Bible in a Year.

On the 123rd day, 2 Samuel 4 recounts the consolidation of David's reign, including the confrontation of enemies and the restoration of order. 1 Chronicles 5-6 presents information about the tribes of Israel, highlighting their role in the history of God's people. Psalm 26 reflects on integrity and justice, encouraging the faithful to walk in righteousness.

1. And Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened, and all Israel was troubled.

2. Now the son of Saul had two men captains of his bands, the name of the one was Baana, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Remmon a Berothite of the children of Benjamin: for Beroth also was reckoned in Benjamin.

3. And the Berothites fled into Gethaim, and were sojourners there until that time.

4. And Jonathan the son of Saul bad a son that was lame of his feet: for he was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan from Jezrahel. And his nurse took him up and fled: and as she made haste to flee, he fell and became lame: and his name was Miphiboseth.

5. And the sons of Remmon the Berothite, Rechab and Baana coming, went into the house of Isboseth in the heat of the day: and he was sleeping upon his bed at noon. And the doorkeeper of the house, who was cleansing wheat, was fallen asleep.

6. And they entered into the house secretly taking ears of corn, and Rechab and Baana his brother stabbed him in the groin, and fled away.

7. For when they came into the house, be was sleeping upon his bed in a parlour, and they struck him and killed him: and taking away his head they went off by the way of the wilderness, walking all night.

8. And they brought the head of Isboseth to David to Hebron: and they said to the king: Behold the head of Isboseth the son of Saul thy enemy who sought thy life: and the Lord hath revenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

9. But David answered Rechab, and Baana his brother, the sons of Remmon the Berothite, and said to them: As the Lord liveth, who hath delivered my soul out of all distress,

10. The man that told me, and said: Saul is dead, who thought he brought good tidings, I apprehended, and slew him in Siceleg, who should have been rewarded for his news.

11. How much more now when wicked men have slain an innocent man in his own house, upon his bed, shall I not require his blood at your hand, and take you away from the earth?

12. And David commanded his servants and they slew them: and cutting off their hands and feet, hanged them up over the pool in Hebron: but the head of Isboseth they took and buried in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

Chapter 5

1. Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.

2. But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his brethren, came the princes: but the first birthright was accounted to Joseph.)

3. The sons then of Ruben the firstborn of Israel were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi.

4. The sons of Joel: Samaia his son, Gog his son, Semei his son,

5. Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,

6. Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians carried away captive, and he was prince in the tribe of Ruben.

7. And his brethren, and all his kindred, when they were numbered by their families, had for princes Jehiel, and Zacharias.

8. And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of Samma, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo, and Beelmeon.

9. And eastward he had his habitation as far as the entrance of the desert, and the river Euphrates. For they possessed a great number of cattle in the land of Galaad.

10. And in the days of Saul they fought against the Agarites, and slew them, and dwelt in their tents in their stead, in all the country, that looketh to the east of Galaad.

11. And the children of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Basan, as far as Selcha:

12. Johel the chief, and Saphan the second: and Janai, and Saphat in Basan.

13. And their brethren according to the houses of their kindreds, were Michael, and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zie, and Heber, seven.

14. These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Hurl, the son of Jara, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesisi, the son of Jeddo, the son of But.

15. And their brethren the sons of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house in their families,

16. And they dwelt in Galaad, and in Basan and in the towns thereof, and in all the suburbs of Saron, unto the borders.

17. All these were numbered in the days of Joathan king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

18. The sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses, fighting men, bearing shields, and swords, and bending the bow, and trained up to battles, four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to war.

19. They fought against the Agarites: but the Itureans, and Naphis, and Nodab,

20. Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him.

21. And they took all that they possessed, of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand souls.

22. And many fell down slain : for it was the battle of the Lord. And they dwelt in their stead till the captivity.

23. And the children of the half tribe of Manasses possessed the land, from the borders of Basan unto Baal, Hermon, and Sanir, and mount Hermon, for their number was great.

24. And these were the heads of the house of their kindred, Epher, and Jesi, and Eliel, and Esriel, and Jeremia, and Odoia, and Jediel, most valiant and powerful men, and famous chiefs in their families.

25. But they forsook the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

26. And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Phul king of the Assyrians, and the spirit of Thelgathphalnasar king of Assur: and he carried away Ruben, and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses, and brought them to Lahela, and to Habor, and to Ara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

Chapter 6

1. The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

2. The sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel.

3. The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Mary. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abiu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

4. Eleazar beget Phinees, and Phinees beget Abisue,

5. And Abisue beget Bocci, and Bocci begot Ozi.

6. Ozi beget Zaraias, and Zaraias beget Maraioth.

7. And Maraioth beget Amarias, and Amarias beget Achitob.

8. Achitob beget Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas.

9. Achimaas beget Azarias, Azarias begot Johanan,

10. Johanan beget Azarias. This is he that executed the priestly office in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.

11. And Azarias beget Amarias, and Amarias beget Achitob.

12. And Achitob beget Sadoc, and Sadoc beget Sellum,

13. Sellum beget Helcias, and Helcias beget Azarias,

14. Azarias beget Saraias, and Saraias beget Josedec.

15. Now Josedec went out, when the Lord carried away Juda, and Jerusalem, by the hands of Nabuchodonosor.

16. So the sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

17. And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.

18. The sons of Caath : Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel.

19. The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families.

20. Of Gerson: Lobni his son, Jahath his son, Zamma his son,

21. Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his son, Jethrai his son.

