Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and thank
you for joining with me today,
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to read in 1st Chronicles
of the reign of king David.
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Before we start,
let's pray together.
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Dear God, thank you again for
your blessings and your guidance
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and your love. Please be
with us now as we read of David
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a man after Your own heart, and
may his story and his example
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bear fruit in our lives, that
we may also be more like you.
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We love you so much and
thank you for loving us. Amen.
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When we were last
together, we were reading how
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they had brought the ark of
the covenant back and David was
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singing a song to
the Lord in celebration.
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We're going to pick that up in
chapter 16 beginning in verse 23
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and this is the
King James version.
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Sing unto the Lord all the
earth shew forth from day to day
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his salvation. Declare his glory
among the heathen; his marvelous
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works among all
nations. For great is the Lord,
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and greatly to be praised: he
also is to be feared above all
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gods. For all the gods of the
people are idols: but the Lord
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made the heavens. Glory
and honor are in his presence;
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strength and gladness are in
his place. Give unto the Lord,
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ye kindreds of the people, give
unto the Lord glory and strength
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Give unto the Lord the
glory due unto his name:
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bring an offering, and come
before him, worship the Lord
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in the beauty of holiness.
Fear before him all the earth:
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the world also shall be
stable, that it be not moved.
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Let the heavens be glad,
and let the earth rejoice:
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and let men say among the
nations, The Lord reigneth.
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Let the sea roar,
and the fullness thereof:
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let the fields rejoice,
and all that is therein.
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Then shall the trees of the
wood sing out at the presence
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of the Lord, because he
cometh to judge the earth.
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O give thanks unto
the Lord; for he is good;
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for his mercy endureth for
ever. And say ye, Save us, O God
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of our salvation, and gather
us together, and deliver us
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from the heathen, that we may
give thanks to thy holy name,
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and glory in thy
praise. Blessed be the Lord God
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Israel for ever and ever.
And all the people said, Amen,
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and praised the Lord. So
he left there before the ark
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of the covenant of the
Lord Asaph and his brethren,
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to minister before the ark
continually, as every day's
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work required: And Obed-edom
with their brethren, threescore
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and eight; Obed-edom also
the son of Jeduthun and Hosah
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to be porters: And Zadok
the priest, and his brethren
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the priests, before
the tabernacle of the Lord
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in the high place that was at
Gibeon, to offer burnt offerings
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unto the Lord upon the altar of
the burnt offering continually
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morning and evening, and to do
according to all that is written
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in the law of the Lord,
which he commanded Israel;
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And with them Heman and Jeduthun
and the rest that were chosen,
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who were expressed by name,
to give thanks to the Lord,
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because his mercy endureth for
ever; and with them Heman and
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Jeduthun with trumpets and
cymbals for those that should
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make a sound, and with
musical instruments of God.
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And the sons of Jeduthun
were porters. And all the people
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departed every man to his house:
and David returned to bless
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his house. - Continuing in
1st Chronicles, chapter 17,
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and this is the
King James version.
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Now it came to pass, as David
sat in his house, that David
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said to Nathan the prophet, Lo,
I dwell in an house of cedars,
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but the ark of the covenant
of the Lord remaineth under
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curtains. Then Nathan said unto
David, Do all that is in thine
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heart; for God is with thee.
And it came to pass the same
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night, that the word of God came
to Nathan, Saying, Go and tell
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David my servant, Thus saith the
Lord, Thou shalt not build me
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an house to dwell in: For
I have not dwelt in an house
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since the day that I brought
up Israel, unto this day;
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but have gone from tent to
tent, and from one tabernacle
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to another. Wheresoever I
have walked with all Israel,
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spake I a word to any of
the judges of Israel, whom I
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commanded to feed my people,
saying, Why have ye not built me
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an house of cedars? Now
therefore thus 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
even from following the sheep,
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that thou shouldest be
ruler over my people Israel:
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And I have been with thee
whithersoever thou hast walked,
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and have cut off all
thine enemies from before thee,
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and have made thee a name
like the name of the great men
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that are in the earth.
Also I will ordain a place
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for my people
Israel and will plant them,
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and they shall
dwell in their place,
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and shall be moved no more;
neither shall the children of
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wickedness waste them any
more, as at the beginning.
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And since the time that I
commanded judges to be over
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my people Israel. Moreover I
will subdue all thine enemies.
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Furthermore I tell thee that the
Lord will build thee an house.
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And it shall come to pass, when
thy days be expired that thou
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must go to be with thy fathers,
that I will raise up thy seed
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after thee, which shall be of
thy sons; and I will establish
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his kingdom. He shall build
me an house, and I will stablish
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his throne forever. I will
be his father, and he shall be
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my son: and I will not take my
mercy away from him, as I took
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it from him that was before thee
but I will settle him in mine
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house and in my kingdom for
ever: and his throne shall be
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established for evermore.
according to all these words,
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and according to all this vision
so did Nathan speak unto David.
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And David the king came and
sat before the Lord, and said,
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Who am I, O Lord God, and what
is mine house, that thou hast
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brought me hitherto? And yet
this was a small thing in thine
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eyes, O God; for thou hast also
spoken of thy servant's house
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for a great while to come,
and hast regarded me according
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to the estate of a man
of high degree, O Lord God.
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What can David speak more
to thee for the honor of thy
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servant? for thou knowest
thy servant. O lord for thy
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servant's sake, and according to
thine own heart, hast thou done
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all this greatness, in making
known all these great things.
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O Lord, there is none like
thee, neither is there any God
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beside thee, according to all
that we have heard with our ears
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And what one nation in the
earth is like thy people Israel,
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whom God went to redeem to
be his own people, to make thee
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a name of greatness and
terribleness, by driving out
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nations from before thy people,
whom thou hast redeemed out of
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Egypt? For thy people Israel
didst thou make thine own people
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forever; and thou, Lord becamest
their God. Therefore now, Lord,
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let the thing that thou hast
spoken concerning thy servant
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and concerning his
house be established forever,
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and do as thou hast said.
