Bible in 90 Days
The First Book of the [a]Chronicles, or [b]Paralipomenon
1 1 The genealogy of Adam and Noah until Abraham. 27 And from Abraham to Esau. 35 His children. 43 Kings and Dukes came of him.
1 Adam, [c]Seth, Enosh,
2 Cainan, Mahalalel, Jared,
3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
4 Noah, [d]Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5 ¶ (A)The sons of Japheth were Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
6 And the sons of Gomer, Ashkenaz, and [e]Diphath and Togarmah.
7 Also the sons of Javan, Elishah and Tarshishah, Kittim, and [f]Dodanim.
8 ¶ The sons of Ham were Cush, and Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
9 And the sons of Cush, Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, and Sabtecha. Also the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.
10 And Cush begat [g](B)Nimrod, who began to be mighty in the earth.
11 And Mizraim begat Ludim and Anamim, Lehabim, and Naphtuhim:
12 Pathrusim also, and Casluhim, of whom came the Philistines, and Caphtorim.
13 Also Canaan begat Sidon his firstborn, and Heth,
14 And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite,
15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite,
16 And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite.
17 ¶ (C)The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and [h]Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech.
18 Also Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat [i]Eber.
19 Unto Eber also were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg: for in his days was the earth divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.
20 Then Joktan begat Almodad and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth and Jerah,
21 And Hadoram, and Uzal and Diklah,
22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.
24 [j]Shem, [k]Arphaxad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 (D)Abram, which is Abraham.
28 ¶ The sons of Abraham were Isaac, and Ishmael.
29 These are their generations. (E)The eldest son of Ishmael was Nebajoth, and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, [l]Hadad, and Tema,
31 Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah: these are the sons of Ishmael.
32 ¶ And Keturah Abraham’s [m]concubine bare sons, Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah: and the sons of Jokshan, Sheba, and Dedan.
33 And the sons of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch and Abida, and Eldaah: (F)All these are the sons of Keturah.
34 And (G)Abraham begat Isaac: the sons of Isaac, Esau and Israel.
35 ¶ The sons of Esau were [n](H)Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz, Teman, and Omar, [o]Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and [p]Timna, and Amalek.
37 The sons of Reuel, Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.
38 And the sons of [q]Seir, Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan.
39 And the sons of Lotan, Hori, and Homam, and Timna Lotan’s sister.
40 The sons of Shobal were Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon, Ajah and Anah.
41 The son of Anah was Dishon. And the sons of Dishon, Hamran, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.
42 The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz, and Aran.
43 ¶ And these were the [r]Kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before a King reigned over the children of Israel, to wit, Bela the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.
44 Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of [s]Bozrah reigned in his stead.
45 And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead.
46 And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was Avith.
47 So Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
48 And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead.
49 And when Saul was dead, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
50 And Baal-Hanan died, and Hadad reigned in his stead, and the name of his city was [t]Pai, and his wife’s name Mehetabel the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mezahab.
51 Hadad died also, and there were dukes in Edom, duke Timnah, duke [u]Aliah, duke Jetheth,
52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon,
53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,
54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these were the dukes of Edom.
2 3 The genealogy of Judah unto Jesse the father of David.
1 These are the sons of Israel, (I)Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 (J)The sons of [v]Judah, Er, and Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanite: but Er the eldest son of Judah was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him.
4 (K)And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez, and Zerah: so all the sons of Judah were five.
5 (L)The sons of Perez, Hezron, and Hamul.
6 The sons also of Zerah were [w]Zimri, and [x]Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara, which were five in all.
7 And the son of Carmi, [y](M)Achar that troubled Israel, transgressing in the thing excommunicate.
8 The son also of Ethan, Azariah.
9 And the sons of Hezron that were born unto him, Jerahmeel, and [z]Ram and Chelubai.
10 And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon [aa]prince of the children of Judah,
11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat [ab]Ishai,
13 (N)And Jesse begat his eldest son Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and [ac]Shimea the third,
14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh.
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah, Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel.
17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether an Ishmaelite.
18 ¶ And [ad]Caleb the son of Hezron begat Jerioth of Azubah his wife, and her sons are these, Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 (O)And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.
