1 Adam, Seth, Enos,

² Cainan, Malaleel, Jared,

³ Henoc, Mathusale, Lamech,

⁴ Noe, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.

⁵ The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, Thubal, Mosoch, Thiras.

⁶ And the sons of Gomer: Ascenez, and Riphath, and Thogorma.

⁷ And the sons of Javan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cethim and Dodanim.

⁸ The sons of Cham: Chus, and Mesrai, and Phut, and Chaanan.

⁹ And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Hevila, Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabathaca. And the sons of Regma: Saba, and Dadan.

¹⁰ Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty upon earth.

¹¹ But Mesraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Laabim, and Nephtuim,

¹² Phetrusim also, and Casluim: from whom came the Philistines, and Caphtorim.

¹³ And Chanaan beget Sidon his firstborn, and the Hethite,

¹⁴ And the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite, and the Gergesite,

¹⁵ And the Hevite, and the Aracite, and the Sinite,

¹⁶ And the Aradian, and the Samarite, and the Hamathite.

¹⁷ The sons of Sem: Elam and Asur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Hus, and Hul, and Gether, and Mosoch.

¹⁸ And Arphaxad beget Sale, and Sale beget Heber.

¹⁹ And to Heber were born two sons, the name of the one was Phaleg, because In his days the earth was divided; and the name of his brother was Jectan.

²⁰ And Jectan beget Elmodad, and Saleph, and Asarmoth, and Jare,

²¹ And Adoram, and Usal, and Decla,

²² And Hebal, and Abimael, and Saba,

²³ And Ophir, and Hevila, and Jobab. All these are the sons of Jectan.

²⁴ Sem, Arphaxad, Sale,

²⁵ Heber, Phaleg, Ragau,

²⁶ Serug, Nachor, Thare,

²⁷ Abram, this is Abraham.

²⁸ And the sons of Abraham, Isaac and Ismahel.

²⁹ And these are the generations of them. The firstborn of Ismahel, Nabajoth, then Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabsam,

³⁰ And Masma, and Duma, Massa, Hadad, and Thema,

³¹ Jetur, Naphis, Cedma: these are the sons of Ismahel.

³² And the sons of Cetura, Abraham's concubine, whom she bore: Zamran, Jecsan, Madan, Madian, Jesboc, and Sue. And the sons of Jecsan, Saba, and Dadan. And the sons of Dadan: Assurim, and Latussim, and Laomin.

³³ And the sons of Madian: Epha, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaa. All these are the sons of Cetura.

³⁴ And Abraham beget Isaac: and his sons were Esau and Israel.

³⁵ The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Rahuel, Jehus, Ihelom, and Core.

³⁶ The sons of Eliphaz: Theman, Omar, Sephi, Gathan, Cenez, and by Thamna, Amalec.

³⁷ The sons of Rahuel: Nahath, Zara, Samma, Meza.

³⁸ The sons of Seir: Lotan. Sobal, Sebeen, Ana, Dison, Eser, Disan.

³⁹ The sons of Lotan: Hori, Homam. And the sister of Lotan was Thamna.

⁴⁰ The sons of Sobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Sephi and Onam. The sons of Sebeon: Aia, and Ana. The son of Ana: Dison.

⁴¹ The sons of Dison: Hamram, and Eseban, and Jethran, and Charan.

⁴² The sons of Eser: Balaan, and Zavan, and Jacan. The sons of Disan: Hus and Aran.

⁴³ Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there was a king over the children of Israel: Bale the son of Beer: and the name of his city was Denaba.

⁴⁴ And Bale died, and Jobab the son of Zare of Bosra, reigned in his stead.

⁴⁵ And when Jobab also was dead, Husam of the land of the Themanites reigned in his stead.

⁴⁶ And Husam also died, and Adad the son of Badad reigned in his stead, and he defeated the Madianites in the land of Moab: and the name of his city was Avith.

⁴⁷ And when Adad also was dead, Semla of Masreca reigned in his stead.

⁴⁸ Semla also died, and Saul of Rohoboth, which is near the river, reigned in his stead.

⁴⁹ And when Saul was dead, Balanan the son of Achobor reigned in his stead.

⁵⁰ He also died, and Adad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Phau, and his wife was called Meetabel the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezaab.

⁵¹ And after the death of Adad, there began to be dukes in Edom instead of kings: duke Thamna, duke Alva, duke Jetheth,

⁵² Duke Oolibama, duke Ela, duke Phinon,

⁵³ Duke Cenez, duke Theman, duke Mabsar,

⁵⁴ Duke Magdiel, duke Hiram. These are the dukes of Edom.

2 And these are the sons of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon,

² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephtali, Gad, and Aser.

³ The sons of Juda: Her, Onan and Sela. These three were born to him of the Chanaanitess the daughter of Sue. And Her the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him.

⁴ And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda were five.

⁵ And the sons of Phares, were Hesron and Hamul.

⁶ And the sons also of Zare: Zamri, and Ethan, and Eman, and Chalchal, and Dara, five in all.

⁷ And the sons of a Charmi: Achar, who troubled Israel, and sinned by the theft of the anathema.

⁸ The sons of Ethan: Azarias,

⁹ And the sons of Hesron that were born to him: Jerameel, and Ram, and Calubi.

¹⁰ And Ram beget Aminadab, and Aminadab beget Nahasson, prince of the children of Juda.

¹¹ And Nahasson beget Salma, the father of Boot.

¹² And Boot beget Obed, and Obed beget Isai.

¹³ And Isai beget Eliab his firstborn, the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa,

¹⁴ The fourth, Nathanael, the fifth Raddai,

¹⁵ The sixth Asom, the seventh David.

¹⁶ And their sisters were Sarvia, and Abigail. The sons of Sarvia: Abisai, Joab, and Asael, three.

