19 You spoke once in a vision and said to your faithful people: ♦︎
I have set a youth above the mighty;
I have raised a young man over the people.
20 I have found David my servant; ♦︎
with my holy oil have I anointed him.
21 My hand shall hold him fast ♦︎
and my arm shall strengthen him.
22 No enemy shall deceive him, ♦︎
nor any wicked person afflict him.
23 I will strike down his foes before his face ♦︎
and beat down those that hate him.
24 My truth also and my steadfast love shall be with him, ♦︎
and in my name shall his head be exalted.
25 I will set his dominion upon the sea ♦︎
and his right hand upon the rivers.
26 He shall call to me, You are my Father, ♦︎
my God, and the rock of my salvation;
27 And I will make him my firstborn, ♦︎
the most high above the kings of the earth.
28 The love I have pledged to him will I keep for ever, ♦︎
and my covenant will stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever ♦︎
and his throne as the days of heaven.
30 But if his children forsake my law ♦︎
and cease to walk in my judgements,
31 If they break my statutes ♦︎
and do not keep my commandments,
32 I will punish their offences with a rod ♦︎
and their sin with scourges.
33 But I will not take from him my steadfast love ♦︎
nor suffer my truth to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break ♦︎
nor alter what has gone out of my lips.
35 Once for all have I sworn by my holiness ♦︎
that I will not prove false to David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever ♦︎
and his throne as the sun before me;
37 It shall stand fast for ever as the moon, ♦︎
the enduring witness in the heavens.
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19 Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one, and said:
I have set the crown* on one who is mighty,
I have exalted one chosen from the people.
20 I have found my servant David;
with my holy oil I have anointed him;
21 my hand shall always remain with him;
my arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not outwit him,
the wicked shall not humble him.
23 I will crush his foes before him
and strike down those who hate him.
24 My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him;
and in my name his horn shall be exalted.
25 I will set his hand on the sea
and his right hand on the rivers.
26 He shall cry to me, You are my Father,
my God, and the Rock of my salvation!
27 I will make him the firstborn,
the highest of the kings of the earth.
28 For-ever I will keep my steadfast love for him,
and my covenant with him will stand firm.
29 I will establish his line for ever,
and his throne as long as the heavens endure.
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15 So Bathsheba went to the king in his room. The king was very old; Abishag the Shunammite was attending the king. 16Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, What do you wish? 17She said to him, My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, saying: Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne. 18But now suddenly Adonijah has become king, though you, my lord the king, do not know it. 19He has sacrificed oxen, fatted cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the children of the king, the priest Abiathar, and Joab the commander of the army; but your servant Solomon he has not invited. 20But you, my lord the kingthe eyes of all Israel are on you to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors, that my son Solomon and I will be counted offenders.
22 While she was still speaking with the king, the prophet Nathan came in. 23The king was told, Here is the prophet Nathan. When he came in before the king, he did obeisance to the king, with his face to the ground. 24Nathan said, My lord the king, have you said, Adonijah shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne? 25For today he has gone down and has sacrificed oxen, fatted cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the kings children, Joab the commander* of the army, and the priest Abiathar, who are now eating and drinking before him, and saying, Long live King Adonijah! 26But he did not invite me, your servant, and the priest Zadok, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon. 27Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not let your servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
28 King David answered, Summon Bathsheba to me. So she came into the kings presence, and stood before the king. 29The king swore, saying, As the Lord lives, who has saved my life from every adversity, 30as I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne in my place, so will I do this day. 31Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, May my lord King David live for ever!
32 King David said, Summon to me the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada. When they came before the king, 33the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. 34There let the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet, and say, Long live King Solomon! 35You shall go up following him. Let him enter and sit on my throne; he shall be king in my place; for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 36Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so ordain. 37As the Lord has been with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.
38 So the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and had Solomon ride on King Davids mule, and led him to Gihon. 39There the priest Zadok took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, Long live King Solomon! 40And all the people went up following him, playing on pipes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth quaked at their noise.
