1 Chronicles 10:10

They put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

1 Chronicles 10:13

So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD, which he didn't keep; and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire [thereby],

1 Chronicles 12:1

Now these are those who came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war.

1 Chronicles 12:2

They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 12:27

Jehoiada was the leader of [the house of] Aaron; and with him were three thousand and seven hundred,

1 Chronicles 12:28

and Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains.

1 Chronicles 12:29

Of the children of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul.



1 Chronicles 12:30

Of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' houses.

1 Chronicles 13:7

They carried the ark of God on a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

1 Chronicles 13:10

The anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he struck him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.

1 Chronicles 13:11

David was displeased, because the LORD had broken forth on Uzza; and he called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.

1 Chronicles 13:13

So David didn't move the ark to him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

1 Chronicles 13:14

The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months: and the LORD blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that he had.

1 Chronicles 14:1

Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him a house.



1 Chronicles 15:1

[David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

1 Chronicles 15:12

and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 15:13

For because you didn't carry it at first, the LORD our God made broke out against us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance."

1 Chronicles 15:22

Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.

1 Chronicles 15:25

So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.

1 Chronicles 16:41

and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his loving kindness endures forever;

1 Chronicles 16:43

All the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.



1 Chronicles 17:1

It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under curtains."

1 Chronicles 17:4

"Go and tell David my servant, 'Thus says the LORD, "You shall not build me a house to dwell in;

1 Chronicles 17:5

for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day, but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tent to another.

1 Chronicles 17:6

In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

1 Chronicles 17:10

and from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.

1 Chronicles 17:12

He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

1 Chronicles 17:14

but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever. His throne shall be established forever."'"



1 Chronicles 17:16

Then David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said, "Who am I, the LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

1 Chronicles 17:17

This was a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have respected me according to the estate of a man of high degree, the LORD God.

1 Chronicles 17:23

Now, the LORD, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.

1 Chronicles 17:24

Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, 'the LORD of Armies is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel. The house of David your servant is established before you.'

1 Chronicles 17:25

For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.

1 Chronicles 17:27

Now it has pleased you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, the LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever."

1 Chronicles 18:10

he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him; (for Hadadezer had wars with Tou;) and [he had with him] all kinds of vessels of gold and silver and brass.



1 Chronicles 19:2

David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me." So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 21:3

Joab said, "May the LORD make his people a hundred times as many as they are. But, my lord the king, aren't they all my lord's servants? Why does my lord require this thing? Why will he be a cause of guilt to Israel?"

1 Chronicles 21:17

David said to God, "Isn't it I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is even I who have sinned and done very wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand, O the LORD my God, be against me, and against my father's house; but not against your people, that they should be plagued."

1 Chronicles 21:30

But David couldn't go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 22:1

Then David said, "This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel."

1 Chronicles 22:2

David gave orders to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to cut worked stones to build the house of God.

1 Chronicles 22:5

David said, "Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries. I will therefore make preparation for it." So David prepared abundantly before his death.

1 Chronicles 22:6

Then he called for Solomon his son, and commanded him to build a house for the LORD, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 22:7

David said to Solomon his son, "As for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.

1 Chronicles 22:8

But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars. You shall not build a house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight.

1 Chronicles 22:10

He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.'

1 Chronicles 22:11

Now, my son, may the LORD be with you and prosper you, and build the house of the LORD your God, as he has spoken concerning you.

1 Chronicles 22:14

Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of the LORD one hundred thousand talents of gold, one million talents of silver, and brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance. I have also prepared timber and stone; and you may add to them.

1 Chronicles 22:19

Now set your heart and your soul to seek after the LORD your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD."

1 Chronicles 23:4

David said, "Of these, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; six thousand were officers and judges;

1 Chronicles 23:9

The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Ladan.

1 Chronicles 23:11

Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah didn't have many sons; therefore they became a fathers' house in one reckoning.

1 Chronicles 23:24

These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those who were counted individually, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.

1 Chronicles 23:28

For their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the rooms, and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God;

1 Chronicles 23:32

and that they should keep the duty of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the holy place, and the duty of the sons of Aaron their brothers, for the service of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 24:4

There were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and [thus] were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight.

1 Chronicles 24:6

Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:19

This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of the LORD according to the ordinance [given] to them by Aaron their father, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

1 Chronicles 24:30

The sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses.

1 Chronicles 24:31

These likewise cast lots even as their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' [houses] of the chief even as those of his younger brother.

1 Chronicles 25:6

All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

1 Chronicles 26:6

Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.

1 Chronicles 26:12

Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 26:13

They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers' houses, for every gate.

1 Chronicles 26:15

To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.

1 Chronicles 26:16

To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watch against watch.

1 Chronicles 26:17

Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.

1 Chronicles 26:18

For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

1 Chronicles 26:20

Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things.

1 Chronicles 26:21

The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers' [houses] belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.

1 Chronicles 26:22

The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 26:26

This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers' [houses], the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated.

1 Chronicles 26:27

Out of the spoil won in battles did they dedicate to repair the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 26:31

Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers' [houses]. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 26:32

His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers' [houses], whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.

1 Chronicles 27:1

Now the children of Israel after their number, the heads of fathers' [houses] and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king, in any matter of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year--of every division were twenty-four thousand.

1 Chronicles 27:23

But David didn't take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky.


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