¹⁷ And Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ismahelite.

¹⁸ And Caleb the son of Hesron took a wife named Azuba, of whom he had Jerioth: and her sons were Jaser, and Sobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹ And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to wife Ephrata: who bore him Hur.

²⁰ And Hur beget Uri: and Uri beget Bezeleel.

²¹ And afterwards Hesron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and took her to wife when he was threescore years old: and she bore him Segub.

²² And Segub beget Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad.

²³ And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad.

²⁴ And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua.

²⁵ And the sons of Jerameel the firstborn of Hesron, were Ram his firstborn, and Buna, and Aram, and Asom, and Achia.

²⁶ And Jerameel married another wife, named Atara, who was the mother of Onam.

²⁷ And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerameel, were Moos, Jamin, and Achar.

²⁸ And Onam had sons Semei, and Jada. And the sons of Semei: Nadab, and Abisur.

²⁹ And the name of Abisur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahobban, and Molid.

³⁰ And the sons of Nadab were Saled, and Apphaim. And Saled died without children.

³¹ But the son of Apphaim was Jesi: and Jesi beget Sesan. And Sesan beget Oholai.

³² And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei: Jether and Jonathan. And Jether also died without children.

³³ But Jonathan beget Phaleth, and Ziza, These were the sons of Jerameel.

³⁴ And Sesan had no sons, but daughters and a servant an Egyptian, named Jeraa.

³⁵ And he gave him his daughter to wife: and she bore him Ethei.

³⁶ And Ethei begot Nathan, and Nathan beget Zabad.

³⁷ And Zabad beget Ophlal, and Ophlal beget Obed.

³⁸ Obed beget Jehu, Jehu beget Azarias.

³⁹ Azarias beget Helles, and Helles begot Elasa.

⁴⁰ Elasa beget Sisamoi, Sisamoi beget Sellum,

⁴¹ Sellum beget Icamia, and Icamia begot Elisama.

⁴² Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerameel were Mesa his firstborn, who was the father of Siph: and the sons of Maresa father of Hebron.

⁴³ And the sons of Hebron, Core, and Thaphua, and Recem, and Samma.

⁴⁴ And Samma beget Raham, the father of Jercaam, and Recem beget Sammai.

⁴⁵ The son of Sammai, Maon: and Maon the father of Bethsur.

⁴⁶ And Epha the concubine of Caleb bore Haran, and Mesa, and Gezez. And Haran beget Gezez.

⁴⁷ And the sons of Jahaddai, Rogom, and Joathan, and Gesan, and Phalet, and Epha, and Saaph.

⁴⁸ And Maacha the concubine of Caleb bore Saber, and Tharana.

⁴⁹ And Saaph the father of Madmena beget Sue the father of Machbena, and the father of Gabaa. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.

⁵⁰ These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur the firstborn of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Cariathiarim.

⁵¹ Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hariph the father of Bethgader.

⁵² And Sobal the father of Cariathiarim had sons: he that saw half of the places of rest.

⁵³ And of the kindred of Cariathiarim, the Jethrites, and Aphuthites, and Semathites, and Maserites. Of them came the Saraites, and Esthaolites.

⁵⁴ The sons of Salma, Bethlehem, and Netophathi, the crowns of the house of Joab, and half of the place of rest of Sarai.

⁵⁵ And the families of the scribes that dwell in Jabes, singing and making melody, and abiding in tents. These are the Cinites, who came of Calor (Chamath) father of the house of Rechab,

3 Now these were the sons of David that were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn Amnon of Achinoam the Jezrahelitess, the second Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess.

² The third Absalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tolmai king of Gessur, the fourth Adonias the son of Aggith,

³ The fifth Saphatias of Abital, the sixth Jethrahem of Egla, his wife.

⁴ So six sons were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years.

⁵ And these sons were born to him in Jerusalem: Simmaa, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four of Bethsabee the daughter of Ammiel.

⁶ Jebaar also and Elisama,

⁷ And Eliphaleeh, and Noge, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

⁸ And Elisama, and Eliada, and Elipheleth, nine:

⁹ All these the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines: and they had a sister Thamar.

¹⁰ And Solomon's son was Roboam: whose son Abia beget Asa. And his son was Josaphat,

¹¹ The father of Joram: and Joram begot Ochozias, of whom was born Joas:

¹² And his son Amasias begot Azarias. And Joathan the son of Azarias

¹³ Beget Achaz, the father of Ezechias, of whom was born Manasses.

¹⁴ And Manasses beget Amen the father of Josias.

¹⁵ And the sons of Josias were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Joakim, the third Sedecias, the fourth Sellum.

¹⁶ Of Joakim was born Jechonias, and Sedecias.

¹⁷ The sons of Jechonias were Asir, Salathiel,

¹⁸ Melchiram, Phadaia, Senneser and Jecemia, Sama, and Nadabia.

¹⁹ Of Phadaia were born Zorobabel and Semei. Zorobabel beget Mosollam, Hananias, and Salomith their sister:

²⁰ Hasaba also, and Ohol, and Barachias, and Hasadias, Josabhesed, five.

²¹ And the son of Hananias was Phaltias the father of Jeseias, whose son was Raphaia. And his son was Arnan, of whom was born Obdia, whose son was Sechenias.

²² The son of Sechenias, was Semeia, whose sons were Hattus, and Jegaal, and Baria, and Naaria, and Saphat, six in number.

²³ The sons of Naaria, Elioenai, and Ezechias, and Ezricam, three.

²⁴ The sons of Elioenai, Oduia, and Eliasub, and Pheleia, and Accub, and Johanan, and Dalaia, and Anani, seven.