22. The sons of Caath, Aminadab his son, Core his son, Asir his son,

23. Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son, Asir his son,

24. Thahath his son, Uriel his son, Ozias his son, Saul his son.

25. The sons of Elcana: Amasai, and Achimoth.

26. And Elcana. The sons of Elcana: Sophai his son, Nahath his son,

27. Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elcana his son.

28. The sons of Samuel: the firstborn Vasseni, and Abia.

29. And the sons of Merari, Moholi: Lobni his son, Semei his son, Oza his son,

30. Sammaa his son, Haggia his son, Asaia his son.

31. These are they, whom David set over the singing men of the house of the Lord, after that the p ark was placed:

32. And they ministered before the tabernacle of the testimony, with singing, until Solomon built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and they stood according to their order in the ministry.

33. And these are they that stood with their sons, of the sons of Caath, Hemam a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Sammuel,

34. The son of Elcana, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Thohu,

35. The son of Suph, the son of Elcana, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

36. The son of Elcana, the son of Johel, the son of Azarias, the son of Sophonias,

37. The son of Thahath, the son of Asir, the son or Abiasaph, the son of Core,

38. The son of Isaar, the son of Caath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

39. And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, Asaph the son of Barachias, the son of Samaa.

40. The son of Michael, the son of Basaia, the son of Melchia.

41. The son of Athanai, the son of Zara, the son of Adaia.

42. The son of Ethan, the son of Zamma, the son of Semei.

43. The son of Jeth, the son of Gerson, the son of Levi.

44. And the sons of Merari their brethren, on the left hand, Ethan the son of Cusi, the son of Abdi, the son of Meloch,

45. The son of Hasabia, the son of Amasai, the son of Helcias,

46. The son of Amasai, the son of Boni, the son of Somer,

47. The son of Moholi, the son of Mud, the son of Merari, the son of Levi.

48. Their brethren also the Levites, who were appointed for all the ministry of the tabernacle of the house of the Lord.

49. But Aaron and his sons offered burnt offerings upon the altar of holocausts, and upon the altar of incense, for very work of the holy of holies: and to pray for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

50. And these are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinees his son, Abisue his son,

51. Bocci his son, Ozi his son, Zarahia his son,

52. Meraioth his son, Amarias his son, Achitob his son,

53. Sadoc his son, Achimaas his son.

54. And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot.

55. And they gave them Hebron in the land of Juda, and the suburbs thereof round about:

56. But the fields of the city, and the villages to Caleb son of Jephone.

57. And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities for refuge Hebron, and Lobna, and the suburbs thereof,

58. And Jether and Esthemo, with their suburbs, and Helon, and Dabir with their suburbs:

59. Asan also, and Bethsames, with their suburbs.

60. And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Gabee and its suburbs, Almath with its suburbs, Anathoth also with its suburbs: all their cities throughout their families were thirteen.

61. And to the sons of Caath that remained of their kindred they gave out of the half tribe of Manasses ten cities in possession.

62. And to the sons of Gerson by their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Aser, and out of the tribe of Nephtali, and out of the tribe of Manasses in Basan, thirteen cities. their

63. And to the sons of Merari by families out of the tribe of Ruben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zabulon, they gave by lot twelve cities.

64. And the children of Israel gave to the Levites the cities, and their suburbs.

65. And they gave them by lot, out of the tribe of the sons of Juda, and out of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which they called by their names.

66. And to them that were of the kindred of the sons of Caath, and the cities in their borders were of the tribe of Ephraim.

67. And they gave the cities of refuge Sichem with its suburbs in mount Ephraim, and Gazer with its suburbs,

68. Jecmaan also with its suburbs, and Beth-horon in like manner,

69. Helon also with its suburbs, and Gethremmon in like manner,

70. And out of the half tribe of Manasses, Aner and its suburbs, Baalam and its suburbs: to wit, to them that were left of the family of the sons of Caath.

71. And to the sons of Gersom, out of the kindred of the half tribe of Manasses, Gaulon, in Basan, and its suburbs, and Astharoth with its suburbs.

72. Out of the tribe of Issachar, Cedes and its suburbs, and Dabereth with its suburbs;

73. Ramoth also and its suburbs, and Anem with its suburbs.

74. And out of the tribe of Aser: Masal with its suburbs, and Abdon in like manner;

75. Hucac also and its suburbs, and Rohol with its suburbs.

76. And out of the tribe of Nephtali, Cedes in Galilee and its suburbs, Hamon with its suburbs, and Cariathaim, and its suburbs.

77. And to the sons of Merari that remained: out of the tribe of Zabulon, Remmono and its suburbs, and Thabor with its suburbs.

78. Beyond the Jordan also over against Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, out of the tribe of Ruben, Bosor in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jassa with its suburbs;

79. Cademoth also and its suburbs, and Mephaath with its suburbs;

80. Moreover also out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Galaad and its suburbs, and Manaim with its suburbs;

81. Hesebon also with its suburbs, and Jazer with its suburbs.

1. Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

2. Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

3. For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.

4. I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

5. I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

6. I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:

7. That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8. I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

9. Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:

10. In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

11. But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.

12. My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.