21 And afterward came Hezron to the daughter of Machir the father of [ae]Gilead, and took her when he was threescore years old, and she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begat Jair, which had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23 And Geshur with Aram took the towns of Jair [af]from them, and Kenath and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24 And after that Hezron was dead at [ag]Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron’s wife bare him also Ashhur the [ah]father of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the eldest son of Hezron were Ram the eldest, then Bunah, and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.
26 Also Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, which was the mother of Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram the eldest son of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin and Eker.
28 And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai, Nadab and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was called Abihail, and she bare him Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons also of Nadab were Seled and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
31 And the son of Appaim was Ishi, and the son of Ishi, Sheshan, and the son of Sheshan, [ai]Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan: but Jether died without children.
33 And the sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant that was an Egyptian named Jarha.
35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife, and she bare him Attai.
36 And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,
39 And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,
40 And Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum,
41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42 Also the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his eldest son, which was the [aj]father of Ziph: and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah, and Rekem and Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
45 The son also of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46 And Ephah a [ak]concubine of Caleb bare Haran and Moza, and Gazez: Haran also begat Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Caleb’s concubine Maachah bare Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. (P)And Achsah was Caleb’s daughter.
50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur the eldest son of Ephrathah, Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim.
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had sons, and he [al]was the overseer of half Manuhoth.
53 And the families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites: of them came the Zorathites, and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of Salma of Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, the [am]crowns of the house of Joab, and [an]half the Manahethites and the Zorites.
55 And the families of the [ao]Scribes dwelling at Jabez, the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites, which are the [ap]Kenites, that came of Hammath the father of the house of Rechab.
3 1 The genealogy of David, and his posterity unto the sons of Josiah.
1 These also were the sons of [aq]David, which were born unto him in Hebron: the eldest Amnon of Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess: the second [ar]Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess:
2 The third Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai King of Geshur: the fourth Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3 The fifth Shephatiah of Abital, the sixth Ithream by Eglah his wife.
4 These six were born unto him in Hebron: and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years.
5 And these four were born unto him in Jerusalem, Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon of [as]Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
6 Ibhar also, and [at]Elishama, and Eliphelet,
7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine in number.
9 These are all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
10 ¶ And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, whose son was Abijah, and Asa his son, and Jehoshaphat his son,
11 And Joram his son, and Ahaziah his son, and Joash his son,
12 And Amaziah his son, and Azariah his son, and Jotham his son,
13 And Ahaz his son, and Hezekiah his son, and Manasseh his son,
14 And Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
15 ¶ And of the sons of Josiah, the [au]eldest was [av]Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.
17 And the sons of Jeconiah, Assir and Shealtiel his son:
18 Malchiram also and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 And the sons of Pedaiah were [aw]Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister,
20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed, five in number.
21 And the sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
22 And the son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah were Hattush and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, [ax]six.
23 And the sons of Neariah were Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
24 And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
4 1 The genealogy of the sons of Judah. 5 Of Asher, 9 Of Jabez and his prayer, 11 Of Chelub, 24 And Simeon: their habitations. 38 And conquests.
1 The [ay]sons of Judah were (Q)Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad: these are the families of the Zorathites.
3 And these were of the father of Etam, Jezreel, and Ishma and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.
4 And Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these are the sons of Hur the [az]eldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 But Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah, and Naarah.
6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni and Haahashtari: these were the sons of Naarah.
7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar and Ethnan.
8 Also Koz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 But Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name [ba]Jabez, saying, Because I bare him in sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, If thou wilt bless me in deed, and enlarge my coasts, and [bb]if thine hand be with me, and thou wilt cause me to be delivered from evil, that I be not hurt. And God granted the thing that he asked.
11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begat Beth-Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the city of Ir-Nahash: these are the men of Rechah.
13 ¶ And the sons of Kenaz were Othniel, and Seraiah, and the son of Othniel, Hathath.
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah. And Seraiah begat Joab the [bc]father of the valley of craftsmen: for they were craftsmen.
15 ¶ And the sons of Caleb the son of [bd]Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the son of Elah was Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 And the sons of Ezrah were Jether and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he begat Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 Also his [be]wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah: and these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh [bf]which Mered took.
