in order to establish the oath I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is today.” ’ I answered, ‘Amen, Lord.’
Let your name be confirmed and magnified for ever in the saying, ‘The Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ May the house of your servant David be established before you.
‘Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me out of all my father’s family to be king over Israel for ever. For he chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah, my father’s family, and from my father’s sons, he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.