Category Archives: I Chronicles

The Census of Israel and Judah 1 NowSatan stood up against Israel, and moved David to number Israel. 2 So David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people, “Go, number Israel from Beersheba to Dan,and bring the number of them to me that I may knowit.” 3 And Joab answered, “May theLordmake […]

David Prepares to Build the Temple 1 Then David said,“Thisisthe house of theLordGod, and thisisthe altar of burnt offering for Israel.” 2 So David commanded to gather thealiens whowerein the land of Israel; and he appointed masons tocut hewn stones to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the […]

The Divisions of the Levites 1 So when David was old and full of days, he made his sonSolomon king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age ofthirty years and above; and the number of […]

The Divisions of the Priests 1 Nowthesearethe divisions of the sons of Aaron.The sons of AaronwereNadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 AndNadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests. 3 Then David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, andAhimelech of the sons of Ithamar, […]

The Musicians 1 Moreover David and the captains of the army separated for the servicesomeof the sons ofAsaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, whoshouldprophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of […]

The Gatekeepers 1 Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son ofKore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 And the sons of MeshelemiahwereZechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 Moreover the sons ofObed-EdomwereShemaiah the firstborn, […]

The Military Divisions 1 And the children of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers’houses,the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter of themilitarydivisions.Thesedivisionscame in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each divisionhavingtwenty-four thousand. 2 Over the first division […]

Solomon Instructed to Build the Temple 1 Now David assembled at Jerusalem allthe leaders of Israel: the officers of the tribes andthe captains of the divisions who served the king, the captains over thousands and captains over hundreds, andthe stewards over all the substance and possessions of the king and of his sons, with the […]

Offerings for Building the Temple 1 Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: “My son Solomon, whom alone God haschosen,isyoung and inexperienced; and the workisgreat, because the templeisnot for man but for theLordGod. 2 Now for the house of my God I have prepared with all my might: gold forthingstobemadeofgold, silver forthingsofsilver, bronze forthingsofbronze, […]