1 Chronicles 6 Cross References - MSTC

¹ The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. ² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁴ Eleazar begat Phinehas. Phinehas begat Abishua. ⁵ Abishua begat Bukki. Bukki begat Uzzi. ⁶ Uzzi begat Zerahiah. Zerahiah begat Meraioth. ⁷ Meraioth begat Amariah. Amariah begat Ahitub. ⁸ Ahitub begat Zadok. Zadok begat Ahimaaz. ⁹ Ahimaaz begat Azariah. Azariah begat Johanan. ¹⁰ Johanan begat Azariah which ministered in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem. ¹¹ Azariah begat Amariah. Amariah begat Ahitub. ¹² Ahitub begat Zadok. Zadok begat Shallum. ¹³ Shallum begat Hilkiah. Hilkiah begat Azariah. ¹⁴ Azariah begat Seraiah, Seraiah begat Jehozadak — which Jehozadak, ¹⁵ when the LORD carried away Juda and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, went with them. ¹⁶ The sons of Levi now are these: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. ¹⁷ And these be the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi concerning their ancient fathers. ²⁰ The son of Gershom was Libni, and his son Jahath, and his son Zimmah, ²¹ and his son Joah, and his son Iddo, and his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai. ²² The sons of Kohath: Amminadab and his son Korah, and his son Assir, ²³ and his son Elkanah, and his son Ebiasaph, and his son Assir, ²⁴ and his son Tahath; and Uriel was his son, and Uzziah his son, and Shaul was his son. ²⁵ The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth and Elkanah. ²⁶ The sons of Elkanah: Zophai whose son was Nahath, ²⁷ and his son Eliab and Jeroham his son, and Elkanah his son, ²⁸ and Samuel the son of him. And the sons of Samuel: the eldest Joel and then Abijah. ²⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli, and his son Libni, and his son Shimei, and his son Uzzah, ³⁰ and his son Shimea, and his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah. ³¹ These be they which David set for to sing in the house of the LORD, after that the Ark had rest. ³² And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of witness with singing, until Solomon had built the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. And then they waited on their offices, according to the order of them. ³³ These are they that waited with their children of the sons of Kohath: Heman a singer, which was the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, ³⁴ the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, ³⁵ the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, ³⁶ the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, ³⁷ the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, ³⁸ the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. ³⁹ And his brother Asaph stood on his righthand, which was the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, ⁴⁰ the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Melchijah, ⁴¹ the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, ⁴² the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, ⁴³ the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. ⁴⁴ And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, ⁴⁵ the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, ⁴⁶ the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, ⁴⁷ the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. ⁴⁸ Their brethren the Levites were appointed unto all manner service of the tabernacle of the house of God. ⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sons burnt upon the altar of burnt offerings and on the altar of cense, and were appointed unto all that was to do in the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel in all points according as Moses the servant of God had commanded. ⁵⁰ These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar, whose son was Phinehas, and his son Abishua, ⁵¹ and his son Bukki, and the son of him Uzzi, and his son Zerahiah, ⁵² and the son of him Meraioth, and his son Amariah, and the son of him Ahitub, ⁵³ and Zadoc his son, and Ahimaaz his son. ⁵⁴ And these are the dwelling places of them in their towns and coasts: I mean, of the sons of Aaron of the kindred of the Kohathites, for so their lot fell. ⁵⁵ They gave unto them Hebron in the land of Judah with the suburbs round about it. ⁵⁶ But the country and villages pertaining thereto, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. ⁵⁷ And to the sons of Aaron they gave the franchised cities, Hebron and Libnah, with their suburbs; and Jattir and Eshtemoa with their suburbs; ⁵⁸ and Hilen with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs; ⁵⁹ and Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs. ⁶⁰ And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and her suburbs, Alemath with her suburbs, Anathoth with her suburbs: so that all their cities among their kindreds were thirteen. ⁶¹ And unto the sons of Kohath the remnant of the kin of the tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. ⁶² And unto the sons of Gershom among their kindreds were given out of the tribe of Issachar and out of the tribe of Asher and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ⁶³ And unto the sons of Merari were given by lot among their kindreds and out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁶⁴ And the children of Israel gave the Levites such cities with their suburbs, ⁶⁵ and that by Lot, out of the tribe of children of Judah out of the tribe of Simeon and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin: even the said cities that are rehearsed by name. ⁶⁶ And concerning the sons of Kohath, the cities of their coasts were of the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷ In which tribe they gave unto them the cities of Refuge: Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs, and Gezer with her suburbs, ⁶⁸ Jokmeam with her suburbs, Bethhoron with her suburbs, ⁶⁹ Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs. ⁷⁰ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs among the kindreds of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. ⁷¹ And unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the kindred of the half tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with her suburbs and Ashtaroth with her suburbs. ⁷² And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kadesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, ⁷³ Ramoth with her suburbs and Anem with her suburbs. ⁷⁴ And out of Asher, Mashal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, ⁷⁵ Hukok with her suburbs and Rehob with her suburbs. ⁷⁶ And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kadesh in Galilee with her suburbs, Hammon with her suburbs, and Kiriathjearim with her suburbs. ⁷⁷ And unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with her suburbs and Tabor with her suburbs. ⁷⁸ And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, even on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, Jahzah with her suburbs, ⁷⁹ Kedemoth with her suburbs, Mephaath with her suburbs. ⁸⁰ And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, Mahanaim with her suburbs, ⁸¹ Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

¹¹ The children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

¹⁶ These are the names of the children of Levi in their generations: Gershon, Kohath and Merari. And Levi lived a hundred and thirty seven years.

¹⁷ And these are the names of the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

⁵⁷ These are the sums of the Levites in their kindreds: of Gershon, came the kindred of the Gershonites; and of Kohath came the kindred of the Kohathites; and of Merari came the kindred of the Merarites.

¹⁶ The sons of Levi now are these: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

²⁰ The son of Gershom was Libni, and his son Jahath, and his son Zimmah,

⁶ And David put an order among the children of Levi: Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

¹⁸ The children of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. And Kohath lived a hundred and thirty three years.

²¹ The children of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg and Zichri. ²² The children of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan and Zithri. ²³ And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, to wife: which bare him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ²⁴ The children of Korah: Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph: these are the kindreds of the Korahites.

¹² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel, four.

⁴ And his sister stood afar off, to wete what would come of it.

⁷ Then said his sister unto Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call unto thee a nurse of the Hebrew's women, to nurse the child?"

²⁰ And Amram took Jochebed his niece to wife which bare him Aaron and Moses. And Amram lived a hundred and thirty seven years.

²³ And Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, to wife: which bare him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

²⁰ And Miriam, a prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women came out after her with timbrels in a dance.

¹ And he said unto Moses, "Come unto the LORD: both thou and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel, and worship afar off."

¹ And take thou unto thee, Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me: both Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.

¹ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censor, and put fire therein, and put cense upon; and brought strange fire before the LORD: which he commanded them not.

¹² And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and Ithamar his sons that were left, "Take the meat offering that remaineth of the sacrifices of the LORD, and eat it without leaven beside the altar, for it is most holy:

¹⁶ And Moses sought for the goat that was the sin offering, and see, it was burnt. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron, which were left alive, saying,

¹³ The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was appointed to consecrate in the place most holy, with his sons forever: and to burn the offerings before the LORD, and to minister, and to bless in his name forever.

¹ The division of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ² But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar were the Priests. ³ And David ordered them on this manner: Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar to be in office by course. ⁴ And there were more mighty heads found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar. And they divided them into sixteen heads of ancient households of the sons of Eleazar, and eight of the sons of Ithamar. ⁵ And they put them in order by lot, one with another that there should be rulers in the sanctuary and lords before God as well of the sons of Ithamar as of the sons of Eleazar. ⁶ And Shimeah the son of Nethanel the Scribe of the Levites wrote them before the king and the lords, and before Zadok the priest and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the ancient heads of the priests and of the Levites: one principal household for Eleazar and one for Ithamar.

⁴ Because I brought thee from the land of Egypt, and delivered thee out of the house of bondage? Because I made Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead thee?

²⁵ And Eleazar, Aaron's son, took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife: which bare him Phinehas: these be the principal fathers of the Levites in their kindreds.

⁶ And behold, one of the children of Israel went in against his brethren, and joined himself to a Midianitish woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the multitude of the children of Israel as they were weeping in the door of the tabernacle of witness. ⁷ And when Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up out of the company and took a weapon in his hand, ⁸ and went after the man of Israel into the whorehouse, and thrust them through: both the man of Israel and also the woman even through the belly of her. And the plague ceased from the children of Israel. ⁹ And there died in the plague twenty four thousand. ¹⁰ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ¹¹ "Phinehas the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned mine anger away from the children of Israel, because he was jealous for my sake among them; that I had not consumed the children of Israel in my jealousy.

¹³ and he shall have it and his seed after him, even the covenant of the priest's office forever, because he was jealous for his God's sake and made an atonement for the children of Israel.'"

⁶ And Moses sent them — a thousand of every tribe, with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest — to war, and the holy vessels and the trumpets to blow with, in his hand.

¹³ And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Ruben, to the children of Gad and unto the half tribe of Manasseh into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,

³⁰ And when Phinehas the priest and the lords of the congregation and heads over the thousands of Israel, which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, they were well content. ³¹ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Ruben, of Gad and of Manasseh, "This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not done this trespass against the LORD. Now have ye delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD." ³² And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest and the lords returned from the children of Reuben and of Gad out of the land of Gilead unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.

³³ And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, whom they buried in Gibeah that pertained to Phinehas his son and was given him in Mount Ephraim.

²⁸ and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron waiting upon it at that time — and they said, "Shall we go out any more to battle against the children of Benjamin our brethren, or shall we cease?" And the LORD said, "Go. For tomorrow I will deliver them into your hands."

