The Lord helps his king win many battles! The Lord shows his true love for his chosen king. He will be loyal to David and to his descendants forever!
2 Samuel 7:29 - Easy To Read Version Now, please, bless my family. Let them stand before you {and serve you} forever. Lord my Master, you yourself said these things. You yourself blessed my family with a blessing that will continue forever.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore now let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord God, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let [his] house be blessed forever. American Standard Version (1901) now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee; for thou, O Lord Jehovah, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. Common English Bible So now willingly bless your servant’s dynasty so that it might continue forever before you, because you, LORD God, have promised. Let your servant’s dynasty be blessed forever by your blessing. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, begin, and bless the house of your servant, so that it may be forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken. And so, let the house of your servant be blessed with your blessing forever." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now begin, and bless the house of thy servant, that it may endure for ever before thee: because thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it, and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. |
The Lord helps his king win many battles! The Lord shows his true love for his chosen king. He will be loyal to David and to his descendants forever!
Later, David defeated the Philistines. The Philistine capital city had controlled a large area of land. David took control of that land.
Lord, you have been kind enough to bless my family.You were kind enough to promise that my family will serve you forever. Lord, you yourself blessed my family, so my family really will be blessed forever!”
Listen closely to the things I say.\par Listen to me so your souls will live.\par Come to me and I will make an agreement\par with you that will continue forever.\par It will be like the agreement\par that I made with David.\par I promised David that I would love him\par and be loyal to him forever.\par And you can trust that agreement.\par