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Tuesday · Week 33
The Books of History

I Chronicles 5-9

Reading 226 of 364
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I Chronicles 5

1And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but, inasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; but the genealogy is not registered according to the birthright,

2for Judah prevailed among his brethren, and of him was the prince, but the birthright was Joseph's),

3-- the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Enoch and Phallu, Hezron and Carmi.

4The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

5Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

6Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

7And his brethren by their families, in the genealogical register of their generations, were: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

8and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;

9and eastward he dwelt as far as the entrance to the wilderness from the river Euphrates; for their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

10And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the east side of Gilead.

11And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan, as far as Salcah:

12Joel was the chief and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

13And their brethren according to their fathers' houses were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jaachan, and Zia, and Eber, seven.

14-- These were the sons 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:

15Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of their fathers' house.

16And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pasture-grounds of Sharon, as far as their limits.

17All these were registered by genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

18The children of Reuben and the Gadites and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men who carried shield and sword, drawing the bow and skilful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, able to go forth to war.

19And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab;

20and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him.

21And they took away their cattle: their camels fifty thousand, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand human souls.

22For there fell down many slain, for the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity.

23And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan as far as Baal-Hermon and Senir, and mount Hermon; they were many.

24And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, and Jishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.

25And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, -- unto this day.

I Chronicles 6

1The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

2And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3And the children of Amram: Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

4Eleazar begot Phinehas; Phinehas begot Abishua,

5and Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi,

6and Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth;

7Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,

8and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz,

9and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan,

10and Johanan begot Azariah (he is it that exercised the priesthood in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem);

11and Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub,

12and Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum,

13and Shallum begot Hilkijah, and Hilkijah begot Azariah,

14and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak,

15and Jehozadak went away, when Jehovah carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.

18And the sons of Kohath: Amram, and Jizhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

19The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of Levi according to their fathers.

20Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son,

21Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeathrai his son.

22The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,

23Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son,

24Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Saul his son.

25And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth.

26Elkanah, -- the sons of Elkanah: Zophai his son, and Nahath his son,

27Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.

28And the sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vashni and Abijah.

29The sons of Merari: Mahli; Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,

30Shimea his son, Haggijah his son, Asaiah his son.

31And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of Jehovah after that the ark was in rest.

32And they ministered before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting with singing, until Solomon had built the house of Jehovah in Jerusalem; and they attended to their office according to their order.

33And these are they that attended, and their sons: Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

34the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

35the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

37the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

38the son of Jizhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

39And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand: Asaph, the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea,

40the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah,

41the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

42the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei,

43the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

44And their brethren the sons of Merari were on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

45the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkijah,

46the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer,

47the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48And their brethren the Levites were given for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

49And Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt-offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

50And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

51Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

52Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

53Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

54And these are their dwelling-places according to their encampments, within their borders. For the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot;

55and they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and its suburbs round about it;

56but the fields of the city, and the hamlets thereof gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

57And to the children of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; and Libnah and its suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa and its suburbs,

58and Hilen and its suburbs, Debir and its suburbs,

59and Ashan and its suburbs, and Beth-shemesh and its suburbs;

60and, out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba and its suburbs, and Allemeth and its suburbs, and Anathoth and its suburbs: all their cities, thirteen cities, according to their families.

61And to the children of Kohath that remained were given by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim and of the tribe of Dan and of the half tribe, half Manasseh, ten cities.

62And to the children of Gershom 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.

63To the children of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

64And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities and their suburbs.

65And 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 were mentioned by name.

66And to the families of the children of Kohath who had the cities of their territory out of the tribe of Ephraim,

67they gave the city of refuge, Shechem and its suburbs in mount Ephraim; and Gezer and its suburbs,

68and Jokmeam and its suburbs, and Beth-horon and its suburbs,

69and Ajalon and its suburbs, and Gath-Rimmon and its suburbs;

70and out of the half tribe of Manasseh: Aner and its suburbs, and Bileam and its suburbs, -- for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.

71To the children of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its suburbs, and Ashtaroth and its suburbs;

72and out of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its suburbs, Dobrath and its suburbs,

73and Ramoth and its suburbs, and Anem and its suburbs;

74and out of the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its suburbs, and Abdon and its suburbs,

75and Hukok and its suburbs, and Rehob and its suburbs;

76and out of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its suburbs, and Hammon and its suburbs, and Kirjathaim and its suburbs.

77To the children of Merari that remained were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono and its suburbs, and Tabor and its suburbs;

78and on the other side of the Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and its suburbs, and Jahzah and its suburbs,

79and Kedemoth and its suburbs, and Mephaath and its suburbs;

80and out of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its suburbs, and Mahanaim and its suburbs,

81and Heshbon and its suburbs, and Jaazer and its suburbs.

I Chronicles 7

1And the sons of Issachar were Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four.

2And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers' houses, of Tola, valiant men of might in their generations; their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.

3And the sons of Uzzi: Jizrahiah; and the sons of Jizrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, and Jishijah, five; all of them chief men.

4And with them by their generations, according to their fathers' houses, were military bands for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.

5And their brethren among all the families of Issachar valiant men of might, registered by genealogy, in all eighty-seven thousand.

6The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

7And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valour; and they were registered by their genealogy twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.

