Thus I will afflictthe descendantsof Davidfor this,but not always.'"
"For we will surelydieand are like waterspilledon the groundwhichcannotbe gatheredup again. Yet Goddoes not takeaway life,but planswaysso that the banishedonewill not be castout from him.
But to his sonI will giveonetribe,that My servantDavidmay havea lampalwaysbeforeMe in Jerusalem,the citywhereI have chosenfor Myself to putMy name.
Then it will be, that ifyou listento allthat I commandyou and walkin My ways,and dowhatis rightin My sightby observingMy statutesand My commandments,as My servantDaviddid,then I will be with you and buildyou an enduringhouseas I builtfor David,and I will giveIsraelto you.
Solomonsoughttherefore to putJeroboamto death;but Jeroboamaroseand fledto Egyptto Shishakkingof Egypt,and he was in Egyptuntilthe deathof Solomon.
When allIsrael[saw] that the kingdid not listento them, the peopleansweredthe king,saying,"Whatportiondo we have in David?[We have] noinheritancein the sonof Jesse;To your tents,O Israel!Nowlookafter your own house,David!"So Israeldepartedto their tents.
and torethe kingdomawayfrom the houseof Davidand gaveit to you-- yet you have not beenlike My servantDavid,whokeptMy commandmentsand whofollowedMe with allhis heart,to doonlythat whichwas rightin My sight;
"Thereforethe LordHimselfwill giveyou a sign:Behold,a virginwill be with childand beara son,and she will callHis nameImmanuel.
Therewill be noendto the increaseof [His] governmentor of peace,On the throneof Davidand overhis kingdom,To establishit and to upholdit with justiceand righteousnessFrom thenon and forevermore.The zealof the LORDof hostswill accomplishthis.
for todayin the cityof Davidthere has been bornfor you a Savior,whois Christthe Lord.
Josephalsowentup from Galilee,from the cityof Nazareth,to Judea,to the cityof Davidwhichis calledBethlehem,becausehe was of the houseand familyof David,