 532 tn Heb “Three I am extending to you; choose for yourself one of them and I will do it to you.”
[21:12] 533 tc The parallel text in the MT of 2 Sam 24:13 has “seven,” but LXX has “three” there.
[21:12] 534 tc Heb “or three months being swept away from before your enemies and the sword of your enemies overtaking.” The Hebrew term נִסְפֶּה (nisppeh, Niphal participle from סָפָה, safah) should probably be emended to נֻסְכָה (nusÿkhah, Qal infinitive from נוּס [nus] with second masculine singular suffix). See 2 Sam 24:13.
[21:12] 535 tn Heb “or three days of the sword of the
[21:13] 536 tn Heb “There is great distress to me; let me fall into the hand of the
[21:15] 537 tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:15 reports that God sent a plague, while 24:16-17 attributes this to the instrumentality of an angel.
[21:15] 539 tn Heb “while he was destroying.”
[21:15] 541 tn Or “was grieved because of.”
[21:15] 542 tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”
[21:15] 543 tn For this nuance of the Hebrew word רַב (rav), see BDB 913 s.v. 1.f.
[21:15] 544 tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”
[21:15] 545 tn In the parallel text in 2 Sam 24:16 this individual is called אֲרַוְנָא (’aravna’, “Aravna”), traditionally “Araunah.” The form of the name found here also occurs in vv. 18-28.
[21:16] 546 tn Heb “and David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.”
[21:17] 547 tn “and doing evil I did evil.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite form of the verb for emphasis.
[21:17] 548 tn Heb “let your hand be on me and on the house of my father.”
[21:17] 549 tn Heb “but on your people not for a plague.”
[21:18] 550 tn Heb “that he should go up to raise up.”
[21:19] 551 tn Heb “and David went up by the word of Gad which he spoke in the name of the
[21:21] 552 tn Heb “nostrils.”
[21:22] 553 tn Heb “the place of the threshing floor.”
[21:22] 554 tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive here indicates the immediate purpose/result: “so I can build.”
[21:22] 555 tn Heb “For full silver sell to me.”
[21:22] 556 tn Following the imperative and first person prefixed verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive, this third person prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive introduces the ultimate purpose/result: “so the plague may be removed.” Another option is subordinate this form to the preceding imperative, but the latter may be taken as a parenthetical expansion of the initial request.
[21:23] 557 tn Heb “take for yourself.”
[21:23] 558 tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”
[21:24] 559 tn Heb “No, for buying I will buy for full silver.” The infinitive absolute precedes the finite verb for emphasis.
[21:24] 560 tc The parallel text in 2 Sam 24:24 has the plural “burnt sacrifices.”
[21:24] 561 tn Or “without [paying] compensation.”
[21:25] 562 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 24:24 says David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for “fifty pieces of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.
[21:25] tn Heb “six hundred shekels of gold.” This would have been about 15 lbs. (6.8 kg) of gold by weight.
[21:26] 563 tn Or “tokens of peace.”
[21:26] 564 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
[21:27] 565 tn Heb “spoke to the messenger.”
[21:29] 566 tn Or “high place.”
[22:5] 567 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”
[22:5] 568 tn Heb “and the house to build to make exceedingly great for a name and for splendor for all the lands.”
[22:7] 569 tn Heb “I was with my heart.”
[22:7] 570 tn Heb “for the name of.”
[22:8] 571 tn Heb “and the word of the
[22:8] 572 tn Heb “for my name.”
[22:9] 573 tn Heb “man of rest.”
[22:9] 574 tn Heb “his enemies all around.”
[22:9] 575 sn The name Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה, shÿlomoh) sounds like (and may be derived from) the Hebrew word for “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).
[22:9] 576 tn Heb “in his days.”
[22:10] 577 tn Heb “for my name.”
[22:10] 578 tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel permanently.”
[22:11] 579 tn Heb “as he spoke concerning you.”
[22:13] 581 tn Heb “which the
[22:13] 582 tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”
[22:14] 583 tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the
[22:14] 584 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.
[22:14] 585 tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”
[22:15] 586 tn Heb “craftsmen of stone and wood.”
[22:16] 587 tn Heb “and every kind of skilled one in all work, concerning gold, concerning silver, and concerning bronze, and concerning iron, there is no numbering.”
[22:18] 589 tn The words “he told them” are added in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[22:18] 590 tn In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question, “Is not the
[22:18] 591 tn Heb “and he gives rest to you all around.”
[22:19] 594 tn Heb “now give your heart and your being to seek the
[22:19] 595 tn Heb “to bring.”
[22:19] 596 tn Heb “items of holiness of God.”
[22:19] 597 tn Heb “for the name of the
[23:1] 598 tn Heb “and full of years.”
