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All 195 verses in 1 Chronicles, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 2:3

  The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

• 1 Chronicles 4:10

  And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.

• 1 Chronicles 5:20

  And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.

• 1 Chronicles 5:22

  and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.

• 1 Chronicles 5:25

  But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.

• 1 Chronicles 5:26

  So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.

• 1 Chronicles 6:15

  Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

• 1 Chronicles 6:31

  These are the men David put in charge of the music in the house of the LORD after the ark rested there.

• 1 Chronicles 6:32

  They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.

• 1 Chronicles 6:48

  Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.

• 1 Chronicles 6:49

  But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

• 1 Chronicles 9:11

  Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;

• 1 Chronicles 9:13

  and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

• 1 Chronicles 9:19

  Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 9:20

  In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.

• 1 Chronicles 9:23

  So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.

• 1 Chronicles 9:26

  But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

• 1 Chronicles 9:27

  They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

• 1 Chronicles 10:13

  So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

• 1 Chronicles 10:14

  and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

• 1 Chronicles 11:2

  Even in times past, while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them back. And the LORD your God said, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ruler over them.’”

• 1 Chronicles 11:3

  So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where David made a covenant with them before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel.

• 1 Chronicles 11:9

  And David became greater and greater, for the LORD of Hosts was with him.

• 1 Chronicles 11:10

  Now these were the chiefs of David’s mighty men, who, together with all Israel, bolstered and strengthened his kingdom, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 11:14

  But Eleazar and David stationed themselves in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.

• 1 Chronicles 11:18

  So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,

• 1 Chronicles 11:19

  saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.

• 1 Chronicles 12:17

  And David went out to meet them, saying, “If you have come to me in peace to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my enemies when my hands are free of violence, may the God of our fathers see it and judge you.”

• 1 Chronicles 12:18

  Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

• 1 Chronicles 12:22

  For at that time men came to David day after day to help him, until he had a great army, like the army of God.

• 1 Chronicles 12:23

  Now these are the numbers of men armed for battle who came to David at Hebron to turn Saul’s kingdom over to him, in accordance with the word of the LORD:

• 1 Chronicles 13:2

  And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.

• 1 Chronicles 13:3

  Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”

• 1 Chronicles 13:5

  So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

• 1 Chronicles 13:6

  David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.

• 1 Chronicles 13:7

  So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.

• 1 Chronicles 13:8

  David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

• 1 Chronicles 13:10

  And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

• 1 Chronicles 13:11

  Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

• 1 Chronicles 13:12

  That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”

• 1 Chronicles 13:14

  Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned.

• 1 Chronicles 14:2

  And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 14:10

  So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”

• 1 Chronicles 14:11

  So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim.

• 1 Chronicles 14:14

  So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

• 1 Chronicles 14:15

  As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move out to battle, because this will mean that God has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

• 1 Chronicles 14:16

  So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

• 1 Chronicles 14:17

  And David’s fame went out into every land, and the LORD caused all nations to fear him.

• 1 Chronicles 15:1

  David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

• 1 Chronicles 15:2

  Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

• 1 Chronicles 15:3

  And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

• 1 Chronicles 15:12

  And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

• 1 Chronicles 15:13

  It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”

• 1 Chronicles 15:14

  So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 15:15

  And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 15:24

  Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

• 1 Chronicles 15:25

  So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

• 1 Chronicles 15:26

  And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

• 1 Chronicles 15:28

  So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

• 1 Chronicles 15:29

  As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.

• 1 Chronicles 16:1

  So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

• 1 Chronicles 16:2

  When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 16:4

  David appointed some of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, to celebrate, to give thanks, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 16:6

  and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel blew the trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God.

• 1 Chronicles 16:7

  On that day David first committed to Asaph and his brothers this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:

• 1 Chronicles 16:8

  “Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

• 1 Chronicles 16:10

  Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

• 1 Chronicles 16:11

  Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

• 1 Chronicles 16:14

  He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

• 1 Chronicles 16:23

  Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation day after day.

• 1 Chronicles 16:25

  For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

• 1 Chronicles 16:26

  For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens.

• 1 Chronicles 16:28

  Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

• 1 Chronicles 16:29

  Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness;

• 1 Chronicles 16:31

  Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’

• 1 Chronicles 16:33

  Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.

• 1 Chronicles 16:34

  Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

• 1 Chronicles 16:35

  Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’

• 1 Chronicles 16:36

  Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”

• 1 Chronicles 16:37

  So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to minister there regularly according to the daily requirements,

• 1 Chronicles 16:39

  And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon

• 1 Chronicles 16:40

  to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.

