David's two victories

CHRIST 1045.

2 That is, The breach of Uzza.

3 Heb. removed.

a2Sam 6.11.

12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

13 So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

14 "And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD As Gen.30. blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.

27.

ch. 28. 5.

cir. 1043. ■2 Sam.5.11, &c.

4 Heb. yet.

b ch. 8. 5.

60r, Eliada, 2 Sam. 5. 16.

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· CHAPTER XIV.

1 Hiram's kindness to David. 2 David's felicity in people, wives, and children. 8 His two victories against the Philistines.

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OW a Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house.

2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. 3 And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters.

4 Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,

6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

7 And Elishama, and "Beeliada, and Eliphalet.

8 ¶ And when the Philistines 2 Sam.5.17. heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.

1047.

9 And the Philistines came and 4 ch.11.15. spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

10 And David enquired of God saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

11 So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of That is, that place Baal-perazim.

place of breaches.

12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a command

fire.

13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD I brought the fear of him upon all nations.

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CHAPTER XV.

David, having prepared a place for the ark, ordereth the priests and Levites to bring it from Obed-edom. 25 He performeth the solemnity thereof with great joy. 29 Michal despiseth him.

AND David made him houses in

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the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

2 Then David said, "None ought to carry the bark of God but the Levites for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

BEFORE CHRIST 1047.

•2 Sam.5.22.

12 Sam.5.23.

g2 8am.5.25, Geba.

hJosh. 6.27. 2 Chr. 26. 8.

I Deut. 2. 25.

& 11. 25.

1042.

ch. 16. 1.

2 Heb. It is the ar God, but for Num. 4. 2,

not to carry

the Levites.

15. Deut. 10.8.

& 31.9.

cir. 1042. ol Kings 8.1.

ch. 13.5.

David's psalm

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1042.

d Ps. 105. 1 -15.

8d Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. 10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; 16 Even of the covenant which he 13. & 35. 11. made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac ;

e Gen. 17.2.

& 26.3. & 23.

& 20. 3. Ex. 7. 15 -18. Ps. 105.15.

IPs.96.1,&c.

Lev. 19.4.

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22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 23 Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation.

24 Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.

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

26 For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens.

27 Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.

28 Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

29 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.

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

of thanksgiving.

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

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

33 Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

34 'O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

Ps. 106. 1. 118. 1. &

& 107. 1. &

136. 1.

P8. 106.

47, 48.

35m 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. 36 Blessed be the LORD God of 1 Kings Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the 15. LORD.

37 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:

38 And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:

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

40 To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually r2 morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel;

41 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;

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42 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.

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

CHAPTER XVII.

1 Nathan first approving the purpose of David, to build God an house, 3 after by the word of God forbiddeth him. 11 He promiseth him blessings and benefits in his seed. 16 David's prayer and thanksgiving.

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8. 15.

• Deut. 27.

p ch. 21. 29. 2 Chr. 1. 8. q 1 Kings 3.4.

Ex. 29.38. Heb.in the the

Num. 28. 3.

morning, evening.

ver. 34..

2 Chr. 5.13. & 7.3. Ezra 3. 11.

Jer. 33. 11.

the gate."

8 Heb. for

2 Sam. 6.

19, 20.

NOW it came to pass, as David 2 Sam. 7.

sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of

1, &c.

David is forbidden

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1042.

2 Heb. have been.

8 Heb.

from after.

b 2 Sam. 7. 14, 15.

•Luke 1.33.

the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains.

2 Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

3 And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,

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

5 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.

6 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?

7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even 3 from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:

8 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.

9 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,

10 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.

11 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.

12 He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for

ever.

13 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:

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

15 According to all these words,

to build God an house.

and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

BEFORE CHRIST cir. 1042

d 2 Sam. 7.

16 d And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, 18. Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

17 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.

18 What can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.

19 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. Heb.

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

21 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?

22 For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God.

23 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.

24 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.

25 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.

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

greatnesses.

revealed

Heb. hast the ear of thy servant.

pleased

27 Now therefore let it pleaseOr, it hath thee to bless the house of thy ser- thee. vant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.

CHAPTER XVIII.

1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. 3 He smiteth Hadarezer and the Syrians. 9 Tou sendeth Hadoram with presents to bless David. 11 The presents and the spoil David dedicateth to God. 13 He putteth garrisons in Edom. 14 David's officers.

16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, brancer. and Abimelech the son of Abia-Called thar, were the priests; and 'Shavsha 2 Sam.8.17. was scribe,

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4 Called
Seraiah,

2 Sam. 8.17.

and Shisha,

1 Kings 4.3. Da-2 Sam. 8.

17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of vid were chief about the king.

CHAPTER XIX.

1 David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash, are villanously entreated. 6 The Ammonites, strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joab and Abishai. 16 Shophach, making a new supply of the Syrians, is slain by David.

that Nahash the king of the OW it came to pass after this, children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.

2 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.

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thine eyes

3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Think-Heb. In est thou that David doth honour thy doth David, father, that he hath sent comforters &c. unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

4 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.

5 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.

stink.

6 And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves 'odious to David, Ha-7 Heb. to nun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.

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7 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 them

b ch. 18. 5 9.