[23:2] 599 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[23:3] 600 tn Heb “and their number by their heads, by men, was 38,000.”
[23:4] 601 tn The words “David said” are supplied here in the translation for clarification. The appearance of the first person verb “I supplied” in v. 5 indicates that David is speaking here.
[23:5] 602 tn Heb “made to [or “for”] praise.”
[23:10] 603 tc The MT reads “Zina” here and “Zizah” in v. 11. One Hebrew
[23:10] 604 sn Verses 8-10 are confusing. Two different lists of Shimei’s sons appear. In between these lists is the statement “these were the leaders of the family of Ladan,” suggesting that the list just before this includes the sons of Ladan, not Shimei. But verse 8 already lists Ladan’s sons. Apparently the text as it stands is a conflation of differing traditions.
[23:13] 605 tn Heb “and Aaron was set apart to consecrate it, the most holy things, he and his sons, permanently, to sacrifice before the
[23:14] 606 tn Heb “and Moses the man of God, his sons were called to the tribe of Levi.”
[23:16] 607 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one name appears after this. The attached phrase “the oldest” might indicate that Shebuel was not Gershom’s only son, but note v. 17.
[23:16] 608 tc The LXX reads Σουβαηλ (Soubahl) here, a reading followed by NAB, NIV, NCV, CEV (“Shubael”); cf. 24:20.
[23:17] 609 tn The Hebrew text has “the sons of Eliezer were,” but only one name appears after this in the verse, and we are specifically told that Eliezer had no other sons.
[23:18] 610 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one name appears after this. The attached phrase “the oldest” might indicate that Shelomith was not Izhar’s only son, but note v. 17.
[23:22] 611 tn Heb “the sons of Kish, their brothers [i.e., relatives/cousins] lifted them up.” For other uses of נָאָשׂ (na’as, “lift up”) in the sense of “marry,” see BDB 671 s.v. Qal.3.d.
[23:24] 612 tn Heb “these were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, according to their numberings, by number of names, according to their heads, doer[s] of the work for the service of the house of the
[23:25] 613 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[23:27] 614 tn Heb “for by the final words of David, they were the number of the sons of Levi, from a son of twenty years and upward.”
[23:28] 615 tn Heb “For their assignment was at the hand of the sons of Aaron for the work of the house of the
[23:29] 616 tn Heb “with respect to.”
[23:29] 617 tn The Hebrew terms מְשׂוּרָה (mÿsurah) and מִדָּה (middah) refer to different types of measurements.
[23:30] 618 tn Heb “and to stand.”
[23:31] 619 tn Heb “by number according to the manner upon them, regularly before the
[23:32] 620 tn Heb “and they kept the charge of the tent of meeting and the charge of the holy place and the charge of the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the
[24:3] 621 tn Heb “for their assignment in their service.”
[24:4] 622 tn Heb “And the sons of Eleazar were found to be more, with respect to the heads of men, than the sons of Ithamar, and they divided them. To the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads, according to the house of the fathers; and to the sons of Ithamar there were eight, according to the house of their fathers.”
[24:5] 623 tn Heb “and they divided them by lots, these with these, for the officials of the holy place and the officials of God were from the sons of Eleazar and among the sons of Ithamar.”
[24:6] 624 tn Heb “one house of a father was drawn by lot for Eleazar, and one [this assumes an emendation of אָחֻז (’akhuz) to אֶחָד (’ekhad, “one”)] was drawn by lot for Ithamar.”
[24:19] 626 tn Heb “these were their responsibilities for their service to enter the house of the
[24:20] 627 tn Heb “Belonging to the rest of the sons of Levi.”
[24:20] 628 tn This appears to be a variant of the name Shebuel (cf. 1 Chr 23:16 and 26:24).
[24:23] 629 tc Most Hebrew
[24:24] 630 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one name appears after this.
[24:26] 631 tn Heb “the sons of Jaaziah, Beno.” Apparently בְנוֹ (vÿno), which could be translated “his son,” is a proper name here. The text, however, may be corrupt at this point; a list of Jaaziah’s sons may have been accidentally omitted. See v. 27.
[24:27] 632 tn Or “from Jaaziah his son.” See the note on “Beno” in v. 26.
[24:29] 633 tc The Hebrew text has, “Belonging to [i.e., from] Kish, the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.” There appears to be a conflation of headings.
[24:31] 634 tn Heb “the fathers [i.e., families] of the head [i.e., oldest] just like his youngest brother.”
[25:1] 635 tn Heb “David and the officers of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, the ones prophesying by harps, by lyres, and by cymbals.”
[25:1] 636 tn Heb “and their number was, the men of work for their service.”