⁴ Eleazar begat Phinehas. Phinehas begat Abishua. ⁵ Abishua begat Bukki. Bukki begat Uzzi. ⁶ Uzzi begat Zerahiah. Zerahiah begat Meraioth.

⁵⁰ These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar, whose son was Phinehas, and his son Abishua,

²⁰ And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them before the LORD, which was with him.

¹ After these acts in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up from Babylon, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, ² the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, ³ the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, ⁴ the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, ⁵ the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest.

² Of the children of Phinehas, Gershom; of the children of Ithamar, Daniel; of the children of David, Hattush;

³⁰ Then stood up Phinehas, and executed justice; and so the plague ceased. ³¹ And that was counted unto him for righteousness, among all posterities for evermore.

¹⁷ And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests, and Seraiah was the scribe.

²⁷ The king said also unto Zadok the priest, "Thou art a seer; return therefore into the city in peace. And take your two sons with you: Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

³⁵ And thou hast there with thee, Zadok and Abiathar the priests, unto which thou shalt show all that thou canst hear out of the king's house. ³⁶ And behold, ye have there with you their two sons: Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son, by which ye shall send me all that ye can hear."

¹⁵ Then said Hushai unto Zadok and Abiathar the priests, "Of this and that manner did Ahithophel and the elders of Israel counsel Absalom. And thus and thus have I counseled.

¹⁷ As for Jonathan and Ahimaaz, they stood by the well of Rogel, and a damsel went thither and told them. They went on their way and told King David, for they durst not be seen to come into the city.

²⁰ And when Absalom's servants came to the wife to the house and asked where one Ahimaaz and Jonathan were, the wife said unto them, "They be gone over the little brook of water." And when they had sought them and could not find them, then they returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁹ Then said Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, "Let me run I pray thee, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath judged him quite of the hands of all his enemies."

²² Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again to Joab, "Come what will, let me run, I pray thee, after Cushi." And Joab said, "Wherefore shouldest thou run my son? For and thou run thou gettest no reward." He answered, "Well, come what will; let me run."

²⁷ And the watchman said, "Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok." And the king said, "He is a good man and cometh with good tidings." ²⁸ And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, "Good tidings," and bowed himself to the earth upon his face before the king and said, "Blessed be the LORD thy God which hath shut up all the men that lifted up their hands against my Lord the king." ²⁹ And the king said, "Is the lad Absalom safe?" And Ahimaaz answered, "I saw a great ado, when the king's servant Joab sent me thy servant. But I know not what it was."

²⁵ Sheva was scribe. And Zadok and Abiathar were priests.

⁸ But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei and Rei and the men of might which were with David, favored not Adonijah.

³⁴ And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there, to be king over Israel. And then blow ye with a trumpet and say, 'God save king Solomon.'

⁴⁴ And the king sent with him, Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and they have set him upon the king's mule.

³⁵ And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host, and put Zadok the priest in the room of Abiathar.

¹ And it came to pass, the four hundred and fourscore year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, and the fourth year of the reign of Solomon upon Israel, and the second month called Ziv, that he began to build the temple unto the LORD. ² And the house which Solomon built for the LORD was three score cubits long and twenty broad and thirty cubits high. ³ And the porch that was before the body of the temple was twenty cubits long after the measure of the breadth of the house, and ten broad, even at the very end of the house. ⁴ And he made unto the house, windows to open and shut. ⁵ And under the walls of the house he made galleries round about, both round about the temple and also the quyre. And so made sides round about. ⁶ And the nethermost gallery was five cubits broad and the middle gallery six. And the third, seven cubits broad. For he made the walls without, whereon the beams lay, ever thinner and thinner, so that they were not fastened in the walls of the house. ⁷ And the house was built of stone made perfect already before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer or axe either any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.

¹ And Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, which was showed David his father when he prepared a place in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

⁴ And the porch at the end was as large as the house breadth, twenty cubits; and the height was a hundred and twenty cubits. And he overlaid it on the inner side with pure gold.

¹⁷ But Azariah the priest went in after him with four score priests of the LORD that were bold men. ¹⁸ And they stepped to Uzziah the king and said to him, "It pertaineth not to thee, Uzziah, to burn cense unto the LORD; but to the priests the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to burn incense. Come out of the sanctuary, for thou hast trespassed, and it shall be no worship to thee before the LORD God." ¹⁹ And Uzziah was wroth and had cense in his hand to offer, and in his indignation against the priest, the leprosy sprang in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, even beside the incense altar. ²⁰ And Azariah the chief priest with all the other priests looked upon him: and behold he was a leper in his forehead, and they vexed him thence. And thereto he was fain to go out, because the LORD had plagued him.

³ the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

¹¹ Azariah the son of Hilkiah the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok the son of Meraioth the son of Ahitub the chiefest in the house of God.

¹¹ Seraiah the son of Hilkiah the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was prince in the house of God:

⁴ "Go to Hilkiah the high priest, and let him sum the silver that is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the doors have gathered of the people;

¹² and commanded Hilkiah the priest and Ahikam the son of Shaphan and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, ¹³ "Go ye and seek of the LORD for me, and the people, and for all Judah; concerning the words of this book that is found. For it is a great wrath of the LORD that is kindled upon us, that our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do in all points as it is written therein." ¹⁴ And Hilkiah the high priest and Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went unto Huldah the Prophetess, wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah the son of Harahas keeper of the robes — which Prophetess dwelt in Jerusalem in the second ward — and communed with her.

¹⁴ And as they brought out the money that was brought into the house, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. ¹⁵ And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD," and gave the book to Shaphan. ¹⁶ And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word again, saying, "All that was committed to thy servants, that do they: ¹⁷ And they have poured out the money that was found in the house of the LORD and have delivered into the hands of the overseers of the workmen." ¹⁸ And then Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, "Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book." And he read it before the king. ¹⁹ And when the king had heard the words of the law, he tare his clothes, ²⁰ and commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and the said Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah, a servant of the king's, saying,

⁸ And his lords gave willingly both unto the people and also unto the priests and unto the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for Passover offerings two thousand and six hundred lambs and kids, and three hundred oxen.

¹⁸ And the chief Marshal took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the highest priest save one, and three keepers of the door.

¹ After these acts in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up from Babylon, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

¹¹ Then take gold and silver, and make crowns thereof, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Jozadak, the high priest.

¹³ And he said, "O my Lord, send I pray thee whom thou wilt."

²⁷ And the LORD had not yet said that men should put out the name of Israel from under heaven. And therefore he helped them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

²¹ And the king of Babylon smote them and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. And so Judah was carried away out of all their land.

¹⁷ And so he brought upon them the king of Chaldeans and slew their young men with the sword in their holy temple, and neither spared young man nor maiden, neither old man, neither so much as him that stooped for age: But gave all into his hand. ¹⁸ And all the vessels of the house of God both great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king and his lords he carried to Babylon, every whit. ¹⁹ And they burnt the house of God and brake down the walls of Jerusalem and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire with all the goodly stuff thereof, and marred it. ²⁰ And he carried away them that had escaped the sword to Babylon, where they were servants to him and his children, until the kingdom of Persia began to rule; ²¹ to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had her pleasure of her Sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate, she kept Sabbath until she had fulfilled seventy years.

² Then gat up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God at Jerusalem, and with them the Prophets of God which strengthened them.

⁹ As for the remnant of the people that were in the city, and such as were come to help them, whatsoever was left of the common sort, Nebuzaradan the chief captain carried them to Babylon.

¹² Now the tenth day of the fifth Month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the chief captain and the king of Babylon's servants came unto Jerusalem, ¹³ and burnt up the house of the LORD. He burnt up also the king's palace, all the houses, and all the gorgeous buildings in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And the whole Host of the Chaldeans that were with the chief Captain brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. ¹⁵ As for the poor people and such folk as yet was left in the city, which also were fallen to the king of Babylon, yea, and what people as yet remained: Nebuzaradan the chief Captain carried them away prisoners.

²⁸ This is the sum of the people whom Nebuchadnezzar led away captive. In the seventh year of his reign, he carried away of the Jews, three thousand and three and twenty.

¹ In the second year of king Darius, in the sixth month, the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the Prophet Haggai, unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel the prince of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, saying,

¹² Now when Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, with the remnant of the people, heard the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of the Prophet Haggai, like as the LORD their God had sent him, the people did fear the LORD.

¹⁴ So the LORD waked up the spirit of Zerubbabel the prince of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, and the spirit of the remnant of all the people: that they came and laboured, in the house of the LORD of Hosts their God.

² "Speak to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel prince of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jozadak the high priest, and to the residue of the people, and say,

²⁷ When they were come and had gathered the congregation together, they rehearsed all that God had done by them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.

¹⁸ For I dare not speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the gentiles obedient, with word and deed,

¹ The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

¹⁷ The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei in their kindreds.

¹⁸ And these are the names of the children of Gershon in their kindreds: Libni and Shimei.

²¹ And of Gershon came the kindred of the Libnites and the Shimeites, which are the kindreds of the Gershonites.

⁷ Of the Gershonites was Ladan and Shimei.

² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. ³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

¹⁹ The children of Merari are these: Mahli and Mushi: these are the kindreds of Levi in their generations.

²⁰ And the sons of Merari in their kindreds were Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi in the houses of their fathers.

⁵⁷ These are the sums of the Levites in their kindreds: of Gershon, came the kindred of the Gershonites; and of Kohath came the kindred of the Kohathites; and of Merari came the kindred of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the kindreds of Levi: the kindred of the Libnites, the kindred of the Hebronites, the kindred of the Mahlites, the kindred of the Mushites, the kindred of the Korahites. Kohath begat Amram,

²¹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

²⁶ The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Jaaziah, Beno.

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

²¹ The children of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg and Zichri.

²⁴ The children of Korah: Assir, Elkanah and Abiasaph: these are the kindreds of the Korahites.

² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

¹⁸ And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

³⁵ the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, ³⁶ the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

¹ There was a man of Ramathaimzophim of mount Ephraim, named Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite:

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

¹⁹ And they rose up early and bowed themselves before the LORD, and then returned and went to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah lay by his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her. ²⁰ And in process of time she conceived and bare a son, and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of the LORD.

² The name of his eldest son was Joel, and the name of the second Abiah, which were judges in Beersheba.

³³ These are they that waited with their children of the sons of Kohath: Heman a singer, which was the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

³³ And of Merari came the kindreds of the Mahlites and of the Mushites: and these are the kindreds of the Merarites.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the kindreds of Levi concerning their ancient fathers.

¹⁷ And when they had brought in the Ark of the LORD, and had set it even in his place, even in the tabernacle that David had prepared for it: David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

¹⁶ And David spake to the chief heads of the Levites, that they should appoint of their brethren to sing with instruments of music: psalteries, harps and cymbals that sounded, and to sing on high with Joyfulness. ¹⁷ And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel: and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Barachiah. And of the sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Kushaiah. ¹⁸ And with them their brethren of the second degree: Zachariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Uri, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah; Obededom and Jeiel, porters. ¹⁹ Heman, Asaph and Ethan sang with cymbals of brass to make a sound. ²⁰ And Zachariah, Uzziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah sang with psalteries on an Alamoth. ²¹ And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obededom, Jeiel, and Azaziah sang with harps an eight above to courage with all. ²² And Chenaniah the chief of the Levites was master of the song and taught to sing, for he was a man of understanding.

²⁵ And David and the elders of Israel and the Captains over thousands went to fetch the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with gladness.

⁴ And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the LORD, and to repeat, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: ⁵ even Asaph the chief, and next to him Zachariah then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obededom, and Jeiel with Psalteries and harps. But Asaph with sounding cymbals, ⁶ and Benaiah and Jahaziel, priests, with trumpets; continually before the Ark of the covenant of God.

¹ And David and the captains of the host appointed out to do service, the sons of Asaph of Heman and Jeduthun, which did prophesy with harps, psalteries and cymbals. And they were numbered unto the work according to their office. ² The sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, Asharelah, to wait on Asaph which prophesied by the king. ³ The sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah-Shimei, six, at the hands of their fathers Jeduthun, with harps: which Jeduthun prophesied for to thank and praise the LORD. ⁴ The sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were of the sons of Heman the king's seer of visions with the word of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these were at the hand of their father to sing in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps in the service of the house of God. And at the hand of the king was Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman: ⁷ But the multitude of them were with their brethren that were cunning in the song of the LORD. And the number of all that taught, were two hundred and fourscore and eight. ⁸ And they cast Lots indifferently how they should wait: the small as well as the great, the scholar as well as the schoolmaster. ⁹ And the first lot of Asaph fell to Joseph. The second to Gedaliah with his brethren and sons, twelve persons. ¹⁰ The third fell to Zaccur with his sons and brethren, being twelve persons. ¹¹ The fourth to Izri with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹² The fifth to Nethaniah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹³ The sixth to Bukkiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁴ The seventh to Jesharelah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁵ The eighth to Jeshaiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁶ The ninth to Mattaniah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁷ The tenth to Shimei with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁸ The eleventh to Azarel with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁹ The twelfth to Hashabiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁰ The thirteenth to Shubael with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²¹ The fourteenth to Mattithiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²² The fifteenth to Jerimoth with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²³ The sixteenth to Hananiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁴ The seventeenth to Joshbekashah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁵ The eighteenth to Hanani with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁶ The nineteenth to Mallothi with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁷ The twentieth to Eliathah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁸ The twenty-first to Hothir with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁹ The twenty-second to Giddalti with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ³⁰ The twenty-third Mahazioth with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ³¹ The twenty fourth to Romamtiezer with his sons and brethren, twelve persons.

⁸ Arise, O LORD, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength.

¹⁴ "This shall be my rest; here will I dwell, for I have a delight therein.

⁶ And so the priests brought the Ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place: even into the quyre of the temple and place most holy, under the wings of the Cherubs. ⁷ For the Cherubs stretched out their wings over the Ark, and covered both it and also the staves thereof on high upon it. ⁸ Howbeit the staves were so long that the ends of them appeared out of the holy place before the quyre, but were not seen without. And there they be unto this day. ⁹ And there was nothing in the Ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel after they were come out of Egypt. ¹⁰ And when the priests were come out of the Holy place, then a cloud filled the house of the LORD, ¹¹ that the priests could not endure to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. ¹² Then spake Solomon, "The LORD said that he would dwell in darkness. ¹³ I have built thee a house to dwell in, and a habitation for thee to abide in forever."

¹⁰ Johanan begat Azariah which ministered in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.

³³ These are the singers — ancient heads among the Levites divided by chambers, for they had to do both day and night.

³⁷ And he left there before the ark of the LORD's covenant, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the Ark evermore day by day. ³⁸ And Obededom with his brethren three score and eight, and Obededom the son of Jeduthun and Uzzah to be porters. ³⁹ And Zadok the priest with his brethren the priests set he before the tabernacle of the LORD at the hill altar of Gibeon, ⁴⁰ to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the burnt offering altar perpetually at morning and evening, according to all that is written in the law of the LORD which he commanded Israel. ⁴¹ And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and other that were chosen and named by name, to thank the LORD that his mercy lasteth ever. ⁴² And with the said Heman and Jeduthun were trumpets and sounding cymbals, and instruments of the melody of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

²⁵ And they set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps according to the commandments of David and of Gad the king's seer of visions and of Nathan the prophet. For so was the commandment of the LORD through the hand, of his prophets. ²⁶ And so the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with trumpets. ²⁷ And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began, and the trumpets with the instruments of David king of Israel. ²⁸ And all the congregation bowed themselves, and the singers sang, and the trumpets blew, and continued until the burnt offering was finished. ²⁹ And when they had made an end of the burnt offering, the king and all that were with him kneeled down and bowed themselves and gave praise and thanks. ³⁰ And Hezekiah the king and the lords bade the Levites to praise the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer of visions. And the Levites praised that they rejoiced again, and the other stooped and bowed themselves.

² And Hezekiah set the priests and the Levites in their order to wait by course, every man according to his office whether priest or Levite, for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, and to minister and to thank and to pray in the gates of the lodge of the LORD.

¹⁵ And the singers the children of Asaph stood in their standing according to the commandment of David and Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun the king's seer of visions: and the porters waited at every gate, and might not depart from their service. But their brethren the Levites prepared for them.

¹⁰ And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood in their array, with trumpets, and the Levites, the children of Asaph, with cymbals; to praise the LORD, after the manner of David, king of Israel. ¹¹ And they sang together, giving praise and thanks unto the LORD; because he is gracious, and because his mercy endureth forever upon Israel. And all the people shouted loud in praising the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.

¹⁸ and set the priests in their courses, and the Levites in their offices to minister unto God which is at Jerusalem as it is written in the book of Moses.

¹⁷ And Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, which was the principal to begin the thanksgiving unto prayer. And Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. ¹⁸ All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and four and fourscore. ¹⁹ And the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the ports, were a hundred and two and seventy. ²⁰ As for the residue of Israel, the priests, and Levites: they were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. ²¹ And the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gishpa belonged to the Nethinims. ²² The overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem, was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Of the children of Asaph, there were singers about the business in the house of God: ²³ For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that the singers should deal faithfully every day as according was.

²⁷ And in the dedication of the wall at Jerusalem, were the Levites sought out of all their places, that they might be brought to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication and gladness, with thanksgivings, with singing, with cymbals, Psalteries, and harps. ²⁸ And the children of the singers gathered themselves together from the plain country about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi,

⁴⁵ that they stood and waited upon the office of their God, and the office of the purification. And the singers and porters stood after the commandment of David and of Solomon his son: ⁴⁶ for in the time of David and Asaph, were the chief singers founded, and the songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. ⁴⁷ In the time of Zerubbabel, and Nehemiah, did all Israel give portions unto the singers and porters, every day his portion, and they gave things hallowed unto the Levites, and the Levites gave things that were sanctified, unto the children of Aaron.

²⁴ It is well seen, O God, how thou goest; how thou, my God and King, goest in the sanctuary. ²⁵ The singers go before, the minstrels follow after; in the midst are the damsels playing with the timbrels.

¹ {A song of the stairs} Behold now, praise the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, ye that by night stand in the house of the LORD. ² Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the LORD.

¹ {Praise the Everlasting} O praise the name of the LORD! Praise it, O ye servants of the LORD; ² ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. ³ O praise the LORD, for the LORD is gracious; O sing praises unto his name, for it is lovely.

²⁰ And in process of time she conceived and bare a son, and called his name Samuel: because she had asked him of the LORD.

²⁸ and therefore I also lend him the LORD, as long as he may be lent the LORD." And so they prayed there unto the LORD.

²⁸ and Samuel the son of him. And the sons of Samuel: the eldest Joel and then Abijah.

¹⁷ And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel: and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Barachiah. And of the sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Kushaiah.

¹⁹ Heman, Asaph and Ethan sang with cymbals of brass to make a sound.

¹ And David and the captains of the host appointed out to do service, the sons of Asaph of Heman and Jeduthun, which did prophesy with harps, psalteries and cymbals. And they were numbered unto the work according to their office. ² The sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, Asharelah, to wait on Asaph which prophesied by the king. ³ The sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah-Shimei, six, at the hands of their fathers Jeduthun, with harps: which Jeduthun prophesied for to thank and praise the LORD. ⁴ The sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were of the sons of Heman the king's seer of visions with the word of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

¹² the Levites with all those that were under Asaph, Heman and Jeduthun, and among their children and brethren, were arrayed in bysse and sang with cymbals, psalteries, and harps standing East from the altar, and with them a hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets.

¹⁴ and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel.