4 The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi, and Hur, and Sobal.

² And Raia the son of Sobal beget Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.

³ And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, and Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni.

⁴ And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem.

⁵ And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa and Naara:

⁶ And Naara bore him Ozam, and Hepher, and Themani, and Ahasthari: these are the sons of Naara.

⁷ And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.

⁸ And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, the kindred of Aharehel the son of Arum.

⁹ And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow.

¹⁰ And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for.

¹¹ And Caleb the brother of Sua beget Mahir, who was the father of Esthon.

¹² And Esthon beget Bethrapha, and Phesse, and Tehinna father of the city of Naas: these are the men of Recha.

¹³ And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel, and Saraia. And the sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.

¹⁴ Maonathi beget Ophra, and Saraia begot Joab the father of the Valley of artificers: for artificers were there.

¹⁵ And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone, were Hir, and Ela, and Naham. And the sons of Ela: Cenez.

¹⁶ The sons also of Jaleleel: Ziph, and Zipha, Thiria, and Asrael.

¹⁷ And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he beget Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo.

¹⁸ And his wife Judaia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Icuthiel the father of Zanoe. And these are the sons of Bethia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mered took to wife.

¹⁹ And the sons of his wife Odaia the sister of Naham the father of Celia, Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Machathi.

²⁰ The sons also of Simon, Amnon, and Rinna the son of Hanan, and Thilon. And the sons of Jesi Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

²¹ The sons of Sela the son of Juda: Her the father of Lecha, and Laada the father of Maresa, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen in the House of oath.

²² And he that made the sun to stand, and the men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, who were princes in Moab, and who returned into Lahem. Now these are things of old.

²³ These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.

²⁴ The sons of Simeon: Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul:

²⁵ Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, Masma his son.

²⁶ The sons of Masma: Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Semei his son.

²⁷ The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six daughters: but his brethren had not many sons, and the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the children of Juda.

²⁸ And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and Hasarsuhal,

²⁹ And in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad,

³⁰ And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and in Siceleg,

³¹ And in Bethmarchaboth, and in Hasarsusim, and in Bethberai, and in Saarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

³² Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Remmon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities.

³³ And all their villages round about these cities as far as Baal. This was their habitation, and the distribution of their dwellings.

³⁴ And Mosabab and Jemlech, and Josa, the son of Amasias,

³⁵ And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josabia the son of Saraia, the son of Asiel,

³⁶ And Elioenai, and Jacoba, and Isuhaia, and Asaia, and Adiel, and Ismiel, and Banaia,

³⁷ Ziza also the son of Sephei the son of Allon the son of Idaia the son of Semri the son of Samaia.

³⁸ These were named princes in their kindreds, and in the houses of their families were multiplied exceedingly.

³⁹ And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as to the east side of the valley, to seek pastures for their flocks.

⁴⁰ And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the race of Cham had dwelt before.

⁴¹ And these whose names are written above, came in the days of Ezechias king of Juda: and they beat down their tents, and slew the inhabitants that were found there, and utterly destroyed them unto this day: and they dwelt in their place, because they found there fat pastures.

⁴² Some also of the children of Simeon, five hundred men, went into mount Seir, having for their captains Phaltias and Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the sons of Jesi:

⁴³ And they slew the remnant of the Amalecites, who had been able to escape, and they dwelt there in their stead unto this day.

5 Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.

² But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his brethren, came the princes: but the first birthright was accounted to Joseph.)

³ The sons then of Ruben the firstborn of Israel were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi.

⁴ The sons of Joel: Samaia his son, Gog his son, Semei his son,

⁵ Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,

⁶ Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians carried away captive, and he was prince in the tribe of Ruben.

⁷ And his brethren, and all his kindred, when they were numbered by their families, had for princes Jehiel, and Zacharias.

⁸ And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of Samma, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo, and Beelmeon.

⁹ And eastward he had his habitation as far as the entrance of the desert, and the river Euphrates. For they possessed a great number of cattle in the land of Galaad.

¹⁰ And in the days of Saul they fought against the Agarites, and slew them, and dwelt in their tents in their stead, in all the country, that looketh to the east of Galaad.

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

¹² Johel the chief, and Saphan the second: and Janai, and Saphat in Basan.

¹³ And their brethren according to the houses of their kindreds, were Michael, and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zie, and Heber, seven.

¹⁴ These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Hurl, the son of Jara, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesisi, the son of Jeddo, the son of But.

¹⁵ And their brethren the sons of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house in their families,

¹⁶ And they dwelt in Galaad, and in Basan and in the towns thereof, and in all the suburbs of Saron, unto the borders.

¹⁷ All these were numbered in the days of Joathan king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸ The sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses, fighting men, bearing shields, and swords, and bending the bow, and trained up to battles, four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to war.

¹⁹ They fought against the Agarites: but the Itureans, and Naphis, and Nodab,

²⁰ Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him.

²¹ And they took all that they possessed, of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand souls.

²² And many fell down slain: for it was the battle of the Lord. And they dwelt in their stead till the captivity.

²³ And the children of the half tribe of Manasses possessed the land, from the borders of Basan unto Baal, Hermon, and Sanir, and mount Hermon, for their number was great.

²⁴ And these were the heads of the house of their kindred, Epher, and Jesi, and Eliel, and Esriel, and Jeremia, and Odoia, and Jediel, most valiant and powerful men, and famous chiefs in their families.

²⁵ But they forsook the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

²⁶ And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Phul king of the Assyrians, and the spirit of Thelgathphalnasar king of Assur: and he carried away Ruben, and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses, and brought them to Lahela, and to Habor, and to Ara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

6 The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

² The sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel.

³ The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Mary. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abiu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

⁴ Eleazar beget Phinees, and Phinees beget Abisue,

⁵ And Abisue beget Bocci, and Bocci begot Ozi.

