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For this reason You are great, O Lord God. There is none like You. And there is no God but You, by all that we have heard with our ears.

What other nation on earth is like Your people Israel. God went to make them free to be His people and to make a name for Himself. You did a great thing for Yourself and great things for Your land. You did them before Your people whom You have made free from Egypt, from nations and their gods.

For You have made for Yourself Your people Israel to be Your people forever. O Lord, You have become their God.

Now, O Lord God, make sure forever the word which You have spoken about Your servant and his family. Do as You have said.

And Your name will be honored forever. It will be said, ‘The Lord of All is God over Israel.' May the family of Your servant David be made strong before You.

For You, O Lord of All, the God of Israel, have shown this to Your servant, saying, ‘I will build a house for you.' So Your servant has found strength of heart to pray this prayer to You.

And now, O Lord God, You are God. Your Words are truth. And You have promised this good thing to Your servant.

So now may it please You to bring good to the house of Your servant, that it may last forever before You. For You have spoken, O Lord God. May Your good come to the family of Your servant forever."

The king said, "Is there not still someone of the family of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who cannot walk because of his feet."

Be strong. Let us show ourselves to have strength of heart because of our people and the cities of our God. And may the Lord do what is good in His eyes."

Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I chose you to be the king of Israel. I saved you from the hand of Saul.

David begged God to make the child well. He went without food and lay all night on the ground.

and sent word through Nathan who spoke for God. And Nathan gave him the name Jedidiah because of the Lord.

Then she said, "I beg the king to remember the Lord your God, that the one who punishes for blood will stop destroying. Or my son might be destroyed." And the king said, "As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son will fall to the ground."

The woman said, "Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in deciding in this way, the king is as one who is guilty. For the king does not bring home his son who has been driven away.

It is sure that we will die. We are like water poured on the ground, which cannot be picked up again. But God does not take away life. He plans ways so that the one who is driven away may not be kept away from Him.

For the king will hear and save his woman servant from the man who would destroy both me and my son from the gift of God.'

Then your woman servant thought, ‘The word of my lord the king will comfort me. For my lord the king is like the angel of God in understanding what is good and bad. May the Lord your God be with you.'"

Your servant Joab has done this to change the way things are now. But my lord is wise like the angel of God, to know all that is on the earth."

Zadok came also, with all the Levites who carried the special box with the Law of God. Abiathar had the special box of God put down until all the people had passed out of the city.