¹ {A Psalm and song of the sons of Korah, to the Chanter upon Mahalath, to give thanks, an Instruction of Heman the Ezrahite} O LORD God my Savior, I have cried day and night before thee;

¹ And Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi; and Dathan and Abiram, the son of Eliab; and On the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben, ² stood up before Moses, with other of the children of Israel: two hundred and fifty, heads of the congregation, and councilors, and men of fame. ³ And they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, "Ye have done enough. For all the multitude are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them. Why therefore heave ye yourselves up above the congregation of the LORD?" ⁴ When Moses heard it, he fell upon his face ⁵ and spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will show who is his and who is holy, and will take them unto him, and whomsoever he hath chosen, he will cause to come to him. ⁶ This do: take firepans, thou Korah and all thy company, ⁷ and do fire therein and put cense thereto before the LORD tomorrow: And then whomsoever the LORD doeth chose, the same is holy. Ye make enough to do, ye children of Levi." ⁸ And Moses said unto Korah, "Hear, ye children of Levi: ⁹ Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel to bring you to him, to do the service of the dwelling place of the LORD, and to stand before the people to minister unto them? ¹⁰ He hath taken thee to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and ye seek the office of the priest also. ¹¹ For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: for what is Aaron, that ye should murmur against him?" ¹² And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and they answered, "We will not come. ¹³ Seemeth it a small thing unto thee that thou hast brought us out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness; but that thou shouldest reign over us also? ¹⁴ Moreover, thou hast brought us unto no land that floweth with milk and honey, neither hast given us possessions of fields or of vines. Either wilt thou pull out the eyes of these men? We will not come." ¹⁵ And Moses waxed very angry and said unto the LORD, "Turn not unto their offerings. I have not taken so much as an ass from them, neither have vexed any of them." ¹⁶ Then Moses said unto Korah, "Be thou and all thy company before the LORD: both thou, they, and Aaron tomorrow. ¹⁷ And take every man his censer and put cense in them, and come before the LORD every man with his censer: two hundred and fifty censers, and Aaron with his censer." ¹⁸ And they took every man his censer and put fire in them and laid cense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of witness, and Moses and Aaron also. ¹⁹ And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of witness. And the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. ²⁰ And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, ²¹ "Separate yourselves from this congregation, that I may consume them at once." ²² And they fell upon their faces, and said, "O most mighty God of the spirits of all flesh; one man hath sinned, and wilt thou be wroth with all the multitude?" ²³ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁴ "Speak unto the congregation, and say, 'Get you away from about the dwelling of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.'" ²⁵ And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. ²⁶ And he spake unto the congregation, saying, "Depart from the tents of these wicked men and touch nothing of theirs: lest ye perish in all their sins." ²⁷ And they gat them from the dwelling of Korah, Dathan and Abiram, on every side. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents with their wives, their sons and their children. ²⁸ And Moses said, "Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works, and that I have not done them of mine own mind: ²⁹ If these men die the common death of all men or if they be visited after the visitation of all men, then the LORD hath not sent me. ³⁰ But and if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth and swallow them and all that pertain unto them, so that they go down quick in to hell: then ye shall understand, that these men have railed upon the LORD." ³¹ And as soon as he had made an end of speaking all these words, the ground clove asunder that was under them, ³² and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and their houses and all the men that were with Korah and all their goods. ³³ And they and all that pertained unto them, went down alive unto hell, and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the congregation. ³⁴ And all Israel that were about them, fled at the cry of them. For they said, "The earth might haply swallow us also." ³⁵ And there came out a fire from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered cense.

¹⁰ And the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them and Korah also, when the multitude died, what time the fire consumed two hundred and fifty men, and they became a sign: ¹¹ Notwithstanding, the children of Korah died not.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of David} Like as the hart desireth the water brooks, so longeth my soul after thee, O God.

¹ {To the Chanter, an instruction of the sons of Korah} We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what thou hast done in their time of old.

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, an instruction of the children of Korah; a song of love} My heart is inditing of a good matter; I speak the things which I have made unto the King. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of the children of Korah} O Hear this, all ye people: ponder it with your ears, all ye that dwell in the world,

¹ {Upon Gittith, a Psalm of the sons of Korah} O how amiable are thy dwellings, thou LORD of Hosts!

¹ {To the Chanter, a Psalm of the sons of Korah} LORD, thou art become gracious unto thy land; thou hast turned away the captivity of Jacob.

¹⁹ And the sons of Kohath in their kindred were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

¹ When they had brought in the Ark of God they set it in the tent that David had pitched for it. And they brought burnt sacrifice and peace offerings before God.

¹⁷ And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel: and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Barachiah. And of the sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Kushaiah. ¹⁸ And with them their brethren of the second degree: Zachariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Uri, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah; Obededom and Jeiel, porters. ¹⁹ Heman, Asaph and Ethan sang with cymbals of brass to make a sound.

⁷ And that same time David did appoint chiefly to thank the LORD by Asaph and his brethren:

² The sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, Asharelah, to wait on Asaph which prophesied by the king.

¹ The division of the porters among the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore of the children of Asaph.

¹⁴ the spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah the son of Benaiah the son of Jeiel the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, even as he was in the midst of the congregation.

¹³ and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;

³⁰ And Hezekiah the king and the lords bade the Levites to praise the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer of visions. And the Levites praised that they rejoiced again, and the other stooped and bowed themselves.

⁴¹ The singers: The children of Asaph, a hundred and eight and twenty.

¹⁰ And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood in their array, with trumpets, and the Levites, the children of Asaph, with cymbals; to praise the LORD, after the manner of David, king of Israel.

⁴⁴ The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and eight and forty.

¹⁷ And Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, which was the principal to begin the thanksgiving unto prayer. And Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

²² The overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem, was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Of the children of Asaph, there were singers about the business in the house of God:

³⁵ and certain of the priests' children with trumpets, namely Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

⁴⁶ for in the time of David and Asaph, were the chief singers founded, and the songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God.

¹ {The Psalm of Asaph} The LORD, even the most mighty God, hath spoken, and called the world; from the rising up of the sun unto the going down of the same.

¹ {A Psalm of Asaph} Truly God is loving unto Israel, even unto such as are of a clean heart.

¹ {An Instruction of Asaph} O God, wherefore doest thou cast us so clean away? Why is thy wrath so hot against the sheep of thy pasture?

¹ {To the Chanter, Destroy Not, a Psalm and song of Asaph} Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks; yea, unto thee do we give thanks. Thy Name also is so nigh; and that do thy wondrous works declare.

¹ {To the Chanter, in Neginoth, a Psalm and song of Asaph} In Jewry is God known; his name is great in Israel.

¹ {To the Chanter, for Jeduthun, a Psalm of Asaph} I cried unto God with my voice; yea, even unto God cried I with my voice, and he heard me.

¹ {An Instruction of Asaph} Hear my law, O my people; incline your ears unto the words of my mouth.

¹ {A Psalm of Asaph} O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem a heap of stones.

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Shoshannim, a Psalm of Asaph} Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Jacob like a flock of sheep; show thyself, thou that sittest upon the Cherubim.

¹ {To the Chanter, upon Gittith, of Asaph} Sing merrily unto God, our strength; make a cheerful noise unto the God of Jacob.

¹ {A Psalm of Asaph} God standeth in the congregation of princes, and is a Judge among the judges.

¹ {A song and Psalm of Asaph} Hold not thy tongue, O God, keep not still silence; refrain not thyself, O God.

²² and he called him Gershom: for he said, "I have been a stranger in a strange land." And she bare yet another son, whom he called Eliezer saying, "The God of my father is mine helper, and hath rid me out of the hands of Pharaoh."

¹⁶ The sons of Levi now are these: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. ¹⁷ And these be the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

¹ And David and the captains of the host appointed out to do service, the sons of Asaph of Heman and Jeduthun, which did prophesy with harps, psalteries and cymbals. And they were numbered unto the work according to their office.

³ The sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah-Shimei, six, at the hands of their fathers Jeduthun, with harps: which Jeduthun prophesied for to thank and praise the LORD.

⁶ All these were at the hand of their father to sing in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps in the service of the house of God. And at the hand of the king was Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman:

¹ {An Instruction of Ethan the Ezrahite} My song shall be always of the loving-kindness of the LORD; with my mouth will I ever be showing thy faithfulness from one generation to another.

³³ And of Merari came the kindreds of the Mahlites and of the Mushites: and these are the kindreds of the Merarites. ³⁴ And the number of them — when all the males from a month old and above was told — drew unto six thousand and two hundred. ³⁵ And the captain of the most ancient house among the kindreds of the Merarites, was Zuriel the son of Abihail, which pitched on the north side of the dwelling. ³⁶ And the office of the sons of Merari was the boards of the dwelling and the bars, pillars with the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof and all that served thereto:

⁴² And the kindreds of the sons of Merari were numbered in their kindreds and in the houses of their fathers,

⁸ And four chariots and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari according unto their offices, under the hands of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

¹⁷ And the habitation was taken down: and the sons of Gershon and Merari went forth bearing the habitation.

⁷ And the children of Merari by their kindreds, had out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

³⁴ And unto the kindreds of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave out of the tribe of Zebulon: Jokneam with her suburbs; Kartah with her suburbs; ³⁵ Dimnah with her suburbs; and Nahalal with her suburbs: Four cities. ³⁶ And out of the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with her suburbs; Jahaz with her suburbs; ³⁷ Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: Four cities. ³⁸ And out of the tribe of Gad, they gave the franchised city of the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs; Mahanaim with her suburbs; ³⁹ Heshbon with her suburbs; and Jazer with her suburbs: Four cities in all, ⁴⁰ so that all the cities of the children of Merari in their kindreds, which were the rest of the kindreds of the Levites, were by their lot, twelve cities.

