You know, O LORD, that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.

He died at a ripe old age, wealthy and respected, and his son Solomon succeeded him as king.

For David served God's purposes in his own time, and then he died, was buried with his ancestors, and his body rotted in the grave.

You yourself will live to a ripe old age, die in peace, and be buried.

The LORD said to Moses, "You will soon die, and after your death the people will become unfaithful to me and break the covenant that I made with them. They will abandon me and worship the pagan gods of the land they are about to enter.

If you don't, as soon as you are dead, my son Solomon and I will be treated as traitors."

David died and was buried in David's City.

"My friends, I must speak to you plainly about our famous ancestor King David. He died and was buried, and his grave is here with us to this very day.

He gave me many sons, and out of them all he chose Solomon to rule over Israel, the LORD's kingdom.

When you die and are buried with your ancestors, I will make one of your sons king and will keep his kingdom strong.

He will be the one to build a temple for me, and I will make sure that his dynasty continues forever.

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He had intercourse with her, and she bore a son, whom David named Solomon. The LORD loved the boy

and commanded the prophet Nathan to name the boy Jedidiah, because the LORD loved him.

"And now the LORD has kept his promise. I have succeeded my father as king of Israel, and I have built the Temple for the worship of the LORD God of Israel.

You made a solemn promise to David--- a promise you will not take back: "I will make one of your sons king, and he will rule after you.

The LORD says, "The time is coming when I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will rule wisely and do what is right and just throughout the land.

When he is king, the people of Judah will be safe, and the people of Israel will live in peace. He will be called 'The LORD Our Salvation.'

It is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ: as to his humanity, he was born a descendant of David;

as to his divine holiness, he was shown with great power to be the Son of God by being raised from death.