• 1 Chronicles 16:41

  With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”

• 1 Chronicles 16:42

  Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.

• 1 Chronicles 17:1

  After David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent.”

• 1 Chronicles 17:2

  And Nathan replied to David, “Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.”

• 1 Chronicles 17:3

  But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

• 1 Chronicles 17:4

  “Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.

• 1 Chronicles 17:7

  Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 17:10

  and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.

• 1 Chronicles 17:13

  I will be his Father, and he will be My son. And I will never remove My loving devotion from him as I removed it from your predecessor.

• 1 Chronicles 17:16

  Then King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far?

• 1 Chronicles 17:17

  And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.

• 1 Chronicles 17:19

  O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and revealed all Your greatness.

• 1 Chronicles 17:20

  O LORD, there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.

• 1 Chronicles 17:21

  And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.

• 1 Chronicles 17:22

  For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God.

• 1 Chronicles 17:23

  And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,

• 1 Chronicles 17:24

  so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.

• 1 Chronicles 17:25

  For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.

• 1 Chronicles 17:26

  And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

• 1 Chronicles 17:27

  So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”

• 1 Chronicles 18:6

  Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

• 1 Chronicles 18:11

  and King David dedicated these to the LORD, along with the silver and gold he had carried off from all these nations—from Edom and Moab, and from the Ammonites, Philistines, and Amalekites.

• 1 Chronicles 18:13

  He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

• 1 Chronicles 19:13

  Be strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”

• 1 Chronicles 21:3

  But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”

• 1 Chronicles 21:7

  This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 21:8

  Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

• 1 Chronicles 21:9

  And the LORD instructed Gad, David’s seer,

• 1 Chronicles 21:10

  “Go and tell David that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am offering you three options. Choose one of them, and I will carry it out against you.’”

• 1 Chronicles 21:11

  So Gad went and said to David, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You must choose

• 1 Chronicles 21:12

  between three years of famine, three months of being swept away before your enemies and overtaken by their swords, or three days of the sword of the LORD—days of plague upon the land, with the angel of the LORD ravaging every part of Israel.’ Now then, decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”

• 1 Chronicles 21:13

  David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”

• 1 Chronicles 21:14

  So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.

• 1 Chronicles 21:15

  Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• 1 Chronicles 21:16

  When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.

• 1 Chronicles 21:17

  And David said to God, “Was it not I who gave the order to count the people? I am the one who has sinned and acted wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand fall upon me and my father’s house, but do not let this plague remain upon Your people.”

• 1 Chronicles 21:18

  Then the angel of the LORD ordered Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

• 1 Chronicles 21:19

  So David went up at the word that Gad had spoken in the name of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 21:22

  Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”

• 1 Chronicles 21:24

  “No,” replied King David, “I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the LORD what belongs to you, nor will I offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

• 1 Chronicles 21:26

  And there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. He called upon the LORD, who answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering.

• 1 Chronicles 21:27

  Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.

• 1 Chronicles 21:28

  At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.

• 1 Chronicles 21:29

  For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,

• 1 Chronicles 21:30

  but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 22:1

  Then David said, “Here shall be the house of the LORD God, as well as the altar of burnt offering for Israel.”

• 1 Chronicles 22:2

  So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

• 1 Chronicles 22:5

  And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.

• 1 Chronicles 22:6

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

• 1 Chronicles 22:7

  “My son,” said David to Solomon, “it was in my heart to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God,

• 1 Chronicles 22:8

  but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.

• 1 Chronicles 22:11

  Now, my son, may the LORD be with you, and may you succeed in building the house of the LORD your God, as He said you would.

• 1 Chronicles 22:12

  Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.

• 1 Chronicles 22:13

  Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.

• 1 Chronicles 22:14

  Now behold, I have taken great pains to provide for the house of the LORD—100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron too great to be weighed. I have also provided timber and stone, and you may add to them.

• 1 Chronicles 22:16

  in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”

• 1 Chronicles 22:18

  “Is not the LORD your God with you, and has He not granted you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land has been subdued before the LORD and His people.

• 1 Chronicles 22:19

  Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”

• 1 Chronicles 23:4

  “Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,

• 1 Chronicles 23:5

  4,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

• 1 Chronicles 23:13

  The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

• 1 Chronicles 23:14

  As for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi.

• 1 Chronicles 23:24

  These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 23:25

  For David had said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, has given rest to His people and has come to dwell in Jerusalem forever.

