Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we
are reading together in the book
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of 2nd Samuel, the story
of David and his reign as king
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over Israel. But before we start
to read, let's pray together.
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Dear God, we want to ask you
please, to send your Holy spirit
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to our hearts to guide us
in understanding of the truth
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that we are about to
read. Please may it bear fruit
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to your glory. We love you so
much and thank you for loving us
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Amen. - Beginning in 2nd
Samuel, chapter 6, verse 11
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This is the King James Version.
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And the Ark of the Lord
continued in the house of
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Obed-edom the Gittite three
months: and the Lord blessed
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Obed-edom and all his household.
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And it was told king David,
saying, The Lord hath blessed
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the house of Obed-edom, and
all that pertaineth unto him,
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because of the ark of God.
So David went and brought up
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the ark of God from the house
of Obed-edom into the city of
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David with gladness. And it was
so, that when they that bare the
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ark of the Lord had gone
six paces, he sacrificed oxen
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and fatlings. And David danced
before the Lord with all his
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might; and David was
girded with a linen ephod.
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So David and all the house
of Israel brought up the ark of
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the Lord with shouting, and
with the sound of the trumpet.
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And as the ark of the Lord
came into the city of David,
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Michal, Saul's daughter,
looked through a window, and saw
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king David leaping and
dancing before the Lord;
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and she despised
him in her heart.
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And they brought in the
ark of the Lord, and set it in
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his place, in the midst of
the tabernacle that David had
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pitched for it: and
David offered burnt offerings
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and peace offerings before
the Lord. And as soon as David
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had made an end of offering
burnt offerings and peace
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offerings, he blessed the people
in the name of the Lord of hosts
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And he dealt among all the
people, even among the whole
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multitude of Israel, as well to
the women as men, to every one
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a cake of bread, and a good
piece of flesh, and a flagon of
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wine. So all the people
departed every one to his house.
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Then David returned to
bless his household. And Michal,
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the daughter of Saul, came
out to meet David, and said,
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How glorious was the king
of Israel today, who uncovered
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himself today in the eyes of
the handmaids of his servants,
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as one of the vain fellows
shamelessly uncovereth himself!
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And David said unto
Michal, It was before the Lord,
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which chose me before thy
father and before all his house,
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to appoint me ruler over the
people of the Lord, over Israel:
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therefore will I play before
the Lord. And I will yet be more
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vile than thus, and will
be base in mine own sight:
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and of the maid servants
which thou has spoken of,
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of them shall I be had in honor.
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Therefore the
Michal, the daughter of Saul,
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had no child unto
the day of her death.
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Continuing in 2nd
Samuel, chapter 7,
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this is the King James version.
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And it came to pass, when
the king sat in his house,
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and the Lord had given him rest
round about from all his enemies
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that the king said unto
Nathan the Prophet, See now,
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I dwell in a house of cedar, but
the ark of God dwelleth within
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curtains. And Nathan said to
the king, Go, do all that is in
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thine heart; for the Lord is
with thee. And it came to pass
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that night, that the word of the
Lord came unto Nathan, saying,
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Go and tell my servant David,
Thus saith the Lord, shalt thou
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build me an house for me to
dwell in? Whereas I have not
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dwelt in any house since
the time that I brought up the
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children of Israel out
of Egypt, even to this day,
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but have walked in a tent and in
a tabernacle. In all the places
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wherein I have walked with all
the children of Israel, spake I
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a word with any of the tribes
of Israel, whom I commanded
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to feed my people
Israel, saying, Why build ye not
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me and house of cedar? Now
therefore so shalt thou say
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unto my servant David,
Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
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I took thee from the sheepcote,
from following the sheep,
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to be ruler over my
people, over Israel:
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And I was with thee
whithersoever thou wentest,
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and have cut off all
thine enemies out of thy sight,
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and have made thee a great name,
like unto the name of the great
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men that are in the
earth. Moreover I will appoint
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a place for my people Israel,
and will plant them that they
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may dwell in a place of
their own, and move no more;
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neither shall the children of
wickedness afflict them any more
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as beforetime, and as since
the time that I commanded judges
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to be over my people Israel,
and have caused the to rest
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from all thine enemies. Also
the Lord telleth thee that he
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will make thee an house.