²⁸ "To wait at the hands of the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the LORD, and to have the oversight of the courts and of the store houses, and of the purifying of all holy things, and of the work of the things that served for the house of God,

¹ These are the generations of Aaron and Moses, when the LORD spake unto Moses in Mount Sinai, ² and these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the eldest son, and Abihu; Eleazar and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of the sons of Aaron which were priests anointed and their hands filled to minister, ⁴ but Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, as they brought strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the sight of Aaron their father.

⁵ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ⁶ "Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. ⁷ And this do unto them when thou cleansest them: sprinkle water of purifying upon them and make a razor to run along upon all the flesh of them, and let them wash their clothes, and then they shall be clean. ⁸ And let them take a bullock and his meat offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and another bullock shalt thou take to be a sin offering. ⁹ Then bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness and gather the whole multitude of the children of Israel together. ¹⁰ And bring the Levites before the LORD, and let the children of Israel put their hands upon the Levites. ¹¹ And let Aaron heave the Levites before the LORD, for a heave offering given of the children of Israel, and then let them be appointed to wait upon the service of the LORD. ¹² And let the Levites put their hands upon the heads of the bullocks, and then offer them: the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. ¹³ And make the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and have them to be a heave offering unto the LORD. ¹⁴ And thou shalt separate the Levites, from among the children of Israel, that they be mine: ¹⁵ and after that, let them go and do the service of the tabernacle of witness. Cleanse them and wave them, ¹⁶ for they are given unto me from among the children of Israel: for I have taken them unto me for all the firstborn that open any matrix among the children of Israel. ¹⁷ "For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: because the same time that I smote the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified them for myself: ¹⁸ and I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn among the children of Israel, ¹⁹ and have given them unto Aaron and his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of witness and to make an atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no plague among the children of Israel, if they come nigh unto the sanctuary." ²⁰ And Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the children of Israel did unto the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses. ²¹ And the Levites purified themselves, and washed their clothes. And Aaron waved them before the LORD, and made an atonement for them to cleanse them. ²² And after that, they went in to do their service in the tabernacle of witness before Aaron and his sons. And according as the LORD had commanded Moses as concerning the Levites, even so they did unto them. ²³ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁴ "This shall be the manner of the Levites: from twenty five years upward they shall go in to wait upon the service in the tabernacle of witness, ²⁵ and at fifty they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall labour no more: ²⁶ but shall minister unto their brethren in the tabernacle of witness, and there wait, but shall do no more service. And see that thou do after this manner unto the Levites in their waiting times."

⁹ Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the multitude of Israel to bring you to him, to do the service of the dwelling place of the LORD, and to stand before the people to minister unto them? ¹⁰ He hath taken thee to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee, and ye seek the office of the priest also.

¹ And the LORD said unto Aaron, "Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in the holy place. And thou and thy sons with thee, shall bear the fault of that which is done amiss in your priesthood. ² And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father take with thee, and let them be joined unto thee and minister unto thee. And thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. ³ And let them wait upon thee and upon all the tabernacle: only let them not come nigh the holy vessels and the altar, that both they and ye also die not. ⁴ And let them be by thee and wait on the tabernacle of witness, and on all the service of the tabernacle, and let no stranger come nigh unto you. ⁵ Wait therefore upon the holy place and upon the altar, that there fall no more wrath upon the children of Israel: ⁶ behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among children of Israel, to be yours, as gifts given unto the LORD to do the service of the tabernacle of witness. ⁷ And see that both thou and thy sons with thee take heed unto your priests' office, in all things that pertain unto the altar and within the veil. And see that ye serve, for I have given your priests' office unto you for a gift to do service: and the stranger that cometh nigh, shall die." ⁸ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, "Behold, I have given thee the keeping of mine heave offerings in all the hallowed things of the children of Israel. And unto thee I have given them unto anointing and to thy sons: to be a duty forever. ⁹ This shall be thine of most holy sacrifices: All their gifts, throughout all their meat offerings, sin offerings and trespass offerings which they bring unto me. They shall be most holy unto thee and unto thy sons. ¹⁰ And ye shall eat it in the most holy place: all that are males shall eat of it, for it shall be holy unto thee. ¹¹ And this shall be thine: the heave offering of their gifts, throughout all the wave offerings of the children of Israel, for I have given them unto thee and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee, to be a duty forever: and all that are clean in thy house, shall eat of it, ¹² all the fat of the oil, of the wine and of the corn: their first fruits which they give unto the LORD that have I given unto thee. ¹³ The first fruits of all that is in their lands which they bring unto the LORD, shall be thine: and all that are clean in thine house, shall eat of it. ¹⁴ All dedicate things in Israel, shall be thine. ¹⁵ All that breaketh the matrix of all flesh that men bring unto the LORD, both of man and beast, shall be thine. Neverthelater, the firstborn of man shall be redeemed, and the firstborn of unclean beasts shall be redeemed. ¹⁶ And their redemptions shall be at a month old, valued at five sicles of silver, of the holy sicle." A sicle maketh twenty Geras. ¹⁷ "But the firstborn of oxen, sheep and goats shall not be redeemed. For they are holy, and thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat to be a sacrifice of a sweet savour unto the LORD. ¹⁸ And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wavebreast and all the right shoulder is thine. ¹⁹ All the holy heave offerings which the children of Israel heave unto the LORD, I give thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, to be a duty forever. And it shall be a salted covenant forever, before the LORD: unto thee and to thy seed with thee." ²⁰ And the LORD spake unto Aaron, "Thou shalt have none inheritance in their land, nor part among them. For I am thy part and thy inheritance among the children of Israel. ²¹ And behold, I have given the children of Levi the tenth in Israel to inherit, for the service which they serve in the tabernacle of witness, ²² that the children of Israel henceforth come not nigh the tabernacle of witness, and bear sin and die. ²³ And the Levites shall do the service in the tabernacle of witness and bear their sin, and it shall be a law forever unto your children after you: But among the children of Israel they shall inherit none inheritance. ²⁴ For the tithes of the children of Israel which they heave unto the LORD, I have given the Levites to inherit. Wherefore I have said unto them, 'Among the children of Israel ye shall inherit none inheritance.'" ²⁵ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁶ "Speak unto the Levites and say unto them, 'When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you of them to your inheritance, ye shall take a heave offering of that same for the LORD: even the tenth of that tithe. ²⁷ And it shall be reckoned unto you for your heave offering, even as though ye gave corn out of the barn or a full offering from the wine press. ²⁸ And of this manner ye shall heave a heave offering unto the LORD, of all your tithes which ye receive of the children of Israel, and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering unto Aaron the priest. ²⁹ Of all your gifts, ye shall take out the LORD's heave offering: even the fat of all their hallowed things.' ³⁰ "And thou shalt say unto them, 'When ye have taken away the fat of it from it, it shall be counted unto the Levites, as the increase of corn and wine. ³¹ And ye shall eat it in all places, both ye and your households, for it is your rewards for your service in the tabernacle of witness. ³² And ye shall bear no sin by the reason of it, when ye have taken from it the fat of it: neither shall ye unhallow the hallowed things of the children of Israel, and so shall ye not die.'"

² And then he gathered together all the lords of Israel with the priests and the Levites.

¹ And David and the captains of the host appointed out to do service, the sons of Asaph of Heman and Jeduthun, which did prophesy with harps, psalteries and cymbals. And they were numbered unto the work according to their office. ² The sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, Asharelah, to wait on Asaph which prophesied by the king. ³ The sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah-Shimei, six, at the hands of their fathers Jeduthun, with harps: which Jeduthun prophesied for to thank and praise the LORD. ⁴ The sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir and Mahazioth. ⁵ All these were of the sons of Heman the king's seer of visions with the word of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶ All these were at the hand of their father to sing in the house of the LORD with cymbals, psalteries and harps in the service of the house of God. And at the hand of the king was Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman: ⁷ But the multitude of them were with their brethren that were cunning in the song of the LORD. And the number of all that taught, were two hundred and fourscore and eight. ⁸ And they cast Lots indifferently how they should wait: the small as well as the great, the scholar as well as the schoolmaster. ⁹ And the first lot of Asaph fell to Joseph. The second to Gedaliah with his brethren and sons, twelve persons. ¹⁰ The third fell to Zaccur with his sons and brethren, being twelve persons. ¹¹ The fourth to Izri with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹² The fifth to Nethaniah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹³ The sixth to Bukkiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁴ The seventh to Jesharelah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁵ The eighth to Jeshaiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁶ The ninth to Mattaniah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁷ The tenth to Shimei with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁸ The eleventh to Azarel with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ¹⁹ The twelfth to Hashabiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁰ The thirteenth to Shubael with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²¹ The fourteenth to Mattithiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²² The fifteenth to Jerimoth with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²³ The sixteenth to Hananiah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁴ The seventeenth to Joshbekashah with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁵ The eighteenth to Hanani with his sons and brethren, twelve persons. ²⁶ The nineteenth to Mallothi with his sons and brethren, twelve persons.

¹ And thou shalt make an altar of sethim-wood: five cubits long and five cubits broad, that it be foursquare, and three cubits high. ² And make it horns proceeding out in the four corners of it, and cover it with brass. ³ And make his ashpans, shovels, basins, fleshhooks, firepans and all the apparel thereof, of brass; ⁴ after the fashion of a net, and put upon the net four rings: even in the four corners of it, ⁵ and put it beneath under the compass of the altar, and let the net reach unto the one half of the altar. ⁶ And make staves for the altar of sethim-wood, and cover them with brass, ⁷ and let them be put in rings along by the sides of the altar, to bear it withal. ⁸ And make the altar hollow with boards: even as it was showed thee in the mount, so let them make it.

³³ And they shall eat them, because the atonement was made therewith to fill their hands and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

³⁶ and offer every day an ox for a sin offering for to reconcile with all. And thou shalt hallow the altar when thou reconcilest it, and shalt anoint it to sanctify it. ³⁷ Seven days thou shalt reconcile the altar and sanctify it, that it may be an altar most holy: so that no man may touch it but they that be consecrate.