19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham the father of Keilah were the Garmites, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth, and Ben-Zoheth.
21 ¶ (R)The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the households of them that wrought fine linen in the house of Ashbea.
22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba and Joash, and Saraph, which had the dominion in Moab, and [bg]Jashubi-Lehem. These also are ancient things.
23 These were porters, and dwelt among plants and hedges: [bh]there they dwelt with the king for his work.
24 ¶ (S)The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and [bi]Shaul.
25 Whose son was Shallum, and his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.
26 And the sons of Mishma, Hamuel was his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons, and six daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither was all their family like to the children of Judah in multitude.
28 And they dwelt at [bj]Beersheba, and at Moladah, and at Hazar Shual,
29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31 And at Beth Marcaboth, and at Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim: these were their cities unto the reign of [bk]David.
32 And their towns were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities.
33 And all their towns that were round about these cities unto Baal, these are their habitations and the declaration of their genealogy,
34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 And Joel and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.
38 These were famous Princes in their families, and increased greatly their father’s houses.
39 And they [bl]went to the entering in of Gedor, even unto the East side of the valley, to seek pasture for their sheep.
40 And they found fat pasture and good, and a wide land both quiet and fruitful: for they of Ham had dwelt there before.
41 And these described by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the inhabitants that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their room, because there was pasture there for their sheep.
42 And besides these, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon went to mount Seir, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel the sons of Ishi were their captains.
43 And they smote the rest of Amalek that had [bm]escaped, and they dwelt there unto this day.
5 1 The birthright taken from Reuben and given to the sons of Joseph. 3 The genealogy of Reuben, 11 and Gad, 23 and of the half tribe of Manasseh.
1 The sons also of Reuben the eldest son of Israel (for he was the eldest, (T)but had defiled his father’s bed, therefore his birthright was given unto the [bn]sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not reckoned after his birthright.
2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came [bo]the prince, but the birthright was Joseph’s)
3 (U)The sons of Reuben the eldest son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel, Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, and Shimei his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, and Baal his son,
6 Beerah his son: whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria [bp]carried away, he was a prince of the Reubenites.
7 And when his brethren in their families reckoned the genealogy of their generations, Jeiel and Zechariah were the chief,
8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, which dwelt in [bq]Aroer even unto Nebo and Baal Meon.
9 Also Eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river [br]Perath: for they had much cattle in the land of Gilead.
10 And in the days of Saul they warred with the [bs]Hagrites, which fell by their hands: and they dwelt in their tents in all the East parts of Gilead.
11 ¶ And the children of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Bashan, unto Salcah.
12 Joel was the chiefest, and Shapham the second, but Jaanai and Shaphat were in Bashan.
13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia and Eber, seven.
14 These are the children of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.
15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni was chief of the household of their fathers.
16 And they dwelt in Gilead in [bt]Bashan, and in the towns thereof, and in all the suburbs of Sharon by their borders.
17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham King of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 ¶ The sons of Reuben and of Gad, and of half the tribe of Manasseh of those that were valiant men, able to bear shield and sword, and to draw a bow exercised in war, were four and forty thousand, seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
19 And they made war with the Hagrites, with [bu]Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
20 And they were [bv]helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he heard them, because they trusted in him.
21 And they led away their cattle, even their camels fifty thousand, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and of [bw]persons an hundred thousand.
22 For many fell down wounded, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the [bx]captivity.
23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan unto [by]Baal Hermon, and Senir, and unto mount Hermon: for they increased.
24 And these were the heads of the households of their fathers, even Epher and Ishi, and Eliel and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, strong men, valiant and famous, heads of the households of their fathers.
25 But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
26 And the God of Israel [bz]stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, and he carried them away: even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto (V)Halah and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
6 1 The genealogy of the sons of Levi. 31 Their order in the ministry of the Tabernacle. 49 Aaron and his sons Priests. 54, 57 Their inhabitations.
1 The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
2 (W)And the sons of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
3 And the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron, (X)Nadab, and Abihu, and (Y)Eleazar, and Ithamar.
4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth.
