1 Chronicles 26 Cross References - Thomson

¹ And for the guards of the gates were the Korites, Mosellamia, of the sons of Asaph; ² and for Mosellamia were Son Zacharias the first born, Jadiel the second, Zabadia the third, Jenuel the fourth, ³ Jolam the fifth, Jonathan the sixth, Elionai the seventh, ⁴ Abdedom the eighth; and the sons of Abdedom were, Samaias the first born, Jozabath the second, Joath the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathaniel the fifth, ⁵ Amiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Philathi the eighth; because God had blessed him, ⁶ therefore for Samia his son, there were born, sons of his first born, Rosai, to make his a patriarchal house, ⁷ because the Samaites had heads of families, namely Othni and Raphael, and Obed and Elzabeth, and Achiud, mighty sons, Eliu and Sabachia, and Isbakom, ⁸ all descendants of the sons of Abdedom, they and their sons and their brethren, acting as heads of families in the service. All the sons of Abdedom were sixty two. ⁹ And the sons of Mosellamia with their brethren, were eighteen heads of families. ¹⁰ Osa, also of the children of Merari, had sons who kept up his chieftancy. Because he was not first born, therefore his father made him chief of the second branch. ¹¹ Chelkias was the second, Tablai the third, Zacharias the fourth. All the sons and brethren of Osa were thirteen. ¹² Among these the gates were distributed, the heads of families having daily courses like their brethren, to do service in the house of the Lord. ¹³ And they cast lots, the junior as well as the senior, according to the houses of their families for their respective gates. ¹⁴ And the lot for the eastern gate fell to Selemia and Zacharias. The sons of Joaz having cast lots, the north gate fell to Melchia; ¹⁵ and to Abdedom the south gate over against the house of Esephim; ¹⁶ to Osa that to the west, behind the gate of the chamber of ascent, guard being over against guard. ¹⁷ Eastward there were six a day, northward four a day, southward four a day, and two for Esephim to relieve each other; ¹⁸ and for Osa westward behind the gate of the chamber, three, a watch over against the watch of the ascent. On the east six a day, and on the north four, and on the south four, and at Esephim two to relieve each other, ¹⁹ and at the west four, and for the causeway two to relieve each other. These distributions of the guards of the gates were among the Korites and the Merarites. ²⁰ And with regard to the Levites their brethren, who were over the treasures of the house of the Lord and over the treasures of dedicated things, ²¹ these were Ladanites, the sons of Ladan the Gersonite; the heads of families belonging to Ladan. To Ladan the Gersonite belonged Jeiel, ²² the sons of Jeiel; Zethom .and Joel. These brethren were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. ²³ With respect to the Ambramites and Isaarites. Chebronites and Ozielites; ²⁴ Subael son of Gersam, son of Moses, was over the treasures. ²⁵ And to his brother Eliezer belonged Rabias a son, and Josias and Joram, and Zechri and Salomoth. ²⁶ This Salomoth and his brethren were over the treasures of the dedicated things, which were dedicated by David the king and by the chiefs of families, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and generals of the army, ²⁷ which they had taken from the cities and from the spoils won in battle, and of which they had dedicated a part, that the building of the house of God might not be delayed. ²⁸ They had the charge also of all the dedications made to God by Samuel the prophet, and by Saul son of Kis, and by Abenner son of Ner, and Joab son of Saruia. All that they dedicated was under the care of Salomoth and his brethren. ²⁹ Of the Issaarites, Chonenia and sons had the charge of the business abroad over Israel, to act as scribes and judges. ³⁰ And of the Chebronites, Asabias and his brethren, heads of subordinate families, amounting to seventeen hundred, had the oversight of Israel on the western bank of the Jordan, for every service of the Lord and every work of the king. ³¹ With regard to the Ozielites, Ourias was the chief of the Ozielites, according to their genealogies by families. In the fortieth year of the king's reign they were reviewed, and the head man among them was found at Jazer of Galaaditis. ³² And his brethren, the heads of subordinate families, were two thousand seven hundred. And king David set them over the Reubenites and the Gadites, and the half of the tribe of Manasses, for every ordinance of the Lord and every affair of the king.

