3:1Now these were the sons of David, that were born unto him in Hebron: the first-born, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; 3:2the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; 3:3the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife: 3:4six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years; 3:5and these were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; 3:6and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, 3:7and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 3:8and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 3:9All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.
3:10And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, 3:11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 3:12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, 3:13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, 3:14Amon his son, Josiah his son. 3:15And the sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. 3:16And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 3:17And the sons of Jeconiah, the captive: Shealtiel his son, 3:18and Malchiram, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. 3:19And the sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah; and Shelomith was their sister; 3:20and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. 3:21And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. 3:22And the sons of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 3:23And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three. 3:24And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
4:1The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 4:2And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 4:3And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi; 4:4and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem. 4:5And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 4:6And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 4:7And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. 4:8And Hakkoz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 4:9And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. 4:10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow! And God granted him that which he requested. 4:11And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 4:12And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. 4:13And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath. 4:14And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen. 4:15And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah; and Kenaz. 4:16And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 4:17And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 4:18And his wife the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took. 4:19And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 4:20And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 4:21The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; 4:22and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And the records are ancient. 4:23These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.
4:24The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; 4:25Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 4:26And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. 4:27And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of Judah. 4:28And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, 4:29and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 4:30and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 4:31and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. 4:32And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; 4:33and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy. 4:34And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 4:35and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 4:36and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 4:37and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah- 4:38these mentioned by name were princes in their families: and their fathers' houses increased greatly. 4:39And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 4:40And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham. 4:41And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks. 4:42And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 4:43And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.
9:1Now even a first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world. 9:2For there was a tabernacle prepared, the first, wherein were the candlestick, and the table, and the showbread; which is called the Holy place. 9:3And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holy of holies; 9:4having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; 9:5and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally. 9:6Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services; 9:7but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people: 9:8the Holy Spirit this signifying, that the way into the holy place hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing; 9:9which is a figure for the time present; according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that cannot, as touching the conscience, make the worshipper perfect, 9:10being only (with meats and drinks and divers washings) carnal ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation. 9:11But Christ having come a high priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation, 9:12nor yet through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, entered in once for all into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption. 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling them that have been defiled, sanctify unto the cleanness of the flesh: 9:14how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 9:15And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. 9:16For where a testament is, there must of necessity be the death of him that made it. 9:17For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth. 9:18Wherefore even the first covenant hath not been dedicated without blood. 9:19For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 9:20saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward. 9:21Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood. 9:22And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission. 9:23It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 9:24For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us: 9:25nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place year by year with blood not his own; 9:26else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 9:27And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment; 9:28so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation.
3:1Hear this word that Jehovah hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying, 3:2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will visit upon you all your iniquities. 3:3Shall two walk together, except they have agreed? 3:4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? 3:5Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is set for him? shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all? 3:6Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it? 3:7Surely the Lord Jehovah will do nothing, except he reveal his secret unto his servants the prophets. 3:8The lion hath roared; who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken; who can but prophesy? 3:9Publish ye in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults are therein, and what oppressions in the midst thereof. 3:10For they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. 3:11Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary there shall be, even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be plundered. 3:12Thus saith Jehovah: As the shepherd rescueth out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear, so shall the children of Israel be rescued that sit in Samaria in the corner of a couch, and on the silken cushions of a bed. 3:13Hear ye, and testify against the house of Jacob, saith the Lord Jehovah, the God of hosts. 3:14For in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him, I will also visit the altars of Beth-el; and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. 3:15And I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith Jehovah.
146:1Praise ye Jehovah.
Praise Jehovah, O my soul.
146:2While I live will I praise Jehovah:
I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
146:3Put not your trust in princes,
Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
146:4His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;
In that very day his thoughts perish.
146:5Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in Jehovah his God:
146:6Who made heaven and earth,
The sea, and all that in them is;
Who keepeth truth for ever;
146:7Who executeth justice for the oppressed;
Who giveth food to the hungry.
Jehovah looseth the prisoners;
146:8Jehovah openeth the eyes of the blind;
Jehovah raiseth up them that are bowed down;
Jehovah loveth the righteous;
146:9Jehovah preserveth the sojourners;
He upholdeth the fatherless and widow;
But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
146:10Jehovah will reign for ever,
Thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.
Praise ye Jehovah.
147:1Praise ye Jehovah;
For it is good to sing praises unto our God;
For it is pleasant, and praise is comely.
147:2Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem;
He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
147:3He healeth the broken in heart,
And bindeth up their wounds.
147:4He counteth the number of the stars;
He calleth them all by their names.
147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power;
His understanding is infinite.
147:6Jehovah upholdeth the meek:
He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.
147:7Sing unto Jehovah with thanksgiving;
Sing praises upon the harp unto our God,
147:8Who covereth the heavens with clouds,
Who prepareth rain for the earth,
Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
147:9He giveth to the beast his food,
And to the young ravens which cry.
147:10He delighteth not in the strength of the horse:
He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.
147:11Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him,
In those that hope in his lovingkindness.
147:12Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem;
Praise thy God, O Zion.
147:13For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates;
He hath blessed thy children within thee.
147:14He maketh peace in thy borders;
He filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
147:15He sendeth out his commandment upon earth;
His word runneth very swiftly.
147:16He giveth snow like wool;
He scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes.
147:17He casteth forth his ice like morsels:
Who can stand before his cold?
147:18He sendeth out his word, and melteth them:
He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
147:19He showeth his word unto Jacob,
His statutes and his ordinances unto Israel.
147:20He hath not dealt so with any nation;
And as for his ordinances, they have not known them.
Praise ye Jehovah.