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1 Chronicles 9

1 All Israel was recorded in the genealogies in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. The Israelites were taken away to Babylon as captives because they had sinned.
2 The first to settle again on their property in their own cities were [some] Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.
3 Jerusalem was settled by descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh:
4 From the descendants of Perez, son of Judah, was Uthai, who was the son of Ammihud, grandson of Omri, and great-grandson of Imri. (Imri's father was Bani.)
5 From the descendants of Shilah were Asaiah (the firstborn) and his sons.
6 And from the descendants of Zerah were Jeuel and their relatives, 690 in all.
7 From the descendants of Benjamin were Sallu (son of Meshullam, grandson of Hodaviah, and great-grandson of Hassenuah),
8 Ibneiah (son of Jeroham), Elah (son of Uzzi and grandson of Michri), and Meshullam (son of Shephatiah, grandson of Reuel, and great-grandson of Ibniah),
9 and their relatives according to their ancestry. All of these men were heads of their families. A total of 956 of them lived in Jerusalem.
10 From the priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,
11 and Azariah. Azariah was the son of Hilkiah, grandson of Meshullam, and great-grandson of Zadok. Zadok's father was Meraioth, the son of Ahitub (the official in charge of God's temple).
12 Also from the priests were Adaiah (son of Jeroham, grandson of Pashhur, and great-grandson of Malchiah) and Maasai (son of Adiel, grandson of Jahzerah, and great-grandson of Meshullam, whose father was Meshillemith, son of Immer).
13 Their relatives who were heads of their families totaled 1,760 soldiers. They served in God's temple and settled in Jerusalem.
14 From the Levites descended from Merari were Shemaiah (son of Hasshub, grandson of Azrikam, and great-grandson of Hashabiah),
15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, Mattaniah (son of Mica, grandson of Zichri, and great-grandson of Asaph),
16 Obadiah (son of Shemaiah, grandson of Galal, and great-grandson of Jeduthun), and Berechiah (son of Asa and grandson of Elkanah, who lived in the villages belonging to the Netophathites).
17 The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. (Shallum was in charge.)
18 Formerly, they were stationed at the king's gate on the east side. They were the gatekeepers for the Levite quarters.
19 Shallum (son of Kore, grandson of Ebiasaph, great-grandson of Korah) and the members of his family (Korah's descendants) were responsible for serving as watchmen at the entrances to the tent, as their ancestors had been in charge of guarding the entrances to the LORD's camp.
20 (Phinehas, Eleazar's son, had been the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.)
21 Zechariah, son of Meshelemiah, was the keeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
22 The men chosen to be gatekeepers at the entrances totaled 212. Their genealogies were recorded in their villages. David and the seer Samuel appointed them to these positions because they were trustworthy.
23 So they and their descendants were assigned to be gatekeepers for the LORD's house, that is, the tent.
24 The gatekeepers were on the four sides (east, west, north, and south).
25 Their relatives had to come from their villages from time to time. They would come to serve under the gatekeepers' supervision for a period of seven days.
26 The four chief Levite gatekeepers were in charge of the rooms and treasures in God's temple because of their faithfulness.
27 They would spend the night stationed around God's temple because they had to guard it and open it every morning.
28 Some of them were in charge of the utensils for worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.
29 Other descendants of Korah were placed in charge of the utensils, the holy utensils, the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices.
30 Some of the priests' sons prepared the mixture of spices.
31 Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son of Shallum, Korah's descendant, was entrusted with preparing the flat bread.
32 Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for setting the bread out in rows every day of worship.
33 These were the musicians who were the heads of the Levite families. They lived in rooms in the temple and were free from other duties because they were on duty day and night.
34 They were the heads of the Levite families according to their ancestry. These head Levites lived in Jerusalem.
35 Jeiel, who first settled Gibeon, lived in Gibeon, and his wife's name was Maacah.
36 His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38 Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They lived next to their relatives in Jerusalem.
39 Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
40 Jonathan's son was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal was the father of Micah.
41 Micah's sons were Pithon, Melech, and Tarea.
42 Ahaz was the father of Jarah. Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza.
43 Moza was the father of Binea. Binea's son was Rephaiah. Rephaiah's son was Eleasah. Eleasah's son was Azel.
44 Azel had six sons. Their names were Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All of these men were Azel's sons.
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1 Chronicles 10

1 When the Philistines fought against Israel, the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and were killed in battle on Mount Gilboa.
2 The Philistines caught up to Saul and his sons. They killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons.
3 The heaviest fighting was against Saul. When the archers got him in their range, he was wounded by them.
4 Saul told his armorbearer, "Draw your sword! Stab me, or these godless men will come and make fun of me." But his armorbearer refused because he was terrified. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.
5 When the armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on the sword and died.
6 So Saul, his three sons, and his dynasty died together.
7 When all the people of Israel in the valley saw that [their army] had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities. So the Philistines came to live in these cities.
8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa.
9 They stripped him and took his head and his armor. Then they sent men throughout Philistine territory to tell their idols and the people this good news.
10 They put his armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his head to the temple of Dagon.
11 When all the people of Jabesh Gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 all the fighting men came and took away the dead bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried the bones under the oak tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to the LORD: He did not obey the word of the LORD. He asked a medium to request information [from a dead person].
14 He didn't request information from the LORD. So the LORD killed him and turned the kingship over to David, Jesse's son.
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1 Chronicles 11