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1King David was old and advanced in years; and although they covered him with clothes, he could not get warm. 2So his servants said to him, Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king, and let her wait on the king, and be his attendant; let her lie in your bosom, so that my lord the king may be warm. 3So they searched for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. 4The girl was very beautiful. She became the kings attendant and served him, but the king did not know her sexually.
5 Now Adonijah son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. 6His father had never at any time displeased him by asking, Why have you done that? He was also a very handsome man, and he was born next after Absalom. 7He conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with the priest Abiathar, and they supported Adonijah. 8But the priest Zadok, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the prophet Nathan, and Shimei, and Rei, and Davids own warriors did not side with Adonijah.
9 Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fatted cattle by the stone Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel, and he invited all his brothers, the kings sons, and all the royal officials of Judah, 10but he did not invite the prophet Nathan or Benaiah or the warriors or his brother Solomon.
11 Then Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomons mother, Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king and our lord David does not know it? 12Now therefore come, let me give you advice, so that you may save your own life and the life of your son Solomon. 13Go in at once to King David, and say to him, Did you not, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying: Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne? Why then is Adonijah king? 14Then while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words.
15 So Bathsheba went to the king in his room. The king was very old; Abishag the Shunammite was attending the king. 16Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king, and the king said, What do you wish? 17She said to him, My lord, you swore to your servant by the Lord your God, saying: Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne. 18But now suddenly Adonijah has become king, though you, my lord the king, do not know it. 19He has sacrificed oxen, fatted cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the children of the king, the priest Abiathar, and Joab the commander of the army; but your servant Solomon he has not invited. 20But you, my lord the kingthe eyes of all Israel are on you to tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. 21Otherwise it will come to pass, when my lord the king sleeps with his ancestors, that my son Solomon and I will be counted offenders.
22 While she was still speaking with the king, the prophet Nathan came in. 23The king was told, Here is the prophet Nathan. When he came in before the king, he did obeisance to the king, with his face to the ground. 24Nathan said, My lord the king, have you said, Adonijah shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne? 25For today he has gone down and has sacrificed oxen, fatted cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the kings children, Joab the commander* of the army, and the priest Abiathar, who are now eating and drinking before him, and saying, Long live King Adonijah! 26But he did not invite me, your servant, and the priest Zadok, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon. 27Has this thing been brought about by my lord the king and you have not let your servants know who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?
28 King David answered, Summon Bathsheba to me. So she came into the kings presence, and stood before the king. 29The king swore, saying, As the Lord lives, who has saved my life from every adversity, 30as I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, Your son Solomon shall succeed me as king, and he shall sit on my throne in my place, so will I do this day. 31Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and did obeisance to the king, and said, May my lord King David live for ever!
32 King David said, Summon to me the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada. When they came before the king, 33the king said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. 34There let the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet, and say, Long live King Solomon! 35You shall go up following him. Let him enter and sit on my throne; he shall be king in my place; for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 36Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king, Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, so ordain. 37As the Lord has been with my lord the king, so may he be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David.
38 So the priest Zadok, the prophet Nathan, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, went down and had Solomon ride on King Davids mule, and led him to Gihon. 39There the priest Zadok took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, Long live King Solomon! 40And all the people went up following him, playing on pipes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth quaked at their noise.
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4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and freed* us from our sins by his blood,
6and made* us to be a kingdom, priests serving* his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
7 Look! He is coming with the clouds;
every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.
So it is to be. Amen.
8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
9 I, John, your brother who share with you in Jesus the persecution and the kingdom and the patient endurance, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.* 10I was in the spirit* on the Lords day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11saying, Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamum, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
12 Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, 13and in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest. 14His head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire, 15his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.
17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, 18and the living one. I was dead, and see, I am alive for ever and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
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9Then Jesus* called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, 2and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal. 3He said to them, Take nothing for your journey, no staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor moneynot even an extra tunic. 4Whatever house you enter, stay there, and leave from there. 5Wherever they do not welcome you, as you are leaving that town shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them. 6They departed and went through the villages, bringing the good news and curing diseases everywhere.
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