8And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were the sons of Becher.

9And they were registered by their genealogy by their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand two hundred.

10And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

11All these were the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, seventeen thousand two hundred, fit for service for war.

12And Shuppim, and Huppim, the children of Ir. -- Hushim: the sons of Aher.

13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, ... whom she bore; his Syrian concubine bore Machir the father of Gilead.

15And Machir took a 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 daughters.

16And Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

18And his sister Moleketh bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19And the sons of Shemidah were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

20And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

21and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elad. And the men of Gath born in the land slew them, because they came down to take their cattle.

22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

23And he went in to his wife; and she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah, for he was born when calamity was in his house.

24And his daughter was Sheerah; and she built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

25And his son was Rephah, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

26Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

27Nun his son, Joshua his son.

28And their possession and dwelling-places were Bethel and its dependent villages, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer and its dependent villages, and Shechem and its dependent villages as far as to Gazah and its dependent villages.

29And in the hands of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its dependent villages, Taanach and its dependent villages, Megiddo and its dependent villages, Dor and its dependent villages. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

30The sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah; Serah their sister.

31And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

32And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

33And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these are the sons of Japhlet.

34And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, and Hubbah, and Aram.

35And the sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, and Jimna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

36The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Jimrah,

37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Jithran, and Beera.

38And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

39And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.

40All these were the sons of Asher, heads of fathers' houses, choice men, mighty of valour, chiefs of the princes. And their number according to their genealogy, registered as fit for service for war, was twenty-six thousand men.

I Chronicles 8

1And Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

2Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

3And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

4and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,

5and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

6-- And these are the sons of Ehud (these were the chief fathers of the inhabitants of Geba; and they carried them away to Manahath;

7even Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera; he removed them), and he begot Uzza and Ahihud.

8And Shaharaim begot children in the land of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.

9And he begot of Hodesh his wife: Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

10and Jeuz, and Shobia, and Mirmah; these were his sons, chief fathers.

11And of Hushim he begot Abitub, and Elpaal.

12And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemer, who built Ono, and Lod and its dependent villages;

13and Beriah, and Shema, who were chief fathers of the inhabitants of Ajalon; they drove away the inhabitants of Gath.

14And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,

15and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,

16and Michael, and Jishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

17And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hiski, and Heber,

18and Jishmerai, and Jizliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

19And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,

20and Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,

21and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

22And Jishpah, and Eber, and Eliel,

23and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

24and Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

25and Jiphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

26And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

27and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.

28These were the chief fathers, according to their generations, principal men; these dwelt in Jerusalem.

29And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; and his wife's name was Maachah.

30And his son, the firstborn, was Abdon; and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

31and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.

32And Mikloth begot Shimeah. And these also dwelt beside their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren.

33And Ner begot Kish; and Kish begot Saul; and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

34And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal; and Merib-Baal begot Micah.

35And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

36And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begot Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza;

37and Moza begot Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

38And Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bochru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan; all these were sons of Azel.

39And the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

40And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers; and they had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

I Chronicles 9

1And all Israel were registered by genealogy; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away to Babylon because of their transgression.

2And the inhabitants that were first in their possessions in their cities were the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.

3And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh:

4Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pherez the son of Judah.

5And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

6And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel; and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

7And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,

8and Jibneiah 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 Jibnijah;

9and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were chief fathers in their fathers' houses.

10And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,

11and Azariah the son of Hilkijah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;

12and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Masai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

13and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty; able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

14And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

15and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal; and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

16and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

17And the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the chief.

18And they have been hitherto in the king's gate eastward: they were the doorkeepers in the camps of the children of Levi.

19And 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 thresholds of the tent, and their fathers, set over the camp of Jehovah, were keepers of the entrance.

20And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them formerly; Jehovah was with him.

21Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was doorkeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

22All these chosen to be doorkeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve. These were registered by genealogy according to their villages: David and Samuel the seer had instituted them in their trust.

23And they and their sons were at the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, to keep watch there.

24At the four quarters were the doorkeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.

25And their brethren, in their villages, were to come after every seven days from time to time with them.

26For in their trust these four were the chief doorkeepers: they were Levites; and they were over the chambers and over the treasuries of the house of God;

27for they stayed round about the house of God during the night, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.

28And part of them had the charge of the instruments of service, for by number they brought them in and by number they brought them out.

29Part of them also were appointed over the vessels, and over all the holy instruments, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

30And it was some one of the sons of the priests who compounded the ointment of the spices.

31And Mattithiah of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in trust over the things that were made in the pans.

32And some of the sons of the Kohathites, their brethren, were over the loaves to be set in rows, to prepare them every sabbath.

33And these were the singers, chief fathers of the Levites, who were in the chambers free from service; for they were employed day and night.

34These are the chief fathers of the Levites, heads according to their families; these dwelt in Jerusalem.

35And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and his wife's name was Maachah.

36And his son, the firstborn, was Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

37and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth;

38and Mikloth begot Shimeam. And they also dwelt beside their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren.

39And Ner begot Kish; and Kish begot Saul; and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

40And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal; and Merib-Baal begot Micah.

41And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea.

42And Ahaz begot Jarah: and Jarah begot Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza;

43and Moza begot Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

44And Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bochru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.

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