27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because fthe charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. 28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should †bring them in and out by tale. 29 Some 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. 30 And some of the sons of the priests hmade the ointment of the spices. 31 And 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. 32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were jover the †shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. 33 And 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. 34 These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

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

39 oAnd Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 40 And the son of Jonathan was pMerib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah. 41 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, qand Ahaz. 42 And Ahaz begat rJarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; 43 And Moza begat Binea; and sRephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 44 And 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. 2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and ||Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the †archers †hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. 4 Then 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. 5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and all bhis house died together.

7 And 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. 8 And 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. 9 And 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. 10 And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened ehis head in the temple of Dagon. 11 And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under fthe oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. 13 So Saul died for his transgression which he †committed against the Lord, even gagainst the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of hone that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; 14 And iinquired not of the Lord: therefore he slew him, and kturned the kingdom unto David the son of †Jesse.

11 *Then aall Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. 2 And moreover †in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt ||feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over Israel, baccording to the word of the Lord †by Samuel.

4 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the ccastle of Zion, which is the city of David. 6 And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first dshall be †chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. 7 And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called ||it the city of David. 8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab †repaired the rest of the city. 9 So David †waxed greater and greater: for the Lord of hosts was with him.

10 eThese also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who ||strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, faccording to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; gJashobeam, ||an Hachmonite, hthe chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. 13 *He was with David at ||Pas-dammim, iand there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. 14 And ithey ||set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great ||deliverance. 15 Now ||three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped jin the valley of Rephaim. 16 And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ kgarrison was then at Beth-lehem. 17 And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate! 18 And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the Lord, 19 And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men †that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. 20 And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of lthe three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. 21 Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. 22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, †who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. 23 And he slew an Egyptian, †a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear mlike a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear. 24 These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among lthe three mighties. 25 Behold, nhe was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard.

26 Also othe valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 27 ||Shammoth the ||Harorite, Helez pthe ||Pelonite, 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abi-ezer qthe Antothite, 29 r||Sibbecai the Hushathite, ||Ilai the Ahohite, 30 Maharai the Netophathite, ||Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 32 ||Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, ||Abiel the Arbathite, 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 34 The sons of ||Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, 35 Ahiam the son of ||Sacar the Hararite, ||Eliphal the son of ||Ur, 36 Hepher sthe Mecherathite, Ahijah the pPelonite, 37 ||Hezro the Carmelite, ||Naarai the son of Ezbai, 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar ||the son of Haggeri, 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, 41 Uriah the Hittite, tZabad the son of Ahlai, 42 Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, 44 Uzzia the uAshterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the xAroerite, 45 Jediael the ||son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, 46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.

12 *Now athese are they that came to David to Ziklag, †while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2 They were barmed with bows, and could use both the right hand and cthe left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul’s brethren of Benjamin. 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of ||Shemaah the dGibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the eAntothite, 4 And Ismaiah the fGibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the g…