²¹ And so it was, because the midwives feared God, ^(A)that He ^[a]provided households for them.

³⁸ Then it shall be, if you heed all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then ^(A)I will be with you and ^(B)build for you an enduring house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

³⁵ Then ^(A)I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who shall do according to what is in My heart and in My mind. ^(B)I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before ^(C)My anointed forever.

²⁷ For You, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore Your servant has found it in his heart to pray this prayer to You.

²⁸ “And now, O Lord God, You are God, and ^(A)Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant. ²⁹ Now therefore, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You, O Lord God, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed ^(B)forever.”

^12 (A)Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that ^(B)it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him.

²⁴ Now therefore, as the Lord lives, who has confirmed me and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has established a ^[a]house for me, as He ^(A)promised, Adonijah shall be put to death today!”

²⁸ Please forgive the trespass of your maidservant. For ^(A)the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord ^(B)fights the battles of the Lord, ^(C)and evil is not found in you throughout your days.

Laboring and Prospering with the Lord

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.

^11 (A)since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the Lord ^[a]tells you ^(B)that He will make you a ^[b]house.