⁶ Ozi beget Zaraias, and Zaraias beget Maraioth.

⁷ And Maraioth beget Amarias, and Amarias beget Achitob.

⁸ Achitob beget Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas.

⁹ Achimaas beget Azarias, Azarias begot Johanan,

¹⁰ Johanan beget Azarias. This is he that executed the priestly office in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.

¹¹ And Azarias beget Amarias, and Amarias beget Achitob.

¹² And Achitob beget Sadoc, and Sadoc beget Sellum,

¹³ Sellum beget Helcias, and Helcias beget Azarias,

¹⁴ Azarias beget Saraias, and Saraias beget Josedec.

¹⁵ Now Josedec went out, when the Lord carried away Juda, and Jerusalem, by the hands of Nabuchodonosor.

¹⁶ So the sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

¹⁷ And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.

¹⁸ The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel.

¹⁹ The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families.

²⁰ Of Gerson: Lobni his son, Jahath his son, Zamma his son,

²¹ Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his son, Jethrai his son.

²² The sons of Caath, Aminadab his son, Core his son, Asir his son,

²³ Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son, Asir his son,

²⁴ Thahath his son, Uriel his son, Ozias his son, Saul his son.

²⁵ The sons of Elcana: Amasai, and Achimoth.

²⁶ And Elcana. The sons of Elcana: Sophai his son, Nahath his son,

²⁷ Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elcana his son.

²⁸ The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vasseni, and Abia.

²⁹ And the sons of Merari, Moholi: Lobni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son,

³⁰ Sammaa his son, Haggia his son, Asaia his son.

³¹ These are they, whom David set over the singing men of the house of the Lord, after that the ark was placed:

³² And they ministered before the tabernacle of the testimony, with singing, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they stood according to their order in the ministry.

³³ And these are they that stood with their sons, of the sons of Caath, Hemam a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Sammuel,

³⁴ The son of Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Thohu,

³⁵ The son of Suph, the son of Elcana, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

³⁶ The son of Elcana, the son of Johel, the son of Azarias, the son of Sophonias,

³⁷ The son of Thahath, the son of Asir, the son or Abiasaph, the son of Core,

³⁸ The son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

³⁹ And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa.

⁴⁰ The son of Michael, the son of Basaia, the son of Melchia.

⁴¹ The son of Athanai, the son of Zara, the son of Adaia.

⁴² The son of Ethan, the son of Zamma, the son of Semei.

⁴³ The son of Jeth, the son of Gerson, the son of Levi.

⁴⁴ And the sons of Merari their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Meloch,

⁴⁵ The son of Hasabia, the son of Amasai, the son of Helcias,

⁴⁶ The son of Amasai, the son of Boni, the son of Somer,

⁴⁷ The son of Moholi, the son of Mud, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

⁴⁸ Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord.

⁴⁹ But Aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings upon the altar of holocausts, and upon the altar of incense, for very work of the holy of holies: and to pray for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

⁵⁰ And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisue his son,

⁵¹ Bocci his son, Ozi his son, Zarahia his son,

⁵² Meraioth his son, Amarias his son, Achitob his son,

⁵³ Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.

⁵⁴ And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot.

⁵⁵ And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

⁵⁶ But the fields of the city, and the villages to Caleb son of Jephone.

⁵⁷ And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities for refuge Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs thereof,

⁵⁸ And Jether and Esthemo, with their suburbs, and Helon, and Dabir with their suburbs:

⁵⁹ Asan also, and Bethsames, with their suburbs.

⁶⁰ And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

⁶¹ And to the sons of Caath that remained of their kindred they gave out of the half tribe of Manasses ten cities in possession.

⁶² And to the sons of Gerson by their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephtali, and out of the tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities.

⁶³ And to the sons of Merari by their families out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve cities.

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

⁶⁵ And they gave them by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Juda, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they called by their names.

⁶⁶ And to them that were of the kindred of the sons of Caath, and the cities in their borders were of the tribe of Ephraim.

⁶⁷ And they gave the cities of refuge Sichem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs,

⁶⁸ Jecmaan also with its suburbs, and Beth-horon in like manner,

⁶⁹ Helon also with its suburbs, and Gethremmon in like manner,

⁷⁰ And out of the half tribe of Manasses, Aner and its suburbs, Baalam and its suburbs: to wit, to them that were left of the family of the sons of Caath.

⁷¹ And to the sons of Gersom, out of the kindred of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon, in Basan, and its suburbs, and Astharoth with its suburbs.

⁷² Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes and its suburbs, and Dabereth with its suburbs;

⁷³ Ramoth also and its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs.

⁷⁴ And out of the tribe of Aser: Masal with its suburbs, and Abdon in like manner;

⁷⁵ Hucac also and its suburbs, and Rohol with its suburbs.

⁷⁶ And out of the tribe of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee and its suburbs, Hamon with its suburbs, and Cariathaim, and its suburbs.

⁷⁷ And to the sons of Merari that remained: out of the tribe of Zabulon, Remmono and its suburbs, and Thabor with its suburbs.

⁷⁸ Beyond the Jordan also over against Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Ruben, Bosor in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jassa with its suburbs;

⁷⁹ Cademoth also and its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;

⁸⁰ Moreover also out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad and its suburbs, and Manaim with its suburbs;

⁸¹ Hesebon also with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.

7 Now the sons of Issachar were Thola, and Phua, Jasub and Simeron, four.

² The sons of Thola: Ozi and Raphaia, and Jeriel, and Jemai, and Jebsem, and Samuel, chiefs of the houses of their kindreds. Of the posterity of Thola were numbered in the days of David, two and twenty thousand six hundred most valiant men.

