1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 29: Giving With A Willing Heart

1 Chronicles 29:1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man but for the LORO God,

1 Chronicles 29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.

1 Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because 1 have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that 1 have prepared for the holy house,

1 Chronicles 29:4 Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal:

1 Chronicles 29:5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD?

1 Chronicles 29:6 Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly,

1 Chronicles 29:7 And gave for the service ofthe house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.

1 Chronicles 29:8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand ofJehiel the Gershonite.

1 Chronicles 29:10 Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever.

1 Chronicles 29:11 Thine, O LORD, IS the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above ah.

1 Chronicles 29:12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all, and in thine, hand is power and might; and in thine hand, it is to make great, and to give strength unto all.

1 Chronicles 29:13 Now, therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.

1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

1 Chronicles 29:15 For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.

1 Chronicles 29:16 LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own.

1 Chronicles 29:17 Know also, my God, that thou triest the heart and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.

1 Chronicles 29:18 LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts ofthe heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:

1 Chronicles 29:19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision.

1 Chronicles 29:20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.

1 Chronicles 29:21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:

1 Chronicles 29:22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest.

1 Chronicles 29:24 And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.

1 Chronicles 29:25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:26 Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:28 And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.

1 Chronicles 29:29 Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of the seer,

1 Chronicles 29:30 With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.

1 Chronicles 28: The Legacy Of Leadership And Worship

1 Chronicles 28:1 And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 28:2 Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

1 Chronicles 28:3 But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build a house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war and hast shed blood.

1 Chronicles 28:4 Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

1 Chronicles 28:5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:6 And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father

1 Chronicles 28:7 Moreover I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day.

1 Chronicles 28:8 Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you forever.

1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations ofthe thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.

1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the place ofthe mercy seat,

1 Chronicles 28:12 And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries ofthe house of God, and ofthe treasuries ofthe dedicated things:

1 Chronicles 28:13 Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 28:14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:

1 Chronicles 28:15 Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.

1 Chronicles 28:16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver:

1 Chronicles 28:17 Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and tÿ bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basons he gave gold by weight for every bason; and likewise silver by weight for every bason of silver:

1 Chronicles 28:19 All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern.

1 Chronicles 28:21 And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service ofthe house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

1 Chronicles 27: Organizing Leadership In Israel

1 Chronicles 27:1 Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:2 Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:3 Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.

1 Chronicles 27:4 And over the course ofthe second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:6 This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son.

1 Chronicles 27:7 The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab and Zabadiah his son after him.

1 Chronicles 27:8 The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:9 The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:10 The seventh captain for the seventh month was Heiez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:11 The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:12 The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:13 The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:14 The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:15 The twelfth captain for the twelfth month wots Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:16 Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites wots Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah:

1 Chronicles 27:17 Ofthe Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: ofthe Aaronites, Zadok:

1 Chronicles 27:18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael:

1 Chronicles 27:19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel:

1 Chronicles 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:

1 Chronicles 27:21 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

1 Chronicles 27:23 But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.

1 Chronicles 27:24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of King David.

1 Chronicles 27:25 And over the king’s treasures was Azmaveth the son ofAdiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

1 Chronicles 27:26 And over them that did the work of the field for tillage ofthe ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

1 Chronicles 27:27 And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase ofthe vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:

1 Chronicles 27:28 And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash:

1 Chronicles 27:29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

1 Chronicles 27:30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:

1 Chronicles 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was King David’s.

1 Chronicles 27:33 And Ahithophel was the king’s counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:

1 Chronicles 27:34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king’s army was Joab.

1 Chronicles 26: Faithful Servants In God’s House

1 Chronicles 26:1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, ofthe sons of Asaph.

1 Chronicles 26:2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

1 Chronicles 26:3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

1 Chronicles 26:4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,

1 Chronicles 26:5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.

1 Chronicles 26:6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour.

1 Chronicles 26:7 The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

1 Chronicles 26:9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.

1 Chronicles 26:10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief

1 Chronicles 26:11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

1 Chronicles 26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house ofthe LORD.

1 Chronicles 26:13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.

1 Chronicles 26:14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

1 Chronicles 26:15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

1 Chronicles 26:16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.

1 Chronicles 26:17 Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

1 Chronicles 26:18 At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

1 Chronicles 26:19 These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore and among the sons of Merari.

1 Chronicles 26:20 And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

1 Chronicles 26:22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 26:23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:

1 Chronicles 26:24 And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the ruler of the treasures.

1 Chronicles 26:25 And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Zechariah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.

1 Chronicles 26:26 Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

1 Chronicles 26:27 Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house ofthe LORD.

1 Chronicles 26:28 And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand ofShelomith, and of his brethren.

1 Chronicles 26:29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges,

1 Chronicles 26:31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of His fathers. In the fortieth year ofthe reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 26:32 And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom King David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.

1 Chronicles 25: The Gift Of Music In Worship

1 Chronicles 25:1 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

1 Chronicles 25:2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.

1 Chronicles 25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.

1 Chronicles 25:4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:

1 Chronicles 25:5 All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

1 Chronicles 25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.

1 Chronicles 25:7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

1 Chronicles 25:8 And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.

1 Chronicles 25:10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:24 The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:25 The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:29 The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

1 Chronicles 25:31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

1 Chronicles 24: The Sacred Duty Of The Priests

1 Chronicles 24:1 Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.

1 Chronicles 24:3 And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service,

1 Chronicles 24:4 And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar, there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.

