Time Passes; Heads of Provinces

11 Now ^(A)the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people ^(B)cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, ^(C)the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities. ² And the people blessed all the men who ^(D)volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

^3 (E)Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah ^(F)each lived on his own property in their cities—the ^[a]Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the ^[b](G)temple servants and the ^[c](H)descendants of Solomon’s servants. ⁴ Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez; ⁵ and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. ⁶ All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 able men.

⁷ Now these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah; ⁸ and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928. ⁹ Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second ^[d]in command of the city.

¹⁰ From the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, ¹¹ Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God, ¹² and their ^[e]kinsmen who performed the work of the ^[f]temple, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, ¹³ and his kinsmen, heads of fathers’ households, 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, ¹⁴ and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of ^[g]Haggedolim.

¹⁵ Now from the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; ¹⁶ and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the ^[h]leaders of the Levites, who were ^[i]in charge of ^(I)the outside work of the house of God; ¹⁷ and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of ^[j]Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the ^[k]leader in beginning the thanksgiving at prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and ^[l]Abda the son of ^[m]Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. ¹⁸ All the Levites in ^(J)the holy city were 284.

¹⁹ Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

Outside Jerusalem

²⁰ The rest of Israel, of the priests and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each ^(K)on his own inheritance. ²¹ But ^(L)the temple servants were living in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were ^[n]in charge of the temple servants.

²² Now ^(M)the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers for the ^[o]service of the house of God. ^23 (N)For there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders ^(O)day by day. ²⁴ Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons ^(P)of Zerah the son of Judah, was the ^(Q)king’s ^[p]representative in all matters concerning the people.

²⁵ Now as for the villages with their fields, some of the sons of Judah lived in ^(R)Kiriath-arba and its ^[q]towns, in ^(S)Dibon and its ^[r]towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, ²⁶ and in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet, ²⁷ and in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its towns, ²⁸ and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns, ²⁹ and in En-rimmon, in Zorah and in Jarmuth, ³⁰ Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba as far as the valley of Hinnom. ³¹ The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns, ³² at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, ³³ Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, ³⁴ Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, ³⁵ Lod and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. ³⁶ From the Levites, some divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin.

The Lord an Abundant Helper.

Six Bowls of Wrath

16 Then I heard a loud voice from ^(A)the ^[a]temple, saying to the ^(B)seven angels, “Go and ^(C)pour out ^[b]on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God.”

² So the first angel went and poured out his bowl ^[c](D)on the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant ^(E)sore on the ^[d]people ^(F)who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.

³ The second angel poured out his bowl ^(G)into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living ^[e]thing in the sea died.

⁴ Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the ^(H)rivers and the springs of waters; and they ^(I)became blood. ⁵ And I heard the angel of the waters saying, “^(J)Righteous are You, ^(K)who are and who were, O ^(L)Holy One, because You ^(M)judged these things; ⁶ for they poured out ^(N)the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them ^(O)blood to drink. They ^[f]deserve it.” ⁷ And I heard ^(P)the altar saying, “Yes, O ^(Q)Lord God, the Almighty, ^(R)true and righteous are Your judgments.”

⁸ The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon ^(S)the sun, ^(T)and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. ⁹ Men were scorched with ^[g]fierce heat; and they ^(U)blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they ^(V)did not repent so as to ^(W)give Him glory.

¹⁰ Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(X)throne of the beast, and his kingdom became ^(Y)darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, ¹¹ and they ^(Z)blasphemed the ^(AA)God of heaven because of their pains and their ^(AB)sores; and they ^(AC)did not repent of their deeds.

¹² The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the ^(AD)great river, the Euphrates; and ^(AE)its water was dried up, so that ^(AF)the way would be prepared for the kings ^(AG)from the ^[h]east.

Armageddon

¹³ And I saw coming out of the mouth of the ^(AH)dragon and out of the mouth of the ^(AI)beast and out of the mouth of the ^(AJ)false prophet, three ^(AK)unclean spirits like ^(AL)frogs; ¹⁴ for they are ^(AM)spirits of demons, ^(AN)performing signs, which go out to the kings of the ^(AO)whole ^[i]world, to ^(AP)gather them together for the war of the ^(AQ)great day of God, the Almighty. ¹⁵ (“Behold, ^(AR)I am coming like a thief. ^(AS)Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, ^(AT)so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.”) ¹⁶ And they ^(AU)gathered them together to the place which ^(AV)in Hebrew is called ^[j](AW)Har-Magedon.

Seventh Bowl of Wrath

¹⁷ Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon ^(AX)the air, and a ^(AY)loud voice came out of the ^[k](AZ)temple from the throne, saying, “^(BA)It is done.” ¹⁸ And there were flashes of ^(BB)lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was ^(BC)a great earthquake, ^(BD)such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. ^19 (BE)The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the ^[l]nations fell. ^(BF)Babylon the great was ^(BG)remembered before God, to give her ^(BH)the cup of the wine of ^[m]His fierce wrath. ²⁰ And ^(BI)every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. ²¹ And ^(BJ)huge ^[n]hailstones, about ^[o]one hundred pounds each, *came down from heaven upon men; and men ^(BK)blasphemed God because of the ^(BL)plague of the hail, because its plague *was extremely ^[p]severe.