All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David’s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.

Recorded there are all the facts about his reign and accomplishments, and an account of the events that involved him, Israel, and all the neighboring kingdoms.

These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. Tamar was their sister.

So Saul and his three sons died; his whole household died together.

David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred.

Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds!

Tell the nations about his splendor, tell all the nations about his miraculous deeds!

For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens.

Let the sea and everything in it shout! Let the fields and everything in them celebrate!

David ordered all the officials of Israel to support his son Solomon.

David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

All these men were warriors who were ready to march. They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king.

David assembled in Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them.

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara – five in all.

They also lived in all the settlements that surrounded these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements; they kept genealogical records.

They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its surrounding settlements, and in the pasturelands of Sharon to their very borders.