But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary.<n id="1" /> They made atonement for Israel, just as God&#8217;s servant Moses had ordered.<n id="2" />p>

They crossed the Jordan River<n id="1" /> in the first month,<n id="2" /> when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west.<n id="3" />p>

David said to the whole Israelite assembly, &#8220;If you so desire and the <sc>Lordsc> our God approves,<n id="1" /> let&#8217;s spread the word<n id="2" /> to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and to the priests and Levites in their cities,<n id="3" /> so they may join us.

<p class="bodytext">When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed<n id="1" /> king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him.<n id="2" /> When David heard about it, he marched out against<n id="3" /> them.

Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say<n id="1" /> to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,<n id="2" /> &#8216;Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?&#8217;&#8221;&#8217;p>

He removed the city&#8217;s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes.<n id="1" /> This was his policy<n id="2" /> with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.p>

They were also in charge of everything dedicated by Samuel the prophet,<n id="1" /> Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah; Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of everything that had been dedicated.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,000 men.<n id="1" />p>

The <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel chose me out of my father&#8217;s entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty.<n id="1" /> Indeed,<n id="2" /> he chose Judah as leader, and my father&#8217;s family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father&#8217;s sons and made me king over all Israel.<n id="3" />

So now, in the sight of all Israel, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this:<n id="1" /> Carefully observe<n id="2" /> all the commands of the <sc>Lordsc> your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;And you, Solomon my son, obey<n id="1" /> the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit,<n id="2" /> for the <sc>Lordsc> examines all minds and understands every motive of one&#8217;s thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him,<n id="3" /> but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.

So I have made every effort<n id="1" /> to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood,<n id="2" /> as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster.

<p class="bodytext">David told the entire assembly: &#8220;Praise the <sc>Lordsc> your God!&#8221; So the entire assembly praised the <sc>Lordsc> God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the <sc>Lordsc> and the king.p>

The <sc>Lordsc> greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah.

During the time of Saul they attacked the Hagrites and defeated them. They took over their territory in the entire eastern region of Gilead.<n id="1" />p>

They received divine help in fighting them, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. They cried out to God during the battle; he responded to their prayers because they trusted in him.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Beker:p> <p class="bodytext">Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker.

All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.p>

<p class="bodytext">Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn,<n id="1" /> followed by Ishmael, Sheariah,<n id="2" /> Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.p>