David in 1 Chronicles

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1. 2:15

   Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

2. 3:1

   These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;

3. 3:9

   These were all the sons of David, besides the sons by his concubines. And Tamar was their sister.

4. 4:31

   Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

5. 6:31

   These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

6. 7:2

   The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.

7. 9:22

   The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

8. 10:14

   and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

9. 11:1

   Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

10. 11:3

    So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

11. 11:4

    Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.

12. 11:5

    The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

13. 11:6

    Now David had said, “Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander.” And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.

14. 11:7

    So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.

15. 11:9

    And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him.

16. 11:10

    Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

17. 11:11

    This is the list of David’s mighty men: Jashobeam son of Hachmoni was chief of the officers; he wielded his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed at one time.

18. 11:13

    He was with David at Pas-dammim when the Philistines gathered there for battle. At a place with a field full of barley, the troops fled from the Philistines.

19. 11:15

    Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

20. 11:16

    At that time David was in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was at Bethlehem.

21. 11:17

    David longed for water and said, “Oh, that someone would get me a drink of water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem!”

22. 11:18

    So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

23. 11:25

    He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.

24. 12:1

    Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;

25. 12:8

    Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the wilderness. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:

26. 12:16

    Other Benjamites and some men from Judah also came to David in his stronghold.

27. 12:17

    And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”

28. 12:18

    Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

29. 12:19

    Some from Manasseh defected to David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (They did not help the Philistines because the Philistine rulers consulted and sent David away, saying, “It will cost us our heads if he defects to his master Saul.”)

30. 12:21

    They helped David against the raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and commanders in the army.

31. 12:22

    For at that time men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.

32. 12:23

    Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:

33. 12:31

    From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

34. 12:38

    All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.

35. 12:39

    They spent three days there eating and drinking with David, for their relatives had provided for them.

36. 13:1

    Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds.

37. 13:2

    And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.

38. 13:5

    So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

39. 13:6

    David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.

40. 13:8

    David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

41. 13:11

    Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

42. 13:12

    That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”

43. 13:13

    So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

44. 14:1

    Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters, to build a palace for him.

45. 14:2

    And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

46. 14:3

    And David took more wives in Jerusalem and became the father of more sons and daughters.

47. 14:8

    When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went out to face them.

48. 14:10

    So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”

49. 14:11

    So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim.

50. 14:12

    There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.

51. 14:14

    So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

52. 14:16

    So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

53. 14:17

    And David’s fame went out into every land, and the LORD caused all nations to fear him.

54. 15:1

    David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

55. 15:2

    Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

56. 15:3

    And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

57. 15:4

    Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

58. 15:11

    David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

59. 15:16

    David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

60. 15:25

    So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

61. 15:27

    Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.

62. 15:29

    As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

63. 16:1

    So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

64. 16:2

    When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

65. 16:7

    On that day David first committed to Asaph and his associates this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:

66. 16:43

    Then all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.

67. 17:1

    After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

68. 17:2

    And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

69. 17:4

    “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.

70. 17:7

    Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

71. 17:15

    So Nathan relayed to David all the words of this entire revelation.

72. 17:16

    Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

73. 17:18

    What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,

74. 17:24

    so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

75. 18:1

    Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Gath and its villages from the hand of the Philistines.

76. 18:2

    David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.

77. 18:3

    As far as Hamath, David also defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah, who had marched out to establish his dominion along the Euphrates River.

78. 18:4

    David captured from him a thousand chariots, seven thousand charioteers, and twenty thousand foot soldiers, and he hamstrung all the horses except a hundred he kept for the chariots.

79. 18:5

    When the Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, David struck down twenty-two thousand of their men.

80. 18:6

    Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

81. 18:7

    And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.

82. 18:8

    And from Tibhath and Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze Sea, the pillars, and various bronze articles.

83. 18:9

    When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer king of Zobah,

84. 18:10

    he sent his son Hadoram to greet King David and bless him for fighting and defeating Hadadezer, who had been at war with Tou. Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze,

85. 18:11

    and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.

86. 18:13

    He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

87. 18:14

    Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

88. 18:17

    Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and Pelethites; and David’s sons were chief officials at the king’s side.

89. 19:2

    And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,

90. 19:3

    the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”

91. 19:4

    So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.

92. 19:5

    When someone came and told David about his men, he sent messengers to meet them, since the men had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

93. 19:6

    When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, Hanun and the Ammonites sent a thousand talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Aram-naharaim, Aram-maacah, and Zobah.

94. 19:8

    On hearing this, David sent Joab and the entire army of mighty men.

95. 19:17

    When this was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, advanced toward the Arameans, and arrayed for battle against them. When David lined up to engage them in battle, they fought against him.

96. 19:18

    But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven thousand of their charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also killed Shophach the commander of their army.

97. 19:19

    When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.

98. 20:1

    In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.

99. 20:2

    Then David took the crown from the head of their king. It was found to weigh a talent of gold and was set with precious stones, and it was placed on David’s head. And David took a great amount of plunder from the city.

100. 20:3

     David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. And he did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

101. 20:7

     and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

102. 20:8

     So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.

103. 21:1

     Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

104. 21:2

     So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, “Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan and bring me a report, so that I may know their number.”

105. 21:5

     And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.

106. 21:8

     Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

107. 21:9

     And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,

108. 21:10

     “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”

109. 21:11

     So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose

110. 21:13

     David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

111. 21:16

     When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

112. 21:17

     And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”

113. 21:18

     Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

114. 21:19

     So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.

115. 21:21

     David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.

116. 21:22

     Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

117. 21:23

     Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”

118. 21:24

     “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

119. 21:25

     So David paid Ornan six hundred shekels of gold for the site.

120. 21:26

     And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

121. 21:28

     At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.

122. 21:30

     but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

123. 22:1

     Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

124. 22:2

     So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

125. 22:3

     David provided a large quantity of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gateways and for the fittings, together with more bronze than could be weighed

126. 22:4

     and more cedar logs than could be counted; for the Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large quantity of cedar logs to David.

127. 22:5

     And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.

128. 22:7

     “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,

129. 22:17

     Then David ordered all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon:

130. 23:1

     When David was old and full of years, he installed his son Solomon as king over Israel.

131. 23:5

     4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

132. 23:6

     Then David divided the Levites into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

133. 23:25

     For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.

134. 23:27

     For according to the final instructions of David, the Levites twenty years of age or older were counted,

135. 24:3

     With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.

136. 24:31

     As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

137. 25:1

     Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

138. 26:26

     This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.

139. 26:31

     As for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.

140. 26:32

     Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.

141. 27:18

     over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;

142. 27:23

     David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

143. 27:24

     Joab son of Zeruiah began to count the men but did not finish. For because of this census wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not entered in the Book of the Chronicles of King David.

144. 27:31

     Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks. All these officials were in charge of King David’s property.

145. 27:32

     David’s uncle Jonathan was a counselor; he was a man of insight and a scribe. Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended to the sons of the king.

146. 28:1

     Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.

147. 28:2

     Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,

148. 28:11

     Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.

149. 28:19

     “All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”

150. 28:20

     David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

151. 29:1

     Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

152. 29:9

     And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.

153. 29:10

     Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

154. 29:20

     Then David said to the whole assembly, “Bless the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

155. 29:22

     That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

156. 29:23

     So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

157. 29:24

     All the officials and mighty men, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.

158. 29:26

     David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.

159. 29:29

     Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are indeed written in the Chronicles of Samuel the Seer, the Chronicles of Nathan the Prophet, and the Chronicles of Gad the Seer,