Daily Text and Bible Reading: Thursday, May 8 [Press play below]

3.1 These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second, Daniel, whose mother was Abigail the Carmelite;
3.2 the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
3.3 the fifth, Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital; and the sixth, Ithream, whose mother was David’s wife Eglah.
3.4 These six were born to him in Hebron; he reigned there for 7 years and 6 months, and for 33 years he reigned in Jerusalem.
3.5 These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon; the mother of these four was Bath-sheba the daughter of Ammiel.
3.6 And nine other sons were Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet,
3.7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
3.8 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
3.9 All of these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.
3.10 The son of Solomon was Rehoboam; Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
3.11 Jehoram his son, Ahaziah his son, Jehoash his son,
3.12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
3.13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
3.14 Amon his son, Josiah his son.
3.15 The sons of Josiah were the firstborn, Johanan, the second, Jehoiakim, the third, Zedekiah, the fourth, Shallum.
3.16 The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
3.17 The sons of Jeconiah the prisoner were Shealtiel,
3.18 Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
3.19 The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei; and the sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah (and Shelomith was their sister);
3.20 and five other sons were Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed.
3.21 And the sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; the son of Jeshaiah was Rephaiah; the son of Rephaiah was Arnan; the son of Arnan was Obadiah; the son of Obadiah was Shecaniah;
3.22 and the sons of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all.
3.23 And the sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam, three.
3.24 And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

4.1 The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
4.2 Reaiah the son of Shobal became father to Jahath; Jahath became father to Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
4.3 These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash (and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi),
4.4 and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
4.5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
4.6 Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
4.7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
4.8 Koz became father to Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
4.9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother named him Jabez, saying: “I gave birth to him in pain.”
4.10 Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: “O that you would bless me and enlarge my territory and let your hand be with me and preserve me from calamity, so that it may bring no harm to me!” So God brought about what he had asked for.
4.11 Chelub the brother of Shuhah became father to Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
4.12 Eshton became father to Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
4.13 And the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah, and the son of Othniel was Hathath.
4.14 Meonothai became father to Ophrah. Seraiah became father to Joab the father of Ge-harashim, so called because they were craftsmen.
4.15 The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah was Kenaz.
4.16 The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
4.17 The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon; she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
4.18 (And his Jewish wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married.
4.19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
4.20 And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
4.21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the workers of fine fabric of the house of Ashbea,
4.22 and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph, who became husbands of Moabite women, and Jashubi-lehem. These records are ancient.
4.23 They were potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah. They lived there and worked for the king.
4.24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
4.25 Shallum was his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.
4.26 And the sons of Mishma were Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.
4.27 And Shimei had 16 sons and 6 daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, and none of their families had as many as the men of Judah had.
4.28 They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
4.29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
4.30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
4.31 Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
4.32 Their settlements were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,
4.33 along with their settlements that were all around these cities as far as Baal. These were their genealogical enrollments and the places where they lived.
4.34 And Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah,
4.35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah son of Seraiah son of Asiel,
4.36 and Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
4.37 and Ziza son of Shiphi son of Allon son of Jedaiah son of Shimri son of Shemaiah;
4.38 these mentioned by name were the chieftains among their families, and the household of their forefathers increased in number.
4.39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to look for pastures for their flocks.
4.40 They eventually found rich and good pastures, and the land was spacious, quiet, and undisturbed. Those who previously lived there were Hamites.
4.41 These whose names are listed came during the days of King Hezekiah of Judah and struck down the tents of the Hamites and the Meunim who were there. They devoted them to destruction down to this day; and they settled in their place because there were pastures for their flocks there.
4.42 Some of the Simeonites, 500 men, went to Mount Seir with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi who led them.
4.43 And they struck down the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there down to this day.

5.1 These are the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn. He was the firstborn, but because he defiled the bed of his father, his right as firstborn was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so he was not enrolled genealogically for the right of the firstborn.
5.2 Though Judah was superior to his brothers and from him came the one to be the leader, the right as firstborn belonged to Joseph.
5.3 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
5.4 The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5.5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
5.6 and Beerah his son, whom King Tilgath-pilneser of Assyria took into exile; he was a chieftain of the Reubenites.
5.7 His brothers by their families in the genealogical enrollment by their descendants were, as the head, Jeiel, Zechariah,
5.8 and Bela son of Azaz son of Shema son of Joel, who lived in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
5.9 To the east he settled as far as the beginning of the wilderness at the Euphrates River, for their livestock had become numerous in the land of Gilead.
5.10 In the days of Saul, they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated before them, so they dwelled in their tents throughout all the territory east of Gilead.
5.11 Now the descendants of Gad lived next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah.
5.12 Joel was the head, Shapham the second, and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.
5.13 And their brothers belonging to their paternal houses were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven in all.
5.14 These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri son of Jaroah son of Gilead son of Michael son of Jeshishai son of Jahdo son of Buz.
5.15 Ahi son of Abdiel son of Guni was head of their paternal house.
5.16 They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its dependent towns, and in all the pastures of Sharon as far as they extended.
5.17 They were all enrolled genealogically in the days of King Jotham of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam of Israel.
5.18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 mighty warriors in their army who carried shields and swords and were armed with bows, and they were trained in war.
5.19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
5.20 And they were helped in fighting them, so that the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand, for they called to God for help in the war, and he responded to their entreaty because they trusted in him.
5.21 They captured their livestock—50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys—as well as 100,000 people.
5.22 Many had fallen slain, because the war was waged by the true God. And they lived in their place until the time of the exile.
5.23 The descendants of the half tribe of Manasseh lived in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon. They were numerous.
5.24 These were the heads of their paternal houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel; they were mighty warriors, men of fame, and heads of their paternal houses.
5.25 But they acted unfaithfully toward the God of their forefathers and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had annihilated from before them.
5.26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tilgath-pilneser of Assyria) so that he took into exile those of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, where they are until this day.