The Second Book of Shemu'el, starting at chapter 7
{7:1} It happened, when the king lived in his house, and the LORD
had given him rest from all his enemies round about, {7:2} that the
king said to Natan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar,
but the ark of God dwells within curtains. {7:3} Natan said to the
king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you.
{7:4} It happened the same night, that the word of the LORD came to
Natan, saying, {7:5} Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD,
Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in? {7:6} for I have not
lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of
Yisra'el out of Mitzrayim, even to this day, but have walked in a tent
and in a tent. {7:7} In all places in which I have walked with all the
children of Yisra'el, spoke I a word with any of the tribes of
Yisra'el, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Yisra'el,
saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? {7:8} Now
therefore thus shall you tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD of
Hosts, I took you from the sheep pen, from following the sheep, that
you should be prince over my people, over Yisra'el; {7:9} and I have
been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies
from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the name of
the great ones who are in the [1>]eretz[<1]. {7:10} I will appoint a
place for my people Yisra'el, and will plant them, that they may dwell
in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children
of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first, {7:11} and [as]
from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Yisra'el;
and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover the LORD
tells you that the LORD will make you a house. {7:12} When your days
are fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up
your seed after you, who shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will
establish his kingdom. {7:13} He shall build a house for my name, and
I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. {7:14} I will be
his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will
chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children
of men; {7:15} but my loving kindness shall not depart from him, as I
took it from Sha'ul, whom I put away before you. {7:16} Your house and
your kingdom shall be made sure for ever before you: your throne shall
be established forever. {7:17} According to all these words, and
according to all this vision, so did Natan speak to David. {7:18} Then
David the king went in, and sat before the LORD; and he said, Who am
I, Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
{7:19} This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord GOD; but you have
spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and
this [too] after the manner of men, Lord GOD! {7:20} What can David
say more to you? for you know your servant, Lord GOD. {7:21} For your
word's sake, and according to your own heart, have you worked all this
greatness, to make your servant know it. {7:22} Therefore you are
great, LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God
besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. {7:23}
What one nation in the [2>]eretz[<2] is like your people, even like
Yisra'el, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make
him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for
your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of
Mitzrayim, [from] the nations and their gods? {7:24} You did establish
to yourself your people Yisra'el to be a people to you forever; and
you, LORD, became their God. {7:25} Now, LORD God, the word that you
have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm
you it forever, and do as you have spoken. {7:26} Let your name be
magnified forever, saying, the LORD of hosts is God over Yisra'el; and
the house of your servant David shall be established before you.
{7:27} For you, LORD of Hosts, the God of Yisra'el, have revealed to
your servant, saying, I will build you a house: therefore has your
servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you. {7:28} Now, O
Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised
this good thing to your servant: {7:29} now therefore let it please
you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever
before you; for you, Lord GOD, have spoken it: and with your blessing
let the house of your servant be blessed forever.
{8:1} After this it happened that David struck the Pelishtim, and
subdued them: and David took the bridle of the mother city out of the
hand of the Pelishtim. {8:2} He struck Mo'av, and measured them with
the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two
lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Mo`avim
became servants to David, and brought tribute. {8:3} David struck also
Hadad`ezer the son of Rechov, king of Tzovah, as he went to recover
his dominion at the River. {8:4} David took from him one thousand
seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David
hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred
chariots. {8:5} When the Aram of Dammesek came to help Hadad`ezer king
of Tzovah, David struck of the Aram two and twenty thousand men. {8:6}
Then David put garrisons in Aram of Dammesek; and the Aram became
servants to David, and brought tribute. The LORD gave victory to David
wherever he went. {8:7} David took the shields of gold that were on
the servants of Hadad`ezer, and brought them to Yerushalayim. {8:8}
From Betach and from Berotai, cities of Hadad`ezer, king David took
exceeding much brass. {8:9} When To`i king of Hamat heard that David
had struck all the host of Hadad`ezer, {8:10} then To`i sent Yoram his
son to king David, to Greet him, and to bless him, because he had
fought against Hadad`ezer and struck him: for Hadad`ezer had wars with
To`i. [Yoram] brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold,
and vessels of brass: {8:11} These also did king David dedicate to the
LORD, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations
which he subdued; {8:12} of Aram, and of Mo'av, and of the children of
`Ammon, and of the Pelishtim, and of `Amalek, and of the spoil of
Hadad`ezer, son of Rechov, king of Tzovah. {8:13} David got him a name
when he returned from smiting the Aram in the Valley of Salt, even
eighteen thousand men. {8:14} He put garrisons in Edom; throughout all
Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edom became servants to David. The
LORD gave victory to David wherever he went. {8:15} David reigned over
all Yisra'el; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his
people. {8:16} Yo'av the son of Tzeru'yah was over the host; and
Yehoshafat the son of Achilud was recorder; {8:17} and Tzadok the son
of Achituv, and Achimelekh the son of Avyatar, were [1>]Kohanim[<1];
and Serayah was [2>]Sofer[<2]; {8:18} and Benayah the son of Yehoiada
[was over] the Kereti and the Peleti; and David's sons were chief
ministers.
{9:1} David said, Is there yet any who is left of the house of
Sha'ul, that I may show him kindness for Yonatan's sake? {9:2} There
was of the house of Sha'ul a servant whose name was Tziva, and they
called him to David; and the king said to him, Are you Tziva? He said,
Your servant is he. {9:3} The king said, Is there not yet any of the
house of Sha'ul, that I may show the kindness of God to him? Tziva
said to the king, Yonatan has yet a son, who is lame of his feet.
{9:4} The king said to him, Where is he? Tziva said to the king,
Behold, he is in the house of Makhir the son of `Ammi'el, in Lo-Devar.
{9:5} Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Makhir
the son of `Ammi'el, from Lo-Devar. {9:6} Mefivoshet, the son of
Yonatan, the son of Sha'ul, came to David, and fell on his face, and
did obeisance. David said, Mefivoshet. He answered, Behold, your
servant! {9:7} David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will
surely show you kindness for Yonatan your father's sake, and will
restore you all the land of Sha'ul your father; and you shall eat
bread at my table continually." {9:8} He did obeisance, and said,
"What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I
am?" {9:9} Then the king called to Tziva, Sha'ul's servant, and said
to him, "All that pertained to Sha'ul and to all his house have I
given to your master's son. {9:10} You shall till the land for him,
you, and your sons, and your servants; and you shall bring in [the
fruits], that your master's son may have bread to eat: but Mefivoshet
your master's son shall eat bread always at my table." Now Tziva had
fifteen sons and twenty servants. {9:11} Then said Tziva to the king,
According to all that my lord the king commands his servant, so shall
your servant do. As for Mefivoshet, [said the king], he shall eat at
my table, as one of the king's sons. {9:12} Mefivoshet had a young
son, whose name was Mikha. All that lived in the house of Tziva were
servants to Mefivoshet. {9:13} So Mefivoshet lived in Yerushalayim;
for he ate continually at the king's table. He was lame in both his
feet.
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Footnotes:
[1] {7:9} earth
[2] {7:23} earth
[1] {8:17} priests
[2] {8:17} scribe
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