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Sing to Yahweh, all the earth;Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.

Recount His glory among the nations,His wondrous deeds among all the peoples.

Splendor and majesty are before Him,Strength and joy are in His place.

Ascribe to Yahweh the glory of His name;Lift up an offering, and come before Him;Worship Yahweh in the splendor of holiness.

Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for He is good,For His lovingkindness endures forever.

So he left behind Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required;

and Obed-edom with his 68 relatives; Obed-edom, also the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah as gatekeepers.

Now he left behind Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the tabernacle of Yahweh in the high place, which was at Gibeon,

And with them were Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because His lovingkindness endures forever.

Then all the people went each to his house, and David returned to bless his household.

Now it happened when David inhabited his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I inhabit a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under tent curtains."

And it will be that when your days are fulfilled to go to be with your fathers, I will raise up one of your seed after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

But I will cause him to stand in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever."'"

"So now, O Yahweh, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your slave and concerning his house endure forever, and do as You have spoken,

Then David struck Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to set up his power at the Euphrates River.

so he sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze.

So David reigned over all Israel; and he was doing justice and righteousness for all his people.

Now it happened afterwards, that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son became king in his place.

So David said, "I will show lovingkindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed lovingkindness to me." So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to comfort him.