Let it even be established,
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that thy name may be magnified
forever, saying, The Lord of
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hosts is the God of
Israel, even a God to Israel:
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and let the house of David thy
servant be established before
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thee. For thou, O my God, hast
told thy servant that thou wilt
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build him an house: therefore
thy servant has found in his
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heart to pray before thee.
And now, Lord, thou art God,
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and hast promised this
goodness unto thy servant:
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Now therefore let it
please thee to bless the house
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of thy servant, that it
may be before thee forever:
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for thou blessest, O Lord,
and it shall be blessed forever.
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Continuing to read in
1st Chronicles, chapter 18.
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This is the King James version.
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Now after this it came to pass,
that David smote the Philistines
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and subdued them, and took Gath
and her towns out of the hand of
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the Philistines. And he smote
Moab; and the Moabites became
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David's servants, and brought
gifts. And David smote Hadarezer
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king of Zobah unto Hamath, as
he went to stablish his dominion
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by the river Euphrates. And
David took from him a thousand
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chariots, and 7,000
horsemen, and 20,000 footmen:
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David also hocked all the
chariot horses, but reserved
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of them and hundred chariots.
And when the Syrians of Damascus
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came to help Hadarezer king of
Zobah, David slew of the Syrians
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two and twenty thousand
men. Then David put garrisons in
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Syria-Damascus; and the
Syrians became David's servants,
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and brought gifts. Thus the Lord
preserved David whithersoever
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he went. And David took the
shields of gold that were on the
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servants of Hadarezer,
and brought them to Jerusalem.
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Likewise for Tibhath, and
from Chun, cities of Hadarezer,
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brought David very much
brass, wherewith Solomon made
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the brazen sea, and the pillars,
and the vessels of brass.
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Now when Tou king of Hamath
heard how David had smitten all
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the host of Hadarezer king of
Zobah; he sent Hadoram his son
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to king David, to inquire of his
welfare, and to congratulate him
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because he had fought against
Hadarezer, and smitten him,
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for Hadarezer had war with
Tou; and with him all manner of
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vessels of gold and silver
and brass. Them also king David
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dedicated unto the Lord, with
the silver and the gold that he
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brought from all these nations;
from Edom, and from Moab,
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and from the children of Ammon,
from the Philistines, and from
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Amalek. Moreover Abiushai
the son of Zeruiah slew of the
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Edomites in the valley
of salt eighteen thousand.
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And he put garrisons in Edom;
and all the Edomites became
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David's servants. Thus the Lord
preserved David whithersoever
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he went. So David reigned over
all Israel and executed judgment
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and justice among all
his people. And Joab the son
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of Zeruiah was over the
host; and Jehoshaphat the son of
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Ahilud, recorder. And Zadok
the son of Ahitub, and Abimilech
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the son of Abiathar, were the
priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was over the Cherethites and the
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Pelethites; and the sons of
David were chief about the king.
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Continuing with 1st
Chronicles, chapter 19,
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this is the King James version.
Now it came to pass after this,
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that Nahash the king of
the children of Ammon died,
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and his son reigned in
his stead. And David said,
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I will shew kindness
unto Hanun the son of Nahash,
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because his father
shewed kindness to me.
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And David sent messengers
to comfort him concerning
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his father. So the servants
of David came into the land
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of the children of Ammon
to Hanun, to comfort him.
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But the princes of the
children of Ammon said to Hanun,
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Thinkest thou that
David doth honor thy father,
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that he hath sent comforters
unto thee? are not his servants
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come unto thee for to search,
and to overthrow, and to spy
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out the land? Wherefore
Hanun took David's servants,
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and shaved them, and cut
off their garments in the midst
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hard by their
buttocks, and sent them away.
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Then there went certain,
and told David how the men were
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served. And he sent to meet
them: for the men were greatly
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ashamed. And the king
said, Tarry at Jericho unto your
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beards be grown and then return.
And when the children of Ammon
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saw that they had made
themselves odious to David,
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Hanun and the children of Ammon
sent 1,000 talents of silver
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to hire them chariots and
horsemen out of Mesopotamia,
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and out of
Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
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So they hired 32,000 chariots,
and the king of Maachah
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and his people; who came
and pitched before Medeba.
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And the children of Ammon
gathered themselves together
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from their cities, and came to
battle. And when David heard of
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it, he sent Joab, and all
the host of the mighty men.
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And the children of Ammon came
out, and put the battle in array
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before the gate of the city:
and the kings that were come
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were by themselves in
the field. Now when Joab saw
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that the battle was set
against him before and behind,
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he chose out of all the choice
of Israel, and put them in array
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against the Syrians. And the
rest of the people he delivered
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unto the hand of Abishai his
brother, and they set themselves
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in array against the
children of Ammon. And he said,
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If the Syrians be too strong
for me, then thou shalt help me:
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but if the children of
Ammon be too strong for thee,
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then I will help thee. Be of
good courage, and let us behave
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ourselves valiantly for our
people, and for the cities of
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our God: and let the Lord do
that which is good in his sight.
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So Joab and the people that were
with him drew nigh before the
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Syrians unto the battle;
and they fled before him.
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And when the children of Ammon
saw that the Syrians were fled,
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they likewise fled
before Abiashai his brother,
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and entered into the city.
Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
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And when the Syrians saw
that they were put to the worse
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before Israel, they sent
messengers, and drew forth
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the Syrians that were beyond the
river: and Shopach the captain
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of the host of Hadarezer
went before them. - Goodbye.
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