15 (A)but my steadfast love will not depart from him, (B)as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.

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23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
    and presumption is as iniquity and (A)idolatry.
Because (B)you have rejected the word of the Lord,
    (C)he has also rejected you from being king.”

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28 My steadfast love I will keep for him forever,
    and my (A)covenant will stand firm[a] for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 89:28 Or will remain faithful

28 And Samuel said to him, (A)“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.

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Of the increase of his government and of peace
    (A)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
    to establish it and to uphold it
(B)with justice and with righteousness
    from this time forth and forevermore.
(C)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

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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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14 (A)I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son. When he commits iniquity, (B)I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men,

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David in Saul's Service

14 (A)Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, (B)and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him.

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34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, (A)(B)no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way,

“‘I will give you (C)the holy and sure blessings of David.’

35 Therefore he says also in another psalm,

(D)“‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’

36 For David, after he had (E)served the purpose of God in his own generation, (F)fell asleep and (G)was laid with his fathers and saw corruption, 37 but he whom (H)God raised up did not see corruption.

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35 (A)For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for (B)the sake of my servant David.”

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34 I will not violate my (A)covenant
    or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

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16 (A)And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me.[a] (B)Your throne shall be established forever.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 7:16 Septuagint; Hebrew you

Incline your ear, and come to me;
    (A)hear, that your soul may live;
(B)and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
    (C)my steadfast, sure love for (D)David.

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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.

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24 (A)And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay naked all that day and all that night. Thus it is said, (B)“Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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