[25:2] 637 tn Heb “the sons of Asaph [were] upon the hand of Asaph, the one prophesying upon the hands of the king.”
[25:3] 638 tn Heb “belonging to Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun.”
[25:3] 639 tn This name appears as “Izri” in v. 10.
[25:3] 640 tc One Hebrew
[25:3] 641 tc The list includes only five names. Apparently the name “Shimei” (see v. 17), which appears in one medieval Hebrew
[25:4] 642 tn Heb “belonging to Heman, the sons of Heman.”
[25:5] 643 tn Heb “by the words of God to exalt a horn.” An animal’s horn is sometimes used metaphorically as a symbol of strength and honor. See BDB 901-2 s.v. קֶרֶנ.
[25:7] 644 tn Heb “and their number with their brothers, trained in music to the
[25:8] 645 tn Heb “and they cast lots [for] service, just as like small, like great, teacher with student.”
[25:9] 646 tc Heb “The first lot went to Asaph, to Joseph.” Apparently the recurring formula, “and his sons and his relatives, twelve” has been accidentally omitted from the Hebrew text at this point (see vv. 10-31; the formula is slightly different in v. 9b). If the number “twelve” is not supplied here, the total comes to only 276, not the 288 required by v. 7.
[25:11] 647 tn “Izri” is a variant of the name “Zeri” (cf. 25:3).
[25:14] 648 tn “Jesharelah” is a variant of the name “Asarelah” (cf. 25:2).
[25:18] 649 tn “Azarel” is a variant of the name “Uzziel” (cf. 25:4).
[26:13] 651 tn Heb “for a gate and a gate,” i.e., for each gate.
[26:14] 652 tn “Shelemiah” is a variant of the name “Meshelemiah” (cf. 26:2).
[26:16] 653 tn Heb “a guard alongside a guard.”
[26:20] 654 tn Or “treasuries.”
[26:21] 655 tn “Ladan” is a variant of the name “Libni” (cf. 6:17).
[26:21] 656 tn “Jehieli” is a variant of the name “Jehiel” (cf. 23:8).
[26:24] 657 tn A number of English versions follow the LXX and Vulgate and read “Shubael” here (e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, CEV).
[26:25] 658 tc The marginal reading (Qere) is “Shelomith,” while the consonantal text (Kethib) has “Shelomoth.”
[26:26] 659 tc The MT reads “Shelomoth”; the name is spelled “Shelomith” in the marginal reading (Qere) of v. 25.
[26:29] 661 tn The words “the temple” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
[26:31] 662 tn Heb “and they were searched and there were found in them.”
[26:32] 663 tn Heb “and his brothers, sons of respect, [were] 2,700, heads of fathers.”
[26:32] 664 tn Heb “with respect to every matter of God and matter of the king.”
[27:1] 665 tn Heb “and the sons of Israel according to their number, heads of the fathers and the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds and their officers who served the king with respect to every matter of the divisions, [that which] comes and goes out month by month according to all the months of the year, one division [was] twenty-four thousand.”
[27:4] 666 tn Heb “the leader.”
[27:6] 667 tn Heb “That [was the] Benaiah [who was] a warrior of the thirty and over the thirty, and his division, Ammizabad his son.”
[27:7] 668 tn Heb “[was] after him.”
[27:24] 669 tn Heb “anger was on Israel.”
[27:24] 670 tc The Hebrew text has “in the number,” but מִסְפַּר (mispar) is probably dittographic – note that the same word appears immediately before this. The form should be emended to בְּסֵפֶר (bÿsefar, “in the scroll”).
[27:26] 671 tn Heb “with respect to the work of the land.” The phrase refers to agricultural labor; see HALOT 776-77 s.v. עֲבֹדָה.
[27:27] 672 tn Heb “and over [that] which is in the vineyards, with respect to the storehouses of the wine, [was] Zabdi the Shiphmite.”
[27:28] 673 tn Or “foothills”; Heb “the Shephelah.”
[27:32] 674 tn Heb “was an adviser, a man of insight, and a scribe.”
[27:32] 675 tn Heb “[was] with” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “tutored”; NRSV “attended”; NLT “was responsible to teach.’
[28:1] 677 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[28:2] 678 tn Heb “I, with my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the
[28:3] 679 tn Heb “for my name.”
[28:4] 680 tn Heb “out of all the house of my father to become king over all Israel permanently.”
[28:4] 682 tn Heb “and among the sons of my father he desired to make me king over all Israel.”
[28:5] 683 tn Heb “from all my sons, for many sons the
[28:7] 684 tn Heb “if he is strong to do my commands and my regulations like this day.”
[28:8] 685 tn The words “I say this” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[28:8] 686 tn Heb “Watch! Seek!”
