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They went to the gate of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to look for fields for their flocks.

There they found good fields rich with grass. The land was wide and quiet, and there they had peace. For Hamites had lived there before.

These whose names have been written down came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They destroyed their tents and the Meunites who were found there. They destroyed all of them to this day, and lived in their place because there were fields for their flocks.

He lived as far east as the beginning of the desert this side of the Euphrates River, because their cattle had become too many for the land of Gilead.

They were given help against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand. They cried out to God in the battle. He gave them what they asked for, because they trusted in Him.

They led the singing in front of the meeting tent until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. And they took their places for their work at the right times.

Their brothers the Levites were chosen for all the work of the house of God.

But Aaron and his sons gave the gifts on the altar of burnt gifts and on the altar of special perfume. They did all the work of the most holy place, to pay for the sins of Israel. They did all that Moses the servant of God had told them to do.

From the half-family group of Manasseh they were given Aner with its fields and Bileam with its fields. They were for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

With them by their families and by their fathers' houses were 36,000 men ready to fight. For they had many wives and sons.

Their father Ephraim was filled with sorrow for many days. And his brothers came to comfort him.

All these were the sons of Asher and heads of the fathers' houses. They were chosen men and powerful soldiers, leaders of the king's sons. There were 26,000 of them, whose names were written down by their families for fighting in war.

And there were 1,760 of their brothers, who were heads of their fathers' houses. They were very able men for the work of the house of God.

who was at the king's gate on the east side.) These were the gate-keepers for the family group of the Levites.

There were 212 of those who were chosen to watch the gates. Their names were written down by families in their towns. David and Samuel the man of God chose them for places of trust.

For the four head men who were gate-keepers were Levites and were in a place of trust. They watched over the rooms and the riches in the house of God.

They stayed during the night around the house of God. For their duty was to watch. And they were to open the house every morning.

Some of them took care of the things used for worship. They numbered them when they were brought in and taken out.

These are the singers. They were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who lived in the rooms of the Lord's house. They were free from other kinds of worship, for they were on duty day and night.

The battle was hard for Saul. Those who fought with the bow found him, and hurt him with an arrow.