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Bible Reading for August 25
1 Chronicles 10
[1] Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from
before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. [2] And the
Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines
slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
[3] And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was
wounded of the archers.
[4] Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through
therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer
would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it.
[5] And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the
sword, and died.
[6] So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. [7] And
when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and
that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled:
and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. [8] And it came to pass on the
morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and
his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. [9] And when they had stripped him, they took
his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round
about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people.
[10] And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head
in the temple of Dagon.
[11] And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to
Saul,
[12] They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the
bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under
the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. [13] So Saul died for his
transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of
the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a
familiar spirit, to inquire of it; [14] And inquired not of the LORD:
therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
1 Chronicles 11
[1] Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold,
we are thy bone and thy flesh. [2] And moreover in time past, even when Saul
was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD
thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be
ruler over my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.
[3] Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David
made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David
king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel. [4] And David
and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were,
the inhabitants of the land. [5] And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David,
Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which
is the city of David. [6] And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites
first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up,
and was chief. [7] And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the
city of David.
[8] And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab
repaired the rest of the city.
[9] So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him.
[10] These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who
strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make
him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. [11] And this
is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, and Hachmonite, the
chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by
him at one time.
[12] And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of
the three mighties.
[13] He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered
together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the
people fled from before the Philistines. [14] And they set themselves in the
midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD
saved them by a great deliverance. [15] Now three of the thirty captains went
down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the
Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
[16] And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at
Bethlehem.
[17] And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water
of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! [18] And the three brake
through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of
Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but
David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD, [19] And said, My
God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of
these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of
their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did
these three mightiest. [20] And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of
the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and
had a name among the three.
[21] Of the three, he was more honourable than the two; for he was their
captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. [22] Benaiah the son of
Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew
two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a
snowy day. [23] And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits
high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went
down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand,
and slew him with his own spear.
[24] These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the
three mighties.
[25] Behold, he was honourable among the thirty, but attained not to the first
three: and David set him over his guard. [26] Also the valiant men of the
armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
[27] Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, [28] Ira the son of Ikkesh the
Tekoite, Abi-ezer the Antothite, [29] Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the
Ahohite, [30] Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the
Netophathite, [31] Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the
children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite,
[32] Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, [33] Azmaveth the
Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, [34] The sons of Hashem the Gizonite,
Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite,
[35] Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, [36] Hepher
the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, [37] Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the
son of Ezbai, [38] Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri, [39]
Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of
Zeruiah,
[40] Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, [41] Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son
of Ahlai, [42] Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the
Reubenites, and thirty with him,
[43] Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, [44] Uzzia the
Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite,
[45] Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, [46] Eliel
the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the
Moabite,
[47] Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
1 Chronicles 12
[1] Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself
close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men,
helpers of the war.
[2] They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left
in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of
Benjamin.
[3] The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and
Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite,
[4] And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the
thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
[5] Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the
Haruphite,
[6] Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,
[7] And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. [8] And of the
Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness
men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and
buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the
roes upon the mountains; [9] Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the
third, [10] Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, [11] Attai the sixth,
Eliel the seventh, [12] Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, [13] Jeremiah
the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. [14] These were of the sons of Gad,
captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest
over a thousand. [15] These are they that went over Jordan in the first month,
when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the
valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. [16] And there came of the
children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.
[17] And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye
be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but
if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine
hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. [18] Then the
spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are
we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and
peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them,
and made them captains of the band. [19] And there fell some of Manasseh to
David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they
helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him
away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.
[20] As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad,
and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the
thousands that were of Manasseh. [21] And they helped David against the band
of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valour, and were captains in
the host. [22] For at that time day by day there came to David to help him,
until it was a great host, like the host of God. [23] And these are the
numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to
Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.
[24] The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and
eight hundred, ready armed to the war. [25] Of the children of Simeon, mighty
men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
[26] Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. [27] And Jehoiada
was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven
hundred;
[28] And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty
and two captains.
[29] And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for
hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.
[30] And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty
men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers. [31] And of the
half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to
come and make David king. [32] And of the children of Issachar, which were men
that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the
heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their
commandment. [33] Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war,
with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were
not of double heart.
[34] And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear
thirty and seven thousand.
[35] And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six
hundred.
[36] And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand.
[37] And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and
of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the
battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. [38] All these men of war, that could
keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all
Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
[39] And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their
brethren had prepared for them. [40] Moreover they that were nigh them, even
unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels,
and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of
raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy
in Israel.
1 Chronicles 13
[1] And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with
every leader.
[2] And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto
you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren
every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to
the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may
gather themselves unto us: [3] And let us bring again the ark of our God to
us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.
[4] And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was
right in the eyes of all the people. [5] So David gathered all Israel
together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hamath, to bring the
ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. [6] And David went up, and all Israel, to
Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up
thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose
name is called on it. [7] And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of
the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. [8] And David and all
Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with
harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with
trumpets.
[9] And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his
hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. [10] And the anger of the LORD
was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the
ark: and there he died before God. [11] And David was displeased, because the
LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to
this day. [12] And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring
the ark of God home to me?
[13] So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but
carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. [14] And the ark of
God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the
LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
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