[28:9] 688 tn Heb “with a complete heart and a willing being.”
[28:9] 689 tn Heb “he will allow himself to be found by you.”
[28:11] 691 tn Heb “for the porch.” The word “temple” was supplied in the translation for clarity.
[28:11] 692 tn Or “storerooms.”
[28:12] 694 tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[28:12] 695 tn Heb “the pattern of all which was in the spirit with him.”
[28:13] 696 tn The words “he gave him the regulations” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[28:14] 697 tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[28:14] 698 tn Heb “for the gold, by the weight, for the gold, for all the items of service and service, for all the items of silver by weight for all the items of service and service.”
[28:18] 699 tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
[28:18] 700 tc The Hebrew text reads מֶרְכָּבָה (merkavah, “chariot”), but the final he (ה) is probably dittographic – note the prefixed he (ה) on the immediately following word. It is preferable to read מֶרְכָּב (merkav, “seat”).
[28:18] 701 tc The Hebrew text does not have “their wings,” but the word כְּנָפַיִם (kÿnafayim, “wings”) has probably been accidentally omitted by homoioteleuton. Note that the immediately preceding לְפֹרְשִׂים (lÿforsim) also ends in mem (ם).
[28:19] 702 tn The words “David said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
[28:19] 703 tn Heb “the whole in writing from the hand of the
[28:20] 704 tn Or perhaps, “don’t be discouraged.”
[28:21] 705 tn Heb “and with you in all work, for every willing [one] in skill for all service.”
[28:21] 706 tn Heb “and the officials and all the people to all your words.”
[29:1] 707 tn Heb “a young man and tender.”
[29:2] 708 tn Heb “and according to all my strength.”
[29:2] 709 tn Heb “the gold for the gold, and the silver for the silver, and the bronze for the bronze, and the iron for the iron, and the wood for the wood.”
[29:4] 710 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6. Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, David had supplied 101 tons (91,800 kg) of gold and 235.5 tons (214,200 kg) of silver.
[29:7] 711 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6. Using the “light” standard talent of 67.3 lbs. (30.6 kg) as the standard for calculation, the people donated 168.3 tons (153,000 kg) of gold, 336.5 tons (306,000 kg) of silver, 605.7 tons (550,800 kg) of bronze, and 3,365 tons (3,060,000 kg) of iron.
[29:7] 712 tn On the “daric” as a unit of measure, see BDB 204 s.v. דַּרְכְּמוֹן. Some have regarded the daric as a minted coin, perhaps even referring to the Greek drachma, but this is less likely.
[29:7] sn The daric was a unit of weight perhaps equal to between 8 and 9 grams (just under one-third of an ounce), so 10,000 darics of gold would weigh between 80 and 90 kilograms (between 176 and 198 pounds).
[29:8] 713 tn The word “precious” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
[29:9] 714 tn Heb “with a complete heart.”
[29:9] 715 tn Heb “was rejoiced with great joy.”
[29:10] 716 tn Heb “assembly, and David said.” The words “and David said” are redundant according to contemporary English style and have not been included in the translation.
[29:11] 717 tn The words “and sovereign” are added in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
[29:12] 719 tn Heb “wealth and honor [are] from before you.”
[29:12] 720 tn Heb “and in your hand [is] strength and might and in your hand to magnify and to give strength to all.”
[29:14] 721 tn Heb “that we should retain strength to contribute like this.”
[29:14] 722 tn Heb “and from you we have given to you.”
[29:15] 723 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 18, 20).
[29:15] 724 tn Or perhaps “hope.”
[29:17] 726 tn Heb “with integrity of heart.”
[29:18] 727 tn Heb “keep this permanently with respect to the motive of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and make firm their heart to you.”
[29:19] 728 tn Heb “and to Solomon my son give a complete heart to keep your commands, your rules and your regulations, and to do everything, and to build the palace [for] which I have prepared.”
[29:22] 729 tn Heb “they ate and drank.”
[29:22] 730 tn Heb “with great joy.”
[29:22] 731 sn See 1 Chr 23:1, where David had previously designated Solomon as king over Israel.
[29:23] 732 tn Heb “listened to him.”
[29:24] 733 tn Heb “placed a hand under Solomon the king.”
[29:25] 734 tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”
[29:27] 735 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[29:28] 736 tn Heb “satisfied with days, wealth, and honor.”
[29:29] 737 tn Heb “and the events of David the king, the former and the latter, look they are written in the annals of Samuel the seer, and in the annals of Nathan the prophet, and in the annals of Gad the seer.”
[29:30] 738 tn Heb “with all his reign and his might, and the times which passed over him and over Israel and over all the kingdoms of the lands.”
