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1 Chronicles 14:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

David now knew that the LORD had made him a powerful king of Israel for the good of his people.

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I will make sure that one of your descendants will always be king.

David, this is what I, the LORD All-Powerful, say to you. I brought you in from the fields where you took care of sheep, and I made you the leader of my people.

I praise the LORD your God. He is pleased with you and has made you king of Israel. The LORD loves Israel, so he has given them a king who will rule fairly and honestly.

King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. They brought along carpenters and stone workers, and enough cedar logs to build David a palace.

After David moved to Jerusalem, he married more women and had more sons and daughters.

and yet you have promised to do even more for my descendants. You are treating me as if I am a very important person.

I will pay your woodcutters two thousand tonnes of wheat, the same amount of barley, four hundred thousand litres of wine, and that same amount of olive oil.

Hiram sent his answer back to Solomon: I know that the LORD must love his people, because he has chosen you to be their king.

If you don't speak up now, we will somehow get help, but you and your family will be killed. It could be that you were made queen for a time like this!”

However, you must realize that these mysteries weren't explained to me because I am cleverer than everyone else. Instead, it was done so that you would understand what you have seen.

You and your descendants will prosper like an orchard beside a stream. Your king will rule with power and be a greater king than Agag the Amalekite.

Today I am giving you the laws and teachings of the LORD your God. Always obey them, and the LORD will make Israel the most famous and important nation on earth, and he will bless you in many ways.




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