Historical
7 2 David would build God an house, but is forbidden by the Prophet Nathan. 8 God putteth David in mind of his benefits. 12 He promiseth continuance of his kingdom and posterity.
1 Afterward (A)when the King sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies,
2 The King said unto Nathan the Prophet, Behold, now I dwell in an house of cedar trees, and the Ark of God remaineth within the [a]curtains.
3 Then Nathan said unto the king, Go, and do all that is in thine heart: for the Lord is with thee.
4 ¶ And the same night the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying,
5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, [b]Shalt thou build me an house for my dwelling?
6 For I have dwelt in no house since the time that I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt unto this day, but have walked in a tent and Tabernacle.
7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I one [c]word with any of the tribes of Israel when I commanded the Judges to feed my people Israel? or said I, Why build ye not me an house of cedar trees?
8 Now therefore so say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, (B)I took thee from the sheepcote following the sheep, that thou mightest be ruler over my people, over Israel.
9 And I was with thee wheresoever thou hast walked, and have destroyed all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a [d]great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.
10 (Also I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant it, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move [e]no more, neither shall wicked people trouble them anymore as beforetime,
11 And since the time that I set Judges over my people of Israel) and I will give thee rest from all thine enemies: also the Lord telleth thee, that he will make thee an house.
12 (C)And when thy days be fulfilled, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy body, and will establish his kingdom.
13 (D)He shall build an house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
14 (E)I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and if he (F)sin, I will chasten him with the [f]rod of men, and with the plagues of the children of men.
15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul whom I have put away before thee.
16 And thine house shall be established and thy kingdom forever before thee, even thy throne shall be [g]established forever.
17 According to all these words, and according to all this vision, Nathan spake thus unto David.
18 ¶ Then King David went in, and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God, therefore thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while: but [h]doth this appertain to [i]man, O Lord God?
20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord God, knowest thy servant.
21 For thy word’s sake, and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things, to make them known unto thy servant.
22 Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23 (G)And what one people in the earth is like thy people, like Israel? whose God went and redeemed them to himself, that they might be his people, and that he might make him a name, and do for [j]you great things, and terrible for [k]thy land, O Lord, even for thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the [l]nations, and their gods?
24 For thou hast [m]ordained to thyself thy people Israel to be thy people forever: and thou Lord art become their God.
25 Now therefore, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and his house, and do as thou hast said.
26 And let thy Name be magnified forever by them that shall say, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel, and let the [n]house of thy servant David be established before thee.
27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed unto thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant [o]been bold to pray this prayer unto thee.
28 Therefore now, O Lord God, (for thou art God, and thy words be true, and thou hast told this goodness unto thy servant.)
29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast [p]spoken it: and let the house of thy servant be blessed forever with thy blessing.
8 1 David overcometh the Philistines, and other strange nations, and maketh them tributaries to Israel.
1 After (H)this now, David smote the Philistines and subdued them, and David took [q]the bridle of bondage out of the [r]hand of the Philistines.
2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a cord, and cast them down to the ground: he measured them with [s]two cords to put them to death, and with one full cord to keep them alive: so became the Moabites David’s servants, and brought gifts.
3 ¶ David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to [t]recover his border at the river [u]Euphrates.
4 And David took of them a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David [v]destroyed all the chariots, but he reserved an hundred chariots of them.
5 ¶ Then came the [w]Aramites of [x]Dammesek to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, but David slew of the Aramites two and twenty thousand men.
6 And David put a garrison in [y]Aram of Dammesek: and the Aramites became servants to David, [z]and brought gifts. And the Lord saved David wheresoever he went.
7 And David took the shields of gold that belonged to the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to [aa]Jerusalem.
8 And out of Betah, and Berothai (cities of Hadadezer) king David brought exceedingly much brass.
9 ¶ Then Toi king of [ab]Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
10 Therefore Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, [ac]to salute him, and to [ad][ae]rejoice with him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and beaten him (for Hadadezer had war with Toi) who [af]brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass.
