I also gaveyou your master'shouseand your master'swivesinto your care,and I gaveyou the houseof Israeland Judah;and if[that had been] too little,I would have addedto you many more things like these!
"Thussaysthe LORD,'Behold,I will raiseup evilagainstyou from your own household;I will even takeyour wivesbefore your eyesand give[them] to your companion,and he will liewith your wivesin broaddaylight.
"The richmanhada greatmanyflocksand herds.
Then the menof Judahcameand thereanointedDavidkingoverthe houseof Judah.And they toldDavid,saying,"It was the menof Jabesh-gileadwhoburiedSaul."
At Hebronhe reignedoverJudahsevenyearsand sixmonths,and in Jerusalemhe reignedthirty-threeyearsoverallIsraeland Judah.
"And yetthiswas insignificantin Your eyes,O LordGOD,for You have spokenalsoof the houseof Your servantconcerning the distantfuture.And thisis the customof man,O LordGOD.
Davidsaidto him, "Do not fear,for I will surelyshowkindnessto you for the sakeof your fatherJonathan,and will restoreto you allthe landof your grandfatherSaul;and you shall eatat my tableregularly."
KingSolomonansweredand saidto his mother,"And whyare you askingAbishagthe Shunammitefor Adonijah?Askfor him also the kingdom--for he is my olderbrother--even for him, for Abiatharthe priest,and for Joabthe sonof Zeruiah!"
For the LORDGodis a sunand shield;The LORDgivesgraceand glory;Nogoodthingdoes He withholdfrom those who walkuprightly.
But You, O Lord,are a Godmercifuland gracious,Slowto angerand abundantin lovingkindnessand truth.
He whodid not spareHis ownSon,but deliveredHim over for us all,howwill He not alsowith Him freely giveus all things?
"Whythen did you not obeythe voiceof the LORD,but rushedupon the spoiland didwhatwas evilin the sightof the LORD?"
