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 <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1">David Becomes King Over Israel</div><div class="p"> 1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, &#8220;We are your own flesh and blood. 2In the past, while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the Lord said to you, &#8216;You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 3When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.</div><div class="p"> 4David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.</div><div class="s1">David Conquers Jerusalem</div><div class="p"> 6The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there. The Jebusites said to David, &#8220;You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off.&#8221; They thought, &#8220;David cannot get in here.&#8221; 7Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion&#8212;which is the City of David.</div><div class="p"> 8On that day David had said, &#8220;Anyone who conquers the Jebusites will have to use the water shaft to reach those &#8216;lame and blind&#8217; who are David&#8217;s enemies.#5:8 Or are hated by David&#8221; That is why they say, &#8220;The &#8216;blind and lame&#8217; will not enter the palace.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 9David then took up residence in the fortress and called it the City of David. He built up the area around it, from the terraces#5:9 Or the Millo inward. 10And he became more and more powerful, because the Lord God Almighty was with him.</div><div class="p"> 11Now Hiram king of Tyre sent envoys to David, along with cedar logs and carpenters and stonemasons, and they built a palace for David. 12Then David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.</div><div class="p"> 13After he left Hebron, David took more concubines and wives in Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. 14These are the names of the children born to him there: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet.</div><div class="s1">David Defeats the Philistines</div><div class="p"> 17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold. 18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim; 19so David inquired of the Lord, &#8220;Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?&#8221;</div><div class="p">The Lord answered him, &#8220;Go, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hands.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 20So David went to Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He said, &#8220;As waters break out, the Lord has broken out against my enemies before me.&#8221; So that place was called Baal Perazim.#5:20 Baal Perazim means the lord who breaks out. 21The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.</div><div class="p"> 22Once more the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim; 23so David inquired of the Lord, and he answered, &#8220;Do not go straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the poplar trees. 24As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the poplar trees, move quickly, because that will mean the Lord has gone out in front of you to strike the Philistine army.&#8221; 25So David did as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon#5:25 Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 14:16); Hebrew Geba to Gezer.</div>
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 <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1">The Ark Brought to Jerusalem</div><div class="p"> 1David again brought together all the able young men of Israel&#8212;thirty thousand. 2He and all his men went to Baalah#6:2 That is, Kiriath Jearim (see 1 Chron. 13:6) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name,#6:2 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate do not have the Name. the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark. 3They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart 4with the ark of God on it,#6:3,4 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text cart 4 and they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill and Ahio was walking in front of it. 5David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,#6:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.</div><div class="p"> 6When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. 7The Lord&#8217;s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.</div><div class="p"> 8Then David was angry because the Lord&#8217;s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.#6:8 Perez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.</div><div class="p"> 9David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, &#8220;How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?&#8221; 10He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 11The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household.</div><div class="p"> 12Now King David was told, &#8220;The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.&#8221; So David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing. 13When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. 14Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, 15while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets.</div><div class="p"> 16As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.</div><div class="p"> 17They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord. 18After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty. 19Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.</div><div class="p"> 20When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, &#8220;How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 21David said to Michal, &#8220;It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord&#8217;s people Israel&#8212;I will celebrate before the Lord. 22I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 23And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.</div>