11 And king David dedicated them unto the Lord with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all the nations, which he had subdued:
12 Of [ag]Aram, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer the son of Rehob king of Zobah.
13 So David got a name after that he returned, and had slain of the Aramites in the [ah]valley of salt eighteen thousand men.
14 And he put a garrison in Edom: throughout all Edom put he soldiers, and all they of Edom became David’s servants: and the Lord kept David [ai]whithersoever he went.
15 Thus David reigned over all Israel, and executed [aj]judgment and justice unto all his people.
16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was [ak]Recorder.
17 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the Priests, and Seraiah the Scribe.
18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [al]and the [am]Cherethites and the Pelethites, and David’s sons were chief rulers.
9 9 David restoreth all the lands of Saul’s to Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan. 10 He appointeth Ziba to see to the profit of his lands.
1 And David said, Is there yet any man left of the house of Saul, that I may show him mercy for [an]Jonathan’s sake?
2 And there was of the household of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba, and when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, I thy servant am he.
3 Then the King said, Remaineth there yet none of the house of Saul, on whom I may show the [ao]mercy of God? Ziba then answered the King, Jonathan hath yet a son (I)lame of his feet.
4 Then the King said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo Debar.
5 ¶ Then king David sent, and took him out of the house of Machir the son of [ap]Ammiel of Lo Debar.
6 Now when Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth? And he answered, Behold thy servant.
7 Then David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the [aq]fields of Saul thy father, and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
8 And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a [ar]dead dog as I am?
9 Then the king called Ziba Saul’s servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master’s [as]son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house.
10 Thou therefore and [at]thy sons and thy servants shall till the land for him, and bring in that thy master’s son may have food to eat. And Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread always at my table (now Ziba had fifteen sons, and twenty servants.)
11 Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do, [au]that Mephibosheth may eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons.
12 Mephibosheth also had a young son named Micha, and all that dwelled in the house of Ziba, were servants unto Mephibosheth.
13 And Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king’s table, and was lame on both his feet.
10 4 The messengers of David are villainously entreated of the king of Ammon. 7 Joab is sent against the Ammonites.
1 After this, the (J)King of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead.
2 Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father [av]showed kindness unto me. And David sent his servants to comfort him for his father. So David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
3 And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, [aw]Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters to thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, [ax]to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?
4 Wherefore Hanun took David’s servants, and shaved off the half of their beard, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
5 ¶ When it was told unto David, he sent to meet them (for the men were exceedingly ashamed) and the king said, Tarry at Jericho, until your beards be grown, then return.
6 ¶ And when the children of Ammon saw that they [ay]stank in the sight of David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the [az]Aramites of the house of Rehob, and the Aramites of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-Tob twelve thousand men.
7 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the strong men.
8 And the children of Ammon came out and put their army in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Aramites of [ba]Zoba, and of Rehob, and of Ish-Tob, and of Maacah were by themselves in the field.
9 When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Aramites.
10 And the rest of the people, he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
11 And he said, If the Aramites be stronger than I, thou shalt help me, and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, I will come and succor thee.
12 Be strong and let us be valiant for [bb]our people, and for the cities of our God, and let the Lord do that which is good in his eyes.
13 Then Joab, and the people that was with him, joined in battle with the Aramites, who fled before him.
14 And when the children of Ammon saw that the Aramites fled, they fled also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
15 ¶ And when the Aramites saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered them together.
16 And [bc]Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Aramites that were beyond the [bd]River: and they came to Helam, and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadadezer went before them.
17 When it was showed David, then he gathered [be]all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam: and the Aramites set themselves in array against David, and fought with him:
18 And the Aramites fled before Israel: and David destroyed [bf]seven hundred chariots of the Aramites, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of his host, who died there.
19 And when all the kings, that were servants to Hadadezer, saw that they fell before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. and the Aramites feared to help the children of Ammon anymore.
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