The Bible, King James version, Book 13: 1 Chronicles

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13:016:010 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that
seek the LORD.

13:016:011 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

13:016:012 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders,
and the judgments of his mouth;

13:016:013 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his
chosen ones.

13:016:014 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

13:016:015 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he
commanded to a thousand generations;

13:016:016 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his
oath unto Isaac;

13:016:017 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel
for an everlasting covenant,

13:016:018 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of
your inheritance;

13:016:019 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it.

13:016:020 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom
to another people;

13:016:021 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings
for their sakes,

13:016:022 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

13:016:023 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day
his salvation.

13:016:024 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works
among all nations.

13:016:025 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is
to be feared above all gods.

13:016:026 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made
the heavens.

13:016:027 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness
are in his place.

13:016:028 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the
LORD glory and strength.

13:016:029 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an
offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty
of holiness.

13:016:030 Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be
stable, that it be not moved.

13:016:031 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let
men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

13:016:032 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields
rejoice, and all that is therein.

13:016:033 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of
the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

13:016:034 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy
endureth for ever.

13:016:035 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us
together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give
thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.

13:016:036 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all
the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD.

13:016:037 So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD
Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark
continually, as every day's work required:

13:016:038 And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight;
Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

13:016:039 And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the
tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,

13:016:040 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the
burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do
according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which
he commanded Israel;

13:016:041 And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were
chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the
LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;

13:016:042 And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for
those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments
of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

13:016:043 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David
returned to bless his house.

13:017:001 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.

13:017:002 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart;
for God is with thee.

13:017:003 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came
to Nathan, saying,

13:017:004 Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt
not build me an house to dwell in:

13:017:005 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.

13:017:006 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to
any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my
people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?

13:017:007 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, that thou shouldest be ruler over my
people Israel:

13:017:008 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.

13:017:009 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, 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,

13:017:010 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my
people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies.
Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an
house.

13:017:011 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.

13:017:012 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for
ever.

13:017:013 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:

13:017:014 But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for
ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.

13:017:015 According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

13:017:016 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?

13:017:017 And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou
hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to
come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of
high degree, O LORD God.

13:017:018 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy
servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

13:017:019 O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own
heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all
these great things.

13:017:020 O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God
beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our
ears.

13:017:021 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel,
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?

13:017:022 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for
ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

13:017:023 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.

13:017:024 Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for
ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a
God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be
established before thee.

13:017:025 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.

13:017:026 And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness
unto thy servant:

13:017:027 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.

13:018:001 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.

13:018:002 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants,
and brought gifts.

13:018:003 And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he
went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.

13:018:004 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven
thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also
houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an
hundred chariots.

13:018:005 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king
of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand
men.

13:018:006 Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians
became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD
preserved David whithersoever he went.

13:018:007 And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants
of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

13:018:008 Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,
brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the
brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.

13:018:009 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all
the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;

13:018:010 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his
welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought
against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war
with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and
silver and brass.

13:018:011 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, and from the children of Ammon, and from
the Philistines, and from Amalek.

13:018:012 Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in
the valley of salt eighteen thousand.

13:018:013 And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became
David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever
he went.

13:018:014 So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and
justice among all his people.

13:018:015 And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud, recorder.

13:018:016 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of
Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;

13:018:017 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and
the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the
king.

13:019:001 Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the
children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

13:019:002 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.

13:019:003 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?

13:019:004 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and
cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks,
and sent them away.

13:019:005 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 Jericho until your beards
be grown, and then return.

13:019:006 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, and out of Syriamaachah, and out
of Zobah.

13:019:007 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.

13:019:008 And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of
the mighty men.

13:019:009 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.

13:019:010 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before
and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put
them in array against the Syrians.

13:019:011 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.

13:019:012 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.

13:019:013 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.

13:019:014 So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the
Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.

13:019:015 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.

13:019:016 And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse
before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the
Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain
of the host of Hadarezer went before them.

13:019:017 And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, 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.

13:019:018 But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the
Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty
thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.

13:019:019 And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to
the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and
became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the
children of Ammon any more.

13:020:001 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.

13:020:002 And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and
found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious
stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought
also exceeding much spoil out of the city.

13:020:003 And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them
with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so
dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And
David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

13:020:004 And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer
with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite
slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they
were subdued.

13:020:005 And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the
son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite,
whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam.

13:020:006 And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great
stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on
each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the
giant.

13:020:007 But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's
brother slew him.

13:020:008 These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the
hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

13:021:001 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to
number Israel.

13:021:002 And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go,
number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number
of them to me, that I may know it.

13:021:003 And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times
so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not
all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this
thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel?

13:021:004 Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore
Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to
Jerusalem.

13:021:005 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David.
And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred
thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred
threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

13:021:006 But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the
king's word was abominable to Joab.

13:021:007 And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote
Israel.

13:021:008 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have
done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity
of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

13:021:009 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,

13:021:010 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee
three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto
thee.

13:021:011 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD,
Choose thee

13:021:012 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed
before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies
overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD,
even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD
destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore
advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent
me.

13:021:013 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall
now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies:
but let me not fall into the hand of man.

13:021:014 So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of
Israel seventy thousand men.

13:021:015 And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he
was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the
evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay
now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

13:021:016 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD
stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword
in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the
elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon
their faces.

13:021:017 And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people
to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil
indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine
hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's
house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.

13:021:018 Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that
David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the
threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

13:021:019 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the
name of the LORD.

13:021:020 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons
with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat.

13:021:021 And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and
went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David
with his face to the ground.

13:021:022 Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this
threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the
LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the
plague may be stayed from the people.

13:021:023 And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord
the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee
the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing
instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I
give it all.

13:021:024 And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it
for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine
for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost.

13:021:025 So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of
gold by weight.

13:021:026 And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD;
and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of
burnt offering.

13:021:027 And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword
again into the sheath thereof.

13:021:028 At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in
the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed
there.

13:021:029 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the
wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that
season in the high place at Gibeon.

13:021:030 But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was
afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

13:022:001 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this
is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

13:022:002 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were
in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones
to build the house of God.

13:022:003 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the
doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in
abundance without weight;

13:022:004 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of
Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.

13:022:005 And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the
house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding
magnifical, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I
will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared
abundantly before his death.

13:022:006 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build
an house for the LORD God of Israel.

13:022:007 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my
mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:

13:022:008 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed
blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not
build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood
upon the earth in my sight.

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