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So Zadok and Abi'athar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem; and they remained there.

When David came to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent and earth upon his head.

Now in those days the counsel which Ahith'ophel gave was as if one consulted the oracle of God; so was all the counsel of Ahith'ophel esteemed, both by David and by Ab'salom.

Then Ahi'ma-az cried out to the king, "All is well." And he bowed before the king with his face to the earth, and said, "Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king."

And say to Ama'sa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of my army henceforth in place of Jo'ab.'"

He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like the angel of God; do therefore what seems good to you.

And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father; and they did all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded supplications for the land.

my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from violence.

"In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I called. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry came to his ears.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

Yea, thou art my lamp, O LORD, and my God lightens my darkness.

Yea, by thee I can crush a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall.

This God--his way is perfect; the promise of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

"For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

This God is my strong refuge, and has made my way safe.

"The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock, and exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation,

the God who gave me vengeance and brought down peoples under me,

Now these are the last words of David: The oracle of David, the son of Jesse, the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:

The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,

Yea, does not my house stand so with God? For he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For will he not cause to prosper all my help and my desire?