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16 When all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king,

“What share do we have in David?
    We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.
Each of you to your tents, O Israel!
    Look now to your own house, O David.”

So all Israel departed to their tents.(A)

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

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The Rebellion of Sheba

20 Now a scoundrel named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He sounded the trumpet and cried out,

“We have no portion in David,
no share in the son of Jesse!
Everyone to your tents, O Israel!”(A)

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16 “It is I, Jesus, who sent my angel to you with this testimony for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”(A)

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

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30 Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would put one of his descendants on his throne.(A)

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The Woman Caught in Adultery

[[53 Then each of them went home,

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66 Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him.

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27 But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to rule over them—bring them here and slaughter them in my presence.’ ”

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The Restoration of David’s Kingdom

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

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Footnotes

  1. 9.11 Gk: Heb their
  2. 9.11 Gk: Heb his

24 “My servant David shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd. They shall follow my ordinances and be careful to observe my statutes.(A) 25 They shall live in the land that I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your ancestors lived; they and their children and their children’s children shall live there forever, and my servant David shall be their prince forever.(B)

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25 Thus says the Lord: Only if I had not established my covenant with day and night and the ordinances of heaven and earth(A) 26 would I reject the offspring of Jacob and of my servant David and not choose any of his descendants as rulers over the offspring of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy upon them.(B)

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20 Thus says the Lord: If any of you could break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, so that day and night would not come at their appointed time,(A) 21 only then could my covenant with my servant David be broken, so that he would not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with my ministers the Levites.(B)

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