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Tahath's son was Eleadah. Eleadah's son was Tahath. Tahath's son was Zabad. Zabad's son was Shuthelah. Some men who grew up in the city of Gath killed Ezer and Elead. This happened because Ezer and Elead went there to steal cattle and sheep from those men in Gath.

Ephraim was the father of Ezer and Elead. He cried for many days because Ezer and Elead were dead. Ephraim's family came to comfort him.

Then Ephraim had sexual relations with his wife. She became pregnant and had a son. Ephraim named this new son Beriah because something bad had happened to his family.

The names of all the Israelites were listed in their family histories. Those family histories were put in the book, The History of the Kings of Israel. The people of Judah were made prisoners and forced to go to Babylon. They were taken there because they were not faithful to God.

In all there were 212 men who were chosen to guard the gates of the Holy Tent. Their names were written in their family histories in their small towns. David and Samuel the seer chose these men because they could be trusted.

The Levites who were singers and leaders of their families stayed in the rooms at the Temple. They did not have to do other work because they were responsible for the work in the Temple day and night.

Saul died because he was not faithful to the Lord . He did not obey the Lord 's word. Saul also went to a medium and asked her for advice

Amasai was the leader of the Thirty Heroes. Then the Spirit came on Amasai, and he said, "We are yours, David! We are with you, son of Jesse. Peace, peace to you. Peace to those who help you, because your God helps you." So David welcomed these men into his group and put them in charge of the troops.

The men spent three days at Hebron with David. They ate and drank, because their relatives had prepared food for them.

The Lord became very angry with Uzzah and killed him because he touched the Holy Box. So Uzzah died there before God.

And David was angry because the Lord had shown his anger in killing Uzzah. So that place has been called "Perez Uzzah" ever since then.

When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, go out to battle because that is the sign that God has gone out in front of you to defeat the Philistines."

The first time we tried to bring it, we failed to ask the Lord about the right way to move it. And he punished us because you Levites did not carry it."

The Levite leader Kenaniah was in charge of the singing. Kenaniah had this job because he was very skilled at singing.

The trees of the forest will sing for joy when they see the Lord , because he is coming to rule the world.

Give thanks to the Lord because he is good. His faithful love will last forever.

Lord , you have done this wonderful thing for me and because you wanted to.

So Tou sent his son Hadoram to King David to ask for peace and to bless him. He did this because David had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him. Hadadezer had been at war with Tou before. Hadoram gave David all kinds of things made of gold, silver, and bronze.

Joab did not count the tribes of Levi and Benjamin because he did not like King David's order.

David could not go to the Holy Tent to speak with God because he was afraid. He was afraid of the angel of the Lord and his sword.)