Category Archives: Divrei-HamYamim Alef (1 Ch)

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 […]

1 For the service, David and the army commanders selected some of the descendants of Asaf, of Heman and of Y’dutun to prophesy with lyres, lutes and cymbals. The list of those doing this work, according to the type of work performed was: 2 Of the descendants of Asaf: Zakur, Yosef, N’tanyah and Asar’elah; the […]

1 The divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korchim: Meshelemyahu the son of Kore, of the descendants of Asaf. 2 Meshelemyahu had sons: Z’kharyahu the firstborn, Y’dia‘el the second, Z’vadyahu the third, Yatni’el the fourth, 3 ‘Eilam the fifth, Y’hochanan the sixth and Ely’ho‘einai the seventh. 4 ‘Oved-Edom had sons: Sh’ma‘yah the firstborn, Y’hozavad the […]

1 The people of Isra’el, registered according to their clan leaders, were drafted for army duty under captains of thousands and of hundreds, and officers serving the king, in divisions of 24,000 each, for month-long terms of duty covering all the months of the year. 2 Over the first division, for the first month, was […]

1 David assembled in Yerushalayim all the leaders of Isra’el — the leaders of the tribes, the commanders of the divisions serving the king, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the supervisors over the property and livestock of the king, along with his sons, the officials, the warrior-heroes, and anyone else who was […]

1 To the whole community, David the king said, “Shlomo my son is the only one God has chosen. But he is still young and inexperienced, whereas the work to be done is great; because the palace is not for anyone human, but forAdonai, God. 2 Now I have used all my strength to prepare […]