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And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong.
Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you.
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings.
Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king.
As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me.
Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD.
O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands;
And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us.
When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.
I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
