The First Book of Chronicles, starting at chapter 16
{16:1} They brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of
the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt
offerings and peace offerings before God. {16:2} When David had made
an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he
blessed the people in the name of Yahweh. {16:3} He dealt to everyone
of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a
portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins. {16:4} He appointed certain
of the Levites to minister before the ark of Yahweh, and to celebrate
and to thank and praise Yahweh, the God of Israel: {16:5} Asaph the
chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and
Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, and
Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps; and Asaph with
cymbals, sounding aloud; {16:6} and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests
with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.
{16:7} Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to
Yahweh, by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.
{16:8} Oh give thanks to Yahweh.
Call on his name.
Make his doings known among the peoples.
{16:9} Sing to him.
Sing praises to him.
Tell of all his marvelous works.
{16:10} Glory in his holy name.
Let the heart of those who seek Yahweh rejoice.
{16:11} Seek you Yahweh and his strength.
Seek his face forever more.
{16:12} Remember his marvelous works that he has done,
his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
{16:13} you seed of Israel his servant,
you children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
{16:14} He is Yahweh our God.
His judgments are in all the earth.
{16:15} Remember his covenant forever,
the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
{16:16} [the covenant] which he made with Abraham,
his oath to Isaac.
{16:17} He confirmed the same to Jacob for a statute,
and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
{16:18} saying, I will you give the land of Canaan,
The lot of your inheritance,
{16:19} when you were but a few men in number,
yes, very few, and foreigners were in it.
{16:20} They went about from nation to nation,
from one kingdom to another people.
{16:21} He allowed no man to do them wrong.
Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
{16:22} [saying], Don't touch my anointed ones!
Do my prophets no harm.
{16:23} Sing to Yahweh, all the earth!
Display his salvation from day to day.
{16:24} Declare his glory among the nations,
and his marvelous works among all the peoples.
{16:25} For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised.
He also is to be feared above all gods.
{16:26} For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
but Yahweh made the heavens.
{16:27} Honor and majesty are before him.
Strength and gladness are in his place.
{16:28} Ascribe to Yahweh, you relatives of the peoples,
ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength!
{16:29} Ascribe to Yahweh the glory due to his name.
Bring an offering, and come before him.
Worship Yahweh in holy array.
{16:30} Tremble before him, all the earth.
The world also is established that it can't be moved.
{16:31} Let the heavens be glad,
and let the earth rejoice!
Let them say among the nations, Yahweh reigns.
{16:32} Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
Let the field exult, and all that is therein!
{16:33} Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before Yahweh,
for he comes to judge the earth.
{16:34} Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good,
for his loving kindness endures forever.
{16:35} Say, Save us, God of our salvation!
Gather us together and deliver us from the nations,
to give thanks to your holy name,
to triumph in your praise.
{16:36} Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel,
from everlasting even to everlasting.
All the people said, Amen, and praised Yahweh.
{16:37} So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,
Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as
every day's work required; {16:38} and Obed-Edom with their brothers,
sixty-eight; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be
doorkeepers; {16:39} and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the
priests, before the tent of Yahweh in the high place that was at
Gibeon, {16:40} to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of
burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all
that is written in the law of Yahweh, which he commanded to Israel;
{16:41} and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were
chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because
his loving kindness endures forever; {16:42} and with them Heman and
Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound
aloud, and [with] instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of
Jeduthun to be at the gate. {16:43} All the people departed every man
to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
{17:1} It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said
to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the
ark of the covenant of Yahweh [dwells] under curtains. {17:2} Nathan
said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you.
{17:3} It happened the same night, that the word of God came to
Nathan, saying, {17:4} Go and tell David my servant, Thus says Yahweh,
You shall not build me a house to dwell in: {17:5} for I have not
lived in a house since the day that I brought up Israel, to this day,
but have gone from tent to tent, and from [one] tent [to another].
{17:6} In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, spoke I a
word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd
of my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
{17:7} Now therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says
Yahweh of Armies, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the
sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel: {17:8} and I
have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your
enemies from before you; and I will make you a name, like the name of
the great ones who are in the earth. {17:9} I will appoint a place for
my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their
own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of
wickedness waste them any more, as at the first, {17:10} and [as] from
the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and I
will subdue all your enemies. Moreover I tell you that Yahweh will
build you a house. {17:11} It shall happen, when your days are
fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up
your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish
his kingdom. {17:12} He shall build me a house, and I will establish
his throne forever. {17:13} I will be his father, and he shall be my
son: and I will not take my loving kindness away from him, as I took
it from him that was before you; {17:14} but I will settle him in my
house and in my kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established
forever. {17:15} According to all these words, and according to all
this vision, so did Nathan speak to David. {17:16} Then David the king
went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he said, Who am I, Yahweh God, and
what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? {17:17} This was
a small thing in your eyes, God; but you have spoken of your servant's
house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the
estate of a man of high degree, Yahweh God. {17:18} What can David
[say] yet more to you concerning the honor which is done to your
servant? for you know your servant. {17:19} Yahweh, for your servant's
sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this
greatness, to make known all [these] great things. {17:20} Yahweh,
there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you,
according to all that we have heard with our ears. {17:21} What one
nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to
redeem to himself for a people, to make you a name by great and
awesome things, in driving out nations from before your people, whom
you redeem out of Egypt? {17:22} For your people Israel did you make
your own people forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God. {17:23}
Now, Yahweh, let the word that you have spoken concerning your
servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as
you have spoken. {17:24} Let your name be established and magnified
forever, saying, Yahweh of Armies is the God of Israel, even a God to
Israel: and the house of David your servant is established before you.
{17:25} For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will
build him a house: therefore has your servant found [in his heart] to
pray before you. {17:26} Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have promised
this good thing to your servant: {17:27} and now it has pleased you to
bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before
you: for you, Yahweh, have blessed, and it is blessed forever.
{18:1} After this it happened, that David struck the Philistines,
and subdued them, and took Gath and its towns out of the hand of the
Philistines. {18:2} He struck Moab; and the Moabites became servants
to David, and brought tribute. {18:3} David struck Hadarezer king of
Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river
Euphrates. {18:4} David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven
thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung
all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
{18:5} When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of
Zobah, David struck of the Syrians twenty-two thousand men. {18:6}
Then David put [garrisons] in Syria of Damascus; and the Syrians
became servants to David, and brought tribute. Yahweh gave victory to
David wherever he went. {18:7} David took the shields of gold that
were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
{18:8} From Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadarezer, David took very
much brass, with which Solomon made the bronze sea, and the pillars,
and the vessels of brass. {18:9} When Tou king of Hamath heard that
David had struck all the army of Hadarezer king of Zobah, {18:10} he
sent Hadoram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him,
because he had fought against Hadarezer and struck him; (for Hadarezer
had wars with Tou;) and [he had with him] all manner of vessels of
gold and silver and brass. {18:11} These also did king David dedicate
to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all
the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon,
and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. {18:12} Moreover Abishai
the son of Zeruiah struck of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt
eighteen thousand. {18:13} He put garrisons in Edom; and all the
Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to David
wherever he went. {18:14} David reigned over all Israel; and he
executed justice and righteousness to all his people. {18:15} Joab the
son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud
was recorder; {18:16} and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the
son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe; {18:17} and
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the
Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
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