CHAPTERS 15-21
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1 ¶ And David made him houses in 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 ark 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:
5 Of the sons of
Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
6 Of the sons of
Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
7
Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and
thirty:
8 Of the sons of
Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
9 Of the sons of Hebron;
Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
10 Of the sons of
Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
11
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the
Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 And said unto
them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both
ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel
unto the place that I have prepared for it.
13
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach
upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
14 So the priests
and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of
Israel.
15 And the
children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word
of the LORD.
16 And David
spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers
with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by
lifting up the voice with joy.
17 So the Levites
appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren,
Ethan the son of Kushaiah;
18 And with them
their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and
Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
19
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with
cymbals of brass;
20 And Zechariah,
and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and
Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
21 And
Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22 And Chenaniah,
chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he
was skilful.
23 And Berechiah
and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
24 And Shebaniah,
and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and
Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of
God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
25 ¶ So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains
over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the
house of Obededom with joy.
26
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of
the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
27 And David was
clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and
the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also
had upon him an ephod of linen.
28
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with
shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals,
making a noise with psalteries and harps.
29 And it came to
pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that
Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.
1 ¶ So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the
midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt
sacrifices and peace offerings before God.
2 And when David
had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings,
he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.
3 And he dealt to
every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a
good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.
4 And he
appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to
record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:
5
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and
Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with
psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
6 Benaiah also
and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the
covenant of God.
7 ¶ Then on that day David delivered
first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
8 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 made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;
17 And hath
confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant,
18 Saying, Unto
thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance;
19 When ye were
but few, even a few, and strangers in it.
20 And when they
went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people;
21
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their
sakes,
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.
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.
35 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 Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the 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 Obededom
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
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;
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.
1 ¶ 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.
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 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, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto
David.
16 ¶ 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?
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.
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:
27 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.
1 ¶ 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.
2 And he smote Moab;
and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
3
And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to
stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
4 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.
5
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah,
David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
6 Then David put
garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and
brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
7
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.
8 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.
9 ¶ Now when Tou king of Hamath
heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
10 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.
11 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.
12 Moreover Abishai
the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen
thousand.
13 And he put
garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD
preserved David whithersoever he went.
14 So David
reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his
people.
15
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son
of Ahilud, recorder.
16 And Zadok the
son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha
was scribe;
17 And Benaiah
the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king.
1 ¶ Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king
of the 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.
3 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?
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.
6 ¶ 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.
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 themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
8 And when David
heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
9 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.
10 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.
11 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.
12 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 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.
14 So Joab and
the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
15 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.
16 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.
17 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.
18
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.
19 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.
1 ¶ 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.
2 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.
3 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.
4 ¶ 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.
5
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.
6 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.
7 But when he
defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
8 These were born
unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his
servants.
1 ¶ And Satan stood up against
Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
2 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.
3 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?
4 Nevertheless
the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went
throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.
5 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.
6 But Levi and Benjamin
counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab.
7 ¶ And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he
smote Israel.
8 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.
9 And the LORD
spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying,
10 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.
11
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose
thee
12 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 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.
14 So the LORD
sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men.
15
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.
16 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.
17 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.
18 ¶ 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.
19
And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of
the LORD.
20 And Ornan
turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now
Ornan was threshing wheat.
21 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.
22 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.
23 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.
24 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.
25
So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by
weight.
26 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.
27 And the LORD
commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath
thereof.
28 At that time
when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan
the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
29 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.
30
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.