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David’s Kingdom Strengthened 1 Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines. 2 He defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute. 3 David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobahas far asHamath, as he […]

David’s Messengers Abused 1 Now it came about after this, that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son became king in his place. 2 Then David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console […]

War with Philistine Giants 1 Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go outto battle,that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it. 2 David took the crown […]

Census Brings Pestilence 1 Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring mewordthat I may know their number.” 3 Joab said, “May the Lordadd to His people a […]

David Prepares for Temple Building 1 Then David said, “This is the house of the LordGod, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.” 2 So David gave orders to gather the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of […]

Solomon Reigns 1 Now when David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites. Offices of the Levites 3 The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by census of men […]

Divisions of Levites 1 Now the divisions of the descendants of Aaronwere these:the sons of AaronwereNadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. 3 David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of […]

Number and Services of Musicians 1 Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the servicesomeof the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, whowereto prophesy with lyres, harps and cymbals; and the number of those who performed their service was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah […]

Divisions of the Gatekeepers 1 For the divisions of the gatekeepersthere wereof the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah […]

Commanders of the Army 1 Nowthis isthe enumeration of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers’households,the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all the affairs of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each divisionnumbering24,000: […]