“To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

and that the Lord may keep his promise to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’

Solomon answered, “You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day.

“Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’

“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,

“Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

“Now arise, Lord God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. May your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation, may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.

“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully as David your father did, and do all I command, and observe my decrees and laws,

He gave them these orders: “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the Lord.

Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah, a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank.

Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shekaniah assisted him faithfully in the towns of the priests, distributing to their fellow priests according to their divisions, old and young alike.

They included all the little ones, the wives, and the sons and daughters of the whole community listed in these genealogical records. For they were faithful in consecrating themselves.

This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God.

Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem

After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself.

The workers labored faithfully. Over them to direct them were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites descended from Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descended from Kohath. The Levites—all who were skilled in playing musical instruments—

You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise because you are righteous.

In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous; you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.

Remember me for this, my God, and do not blot out what I have so faithfully done for the house of my God and its services.

Know that the Lord has set apart his faithful servant for himself; the Lord hears when I call to him.

Psalm 12

For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.

Help, Lord, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.

because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.

To the faithful you show yourself faithful, to the blameless you show yourself blameless,

All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.

for I have always been mindful of your unfailing love and have lived in reliance on your faithfulness.

Sing the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people; praise his holy name.