• 1 Chronicles 23:28

  but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,

• 1 Chronicles 23:30

  They were also to stand every morning to give thanks and praise to the LORD, and likewise in the evening.

• 1 Chronicles 23:31

  Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.

• 1 Chronicles 23:32

  So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 24:5

  Thus they were divided by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

• 1 Chronicles 24:19

  This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

• 1 Chronicles 25:3

  From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 25:5

  All these sons of Heman the king’s seer were given him through the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

• 1 Chronicles 25:6

  All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

• 1 Chronicles 25:7

  Together with their relatives, who were all trained and skillful in the songs of the LORD, they numbered 288.

• 1 Chronicles 26:5

  Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth. For God had blessed Obed-edom.

• 1 Chronicles 26:12

  These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.

• 1 Chronicles 26:20

  Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.

• 1 Chronicles 26:22

  the sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 26:27

  They had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 26:30

  From the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.

• 1 Chronicles 26:32

  Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and to the affairs of the king.

• 1 Chronicles 27:23

  David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

• 1 Chronicles 28:2

  Then King David rose to his feet and said, “Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build it,

• 1 Chronicles 28:3

  but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has spilled blood.’

• 1 Chronicles 28:4

  Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 28:5

  And of all my sons—for the LORD has given me many sons—He has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 28:8

  So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.

• 1 Chronicles 28:9

  As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

• 1 Chronicles 28:10

  Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”

• 1 Chronicles 28:12

  The plans contained everything David had in mind for the courts of the house of the LORD, for all the surrounding rooms, for the treasuries of the house of God and of the dedicated things,

• 1 Chronicles 28:13

  for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD:

• 1 Chronicles 28:18

  the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 28:19

  “All this,” said David, “all the details of this plan, the LORD has made clear to me in writing by His hand upon me.”

• 1 Chronicles 28:20

  David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

• 1 Chronicles 28:21

  The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”

• 1 Chronicles 29:1

  Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

• 1 Chronicles 29:2

  Now with all my ability I have made provision for the house of my God—gold for the gold articles, silver for the silver, bronze for the bronze, iron for the iron, and wood for the wood, as well as onyx for the settings, turquoise, stones of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and slabs of marble—all in abundance.

• 1 Chronicles 29:3

  Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:

• 1 Chronicles 29:5

  for the gold work and the silver work, and for all the work to be done by the craftsmen. Now who will volunteer to consecrate himself to the LORD today?”

• 1 Chronicles 29:7

  Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

• 1 Chronicles 29:8

  Whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.

• 1 Chronicles 29:9

  And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.

• 1 Chronicles 29:10

  Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.

• 1 Chronicles 29:11

  Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.

• 1 Chronicles 29:13

  Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.

• 1 Chronicles 29:16

  O LORD our God, from Your hand comes all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy Name, and all of it belongs to You.

• 1 Chronicles 29:17

  I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.

• 1 Chronicles 29:18

  O LORD, God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep this desire forever in the intentions of the hearts of Your people, and direct their hearts toward You.

• 1 Chronicles 29:20

  Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

• 1 Chronicles 29:21

  The next day they offered sacrifices and presented burnt offerings to the LORD: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, along with their drink offerings, and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel.

• 1 Chronicles 29:22

  That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

• 1 Chronicles 29:23

  So Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in place of his father David. He prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.

• 1 Chronicles 29:25

  The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.

Events the dataset lists God as taking part in. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

1. c. 4004 BC
   Creation of all thingsGenesis 1:1–2:3
2. c. 4004 BC
   Creation of Adam and EveGenesis 2:4–25 · at Eden
3. c. 4004 BC
   The FallGenesis 3:1–24 · at Eden
4. c. 3875 BC
   God curses CainGenesis 4:11–16 · at Eden, Nod
5. c. 2468 BC
   God decides to destroy every living thingGenesis 6:1–7
6. c. 2400 BC
   God instructs Noah to build the arkGenesis 6:8–7:5
7. c. 2347 BC
   God makes a covenant with NoahGenesis 8:20–9:17
8. c. 1921 BC
   Abrahamic CovenantGenesis 12:1–3
9. c. 1897 BC
   Sodom DestroyedGenesis 18:20–19:29 · at Sodom, Gomorrah
10. c. 1491 BC
    Ten Commandments GivenExodus 19:1–20:17 · at Mount Sinai
11. no date
    The Holy Spirit is promisedActs 1:4–5 · at Olivet
12. no date
    Jesus ascends to HeavenActs 1:6–11 · at Olivet

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. The entry is for the name and can describe more than one person who bore it. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.