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Bible Reading for August 27

1 Chronicles 17
[1] Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to
Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the
covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. [2] Then Nathan said unto
David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.
[3] And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying,
[4] Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build
me an house to dwell in:
[5] For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel
unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to
another.
[6] Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the
judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye
not built me an house of cedars?
[7] Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the
LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the
sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: [8] And I have
been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine
enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the
great men that are in the earth. [9] Also I will ordain a place for my
people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place,
and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste
them any more, as at the beginning, [10] And since the time that I
commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all
thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an
house.
[11] And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go
to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which
shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. [12] He shall build
me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. [13] I will be his
father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him,
as I took it from him that was before thee: [14] But I will settle him in
mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established
for evermore. [15] According to all these words, and according to all this
vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
[16] And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O
LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? [17]
And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also
spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded
me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. [18] What
can David speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou
knowest thy servant.
[19] O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast
thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. [20]
O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee,
according to all that we have heard with our ears. [21] And what one nation
in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his
own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving
out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
[22] For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and
thou, LORD, becamest their God.
[23] Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning
thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as
thou hast said.
[24] Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever,
saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and
let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. [25] For
thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house:
therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. [26] And
now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
[27] Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it
shall be blessed for ever.

1 Chronicles 18
[1] Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and
subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the
Philistines.
[2] And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.
[3] And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to
stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. [4] And David took from him a
thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand
footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an
hundred chariots. [5] And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help
Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand
men. [6] Then David put garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became
David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David
whithersoever he went.
[7] And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of
Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. [8] Likewise from Tibhath, and
from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith
Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
[9] Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of
Hadarezer king of Zobah;
[10] He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and
to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten
him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels
of gold and silver and brass.
[11] Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the
gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and
from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. [12]
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of
salt eighteen thousand.
[13] And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's
servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. [14] So
David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all
his people.
[15] And Joab the son Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of
Ahilud, recorder.
[16] And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were
the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; [17] And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were
chief about the king.

1 Chronicles 19
[1] Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of
Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. [2] And David said, I will
shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed
kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his
father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of
Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. [3] But the princes of the children of
Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that
he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for
to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
[4] Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off
their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. [5]
Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he
sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said,
Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. [6] And when
the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David,
Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire
them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah,
and out of Zobah.
[7] So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah
and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of
Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
[8] And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the
mighty men.
[9] And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before
the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in
the field.
[10] Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and
behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array
against the Syrians.
[11] And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his
brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
[12] And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help
me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help
thee.
[13] Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our
people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is
good in his sight.
[14] So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians
unto the battle; and they fled before him. [15] And when the children of
Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his
brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
[16] And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before
Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond
the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before
them. [17] And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed
over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them.
So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought
with him.
[18] But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians
seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen,
and killed Shophach the captain of the host. [19] And when the servants of
Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made
peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help
the children of Ammon any more.

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