Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

<p class="poetry">But Judah will reside securely forever,p> <p class="poetry">and Jerusalem will be secure<n id="1" /> from one generation to the next.p>

<p class="poetry">The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob&#8217;s firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.p>

But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">These were the sons of Israel:<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;p> <p class="bodytext">Issachar and Zebulun;p>

<p class="bodytext">Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David&#8217;s stronghold.

and his accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded<n id="1" /> in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah.p>

Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city.p>

&#8220;The following tribes<n id="1" /> must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin.

In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem<n id="1" /> he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.p>

So the king returned and came to the Jordan River.<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">Now the people of Judah<n id="2" /> had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him<n id="3" /> cross the Jordan.

You thoroughly defeated Edom<n id="1" /> and it has gone to your head!<n id="2" /> Gloat over your success,<n id="3" /> but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?&#8221;<n id="4" />

So this is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says, &#8216;I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Genealogical records were kept for all Israel; they are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel.p><t /><p class="bodytext">The people of Judah<n id="1" /> were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

and the men of Judah gave<n id="1" /> the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, the <sc>Lordsc> struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

When the men of Judah<n id="1" /> arrived at the observation post overlooking the desert and looked at<n id="2" /> the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors!

You defeated Edom<n id="1" /> and it has gone to your head.<n id="2" /> Gloat over your success,<n id="3" /> but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?&#8221;<n id="4" />p>

The rest of the events of Jotham&#8217;s reign, including all his military campaigns and his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah.<n id="1" />

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">These are the people<n id="2" /> of the province who were going up,<n id="3" /> from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem<n id="4" /> and Judah, each to his own city.

and his colleagues &#8211; Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani &#8211; with musical instruments of<n id="1" /> David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.)<n id="2" />