The Sons of David^(A)(B)

3 These were the sons of David^(C) born to him in Hebron:

David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years, ⁵ and these were the children born to him there:

The Kings of Judah

The Royal Line After the Exile

Other Clans of Judah

4 The descendants of Judah:^(AL)

⁹ Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,^[h] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” ¹⁰ Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.

Simeon^(AW)

²⁷ Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah. ²⁸ They lived in Beersheba,^(AZ) Moladah,^(BA) Hazar Shual, ²⁹ Bilhah, Ezem,^(BB) Tolad, ³⁰ Bethuel, Hormah,^(BC) Ziklag,^{(BD) 31} Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim.^(BE) These were their towns until the reign of David. ³² Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain,^(BF) Rimmon, Token and Ashan^(BG)—five towns— ³³ and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath.^[l] These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.

³⁸ The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, ³⁹ and they went to the outskirts of Gedor^(BH) to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰ They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet.^(BI) Some Hamites had lived there formerly.

⁴¹ The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites^(BJ) who were there and completely destroyed^[m] them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. ⁴² And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of Seir.^{(BK) 43} They killed the remaining Amalekites^(BL) who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

Reuben

5 The sons of Reuben^(BM) the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed,^(BN) his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph^(BO) son of Israel;^(BP) so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,^{(BQ) 2} and though Judah^(BR) was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler^(BS) came from him, the rights of the firstborn^(BT) belonged to Joseph)— ³ the sons of Reuben^(BU) the firstborn of Israel:

Gad

¹⁷ All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham^(CH) king of Judah and Jeroboam^(CI) king of Israel.

¹⁸ The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service^(CJ)—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle. ¹⁹ They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur,^(CK) Naphish and Nodab. ²⁰ They were helped^(CL) in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried^(CM) out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted^(CN) in him. ²¹ They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, ²² and many others fell slain, because the battle^(CO) was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.^(CP)

The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

²³ The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh^(CQ) were numerous; they settled in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir (Mount Hermon).^(CR)

²⁴ These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families. ²⁵ But they were unfaithful^(CS) to the God of their ancestors and prostituted^(CT) themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. ²⁶ So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit^(CU) of Pul^(CV) king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser^(CW) king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah,^(CX) Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

8 ¹ but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.^(A)

² At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them.^{(B) 3} The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group ⁴ and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. ⁵ In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women.^(C) Now what do you say?” ⁶ They were using this question as a trap,^(D) in order to have a basis for accusing him.^(E)

But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. ⁷ When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone^(F) at her.”^{(G) 8} Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.

⁹ At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. ¹⁰ Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹ “No one, sir,” she said.

“Then neither do I condemn you,”^(H) Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”^(I)

Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony

¹² When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am^(J) the light of the world.^(K) Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”^(L)

¹³ The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”^(M)

¹⁴ Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going.^(N) But you have no idea where I come from^(O) or where I am going. ¹⁵ You judge by human standards;^(P) I pass judgment on no one.^{(Q) 16} But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.^{(R) 17} In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.^{(S) 18} I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”^(T)

¹⁹ Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”

“You do not know me or my Father,”^(U) Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”^{(V) 20} He spoke these words while teaching^(W) in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put.^(X) Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.^(Y)