No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
1 Chronicles 16:43 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then all the people departed to their homes, and David went home to bless his household. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then all the people departed, each man to his house, and David returned home to bless his household. American Standard Version (1901) And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house. Common English Bible Then all of the people left for their homes. And David returned to bless his household. Catholic Public Domain Version And all the people returned to their houses, and David also, so that he might bless his own house too. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all the people returned to their houses: and David to bless also his own house. |
No, for I have chosen him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king and went to their tents joyful and in good spirits because of all the goodness that the Lord had shown to his servant David and to his people Israel.
Now when David settled in his house, David said to the prophet Nathan, “I am living in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.”
I will study the way that is blameless. When shall I attain it? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;
Now if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”