7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
8 And Ahitub begat [ca]Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz,
9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,
10 And Johanan begat Azariah (it was he that was [cb]Priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem.)
11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,
12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum,
13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,
14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak,
15 And [cc]Jehozadak departed when the Lord carried away into captivity Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
16 ¶ The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
17 And these be the names of the sons of Gershon, Libni, and Shimei.
18 And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron and Uzziel.
19 The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi: and these are the families of Levi concerning their fathers.
20 Of Gershon, Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,
21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son.
22 The sons of Kohath, [cd]Amminadab his son, (Z)Korah his son, Assir his son,
23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,
24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son,
25 And the sons of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth.
26 Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah, Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,
27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son,
28 And the sons of Samuel, the eldest [ce]Vasheni, then Abijah.
29 ¶ The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,
30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
31 And these be they whom David set for to sing in the house of the Lord, after that the Ark had [cf]rest.
32 And they ministered before the Tabernacle, even the Tabernacle of the Congregation with [cg]singing, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem: then they continued in their office, according to their custom.
33 And these ministered with their children: of the sons of Kohath, Heman a singer, 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 [ch]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 [ci]brother [cj]Asaph stood on his right hand: and Asaph was the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,
40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,
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 Gershon, the son of Levi.
44 And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand, even 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 Shamer,
47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.
48 ¶ And their [ck]brethren the Levites were [cl]appointed unto all the service of the Tabernacle of the house of God,
49 But Aaron and his sons burnt incense upon the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all that was to do in the most holy place, and to make an atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
50 These are also the sons of Aaron, Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,
52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,
53 Zadok his son, and Ahimaaz his son.
54 ¶ And these are the [cm]dwelling places of them throughout their towns and coasts, even of the sons of Aaron for the family of the Kohathites, for the [cn]lot was theirs.
55 So they gave them [co]Hebron in the land of Judah and the suburbs thereof round about it.
56 But the field of the city, and the villages thereof they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah for [cp]refuge, even Hebron and Libnah with their suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with their suburbs,
58 And [cq]Hilen with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs,
59 And Ashan and her suburbs, and Beth Shemesh and her suburbs:
60 ¶ And of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and her suburbs, and [cr]Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs: all their cities were thirteen cities by their families.
61 And unto the sons of [cs]Kohath the remnant of the family of the tribe, even of the half tribe of the half of Manasseh, by lot ten cities.
62 And to the sons of Gershon according to their families 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 Unto the sons of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelve cities.
64 Thus the children of Israel gave to the Levites cities with their suburbs.
65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which they called by their names.
66 And they of the families of the sons of Kohath, had cities and their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
67 (AA)And they gave unto them cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and her suburbs, and Gezer and her suburbs,
68 Jokmeam also and her suburbs, and Beth Horon with her suburbs,
69 And Aijalon and her suburbs, and Gath Rimmon and her suburbs.
70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, [ct]Aner and her suburbs, and [cu]Bileam and her suburbs, for the families of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
71 Unto the sons of [cv]Gershon out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, and her suburbs, and [cw]Ashtaroth with her suburbs.
72 And out of the tribe of Issachar, [cx]Kedesh and her suburbs, Daberath and her suburbs,
73 [cy]Ramoth also and her suburbs, and [cz]Anem with her suburbs.
74 And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal and her suburbs, and Abdon and her suburbs,
75 And [da]Hukok and her suburbs, and Rehob and her suburbs,
76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee and her suburbs, and [db]Hammon and her suburbs, and [dc]Kirjathaim and her suburbs.
77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun [dd]Rimmon and her suburbs, [de]Tabor and her suburbs,
78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, even on the Eastside of Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben, (AB)Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,
79 And Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs.
80 And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs,
81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.
7 1 The genealogy of Issachar, Benjamin, 13 Naph-tali, 14 Manasseh, 20 Ephraim, 30 and Asher.
1 And the sons of Issachar were Tola and [df]Puah, [dg]Jashub, and Shimron, four,
2 And the sons of Tola, Uzzi, and Rephaiah and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads in the households of their fathers. Of Tola were valiant men of war in their generations, [dh]whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand, and six hundred.
