Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.
This is the list of David's men of war: Ishbaal, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the three: he put to death three hundred at one time with his spear.
And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.
Adina, the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;
And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.
Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.
And Jehoiada, chief of the family of Aaron, and with him three thousand, seven hundred men;
Ahiezer was their chief, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite;
And Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a great man among the thirty, and their chief; and Jeremiah and Jehaziel and Johanan and Jozabad the Gederathite;
Ezer their chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.
And Hadad came to his end. Now the chiefs of Edom were: the chief of Timna, the chief of Aliah, the chief of Jetheth,
Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twelve.
And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy.
The chief of Oholibamah, the chief of Elah, the chief of Pinon,
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was master of the music: he gave directions about the song, because he was expert.
The chief of Kenaz, the chief of Teman, the chief of Mibzar,
The chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.
Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twenty;
Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty;
Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and thirty;
Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred;
Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brothers, eighty;
Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Uzziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Mattithiah and Eliab and Benaiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel, with corded instruments of music; and Asaph, with brass instruments sounding loudly;
And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the army; and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was keeper of the records.
And Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief of those whose places were at the king's side.
And Ram was the father of Amminadab; and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, chief of the children of Judah;
Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.
The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, and Zetham and Joel, three.
Of Rehabiah; of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief.
And the sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.
Selection was made of these in the same way as of their brothers the sons of Aaron, David the king being present, with Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites; the families of the chief in the same way as those of his younger brother.
And Hosah, a son of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the oldest, his father made him chief);
Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of all the Hebronites, in their generations by families. In the fortieth year of the rule of David a search was made, and able men were seen among them at Jazer of Gilead.
He was of the sons of Perez, and the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.
This is the same Benaiah who was the great man of the thirty, chief of the thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son.
Though the Lord, the God of Israel, took me out of all my father's family, to be king over Israel for ever, marking out Judah to be chief, and, of the people of Judah, my father's family; and among the sons of my father he was pleased to make me king over all Israel;
Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan;
Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, took away as a prisoner: he was chief of the Reubenites.
And his brothers by their families, when the list of their generations was made up: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
These were heads of families in their generations; chief men: these were living in Jerusalem.
And the door-keepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers: Shallum was the chief.
For the four chief door-keepers, who were Levites, had a special position, looking after the rooms and the store-houses of the house of God.
These were heads of families of the Levites in their generations, chief men; they were living at Jerusalem.
So then, my brothers, let it be your chief desire to be prophets; but let no one be stopped from using tongues.
And the king went to Gibeon to make an offering there, because that was the chief high place: it was Solomon's way to make a thousand burned offerings on that altar.
And these were his chief men: Azariah, the son of Zadok, was the priest;
And the value is for you who have faith; but it is said for those without faith, The very stone which the builders put on one side, was made the chief stone of the building;
I who am myself one of the rulers of the church, and a witness of the death of Christ, having my part in the coming glory, send this serious request to the chief men among you:
And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.
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