All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David&#8217;s sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Ahithophel was the king&#8217;s adviser;p> <p class="bodytext">Hushai the Arkite was the king&#8217;s confidant.<n id="1" />p>

They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there and worked for the king.<n id="1" />p>

he serves to this day at the King&#8217;s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.p>

Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised<n id="1" /> the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David&#8217;s sons were the king&#8217;s leading officials.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">But the king&#8217;s edict stood, despite Joab&#8217;s objections.<n id="1" /> So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel before returning to Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

Now Joab<n id="1" /> did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king&#8217;s edict disgusted him.

<p class="bodytext">The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king&#8217;s work contributed willingly.

Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were respected family leaders.<n id="1" /> King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">David went in, sat before the <sc>Lordsc>, and said: &#8220;Who am I, O <sc>Lordsc> God, and what is my family,<n id="1" /> that you should have brought me to this point?

<p class="bodytext">From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king&#8217;s supervision.<n id="1" />p>

All these were the sons of Heman, the king&#8217;s prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious.<n id="1" /> God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.p>

Shelomith<n id="1" /> and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the king&#8217;s storehouses;p> <p class="bodytext">Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the field, in the cities, in the towns, and in the towers.p>

<p class="bodytext">Jonathan, David&#8217;s uncle, was a wise adviser and scribe;<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">Jehiel son of Hacmoni cared for<n id="2" /> the king&#8217;s sons.p>

The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the <sc>Lordsc> with a willing attitude;<n id="1" /> King David was also very happy.<n id="2" />p>

When all the leaders<n id="1" /> of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made an agreement<n id="2" /> with them in Hebron before the <sc>Lordsc>. They anointed<n id="3" /> David king over Israel, just as the <sc>Lordsc> had announced through Samuel.<n id="4" />p>

As the ark of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul&#8217;s daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him.<n id="1" />p>

he sent his son Hadoram<n id="1" /> to King David to extend his best wishes<n id="2" /> and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer.<n id="3" /> He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze.<n id="4" />

King David dedicated these things to the <sc>Lordsc>,<n id="1" /> along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including<n id="2" /> Edom,<n id="3" /> Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.p>