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1 And so they took the ark of God, and they set it in the midst of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it. And they offered holocausts and peace offerings before God. 2 And when David had completed offering holocausts and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. […]

1 Now when David was living in his house, he said to the prophet Nathan: “Behold, I live in a house of cedar. But the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under tent skins.” 2 And Nathan said to David: “Do all that is in your heart. For God is with you.” 3 […]

1 Now after these things, it happened that David struck the Philistines, and he humbled them, and he took Gath and her daughters from the hand of the Philistines. 2 And he struck Moab. And the Moabites became the servants of David, offering gifts to him. 3 In that time, David also struck Hadadezer, the […]

1 Now it happened that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, died, and his son reigned in his place. 2 And David said: “I will act with mercy toward Hanun, the son of Nahash. For his father was gracious to me.” And so David sent messengers to console him over the death of […]

1 Now it happened that, after the course of a year, in the time when kings usually go forth to war, Joab gathered an army with experienced soldiers, and he laid waste to the land of the sons of Ammon. And he continued on and besieged Rabbah. But David was staying in Jerusalem when Joab […]

1 Now Satan rose up against Israel, and he incited David so that he would number Israel. 2 And David said to Joab and to the leaders of the people: “Go, and number Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan. And bring me the number, so that I may know it.” 3 And Joab responded: “May […]

1 And David said, “This is the house of God, and this is the altar for the holocaust of Israel.” 2 And he instructed them to gather all the new converts from the land of Israel. And from these he appointed stoneworkers, to hew stones and to polish them, so that he might build the […]

1 Then David, being old and full of days, appointed his son Solomon as king over Israel. 2 And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel, with the priests as well as the Levites. 3 And the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward. And there were found thirty-eight thousand […]

1 Now these were the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar. 2 But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and without children. And so Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priestly office. 3 And David distributed them, that is, Zadok of the sons of […]

1 Then David and the magistrates of the army set apart, for the ministry, the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps and psalteries and cymbals, in accord with their number, having been dedicated to their appointed office. 2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, […]