Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and we're
going to continue reading today
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some of the stories of
the reign of King David.
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Before we begin,
let's pray together.
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Dear Lord, thank you so
much for another opportunity to
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sit and to read the stories
of David, the man after your own
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heart. As we learn the lessons
of His life, please send the
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Holy Spirit to give us wisdom
and show us how we can apply
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them in our own life today. So
we can also be closer to you and
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glorify you in all that
we do. We love you so much
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and thank you
for loving us. Amen.
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We're reading in 1st Chronicles,
chapter 19, and when we were
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last together, Abishai and his
brother, Joab had gone out to
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fight the armies of Ammon, and
Syria. We'll pick up the story
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in verse 17, and this
is the King James Version.
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And it was told David and he
gathered all Israel and passed
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over Jordan and came upon
them and set the battle in array
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against them. So when David had
put the battle in array against
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the Syrians, they fought with
him. But the Syrians fled before
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Israel; and David slew of the
Syrians 7,000 men which fought
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in chariots, and 40,000 footmen,
and killed Shopach the captain
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of the host. And when
the servants of Hadarezer saw
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that they were put to the worse
before Israel, they made peace
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with David, and became his
servants: neither would the
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Syrians help the
children of Ammon any more.
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Continuing to read with
1st Chronicles, chapter 20,
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and this is the King James
Version. - And it came to pass
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that after the year was expired,
at the time that kings go out
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to battle, Joab led forth the
power of the army, and wasted
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the country of the children
of Ammon, and came and besieged
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Rabbah. But David
tarried at Jerusalem.
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And Joab smote Rabbah, and
destroyed it. And David took the
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crown of their king from off
his head, and found it to weigh
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a talent of gold, and there
were precious stones in it;
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and it was set upon David's
head; and he brought also
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exceeding much spoil out of
the city. And he brought out the
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people that were in it, and cut
them with saws, and with harrows
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of iron, and with axes. Even so
dealt David with all the cities
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of the children of Ammon.
And David and all the people
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returned to Jerusalem. And
it came to pass after this, that
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there arose war at Gezer with
the Philistines; at which time
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Sibbechai the Hushathite slew
Sippai, that was of the children
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of the giant: and they were
subdued. And there was war again
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with the Philistines;
and Elhanan the son of Jair,
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slew Lahmi the brother
of Goliath the Gittite,
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whose spear staff was like
a weaver's beam. And yet again
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there was war at Gath, where
was a man of great stature,
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whose fingers and toes were
four and twenty, 6 on each hand,
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and 6 on each foot: and he
also was the son of the giant.
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But when he defied Israel,
Jonathan the son of Shimea
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David's brother slew him.
These were born unto the giant
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in Gath; and they fell by the
hand of David, and by the hand
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of his servants. -
We're continuing to read
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in 1st Chronicles, chapter 21,
This is the King James Version.
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And Satan stood up against
Israel, and provoked David
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to number Israel. And David
said to Joab and to the rulers
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of the people, Go, number Israel
from Beersheba even to Dan;
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and bring the number of
them to me, that I may know it.
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And Joab answered, The Lord
make his people an hundred times
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so many more as they be: but,
my lord the king, are they not
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all my lord's servants? why then
doth my lord require this thing?
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why will he be a
cause of trespass to Israel?
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Nevertheless the king's
word prevailed against Joab.
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Wherefore Joab departed,
and went throughout all Israel,
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and came to Jerusalem. And
Joab gave the sum of the number
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of the people unto David and all
they of Israel were a thousand
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thousand and an hundred
thousand men that drew sword:
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and Judah was four hundred
threescore and ten thousand men
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that drew sword. But Levi and
Benjamin counted he not among
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them for the king's
word was abominable to Joab.
