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* Now it came to pass , as David sat in his house , that David said to Nathan the prophet , Lo , I dwell in an house of cedars , but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains y @riy #ah #. * Then Nathan said unto David , Do all that is in thine heart ; for God is with thee . * And it came to pass the same night , that the word of God came to Nathan , saying , * Go and tell David my servant , Thus saith the LORD , Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in : * For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day ; but have gone from tent to tent , and from one tabernacle to another . * Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel Yisra #el #, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel Yisra #el #, whom I commanded to feed my people , saying , Why have ye not built me an house of cedars ? * Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David , Thus saith the LORD of hosts , I took thee from the sheepcote , even from following the sheep tso #n #, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel Yisra #el #: * And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked , and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee , and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth . * Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel Yisra #el #, and will plant them , and they shall dwell in their place , and shall be moved no more ; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more , as at the beginning ri #shown #, * And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel Yisra #el #. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies . Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house . * And it shall come to pass , when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers , that I will raise up thy seed after thee , which shall be of thy sons ; and I will establish his kingdom . * He shall build me an house , and I will stablish his throne for ever . * I will be his father , and he shall be my son : and I will not take # my mercy away from him , as I took it from him that was before thee : * But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever : and his throne shall be established for evermore . * According to all these words , and according to all this vision , so did Nathan speak unto David . * And David the king came and sat before the LORD , and said , Who am I , O LORD God , and what is mine house , that thou hast brought me hitherto ? * And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes , O God ; for thou hast also spoken of thy servants house for a great while to come , and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree ma #alah #, O LORD God . * What can # David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant ? for thou knowest thy servant . * O LORD , for thy servants sake , and according to thine own heart , hast thou done all this greatness , in making known all these great things . * O LORD , there is none like thee , neither is there any God beside thee , according to all that we have heard with our ears . * And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel Yisra #el #, whom God went to redeem to be his own people , to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness , by driving out nations from before thy people , whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt ? * For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever ; and thou , LORD , becamest their God . * Therefore now , LORD , let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever , and do as thou hast said . * Let it even be established , that thy name may be magnified for ever , saying , The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel Yisra #el #, even a God to Israel Yisra #el #: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee . * For thou , O my God , hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house : therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee . * And now , LORD , thou art God , and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant : * Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant , that it may be before thee for ever : for thou blessest , O LORD , and it shall be blessed for ever . * Now after this it came to pass , that David smote the Philistines , and subdued them , and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines . * And he smote Moab Mow #ab #; and the Moabites became Davids servants , and brought gifts . * And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath , as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates . * And David took from him a thousand chariots , and seven thousand horsemen , and twenty thousand footmen #H7273 : David also houghed all the chariot horses , but reserved of them an hundred chariots . * And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah , David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men . * Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus #H1834 ; and the Syrians became Davids servants , and brought gifts . Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went . * And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer Hadar #ezer #, and brought them to Jerusalem . * Likewise from Tibhath , and from Chun , cities of Hadarezer Hadar #ezer #, brought David very much brass , wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea , and the pillars , and the vessels of brass . * Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah ; * He sent Hadoram his son to king David , to enquire of his welfare , and to congratulate him , because he had fought against Hadarezer Hadar #ezer #, and smitten him ; (for Hadarezer had war #H4421with Tou To #uw #; ) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass . * Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD , with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations ; from Edom , and from Moab Mow #ab #, and from the children of Ammon , and from the Philistines , and from Amalek . * Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen sh @moneh # thousand . * And he put garrisons in Edom ; and all the Edomites became Davids servants . Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went . * So David reigned over all Israel Yisra #el #, and executed judgment and justice among all his people . * And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host ; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud , recorder . * And Zadok the son of Ahitub , and Abimelech the son of Abiathar , were the priests ; and Shavsha was scribe ; * And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites ; and the sons of David were chief about the king . * Now it came to pass after this , that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died , and his son reigned in his stead . * And David said , I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash , because his father shewed kindness to me . And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father . So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun , to comfort him . * But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun , Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father , that he hath sent comforters unto thee ? are not his servants come unto thee for to search , and to overthrow , and to spy out the land ? * Wherefore Hanun took Davids servants , and shaved them , and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks miphsa #ah #, and sent them away . * Then there went certain , and told David how the men were served . And he sent to meet them : for the men were greatly ashamed . And the king said , Tarry at Jerichountil your beards be grown , and then return . * And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David , Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia #Aram , and out of Syriamaachah #H4601 Ma #akah #, and out of Zobah . * So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots , and the king of Maachah and his people ; who came and pitched before Medeba . And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities , and came to battle . * And when David heard of it , he sent Joab Yow #ab #, and all the host of the mighty men . * And the children of Ammon came out , and put the battle in array before the gate of the city : and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field . * Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind , he chose out of all the choice of Israel Yisra #el #, and put them in array against the Syrians . * And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother , and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon . * And he said , If the Syrians be too strong for me , then thou shalt help me : but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee , then I will help thee . * Be of good courage , and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people , and for the cities of our God : and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight . * So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle ; and they fled before him . * And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled , they likewise fled before Abishai his brother , and entered into the city . Then Joab came to Jerusalem . * And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel Yisra #el #, they sent messengers mal #ak #, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river : and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them . * And it was told David ; and he gathered all Israel Yisra #el #, and passed over Jordan , and came upon them , and set the battle in array against them . So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians , they fought with him . * But the Syrians fled before Israel Yisra #el #; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots , and forty #arba #iym # thousand footmen #H7273 , and killed Shophach the captain of the host . * And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel Yisra #el #, they made peace with David , and became his servants : neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more . * And it came to pass , that after the year was expired , at the time that kings go out to battle , Joab led forth the power of the army , and wasted the country of the children of Ammon , and came and besieged Rabbah . But David tarried at Jerusalem . And Joab smote Rabbah , and destroyed it .

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