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Benaiah and Jahaziel were priests who blew the trumpets regularly before the Ark of the Agreement with God.

He is the Lord our God. His laws are for all the world.

Say to him, "Save us, God our Savior, and bring us back and save us from other nations. Then we will thank you and will gladly praise you."

Praise the Lord , the God of Israel. He always was and always will be. All the people said "Amen" and praised the Lord .

Heman and Jeduthun also had the job of playing the trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments when songs were sung to God. Jeduthun's sons guarded the gates.

Nathan said to David, "Do what you want to do, because God is with you."

But that night God spoke his word to Nathan, saying,

Nathan told David everything God had said in this vision.

Then King David went in and sat in front of the Lord . David said, " Lord God, who am I? What is my family? Why did you bring me to this point?

But that was not enough for you, God. You have also made promises about my future family. Lord God, you have treated me like a very important person.

"There is no one like you, Lord . There is no God except you. We have heard all this ourselves!

There is no nation like your people Israel. They are the only people on earth that God chose to be his own. You made your name well known by the great and wonderful things you did for them. You went ahead of them and forced other nations out of the land. You freed your people from slavery in Egypt.

You made the people of Israel your very own people forever, and, Lord , you are their God.

Then you will be honored always, and people will say, ‘The Lord All-Powerful, the God over Israel, is Israel's God!' And the family of your servant David will continue before you.

"My God, you have told me that you would make my family great. So I, your servant, am brave enough to pray to you.

Lord , you are God, and you have promised these good things to me, your servant.

Be strong. We must fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The Lord will do what he thinks is right."

David had done something God had said was wrong, so God punished Israel.

Then David said to God, "I have sinned greatly by what I have done! Now, I beg you to forgive me, your servant, because I have been very foolish."

God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but when the angel started to destroy it, the Lord saw it and felt very sorry about the terrible things that had happened. So he said to the angel who was destroying, "That is enough! Put down your arm!" The angel of the Lord was then standing at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.