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And God was displeased with
this thing; therefore he smote
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Israel. And David said
unto God, I have sinned greatly,
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because I have done this
thing: but now, I beseech thee,
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do away the iniquity of thy
servant; for I have done very
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foolishly. And the Lord spake
unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
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Go and tell David, saying, Thus
saith the Lord, I offer thee
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three things: choose thee one
of them, that I may do it unto
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thee. So Gad came to David,
and said unto him, Thus saith
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the Lord, Choose thee either
3 year' famine; or 3 months
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to be destroyed before thy foes,
while that the sword of thine
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enemies overtaketh thee; or else
3 days the sword of the Lord
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even the pestilence, in the
land, and the angel of the Lord
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destroying throughout all the
coasts of Israel. Now therefore
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advise thyself what word
I shall bring again to him
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that sent me. And David said
unto Gad, I am in a great strait
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let me fall now into the hand
of the Lord; for very great are
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his mercies: but let me
not fall into the hand of man.
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So the Lord sent pestilence upon
Israel: and there fell in Israel
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70,00 men. And God sent an angel
unto Jerusalem to destroy it.
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And as he was destroying, the
Lord beheld, and he repented him
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of the evil, and said to
the angel that destroyed,
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It is enough, stay now thine
hand. And the angel of the Lord
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stood by the threshing
floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
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And David lifted up his eyes and
saw the angel of the Lord stand
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between the earth and the heaven
having a drawn sword in his hand
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stretched out over Jerusalem.
Then David and the elders
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of Israel, who were clothed in
sackcloth, fell upon their faces
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And David said unto God, Is it
not I that commanded the people
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to be numbered? even I it is
that have sinned and done evil
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indeed, but as for these
sheep, what have they done?
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Let thine hand, I pray thee,
O Lord my God, be on me, and on
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my father's house; but not on
my people, that they should be
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plagued. Then the angel of
the Lord commanded Gad to say to
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David that David should go
up, and set up an altar unto the
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Lord in the threshingfloor
of Ornan the Jebusite.
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And David went up at the saying
of Gad, which he spake in the
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name of the Lord. And Ornan
turned back, and saw the angel;
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and his four sons with him
hid themselves. Now Ornan was
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threshing wheat. And as David
came to Ornan, Ornan looked
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and saw David, and went out
of the threshingfloor, and bowed
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himself to David with his face
to the ground. Then David said
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to Ornan, Grant me the place of
this threshingfloor, that I may
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build an altar therein unto
the Lord: thou shalt grant it me
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for the full price: that the
plague may be stayed from the
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people. And Ornan said unto
David, Take it to thee, and let
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my lord the king do that which
is good in his eyes: lo, I give
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thee the oxen also for burnt
offerings, and the threshing
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instruments for wood, and
the wheat for the meat offering;
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I give it all. And king David
said to Ornan, Nay; but I will
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verily buy it for the full price
for I will not take that which
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is thine for the Lord, nor offer
burnt offerings without cost.
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So David gave to Ornan for
the place 600 shekels of gold
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by weight. And David built there
an altar unto the Lord, and
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offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings, and called
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upon the Lord; and he answered
him from heaven by fire upon the
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altar of burnt offering. And
the Lord commanded the angel;
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and he put up his sword
again into the sheath thereof.
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At that time when David saw
that the Lord had answered him
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in the threshingfloor
of Ornan the Jebusite,
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then he sacrificed there.
For the tabernacle of the Lord
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which Moses made in the
wilderness, and the altar of the
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burnt offering, were at
that season in the high place
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at Gibeon. But David could not
go before it to inquire of God:
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for he was afraid because of the
sword of the angel of the Lord.
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Continuing to read in
1st Chronicles, chapter 22,
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This is the King James Version.
Then David said, This it the
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house of the Lord God, and
this is the altar of the burnt
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offering for Israel. And David
commanded to gather together
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the strangers that were in
the land of Israel; and he set
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masons to hew wrought stones
to build the house of God.