³ The sons of Ozi: Izrahia, of whom were born Michael, and Obadia, and Joel, and Jesia, five all great men.

⁴ And there were with them by their families and peoples, six and thirty thousand most valiant men ready for war: for they had many wives and children.

⁵ Their brethren also throughout all the house of Issachar, were numbered fourscore and seven thousand most valiant men for war.

⁶ The sons of Benjamin were Bela, and Bechor, and Jadihel, three.

⁷ The sons of Bela: Esbon, and Ozi, and Ozial, and Jerimoth and Urai, five chiefs of their families, and most valiant warriors, and their number was twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.

⁸ And the sons of Bechor were Zamira, and Joas, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Amai, and Jerimoth, and Abia, and Anathoth, and Almath: all these were the sons of Bechor.

⁹ And they were numbered by the families, heads of their kindreds, most valiant men for war, twenty thousand and two hundred.

¹⁰ And the son of Jadihel: Balan. And the sons of Balan: Jehus and Benjamin and Aod, and Chanana, and Zethan and Tharsis, and Ahisahar.

¹¹ All these were sons of Jadihel, heads of their kindreds, most valiant men, seventeen thousand and two hundred fit to go out to war.

¹² Sepham also and Hapham the sons of Hir: and Hasim the sons of Aher.

¹³ And the sons of Nephtali were Jasiel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Sellum, sons of Bala.

¹⁴ And the son of Manasses, Ezriel: and his concubine the Syrian bore Machir the father of Galaad.

¹⁵ And Machir took wives for his sons Happhim, and Saphan: and he had a sister named Maacha: the name of the second was Salphaad, and Salphaad had daughters.

¹⁶ And Maacha the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Phares: and the name of his brother was Sares: and his sons were Ulam and Recen.

¹⁷ And the son of Ulam, Baden. These are the sons of Galaad, the son of Machir the son of Manasses.

¹⁸ And his sister named Queen bore Goodlyman, and Abiezer, and Mohola.

¹⁹ And the sons of Semida were Ahiu, and Sechem, and Leci and Aniam.

²⁰ And the sons of Ephraim were Suthala, Bared his son, Thahath his son, Elada his son, Thahath his son, and his son Zabad,

²¹ And his son Suthala, and his son Ezer, and Elad: and the men of Geth born in the land slew them, because they came down to invade their possessions.

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

²³ And he went in to his wife: and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because he was born when it went evil with his house:

²⁴ And his daughter was Sara, who built Bethoron, the nether and the upper, and Ozensara.

²⁵ And Rapha was his son, and Reseph, and Thale, of whom was born Thaan,

²⁶ Who begot Laadan: and his son was Ammiud, who beget Elisama,

²⁷ Of whom was born Nun, who had Josue for his son.

²⁸ And their possessions and habitations were Bethel with her daughters, and eastward Noran, and westward Gazer and her daughters, Sichem also with her daughters, as far as Ass with her daughters.

²⁹ And by the borders of the sons of Manasses Bethsan and her daughters, Thanach and her daughters, Mageddo and her daughters: Dor and her daughters: in these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel.

³⁰ The children of Aser were Jemna, and Jesua, and Jessui, and Baria, and Sara their sister.

³¹ And the sons of Baria: Haber, and Melchiel: he is the father of Barsaith.

³² And Heber beget Jephlat, and Somer, and Hotham, and Suaa their sister.

³³ The sons of Jephlat: Phosech, and Chamaal, and Asoth: these are the sons of Jephlat.

³⁴ And the sons of Somer: Ahi, and Roaga, and Haba, and Aram.

³⁵ And the sons of Helem his brother: Supha, and Jemna, and Selles, and Amal.

³⁶ The sons of Supha: Sue, Hernapher, and Sual, and Beri, and Jamra.

³⁷ Bosor and Hod, and Samma, and Salusa, and Jethran, and Bera.

³⁸ The sons of Jether: Jephone, and Phaspha, and Ara.

³⁹ And the sons of Olla: Aree, and Haniel, and Resia.

⁴⁰ All these were sons of Aser, heads of their families, choice and most valiant captains of captains: and the number of them that were of the age that was fit for war, was six and twenty thousand.

8 Now Benjamin beget Bale his firstborn, Asbel the second, Ahara the third,

² Nohaa the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

³ And the sons of Bale were Addar, and Gera, and Abiud,

⁴ And Abisue, and Naamar, and Ahoe,

⁵ And Gera, and Sephuphan, and Huram.

⁶ These are the sons of Ahod, heads of families that dwelt in Gabaa, who were removed into Mrtnahsth.

⁷ And Naaman, and Achia, and Gera he removed them, and beget Oza, and Ahiud.

⁸ And Saharim begot in the land of Moab, after he sent away Husim and Bara his wives.

⁹ And he beget of Hodes his wife Jobab, and Sebia, and Mesa, and Molchom,

¹⁰ And Jehus and Sechia, and Marma. These were his sons heads of their families.

¹¹ And Mehusim beget Abitob, and Elphaal.

¹² And the sons of Elphaal were Heber, and Misaam, and Samad: who built One, and Led, and its daughters.

¹³ And Baria, and Sama were heads of their kindreds that dwelt in Aialon: these drove away the inhabitants of Geth.

¹⁴ And Ahio, and Sesac, and Jerimoth,

¹⁵ And Zabadia, and Arod, and Heder,

¹⁶ And Michael, and Jespha, and Joha, the sons of Baria.

¹⁷ And Zabadia, and Mosollam, and Hezeci, and Heber,

¹⁸ And Jesamari, and Jezlia, and Jobab, sons of Elphaal,

¹⁹ And Jacim, and Zechri, and Zabdi,

²⁰ And Elioenai, and Selethai, and Elial,

²¹ And Adaia, and Baraia, and Samareth, the sons of Semei.