¹ And thou shalt make an altar to burn cense therein, of sethim-wood: ² a cubit long, and a cubit broad, even foursquare shall it be and two cubits, high: with horns proceeding out of it, ³ and thou shalt overlay it with fine gold both the roof and the walls round about, and his horns also, and shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about, ⁴ and two golden rings on either side, even under the crown, to put staves therein for to bear it withal. ⁵ And thou shalt make the staves of sethim-wood and cover them with gold. ⁶ And thou shalt put it before the veil that hangeth before the ark of witness, and before the mercy seat that is before the witness, where I will meet thee. ⁷ And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet cense every morning when he dresseth the lamps:

¹⁰ And Aaron shall reconcile his horns once in a year, with the blood of the sin offering of reconciling: even once in the year shall he reconcile it through your generations. And so is it most holy unto the LORD." ¹¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ¹² "When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel and tellest them, they shall give every man a reconciling of his soul unto the LORD, that there be no plague among them when thou tellest them. ¹³ And thus much shall every man give that goeth in the number: half a sicle, after the holy sicle: a sicle is twenty geras: and a half sicle shall be the heave offering unto the LORD. ¹⁴ And all that are numbered of them that are twenty years old and above shall give a heave offering unto the LORD. ¹⁵ The rich shall not pass, and the poor shall not go under, half a sicle; when they give a heave offering unto the LORD for the atonement of their souls. ¹⁶ And thou shalt take the reconciling money of the children of Israel and shalt put it unto the use of the tabernacle of witness, and it shall be a memorial of the children of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for their souls."

⁵ and let him kill the ox before the LORD. And let the priests, Aaron's sons, bring the blood and let them sprinkle it round about upon the altar that is before the door of the tabernacle of witness.

⁷ And then let the sons of Aaron the priest put fire upon the altar, and put wood upon the fire, ⁸ and let them lay the pieces with the head and the fat, upon the wood that is on the fire in the altar. ⁹ But the inwards and the legs they shall wash in water, and the priest shall burn altogether upon the altar, that it be a burnt sacrifice, and an offering of a sweet odour unto the LORD.

²⁰ and shall do with his ox as he did with the sin offering ox. And the priest shall make an atonement for them, and so it shall be forgiven them.

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ² "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the vestures and the anointing oil, and an ox for a sin offering and two rams and a basket of sweet bread: ³ and gather all the community together unto the door of the tabernacle of witness." ⁴ And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the people gathered themselves together unto the door of the tabernacle of witness. ⁵ And Moses said unto the people, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded to do." ⁶ And Moses brought Aaron, and his sons, and washed them with water, ⁷ and put upon him the alb and gird him with a girdle, and put upon him the tunicle, and put the ephod thereon, and girded him with the broidered girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. ⁸ And he put the breastlap thereon, and put in the breastlap light and perfectness. ⁹ And he put the mitre upon his head, and put upon the mitre, even upon the forefront of it, the golden plate of the holy crown, as the LORD commanded Moses. ¹⁰ And Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the habitation and all that was therein and sanctified them,

¹ And the LORD said unto Moses, "Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron and say unto them, 'A priest shall defile himself at the death of none of his people, ² but upon his kin that is nigh unto him: as his mother, father, son, daughter and brother: ³ and on his sister as long as she is a maid and dwelleth nigh him and was never given to man: on her he may defile himself. ⁴ But he shall not make himself unclean upon a ruler of his people to pollute himself withal. ⁵ They shall make them no baldness upon their heads or shave off the locks of their beards, nor make any marks in their flesh. ⁶ They shall be holy unto their God, and not pollute the name of their God, for the sacrifices of the LORD and the bread of their God they do offer: therefore they must be holy. ⁷ "'They shall take no wife that is an whore, or polluted, or put from her husband: for a priest is holy unto his God. ⁸ Sanctify him therefore, for he offereth up the bread of God: he shall therefore be holy unto thee, for I the LORD which sanctify you, am holy. ⁹ If a priest's daughter fall to play the whore, she polluteth her father: therefore she shall be burnt with fire. ¹⁰ He that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured and whose hand was filled to put on the vestments, shall not uncover his head nor rent his clothes, ¹¹ neither shall go to any dead body nor make himself unclean: no not on his father or mother, ¹² neither shall go out of the sanctuary, that he pollute not the holy place of his God, for the crown of the anointing oil of God, is upon him. I am the LORD. ¹³ "'He shall take a maiden unto his wife: ¹⁴ but no widow nor divorced nor polluted whore. But he shall take a maiden of his own people to wife, ¹⁵ that he defile not his seed upon his people. For I am the LORD which sanctify him.'" ¹⁶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ¹⁷ "Speak unto Aaron and say, 'No man of thy seed in their generations that hath any deformity upon him, shall preace for to offer the bread of his God: ¹⁸ For none that hath any blemish shall come near: whether he be blind, lame, snoutnosed, or that hath any monstrous member, ¹⁹ or broken footed, or broken handed, ²⁰ or crook backed, or perleyed, or goggle eyed, or mangy or skald, or hath his stones broken. ²¹ No man that is deformed of the seed of Aaron the priest, shall come nigh to offer the sacrifices of the LORD. If he have a deformity, he shall not preace to offer the bread of his God. ²² Notwithstanding, he shall eat of the bread of his God: even as well of the most holy, as of the holy:

²⁵ And the priest shall make an atonement for all the multitude of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them, for it was ignorance. And they shall bring their gifts unto the offering of the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD for their ignorance.

¹⁶ Then Moses said unto Korah, "Be thou and all thy company before the LORD: both thou, they, and Aaron tomorrow.

¹ The priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel. The offerings of the LORD and his inheritance they shall eat, ² but shall have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD he is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. ³ And this is the duty of the priests, of the people and of them that offer, whether it be ox or sheep: They must give unto the priest, the shoulder and the two cheeks and the maw, ⁴ the first fruits of thy corn, wine and oil, and the first of thy sheep shearing must thou give him. ⁵ For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes to stand and to minister in the name of the LORD: both him and his sons forever. ⁶ If a Levite come out of any of thy cities or any place of Israel, where he is a sojourner, and come with all the lust of his heart unto the place which the LORD hath chosen: ⁷ he shall there minister in the name of the LORD his God as all his brethren the Levites do which stand there before the LORD. ⁸ And they shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh to him of the patrimony of his elders.

⁵ So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab at the commandment of the LORD.

¹ After the death of Moses, the servant of the LORD, the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

²⁴ then the LORD is merciful unto him, and sayeth, 'He shall be delivered, that he fall not down to destruction, for I am sufficiently reconciled.'

¹¹ If now therefore perfection came by the priesthood of the Levites — for under that priesthood the people received the law — what needed it furthermore that another priest should rise, after the order of Melchizedek, and not after the order of Aaron? ¹² Now no doubt, if the priesthood be translated, then of necessity must the law be translated also. ¹³ For he of whom these things are spoken, pertaineth unto another tribe, of which never man served at the altar. ¹⁴ For it is evident that our Lord sprung of the tribe of Judah, of which tribe spake Moses nothing concerning priesthood.

⁴ but Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, as they brought strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and had no children. And Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the sight of Aaron their father.

³² And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, was captain over all the captains of the Levites, and had the oversight of them that waited upon the holy things.

²⁶ and strip Aaron out of his vestments and put them upon Eleazar his son, and let Aaron be put unto his people and die there." ²⁷ And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the multitude. ²⁸ And Moses took off Aaron's clothes and put them upon Eleazar his son, and Aaron died there in the top of the mount.

²² And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation,

³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁴ Eleazar begat Phinehas. Phinehas begat Abishua. ⁵ Abishua begat Bukki. Bukki begat Uzzi. ⁶ Uzzi begat Zerahiah. Zerahiah begat Meraioth. ⁷ Meraioth begat Amariah. Amariah begat Ahitub. ⁸ Ahitub begat Zadok. Zadok begat Ahimaaz. ⁹ Ahimaaz begat Azariah. Azariah begat Johanan.

¹ The division of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

³³ But on the fourth day was the silver and gold and vessels weighed in the house of our God under the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites,

³⁵ And I will stir me up a faithful priest that shall do as it is in mine heart and in my mind. And I will build him a sure house. And he shall walk before mine anointed forever.

²⁴ And behold, Zadok and all the Levites were with him and bare the ark of the covenant of God. And when they had fetched down the Ark of God, Abiathar came up, until the people were all come over, out of the city. ²⁵ Then said the king unto Zadok, "Carry the Ark of God again into the city. If I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me both it and the tabernacle thereof also. ²⁶ But and if the Lord thus say — 'I have no pleasure in thee' — behold, here am I, let him do with me what seemeth best in his eyes." ²⁷ The king said also unto Zadok the priest, "Thou art a seer; return therefore into the city in peace. And take your two sons with you: Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

¹⁵ Then said Hushai unto Zadok and Abiathar the priests, "Of this and that manner did Ahithophel and the elders of Israel counsel Absalom. And thus and thus have I counseled. ¹⁶ Now therefore send quickly and show David, saying, 'Tarry not all night in the fields of the wilderness, but get thee over, lest the king be devoured and all the people that are with him.'" ¹⁷ As for Jonathan and Ahimaaz, they stood by the well of Rogel, and a damsel went thither and told them. They went on their way and told King David, for they durst not be seen to come into the city.

²⁶ But me, thy servant, and Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon he hath not called.

⁴ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host; And Zadok and Abiathar were the priests;

⁸ Ahitub begat Zadok. Zadok begat Ahimaaz.

²⁸ And Zadok, a young man of great power, had his father's household with Captains, twenty two.

¹⁶ And of the sons of Gershom: Shebuel was the chief.

³ And David ordered them on this manner: Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar to be in office by course.

³¹ And these cast lots next to their brethren the sons of Aaron, before David the king and Zadok and Ahimelech and the ancient heads and priests of the Levites: as well the youngest brother as an ancient head.

