Nathan's message to David. 1 CHRONICLES, XVII. of the LORD, which he commanded B. C. 1042. 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 w 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 5 porters.y 43 And z all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house. CHAPTER XVII. w ver.34. Ezr.3.11. Ps. 103.17. Je.33.11. x Ps. 150.5. 5 for the gate. y Ps.84.10. z 2Sa.6.19,20. (CHAP. 17.) a 28a.7.1,&c. 2Ch 6.7-9. b 1Co.13.9. 1 been. 1 Nathan promiseth David a bless-c 1Sa. 16.11, ing. 16 David's prayer. Now in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I 2 Then b Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. 12. d Ge.28.15. e 1Sa. 18.14. 2 Sa.8.6,14. Ps. 18. title. f Ps.92.13. Is.61.3. Je.24.6. g Re.3.12. h Eze.28.24. Re.21.4. 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, i Ju.2. 14-18. Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt k Ps. 18.40,&c not build me an house to dwell in: 1 Co. 15.25. 5 For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have 128a.7.14,15. 1 gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. m Ps.89.28. Is.55.3 6 Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to n Lu. 1.33. any of the judges of Israel, (whom o Ps.72.17. I commanded to feed my people,) p Ge.32.10. saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? Ep.3.8. Ju.6.15. 42.1. 49.5,6. Da.9.17. 7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus r Is.37.35. saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the c sheep-cote,even from 2 following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: 8 And d I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies é from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. Mat. 11.26. 3 greatnesses. t De.33.26. •P's.86.8. Ep.3.20. u De.4.7,32. 9 Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant fv them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved g no more; neither h shall the children of wickedness waste them any w more, (as at the beginning, 10 And since the time that I com-x manded judges i to be over my people Israel.) Moreover, I will subdue all thine enemies.k Further 33.29. Ex. 19.5.6. 1Sa, 12.22. Ro.9.4,5. 11.12,&c. Ps. 119.49. Je. 11.5. 11.16. God's promise to David more, 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 m I will not take my mercy away from him; as I took it from him that was before thee: 14 But n I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and o 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, Whop am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, q 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 r thy servant's sake, and according to thine own s heart, hast thou done all this greatness in making known all these 3 great things. 20 O LORD, there t is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21 And u 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 v 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 stablished w 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 r Israel: and let the house of David David's victories. 1 CHRONICLES, XVIII, XIX. His messengers abused. thy servant be established y before | B. C. 1042. |cated unto the LORD, with the silthee. 25 For thou, O my God, hast 4 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 5 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 z it shall be blessed for ever. CHAPTER XVIII. David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. NOW TOW a 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 1 Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euplirates. 4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven 2thousand 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 3 Da- 10 Abshai. mascus came to help Hadarezer d 2Sa.8. 13,14. king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. 6 Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; 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 4 Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith b Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 Now when 5 Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; Ps. LX. e Ge. 18. 19. 1 Ki. 10.9. Ps.78.72. 89.14. Is.9.7. 32.1. 10 He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to 7 inquire of his welfare, and to 8 congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hada-c rezer 9 had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 11 Them also king David dedi 1 In thine eyes doth David. Ge.42.9. Ps.35.12. 109.4,5. 2 to stink, Ge.34.40. ver c 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 10 Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites d 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 T So David reigned over all Israel, and e 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, 11 recorder. 16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and 12 Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and 13 Shaysha was scribe; 17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief 14 about the king. CHAPTER XIX. NOW David sendeth messengers to comfort Hanun the son of Nahash. TOW a 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 show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed 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, 1 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 b spy out the land? 4 Wherefore c 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 served. And he sent to meet them: told David how the men were (for the men were greatly ashamed.) And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 T And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves 2 odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to The Syrians overcome. 1 CHRONICLES, XX, XXI. Rabbah taken and spoiled. 9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: hJe.46.15,16. and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. 10 Now when Joab saw that the 3 battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the 4 choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. 11 And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of 5 Abi j. e. Eu- 7 or, Sho- i Ps. 18.39,44. Hadarezer saw that they were put Rabbah is besieged by Joab, and AND a it came to pass, that 1 3 And he brought out the people shai his brother, and they set them- (CHAP. 20.) that were in it, and cut them with selves 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 Bef of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and g let the LORD do that which is good in his sight. a 25a. 11.1. b 2 at the re- 2Sa.12.26, &c. the weight 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 c it came to pass after this, that there 3 arose war at 4 Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew 5 Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. &c. 14 So Joab and the people that 3 stood, or, were with him drew nigh before the continued. 5 And there was war again with Syrians unto the battle; and theyor, Gob. the Philistines; and Elhanan the fed h before him. 5 or, Saph, son of 7 Jair slew Lahmi the bro2S.21.18.ther of Goliath the Gittite, whose mon saw that the Syrians were 6 or, Rapha. Spear-staff was like a weaver's fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 15 And when the children of Am 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 6 river and 7 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 z chariots, and forty thousand footmeu, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. 