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Today's Bible Reading :: 1 Chronicles 12 - 14 (ESV)

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1 Chronicles 12

The Mighty Men Join David

(1Sa 22:1, 2 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1 - Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men who helped him in war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:2 - They were bowmen and could shoot arrows and sling stones with either the right or the left hand; they were Benjaminites, Saul’s kinsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:3 - The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, both sons of Shemaah of Gibeah; also Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, Jehu of Anathoth,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:4 - Ishmaiah of Gibeon, a mighty man among the thirty and a leader over the thirty; Jeremiah,[fn] Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad of Gederah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:5 - Eluzai,[fn] Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:6 - Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:7 - And Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:8 - From the Gadites there went over to David at the stronghold in the wilderness mighty and experienced warriors, expert with shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were swift as gazelles upon the mountains:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:9 - Ezer the chief, Obadiah second, Eliab third,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:10 - Mishmannah fourth, Jeremiah fifth,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:11 - Attai sixth, Eliel seventh,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:12 - Johanan eighth, Elzabad ninth,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:13 - Jeremiah tenth, Machbannai eleventh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 - These Gadites were officers of the army; the least was a match for a hundred men and the greatest for a thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:15 - These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:16 - And some of the men of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them and said to them, “If you have come to me in friendship to help me, my heart will be joined to you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no wrong in my hands, then may the God of our fathers see and rebuke you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit clothed Amasai, chief of the thirty, and he said,
“We are yours, O David,
and with you, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
and peace to your helpers!
For your God helps you.” Then David received them and made them officers of his troops.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:19 - Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, “At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.”)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:20 - As he went to Ziklag, these men of Manasseh deserted to him: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:21 - They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor and were commanders in the army.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:22 - For from day to day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army, like an army of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:23 - These are the numbers of the divisions of the armed troops who came to David in Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul over to him, according to the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24 - The men of Judah bearing shield and spear were 6,800 armed troops.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:25 - Of the Simeonites, mighty men of valor for war, 7,100.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - Of the Levites 4,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - The prince Jehoiada, of the house of Aaron, and with him 3,700.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:28 - Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two commanders from his own fathers’ house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:29 - Of the Benjaminites, the kinsmen of Saul, 3,000, of whom the majority had to that point kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:30 - Of the Ephraimites 20,800, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ houses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:31 - Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were expressly named to come and make David king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - Of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, 200 chiefs, and all their kinsmen under their command.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:33 - Of Zebulun 50,000 seasoned troops, equipped for battle with all the weapons of war, to help David[fn] with singleness of purpose.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:34 - Of Naphtali 1,000 commanders with whom were 37,000 men armed with shield and spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:35 - Of the Danites 28,600 men equipped for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:36 - Of Asher 40,000 seasoned troops ready for battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 - Of the Reubenites and Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh from beyond the Jordan, 120,000 men armed with all the weapons of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:38 - All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with a whole heart to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:39 - And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - And also their relatives, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of flour, cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.
ESV Footnotes
Hebrew verse 5
Hebrew verse 6
Septuagint; Hebrew lacks David

1 Chronicles 13

The Ark Brought from Kiriath-Jearim

(2Sa 6:1–11 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 - David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:2 - And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and from the LORD our God, let us send abroad to our brothers who remain in all the lands of Israel, as well as to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasturelands, that they may be gathered to us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:3 - Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it[fn] in the days of Saul.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:4 - All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Uzzah and the Ark

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:5 - So David assembled all Israel from the Nile[fn] of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:6 - And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD who sits enthroned above the cherubim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:7 - And they carried the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzzah and Ahio[fn] were driving the cart.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:8 - And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:9 - And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:10 - And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark, and he died there before God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:11 - And David was angry because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzza[fn] to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:12 - And David was afraid of God that day, and he said, “How can I bring the ark of God home to me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:13 - So David did not take the ark home into the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14 - And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that he had.
ESV Footnotes
Or him
Hebrew Shihor
Or and his brother
Perez-uzza means the breaking out against Uzzah

1 Chronicles 14

David’s Wives and Children

(2Sa 5:11–16 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also masons and carpenters to build a house for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:2 - And David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:3 - And David took more wives in Jerusalem, and David fathered more sons and daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:4 - These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:5 - Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:6 - Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:7 - Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet.

Philistines Defeated

(2Sa 5:17–25 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:8 - When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went out against them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:9 - Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:10 - And David inquired of God, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the LORD said to him, “Go up, and I will give them into your hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:11 - And he went up to Baal-perazim, and David struck them down there. And David said, “God has broken through[fn] my enemies by my hand, like a bursting flood.” Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:12 - And they left their gods there, and David gave command, and they were burned.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:13 - And the Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:14 - And when David again inquired of God, God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:15 - And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:16 - And David did as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:17 - And the fame of David went out into all lands, and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
See the ESV Preface
ESV Footnotes
Baal-perazim means Lord of breaking through
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