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In truth, does not my house stand right with God? For He has made an agreement with me that lasts forever. It is planned right in all things, and sure. For will He not make all my help and my desire grow?

But Joab said to the king, "May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are. And may it be while the eyes of my lord the king still see. But why does my lord the king find this thing pleasing?"

When David got up in the morning, the word of the Lord came to Gad, the one who spoke for God to David. The Lord said,

Araunah gives all this to the king." And Araunah said, "May the Lord your God be pleased with your gift."

But the king said to Araunah, "No, I will buy it from you for a price. I will not give burnt gifts to the Lord my God which I do not pay for." So David bought the grain-floor and the bulls for fifty pieces of silver.

But Zadok the religious leader, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the man of God, Shimei, Rei, and David's strong men, were not with Adonijah.

But he did not ask Nathan the man of God, Benaiah, the strong men or his brother Solomon to come.

She said to him, "My lord, you promised your woman servant by the Lord your God, saying, ‘For sure your son Solomon will be king after me. He will sit on my throne.'

While she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the man of God came in.

They told the king, "Here is Nathan who speaks for God." When Nathan came in front of the king, he put his face to the ground.

I promised you by the Lord the God of Israel, saying, ‘Your son Solomon will be king after me. He will sit on my throne in my place.' And I will even do so this day."

Then King David said, "Call to me Zadok the religious leader, Nathan the man of God, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." And they came to the king.

Let Zadok the religious leader and Nathan the man of God set him apart there as king over Israel. Sound the horn and say, ‘Long live King Solomon!'

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, "Let it be so! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so!

So Zadok the religious leader, Nathan the man of God, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down to Gihon. And they brought Solomon with them, on King David's horse.

The king has sent with him Zadok the religious leader, Nathan the man of God, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And they have made him travel on the king's horse.

Zadok the religious leader and Nathan the man of God have set him apart as king in Gihon. They have come up from there filled with joy, so there is much noise in the city. This is the noise you have heard.

What is more, the king's servants came to give honor to our lord King David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!' And the king put his face down upon the bed.

The king said, ‘Thanks be to the Lord, the God of Israel. He has given one to sit on my throne today while my own eyes see it.'"

Do what the Lord your God tells you. Walk in His ways. Keep all His Laws and His Word, by what is written in the Law of Moses. Then you will do well in all that you do and in every place you go.