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² For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:

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⁷ And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

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⁵ And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

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⁶ And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

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⁹ And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.

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¹⁹ And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan.

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² They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

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² And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

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⁵ Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:

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⁶ Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

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⁷ Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

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⁸ Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

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⁹ Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

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⁷ Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

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³² And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

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⁴² Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

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⁵ And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.

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⁷ But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

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⁷ So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

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⁹ Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: twelve:

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⁷ The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

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⁸ All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom.

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⁹ And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. eighteen.

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⁷ The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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² Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

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¹¹ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.

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²⁷ And Shimei had sixteen sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.

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¹³ And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

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³⁹ And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea,

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⁴⁴ And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch,

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⁴⁸ Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

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¹⁶ And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

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²² And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

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³⁵ And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

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³² And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

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³⁹ And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

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¹³ And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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¹⁷ And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

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¹⁹ And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.

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²⁵ And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them.

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³² And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

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³⁸ And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

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²⁰ And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three.

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²⁶ Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem,

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³⁸ Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,

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⁴⁵ Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

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²⁹ And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.

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³² And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

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³⁹ And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

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¹⁰ Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. twelve.

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¹² And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

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¹⁶ And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

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¹⁷ So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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¹⁸ And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters.

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³⁷ So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required:

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³⁸ And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

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³⁹ And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,

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¹¹ And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.

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¹⁵ And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

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²² And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them.

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³² And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD.

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²⁵ The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.

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³¹ These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

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¹⁰ The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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¹¹ The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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¹² The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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¹³ The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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¹⁴ The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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¹⁵ The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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¹⁶ The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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¹⁷ The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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¹⁸ The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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¹⁹ The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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²⁰ The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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²¹ The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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²² The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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²³ The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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²⁴ The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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²⁵ The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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²⁶ The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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²⁷ The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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²⁸ The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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²⁹ The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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³⁰ The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: twelve:

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³¹ The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve. twelve.

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¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. thirteen.

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¹² Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.

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²² The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD.

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²⁵ And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith Shelomith his son.

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²⁶ Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.

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²⁸ And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.

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³⁰ And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.

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³² And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.

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¹⁸ Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: