The  ¹former account I have made, O  ²Theophilus, concerning all the  ³things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,

Until the day on which He was taken up, after He had given commandment through the Holy  ¹Spirit to the apostles whom He chose;

To whom also He  ¹presented Himself alive after His suffering by many irrefutable proofs,  ²appearing to them through a period of  ³forty days and speaking the things concerning the  ⁴kingdom of God.

And as He  ¹met together with them, He charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the  ²promise of the Father, which, He said, You heard from Me;

For John baptized with  ¹water, but you shall be  ²baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

So the ones who came together asked Him, saying, Lord, are You at this time restoring the  ¹kingdom to Israel?

But He said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set by His own authority.

But you shall  ¹receive power when the Holy Spirit comes  ²upon you, and you shall be My  ³witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

And when He had said these things, while they were looking on, He was lifted up, and a cloud took Him away from their sight.

And while they were looking intently into heaven as He went, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them,

Who also said,  ¹Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into  ²heaven, will  ³come in the  ⁴same way as you  ⁵beheld Him going into heaven.

Then they returned to  ¹Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a  ²Sabbath day's journey away.

And when they entered, they went up to the upper room where they were residing, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the  ¹Zealot and Judas the  ²brother of James.

These all  ¹continued steadfastly  ²with one accord in  ³prayer, together with the women and  ⁴Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.

So all Israel was enrolled by genealogy, and they are now written in the book of the kings of Israel; and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their unfaithfulness.

Now the first ones to dwell in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.

And some of the children of Judah and some of the children of Benjamin and some of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh dwelt in Jerusalem:

Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Perez the son of Judah;

And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the first-born and his sons.

And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brothers, six hundred ninety.

And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham: and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

And their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred fifty-six; all these men were heads of fathers' houses according to their fathers' houses.

And of the priests: Jedaiah and Jehoiarib and Jachin;

And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God;

And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

And their brothers, heads of their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal; and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

And the gatekeepers: Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their brothers. Shallum was the chief,

Being stationed until then at the king's gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi.

And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of  ¹Korah, and his brothers of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service as keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entrance.

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past; Jehovah was with him.

Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers in the thresholds were two hundred twelve. These were enrolled by genealogy in their villages; David and Samuel the seer appointed them because of their faithfulness.

So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of Jehovah, the house of the tent, as guards.

On the four sides were the gatekeepers, toward the east, west, north, and south.

And their brothers in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:

For the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were faithful and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

And they spent the night around the house of God because the charge of the watch was upon them; and they had charge of opening it morning by morning.

And some of them had charge of the vessels of service; for these were counted when they were brought in, and they were counted when they were taken out.

And some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.

And some of the sons of the priests prepared the compounding of the spices.

And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with the things that were baked in pans.

And some of their brothers from the sons of the Kohathites were over the rows of bread, to prepare them every Sabbath.

And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service, for they were employed in their work day and night.

These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites according to their generations, chief men; these dwelt at Jerusalem.

And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and his wife's name was Maacah;

And his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab

And Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth.

And Mikloth begot Shimeam. And these also dwelt opposite their brothers in Jerusalem, with their brothers.

And Ner begot Kish; and Kish begot Saul; and Saul begot Jonathan and Malchishua and Abinadab and Esh-baal.

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begot Micah.

And the sons of Micah: Pithon and Melech and Tahrea  ¹and Ahaz.

And Ahaz begot Jarah; and Jarah begot Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza;

And Moza begot Binea; and Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

And Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.

 ¹And the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.

And the Philistines chased Saul and his sons; and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons.

And the battle bore heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was wounded by the archers.

Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died.

So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.

And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And the next day the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.

And they stripped him and took his head and his armor, and they sent them all around, throughout the land of the Philistines in order to announce the good news to their idols and to the people.

And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and they fastened his head in the house of Dagon.

And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,

All the valiant men rose up and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons; and they brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under the terebinth at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

So Saul died on account of his unfaithfulness which he committed against Jehovah, because of the word of Jehovah which he did not keep, and also because he asked the counsel of a medium, inquiring of it.

And he did not inquire of Jehovah; therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.