⁹ and the sons of Eliab were Namuel; and Dathan, and Abiron. These were the head families of the congregation. These were they who conspired against Moses and Aaron, in the company of Kore in the insurrection against the Lord. ¹⁰ And the earth, opening its mouth, swallowed them up with Kore, at the time when his company died; when the fire consumed the two hundred and fifty, and they were made a sign; ¹¹ but the children of Kore died not.

³⁷ son of Thaath, son of Aser, son of Abiasaph, son of Kore,

¹⁷ the keepers of the gates, Salom, Akum, Telmon and Diman and their brethren, Salom being at this time, the chief ¹⁸ at the king's gate, namely the eastern gate, of the camp of the Levites; ¹⁹ and Sellum son of Kore, son of Abiasaph, son of Kore. Now his brethren, for the house of his father, namely the Korites, were over the works of the service keeping the watches of the tabernacle, and their fathers were over the camp of the Lord guarding the entrance. ²⁰ And Phineas son of Eleazar was the ruler over them, and these were his assistants; ²¹ Zacharias son of Mosollomi, keeper of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, ²² all the chosen keepers of the gates, were two hundred and twelve. With respect to the distribution of these in their respective courts, David and Samuel the seer appointed them to their office, ²³ and they and their sons had the charge of the gates in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the tabernacle, to keep watch. ²⁴ The gates were according to the four winds, east, west, north, and south. ²⁵ And their brethren in the villages were to relieve them, every seven days from time to time. ²⁶ Because the four chiefs had the charge of the gates, and the Levites who were over the store houses, and over the treasures of the house of God ²⁷ encamp near; because the watch rested on them, therefore they had the charge of the keys to open every morning, the doors of the sanctuary.

¹⁸ and with them their brethren of the second rank, Zacharias and Oziel, and Semiramoth and Jeiel, and Elioel and Eliab, and Banaia and Maasaia, and Matthathia and Eliphena, and Makellia and Abdedom, and Jeiel and Ozias, the keepers of the gates;

²³ And Barachia and Elkana were door keepers of the ark. ²⁴ And Somnia and Josaphat, and Nathaniel and Amasai, and Zacharia and Banaia, and Eliezer the priests, sounded the trumpets before the ark of God. And Abdedom and Jeia were door keepers of the ark of God.

¹⁹ And the keepers of the gates attended at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none might enter who was in any respect unclean.

¹ For the conclusion. For the sons of Kore. A Psalm for Understanding. O God, we have heard with our ears: our fathers have told us the work which thou didst in the days of old.

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm for the sons of Kore. Hear these things, all ye nations; listen attentively, all ye inhabitants of the World!

²¹ Zacharias son of Mosollomi, keeper of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony,

²¹ and Mattathias and Eliphalu, and Makenia and Abdedom, and Jeiel and Ozias, on kinyras in Amasenith to give a strong sound.

²⁴ And Somnia and Josaphat, and Nathaniel and Amasai, and Zacharia and Banaia, and Eliezer the priests, sounded the trumpets before the ark of God. And Abdedom and Jeia were door keepers of the ark of God.

⁵ Asaph was the leader, and to him responded Zacharias, Jeiel, Semiramoth and Jeiel, Matthathias, Eliab and Banaias, Abdedom and Jeiel, with musical instruments, nablas and kinyras; but Asaph used the cymbal;

³⁸ And with regard to Abdedom and his brethren who were sixty eight, Abdedom son of Idithun and Osa were to be door keepers.

¹ A Song of the steps. Happy are all they who fear the Lord, who walk continually in his ways.

¹² press, with an intent to flee from before Madiam. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, The Lord

⁷ Now therefore let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and the house of Juda have anointed me to be king over them.

²⁸ with Sadok a young man of valour, and of his patriarchal family twenty two chiefs;

⁸ all descendants of the sons of Abdedom, they and their sons and their brethren, acting as heads of families in the service. All the sons of Abdedom were sixty two.

¹⁷ And Azarias the priest went in after him and with him eighty priests of the Lord, valiant men.

¹⁴ and his brethren fit to be mustered, a hundred and twenty eight, and their overseer was Badiel one of the nobles.

¹² Maintain the good combat of faith. Lay hold on the life everlasting to which thou hast been invited, and of which thou hast made a good profession before many witnesses.

³ Do thou therefore endure hardships as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ and to one gave five talents and to another two, and to another one; to every one according to his respective ability, and straightway set out on his journey.

⁴ Now, there are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit; ⁵ and there are diversities of offices, but the same Lord; ⁶ and there are diversities of energies, but it is the same God who by his inward operation worketh all these effects in all. ⁷ Now, this manifestation of the spirit is given to every one for that which is profitable. ⁸ For to one is given, by the spirit, a word of wisdom; and to another, a word of knowledge according to the same spirit; ⁹ and to another, faith, by the same spirit; and to another, gifts of healing, by the same spirit; ¹⁰ and to another, mighty powers of working miracles; and to another, the gift of prophecy; and to another, that of discerning spirits; and to another, divers languages; and to another, the interpretation of languages. ¹¹ Now, it is one and the same spirit who effecteth all these, distributing his own as he pleaseth, to every one.

⁶ who hath qualified us to be ministers of a new covenant; not of letter but of spirit; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

¹¹ if any one speaketh, as speaking the oracles of God; if any one dispenseth, as dispensing out of a stock which God supplieth; that in all things God may be gloried through Jesus Christ, to whom belongeth the glory and the power, for the ages of the ages. Amen.

¹ And for the guards of the gates were the Korites, Mosellamia, of the sons of Asaph;

¹⁴ And the lot for the eastern gate fell to Selemia and Zacharias. The sons of Joaz having cast lots, the north gate fell to Melchia;

¹ And the sons of Reuben the first born of Israel; for he was the first born, but when he went up to his father's bed, his father gave his birth right to his son Joseph as the son of Israel: yet in the genealogy he did not attain the right of primogeniture; ² for Juda being mighty in power prevailed over his brethren to have the Ruler appointed out of him, though the blessing was Joseph's.

⁸ And they cast lots for their daily courses, as well the younger as the senior, both teachers and scholars.

⁵ These he distributed by lot, one with the other. Because there were chiefs of the holies, and chiefs of the Lord, among the sons of Eleazar and among the sons of Ithamar,

³¹ they also drew lots as their brethren the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of the king and of Sadok and Achimelech, the senior chiefs of the families both of the priests and the Levites submitting to the lot equally with their younger brethren.

¹⁷ Eastward there were six a day, northward four a day, southward four a day, and two for Esephim to relieve each other;

²⁴ and he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels found in the house of the Lord, and in the custody of Abdedom; and the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria.

⁵ and his provisions, and the order in which his servants sat at table, and in which the attendants stood; and his dress, and his cup bearers, and his whole burnt offerings which he offered in the house of the Lord, she was struck with surprise,

¹⁰ Osa, also of the children of Merari, had sons who kept up his chieftancy. Because he was not first born, therefore his father made him chief of the second branch. ¹¹ Chelkias was the second, Tablai the third, Zacharias the fourth. All the sons and brethren of Osa were thirteen. ¹² Among these the gates were distributed, the heads of families having daily courses like their brethren, to do service in the house of the Lord.

⁴ and the provisions of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the order of his attendants and their apparel, and his butlers and their dress, and the whole burnt offerings which he offered in the house of the Lord, she was astonished,

²⁴ And these were the chiefs of the Levites, Asabia and Sarabia and Jesu, and the sons of Kadmiel and their brethren, were over against them for the hymn, to sing praises according to the command of David the man of God course for course.

²⁴ The gates were according to the four winds, east, west, north, and south.