²² And Jespham, and Heber, and Eliel,

²³ And Abdon, and Zechri, and Hanan,

²⁴ And Hanania, and Elam, and Anathothia.

²⁵ And Jephdaia, and Phanuel the sons of Sesac.

²⁶ And Samsari, and Sohoria and Otholia,

²⁷ And Jersia, and Elia, and Zechri, the sons of Jeroham.

²⁸ These were the chief fathers, and heads of their families who dwelt in Jerusalem.

²⁹ And at Gabaon dwelt Abigabaon, and the name of his wife was Maacha:

³⁰ And his firstborn son Abdon, and Sur, and Cia, and Baal, and Nadab,

³¹ And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher, and Macelloth:

³² And Macelloth beget Samaa: and they dwelt over against their brethren in Jerusalem with their brethren.

³³ And Ner beget Cia, and Cia beget Saul. And Saul begot Jonathan and Melchisua, and Abinadab, and Esbaal.

³⁴ And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begot Micha.

³⁵ And the sons of Micha were Phithon, and Melech, and Tharaa, and Ahaz.

³⁶ And Ahaz beget Joada: and Joada beget Alamath, and Azmoth, and Zamri: and Zamri beget Mesa,

³⁷ And Mesa beget Banaa, whose son was Rapha, of whom was born Elasa, who beget Asel.

³⁸ And Asel had six sons whose names were Ezricam, Bochru, Ismahel, Saria, Obdia, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Asel.

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

⁴⁰ And the sons of Ulam were most valiant men, and archers of great strength: and they had many sons and grandsons, even to a hundred and fifty. All these were children of Benjamin.

9 And all Israel was numbered: and the sum of them was written in the book of the kings of Israel, and Juda: and they were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

² Now the first that dwelt in their possessions, and in their cities, were the Israelites, and the priests, and the Levites, and the Nathineans.

³ And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Juda, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and of Manasses.

⁴ Othei the son of Ammiud, the son of Amri, the son of Omrai, the son of Bonni, of the sons of Phares the son of Juda.

⁵ And of Siloni: Asaia the firstborn, and his sons.

⁶ And of the sons of Zara: Jehuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

⁷ And of the sons of Benjamin: Sale the son of Mosollam, the son of Oduia, the son of Asana:

⁸ And Jobania the son of Jeroham: and Ela the son of Ozi, the son of Mochori: and Mosallam the son of Saphatias, the son of Rahuel, the son of Jebania:

⁹ And their brethren by their families, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these were heads of their families, by the houses of their fathers.

¹⁰ And of the priests: Jedaia, Joiarib, and Jachin:

¹¹ And Azarias the son of Helcias, the son of Mosollam, the son of Sadoc, the son of Maraioth, the son of Achitob, high priest of the house of God.

¹² And Adaias the son of Jeroham, the son of Phassur, the son of Melchias, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jezra, the son of Mosollam, the son of Mosollamith, the son of Emmer.

¹³ And their brethren heads in their families a thousand seven hundred and threescore, very strong and able men for the work of the ministry in the house of God.

¹⁴ And of the Levites: Semeia the son of Hassub the son of Ezricam, the son of Hasebia of the sons of Merari.

¹⁵ And Bacbacar the carpenter, and Galal, and Mathania the son of Micha, the son of Zechri the son of Asaph:

¹⁶ And Obdia the son of Semeia, the son of Galal, the son of Idithum: and Barachia the son of Asa, the son of Elcana, who dwelt in the suburbs of Netophati.

¹⁷ And the porters were Sellum, and Accub, and Telmon, and Ahiman: and their brother Sellum was the prince,

¹⁸ Until that time, in the king's gate eastward, the sons of Levi waited by their turns.

¹⁹ But Sellum the son of Core, the son of Abiasaph, the son of Core, with his brethren and his father's house, the Corites were over the works of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their families in turns were keepers of the entrance of the camp of the Lord.

²⁰ And Phinees the son of Eleazar, was their prince before the Lord,

²¹ And Zacharias the son of Mosollamia, was porter of the gate of the tabernacle of the testimony:

²² All these that were chosen to be porters at the gates, were two hundred and twelve: and they mere registered in their proper towns: whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their trust.

²³ As well them as their sons, to keep the gates of the house of the Lord, and the tabernacle by their turns.

²⁴ In four quarters were the porters: that is to say, toward the east, and west, and north, and south.

²⁵ And their brethren dwelt in villages, and came upon their sabbath days from time to time.

²⁶ To these four Levites were committed the whole number of the porters, and they were over the chambers, and treasures, of the house of the Lord.

²⁷ And they abode in their watches round about the temple of the Lord: that when it was time, they might open the gates in the morning.

²⁸ And some of their stock had the charge of the vessels for the ministry: for the vessels were both brought in and carried out by number.

²⁹ Some of them also had the instruments of the sanctuary committed unto them, and the charge of the fine flour, and wine, and oil, and frankincense, and spices.

³⁰ And the sons of the priests made the ointments of the spices.

³¹ And Mathathias a Levite, the firstborn of Sellum the Corite, was overseer of such things as were fried in the fryingpan.

³² And some of the sons of Caath their brethren, were over the leaves of proposition, to prepare always new for every sabbath.

³³ These are the chief of the singing men of the families of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers, by the temple, that they might serve continually day and night in their ministry.

³⁴ The heads of the Levites, princes in their families, abode in Jerusalem.

³⁵ And in Gabaon dwelt Jehiel the father of Gabaon, and the name of hill wife was Maacha:

³⁶ His firstborn son Abdon, and Sur, and Cis, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

³⁷ Gedor also, and Ahio, and Zacharias, and Macelloth.