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 <div class="q1">15Shouts of joy and victory</div><div class="q2">resound in the tents of the righteous:</div><div class="q1">&#8220;The Lord&#8217;s right hand has done mighty things!</div><div class="q2"> 16The Lord&#8217;s right hand is lifted high;</div><div class="q2">the Lord&#8217;s right hand has done mighty things!&#8221;</div><div class="q1"> 17I will not die but live,</div><div class="q2">and will proclaim what the Lord has done.</div><div class="q1"> 18The Lord has chastened me severely,</div><div class="q2">but he has not given me over to death.</div><div class="q1"> 19Open for me the gates of the righteous;</div><div class="q2">I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.</div><div class="q1"> 20This is the gate of the Lord</div><div class="q2">through which the righteous may enter.</div><div class="q1"> 21I will give you thanks, for you answered me;</div><div class="q2">you have become my salvation.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 22The stone the builders rejected</div><div class="q2">has become the cornerstone;</div><div class="q1"> 23the Lord has done this,</div><div class="q2">and it is marvelous in our eyes.</div><div class="q1"> 24The Lord has done it this very day;</div><div class="q2">let us rejoice today and be glad.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 25 Lord, save us!</div><div class="q2"> Lord, grant us success!</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 26Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.</div><div class="q2">From the house of the Lord we bless you.#118:26 The Hebrew is plural.</div><div class="q1"> 27The Lord is God,</div><div class="q2">and he has made his light shine on us.</div><div class="q1">With boughs in hand, join in the festal procession</div><div class="q2">up#118:27 Or Bind the festal sacrifice with ropes / and take it to the horns of the altar.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 28You are my God, and I will praise you;</div><div class="q2">you are my God, and I will exalt you.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 29Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;</div><div class="q2">his love endures forever.</div>
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 <div class="label">23</div><div class="s2">Saying 7</div><div class="q1"> 1When you sit to dine with a ruler,</div><div class="q2">note well what#23:1 Or who is before you,</div><div class="q1"> 2and put a knife to your throat</div><div class="q2">if you are given to gluttony.</div><div class="q1"> 3Do not crave his delicacies,</div><div class="q2">for that food is deceptive.</div><div class="s2">Saying 8</div><div class="q1"> 4Do not wear yourself out to get rich;</div><div class="q2">do not trust your own cleverness.</div><div class="q1"> 5Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone,</div><div class="q2">for they will surely sprout wings</div><div class="q2">and fly off to the sky like an eagle.</div><div class="s2">Saying 9</div><div class="q1"> 6Do not eat the food of a begrudging host,</div><div class="q2">do not crave his delicacies;</div><div class="q1"> 7for he is the kind of person</div><div class="q2">who is always thinking about the cost.#23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is</div><div class="q1">&#8220;Eat and drink,&#8221; he says to you,</div><div class="q2">but his heart is not with you.</div><div class="q1"> 8You will vomit up the little you have eaten</div><div class="q2">and will have wasted your compliments.</div><div class="s2">Saying 10</div><div class="q1"> 9Do not speak to fools,</div><div class="q2">for they will scorn your prudent words.</div><div class="s2">Saying 11</div><div class="q1"> 10Do not move an ancient boundary stone</div><div class="q2">or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,</div><div class="q1"> 11for their Defender is strong;</div><div class="q2">he will take up their case against you.</div><div class="s2">Saying 12</div><div class="q1"> 12Apply your heart to instruction</div><div class="q2">and your ears to words of knowledge.</div><div class="s2">Saying 13</div><div class="q1"> 13Do not withhold discipline from a child;</div><div class="q2">if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.</div><div class="q1"> 14Punish them with the rod</div><div class="q2">and save them from death.</div><div class="s2">Saying 14</div><div class="q1"> 15My son, if your heart is wise,</div><div class="q2">then my heart will be glad indeed;</div><div class="q1"> 16my inmost being will rejoice</div><div class="q2">when your lips speak what is right.</div><div class="s2">Saying 15</div><div class="q1"> 17Do not let your heart envy sinners,</div><div class="q2">but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.</div><div class="q1"> 18There is surely a future hope for you,</div><div class="q2">and your hope will not be cut off.</div><div class="s2">Saying 16</div><div class="q1"> 19Listen, my son, and be wise,</div><div class="q2">and set your heart on the right path:</div><div class="q1"> 20Do not join those who drink too much wine</div><div class="q2">or gorge themselves on meat,</div><div class="q1"> 21for drunkards and gluttons become poor,</div><div class="q2">and drowsiness clothes them in rags.</div><div class="s2">Saying 17</div><div class="q1"> 22Listen to your father, who gave you life,</div><div class="q2">and do not despise your mother when she is old.</div><div class="q1"> 23Buy the truth and do not sell it&#8212;</div><div class="q2">wisdom, instruction and insight as well.</div><div class="q1"> 24The father of a righteous child has great joy;</div><div class="q2">a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.</div><div class="q1"> 25May your father and mother rejoice;</div><div class="q2">may she who gave you birth be joyful!</div><div class="s2">Saying 18</div><div class="q1"> 26My son, give me your heart</div><div class="q2">and let your eyes delight in my ways,</div><div class="q1"> 27for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,</div><div class="q2">and a wayward wife is a narrow well.</div><div class="q1"> 28Like a bandit she lies in wait</div><div class="q2">and multiplies the unfaithful among men.</div><div class="s2">Saying 19</div><div class="q1"> 29Who has woe? Who has sorrow?</div><div class="q2">Who has strife? Who has complaints?</div><div class="q2">Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?</div><div class="q1"> 30Those who linger over wine,</div><div class="q2">who go to sample bowls of mixed wine.</div><div class="q1"> 31Do not gaze at wine when it is red,</div><div class="q2">when it sparkles in the cup,</div><div class="q2">when it goes down smoothly!</div><div class="q1"> 32In the end it bites like a snake</div><div class="q2">and poisons like a viper.</div><div class="q1"> 33Your eyes will see strange sights,</div><div class="q2">and your mind will imagine confusing things.</div><div class="q1"> 34You will be like one sleeping on the high seas,</div><div class="q2">lying on top of the rigging.</div><div class="q1"> 35&#8220;They hit me,&#8221; you will say, &#8220;but I&#8217;m not hurt!</div><div class="q2">They beat me, but I don&#8217;t feel it!</div><div class="q1">When will I wake up</div><div class="q2">so I can find another drink?&#8221;</div>