3 And the son of Uzzi was Izrahiah, and the sons of Izrahiah, Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, and Ishiah, [di]five men all princes.
4 And with them in their generations after the household of their fathers were bands of men of war for battle six and thirty thousand: for they had many wives and children.
5 And their [dj]brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of war, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
6 ¶ The sons of Benjamin were Bela, and Becher, and [dk]Jediael, [dl]three.
7 And the sons of Bela, Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri five heads of the households of their fathers, valiant men of war, and were reckoned by their genealogies, two and twenty thousand and thirty and four.
8 And the sons of Becher, Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth: all these were the sons of Becher.
9 And they were numbered by their genealogies according to their generations, and the chief of the houses of their fathers, valiant men of war, twenty thousand and two hundred.
10 And the son of Jediael was Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan, Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
11 All these were the sons of Jediael, chief of the fathers, valiant men of war seventeen thousand and two hundred, marching in battle array to the war.
12 And Shuppim, and Huppim were the sons of [dm]Ir, but Hushim was the son [dn]of [do]another.
13 ¶ The sons of Naphtali, Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and [dp]Shallum [dq]of the sons of Bilhah.
14 The son of Manasseh was Asriel whom she bare unto him, but his concubine of Aram bare Machir the (AC)father of Gilead.
15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maachah. And the name of the second son was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had had daughters.
16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and called his name [dr]Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh: and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 And the son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 And [ds]his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
20 ¶ The sons also of Ephraim were Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and his son Eladah, and Tahath his son,
21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead: and the men of [dt]Gath that were born in the land, slew them, because they came down to take away their cattle.
22 Therefore Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his [du]brethren came to comfort him.
23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare him a son, and he called his name Beriah, because affliction was in his house.
24 And his [dv]daughter was Sheerah, which built Beth Horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.
25 And Rephah was his [dw]son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27 Nun his son, Joshua his son.
28 And their possessions and their habitations were Bethel, and the villages thereof, and Eastward Naaran, and Westward Gezer with the villages thereof, Shechem also and the villages thereof, unto [dx]Ayyah, and the villages thereof,
29 And by the places of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean and her villages, Taanach and her villages, Megiddo and her villages, Dor and her villages. In those dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
30 ¶ (AD)The sons of Asher were Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
31 And the sons of Beriah, Heber, and Malchiel, which is the father of Birzaith.
32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
33 And the sons of Japhlet were Pasach, and [dy]Bimhal, and Ashvath: these were the children of Japhlet.
34 And the sons of Shemer, Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
35 And the sons of his brother Helem were 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 Shilshah, and Jithran, and Beera.
38 And the sons of Jether, Jephunneh, and Pispah and Ara.
39 And the sons of Ulla, Arah, and Haniel, and Rizia.
40 All these were the children of Asher, the heads of their father’s houses, noble men, valiant men of war and chief princes, and they were reckoned by their genealogies for war and for battle to the number of six and twenty thousand men.
8 1 The sons of Benjamin. 33 And race of Saul.
1 Benjamin also [dz]begat Bela his eldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
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 Huram.
6 ¶ And these are the sons of Ehud: these were the chief fathers of those that inhabited Geba: and [ea]they were carried away captives to Manahath,
7 And Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them away captives: and [eb]he begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
8 And Shaharaim begat certain in the country of Moab, after he had sent [ec]away Hushim and Baara his wives.
9 He begat, I say, of Hodesh his wife, Jobab and Zibia, and Mesha and Malcam,
10 And Jeuz and Sachiah and Mirmah: these were his sons, and chief fathers.
11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.
12 And the sons of Elpaal were Eber, and Misham and Shemed (which built Ono and Lod, and the villages thereof.)
13 And Beriah and Shema (which were the chief fathers among the inhabitants of Aijalon: they drave away the inhabitants of Gath.)
