16 And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. (A)Each of you to your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So all Israel went to their tents.

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19 So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

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The Rebellion of Sheba

20 Now there happened to be there (A)a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said,

(B)“We have no portion in David,
and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
(C)every man to his tents, O Israel!”

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16 (A)“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things (B)for the churches. I am (C)the root and (D)the descendant of David, (E)the bright morning star.”

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25 For he must reign (A)until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

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30 (A)Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that (B)God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,

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[The earliest manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11.][a]

The Woman Caught in Adultery

53 [[They went each to his own house,

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Footnotes

  1. John 7:53 Some manuscripts do not include 7:53–8:11; others add the passage here or after 7:36 or after 21:25 or after Luke 21:38, with variations in the text

66 (A)After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

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27 But (A)as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and (B)slaughter them before me.’”

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The Restoration of Israel

11 “In that day (A)I will raise up
    the booth of David that is fallen
and repair its breaches,
    and raise up its ruins
    and rebuild it as in the days of old,

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24 “My servant (A)David (B)shall be king over them, and they shall all have (C)one shepherd. (D)They shall walk in my rules and be careful to obey my statutes. 25 (E)They shall dwell in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children's children shall dwell there (F)forever, and David my servant shall be their prince (G)forever.

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25 Thus says the Lord: (A)If I have not established my covenant with day and night and the fixed order of heaven and earth, 26 then I will reject the offspring of Jacob and David my servant and will not choose one of his offspring to rule over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (B)For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.”

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20 (A)“Thus says the Lord: (B)If you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, (C)so that day and night will not come at their appointed time, 21 (D)then also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers.

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The Righteous Reign of the Branch

11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
    and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

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(A)For to us a child is born,
    to us (B)a son is given;
(C)and the government shall be (D)upon[a] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called[b]
Wonderful (E)Counselor, (F)Mighty God,
    (G)Everlasting (H)Father, Prince of (I)Peace.
Of the increase of his government and of peace
    (J)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
    to establish it and to uphold it
(K)with justice and with righteousness
    from this time forth and forevermore.
(L)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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  1. Isaiah 9:6 Or is upon
  2. Isaiah 9:6 Or is called

17 There I will make (A)a horn to sprout for David;
    I have prepared (B)a lamp for (C)my anointed.

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29 I will establish his (A)offspring forever
    and his (B)throne as (C)the days of the heavens.
30 (D)If his children forsake my law
    and do not walk according to my rules,[a]
31 if they violate my statutes
    and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with (E)the rod
    and their iniquity with stripes,
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
    or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my (F)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once for all I have sworn (G)by my holiness;
    I will not (H)lie to David.
36 His (I)offspring shall endure forever,
    (J)his (K)throne as long as (L)the sun before me.
37 Like (M)the moon it shall be established forever,
    (N)a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah

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  1. Psalm 89:30 Or my just decrees

10 Surely (A)the wrath of man shall praise you;
    the remnant[a] of wrath you will put on like a belt.

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  1. Psalm 76:10 Or extremity

The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

(A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
    and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed, saying,
“Let us (D)burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

He who (E)sits in the heavens (F)laughs;
    the Lord holds them in derision.
Then he will speak to them in his (G)wrath,
    and terrify them in his fury, saying,
“As for me, I have (H)set my King
    on (I)Zion, my (J)holy hill.”

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  1. Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble

14 but I will confirm him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever.’”

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The Kingdom Divided

16 And when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. (A)To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David.” So Israel went to their tents. 17 But Rehoboam reigned over (B)the people of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah.

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34 Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes. 35 (A)But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand and will give it to you, ten tribes. 36 Yet to his son (B)I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have (C)a lamp before me in Jerusalem, (D)the city where I have chosen to put my name. 37 And I will take you, and you shall reign over all that your soul desires, and you shall be king over Israel. 38 And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, (E)I will be with you and (F)will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you. 39 And I will afflict the offspring of David because of this, but not forever.’”

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13 However, (A)I will not tear away all the kingdom, but (B)I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David my servant and for the sake of Jerusalem (C)that I have chosen.”

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11 And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, (A)my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has told him to.

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David Flees Jerusalem

13 And a messenger came to David, saying, (A)“The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.”

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