Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 David erected buildings for himself in the City of David, prepared a place for the ark of God, and set up a tent for it. 2 Then David said, “No one but theL’vi’imshould carry the ark of God, becauseAdonaichose them to carry the ark ofAdonaiand to serve him forever.” 3 David assembled all Isra’el […]

1 They brought the ark of God in and put it in the tent that David had set up for it; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. 2 When David had finished offering the burnt offering and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name ofAdonai. 3 Then he distributed […]

1 After David had been living in his palace awhile, he said to Natan the prophet, “Here, I’m living in a cedar-wood palace; but the ark for the covenant ofAdonaiis kept under a tent!” 2 Natan said to David, “Go, do everything that is in your heart, for God is with you.” 3 But that […]

1 Some time afterwards, David attacked the P’lishtim and subdued them; David took Gat and its villages out of the hands of the P’lishtim. 2 He also defeated Mo’av, so that the people of Mo’av became subjects of David and paid tribute. 3 David, on his way to establish his dominion as far as the […]

1 Some time later, when Nachash the king of the people of ‘Amon died, his son became king in his place. 2 David said, “I will be kind to Hanun the son of Nachash, because his father showed grace to me.” So David sent messengers to comfort him about his father. David’s servants entered the […]

1 In the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Yo’av led the army out in force and laid waste to the country of the people of ‘Amon; then he came and laid siege to Rabbah. But David stayed in Yerushalayim, while Yo’av attacked Rabbah and destroyed it. 2 David took the […]

1 The Adversary now rose up against Isra’el and incited David to take a census of Isra’el. 2 David said to Yo’av and the leaders of the people, “Go, take a census of Isra’el from Be’er-Sheva to Dan; then report to me, so that I can know how many of them there are.” 3 Yo’av […]

1 Then David said, “This is the house ofAdonai, God; and this is the altar Isra’el is to use for burnt offerings.” 2 David ordered that the foreigners in the land of Isra’el should be assembled, and he appointed stone-workers to shape stones for building the house of God. 3 David prepared a large store […]

1 David had now grown old; he had lived many years; so he made Shlomo his son king over Isra’el. 2 Then he assembled all the leaders of Isra’el, with thecohanimandL’vi’im. 3 A census ofL’vi’imthirty years old and over was taken, and their number came to 38,000. 4 Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the […]

1 The divisions of the descendants of Aharon were as follows: The sons of Aharon: Nadav, Avihu, El‘azar and Itamar. 2 But Nadav and Avihu died before their father and had no children; therefore El‘azar and Itamar functioned as thecohanim. 3 David, together with Tzadok from the descendants of El‘azar, and Achimelekh from the descendants […]