Nathan's message to David. CHAP. XVIII. The victories of David. 3 And it came to pass the same night, for the honour of thy servant? for thou that the word of God came to Nathan, knowest thy servant. saying. 19 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and 4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus according to thine own heart, hast thou saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me done all this greatness, in making known a house to dwell in: all these great things. 20 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 5 For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all 21 And what one nation in the earth is Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges like thy people Israel, whom God went of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my to redeem, to be his own people, to make people, saying, Why have ye not built me thee a name of greatness and terribleness, a house of cedars? by driving out nations from before thy 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say people, whom thou hast redeemed out of unto my servant David, Thus saith the Egypt? LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheep- 22 For thy people Israel didst thou cote, even from following the sheep, that make thine own people for ever; and thou, thou shouldest be ruler over my people LORD, becamest their God. Israel: 23 Therefore now, LORD, let the thing 8 And I have beer with thee whither- that thou hast spoken concerning thy sersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off vant, and concerning his house, be esta all thine enemies from before thee, and blished for ever, and do as thou hast said. have made thee a name like the name of 24 Let it even be established, that thy the great men that are in the earth. name may be magnified for ever, saying, 9 Also I will ordain a place for my peo- The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, ple Israel, and will plant them, and they even a God to Israel: and let the house of shall dwell in their place, and shall be David thy servant be established before moved no more; neither shall the children thee. of wickedness waste them any more, as at 25 For thou, O my God, hast told thy the beginning, servant that thou wilt build him a house: 10 And since the time that I command-therefore thy servant hath found in his ed judges to be over my people Israel. heart to pray before thee. Moreover, I will subdue all thine enemies. 26 And now, LORD, thou art God, and Furthermore, I tell thee that the LORD hast promised this goodness unto thy serwill build thee a house. vant: 11 And it shall come to pass, when 27 Now therefore let it please thee to thy days be expired that thou must go to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, seed after thee, which shall be of thy O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. sons; and I will establish his kingdom. CHAP. XVIII. will establish his throne for ever. TOW after this it came to pass that 12 He shall build me a house, and IN David smote the Philistines, and 13. I will be his father, and he shall be subdued them, and took Gath and her my son and I will not take my mercy towns out of the hand of the Philistines. away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: 2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and broughtgifts. 3 ¶ And David smote Hadarezer king 14 But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to es shall be established for evermore. 15 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. tablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also 16 T And David the king came and sat houghed all the chariot-horses, but reservbefore the LORD, and said, Who am I, O ed of them a hundred chariots. LORD God, and what is my house, that 5 And when the Syrians of Damascus thou hast brought me hitherto? came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, 17 And yet this was a small thing in David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also thousand men. spoken of thy servant's house for a great 6 Then David put garrisons in Syriawhile to come, and hast regarded me ac- damascus; and the Syrians became Dacording to the estate of a man of high de-vid's servants, and brought gifts. Thus gree, O LORD God. the LORD preserved David whithersoever 18 What can David speak.more to thee he went. Tou congratulates David. 1. CHRONICLES. Hanun's ungratefulness. 7 And David took the shields of gold David how the men were served. And he that were on the servants of Hadarezer, sent to meet them: for the men were greatly and brought them to Jerusalem. ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at 8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Jericho until your beards be grown, and Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David then return. very much brass, wherewith Solomon 6 And when the children of Ammon saw made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and that they had made themselves odious to Dathe vessels of brass. vid, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent 9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard a thousand talents of silver to hire them chahow David had smitten all the host of Ha- riots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, darezer king of Zobah; and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah. 10 He sent Hadoram his son to king 7 So they hired thirty and two thousand David, to inquire of his welfare, and to chariots, and the king of Maachab and his congratulate him, because he had fought people, who came and pitched before Meagainst Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for deba. And the children of Ammon gaHadarezer had war with Tou;) and thered themselves together from their with him all manner of vessels of gold, and cities, and came to battle. silver, and brass. 8 And when David heard of it, he sent 11 T Them also king David dedicated Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold 9 And the children of Ammon came out, that he brought from all these nations; from and put the battle in array before the gate Edom, and from Moab, and from the chil-of the city: and the kings that were come dren of Ammon, and from the Philistines, were by themselves in the field. and from Amalek. 10 Now when Joab saw that the battle 12 Moreover, Abishai the son of Zeruiah was set against him before and behind, be slew of the Edomites in the valley of Salt chose out of all the choice of Israei, and eighteen thousand. put them in array against the Syrians. 13 And he put garrisons in Edom; 11 And the rest of the people he deliverand all the Edomites became David's ser-ed unto the hand of Abishai his brother, vants. Thus the LORD preserved David and they set themselves in array against the whithersoever he went. children of Ammon. 14 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. 15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder; 16 And Zadok the son of Abitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; 12 And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. 13 Be of good courage, and let us be have ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight. 14 So Joab and the people that were 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was with him drew nigh before the Syrians over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and unto the battle; and they fled before him. the sons of David were chief about the king. 15 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they like TOW CHAP. XIX. Now it came to pass after this, that Na-wise fled before Abishai his brother, and hash the king of the children of Am-entered into the city. Then Joab came mon died, and his son reigned in his stead. to Jerusalem. 2 And David said, I will shew kindness 16 T And when the Syrians saw that unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his they were put to the worse before Israel, father shewed kindness to me. And Da- they sent messengers, and drew forth the vid sent messengers to comfort him con- Syrians that were beyond the river: and cerning his father. So the servants of Da- Shophach the captain of the host of Hadavid came into the land of the children of rezer went before them. Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. 17 And it was told David; and he ga 3 But the princes of the children of Am-thered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, mon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that Da- and came upon them, and set the battle in vid doth honour thy father, that he hath array against them. So when David bad sent comforters unto thee? are not his ser- put the battle in array against the Syrians, vants come unto thee for to search, and to they fought with him. overthrow, and to spy out the land? 18 But the Syrians fled before Israel; 4 Wherefore Hanun took David's ser- and David slew of the Syrians seven thouvants, and shaved them, and cut off their sand men which fought in chariots, and garments in the midst hard by their but- forty thousand footmen, and killed Shotocks, and sent them away. phach the captain of the host. 5 Then there went certain, and told 19 And when the servants of Hadarezer |
