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When Kenan had lived 70 years, he became the father of Mahalalel.
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After he became the father of Lamech, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
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Altogether, Lamech lived a total of 777 years, and then he died.
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After Terah had lived 70 years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran.
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The total amount of the gold from the wave offering used for all the work on the sanctuary was 29 talents and 730 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
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The bronze from the wave offering was 70 talents and 2,400 shekels.
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The number from the tribe of Judah was 74,600.
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His division numbers 74,600.
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The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500.
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These were the clans of Judah; those numbered were 76,500.
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72,000 cattle,
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36,000 cattle, of which the tribute for the Lord was 72;
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When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres.
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These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and he went to her and made love to her. She gave birth to a son, and they named him Solomon. The Lord loved him;
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David’s Last Words
These are the last words of David: “The inspired utterance of David son of Jesse, the utterance of the man exalted by the Most High, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, the hero of Israel’s songs:
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but he did not invite Nathan the prophet or Benaiah or the special guard or his brother Solomon.
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Then Nathan asked Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother, “Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has become king, and our lord David knows nothing about it?
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Now then, let me advise you how you can save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.
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Go in to King David and say to him, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to me your servant: “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
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She said to him, “My lord, you yourself swore to me your servant by the Lord your God: ‘Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he will sit on my throne.’
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He has sacrificed great numbers of cattle, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the king’s sons, Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army, but he has not invited Solomon your servant.
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Otherwise, as soon as my lord the king is laid to rest with his ancestors, I and my son Solomon will be treated as criminals.”
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But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he did not invite.
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David Makes Solomon King
Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.