19 And i when the servants of 1 called also d 2Sa.21.20. is giant, or, 10 or, re- Shammah, 1Sa. 16.9. (CHAP. 21.) a 2Sa.24.1, &c. c ch.27.23. beam. David, numbering Israel. d Ec.8.4. e ch.27.24. is punished with pestilence. 16 And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel r of the LORD stand between the earth and the theaven, 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. 1 CHRONICLES, XXI. 3 And Joab answered, The LORD B. C. 1017. 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 d against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 5 And Joab gave the sum of the it was evil in the eyes of Golcon cerning. f 2Sa. 12. 13. 5 1Sa.26.21. h 1Sa.9.9. number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: 2 stretch out. and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. 3 Take to thee. i Jno. 12.27. k He.10.31. 6 But e Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab. 7 And God was displeased with 4 or, many. this thing: therefore he smotelsrael.. 8 And David said unto God, I have 1 Ps.86.5.15. sinned greatly, because I have done! this thing: but now, I beseech thee, dof away with the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.g 9 And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, 10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I 2 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 m 2Ch.28.9. Pr. 12.10. Is.46.7. La.5.2-15. n Nu. 16.46 49. o Ju.2.18. Jon.4.2. p Ps.78.38. 5 or, Arau nah, 2Sa.21.18. 12 Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed be-q2Ch.3.1. fore 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 de- | stroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advises Ps.44.11. thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. Ge.3.21. t Jno. 10.11, 12. 13 And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: i let me fall k now u ver. 15. into the hand of the LORD; (for 6 or, When. very 4 great are his mercies :) but let me not fall into the hand of man.m 14 So the LORD sent pestilence ni 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 o him of the evil. and said to the angel that destroyed. It is enough, stay p now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing-floor of Ornan g the Jebusite. or, then he and. 8 Give. v Ge.23.13. w De. 16. 17. Le.9.24. Ju.6.21. 1Ki. 18.24, 38. 2Ch.7.1. 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 s 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 u of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David,that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite. 19 And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. 206 And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; 7 and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. 21 And as David came to Orman, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing-floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. 22 Then David said to Ornan, 8 Grant me the place of this threshing-floor, 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 Orman 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-oflerings, 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.w 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 burntofferings and peace-offerings, and called upon the LORD; and z 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 TAt that time, when David saw David's instructions y Ex.XL. to Solomon, |with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. 1 CHRONICLES, XXII, XXIII. that the LORD had answered him B. C. 1017. in the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. 29 For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made y in the wilderness, and the altar of the burntoffering, were at that season in the high place z at Gibeon. 30 But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid a because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. CHAPTER XXII. David instructeth Solomon in God's promises, and his duty in building the temple. a z ch.16.39. IKI.3.4.&c. a Ps.90.11. Je.5.22. 10.7. He.12.28, 29. Re. 15.4. (CHAP. 22.) a ch.21.28. De. 12.5. 2Ch.3.1. b 1K .9.21. с THEN David said. This is the e ver. 14. this is the altar of the burnt-offer- d 1KI.7.47. ing for Israel. 2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers b that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. 3 And David prepared c iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinmgs; and brass in abundance without d weight; € 1 Ki.5.6. f1 Ki.3.7. g Ezr.3.12. Is.64.11. Eze.7.20. h Hag.2.3. ch. 17. 1,&c. 28.2,&c. De. 12.5,11. k 1Ki.5.3. Ps.72.7. 4 Also cedar trees in abundance: e for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. 5 And David said, Solomon my son m 1ki.4.25. 1s young fand tender, and the house that is to be builded for then 25a.7.13. LORD must be exceeding magnifi- o Ps.839.26. cal, g of fame and of glory through- He. 1.5. out all countries: I will therefore p ver. 16. now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. 6 Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. 7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for ine, it was h in my mind to build an house i unto the name of the LORD my God: 8 But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou k hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. t q IKI.3.9,12. Ps.72.1. r 2Ch.20.20. Ps. 119.6. $ De.31.7,8. Jos. 1.6-9. 2 or, poverty. 3 That is, masons and carpenters. ver.11. u ch.23.25. De. 12. 10. 253.7.1. 9 Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all 2Ch.20.3. his enemies round about: for his w Ps.27.4. name shall be 1 Solomon, and I will x 1Ki.8.6,21. give peace m and quietness unto (CHAP. 23.) Israel in his days. 10 Hen shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son o and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. 11 Now, my son, the LORD p be 12 Only the LORD give q thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. 13 Thenr shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be s strong, and of good courage; dread not,nor be dismayed. 14 Now, behold, in my 2 trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; (for it is in abundance :) timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. 15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and 3 workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the t LORD be with thee. 17 David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, 18 Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest u on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. 19 Now set v your heart and your soul to seek w the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring a the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. CHAPTER XXIII. David in his old age maketh Solomon king. Oa when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites." 3 Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty b years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thousand were to 1 set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers c and judges: 5 Moreover four thousand were |