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 <div class="label">27</div><div class="s1">Paul Sails for Rome</div><div class="p"> 1When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment. 2We boarded a ship from Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia, and we put out to sea. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, was with us.</div><div class="p"> 3The next day we landed at Sidon; and Julius, in kindness to Paul, allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs. 4From there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us. 5When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. 6There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board. 7We made slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus. When the wind did not allow us to hold our course, we sailed to the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone. 8We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.</div><div class="p"> 9Much time had been lost, and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Day of Atonement.#27:9 That is, Yom Kippur So Paul warned them, 10&#8220;Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.&#8221; 11But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship. 12Since the harbor was unsuitable to winter in, the majority decided that we should sail on, hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there. This was a harbor in Crete, facing both southwest and northwest.</div><div class="s1">The Storm</div><div class="p"> 13When a gentle south wind began to blow, they saw their opportunity; so they weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete. 14Before very long, a wind of hurricane force, called the Northeaster, swept down from the island. 15The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into the wind; so we gave way to it and were driven along. 16As we passed to the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were hardly able to make the lifeboat secure, 17so the men hoisted it aboard. Then they passed ropes under the ship itself to hold it together. Because they were afraid they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor#27:17 Or the sails and let the ship be driven along. 18We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day they began to throw the cargo overboard. 19On the third day, they threw the ship&#8217;s tackle overboard with their own hands. 20When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and the storm continued raging, we finally gave up all hope of being saved.</div><div class="p"> 21After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up before them and said: &#8220;Men, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete; then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss. 22But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed. 23Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me 24and said, &#8216;Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.&#8217; 25So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me. 26Nevertheless, we must run aground on some island.&#8221;</div><div class="s1">The Shipwreck</div><div class="p"> 27On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic#27:27 In ancient times the name referred to an area extending well south of Italy. Sea, when about midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land. 28They took soundings and found that the water was a hundred and twenty feet#27:28 Or about 37 meters deep. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet#27:28 Or about 27 meters deep. 29Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight. 30In an attempt to escape from the ship, the sailors let the lifeboat down into the sea, pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow. 31Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, &#8220;Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.&#8221; 32So the soldiers cut the ropes that held the lifeboat and let it drift away.</div><div class="p"> 33Just before dawn Paul urged them all to eat. &#8220;For the last fourteen days,&#8221; he said, &#8220;you have been in constant suspense and have gone without food&#8212;you haven&#8217;t eaten anything. 34Now I urge you to take some food. You need it to survive. Not one of you will lose a single hair from his head.&#8221; 35After he said this, he took some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat. 36They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves. 37Altogether there were 276 of us on board. 38When they had eaten as much as they wanted, they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into the sea.</div><div class="p"> 39When daylight came, they did not recognize the land, but they saw a bay with a sandy beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. 40Cutting loose the anchors, they left them in the sea and at the same time untied the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach. 41But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf.</div><div class="p"> 42The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping. 43But the centurion wanted to spare Paul&#8217;s life and kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land. 44The rest were to get there on planks or on other pieces of the ship. In this way everyone reached land safely.</div>
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 <div class="p">13I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. </div>
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