I. CHRONICLES XVII. 17.

1 NOW it came_to_pass, « as David| B.C. abot re sat in his house, that David said 042, to Nathan the prophet, “Lo, ¥ +dwell in a house_of xcedars, but the_ark_of the_covenant_of the Lorp remaineth under curtains.”
2 Then Nathan said unto David, “*Do all that is in thine heart ; for x=God is with thee.”
8 And it came_to_pass the same xnight, that the.word_of =God came to Nathan, saying,
4“.Go and tell David My servant, Thus «saith J the Lorp, Thou shalt not build Me a@ xhouse to dwell in:
5 For I have not dwelt in a house ea since the day that I brought_up ~Israél unto xthis xday; but have_gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.
6 Wheresoever I have » walked with all Israél, spake I a word to any of the_judges_of Israél, whom I command- ed to feed My ~people, saying,‘ Why have ye not built Me a house_of cedars ?’
7 Now therefore thus shalt_thou_say unto My servant David, Thus saith Ithe Lory of_hosts, £ took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest_be ruler over My people Israél :
8 And I have_been with thee whither- soever thou shast_walked, and- have_ cut -off all thine enemies from before thee, and -have_made thee a name like the_name_of the great_men that are in the earth.
9 Also I -will_ordain a place for My people Israél, and -will_plant them, and they -shall_dwell in their place, and shall_be_moved no more ; neither shall the_s children_of wickedness wastethem any_more, «as at the beginning,
10 And since the time that I com- manded judges to be over My people Israél. Moreover I -will_subdue -all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that Jthe Lorp will_build thee a house.
ll And it -shall_come_to_pass, when thy days be_expired that thou must_go to be with thy fathers, that I -will_raise_ up thy of thy sons; and I will_establish his rkingdom.
12 He shall_build Me a house, and I will_stablish his ~throne for ever:
13 ¥ will_be his father, and He shall_ be My son: and I will not take My gmerey away from him, «as I took 7 from him that was before thee :
14 But I -will_settle him in Mine]. house and in My kingdom for xever: and his throne shall_be established for evermore.”
15 According_to all xthese xwords, and according_to all xthis xvision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
16 And David the king came and sat before Jthe Lorp, and said, “Who am ¥, O_' Lord =God, and what is mine house, that Thou -hast_brought me hitherto?
17 And yet this was_a_small_thing in Thine eyes, O_=God; for Thou hast_|"jy, also_spoken of Thy servant’s house for a great_while_to_come, and -hast_re- garded me according_to the_estate_of
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J, CHronicixs XVII. 18.
B.C. about 1042.
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7, 8, 34.
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in the-ear- of.
Pg Rom. 11.
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SMITES THE } PHILIS-
TINES AND MOABITES. about 1040. , 2. 2SAM. 81,2
AND THE KING OF ZOBAH.
. 2SAM, 8. 3-8.
| Jehovah.
ae cananot xhigh_degree, O_' Lorp =God.
18 What can David speak more to Thee for the_honour_of Thy ~servant ? for Thow knowest Thy «servant.
19 O_) Lorp, for Thy servant’s sake, and according _to Thine_own heart, shast_Thou_done ~all xthis xgreatness, in making_known call these xgreat_ things.
20 O_) Lorp, there is none like Thee, neither is there any =God beside Thee. according_to all that we shaye_heard with our ears.
21 And what one nation in the earth is like Thy people Israél, whom x=God went to redeem to be His_own people, to make ‘Thee a name-_of =greatness and =terribleness, by driving_out na- tions from before Thy people, whom Thou -hast_redeemed out_of Egypt?
22 Wor Thy “people Israél didst_Thou_ make Thine_own people for ever; and Thon, ’ LorpD, becamest their =God.
23 Therefore now, JLorp, let the thing that Thou -hast_spoken concern- ing Thy servant and concerning bis house be_c established for ever, and -do ac as Thou shast_said.
24 Let it even be_cestablished, that Thy name may_be_magnified for ever, saying, ‘J The Lorp of_hosts is the_ =God_of Israél, even a =God to Israél:’ and let the_house_of Dayid Thy servant be established before Thee.
2 For Thou, O_my =God, hast_rtold Thy servant that Thou wilt_build him a house: therefore Thy servant shath_ found in his heart to pray before Thee.
26 And now, ’ Lorp, Thow art x=God, and hast_promised xthis xgoodness unto Thy servant :
27 Now therefore «let it please Thee to bless -the_house_of Thy servant, that it may_be before Thee for ever: for Whow blessest, O_J LorD, and zt shall be
blessed for ever.”
1 NOW after this it came_to_pass, that David smote «the Philis-
tines, and subdued them, and took
Gath and her towns out_of the_hand_
of the Philistines,
2 And he smote -Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and sbrought gifts.
3 And David smote “Hadarezer king_ of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Eu- phrates,
4 And David took from him a thou- sand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand foot- men: David also *houghed «all the chariot horses, but reserved of them a hundred chariots.
5 And when the_Syrians_of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king_of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand ‘ men.
6 Then David put garrisons in Syria- damascus; and the Syrians became David’s servants, and «brought -gifts. Thus ‘the Lorp preserved David whi- thersoever he went.
7 And David took -the_shields_of