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1 Chronicles · read by Edgar F. Parkyns
16 verses, in order. Only the verses Edgar read aloud are shown.
1 Chronicles 11
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Then David and all the Israelites marched to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus), where the Jebusites inhabited the land.Read from NKJV · Obtaining the Promises
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The people of Jebus said to David, "You will never get in here." Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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Now David had said, "Whoever is the first to strike down a Jebusite will become chief commander." And Joab son of Zeruiah went up first, and he became the chief.Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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So David took up residence in the fortress; that is why it was called the City of David.Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
1 Chronicles 21
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Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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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?"Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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"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.'"Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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So Gad went and said to David, "This is what the LORD says: 'You must chooseRead from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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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."Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel, and seventy thousand men of Israel fell dead.Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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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."Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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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.Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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Then the LORD spoke to the angel, who put his sword back into its sheath.Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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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,Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises
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but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.Read from KJV · Obtaining the Promises