Category Archives: 1 Chronicles

1 Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people: “Go, and number Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan. And bring me the number, so that I may know it.” 3 And Joab responded: “May […]

1 And David said, “This is the house of God, and this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.” 2 And he instructed them to gather all the new converts from the land of Israel. And from these he appointed stoneworkers, to hew stones and to polish them, so that he might build the […]

1 Then David, being old and full of days, appointed his son Solomon as king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests as well as the Levites. 3 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward. And there were found thirty-eight thousand […]

1 Now these were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and without children. And so Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priestly office. 3 And David distributed them, that is, Zadok of the sons of […]

1 Then David and the magistrates of the army set apart, for the ministry, the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps and psalteries and cymbals, in accord with their number, having been dedicated to their appointed office. 2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, […]

1 Now the divisions of the porters were, from the Korahites: Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 The sons of Meshelemiah: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 Then the sons of Obededom: Shemaiah […]

1 Now the sons of Israel, according to their number, the leaders of the families, the tribunes, and the centurions, and the chiefs, who were ministering to the king by their companies, entering and departing in each month of the year as they were in charge, were twenty-four thousand. 2 Jashobeam, the son of Zabdiel, […]

1 And so David called together all the leaders of Israel, the rulers of the tribes, and those in charge of the companies, who were ministering to the king, and also the tribunes and centurions, and those in charge of the substance and possessions of the king, and his sons, with the eunuchs and the […]

1 And king David spoke to the entire assembly: “My son Solomon, the one God has chosen, is still a tender boy. And yet the work is great, for a habitation is being prepared, not for man, but for God. 2 Now with all my ability, I have prepared the expenses for the house of […]