Discovery Box| (1.00) | 1Ch 17:3 |
| That night God told Nathan the prophet, 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 17:4 |
| “Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: “You must not build me a house in which to live. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 17:6 |
| Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say 1 to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, 2 ‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’ |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 17:7 |
| “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord who commands armies 1 says: “I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd 2 to make you a leader of my people Israel. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 17:15 |
| Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him. 1 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 17:17 |
| And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. 1 You have revealed to me what men long to know, 2 O Lord God. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 17:19 |
| O Lord, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, 1 you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 17:23 |
| So now, O Lord, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! 1 Do as you promised, 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 17:24 |
| so 1 it may become a reality 2 and you may gain lasting fame, 3 as people say, 4 ‘The Lord who commands armies is the God of Israel.’ 5 David’s dynasty 6 will be established before you, |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 17:26 |
| Now, O Lord, you are the true God; 1 you have made this good promise to your servant. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 18:10 |
| he sent his son Hadoram 1 to King David to extend his best wishes 2 and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. 3 He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. 4 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 19:2 |
| David said, “I will express my loyalty 1 to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal 2 to me.” So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father’s death. 3 When David’s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king’s sympathy, 4 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 19:5 |
| Messengers 1 came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho 2 until your beards grow again; then you may come back.” |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 19:16 |
| When the Arameans realized they had been defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, 1 led by Shophach the commanding general of Hadadezer’s army. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 19:17 |
| When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, 1 and marched against them. 2 David deployed his army against the Arameans for battle and they fought against him. 3 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 19:19 |
| When Hadadezer’s subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 20:2 |
| David took the crown from the head of their king 1 and wore it 2 (its weight was a talent 3 of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 20:3 |
| He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. 1 This was his policy 2 with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 20:5 |
| There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, 1 whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom. 2 |
| (1.00) | 1Ch 21:2 |
| David told Joab and the leaders of the army, 1 “Go, count the number of warriors 2 from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have.” 3 |