¹⁵ But the Priests, the Levites the sons of Zadok, that kept the holy ordinances of my Sanctuary, when the children of Israel were gone from me: shall come to me, to do me service, to stand before me, and to offer me the fat and the blood, sayeth the LORD God.

¹⁶ These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their towns and castles; twelve princes of nations.

¹⁰ And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their castles, with fire.

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the fields of Moab by Jordan over against Jericho, saying, ² "Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites, of the inheritance of their possession, cities to dwell in. And ye shall give also unto the cities of the Levites, suburbs round about them. ³ The cities shall be for them to dwell in, and the suburbs for their cattle, possession and all manner beasts of theirs. ⁴ And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about. ⁵ And ye shall measure without the city, and make the utmost border of the east side: two thousand cubits. And the utmost border of the south side: two thousand cubits. And the utmost border of the west side: two thousand cubits. And the utmost border of the north side: two thousand cubits also. And the city shall be in the midst. And these shall be the suburbs of their cities. ⁶ "And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, there shall be six cities of franchise which ye shall give to that intent that he which committeth a slaughter, may fly thither. And to them ye shall add forty two cities more: ⁷ so that all the cities which ye shall give the Levites shall be forty eight, with their suburbs. ⁸ And of the cities which ye shall give out of the possessions of the children of Israel, ye shall give many out of their possessions that have much and few out of their possessions that have little: so that every tribe shall give of his cities unto the Levites, according to the inheritance which he inheriteth."

³ And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritances, at the bidding of the LORD, these cities following with their suburbs. ⁴ And the lot came out unto the kindreds of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest which were of the Levites had given them by lot, out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of Simeon, out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. ⁵ And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot, out of the kindreds of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. ⁶ And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the kindreds of the tribe of Issachar, out of the tribe of Asher, out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the other half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. ⁷ And the children of Merari by their kindreds, had out of the tribe of Reuben, out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. ⁸ And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs as the LORD commanded by Moses.

¹⁰ which the children of Aaron, being of the kindreds of the Kohathites, and of the children of Levi, obtained — for theirs was the first lot.

¹³ And Joshua blessed Caleb the son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron to inherit.

¹³ And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh was there a part given among the children of Judah, by the mouth of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Kiriatharba father of Anak which city is called Hebron.

¹¹ And they gave them Kiriatharba of the father of Anak, which is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs of the same round about it. ¹² But the country that pertained to the city and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh, to be his possession. ¹³ And thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the franchised cities of the slayer, Hebron with her suburbs, and Libnah with her suburbs;

²⁰ And they gave Hebron unto Caleb as Moses said. And he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

¹³ And of these six free cities which ye shall give, ¹⁴ three ye shall give on this side Jordan and three in the land of Canaan. ¹⁵ And these six free cities shall be for the children of Israel and for the stranger and for him that dwelleth among you, that all they which kill any person unawares, may flee thither.

²⁹ Then Joshua went from Makkedah, and all Israel with him unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah.

⁴² Libnah, Ether, and Ashan;

⁴⁸ And in the mountains, they had Shamir, Jattir, and Socoh;

⁷ And they appointed Kadesh in Galilee, in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kiriatharba which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah. ⁸ And on the other side Jordan over against Jericho eastward, they gave Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain, out of the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. ⁹ These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and to the strangers that Sojourned among them that whosoever killed any person ignorantly, the same might flee thither and should not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

¹³ And thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest the franchised cities of the slayer, Hebron with her suburbs, and Libnah with her suburbs; ¹⁴ and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs,

¹⁹ All these cities of the children of Aaron priests were thirteen cities with their Suburbs.

¹⁷ And the sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, Jalon, Thahar, Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Estemoa.

³ Wherefore Adonizedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying,

³⁸ Then Joshua returned and all Israel with him to Debir, and they fought against it,

¹³ The king of Debir; The king of Geder;

⁴⁹ Dannah, and Kiriathsannah, which is Debir;

⁵¹ Goshen, Holon, and Giloh: eleven cities with their villages.

¹⁵ and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,

¹⁰ and then it compasseth from Baalah westward, unto Seir, and then goeth along unto the side of mount Jearim, otherwise called Chesalon, on the north side thereof; and cometh down to Bethshemesh and goeth to Timnah,

¹⁶ and Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: Nine cities out of those two tribes.

¹² And the kine took the straight way to Bethshemesh, both one way, and as they went, lowed, turning neither to the righthand nor to the left. And the lords of the Philistines went after them until they came to the borders of Bethshemesh. ¹³ And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. And they lifted up their eyes and spied the ark. And rejoiced when they saw it. ¹⁴ And the cart came into the grove of one Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood still there. There was there also a great stone. And they clave the wood of the cart and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. ¹⁵ And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the forcer that was thereby, wherein the Jewels of gold were and put them on the great stone. And the men of Bethshemesh sacrificed burnt sacrifice and offered offerings that same day unto the LORD. ¹⁶ And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. ¹⁷ These are the golden arses with hemorrhoids which the Philistines gave to amends for a trespass offering to the LORD: for Ashdod one; for Gaza one; for Ashkelon one; for Gath one; and for Ekron one. ¹⁸ And the golden mice were according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines through the five lordships: both of walled towns and of towns unwalled, even unto the great stone whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Bethshemite. ¹⁹ And he plagued the men of Bethshemesh, because they had seen the ark of the LORD. And he slew of the people fifty thousand and three score and ten persons. And the people lamented, because the LORD had slain so great a slaughter of them.

³² And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan, five towns,

¹³ The pillars also of the temple of the Sun that is in Egypt shall he break in pieces, and burn the temples of the Egyptian's gods."

²⁴ Chepharammoni, Ophni, and Geba: Twelve cities with their villages.

¹⁷ And out of the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon with her suburbs; Geba with her suburbs; ¹⁸ Anathoth with her suburbs; Almon with her suburbs: Four cities.

³ And Jonathan slew the Philistines in a hold they had in Gibeah, and it came to the Philistines' ears. And Saul caused the trumpet to be blown throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear."

²⁶ And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, "Get thee to Anathoth unto thine own fields, for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time kill thee, because thou hast borne the Ark of the Lord Jehovah before David my father, and because thou sufferest with my father in all his afflictions."

⁶ And these are the sons of Ehud, ancient heads among the inhabiters of Geba which carried them to Manahath:

³⁰ The voice of the noise of thy horses, O daughter of Gallim, shall be heard unto Laish and to Anathoth, which also shall be in trouble.

¹ These are the Sermons of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah the Priest, one of them that dwelt at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:

²³ so that none shall remain. For upon the citizens of Anathoth will I bring a plague, and the year of their visitation."

¹² Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem toward the land of Benjamin, to do certain business there among the people.

⁴ And the lot came out unto the kindreds of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest which were of the Levites had given them by lot, out of the tribe of Judah, out of the tribe of Simeon, out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. ⁵ And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot, out of the kindreds of the tribe of Ephraim, out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

²⁰ And the kindreds of the children of Kohath that were Levities — that is to say the other children of Kohath — had the cities of their lot, out of the tribe of Ephraim. ²¹ And they gave them the free city of the slayer: Shechem with her suburbs, in mount Ephraim; and Gezer with her suburbs; ²² and Kibzaim with her suburbs; Bethhoron with her suburbs: Four cities. ²³ And out of the tribe of Dan: Eltekeh with her suburbs; Gibbethon with her suburbs; ²⁴ Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her Suburbs: Four cities. ²⁵ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs; Gathrimmon with her suburbs: Two cities. ²⁶ So that all the cities which were given unto the kindreds of the other children of Kohath, were ten with their suburbs.

¹ The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath and Merari. ² The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

⁶⁶ And concerning the sons of Kohath, the cities of their coasts were of the tribe of Ephraim. ⁶⁷ In which tribe they gave unto them the cities of Refuge: Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs, and Gezer with her suburbs, ⁶⁸ Jokmeam with her suburbs, Bethhoron with her suburbs, ⁶⁹ Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs. ⁷⁰ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs among the kindreds of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

²⁷ And unto the children of Gershon which were of the kindreds of the Levites, they gave out of the other half tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs; Beeshterah with her suburbs: Two cities. ²⁸ And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with her suburbs; Daberath with her suburbs; ²⁹ Jarmuth with her suburbs; Engannim with her suburbs: Four cities. ³⁰ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs; Abdon with her suburbs; ³¹ Helkath with her suburbs; Rehob with her suburbs: Four cities. ³² And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kadesh in Galilee, with her suburbs; Hammothdor, with her suburbs; Kartan with her suburbs: Three cities. ³³ So that all the cities of the Gershonites in their kindreds were thirteen with their Suburbs.

⁷¹ And unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the kindred of the half tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with her suburbs and Ashtaroth with her suburbs. ⁷² And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kadesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, ⁷³ Ramoth with her suburbs and Anem with her suburbs. ⁷⁴ And out of Asher, Mashal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, ⁷⁵ Hukok with her suburbs and Rehob with her suburbs. ⁷⁶ And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kadesh in Galilee with her suburbs, Hammon with her suburbs, and Kiriathjearim with her suburbs. ⁷⁷ And unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with her suburbs and Tabor with her suburbs. ⁷⁸ And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, even on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, Jahzah with her suburbs, ⁷⁹ Kedemoth with her suburbs, Mephaath with her suburbs. ⁸⁰ And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, Mahanaim with her suburbs, ⁸¹ Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

³ And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritances, at the bidding of the LORD, these cities following with their suburbs.

⁴¹ And all the cities that the Levites had in the possession of the children of Israel were forty eight with their suburbs. ⁴² And these cities had each their suburbs round about her throughout all the said cities.