³⁸ And Macelloth beget Samaan: these dwelt over against their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren.

³⁹ Now Ner beget Cia: and Cis begot Saul: and Saul beget Jonathan and Melchisua, and Abinadab, and Esbaal.

⁴⁰ And the son of Jonathan, was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal beget Micha.

⁴¹ And the sons of Micha, were Phithon, and Melech, and Tharaa, and Ahaz.

⁴² And Ahaz beget Jara, and Jara beget Alamath, and Azmoth, and Zamri. And Zamri beget Mesa.

⁴³ And Mesa beget Banaa: whose son Raphaia beget Elasa: of whom was born Asel.

⁴⁴ And heel had six sons whose names are, Ezricam, Bochru, Ismahel, Saria, Obdia, Hanan: these are the sons of Asel.

10 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down wounded in mount Gelboe.

² And the Philistines drew near pursuing after Saul, and his sons, and they killed Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchisua the sons of Saul.

³ And the battle grew hard against Saul, and the archers reached him, and wounded him with arrows.

⁴ And Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and mock me. But his armourbearer would not, for he was struck with fear: so Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

⁵ And when his armourbearer saw it, to wit, that Saul was dead, he also fell upon his sword and died.

⁶ So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house fell together.

⁷ And when the men of Israel, that dwelt in the plains, saw this, they fled: and Saul and his sons being dead, they forsook their cities, and were scattered up and down: and the Philistines came, and dwelt in them.

⁸ And the next day the Philistines taking away the spoils of them that were slain, found Saul and his sons lying on mount Gelboe.

⁹ And when they had stripped him, and cut off his head, and taken away his armour, they sent it into their land, to be carried about, and shewn in the temples of the idols and to the people.

¹⁰ And his armour they dedicated in the temple of their god, and his head they fastened up in the temple of Dagon.

¹¹ And when the men of Jabes Galaad had heard this, to wit, all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

¹² All the valiant men of them arose, and took the bodies of Saul and of his sons, and brought them to Jabes, and buried their bones under the oak that was in Jabes, and they fasted seven days.

¹³ So Saul died for his iniquities, because he transgressed the commandment of the Lord, which he had commanded, and kept it not: and moreover consulted also a witch,

¹⁴ And trusted not is the Lord: therefore he slew him, and transferred his kingdom to David the son of Isai.

11 Then all Israel gathered themselves to David in Hebron, saying: We are thy bone, and thy flesh.

² Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: for the Lord thy God said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt; be ruler over them.

³ So all the ancients of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and David made a covenant with them before the Lord: and they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke in the hand of Samuel.

⁴ And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were the inhabitants of the land.

⁵ And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David: Thou shalt not come in here. But David took the castle of Sion, which is the city of David.

⁶ And he said: Whosoever shall first strike the Jebusites, shall be the head and chief captain. And Joab the son of Sarvia went up first, and was made the general.

⁷ And David dwelt in the castle, and therefore it was called the city of David.

⁸ And he built the city round about from Mello all round, and Joab built the rest of the city.

⁹ And David went on growing and increasing, and the Lord of hosts was with him.

¹⁰ These are the chief of the valiant men of David, who helped him to be made king over all Israel, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke to Israel.

¹¹ And this is the number of the heroes of David: Jesbaam the son of Hachamoni the chief among the thirty: he lifted up his spear against three hundred wounded by him at one time.

¹² And after him was Eleazar his uncle's son the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.

¹³ He was with David in Phesdomim, when the Philistines were gathered to that place to battle: and the field of that country was full of barley, and the people fled from before the Philistines.

¹⁴ But these men stood in the midst of the field, and defended it: and they slew the Philistines, and the Lord gave a great deliverance to his people.

¹⁵ And three of the thirty captains went down to the rock, wherein David was, to the cave of Odollam, when the Philistines encamped in the valley of Raphaim.

¹⁶ And David was in a hold, and the garrison of the Philistines in Bethlehem.

¹⁷ And David longed, and said: O that some man would give me water of the cistern of Bethlehem, which is in the gate.

¹⁸ And these three broke through the midst of the camp of the Philistines, and drew water out of the cistern of Bethlehem, which was in the gate, and brought it to David to drink: and he would not drink of it, but rather offered it to the Lord,

¹⁹ Saying: God forbid that I should do this in the sight of my God, and should drink the blood of these men: for with the danger of their lives they have brought me the water. And therefore he would not drink. These things did the three most valiant.

²⁰ And Abisai the brother of Joab, he was chief of three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he slew, and he was renowned among the three,

²¹ And illustrious among the second three, and their captain: but yet he attained not to the first three.

²² Banaias the son of Joiada, a most valiant man, of Cabseel, who had done many acts: he slew the two ariels of Moab: and he went down, and killed a lion in the midst of a pit in the time of snow.

²³ And he slew an Egyptian, whose stature was of five cubits, and who had a spear like a weaver's beam: and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked away the spear, that he held in his hand, and slew him with his own spear.

²⁴ These things did Banaias the son of Joiada, who was renowned among the three valiant ones,

²⁵ And the first among the thirty, but yet to the three he attained not: and David made him of his council.

²⁶ Moreover the most valiant men of the army, were Asahel brother of Joab, and Elchanan the son of his uncle of Bethlehem,

²⁷ Sammoth an Arorite, Helles a Phalonite,

²⁸ Ira the son of Acces a Thecuite, Abiezer an Anathothite,

²⁹ Sobbochai a Husathite, Ilai an Ahohite,

³⁰ Maharai a Netophathite, Heled the son of Baana a Netophathite,

³¹ Ethai the son of Ribai of Gabaath of the sons of Benjamin, Banal a Pharathonite,

³² Hurai of the torrent Gaas, Abiel an Arbathite, Azmoth a Bauramite, Eliaba a Salabonite,

³³ The sons of Assem a, Gezonite, Jonathan the son of Sage an Ararite,

³⁴ Ahiam the son of Sachar an Ararite,

³⁵ Eliphal the son of Ur,

³⁶ Hepher a Mecherathite, Ahia a Phelonite,

³⁷ Hesro a Carmelite, Naarai the son of Azbai,

³⁸ Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibahar the son of Agarai.

