So when Phinehasthe priestand the leadersof the congregation,even the headsof the familiesof Israelwho[were] with him, heardthe wordswhichthe sonsof Reubenand the sonsof Gadand the sonsof Manassehspoke,it pleasedthem.
So Esausawthat the daughtersof Canaandispleasedhis fatherIsaac;
Thus the thingwas rightin the sightof the kingand allthe assembly.
[This] wordpleasedthe kingand the princes,and the kingdidas Memucanproposed.
A gentleanswerturnsawaywrath,But a harshwordstirsup anger.
When they heardthis,they quieted downand glorifiedGod,saying,"Well then,Godhas grantedto the Gentilesalsothe repentance[that leads] to life."
"Farbe it from us that we should rebelagainst the LORDand turnawayfrom followingthe LORDthis day,by buildingan altarfor burntoffering,for grain offeringor for sacrifice,besidesthe altarof the LORDour Godwhichis beforeHis tabernacle."
And Phinehasthe sonof Eleazarthe priestsaidto the sonsof Reubenand to the sonsof Gadand to the sonsof Manasseh,"Todaywe knowthat the LORDis in our midst,becauseyou have not committedthisunfaithfulactagainst the LORD;nowyou have deliveredthe sonsof Israelfrom the handof the LORD."
The wordpleasedthe sonsof Israel,and the sonsof IsraelblessedGod;and they did not speakof goingup againstthem in warto destroythe landin whichthe sonsof Reubenand the sonsof Gadwere living.
"Godhas giventhe leadersof Midian,Oreband Zeebinto your hands;and whatwas I ableto doin comparison with you?" Thentheir angertowardhim subsidedwhen he saidthat.
Then AchishcalledDavidand saidto him, "[As] the LORDlives,you [have been] upright,and your goingout and your comingin with me in the armyare pleasingin my sight;for I have not foundevilin you from the dayof your comingto me to thisday.Nevertheless, you are not pleasingin the sightof the lords.
