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Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,
The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I.
And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images.
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images.
Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.
And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
And the LORD'S anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed.
If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit;
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?
Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