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And David prepared iron
in abundance for the nails
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for the doors of the gates,
and for the joinings; and brass
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in abundance without weight;
Also cedar trees in abundance
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for the Sidonians and they
of Tyre brought much cedar wood
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to David. And David
said, Solomon my son is young
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and tender, and the house that
is to be builded for the Lord
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must be exceeding magnifical,
of fame and of glory throughout
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all countries: I will therefore
now make preparation for it.
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So David prepared abundantly
before his death. Then he called
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for Solomon his son, and charged
him to build an house for the
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Lord God of Israel. And
David said to Solomon, My son,
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As for me, it was in my mind
to build an house unto the name
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of the Lord my God: But the word
of the Lord came to me, saying,
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Thou hast shed blood abundantly,
and hast made great wars:
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thou shalt not build an house
unto my name, because thou hast
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shed much blood upon the earth
in my sight. Behold, a son shall
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be born to thee, who shall be a
man of rest; and I will give him
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rest from all his enemies round
about: for his name shall be
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Solomon, and I will give
peace and quietness unto Israel
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in his days. He shall build an
house for my name; and he shall
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be my son, and I will be
his father; and I will establish
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the throne of his kingdom over
Israel for ever. Now, my son,
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the Lord be with thee; and
and prosper thou, and build
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the house of the Lord thy
God, as he hath said of thee.
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Only the Lord give thee wisdom
and understanding, and give
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thee charge concerning Israel,
that thou mayest keep the law of
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the Lord thy God. Then shalt
thou prosper, if thou takest
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heed to fulfill the statutes
and judgments which the Lord
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charged Moses with concerning
Israel: be strong, and of good
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courage: dread not, nor be
dismayed. Now, behold, in my
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trouble I have prepared for
the house of the Lord an hundred
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thousand talents of gold, and
a thousand thousand talents of
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silver and of brass and
iron without weight for it is in
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abundance: timber also and stone
have I prepared; and thou mayest
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add thereto. Moreover there are
workmen with thee in abundance,
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hewers and workers of stone
and timber, and all manner of
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cunning men for every manner of
work. Of the gold, the silver,
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and the brass, and the
iron, there is no number. Arise
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therefore, and be doing, and the
Lord be with thee. David also
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commanded all the princes of
Israel to help Solomon his son,
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saying, Is not the Lord your God
with you? and hath he not given
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you rest on every side? for
he hath given the inhabitants of
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the land into mine hand; and the
land is subdued before the Lord,
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and before his people. Now set
your heart and your soul to seek
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the Lord your God;
arise therefore, and build ye
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the sanctuary of the Lord God,
to bring the ark of the covenant
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of the Lord, and the holy
vessels of God, into the house
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that is to be built
to the name of the Lord.
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We're continuing to read
in 1st Chronicles, chapter 23,
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This is the King James
Vision. So when David was old
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and full of days, he
made Solomon his son king
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over Israel. And he gathered
together all the princes of
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Israel, with the priests and the
Levites. Now the Levites were
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numbered from the age
of thirty years and upward:
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and their number by their
polls, man by man, was 38,000.
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of which 20 and 4 thousand were
to set forward the work of the
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house of the Lord; and
6,000 were officers and judges:
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Moreover four thousand were
porters; and 4,000 praised the
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Lord with the instruments
which I made, said David,
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to praise therewith. And David
divided them into courses among
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the sons of Levi, namely,
Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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I am going to
skip, now, down verse 24.
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We're continuing in
chapter 23, verse 24.
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These were the sons of Levi
after the house of their fathers
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even the chief of the fathers,
as they were counted by number
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of names by their polls, that
did the work for the service
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of the house of the Lord, from
the age of 20 years and upward.
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For David said, The Lord God
of Israel hath given rest unto
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his people, that they may
dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
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And also unto the Levites;
they shall no more carry
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the tabernacle, nor any vessels
of it for the service thereof.
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For by the last words of
David the Levites were numbered
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from 20 years old and above:
Because their office was to wait
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on the sons of Aaron for the
service of the house of the Lord
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in the courts, and in the
chambers, and in the purifying
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of all holy things,
and the work of the service
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of the house of God.
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