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And Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you."

For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from dwelling to dwelling.

and I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you. And I will make for you a name, like the name of the great ones of the earth.

And I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more. And violent men shall waste them no more, as formerly,

He shall build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.

And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God. You have also spoken of your servant's house for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, O Lord God!

And what more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant.

For your servant's sake, O Lord , and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making for yourself a name for great and awesome things, in driving out nations before your people whom you redeemed from Egypt?

For you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. Therefore your servant has found courage to pray before you.

Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you, for it is you, O Lord , who have blessed, and it is blessed forever."

And David took from him 1,000 chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. And David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough for 100 chariots.

he sent his son Hadoram to King David, to ask about his health and to bless him because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him; for Hadadezer had often been at war with Tou. And he sent all sorts of articles of gold, of silver, and of bronze.

And David said, "I will deal kindly with Hanun the son of Nahash, for his father dealt kindly with me." So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David's servants came to the land of the Ammonites to Hanun to console him.

and they departed. When David was told concerning the men, he sent messengers to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, "Remain at Jericho until your beards have grown and then return."

And he said, "If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you.

Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him."

So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians for battle, and they fled before him.

But Joab said, "May the Lord add to his people a hundred times as many as they are! Are they not, my lord the king, all of them my lord's servants? Why then should my lord require this? Why should it be a cause of guilt for Israel?"

But he did not include Levi and Benjamin in the numbering, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab.