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commanded Israel;
41
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who
were expressed by name, to give thanks to the L
ORD
, because his mercy
endureth
for ever;
42
And
with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound,
and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun
were
porters.
43
And all the people
departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
CHAPTER CHRONICLES 17
Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell
in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the L
ORD
remaineth
under curtains.
2
Then
Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God
is
with thee.
3
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
4
Go and
tell David my servant, Thus saith the L
ORD
, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
5
For I
have not dwelt in an 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 Israel, spake
I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have
ye not built me an house of cedars?
7
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David,
Thus saith the L
ORD
of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote,
even
from following the sheep, that
thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
8
And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast
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 Israel, and
will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the
children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
10
And since the time that I
commanded judges
to be
over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.
Furthermore I tell thee that the L
ORD
will build thee an house.
11
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 seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
12
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
13
I will be his father, and he
shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took
it
from
him
that was before
thee:
14
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be
established for evermore.
15
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did
Nathan speak unto David.
16
And David the king came and sat before the L
ORD
, and said, Who
am
I, O L
ORD
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
also
spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast
regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O L
ORD
God.
18
What can David
speak
more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
19
O L
ORD
, for thy servant’s
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