14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,
17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
18 And Ishmerai, and Jizliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
19 Jakim also, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
20 And Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
21 And [ed]Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath the sons of Shimei,
22 And Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,
23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
25 Iphdeiah and Penuel the sons of Shashak,
26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
27 And Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
28 These were the chief [ee]fathers according to their generations, even princes, which dwelt in Jerusalem.
29 And at (AE)Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maacah.
30 And his eldest son was Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher,
32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah: these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, even by their brethren.
33 And [ef]Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and [eg]Esh-Baal.
34 And the son of Jonathan was [eh]Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begat Micah.
35 And the sons of Micah were Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz,
36 And Ahaz begat Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri begat Moza,
37 And Moza begat Binea, whose son was Raphah, and his son Eleasah, and his son Azel.
38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: all these were the sons of Azel.
39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his eldest son, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40 And the sons of Ulam were valiant men of war which shot with the bow, and had many sons and nephews, an hundred and fifty: all these were of the sons of Benjamin.
9 1 All Israel and Judah numbered. 10 Of the Priests and Levites, 11, 18 And of their offices.
1 Thus all Israel were numbered by their genealogies: and behold, they are written in the book of the Kings of Israel and of Judah, and they were [ei]carried away to Babel for their transgression.
2 ¶ And the chief inhabitants that dwelt in their own possessions, and in their own cities, even Israel, the Priests, the Levites, and the [ej]Nethinim.
3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh.
4 Uthai the son of Ammihud the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez, the son of Judah.
5 And of Shiloni, Asaiah the eldest, and his sons.
6 And the sons of Zerah, Jeuel, and their brethren six hundred and ninety.
7 And of the sons of Benjamin, Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah.
8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel the son of Ibnijah.
9 And their brethren according to their generations nine hundred, fifty and six: all these men were [ek]chief fathers in the households of their fathers.
10 ¶ And of the Priests, Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub the [el]chief of the house of God,
12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer.
13 And their brethren the chief of the households of their fathers, a thousand seven hundred and threescore valiant men, for the [em]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, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
17 And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief.
18 For they were porters to this time by companies of the children of Levi unto the [en]King’s gate Eastward.
19 And Shallum the son of Kore the son of Ebiasaph the son of Korah, and his brethren the Korahites (of the house of their father) were over the work, and office to keep the gates of the [eo]Tabernacle: so their families were over the host of the Lord keeping the entry.
20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was their guide, and the Lord was with him.
21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was the porter of the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
22 All these were chosen for porters of the gates, two hundred and twelve, which were numbered according to their genealogies by their towns. David established these, and Samuel the Seer [ep]in their perpetual office.
23 So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, even of the house of the Tabernacle by wards.
24 The porters were in four quarters Eastward, Westward, Northward and Southward.
25 And their brethren, which were in their towns, came at [eq]seven days from time to time with them.
26 For these four chief porters were in perpetual office, and were of the Levites, and had charge of the [er]chambers, and of the treasures in the house of God.
27 And they lay round about the house of God, because the charge was theirs, and they caused it to be opened every morning.
28 And certain of them had the rule of the ministering vessels: for they brought them in by tally, and brought them out by tally.
29 Some of them also were appointed over the instruments, and over all the vessels of the Sanctuary, and of the [es]flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the incense, and the sweet odors.
30 And certain of the sons of the Priests made ointments of sweet odors.
31 And Mattithiah one of the Levites which was the eldest son of Shallum the Korahite, had the charge of the things that were made in the frying pan.
32 And other of their brethren the sons of Kohath had the oversight of the (AF)showbread to prepare it every Sabbath.
33 And these are the singers, the chief fathers of the Levites, which dwelt in the chambers, [et]and had none other charge: for they had to do in that business day and night.
34 These were the chief fathers of the Levites according to their generations, and the principal which dwelt at Jerusalem.
35 (AG)And in Gibeon dwelt [eu]the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maachah.
36 And his eldest son was Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam: they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, even by their brethren.
39 And (AH)Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab and Esh-Baal.
40 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begat Micah.
41 And the sons of Micah were Pithon, and Melech and Tahrea.
42 And Ahaz begat [ev]Jarah, and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri begat Moza.
43 And Moza begat Binea, whose son was Rephaiah, and his son was Eleasah, and his son Azel.
44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ismael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these are the sons of Azel.
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