3:4 These six were born to David 2 in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months.
He ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem. 3
4:2 Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
4:4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
5:14 These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.
5:24 These were the leaders of their families: 5
Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were skilled warriors, men of reputation, 6 and leaders of their families.
6:31 These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary, 7 after the ark was placed there.
6:33 These are the ones who served along with their sons:
From the Kohathites:
Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel,
6:54 These were the areas where Aaron’s descendants lived: 8
The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment: 9
7:8 The sons of Beker:
Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker.
8:6 These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath:
8:38 Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, 10 followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, 11 Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
11:10 These were the leaders of David’s warriors who helped establish and stabilize his rule over all Israel, in accordance with the Lord’s word. 13
20:8 These were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed 16 by the hand of David and his soldiers. 17
26:12 These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the Lord’s temple.
27:31 Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the sheep.
All these were the officials in charge of King David’s property.
1 tn Or “Havvoth Jair” (NIV, NRSV). Some translations do not translate the phrase (“havvoth” = “the towns of”), but treat it as part of the place name.
2 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 tn Or “of the city of Nahash.”
5 tn Heb “and these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers.”
6 tn Heb “men of names.”
7 tn Heb “house.”
8 tn Heb “and these were their dwelling places according to their encampments in their territory to the sons of Aaron.”
9 tn Heb “to the clan of the Kohathites for to them was the lot.”
10 tc The Hebrew text has בֹּכְרוּ (bokhÿru), which some understand as a name: “Bocheru” (so, e.g., NEB, NASB, NIV, NRSV). But the form should probably be revocalized בְּכֹרוֹ (bÿkhoru, “his firstborn”). A name has accidentally dropped from the list, and a scribe apparently read בֹּכְרוּ as one of the names.
11 tc The Lucianic recension of the LXX inserts another name here, καὶ Ἀζαριας (kai Azarias, “and Azariah”), presumably to make up the six sons mentioned at the beginning of the verse (see the previous tc note on “firstborn”). Cf. NAB.
12 tn Heb “and the sons of Ulam were men, warriors and treaders of a bow.”
13 tn Heb “and these were the heads of the warriors who were David’s, who held strongly with him in his kingdom and with all Israel to make him king, according to the word of the
14 tn Heb “ones armed with bow[s], using the right hand and the left hand with stones and with arrows with the bow, from the brothers of Saul from Benjamin.”
15 tn The words “These were” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons, because of the length of the intervening material since the beginning of the verse.
16 tn Heb “they fell.”
17 tn Heb “his servants.”
18 tn The words “David said” are supplied here in the translation for clarification. The appearance of the first person verb “I supplied” in v. 5 indicates that David is speaking here.