⁵⁷ And to the sons of Aaron they gave the franchised cities, Hebron and Libnah, with their suburbs; and Jattir and Eshtemoa with their suburbs; ⁵⁸ and Hilen with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs; ⁵⁹ and Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs. ⁶⁰ And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and her suburbs, Alemath with her suburbs, Anathoth with her suburbs: so that all their cities among their kindreds were thirteen.

¹⁸ And Jacob came peaceably into the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, after that he was come from Mesopotamia, and pitched before the city;

⁴ And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were under their hands, and all their earrings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under an oak at Shechem.

¹² The king of Eglon; The king of Gezer;

³ and goeth down westward, even unto the coasts of Japhleti, and unto the coasts of Bethhoron the nether, and so to Gezer, and the ends of their coasts came to the sea.

¹⁰ Notwithstanding, they drave not out the Cananites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Cananites dwelt among the Ephraimites unto this day, and pay tribute.

⁷ And they appointed Kadesh in Galilee, in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kiriatharba which is Hebron, in the mountains of Judah.

²¹ And they gave them the free city of the slayer: Shechem with her suburbs, in mount Ephraim; and Gezer with her suburbs;

¹⁶ For Pharaoh, king of Egypt, went up and took Gezer and burnt it with fire, and slew the Cananites that dwelt in the city, and gave it for a present unto his daughter that was Solomon's wife.

¹¹ And as they fled from Israel, even in the going down to Bethhoron, the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them, until they came unto Azekah, that they died. And there were more that died with hailstones, than the children of Israel slew with the sword.

⁵ And the children of Ephraim took their coasts by kindreds. And the coasts of their inheritance eastward were, Atarothaddar, even unto Bethhoron the upper,

²² and Kibzaim with her suburbs; Bethhoron with her suburbs: Four cities.

¹⁸ and another company turned the way to Bethhoron; and the third company turned to the way of the coast that turneth to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

¹² Baanah the son of Ahilud had Taanach, Megiddo, and all Bet-Shean which is by Zarethan beneath Jezreel, and from Bet-Shean to Abelmeholah and unto beyond Jokmeam;

¹² Then spake Joshua unto the LORD, the day when the LORD delivered the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of all Israel, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon."

²⁴ Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her Suburbs: Four cities. ²⁵ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs; Gathrimmon with her suburbs: Two cities.

¹¹ And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher, Bethshean, and her towns: and the inhabiters of Dor, with the towns pertaining to the same: and the inhabiters of Endor with the towns of the same: and the inhabiters of Taanach with her towns and the inhabiters of Megiddo with the towns of the same, even three countries:

²⁵ And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs; Gathrimmon with her suburbs: Two cities.

⁴ after that he had smote Sihon the king of the Amorites which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan which dwelt at Ashtaroth in Edrei.

⁴³ Bezer in the wilderness, even in the plain country, among the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead among the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan among the Manassites.

¹⁰ and all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites beyond Jordan, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan which dwelt at Ashtaroth.

⁸ And on the other side Jordan over against Jericho eastward, they gave Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain, out of the tribe of Reuben and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

²⁷ And unto the children of Gershon which were of the kindreds of the Levites, they gave out of the other half tribe of Manasseh, the city of refuge for the slayer, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs; Beeshterah with her suburbs: Two cities.

³⁷ Kadesh, Edrei, and Enhazor;

²⁸ And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with her suburbs; Daberath with her suburbs; ²⁹ Jarmuth with her suburbs; Engannim with her suburbs: Four cities.

³² And out of the tribe of Naphtali, the city of refuge for the slayer, Kadesh in Galilee, with her suburbs; Hammothdor, with her suburbs; Kartan with her suburbs: Three cities.

⁹ And she answered, "I will surely go with thee, but then the praise shall not be thine in the way which thou goest, for the LORD shall deliver Sisera into the hands of a woman." And she arose and went with Barak to Kadesh.

²⁶ Allamelech, Amad, and Mishal; and met at Carmel on the sea, and at Shihor and at Libnath

³⁰ And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs; Abdon with her suburbs; ³¹ Helkath with her suburbs; Rehob with her suburbs: Four cities.

²² The king of Kadesh; The king of Jokneam in Carmel;

⁶ And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam, out of Kadesh in Naphtali, and said unto him, "The LORD God of Israel commandeth thee, that thou go and draw to mount Tabor and take with thee ten thousand men, of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun.

³⁴ And unto the kindreds of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave out of the tribe of Zebulon: Jokneam with her suburbs; Kartah with her suburbs; ³⁵ Dimnah with her suburbs; and Nahalal with her suburbs: Four cities.

⁴¹ Then Moses severed three cities on the other side Jordan toward the sun rising, ⁴² that he should flee thither which had killed his neighbour unawares and hated him not in time past, and therefore should flee unto one of the same cities and live: ⁴³ Bezer in the wilderness, even in the plain country, among the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead among the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan among the Manassites.

³⁶ And out of the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with her suburbs; Jahaz with her suburbs; ³⁷ Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: Four cities.

² And when Jacob saw them, he said, "This is God's host," and called the name of that same place Mahanaim.

³⁸ And out of the tribe of Gad, they gave the franchised city of the slayer, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs; Mahanaim with her suburbs; ³⁹ Heshbon with her suburbs; and Jazer with her suburbs: Four cities in all,

²⁴ Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, both he and all the men of Israel with him.

²⁷ And when David was come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash out of Rabbah, the city of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel out of Lodebar and Barzillai the Gileadite out of Rogelim,

³² which Barzillai was a very aged man, even four score year old, and had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim: for he was a man of very great substance.

³ Then said the king of Israel unto his servants, "Know ye not that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we sit still and take it not out of the hands of the king of Syria?" ⁴ And he said unto Jehoshaphat, "Wilt thou go with me to battle, to Ramoth in Gilead?" And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, "I will be as thou art, and my people shall be as thine, and my horses as thine." ⁵ And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, "Ask counsel, I pray thee, of the LORD today." ⁶ And then the king of Israel gathered of the Prophets together, upon a four hundred men, and said unto them, "Shall I go to Ramoth in Gilead to battle, or be still?" And they said, "Go: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hands of the king." ⁷ And Jehoshaphat said, "Is there never a Prophet of the LORD's here, more, that we might enquire of him?" ⁸ And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one, by whom we may ask counsel of the LORD: one Micaiah the son of Imlah. But I hate him: for he never prophesieth good unto me, but evil." And Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." ⁹ Then the king of Israel called unto one of his chamberlains and said, "Fetch Micaiah the son of Imlah hither at once." ¹⁰ And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat either in his seat and their apparel on them, in a void place beside the entering of the gate of Samaria, and all the Prophets prophesying before them. ¹¹ And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron and said, "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'With these horns thou shalt winnow the Syrians until thou have made an end of them." ¹² And all the Prophets prophesied even so, saying, "Go to Ramoth in Gilead and prosper, for the LORD shall deliver it into the hands of the king." ¹³ And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah, said unto him, "See, the words of the Prophets speak good unto the king with one voice: let thy words, I pray thee, be like the words of one of them, and speak that is good." ¹⁴ And Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, what the LORD putteth in my mouth, that will I speak." ¹⁵ And when he was come to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth in Gilead to battle, or shall we be still?" And he said unto him, "Go and prosper, the LORD deliver it unto the hands of the king." ¹⁶ And the king said unto him, "How often shall I adjure thee, that thou tell me nothing but truth, in the name of the LORD?" ¹⁷ Then he said, "I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have no shepherds. And the LORD said, 'Those have no master; let them return, every man to his house in peace.'" ¹⁸ Then said the king of Israel to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell thee, that he would prophesy no good unto me, but evil?" ¹⁹ And Micaiah said, "Hear therefore the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sit on his seat and all his company of heaven standing about him, on his righthand and on his left. ²⁰ And the LORD said, 'Who shall deceive Ahab that he may go and be slain at Ramoth in Gilead?' And one said on this manner and another on that. ²¹ Then came forth a spirit and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will deceive him.' And the LORD said, 'Wherewith?' ²² And he said, 'I will go out and be a false spirit in the mouths of all Prophets.' And the LORD said, 'Thou shalt deceive him and also prevail, go forth and do even so.' ²³ Now therefore behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy Prophets: when in very deed the LORD hath spoken evil toward thee." ²⁴ Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, "How is the spirit of the LORD gone from me, to speak in thee?" ²⁵ And Micaiah said, "Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thee." ²⁶ And the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and carry him back again into Amon the governor of the city, and unto Joab the king's son, ²⁷ and say, 'Thus sayeth the king. Put ye this fellow in the prison house and feed him with bread and water straightly, until I return in peace.'" ²⁸ Then Micaiah said, "If thou come safe again, the LORD hath not spoken in me." And he said moreover, "Hearken to the people every one of you."

¹ And Elisha the prophet called unto one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, "Gird up thy loins and take this box of oil in thine hand and get thee to Ramoth in Gilead.

⁷³ Ramoth with her suburbs and Anem with her suburbs.

²⁵ And Israel took all these cities and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites: in Heshbon and in all the towns that long thereto.

³² And Moses sent to search out Jazer, and they took the towns belonging thereto and conquered the Amorites that were there.

¹ The children of Reuben and the children of Gad had an exceeding great multitude of cattle. And when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was an apt place for cattle,

³ "The land of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

³⁷ And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

²⁴ 'Rise up, take your journey and go over the river Arnon. Behold, I have given into thy hand Sihon the Amorite king of Heshbon, and his land. Go to, and conquer and provoke him to battle.

²⁵ And their coasts were Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that lieth before Rabbah; ²⁶ And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the borders of Debir.

³⁹ Heshbon with her suburbs; and Jazer with her suburbs: Four cities in all,

²² And thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and partest them according to their portions, so that they possessed the land of Sihon king of Heshbon, and the land of Og the king of Bashan.

⁴ Thy neck is as it were a tower of ivory; thine eyes are like the water pools in Heshbon, by the port of Bathrabbim. Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon, which looketh toward Damascus.