June
22
2
Samuel 7-9
2Sa
7:1 It happened, when the king lived in his house, and Yahweh had
given him rest from all his enemies all around,
2Sa
7:2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a
house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.
2Sa
7:3 Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for
Yahweh is with you.
2Sa
7:4 It happened the same night, that the word of Yahweh came to
Nathan, saying,
2Sa
7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says Yahweh, Shall you build
me a house for me to dwell in?
2Sa
7:6 for I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up
the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved
around in a tent and in a tabernacle.
2Sa
7:7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of
Israel, spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I
commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, Why have you
not built me a house of cedar?
2Sa
7:8 Now therefore thus you shall 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, over Israel;
2Sa
7:9 and I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all
your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like
the name of the great ones who are in the earth.
2Sa
7:10 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 afflict them any more, as at
the first,
2Sa
7:11 and as
from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel; and
I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells
you that Yahweh will make you a house.
2Sa
7:12 When your days are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your
fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall proceed out of
your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
2Sa
7:13 He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom forever.
2Sa
7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit
iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the
stripes of the children of men;
2Sa
7:15 but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I took it
from Saul, whom I put away before you.
2Sa
7:16 Your house and your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before
you: your throne shall be established forever.
2Sa
7:17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision,
so did Nathan speak to David.
2Sa
7:18 Then David the king went in, and sat before Yahweh; and he
said, Who am I, Lord Yahweh, and what is my house, that you have
brought me thus far?
2Sa
7:19 This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord Yahweh; but you
have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come;
and this too
after the manner of men, Lord Yahweh!
2Sa
7:20 What can David say more to you? for you know your servant, Lord
Yahweh.
2Sa
7:21 For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you
worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
2Sa
7:22 Therefore you are great, Yahweh God: for there is none like
you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we
have heard with our ears.
2Sa
7:23 What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like
Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make
him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for
your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt,
from the
nations and their gods?
2Sa
7:24 You established for yourself your people Israel to be a people
to you forever; and you, Yahweh, became their God.
2Sa
7:25 Now, Yahweh God, the word that you have spoken concerning your
servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you
have spoken.
2Sa
7:26 Let your name be magnified forever, saying, Yahweh of Armies is
God over Israel; and the house of your servant David shall be
established before you.
2Sa
7:27 For you, Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, have revealed to
your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your
servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.
2Sa
7:28 Now, O Lord Yahweh, you are God, and your words are truth, and
you have promised this good thing to your servant:
2Sa
7:29 now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your
servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord
Yahweh, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your
servant be blessed forever.
2Sa
8:1 After this it happened that David struck the Philistines, and
subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the
hand of the Philistines.
2Sa
8:2 He struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to
lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death,
and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to
David, and brought tribute.
2Sa
8:3 David struck also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as
he went to recover his dominion at the River.
2Sa
8:4 David took from him one thousand seven hundred horsemen, and
twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses,
but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
2Sa
8:5 When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of
Zobah, David struck of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
2Sa
8:6 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.
2Sa
8:7 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
2Sa
8:8 From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David
took exceeding much brass.
2Sa
8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army
of Hadadezer,
2Sa
8:10 then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to
bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him:
for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. Joram
brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels
of brass:
2Sa
8:11 These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver
and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;
2Sa
8:12 of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of
Rehob, king of Zobah.
2Sa
8:13 David got him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians
in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
2Sa
8:14 He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons,
and all the Edomites became servants to David. Yahweh gave victory to
David wherever he went.
2Sa
8:15 David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and
righteousness to all his people.
2Sa
8:16 Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army; and Jehoshaphat the
son of Ahilud was recorder;
2Sa
8:17 and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar,
were priests; and Seraiah was scribe;
2Sa
8:18 and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was
over the Cherethites and the Pelethites;
and David's sons were chief ministers.
2Sa
9:1 David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of Saul,
that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
2Sa
9:2 There was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba,
and they called him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Ziba?
He said, Your servant is he.
2Sa
9:3 The king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I
may show the kindness of God to him? Ziba said to the king, Jonathan
has yet a son, who is lame of his feet.
2Sa
9:4 The king said to him, Where is he? Ziba said to the king,
Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, in Lo Debar.
2Sa
9:5 Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir
the son of Ammiel, from Lo Debar.
2Sa
9:6 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to
David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. David said,
Mephibosheth. He answered, Behold, your servant!
2Sa
9:7 David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will
surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will
restore you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread
at my table continually."
2Sa
9:8 He did obeisance, and said, "What is your servant, that you
should look on such a dead dog as I am?"
2Sa
9:9 Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him,
"All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given to
your master's son.
2Sa
9:10 You shall till the land for him, you, and your sons, and your
servants; and you shall bring in the
fruits, that your master's son may have
bread to eat: but Mephibosheth your master's son shall eat bread
always at my table." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty
servants.
2Sa
9:11 Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord the
king commands his servant, so your shall servant do. As for
Mephibosheth, said the king,
he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons.
2Sa
9:12 Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All that
lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth.
2Sa
9:13 So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at
the king's table. He was lame in both his feet.