These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and marked them for destruction to this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.

And they defeated the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.

Now these, the singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.

The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two heroes of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.

And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

And David was afraid of God that day, and he said, “How can I bring the ark of God home to me?”

Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the Lord by Asaph and his brothers.

Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day.

Worship Before the Ark

So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister regularly before the ark as each day required,

For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.

On the east there were six each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the gatehouse.

And they offered sacrifices to the Lord, and on the next day offered burnt offerings to the Lord, 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness.

Solomon Anointed King

And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the Lord, and Zadok as priest.