“ Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head above all. 12Both riches and honour come of Thee, and Thou rulest over all; and in Thy hand is power and might; and in Thy hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. ”

“ Proclaim His salvation from day to day. 24Declare His glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples. 25For great is the Lord, and highly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods. 26For all the gods of the peoples are things of nought ”

“ Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. 11Seek ye the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually. 12Remember His marvellous works that He hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth; 13O ye seed of Israel His servant, Ye children of Jacob, His chosen ones. 14He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. 15Remember His covenant for ever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations; 16 [The covenant] which He made with Abraham, And His oath unto Isaac; 17And He established it unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant ”

“ And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. 8And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. 9And the children of Ammon came out and put the battle in array at the gate of the city; and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field.
10Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Arameans. ”

“ Thine are we, David, And on thy side, thou son of Jesse; Peace, peace be unto thee, And peace be to thy helpers; For thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
20Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but [12] they helped them not ”

“ Bring an offering, and come before Him; Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 30Tremble before Him, all the earth; The world also is established that it cannot be moved. 31Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice ”

“ Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred; 9of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore; 10of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve. 11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12and said unto them: 'Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it. ”

“ I give it all'24And king David said to Ornan: 'Nay, but I will verily buy it for the full price; for I will not take that which is thine for the Lord, nor offer a burnt-offering without cost.' 25So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. 26And 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. 27And the Lord commanded the angel; and he put up his sword back into the sheath thereof. ”

“ Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth; 5Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. 6Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valour. 7The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael and Obed and Elzabad his brethren, valiant men; Elihu also, and Semachiah. 8All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service ”

“ Wherefore Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 5And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the 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. 6But Levi and Benjamin he did not number among them; for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
7And God was displeased with this thing; therefore He smote Israel. 8And David said unto God: 'I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing ”

“ Shuthelah—and Bered was his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, 21and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son—and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because [6] it went evil with his house. ”

“ All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrath, then Abiah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
25And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. 26And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. ”

“ Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
17And the sons of Jeconiah—the same is Assir—Shealtiel his son; 18and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 19And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister; 20and Hashubah and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five. 21And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of [Jeshaiah] : Rephaiah; the sons of [Rephaiah] : Arnan; the sons of [Arnan] : Obadiah; the sons of [Obadiah] : Shecaniah. ”

“ Abshai. ↑ That is, The valley of craftsmen. ↑ Heb. cities. ↑ Heb. cities. ↑ That is, Dan. ↑ Heb. beraah. ↑ Heb. Non. ↑ See ch. ix. 35. ↑ Heb. Meri-baal. ↑ See ch. viii. 35. ↑ Heb. Abshai. ↑ That is, David and his men. ”