Family Verses

Of the half {tribe} of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:

Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These {were} the princes of the tribes of Israel.

Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David. {was: Heb. ascended}

And over the king's treasures {was} Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, {was} Jehonathan the son of Uzziah:

And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground {was} Ezri the son of Chelub:

And over the herds that fed in Sharon {was} Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds {that were} in the valleys {was} Shaphat the son of Adlai:

Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni {was} with the king's sons: {scribe: or, secretary} {son...: or, Hachmonite}

And after Ahithophel {was} Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army {was} Joab.

And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. {possession: or, cattle} {and of...: or, and his sons} {officers: or, eunuchs}

Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah {to be} the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make {me} king over all Israel:

And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him {to be} my son, and I will be his father.