³⁹ Selec an Ammonite, Naharai a Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Sarvia.

⁴⁰ Ira a Jethrite, Gareb a Jethrite,

⁴¹ Urias a Hethite, Zabad the son of Oholi,

⁴² Adina the son of Siza a Rubenite the prince of the Rubenites, and thirty with him:

⁴³ Hanan the son of Maacha, and Josaphat a Mathanite,

⁴⁴ Ozia an Astarothite, Samma, and Jehiel the sons of Hotham an Arorite,

⁴⁵ Jedihel the son of Zamri, and Jobs his brother a Thosaite,

⁴⁶ Eliel a Mithumite, and Jeribai, and Josaia the sons of Elnaim, and Jethma a Moabite, Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel of Masobia.

12 Now these are they that came to David to Siceleg, while he yet fled from Saul the son of Cia, and they were most valiant and excellent warriors,

² Bending the bow, and using either hand in hurling stones with slings, and shooting arrows: of the brethren of Saul of Benjamin.

³ The chief was Ahiezer, and Joas, the sons of Samaa of Gabaath, and Jaziel, and Phallet the sons of Azmoth, and Beracha, and Jehu an Anathothite.

⁴ And Samaias of Gabaon, the stoutest amongst the thirty and over the thirty; Jeremias, and Jeheziel, and Johanan, and Jezabad of Gaderoth;

⁵ And Eluzai, and Jerimuth, and Baalia, and Samaria, and Saphatia the Haruphite;

⁶ Elcana, and Jesia, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jesbaam of Carehim:

⁷ And Joela, and Zabadia the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

⁸ From Gaddi also there went over to David, when he lay hid in the wilderness most valiant men, and excellent warriors, holding shield and spear: whose faces were like the faces of a lion, and they were swift like the roebucks on the mountains.

⁹ Ezer the chief, Obdias the second, Eliab the third,

¹⁰ Masmana the fourth, Jeremias the fifth.

¹¹ Ethi the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

¹² Johanan the eighth, Elzebad the ninth,

¹³ Jerenias the tenth, Machbani the eleventh,

¹⁴ These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the army: the least of them was captain over a hundred soldiers, and the greatest over a thousand.

¹⁵ These are they who passed over the Jordan in the first month, when it is used to how over its banks: and they put to flight all that dwelt in the valleys both toward the east and toward the west.

¹⁶ And there came also of the men of Benjamin, and of Juda to the hold, in which David abode.

¹⁷ And David went out to meet them, and said: If you are come peaceably to me to help me, let my heart be joined to you: but if you plot against me for my enemies whereas I have no iniquity in my hands, let the God of our fathers see, and judge.

¹⁸ But the spirit came upon Amasai the chief among thirty, and he said: We are thine, O David, and for thee, O son of Isai: peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers. For thy God helpeth thee. So David received them, and made them captains of the band.

¹⁹ And there were some of Manasses that went over to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to fight: but he did not fight with them: because the lords of the Philistines taking counsel sent him back, saying: With the danger of our heads he will return to his master Saul.

²⁰ So when he went back to Siceleg, there fled to him of Manasses, Ednas and Jozabad, and Jedihel, and Michael, and Ednas, and Jozabad, and Eliu, and Salathi, captains of thousands in Manasses.

²¹ These helped David against the rovers: for they were all most valiant men, and were made commanders in the army.

²² Moreover day by day there came some to David to help him till they became a great number, like the army of God.

²³ And this is the number of the chiefs of the army who came to David, when he was in Hebron, to transfer to him the kingdom of Saul, according to the word of the Lord.

²⁴ The sons of Juda bearing shield and spear, six thousand eight hundred well appointed to war.

²⁵ Of the sons of Simeon valiant men for war, seven thousand one hundred.

²⁶ Of the sons of Levi, four thousand six hundred.

²⁷ And Joiada prince of the race of Aaron, and with him three thousand seven hundred.

²⁸ Sadoc also a young man of excellent disposition, and the house of his father, twenty-two principal men.

²⁹ And of the sons of Benjamin the brethren of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto a great part of them followed the house of Saul.

³⁰ And of the sons of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, men of great valour renowned in their kindreds.

³¹ And of the half tribe of Manasses, eighteen thousand, every one by their names, came to make David king.

³² Also of the sons of Issachar men of understanding, that knew all times to order what Israel should do, two hundred principal men: and all the rest of the tribe followed their counsel.

³³ And of Zabulon such as went forth to battle, and stood in array well appointed with armour for war, there came fifty thousand to his aid, with no double heart.

³⁴ And of Nephtali, a thousand leaders: and with them seven and thirty thousand, furnished with shield and spear.

³⁵ Of Dan also twenty-eight thousand six hundred prepared for battle.

³⁶ And of Aser forty thousand going forth to fight, and challenging in battle.

³⁷ And on the other side of the Jordan of the sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half of the tribe of Manasses a hundred and twenty thousand, furnished with arms for war.

³⁸ All these men of war well appointed to fight, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel, were of one heart to make David king.

³⁹ And they were there with David three days eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

⁴⁰ Moreover they that were near them even as far as Issachar, and Zabulon, and Nephtali, brought leaves on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, to eat: meal, figs, raisins, wine, oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance, for there was joy in Israel.