They also took care of<n id="1" /> the bread that is displayed, the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring.<n id="2" />

Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel<n id="1" /> because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll<n id="2" /> called The Annals of King David.p>

for the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, for the silver lampstands, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, according to the prescribed use of each lampstand,

They donated for the service of God&#8217;s temple 5,000 talents<n id="1" /> and ten thousand darics<n id="2" /> of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah.

<p class="bodytext">After Hezron&#8217;s death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron&#8217;s widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines.<n id="1" /> Tamar was their sister.p>

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Pedaiah:p> <p class="bodytext">Zerubbabel and Shimei.p> <p class="bodytext">The sons of Zerubbabel:p> <p class="bodytext">Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister.p>

<p class="bodytext">Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, &#8220;I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.&#8221;<n id="1" />

Jehozadak went into exile when the <sc>Lordsc> sent the people of<n id="1" /> Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.p>

His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzzen Sheerah),p>

He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls;<n id="1" /> Joab restored the rest of the city.

<p class="bodytext">Next in command<n id="1" /> was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. He was one of the three elite warriors.

They helped David fight against raiding bands, for all of them were warriors and leaders in the army.

<p class="bodytext">David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority<n id="1" /> to the Euphrates River.<n id="2" />

You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters,<n id="1" /> and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled

<p class="bodytext">The son of Eliezer was<n id="1" /> Rehabiah, the oldest. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many descendants.p>

They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

Jabez called out to the God of Israel, &#8220;If only<n id="1" /> you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!&#8221;<n id="2" /> God answered his prayer.<n id="3" />p>

Saul told his armor bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me.&#8221;<n id="1" /> But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.