The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

David and the whole Israelite army advanced to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). (The Jebusites, the land’s original inhabitants, lived there.)

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

For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods.

When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah,

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

The rest of the Levites included: Shubael from the sons of Amram, Jehdeiah from the sons of Shubael,

Elihu, a brother of David, led Judah, Omri son of Michael led Issachar,

Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom.

(Huram’s servants, aided by Solomon’s servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as fine timber and precious gems.

He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king.

The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah): 74.

The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda,

The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodaviah), 74.

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their colleagues in the days of Jeshua.

So the royal scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

The king’s scribes were quickly summoned – in the third month (that is, the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day. They wrote out everything that Mordecai instructed to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces all the way from India to Ethiopia – a hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all – to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, and to the Jews according to their own script and their own language.

He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end.

then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above.