1 Chronicles 24:6 And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:7 Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

1 Chronicles 24:8 The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

1 Chronicles 24:9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

1 Chronicles 24:10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

1 Chronicles 24:11 The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

1 Chronicles 24:12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

1 Chronicles 24:13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

1 Chronicles 24:14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

1 Chronicles 24:15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,

1 Chronicles 24:16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to JehezekeL,

1 Chronicles 24:17 The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamut,

1 Chronicles 24:19 These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house ofthe LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

1 Chronicles 24:20 And the rest of the sons of Levi were these; Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.

1 Chronicles 24:21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.

1 Chronicles 24:22 Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.

1 Chronicles 24:23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.

1 Chronicles 24:24 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.

1 Chronicles 24:25 The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.

1 Chronicles 24:26 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.

1 Chronicles 24:28 Of Mahli came to Eleazar, who had no sons.

1 Chronicles 24:29 Concerning Kish: the son of Kish wets Jerahmeel.

1 Chronicles 24:30 The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.

1 Chronicles 24:31 These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

1 Chronicles 23: Faithful Service In The House Of The Lord

1 Chronicles 23:1 So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 23:2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites,

1 Chronicles 23:3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward; and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand.

1 Chronicles 23:5 Moreover four thousand were porters, and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which made, said David, to praise therewith.

1 Chronicles 23:6 And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 23:7 Of the Gershonites were Laadan and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:8 The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three.

1 Chronicles 23:9 The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chiefs of the fathers of Laadan

1 Chronicles 23:10 And the sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei.

1 Chronicles 23:11 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father’s house.

1 Chronicles 23:12 The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

1 Chronicles 23:13 The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name forever.

1 Chronicles 23:14 Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named ofthe tribe of Levi.

1 Chronicles 23:15 The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer.

1 Chronicles 23:16 Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

1 Chronicles 23:18 Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief.

1 Chronicles 23:19 Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, andJekameam the fourth.

1 Chronicles 23:20 Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second

1 Chronicles 23:21 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish.

1 Chronicles 23:22 And Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

1 Chronicles 23:23 The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

1 Chronicles 23:24 These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by a number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.

1 Chronicles 23:25 For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem forever:

1 Chronicles 23:26 And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof.

1 Chronicles 23:27 For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above:

1 Chronicles 23:28 Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

1 Chronicles 23:29 Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

1 Chronicles 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD:

1 Chronicles 23:32 And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service ofthe house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 22: David’s Devotion To Building The Temple

1 Chronicles 22:1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel, and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.

1 Chronicles 22:3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;

1 Chronicles 22:4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

1 Chronicles 22:5 And David said, Solomon, my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.

1 Chronicles 22:6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God:

1 Chronicles 22:9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

1 Chronicles 22:10 He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.

1 Chronicles 22:11 Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee.

1 Chronicles 22:12 Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.

1 Chronicles 22:13 Then shalt thou prosper if thou takest heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

1 Chronicle 22:14 Now, behold, in my trouble, I have prepared for the house of the LORD a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared, and thou mayest add thereto.

1 Chronicles 22:15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.

1 Chronicles 22:16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise, therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

1 Chronicles 22:17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

1 Chronicles 22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark ofthe covenant ofthe LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 20: Victory, Giants, And God’s Strength

1 Chronicles 20:1 And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country ofthe children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah and destroyed it.

1 Chronicles 20:2 And David took the crown of their king from off his head and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it, and it was set upon David’s head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

1 Chronicles 20:3 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so, dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 20:5 Whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.

1 Chronicles 20:6 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot: and he also was the son of the giant.

1 Chronicles 20:7 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David’s brother slew him.

1 Chronicles 20:8 These were born unto the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

1 Chronicles 21: The Plague, The Angel, And God’s Grace

1 Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel and provoked David to number Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:2 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it.

1 Chronicles 21:3 And Joab answered The LORD make his people a hundred times so many more as they are: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

1 Chronicles 21:5 AndJoab gave the sum ofthe number ofthe people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

1 Chronicles 21:6 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.

1 Chronicles 21:7 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel.

1 Chronicles 21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

1 Chronicles 21:9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying,

1 Chronicles 21:10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.

1 Chronicles 21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee

1 Chronicles 21:12 Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.

1 Chronicles 21:13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

1 Chronicles 21:14 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.

1 Chronicles 21:15 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel ofthe LORD stood by the threshing floor of Oman the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:16 And David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.

1 Chronicles 21:17 And David said unto God, Is it not 1 that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued

1 Chronicles 21:18 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshing-floor of Oman the Jebusite.

1 Chronicles 21:19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name ofthe LORD.

1 Chronicles 21:20 And Oman turned back and saw the angel, and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Oman was threshing wheat.

1 Chronicles 21:21 And as David came to Oman, Oman looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

1 Chronicles 21:22 Then David said to Oman, Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may stay from the people.

1 Chronicles 21:23 And Oman said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.

1 Chronicles 21:24 And king David said to Oman, Nay; but1 will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

1 Chronicles 21:26 And David built there an altar unto the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD, and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering.

1 Chronicles 21:27 And the LORD commanded the angel, and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof.

1 Chronicles 21:29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

1 Chronicles 21:30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.