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And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of
Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were
descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah,
Simeon, and Benjamin.
And the rest of the children of
Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of
Dan, and out of the half tribe of
Manasseh, ten cities.
The remaining
descendants of
Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim,
Dan, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh.
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of
Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of
Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of
Manasseh in
Bashan, thirteen cities.
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of
Reuben, and out of the tribe of
Gad, and out of the tribe of
Zebulun, twelve cities.
And the
descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of
Reuben,
Gad, and
Zebulun.
Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.
to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:
Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest
Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the
slayer; and
Libnah with her suburbs,
So to the
descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands:
Hebron, a city of refuge for the
manslayer,
Libnah,
All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs.
In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel?
But in fact we have done this for fear that in the future your descendants might say to ours, ‘What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?
For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of
Reuben and children of
Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD.
For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no share in the LORD!’ So your descendants could cause ours to stop fearing the LORD.
But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD.
Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you.
Therefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our
descendants, we will answer: Look at the
replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’
And when
Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of
Reuben and the children of
Gad and the children of
Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
When
Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the
descendants of
Reuben,
Gad, and
Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.
And
Phinehas the son of
Eleazar the priest said unto the children of
Reuben, and to the children of
Gad, and to the children of
Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this
trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
Phinehas son of
Eleazar the priest said to the
descendants of
Reuben,
Gad, and
Manasseh, “
Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of
Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of
Canaan, and I multiplied his
descendants. I gave him Isaac,
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in
Shechem, in a
parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of
Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at
Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor,
Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s
descendants.
And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of
Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
Now the
descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near
Arad. They went to live among the people.
And they gave
Hebron unto
Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of
Anak.
Just as Moses had promised, Judah gave
Hebron to
Caleb, who drove out the
descendants of the three sons of
Anak.
Now
Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the
Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.
Now
Heber the Kenite had moved away from the
Kenites, the
descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to
consume thine eyes, and to
grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will
grieve. All your
descendants will die by the sword of men.
And
Jonathan said to David, Go in peace,
forasmuch as we have
sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and
Jonathan went into the city.
And
Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have
sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your
descendants and mine
forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and
Jonathan went back into the city.
Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou
wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou
wilt not destroy my name out of my father’s house.
So now,
swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my
descendants or
wipe out my name from my father’s house.”
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy
bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will
hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them.
let seven of his male
descendants be delivered to us so that we may
hang them before the LORD at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD.” “I will give them to you,” said the king.
And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the
giant, the weight of whose
spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being
girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
Then Ishbi-benob, a
descendant of Rapha, whose bronze
spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at
Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite
slew Saph, which was of the sons of the
giant.
Some time later at
Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the
descendants of Rapha.
These four were born to the
giant in
Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
So these four
descendants of Rapha in
Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his
anointed, unto David, and to his seed for
evermore.
Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His
anointed, to David and his
descendants forever.”
That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take
heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.
and so that the LORD may
fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your
descendants take
heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of
Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD.
Their blood will come back upon the heads of
Joab and his
descendants forever; but for David, his
descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD
forever.”
Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take
heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon
levy a tribute of
bondservice unto this day.
their
descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to
devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
And I will for this
afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.
Because of this, I will humble David’s
descendants—but not
forever.’”
Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy
posterity, and will cut off from
Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,
This is what the LORD says: ‘I will bring
calamity on you and
consume your
descendants; I will cut off from
Ahab every male in Israel, both slave and free.
The
leprosy therefore of
Naaman shall
cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a
leper as white as snow.
Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him
alway a light, and to his children.
Yet for the sake of His servant David, the LORD was unwilling to destroy Judah, since He had promised to maintain a lamp for David and his
descendants forever.
And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and
afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
So the LORD rejected all the
descendants of Israel. He
afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt
beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, will be taken away to be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
Ram was the father of
Amminadab, and
Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the
descendants of Judah.
And he took Geshur, and
Aram, with the towns of
Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even
threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of
Gilead.
But Geshur and
Aram captured Havvoth-
jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were
descendants of Machir the father of
Gilead.
And the sons of
Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
The sons of
Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the
descendants of Jerahmeel.
