1 Chronicles 3:1

David’s Descendants

3:1 These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron:

The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel;

the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel;

1 Chronicles 5:18

5:18 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war.¹

1 Chronicles 6:60

6:60 Within the territory of the tribe of Benjamin they were allotted² Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. Their clans were allotted thirteen cities in all.

1 Chronicles 7:2

7:2 The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam,³ and Samuel.⁴ They were leaders of their families.⁵ In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records.⁶

1 Chronicles 7:7

7:7 The sons of Bela:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records.

1 Chronicles 7:21

7:21 his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah

(Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle.

1 Chronicles 9:1

9:1 Genealogical records were kept for all Israel; they are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel.

Exiles Who Resettled in Jerusalem

The people of Judah⁷ were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

1 Chronicles 10:7

10:7 When all the Israelites who were in the valley saw that the army⁸ had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

1 Chronicles 12:1

Warriors Who Joined David at Ziklag

12:1 These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished⁹ from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.

1 Chronicles 12:40

12:40 Also their neighbors, from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There were large supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, olive oil, beef, and lamb,¹⁰ for Israel was celebrating.¹¹

1 Chronicles 15:24

15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; Obed-Edom and Jehiel were also guardians¹² of the ark.

1 Chronicles 19:19

19:19 When Hadadezer’s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

1 Chronicles 23:24

23:24 These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord’s temple and were twenty years old and up.¹³

1 Chronicles 23:31

23:31 and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations.¹⁴

1 Chronicles 26:28

26:28 They were also in charge of everything dedicated by Samuel the prophet,¹⁵ Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah; Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of everything that had been dedicated.

¹tn Heb “the sons of Reuben and the Gadites and half of the tribe of Manasseh, from the sons of bravery, men carrying a shield and sword and treading a bow and trained for war, 44,760 going out for warfare.”

²tn The parallel passage in Josh 21:17 adds “Gibeon and its pasturelands” (cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT). The words “they were allotted” are supplied in the translation for both clarity and stylistic reasons.

³tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”

⁴tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”

⁵tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”

⁶tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”

⁷tn The Hebrew text has simply “Judah,” though the verb הָגְלוּ (hoglu, “carried away”) is plural.

⁸tn Heb “they”; the referent (the army) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹tn Heb “kept from.”

¹⁰tn Heb “cattle and sheep.”

¹¹tn Heb “for there was joy in Israel.”

¹²tn Heb “gatekeepers.”

¹³tn Heb “these were the sons of Levi according to the house of their fathers, heads of the fathers, according to their numberings, by number of names, according to their heads, doer[s] of the work for the service of the house of the Lord, from a son of twenty years and upwards.”

¹⁴tn Heb “by number according to the manner upon them, regularly before the Lord.”

¹⁵tn Or “seer.”