And when thy days be fulfilled,
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and thou shalt sleep with thy
fathers, I will set up thy seed
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after thee, which shall proceed
out of thy bowels, and I will
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establish his kingdom. He shall
build an house for my name,
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and I will establish the
throne of his kingdom forever.
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I will be his father, and he
shall be my son. If he commit
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iniquity, I will
chasten him with the rod of men,
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and with the stripes of the
children of men: But my mercy
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shall not depart away from
him, as I took it from Saul,
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whom I put away before thee.
And thine house and thy kingdom
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shall be established
forever before thee. Thy throne
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shall be established forever.
According to all these words,
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and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak
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unto David. Then went king
David in and sat before the Lord
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and he said, Who am I, O
Lord God? and what is my house,
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that thou hast
brought me hitherto?
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And this was yet a small
thing in thy sight, O Lord God:
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but thou hast spoken also of
thy servant's house for a great
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while to come. And is this
the manner of man, O Lord God?
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And what can David say more
unto thee? for thou, Lord God,
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knowest thy servant. For
thy word's sake, and according
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to thine own heart, hast thou
done all these great things,
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to make thy servant know
them. Wherefore thou art great,
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O Lord God, for there is none
like thee, neither is there any
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God beside thee, according
to all that we have heard
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with our ears. And what one
nation in the earth is like thy
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people, even like Israel, whom
God went to redeem for a people
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to himself and to make
him a name, and to do for you
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great things and terrible,
for thy land, before thy people,
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which thou redeemedst to thee
from Egypt, from the nations
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and their gods? For thou hast
comfirmed to thyself thy people
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Israel to be a people unto
thee forever: and thou, Lord
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art become their God. And now,
O Lord God, the word that thou
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hast spoken concerning thy
servant, and concerning his
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house, establish it forever,
and do as thou hast said.
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And let thy name be magnified
forever, saying, The Lord
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of hosts is the God over Israel:
and let the house of thy servant
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David be established before
thee. For thou, O Lord of hosts,
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God of Israel, has revealed
to thy servant, saying, I will
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build thee an house: therefore
hath thy servant found in his
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heart to pray this prayer
unto thee. And now, O Lord God,
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thou art that God, and thy
words be true, and thou hast
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promised this goodness unto thy
servant: Therefore now let it
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please thee to bless the house
of the servant, that it may
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continue forever before
thee: for thou, O Lord God,
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hath spoken it: and with
thy blessing let the house
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of thy servant
be blessed forever.
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We're reading in
2nd Samuel, chapter 8,
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This is the King James Version.
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And after this it came to pass,
that David smote the Philistines
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and subdued them: and
David took Methegammah
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out of the hand of the
Philistines. And he smote Moab,
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and measured them with a line,
casting them down to the ground;
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even with two lines measured
he to put to death, and with one
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full line to keep alive. And
so the Moabites became David's
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servants, and brought gifts.
David smote also Hadadezer,
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the son of Rehob, king of
Zobah, as he went to recover
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his border at
the river Euphrates.
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And David took from
him a thousand chariots,
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and seven hundred horsemen,
and twenty thousand footmen:
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and David hocked all the chariot
horses, but reserved of them
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for an hundred chariots.
And when the Syrians of Damascus
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came to succour Hadadezer
king of Zobah, David slew of the
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Syrians two and twenty thousand
men. Then David put garrisons
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in Syria of Damascus: and
the Syrians became servants
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to David, and brought gifts.
And the Lord preserved David
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withersoever he went. And David
took the shields of gold that
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were on the servants of
Hadadezer, and brought them
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to Jerusalem. And from Betah,
and from Berothai, cities of
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Hadadezer, king David
took exceeding much brass.
