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And what more can thy servant David say to thee? For thou knowest thy servant, O LORD God.

For thy words sake and according to thine own heart hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.

Therefore thou art great, O LORD God; for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

And is there a nation on the earth like thy people Israel, whom God saved to be a people for himself and to make him a name and to do for him great and notable deeds upon the earth, as he had done in former days for thy people whom thou savedst for thyself out of Egypt, a people whose God thou art?

For thou hast established for thyself thy people Israel to be a people to thee for ever; and thou, O LORD, hast become their God.

And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house, confirm it for ever, and do as thou hast said.

And let thy name be magnified for ever, and let everything be as thou hast said, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee for ever.

For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build you a house; therefore thy servant has purposed in his heart to pray this prayer before thee.

And now, O LORD God, thou art God and thy words are true, for thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant;

Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O LORD God, hast spoken it; and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.

Then Toa sent Joram his son to King David to salute him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadarezer and defeated him; for Hadarezer was a warlike man. And Joram the son of Toa took with him vessels of silver and vessels of gold and vessels of brass; and brought them to David;

AND David said, Is there yet any one left of the house of Saul, that I may show kindness to him for Jonathans sake?

And the king said to him, Is there any one still left of the house of Saul, that I may show kindness to him for the sake of God? And Ziba said to the king, There is yet a son left to Jonathan, who is lame in his feet.

And David said to him, Fear not; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your fathers sake, and I will restore to you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually.

And he bowed himself and said, What is your servant, that you should look upon me? For I am like a dead dog.

You therefore and your sons and your servants shall till the land for him, and you shall bring in food for your masters son, that he may eat; but Mephibosheth your masters son shall eat bread always at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he ate continually at the kings table; and he was lame in both his feet.

Then said David, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me. So David sent by his servants to comfort him for his father. And Davids servants came to the land of the Ammonites.

And he said to Abishai his brother, If the Arameans prove too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the Ammonites prove too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

Be of good courage, and let us fight for the sake of our people and for the sake of the cities of our God: and the LORD will do what is good in his sight.