¹⁴ And according to the regulation of his father David, he appointed the courses of the priests according to their services; and the Levites were set to their charges to sing praises and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; and the keepers of the gates were distributed into their classes for every gate. For so David, the man of God had commanded.

¹¹ And he burned the houses which the kings of Juda had dedicated to the sun at the entrance of the house of the Lord, at the treasury office of Nathan, the king's chamberlain, at Pharurim. He burned also with fire the chariot of the sun,

¹¹ Thou and all this thy company who are tumultuously assembled before God? As for Aaron, who is he that you murmur against him?

⁵¹ And when all the work was finished which Solomon made for the house of the Lord, then Solomon brought the dedications of his father David, and his own dedications, the silver and the gold, and the utensils, and deposited them in the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

²⁶ and took all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and the golden lances which David had taken out of the hand of the servants of Adraazar king of Suba, and brought to Jerusalem. All these he took,, together with the golden armour which Solomon had made, and carried them away to Egypt.

¹⁸ Asa took all the silver and gold which was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and delivered it into the hands of his servants; and Asa despatched them to Son Ader, son of Taberema the son of Azin king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying,

²⁶ Because the four chiefs had the charge of the gates, and the Levites who were over the store houses, and over the treasures of the house of God ²⁷ encamp near; because the watch rested on them, therefore they had the charge of the keys to open every morning, the doors of the sanctuary. ²⁸ Now some of the Levites were over the implements of the service, for they were to be brought in and carried out by tale. ²⁹ So some were over the implements, and over all the holy vessels, and over the fine flour, the wine and the oil, the frankincense and the spices. ³⁰ And of the sons of the priests, some were confectioners and prepared the spices.

¹¹ And all the vessels of gold and silver and brass, which he brought, these king David dedicated to the Lord, together with the silver and the gold which he took from all the nations from Idumea and Moab, and from the Ammonites and the Philistines and from Amelek.

³ He provided also iron in abundance for nails, for the doors and gates, and for hinges; and brass in abundance, without weight, ⁴ and cedar beams innumerable; for the Sidonians and Tyrians, brought for David, cedar timber in abundance.

¹⁴ Now behold according to my poor ability I have provided for the house of the Lord a hundred talents of gold, and ten hundred talents of silver, and brass and iron without weight, because of their abundance. I have also provided timber and stones, but thou must add thereto. ¹⁵ And thou must add to the number of Workmen of whom there are with thee artists, and masons and carpenters and men skilled in every kind of work, ¹⁶ of gold and silver and brass and iron, an innumerable number. Up therefore; and fall to work. And the Lord be with thee.

²² the sons of Jeiel; Zethom .and Joel. These brethren were over the treasures of the house of the Lord.

²⁴ Subael son of Gersam, son of Moses, was over the treasures.

²⁶ This Salomoth and his brethren were over the treasures of the dedicated things, which were dedicated by David the king and by the chiefs of families, the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and generals of the army, ²⁷ which they had taken from the cities and from the spoils won in battle, and of which they had dedicated a part, that the building of the house of God might not be delayed. ²⁸ They had the charge also of all the dedications made to God by Samuel the prophet, and by Saul son of Kis, and by Abenner son of Ner, and Joab son of Saruia. All that they dedicated was under the care of Salomoth and his brethren.

¹² and the plan which he had in his mind of the courts of the house of the Lord, and of all the chambers round about; those for store houses for the house of the Lord; and of the depositories for the holy things, and the lodging rooms; ¹³ and of the daily courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the service of the house of the Lord; and of the depositories for the vessels used in the service of the house of the Lord; ¹⁴ and the exact weight of these vessels, whether made of gold or of silver. ¹⁵ He gave him the weight of the candle sticks and of the lamps. ¹⁶ He gave him likewise the weight of the tables for the shew bread; of every table made of gold, and likewise of those to be made of silver; ¹⁷ and of the flesh forks and the libation cups, and of the cups of gold; the weight both of those to be made of gold and of those to be made of silver; and of the censers, of each its several weight; ¹⁸ and pointed out to him the weight of the utensils of the altar of incense, which was to be of pure gold; and the model of the chariot of the cherubims with expanded wings, which over shadow the ark of the covenant of the Lord. ¹⁹ All these David gave to Solomon in a drawing of the hand of the Lord, according to the knowledge given him of the workmanship of the model.

