Category Archives: 1 Chronicles

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: […]

David’s Address about the Temple 1 Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and […]

Offerings for the Temple 1 Then King David said to the entire assembly, “My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the LordGod. 2 Now with all my ability I have provided for the house of […]