So he won over all the men of Judah, and they unanimously sent word to the king: ‘Come back, you and all your servants.’
2 Samuel 22:44 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known serve me. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, Thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: A people which I knew not shall serve me. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You also have delivered me from strife with my people; You kept me as the head of the nations. People whom I had not known served me. American Standard Version (1901) Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me. Common English Bible You delivered me from struggles with many people; you appointed me the leader of many nations. Strangers come to serve me. Catholic Public Domain Version You will save me from the contradictions of my people. You will preserve me to be the head of the Gentiles; a people I do not know shall serve me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou wilt save me from the contradictions of my people; thou wilt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: the people which I know not shall serve me, |
So he won over all the men of Judah, and they unanimously sent word to the king: ‘Come back, you and all your servants.’
People throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves, saying, ‘The king rescued us from the grasp of our enemies, and he saved us from the grasp of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.
The woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn, and they dispersed from the city, each to his own tent. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
During the long war between the house of Saul and the house of David, David was growing stronger and the house of Saul was becoming weaker.
All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, ‘Here we are, your own flesh and blood. ,
Since I have made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples,
so you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the Lord your God, even the Holy One of Israel, has glorified you.’
For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve you will perish; those nations will be annihilated.
‘I was sought by those who did not ask; I was found by those who did not seek me. I said, “Here I am, here I am,” to a nation that did not call on my name.
He was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, so that those of every people, nation, and language should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will not be destroyed.
I will sow her in the land for myself, and I will have compassion on Lo-ruhamah; I will say to Lo-ammi: You are my people, and he will say, ‘You are my God.’
And again, Isaiah says, The root of Jesse will appear, the one who rises to rule the Gentiles; the Gentiles will hope in him. ,
As it also says in Hosea, I will call Not My People, My People, and she who is Unloved, Beloved. ,
The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upwards and never downwards if you listen to the Lord your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.
The seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.