1 All Israel gathered around David at Hebron. "We are your own flesh and blood," they said.
2 "Even in the past when Saul ruled, you were the one who led Israel on its campaigns to war. The LORD your God has said to you, 'You will be shepherd of my people Israel, the leader of my people Israel.'"
3 All the leaders of Israel had come to Hebron. David made an agreement with them at Hebron in front of the LORD. So they anointed David king of Israel, as the LORD had spoken through Samuel.
4 David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). The Jebusites were living in that region.
5 They told David, "You will never get in here." But David captured the fortress Zion (that is, the City of David).
6 Now, David said, "Whoever is the first to kill a Jebusite will be made a general and a prince." Zeruiah's son Joab was the first to go [into Jerusalem], so he became the general.
7 David lived in the fortress, so it was called the City of David.
8 He built the city [of Jerusalem] around it, starting from the Millo and making a complete circuit. Joab rebuilt the rest of the city.
9 David continued to grow more powerful because the LORD of Armies was with him.
10 Now, these were the commanders of David's fighting men, who exercised power with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel they made him king according to the LORD's word to Israel.
11 The first of David's fighting men was Jashobeam, son of Hachmon, the leader of the three. He used his spear to kill 300 men on one occasion.
12 Next in rank to him was Eleazar, another one of the three fighting men. He was the son of Dodo and grandson of Aho.
13 Eleazar was with David at Pas Dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. There was a field of ripe barley. When the troops fled from the Philistines,
14 they stood in the middle of the field and defended it by killing Philistines. So the LORD saved [them] with an impressive victory.
15 Once three of the thirty leading men went down to David's rock at the cave of Adullam when the army of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim.
16 While David was in the fortified camp, Philistine troops were in Bethlehem.
17 David was thirsty and said, "I wish I could have a drink of water from the cistern at the city gate of Bethlehem."
18 So the three burst into the Philistine camp and drew water from the cistern. They brought it to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out [as an offering] to the LORD
19 and said, "It's unthinkable that I would do this, God. Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives? They had to risk their lives to get this water." So he refused to drink it. These are the things which the three fighting men did.
20 Joab's brother Abishai was the leader of the thirty. He used his spear to kill 300 men, but he was not one of the three,
21 although he was honored more than they were. So he became their captain but didn't become a member of the three.
22 Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was from Kabzeel and was a brave man who did many things. He killed two distinguished soldiers from Moab. He also went into a cistern and killed a lion on the day it snowed.
23 He killed an eight-foot-tall Egyptian. The Egyptian had a spear like a weaver's beam in his hand. But Benaiah went to him with a club, grabbed the spear away from him, and killed him with it.
24 These are the things that Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, did. He was as famous as the three fighting men.
25 He was honored more than the thirty, but he was not a member of the three. David put him in charge of his bodyguards.
26 The distinguished fighting men were Joab's brother Asahel, Elhanan (son of Dodo) from Bethlehem,
27 Shammoth from Harod, Helez the Pelonite,
28 Ira (son of Ikkesh) from Tekoa, Abiezer from Anathoth,
29 Sibbecai (son of Hushai), Ilai (descendant of Ahohi),
30 Maharai from Netophah, Heled (son of Baanah) from Netophah,
31 Ithai (son of Ribai) from Gibeah in Benjamin, Benaiah from Pirathon,
32 Hurai from the Gaash ravines, Abiel from Beth Arabah,
33 Azmaveth from Bahurim, Eliahba from Shaalbon,
34 Bene Hashem from Gizon, Jonathan (son of Shage the Hararite),
35 Ahiam (son of Sachar the Hararite), Eliphal (son of Ur),
36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
37 Hezro from Carmel, Naari (son of Ezbai),
38 Joel (son of Nathan), Mibhar (son of Hagri),
39 Zelek from Ammon, Naharai from Beroth, armorbearer for Zeruiah's son Joab,
40 Ira (descendant of Ithra), Gareb (descendant of Ithra),
41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad (son of Ahlai),
42 Adina (son of Shiza) from the tribe of Reuben (who was leader of the tribe of Reuben and had his own group of thirty soldiers),
43 Hanan (son of Maacah), and Joshaphat the Mithnite,
44 Uzzia from Ashteroth, Shama and Jeiel (sons of Hotham from Aroer),
45 Jediael (son of Shimri) and his brother Joha the Tizite,
46 Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah (sons of Elnaam), Ithmah from Moab,
47 Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.
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