And there was a transgressor there, and his name was Sheba, a Benjamite, the son of Bichri: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we [any] inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel!

for the king did not hearken to them. And the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David, or [what] inheritance [have we] in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! See now to your own house, O David! So all Israel went to their tents.

And he said, Not so. I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains as a flock without a shepherd. And the Lord said, [Is] not God [the] Lord of these? Let each one return to his home in peace.

And the herald of the army stood at sunset, saying, Let every man go to his own city and his own land,

Only I will not take away the whole kingdom; I will give one tribe to your son for David My servant's sake, and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen.

However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, (for I will certainly resist him all the days of his life,) for the sake of My servant David, whom I have chosen.

But to his son I will give the two [remaining] tribes, that My servant David may have an establishment continually before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.

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But My mercy I will not take from him, as I took it from those whom I removed from My presence.

And his house shall be made sure, and his kingdom forever before Me, and his throne shall be established forever.

Why did the heathen rage, and the nations imagine vain things?

[saying], Let us break through Their bonds, and cast away Their yoke from us.

Then shall He speak to them in His anger, and trouble them in His fury.

For the inward thought of man shall give thanks to You, and the memorial of his inward thought shall keep a feast to You.

And I will establish his seed forever and ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.

if they should profane My ordinances, and not keep My commandments;

But My mercy I will not utterly remove from him, nor wrong My truth.

Once have I sworn by My holiness, that I will not lie to David.

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There will I cause to spring up a horn to David: I have prepared a lamp for My Anointed.

And a message was brought to the house of David, saying, Aram has conspired with Ephraim. And his soul was amazed, and the soul of his people, as in a wood a tree is moved by the wind.

We will go up against Judah, and having conferred with them we will turn them away to our side, and we will make the son of Tabel king over it;

thus says the Lord of hosts, This counsel shall not abide, nor come to pass.

For a Child is born to us, and a Son is given to us, whose government is upon His shoulder; and His name is called the Messenger of great counsel; for I will bring peace upon the princes, and health to Him.

His government shall be great, and of His peace there is no end; [it shall be] upon the throne of David, and [upon] His kingdom, to establish it, and to support [it] with judgment and with righteousness, from this time forward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this.

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgment and righteousness on the earth.

In his days both Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell securely. And this is his name, which the Lord shall call Him, Josedek among the prophets.

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But his citizens hated him, and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We will not have this man to reign over us.'

Nevertheless bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay [them] before me.'"

And they did not deal mercifully with the house of Jerubbaal, (that is, Gideon) according to all the good which he did to Israel.

And there came a messenger to David, saying, the heart of the men of Israel has gone after Absalom.

And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him.