The son of Jonathan: Meribbaal, who was the father of Micah.

He did not seek the Lord’s guidance, so the Lord killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame along with the three elite warriors.

The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo, from Bethlehem,

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah,

These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand.

Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David’s stronghold.

From Simeon there were 7,100 warriors.

From Levi there were 4,600.

In Jerusalem David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters.

including Obed-Edom and sixty-eight colleagues. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers.

Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets, cymbals, and the other musical instruments used in praising God. The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance.

Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David’s brother, killed him.

While Ornan was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the messenger, and he and his four sons hid themselves.

He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel.

When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.