1 Chronicles (Basic Bible in English)

The Book of 1 Chronicles has 29 Chapters

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  1. Adam, Seth, Enosh...
  2. These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun...
  3. Now these were David's sons, whose birth took place in Hebron: the oldest Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite woman...
  4. The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal...
  5. And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest...
  6. The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari...
  7. And of the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four...
  8. And Benjamin was the father of Bela his oldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third...
  9. So all Israel was listed by their families; and, truly, they are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was taken away as prisoners to Babylon because of their sin...
  10. Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel; and the men of Israel went in flight before the Philistines, falling down wounded in Mount Gilboa...
  11. Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh...
  12. Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still shut up, because of Saul, the son of Kish; they were among the strong men, his helpers in war...
  13. Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief...
  14. And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent men to David with cedar-trees, and stoneworkers and woodworkers for the building of his house...
  15. And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it...
  16. Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God...
  17. Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent...
  18. And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them, and took Gath with its daughter-towns out of the hands of the Philistines...
  19. Now it came about after this that death came to Nahash, the king of the children of Ammon, and his son became king in his place...
  20. Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste...
  21. Now Satan, designing evil against Israel, put into David's mind the impulse to take the number of Israel...
  22. Then David said, This is the house of the Lord God, and this is the altar for Israel's burned offerings...
  23. Now David was old and full of days; and he made his son Solomon king over Israel...
  24. Now the divisions into which the sons of Aaron were grouped were these: the sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar...
  25. Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was...
  26. For the divisions of the door-keepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Ebiasaph...
  27. Now the number of the children of Israel, that is, the heads of families, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the men in authority who were servants of the king in anything to do with the divisions which came in and went out month by month through all the months of the year, in every division were twenty-four thousand...
  28. And David got together at Jerusalem all the rulers of Israel, the chiefs of the tribes and the captains of the divisions waiting on the king in turn, and the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and the controllers of all the goods and property of the king and his sons, with the unsexed servants and the great men of war...
  29. And David the king said to all the people, Solomon my son, the only one who has been marked out by God, is still young and untested, and the work is great, for this great house is not for man, but for the Lord God...