² According to my utmost ability I have provided for the house of my God, gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, stones of Soam, and stones to be set, precious and variegated, every kind of precious stones, and Parian marble in abundance. ³ Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, the gold and silver which I kept for myself, behold this I have given for the house of my God, over and above what I provided for the house of the Holies; ⁴ three thousand talents of the gold of Souphir, and seven thousand talents of pure silver, for overlaying therewith the walls of the sanctuary, ⁵ the gold for that to be done with gold, and the silver for that to be done with silver, and for every work to be made by the hand of artists. Now let every one who is so inclined fill his hands this day for the Lord. ⁶ Thereupon the chiefs of families, and the chiefs of the sons of Israel, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the king's works and his builders, were liberally disposed, ⁷ and gave for the works of the house of the Lord five thousand talents and ten thousand pieces of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron. ⁸ And they who had precious stones gave them for the treasures of the house of the Lord which were under the care of Jeiel the Gersonite.

¹¹ Thereupon Ezekias ordered them to prepare store houses for the house of the Lord. And when they had prepared them, ¹² they stored up therein the dedications and the tythes for a common stock. And over them Chonenias the Levite, was overseer, and his brother Semei was his deputy.

⁶⁹ According: to their ability they contributed to the treasure for the work, sixty one thousand mnas of pure gold, and five thousand mnas of silver, and a hundred garments for the priests.

¹⁰ Now let that which hath been plundered from him be in his house. Turn now in this respect, saith the Lord Almighty: [see] if I will not open for you the flood gates of heaven and pour my blessing upon you, until there is enough;

¹⁷ Now these are the names of the sons of Gerson, Lobeni and Semei.

⁷ Now to Gerson belonged Edan and Semei;

⁸ And they who had precious stones gave them for the treasures of the house of the Lord which were under the care of Jeiel the Gersonite.

⁸ the sons of Edan, were chief Jeiel, and Zethan and Joel, three:

²⁰ And with regard to the Levites their brethren, who were over the treasures of the house of the Lord and over the treasures of dedicated things,

³⁸ and the priest, the son of Aaron, shall share with the Levite in the Levite's tythe; and the Levites shall carry the tythe of their tythe to the house of our God; to the store houses for the house of our God;

¹⁹ And these are the sons of Kaath according to their communities, Amram and Issaar, Chebron and Oziel.

²⁷ To the Kaathites belonged the community of the Amramites, and the community of the Issaarites, and the community of the Chebronites, and the community of the Ozielites. These are the communities of the Kaathites

¹² And the sons of Kaath were Ambram, Issaar, Chebron, Oziel; four.

¹⁵ The sons of Moses, were Gersam and Eliezer. ¹⁶ Of the Gersamites, Subael was chief,

²⁰ And for the rest of the Levites; for the Ambramites, Sobael; for the sons of Sobael, Jedia;

⁴ and the name of the other Eliezar; for the God of my fathers, said he, hath been my help, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Pharao]

¹⁵ The sons of Moses, were Gersam and Eliezer.

¹⁷ and of the Eliezerites, Rabia was chief. Now Eliezer had no other sons; but the sons of Rabia were increased to a multitude. ¹⁸ The sons of Issaar, were Salomith the chief.

