- 1 1 Chronicles 1 1 1 Chronicles 1 (54 verses in the MT) opens: Adam, Sheth, Enosh, The middle of the chapter continues: The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. It closes: Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These the dukes of Edom.
- 2 1 Chronicles 2 2 1 Chronicles 2 (55 verses in the MT) opens: These the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, The middle of the chapter continues: And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. It closes: And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, Suchathites. These the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
- 3 1 Chronicles 3 3 1 Chronicles 3 (24 verses in the MT) opens: Now these were the sons of David, which were born to him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: The middle of the chapter continues: Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, It closes: And the sons of Elioenai , Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven.
- 4 1 Chronicles 4 4 1 Chronicles 4 (43 verses in the MT) opens: The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. The middle of the chapter continues: And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And ancient things. It closes: And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there to this day.
- 5 1 Chronicles 5 5 1 Chronicles 5 (41 verses in the MT) opens: And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel for he the firstborn began my couch his father gave his birthright of the sons of Joseph son of Israel and not (number after and the firstborn of. The middle of the chapter continues: And they took captive their livestock the camels fifty thousand and flocks two hundred and fifty thousand and donkeys thousand and persons of man a hundred thousand. It closes: Jehozadek went shall you uncover YHWH Judah Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
- 6 1 Chronicles 6 6 1 Chronicles 6 (66 verses in the MT) opens: The sons of Levi Gershom Kohath and Merari. The middle of the chapter continues: And Aaron and his sons and he shall turn into smoke on the altar of the burnt offering and on the altar of the incense to all work of holy the holy things and to make atonement on Israel according to all that commanded. It closes: And Heshbon and its pasturelands and Jazer and its pasturelands.
- 7 1 Chronicles 7 7 1 Chronicles 7 (40 verses in the MT) opens: Now the sons of Issachar , Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. The middle of the chapter continues: And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath born in land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. It closes: All these the children of Asher, heads of father's house, choice mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war to battle twenty and six thousand men.
- 8 1 Chronicles 8 8 1 Chronicles 8 (40 verses in the MT) opens: Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, The middle of the chapter continues: And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; It closes: And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these of the sons of Benjamin.
- 9 1 Chronicles 9 9 1 Chronicles 9 (44 verses in the MT) opens: So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. The middle of the chapter continues: So they and their children the oversight of the gates of the house of YHWH, , the house of the tabernacle, by wards. It closes: And Azel had six sons, whose names these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these the sons of Azel.
- 10 1 Chronicles 10 10 1 Chronicles 10 (14 verses in the MT) opens: Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. The middle of the chapter continues: 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. It closes: And enquired not of YHWH: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
- 11 1 Chronicles 11 11 1 Chronicles 11 (47 verses in the MT) opens: Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we your bone and your flesh. The middle of the chapter continues: These did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties. It closes: Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite.
- 12 1 Chronicles 12 12 1 Chronicles 12 (41 verses in the MT) opens: And these who came to David and Ziklag again restrained because of Shaul son of Kish now they among the warriors and help you the war. The middle of the chapter continues: And he went to and Ziklag have fallen on it Manasseh Adnah Josabad and Michael Josabad Elihu and the heads of the thousands that to Manasseh. It closes: And also near to them until Issachar Zebulun and Naphtali and they came bread and donkeys the camels mule cattle food flour cake (lump) of figs bunch (cluster) of raisins and wine and oil and cattle and flocks for.
- 13 1 Chronicles 13 13 1 Chronicles 13 (14 verses in the MT) opens: And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, with every leader. The middle of the chapter continues: And David and all Israel played before God with all might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. It closes: And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And YHWH blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
- 14 1 Chronicles 14 14 1 Chronicles 14 (17 verses in the MT) opens: Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. The middle of the chapter continues: And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. It closes: And the fame of David went out into all lands; and YHWH brought the fear of him upon all nations.
- 15 1 Chronicles 15 15 1 Chronicles 15 (29 verses in the MT) opens: And made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. The middle of the chapter continues: And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of YHWH. It closes: And it came to pass, the ark of the covenant of YHWH came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
- 16 1 Chronicles 16 16 1 Chronicles 16 (43 verses in the MT) opens: So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. The middle of the chapter continues: , Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. It closes: And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
- 17 1 Chronicles 17 17 1 Chronicles 17 (27 verses in the MT) opens: Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of YHWH under curtains. The middle of the chapter continues: But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. It closes: Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may be before you for ever: for you blessest, O YHWH, and blessed for ever.
- 18 1 Chronicles 18 18 1 Chronicles 18 (17 verses in the MT) opens: Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. The middle of the chapter continues: Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; It closes: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David chief about the king.
- 19 1 Chronicles 19 19 1 Chronicles 19 (19 verses in the MT) opens: Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. The middle of the chapter continues: Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put in array against the Syrians. It closes: And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
- 20 1 Chronicles 20 20 1 Chronicles 20 (8 verses in the MT) opens: And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out , Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David. The middle of the chapter continues: And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff like a weaver's beam. It closes: These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
- 21 1 Chronicles 21 21 1 Chronicles 21 (30 verses in the MT) opens: And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. The middle of the chapter continues: And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of YHWH stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders clothed in sackcloth, fell upon. It closes: But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of YHWH.
- 22 1 Chronicles 22 22 1 Chronicles 22 (19 verses in the MT) opens: Then David said, This the house of YHWH God, and this the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. The middle of the chapter continues: He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. It closes: Now set your heart and your soul to seek YHWH your God; arise therefore, and build you the sanctuary of YHWH God, to bring the ark of the covenant of YHWH, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built.
- 23 1 Chronicles 23 23 1 Chronicles 23 (32 verses in the MT) opens: So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. The middle of the chapter continues: And the sons of Eliezer , Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. It closes: And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy , and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of YHWH.
- 24 1 Chronicles 24 24 1 Chronicles 24 (31 verses in the MT) opens: Now the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. The middle of the chapter continues: The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, It closes: 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.
- 25 1 Chronicles 25 25 1 Chronicles 25 (31 verses in the MT) opens: Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen. The middle of the chapter continues: The ninth to Mattaniah, , his sons, and his brethren, twelve: It closes: The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, , his sons, and his brethren, twelve.
- 26 1 Chronicles 26 26 1 Chronicles 26 (32 verses in the MT) opens: Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. The middle of the chapter continues: Eastward six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two two. It closes: And his brethren, men of valour, two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and.
- 27 1 Chronicles 27 27 1 Chronicles 27 (34 verses in the MT) opens: Now the children of Israel after their number, , the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month. The middle of the chapter continues: Of Judah, Elihu, of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: It closes: And after Ahithophel Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army Joab.
- 28 1 Chronicles 28 28 1 Chronicles 28 (21 verses in the MT) opens: And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and. The middle of the chapter continues: Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy. It closes: And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and with you for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all.
- 29 1 Chronicles 29 29 1 Chronicles 29 (30 verses in the MT) opens: Furthermore David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, young and tender, and the work great: for the palace not for man, but for YHWH God. The middle of the chapter continues: O YHWH our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you an house for your holy name of your hand, and all your own. It closes: With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.