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When Toi, King of Hamath, heard
that David had smitten all the
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host of Hadadezer, then Toi sent
Joram his son unto king David,
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to salute him, and to bless him,
because he had fought against
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Hadadezer, and had smitten him:
for Hadadezer had wars with Toi.
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And Joram brought with him
vessels of silver and vessels
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of gold and vessels of
brass: Which also king David did
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dedicate unto the Lord, with
the silver and gold that he had
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dedicated of all nations
which he subdued; of Syria,
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and of Moab, and of the children
of Ammon, and of the Philistines
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and of Amalek, and of the spoil
Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of
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Zobah. And David gat him
a name when he returned from
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smiting of the Syrians in the
valley of salt, being 18,000 men
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and he put garrisons in
Edom; throughout all Edom put he
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garrisons, and all they of
Edom became David's servants.
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And the Lord preserved
David whithersoever he went.
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And David reigned over
all Israel; and David executed
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judgment and
justice unto all his people.
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And Joab the son of Zeruiah was
over the host; and Jehoshaphat
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the son of Ahilud was recorder;
and Zadok the son of Ahitub,
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and Ahimelech the son of
Abiathar, were the priests;
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And Seraiah was the scribe;
and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
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was over both the
Cherethites and the Pelethites;
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and David's sons
were chief rulers.
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Continuing now in
2nd Samuel, chapter 9
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And this is the
King James Version
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And David said, Is there yet
any that is left of the house
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of Saul, that I may shew him
kindness for Jonathan's sake?
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And there was of the
house of Saul a servant,
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whose name was Ziba. And when
they had called him unto David,
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the king said unto
him, Art thou Ziba?
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And he said, Thy servant
is he. And the king said,
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Is there not yet any of the
house of Saul, that I may shew
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the kindness of God unto him?
And Ziba said unto the king,
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Jonathan hath yet a son,
which is lame on his feet.
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And the king said
unto him, Where is he?
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And Ziba said unto the king,
Behold, he is in the house of
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Machir, the son of
Ammiel, in Lodebar.
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Then king David sent, and
fetched him out of the house
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of Machir, the son
of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
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Now when Mephibosheth, the son
of Jonathan, the son of Saul,
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was come unto David, he fell
on his face, and did reverence.
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And David said,
Mephibosheth. And he answered,
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Behold thy servant! And
David said unto him, Fear not:
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for I will surely shew
the kindness for Jonathan
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thy father's sake, and
will restore thee all the land
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of Saul thy father; and
thou shalt eat bread at my table
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continually. And he bowed
himself, and said, What is thy
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servant, that thou shouldest
look upon such a dead dog
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as I am? Then the king
called to Ziba, Saul's servant,
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and said unto him, I have given
unto thy master's son all that
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pertained to Saul and to
all his house. Thou therefore,
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and thy sons, and thy servants,
shall till the land for him, and
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thou shalt bring in the fruits,
that thy master's son may have
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food to eat: but Mephibosheth
thy master's son shall eat bread
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always at my table. Now Ziba
had 15 sons and 20 servants.
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Then said Ziba unto the king,
According to all that my lord
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the king hath commanded his
servant, so shall thy servant do
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As for Mephibosheth, said the
king, he shall eat at my table
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as one of the king's sons. And
Mephibosheth had a young son,
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whose name was Micha. And all
that dwelt in the house of Ziba
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were servants unto Mephibosheth.
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So Mephibosheth dwelt in
Jerusalem: for he did eat
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continually at the King's table;
and was lame on both his feet.
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Continuing in 2nd
Samuel, Chapter 10.
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And it came to pass after this,
that the king of the children of
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Ammon died, and Hanun
his son reigned in his stead.
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Then said David, I will
shew kindness unto Hanun
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the son of Nahash, as his
father shewed kindness unto me.
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And David sent to comfort
him by the hand of his servants
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for his father. And David's
servants came into the land
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of the children of Ammon.
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Thank you for coming apart
with me to read the word of God.
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Until next time, may God keep
us all in His care. Goodbye.
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