The sons of Ephraim. NOW The sons of Benjamin. CHAP. VIII. TOW Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Alarah the third, CHAP. VIII. 20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, 21 ¶ And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Hu ram. 6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these 23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bare a son, and he call-are the heads of the fathers of the inhabited his name Beriah, because it went evil ants of Geba, and they removed them to with his house. Manahath: 24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, built Beth-horon the nether, and the up- he removed them, and begat Uzza, and per, and Uzzen-sherah.) Ahihud. 25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 26 Laadan bis son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son. 28 And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el, and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: 8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. 12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: 29 And by the borders of the children 13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her Ajalon, who drove away the inhabitants towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt of Gath: the children of Joseph the son of Israel. 30 T The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith. 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. 34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Robgah, Jehubbab, and Aram. 35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshab, and Ithran, and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. 39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; 17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; 19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; 22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons. of Jeroham. 28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. 40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gimighty men of valour, chief of the princes. beon; whose wife's name was Maachah: And the number throughout the genealogy 30 And his first-born son Abdon, and of them that were apt to the war and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, to battle was twenty and six thousand men. 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. 32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. Aud The original of Israel's I. CHRONICLES. and Judah's genealogies. these also dwelt with their brethren in Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of JahJerusalein, over against them. zerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, 38 And Azel had six sons, whose names the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkaand Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. nah, that dwelt in the villages of the NeAll these were the sons of Azel. tophathites. 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his first-born, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. CHAP. IX. 10 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; nd behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. 2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh: 17 And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. 20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him. 21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of twelve. These were reckoned by their Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of genealogy in their villages, whom David the children of Pharez the son of Judah. and Samuel the seer did ordain in their 5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the first-set office. born, and his sons. 23 So they and their children had the 6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and oversight of the gates of the house of the their brethren, six hundred and ninety. LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. 8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and 25 And their brethren, which were in Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and their villages, were to come after seven Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son days from time to time with them. of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 26 For these Levites, the four chief 9 And their brethren, according to their porters, were in their set office, and were generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. over the chambers and treasuries of the All these men were chief of the fathers in house of God. the house of their fathers. 27 And they lodged round about the 10 And of the priests; Jedaiah, and house of God, because the charge was upon Jehoiarib, and Jachin, them, and the opening thereof every morn 11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the ing pertained to them. son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the 28 And certain of them had the charge son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the of the ministering vessels, that they should ruler of the house of God; bring them in and out by tale. 29 Some of them also were appointed to son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and oversee the vessels, and all the instruments 12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the Saul's overthrow and death. CHẠP. X, XI. David made king of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and 5 And when his armour-bearer saw that the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the and the spices. sword, and died. 30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. 31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the 32 And other of their brethren, of the Philistines came and dwelt in them. sons of the Kohathites, were over the 8 T And it came to pass on the morrow, shew-bread, to prepare it every sabbath. when the Philistines came to strip the 33 And these are the singers, chief of slain, that they found Saul and his sons the fathers of the Levites, who remaining fallen in mount Gilboa. in the chambers were free: for they were 9 And when they had stripped him, employed in that work day and night. they took his head, and his armour, and 34 These chief fathers of the Levites sent into the land of the Philistines round were chief throughout their generations; about, to carry tidings unto their idols, these dwelt at Jerusalem. and to the people. 35 ¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah: 36 And his first-born son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. 10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. 11 T And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, 38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And and buried their bones under the oak in they also dwelt with their brethren at Je-Jabesh, and fasted seven days. rusalem, over against their brethren. 39 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Merib-baal begat Micah. 41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. 13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one thathad a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; 14 And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. CHAP. XI. 42 And Ahaz begat Jarah: and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri;HEN all Israel gathered themselves and Zimri begat Moza; David unto Hebron, saying, Be43 And Moza begat Binea; and Re-hold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. phaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his 2 And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. son. 44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel." CHAP. X. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel TOW the Philistines fought against Is-to the king to Hebron; and David made a before the Philistines, and fell down slain LORD; and they anointed David king over in mount Gilboa. Israel, according to the word of the LORD 2 And the Philistines followed hard by Samuel. after Saul, and after his sons; and the Phi- 4 And David and all Israel went to listines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the JeMalchi-shua, the sons of Saul. busites were, the inhabitants of the land. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul,] 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to and the archers hit him, and he was wound- David, Thou shalt not come hither. Need of the archers. vertheless David took the castle of Zion, 4 Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, which is the city of David. Draw thy sword, and thrust me through 6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth therewith, lest these uncircumcised come the Jebusites first shall be chief and capand abuse me. But his armour-bearer tain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went would not; for he was sore afraid. So first up, and was chief. Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. 7 And David dwelt in the castle; there A catalogue of I. CHRONICLES. fore they called it, The city of David. 23 And he slew an Egyptian, a man of 10 T These also are the chief of the own spear. three: and David set him over his guard. 25 Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan a 26 Also the valiant men of the armies the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Aholite, who was one of the three mighties. 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. 14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. 15¶ Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlchem. Pelonite, 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite, 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, son of Baanah the Netophathite, pertained to the children of Benjamin, 32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, the Shaalbonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, the Pelonite, 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son 17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate! of Ezbai, 18 And the three brake through the host 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar of the Philistines, and drew water out of the son of Haggeri, the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the Ahlai, blood of these men that have put their] 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reuben lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of ite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty 20 ¶ And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Jo- Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, 45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha 21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their cap- Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah tain: howbeit he attained not unto the the Moabite, 46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and first three., 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Me 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son sobaite. of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lion-like! slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. CHAP. XII. Now there that canyet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Those who came to David at CHAP. XII. Ziklag und Hebron. Kish: and they were among the mighty David, when he came with the Philistines men, helpers of the war. against Saul to battle: but they helped 2 They were armed with bows, and them not: for the lords of the Philistines could use both the right hand and the left upon advisement sent him away, saying, in hurling stones, and shooting arrows out He will fall to his master Saul to the jesof a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Ben-pardy of our heads. jamin. 20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell to 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite, thousands that were of Manasseh. 4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; band of the rovers: for they were all and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, mighty men of valour, and were captains and Jozabad the Gederathite, in the host. 5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, 7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. 8 And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains ; 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 14 These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over a hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. 21 And they helped David against the 22 For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. 23 ¶ And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. 24 The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. 25 Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. 26 Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; 28 And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. 29 And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. 15 These are they that went over Jor- 30 And of the children of Ephraim dan in the first month, when it had over-twenty thousand and eight hundred, flown all his banks; and they put to flight mighty men of valour, famous through all them of the valleys, both toward the out the house of their fathers. east, and toward the west. 31 And of the half-tribe of Manasseh 16 And there came of the children of eighteen thousand, which were expressed Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. by name, to come and make David king. 17 And David went out to meet them, 32 And of the children of Issachar, which and answered and said unto them, If ye were men that had understanding of the be come peaceably unto me to help me, times, to know what Israe! ought to do; the my heart shall be knit unto you: but if heads of them were two hundred; and all ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, their brethren were at their commandment. seeing there is no wrong in my hands, 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to the God of our fathers look thereon, and battle, expert in war, with all instruments rebuke it. of war, fifty thousand, which could keep 18 Then the spirit came upon Amasai, rank: they were not of double heart.who was chief of the captains, and he said, 34 And of Naphtali a thousand captains, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, and with them with shield and spear thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thirty and seven thousand. thee, and peace be to thy helpers; 35 And of the Danites expert in war for thy God helpeth thee. Then David twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. received them, and made them captains of the band. 19 And there fell some of Manasseh to 36 And of Asher, such aswent forth to battle, expert in war, forty housand. 37 And on the other side of Jordan, of |