³⁰ And from the children of Israel's half thou shalt take one in fifty of the captives, and of the cattle, and the sheep, and the asses; of all these beasts. And these thou shalt give to the Levites, who keep the watch at the tabernacle of the Lord. ³¹ So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. ³² And the whole amount of the booty which the warriors had taken, was, of sheep six hundred and seventy five thousand; ³³ of cattle seventy two thousand, ³⁴ and sixty one thousand asses; ³⁵ and of the human species, namely, of the women who had not known man, all the souls were thirty two thousand. ³⁶ So that the half which was the share of those who went to war, was, from the number of sheep, three hundred and thirty seven thousand five hundred; ³⁷ of which the tribute for the Lord was six hundred and seventy five; ³⁸ and of cattle, thirty six thousand, of which the tribute for the Lord was seventy two; ³⁹ and of asses, thirty thousand five hundred, of which the tribute for the Lord was sixty one; ⁴⁰ and the human beings were sixteen thousand, of whom the tribute for the Lord was thirty two. ⁴¹ And this tribute for the Lord, this dedication made to God by setting it apart, Moses gave to Eleazar the priest as the Lord commanded Moses. ⁴² And from the half belonging to the children of Israel, between whom and the warriors Moses had made the division; ⁴³ now the congregation's half was three hundred and thirty seven thousand five hundred sheep, ⁴⁴ thirty six thousand cattle, ⁴⁵ thirty thousand five hundred asses, ⁴⁶ and of human beings, sixteen thousand; ⁴⁷ from this half, belonging to the children of Israel, Moses took one in fifty, of man and beast, and gave them to the Levites, who kept the watch at the tabernacle of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Moses. ⁴⁸ Then all the officers over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, ⁴⁹ came to Moses, and said to him, Thy servants have taken an account of all the warriors who were with us, and there is not one of them missing. ⁵⁰ We have therefore brought, as every man chanced to find a jewel of gold, either a necklace, or a bracelet, or a ring, or an ornament for the right arm, or a chain, to make atonement for us before the Lord. ⁵¹ So Moses and Eleazar the priest, received from them the gold; all the wrought jewels; ⁵² and the whole amount of the gold, the dedication which they set apart for the Lord, was, sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. This they received from the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds.

¹¹ And king David dedicated these to the Lord, with the silver and the gold which he had dedicated out of all the cities which he had subdued;

¹⁴ Now behold according to my poor ability I have provided for the house of the Lord a hundred talents of gold, and ten hundred talents of silver, and brass and iron without weight, because of their abundance. I have also provided timber and stones, but thou must add thereto.

² According to my utmost ability I have provided for the house of my God, gold, silver, brass, iron, wood, stones of Soam, and stones to be set, precious and variegated, every kind of precious stones, and Parian marble in abundance. ³ Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, the gold and silver which I kept for myself, behold this I have given for the house of my God, over and above what I provided for the house of the Holies; ⁴ three thousand talents of the gold of Souphir, and seven thousand talents of pure silver, for overlaying therewith the walls of the sanctuary, ⁵ the gold for that to be done with gold, and the silver for that to be done with silver, and for every work to be made by the hand of artists. Now let every one who is so inclined fill his hands this day for the Lord. ⁶ Thereupon the chiefs of families, and the chiefs of the sons of Israel, and the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, and the overseers of the king's works and his builders, were liberally disposed, ⁷ and gave for the works of the house of the Lord five thousand talents and ten thousand pieces of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron. ⁸ And they who had precious stones gave them for the treasures of the house of the Lord which were under the care of Jeiel the Gersonite. ⁹ And the people were rejoiced at this readiness, for with a per 10 feet heart they gave liberally to the Lord. And David the king was exceedingly rejoiced,

¹⁹ All the silver, and the gold, and the brass, and the iron, shall be consecrated to the Lord, and carried to the Lord's treasury.

¹⁴ for they were to give it to them who did the work; and with it they were to keep in repair the house of the Lord.

³² and that we will confirm the commands upon us to give every year a third of a didrachm for the service of the house of our God, ³³ for the presence loaves and the sacrifice of the daily oblation and for the whole burnt offering of every day, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the festivals and for the holy things, namely, the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for the works of the house of our God: ³⁴ and that we the priests and the Levites and the people who have cast lots touching the bringing of wood, will bring it for the house of our God, for the house of our families, at the set times and seasons yearly, to be burned on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law:

⁹ Now heretofore in Israel, when any one went to consult God, he spoke thus, Come let us go to the Seer; for the people in former times called the prophet, Seer.

