Today’s
Reading : 2Samuel 6 – 8 and Romans 11 (KJV)
2Samuel 6
2Sa
6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men
of Israel, thirty thousand.
2Sa 6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people
that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God,
whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth
between the cherubims.
2Sa 6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart,
and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
2Sa 6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was
at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
2Sa 6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played
before the LORD on all manner of instruments
made of
fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels,
and on cornets, and on cymbals.
2Sa 6:6 And when they came to Nachon's
threshingfloor, Uzzah put
forth his hand
to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
2Sa 6:7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against
Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
2Sa 6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD
had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name
of the place Perez-uzzah to this day.
2Sa 6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day,
and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
2Sa 6:10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD
unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
2Sa 6:11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the
house of Obed-edom the Gittite
three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all
his household.
2Sa 6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD
hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him,
because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the
house of Obed-edom into the city of David with
gladness.
2Sa 6:13 And it was so,
that when they that bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed
oxen and fatlings.
2Sa 6:14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was
girded with a linen ephod.
2Sa 6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought
up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
2Sa 6:16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city
of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David
leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
2Sa 6:17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and
set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for
it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
2Sa 6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of
offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name
of the LORD of hosts.
2Sa 6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well
to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh,
and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his
house.
2Sa 6:20 Then David returned to bless his household.
And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious
was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the
handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
2Sa 6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was
before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to
appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I
play before the LORD.
2Sa 6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and
will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken
of, of them shall I be had in honour.
2Sa 6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no
child unto the day of her death.
2Samuel 7
2Sa
7:1 And it came to pass, when the king sat in his
house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
2Sa 7:2 That the king said unto Nathan the prophet,
See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth
within curtains.
2Sa 7:3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for
the LORD is with thee.
2Sa 7:4 And it came to pass that night, that the word
of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying,
2Sa 7:5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build
me a house for me to dwell in?
2Sa 7:6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the
children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent
and in a tabernacle.
2Sa 7:7 In all the
places wherein I have walked with all
the children of Israel spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I
commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me a house of
cedar?
2Sa 7:8 Now therefore so shalt
thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD
of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler
over my people, over Israel:
2Sa 7:9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine
enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name
of the great men that are in the earth.
2Sa 7:10 Moreover I will appoint a place for my people
Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and
move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more,
as formerly,
2Sa 7:11 And as since the time that I commanded judges
to be
over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth
thee that he will make thee a house.
2Sa 7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after
thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
2Sa 7:13 He shall build a house for my name, and I
will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
2Sa 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son.
If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the
stripes of the children of men:
2Sa 7:15 But my mercy shall not depart away from him,
as I took it from Saul, whom I put away
before thee.
2Sa 7:16 And thine house and
thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: thy throne shall be
established forever.
2Sa 7:17 According to all these words, and according
to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
2Sa 7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the
LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD?
and what is my house, that thou hast
brought me hitherto?
2Sa 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight,
O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while
to come. And is this the manner of man,
O Lord GOD?
2Sa 7:20 And what can David say more unto thee? for
thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant.
2Sa 7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to
make thy servant know them.
2Sa 7:22 Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is
none like thee, neither is there any
God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
2Sa 7:23 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even
like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a
name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy
people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?
2Sa 7:24 For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people
Israel to be
a people unto thee forever: and thou, LORD, art become their God.
2Sa 7:25 And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast
spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it, forever, and do as thou hast said.
2Sa 7:26 And let thy name be magnified forever,
saying, The LORD of hosts is the God
over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
2Sa 7:27 For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel,
hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee a house: therefore hath
thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee.
2Sa 7:28 And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou
hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
2Sa 7:29 Therefore now let it please thee to bless the
house of thy servant, that it may continue forever before thee: for thou, O
Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy
blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed forever.
2Samuel 8
2Sa
8:1 And after this it came to pass, that David
smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah
out of the hand of the Philistines.
2Sa 8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a
line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put
to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so
the Moabites became David's servants, and
brought gifts.
2Sa 8:3 David smote also Hadadezer,
the son of Rehob, king of Zobah,
as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
2Sa 8:4 And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty
thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for a hundred chariots.
2Sa 8:5 And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand
men.
2Sa 8:6 Then David put garrisons in Syria of
Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and
brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
2Sa 8:7 And David took the shields of gold that were
on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to
Jerusalem.
2Sa 8:8 And from Betah, and
from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer,
king David took exceeding much brass.
2Sa 8:9 When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,
2Sa 8:10 Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless
him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and
smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram
brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass:
2Sa 8:11 Which also king David did dedicate unto the
LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he
subdued;
2Sa 8:12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of
Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer,
son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
2Sa 8:13 And David got him
a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
2Sa 8:14 And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all
Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the
LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
2Sa 8:15 And David reigned over all Israel; and David
executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
2Sa 8:16 And Joab the son of
Zeruiah was
over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
2Sa 8:17 And Zadok the son
of Ahitub, and Ahimelech
the son of Abiathar, were
the priests; and Seraiah was
the scribe;
2Sa 8:18 And Benaiah the son
of Jehoiada was
over both the Cherethites
and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief
rulers.
Romans 11
Rom
11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people?
God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
Rom 11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he
foreknew. Wot ye not what the Scripture saith of Elijah? how he maketh
intercession to God against Israel, saying,
Rom 11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I
am left alone, and they seek my life.
Rom 11:4 But what saith the
answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have
not bowed the knee to the image of
Baal.
Rom 11:5 Even so then at this present time also there
is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Rom 11:6 And if by grace, then is it no
more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of
works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
Rom 11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that
which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained
it, and the rest were blinded.
Rom 11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given
them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they
should not hear;) unto this day.
Rom 11:9 And David saith,
Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock,
and a recompense unto them:
Rom 11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not
see, and bow down their back always.
Rom 11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they
should fall? God forbid: but rather
through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to
jealousy.
Rom 11:12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing
of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness?
Rom 11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am
the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
Rom 11:14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which
are my flesh, and might save some of
them.
Rom 11:15 For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of
them be,
but life from the dead?
Rom 11:16 For if the firstfruit
be holy, the lump is also holy:
and if the root be holy, so are the branches.
Rom 11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off,
and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in
among them, and with them partakest of the root and
fatness of the olive tree;
Rom 11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou
boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
Rom 11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken
off, that I might be grafted in.
Rom 11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken
off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
Rom 11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed
lest he also spare not thee.
Rom 11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of
God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue
in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Rom 11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in
unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
Rom 11:24 For if thou wert
cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert
grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these,
which be the natural branches, be
grafted into their own olive tree?
Rom 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that
blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be
come in.
Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is
written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away
ungodliness from Jacob:
Rom 11:27 For this is
my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Rom 11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are
enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are
beloved for the fathers' sakes.
Rom 11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
Rom 11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed
God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
Rom 11:31 Even so have these also now not believed,
that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
Rom 11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that
he might have mercy upon all.
Rom 11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom
and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are
his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Rom 11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or
who hath been his counsellor?
Rom 11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall
be recompensed unto him again?
Rom 11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.