1 Chronicles 9-10New King James Version (NKJV)
9 So all Israel was recorded by genealogies, and
indeed, they were inscribed in the book of the kings of
Israel. But Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their
unfaithfulness. 2 And the first inhabitants
who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites,
priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.
Dwellers in Jerusalem
3 Now in Jerusalem the children of
Judah dwelt, and some of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of
Ephraim and Manasseh: 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud,
the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the descendants of Perez,
the son of Judah. 5 Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the
firstborn and his sons. 6 Of the sons of Zerah:
Jeuel, and their brethren—six hundred and ninety. 7 Of
the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son
of Hassenuah; 8 Ibneiah the son of Jeroham; Elah the
son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of
Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9 and their brethren,
according to their generations—nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads
of a father’s house in their fathers’ houses.
The Priests at Jerusalem
10 Of the priests: Jedaiah,
Jehoiarib, and Jachin; 11 Azariah the son of
Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son
of Ahitub, the officer over the house of God; 12 Adaiah
the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of
Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the
son of Immer; 13 and their brethren, heads of their
fathers’ houses—one thousand seven hundred and sixty. They were very
able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
The Levites at Jerusalem
14 Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son
of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of
Merari; 15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah
the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16 Obadiah
the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the
son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
The Levite Gatekeepers
17 And the gatekeepers were Shallum,
Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shallum was the
chief. 18 Until then they had been gatekeepers
for the camps of the children of Levi at the King’s Gate on the east.
19 Shallum the son of Kore, the son
of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father’s house, the
Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service,
gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance
to the camp of the Lord. 20 And Phinehas the
son of Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past; the Lord was with
him. 21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was keeper
of the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
22 All those chosen as
gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. They were recorded by
their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed
them to their trusted office. 23 So they and their
children were in charge of the gates of the house of
the Lord, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment. 24 The
gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions: the east, west, north, and
south. 25 And their brethren in their
villages had to come with them from time to time for seven
days. 26 For in this trusted office were four
chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and
treasuries of the house of God. 27 And they
lodged all around the house of God because they had the
responsibility, and they were in charge of opening it every
morning.
Other Levite Responsibilities
28 Now some of them
were in charge of the serving vessels, for they brought them in and took them
out by count. 29 Some of them were appointed
over the furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the
fine flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices. 30 And some of
the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
31 Mattithiah of the Levites, the
firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the trusted office over the things that
were baked in the pans. 32 And some of their
brethren of the sons of the Kohathites were in charge of
preparing the showbread for every Sabbath.
33 These are the singers, heads of
the fathers’ houses of the Levites, who lodged in
the chambers, and were free from other duties; for
they were employed in that work day and night. 34 These
heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites were heads
throughout their generations. They dwelt at Jerusalem.
The Family of King Saul
35 Jeiel the father of Gibeon, whose
wife’s name was Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon. 36 His
firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner,
Nadab, 37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah,[a] and Mikloth. 38 And
Mikloth begot Shimeam.[b] They also dwelt
alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with their brethren. 39 Ner
begot Kish, Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and
Esh-Baal. 40 The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal,
and Merib-Baal begot Micah. 41 The sons of
Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tahrea,[c] and Ahaz.[d] 42 And
Ahaz begot Jarah;[e] Jarah begot Alemeth,
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza; 43 Moza
begot Binea, Rephaiah[f] his son, Eleasah his
son, and Azel his son.
44 And Azel had six sons whose
names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah,
Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.
Tragic End of Saul and His Sons
10 Now the Philistines fought against Israel;
and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount
Gilboa. 2 Then the Philistines followed hard after
Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua,
Saul’s sons. 3 The battle became fierce against
Saul. The archers hit him, and he was wounded by the archers. 4 Then
Saul said to his armorbearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it,
lest these uncircumcised men come and abuse me.” But his armorbearer would not,
for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it. 5 And
when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and
died. 6 So Saul and his three sons died, and all
his house died together. 7 And when all the men of
Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled and that
Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; then the
Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8 So it happened the next day, when
the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons
fallen on Mount Gilboa. 9 And they stripped him and
took his head and his armor, and sent word throughout the land of the
Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols
and among the people. 10 Then they put his armor in
the temple of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11 And when all Jabesh Gilead heard
all that the Philistines had done to Saul, 12 all
the valiant men arose and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons; and
they brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the tamarisk tree at
Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died for his
unfaithfulness which he had committed against the Lord, because he did not
keep the word of the Lord, and also because he consulted a medium for
guidance. 14 But he did not
inquire of the Lord; therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom over
to David the son of Jesse.
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