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and with them Heman and Yedutun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his lovingkindness endures forever;

All the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.

It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Natan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD [dwells] under curtains.

It shall happen, when your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up your seed after you, who shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

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

I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him that was before you;

but I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom forever; and his throne shall be established forever.

Now, LORD, let the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, be established forever, and do as you have spoken.

For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build him a house: therefore has your servant found [in his heart] to pray before you.

David struck Hadad`ezer king of Tzovah to Hamat, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Perat.

he sent Hadoram his son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadad`ezer and struck him; (for Hadad`ezer had wars with To`u;) and [he had with him] all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.

David reigned over all Yisra'el; and he executed justice and righteousness to all his people.

It happened after this, that Nachash the king of the children of `Ammon died, and his son reigned in his place.

David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nachash, because his father shown kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David's servants came into the land of the children of `Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

But the princes of the children of `Ammon said to Hanun, Think you that David does honor your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Aren't his servants come to you to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?

So they hired them thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Ma`akhah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeva. The children of `Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Avishai his brother; and they put themselves in array against the children of `Ammon.

When the children of `Ammon saw that the Aram were fled, they likewise fled before Avishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Yo'av came to Yerushalayim.

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 on David's head: and he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much.

These were born to the Rafa in Gat; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.