⁴⁷ Now Saul cast lots for the administration of government. Every work over Israel was determined by lot. And he made war on all his enemies round about, on Moab, and on the children of Ammon, and the children of Edom, and on Baithaior, and on the king of Suba, and on the Philistines, and whithersoever he turned he was saved. ⁴⁸ He formed also an army and smote Amelek, and delivered Israel out of the hand of those who had trampled on them. ⁴⁹ Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Jessiou, and Melchisa, and these were the names of his two daughters. The name of his first born was Merob, and the name of his second Melchol. ⁵⁰ And the name of his wife was Achinoam. She was the daughter of Achimaas. And the name of his captain general was Abenner. He was the son of Ner, Saul's uncle; ⁵¹ for Kis the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abenner, were sons of Jamin, son of Abiel.

⁵⁵ [Omitted]

⁹ When Joab saw that there was a front of battle against him both before and behind, he made a draught from among all the youth of Israel, and set them in array against the Syrians, ¹⁰ and he committed the residue of the people to his brother Abessa; and they drew up in array against the children of Ammon. ¹¹ And Joab said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, you must come to my assistance; and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, we will come to save thee. ¹² Act manfully, and let us shew our courage for our people and for the cities of our God. And the Lord will do what is good in his sight. ¹³ Then Joab, and all his people with him, advanced to battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him. ¹⁴ And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they also fled before Abessa, and entered the city. Whereupon Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

⁴ Of these, twenty four thousand were for the works for the house of the Lord; and six thousand were scribes and judges;

²³ With respect to the Ambramites and Isaarites. Chebronites and Ozielites;

⁸ In Jerusalem also Josaphat appointed some of the priests and Levites and patriarchs of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and to judge the inhabitants of Jerusalem. ⁹ And he gave them a charge, saying, Thus shall you act, in the fear of the Lord, with truth and with an upright heart; ¹⁰ You must all conjointly determine every cause of your brethren who dwell in their cities, which shall come before you for decision, between blood and blood, and between ordinance and command. And you shall explain to them the rules of rectitude and judgments, that they may not sin against the Lord, and that no wrath may come upon you, nor upon your brethren. Thus you shall do and not sin. ¹¹ And behold Amarias the priest, is ruler over you for every word of the Lord, and Zabdias son of Ismael, the ruler over the house of Juda, for every matter touching the king; and the scribes and the Levites are to attend you. Be firm and do your duty, and the Lord will be with the good.

¹³ was over the bearers of burdens, and over all the men who executed the works, one to every piece of work, and some of the Levites were scribes and judges and keepers of the gates.

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¹⁹ The sons of Chebron, were Jeria the chief, Amaria the second, Jeziel the third, Jekemias the fourth

¹⁷ over Levi, Asabias the son of Kamuel; over the Aaronites, Sadok;

³⁹ and Esbon with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs; all the cities four.

¹¹ Now all the days which David reigned over Israel were forty years. He reigned seven years at Chebron, and thirty three years at Jerusalem.

²⁷ seven years at Chebron and thirty three at Jerusalem,

⁹ [p] Let me therefore weep, as with the weeping of Jazer, for the vineyards of Sebama. He hath cut down thy trees, Esebon and Eleale. [J] Because in harvest and at thy vintage I will trample down and all shall be laid prostrate;

³⁷ and from beyond the Jordan; from battle and Gad, and from the half of the tribe of Manasses, with all the implements of war, a hundred and twenty thousand.

¹² and said to them, You chiefs of the families of the Levites, purify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may carry up the ark of the God of Israel to the place which I have prepared for it;

²⁴ These are the sons of Levi, according to the houses of their patriarchal families. The chiefs of these families, according to the review of them, according to the number of their names was polled to perform the works of the service of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upwards.

¹¹ And behold Amarias the priest, is ruler over you for every word of the Lord, and Zabdias son of Ismael, the ruler over the house of Juda, for every matter touching the king; and the scribes and the Levites are to attend you. Be firm and do your duty, and the Lord will be with the good.