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.

The first time you did not carry it; that is why the Lord God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.” ¹ 

Now Joab ¹  did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king’s edict disgusted him.

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

From ¹  the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them. ² 

He received honor from ¹  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

“Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: “You must not build me a house in which to live.

Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say ¹  to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, ²  ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

He did not seek the Lord’s guidance, so the Lord ¹  killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

Let’s move the ark of our God back here, ¹  for we did not seek his will ²  throughout Saul’s reign.” ³ 

So David did not move the ark to the City of David; ¹  he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord’s messenger.

Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility.

Hosah, one of the descendants of Merari, had sons: The firstborn Shimri (he was not actually the firstborn, but his father gave him that status),

David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky.

But God said to me, ‘You must not build a temple to honor me, ¹  for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.’

I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle ¹  them there; they will live there and not be disturbed ²  anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning ³ 

So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord’s instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits. ¹ 

These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. ¹  Tamar was their sister.

David said to Gad, “I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!” ¹