1 Chronicles 8–10

8^*aNow Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and ^bAharah the third, ²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. ³And the sons of Bela were, ^||cAddar, and Gera, and Abihud, ⁴And Abishua, and ^cNaaman, and ^dAhoah, ⁵And Gera, and ^||Shephuphan, and Huram. ⁶And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of ^eGeba, and they removed them to ^fManahath: ⁷And ^gNaaman, and ^gAhiah, and ^gGera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. ⁸And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. ⁹And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, ¹⁰And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. ¹¹And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. ¹²The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built ^hiOno, and ^hijLod, with the towns thereof: ¹³Beriah also, and ^kShema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of ^lAijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of ^mGath: ¹⁴And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, ¹⁵And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, ¹⁶And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of ⁿBeriah; ¹⁷And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, ¹⁸Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of ^oElpaal; ¹⁹And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, ²⁰And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, ²¹And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of ^||Shimhi; ²²And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, ²³And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, ²⁴And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, ²⁵And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of ^pShashak; ²⁶And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, ²⁷And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. ²⁸These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

^29qAnd at ^rGibeon dwelt the ^||father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah: ³⁰And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, ³¹And Gedor, and Ahio, and ^||Zacher. ³²And ^sMikloth begat ^||Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

^33tAnd ^uNer begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and ^x||Abinadab, and ^||Esh-baal. ³⁴And the son of Jonathan was ^||Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat ^yMicah. ³⁵And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and ^||Tarea, and Ahaz. ³⁶And Ahaz begat ^||Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, ³⁷And Moza begat Binea: ^||Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: ³⁸And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. ³⁹And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, ^zarchers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.

9^*So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, ^athey were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their ^btransgression.

^2*cNow the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and ^dthe Nethinims. ^3eAnd in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; ⁴Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of ^fPharez the son of Judah. ⁵And of the ^gShilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. ⁶And of the sons of ^fZerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. ⁷And of the sons of Benjamin; ^hSallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, ⁸And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; ⁹And their brethren, according to their generations, ⁱnine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers ⁱⁱin the house of their fathers.

^10jAnd of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, ¹¹And ^||Azariah the son of ^kHilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of ^kZadok, the son of ^kMeraioth, the son of ^kAhitub, ^lthe ruler of the house of God; ^12mAnd Adaiah the son of ^mJeroham, the son of ^mPashur, the son of Malchijah, and ⁿMaasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of ⁿⁿImmer; ¹³And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; ^†very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

^14oAnd of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵And ^pBakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and ^qMattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of ^rAsaph; ¹⁶And ^pObadiah the son of ^pShemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of ^sJeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the ^tNetophathites. ¹⁷And the porters were, ^uShallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; ¹⁸Who hitherto waited in ^wthe king’s gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. ¹⁹And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of ^xEbiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, ^ythe Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the ^†gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the Lord, were keepers of the entry. ²⁰And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and ^zthe Lord was with him. ²¹And ^aZechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. ²²All these which were ^bchosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom ^aDavid and Samuel ^cthe seer ^†did ordain in their ^||set office. ²³So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. ²⁴In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. ²⁵And their brethren, which were ^din their villages, were to come ^eafter seven days from time to time with them. ²⁶For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their ^||set office, and were over the ^||chambers and treasuries of the house of God. ²⁷And they lodged round about the house of God, because ^fthe charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. ²⁸And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should ^†bring them in and out by tale. ²⁹Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the ^||instruments of the sanctuary, and ^gthe fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. ³⁰And some of the sons of the priests ^hmade the ointment of the spices. ³¹And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of ⁱShallum the Korahite, had the ^||set office over the things that were made ^||in the pans. ³²And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were ^jover the ^†shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. ³³And these are ^kthe singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were ^lfree: for ^†they were employed in that work ^mday and night. ³⁴These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

³⁵ⁿAnd in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah: ³⁶And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, ³⁷And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. ³⁸And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

^39oAnd Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. ⁴⁰And the son of Jonathan was ^pMerib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah. ⁴¹And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, ^qand Ahaz. ⁴²And Ahaz begat ^rJarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; ⁴³And Moza begat Binea; and ^sRephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. ⁴⁴And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

10^*Now ^athe Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down ^||slain in mount Gilboa. ²And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and ^||Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. ³And the battle went sore against Saul, and the ^†archers ^†hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. ⁴Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and ^||abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. ⁵And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. ⁶So Saul died, and his three sons, and all ^bhis house died together.

⁷And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that ^cthey fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. ⁸And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. ⁹And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings ^dunto their idols, and to the people. ¹⁰And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened ^ehis head in the temple of Dagon. ¹¹And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, ¹²They arose, all the valiant men, and took…