These were the sons of
Caleb the son of Hur, the
firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,
These were the
descendants of
Caleb. The sons of Hur the
firstborn of Ephrathah:
And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:
The sons of Salma;
Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of
Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
The descendants of Salma:
And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son,
The
descendants of Jeconiah the
captive:
And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of
Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
The
descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of
Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.
And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six.
The six descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.
The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
The
descendants of Judah:
Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
And Penuel the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the
firstborn of Ephratah, the father of
Bethlehem.
Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the
descendants of Hur, the
firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of
Bethlehem.
And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.
And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
The sons of
Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:
The
descendants of
Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
The sons of
Joel; Shemaiah his son,
Gog his son, Shimei his son,
And the children of
Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of
Bashan unto Salchah:
The
descendants of
Gad lived next to the Reubenites in the land of
Bashan, as far as Salecah:
And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth.
The descendants of Elkanah:
The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son,
The descendants of Merari:
And these are the sons of Aaron;
Eleazar his son,
Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
These were the descendants of Aaron:
Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.
Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:
And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely,
Hebron, the city of refuge, and
Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,
So the
descendants of Aaron were given
Hebron (a city of refuge),
Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa,
And the sons of
Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of
Tola: they were
valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
The sons of
Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600
descendants of
Tola were numbered in their
genealogies as mighty men of
valor.
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.
The sons of
Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of
Bilhah.
The sons of
Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—the
descendants of
Bilhah.
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was
Maacah. Another
descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
The descendants of Ephraim:
And by the borders of the children of
Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns,
Megiddo and her towns,
Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
And along the borders of
Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach,
Megiddo, and
Dor, together with their villages. The
descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the
genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
All these were the
descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of
valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their
genealogies, was 26,000.
And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:
And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
Ulam was his
firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. The sons of Ulam were mighty men of
valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the
descendants of Benjamin.
And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and
Manasseh;
These were some of the
descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and
Manasseh who lived in Jerusalem:
Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.
Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a
descendant of
Perez son of Judah.
And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.
And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be
expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
And when your days are fulfilled and you go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at
Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite
slew Sippai, that was of the children of the
giant: and they were subdued.
Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at
Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a
descendant of the
Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
These were born unto the
giant in
Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
So these
descendants of Rapha in
Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should
sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to
bless in his name for ever.
The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his
descendants were set apart
forever to
consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to
pronounce blessings in His name
forever.
Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.
The descendants of Gershom: Shebuel was the first.
And the sons of
Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And
Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many.
The
descendants of
Eliezer: Rehabiah was the first.
Eliezer did not have any other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very numerous.
These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward.
These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the
purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;
but their duty was to assist the
descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the
purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.
So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
And David distributed them, both
Zadok of the sons of
Eleazar, and
Ahimelech of the sons of
Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.
With the help of
Eleazar’s
descendant Zadok and
Ithamar’s
descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.
And there were more chief men found of the sons of
Eleazar than of the sons of
Ithamar; and thus were they divided. Among the sons of
Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of
Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.
Since more leaders were found among
Eleazar’s
descendants than those of
Ithamar, they were divided accordingly. There were sixteen heads of families from the
descendants of
Eleazar and eight from the
descendants of
Ithamar.
Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of
Eleazar, and of the sons of
Ithamar.
Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both
Eleazar’s and
Ithamar’s
descendants.
And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.
Now these were the remaining descendants of Levi: From the sons of Amram: Shubael; from the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah.
The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.
The descendants of Merari from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and
Zadok, and
Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
As their brothers the
descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of
Zadok,
Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.
All these of the sons of Obed-
edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were
threescore and two of Obed-
edom.
All these were
descendants of Obed-
edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-
edom.
These are the divisions of the
porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari.
These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were
descendants of
Korah and Merari.
As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli.
From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,
And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures.
Shebuel, a
descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the
treasuries.
Of the children of
Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month.
He was a
descendant of
Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.
Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the
audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your
descendants forever.
Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take
heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day.
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to destroy—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?
Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the
kingship of Israel to David and his
descendants forever by a covenant of salt?