He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.”

The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem.

He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines descended), and the Caphtorites.

The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, both of whom ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (This information is from ancient records.)

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

and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was the tribal leader of Reuben.

But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and worshiped instead the gods of the native peoples whom God had destroyed before them.

These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary, after the ark was placed there.

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

When all the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!”

These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

Zadok the priest and his fellow priests served before the Lord’s tabernacle at the worship center in Gibeon,

Nathan said to David, “You should do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you.”

O Lord, there is none like you; there is no God besides you! What we heard is true!

David took the golden shields which Hadadezer’s servants had carried and brought them to Jerusalem.