And he said: Cursed is Canaan; a servant of servants he shall be to his brethren.

And he said: Blessed is Jehovah the God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.

that in blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore. And your Seed shall possess the gate of His enemies.

And in your Seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.

Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's children shall bow down before you.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to Him shall be the cleansing of the peoples.

After this it came to pass that David struck the Philistines and subdued them. And David took control of the mother city from the hand of the Philistines.

David also struck Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his hand at the River Euphrates.

And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of Syria.

And David took the shields of gold that had belonged to the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck down all the army of Hadadezer,

King David also consecrated these to Jehovah, along with the silver and gold that he had consecrated from all the nations which he had subdued;

And David made a name for himself when he returned from killing eighteen thousand Syrians in the Valley of Salt.

Thus David reigned over all Israel; and David was executing justice and righteousness to all his people.

Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were the priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

It happened after this that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.

And the chiefs of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, In your eyes, does David honor your father in sending comforters to you? Has David not sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

And when they reported it to David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.

And when David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

And when Joab saw that the battle line was against him before and behind, he chose some of Israel's choicest and set them in battle array to meet the Syrians.

Then he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall deliver me; but if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come to deliver you.

So Joab and the people with him drew near for the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.

And when the Syrians saw that they had been struck down before Israel, they gathered together.

And when it was reported to David, he gathered all Israel, crossed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in battle array to meet David and fought with him.

And when all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they had been smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the sons of Ammon anymore.

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Yet, I have set My King on My holy hill of Zion.

Ask of Me, and I will give the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.

He shall also have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Of the increase of His government and peace upon the throne of David there will be no end; and upon His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on, even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

And in the days of these kings, the God of Heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed. And the kingdom shall not be left to other people. It shall break in pieces and bring all these kingdoms to an end, and it shall stand forever.

Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold in pieces, the Great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass after this. And the dream is certain, and the interpretation of it is sure.

And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brethren I have given to him as servants; with grain and wine I have sustained him. What shall I do now for you, my son?

But the sons struggled together within her; and she said, If all is right, why am I like this? So she went to inquire of Jehovah.

And Jehovah said to her: Two nations are in your womb, two peoples shall be separated from your body; one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.

And Jacob said, Swear to me this day. So he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob.

He also put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And Jehovah gave victory to David wherever he went.

For it happened, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, after he had killed every male in Edom

(because for six months Joab remained there with all Israel, until he had cut down every male in Edom),

There was then no king in Edom, only a deputy of the king.

yet Judah has prevailed over his brothers, and from him is the chief ruler, although the birthright was Joseph's);

And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led his people and went to the Valley of Salt and killed ten thousand of the sons of Seir.

But as for the troops which Amaziah had dismissed, so that they should not go with him to battle, they raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon, killed three thousand in them, and plundered much spoils.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. Shushaneduth. Michtam of David, to teach; when he struggled with Syrian Naharaim and with Syrian Maachah, when Joab returned and struck twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt.] i0 par O God, You have cast us off, You have broken us, You were angry; bring us back.

You have shown Your people hard things; You have made us drink the wine of staggering.

That Your beloved may be rescued, deliver with Your right hand and respond to me.

Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the refuge of My head; Judah is My lawgiver;

Who will bring me into the strong city? Who will lead me into Edom?

Give us help from distress; for the help of man is vain.

You have made the earth tremble; You split it open. Heal its breaks, for it is shaking.

You have given a banner to those who fear You, to flee to before truth. Selah.

God has spoken in His holiness: I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth.

Moab is My washpot; over Edom will I cast off My shoe; Philistia, shout in triumph.

Have not You, O God, cast us off? And will not You, O God, go out with our armies?

Through God we shall do mightily; for it is He who will trample our enemies.

Who is this who comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah, this One adorned in His apparel, flexing His great strength? I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no one with Me; for I tread them in My anger and trample them in My fury, and their blood is sprinkled on My garments, and I have stained all My apparel.

And I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold; therefore My own arm has given victory for Me; and My fury sustained Me.

I have loved you, says Jehovah. Yet you say, In what way have You loved us? Was not Esau the brother to Jacob? says Jehovah; yet I loved Jacob,

Whereas Edom says, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says Jehovah of Hosts: They shall build, but I will tear down. And they shall call them the region of wickedness, and the people with whom Jehovah has indignation forever.

it was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger.

I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who despises you; and in you all families of the earth shall be blessed.

Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the eye of the earth. Come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall prevail to wage war and drive them out.

And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.

How shall I curse whom the Mighty God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom Jehovah has not denounced?

He has crouched, he has lain down as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall arouse him? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.

I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the sons of Ammon, with which they have reproached My people and have magnified themselves against their border.

Therefore, as I live, declares Jehovah of Hosts, the God of Israel, surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah, a possession of nettles, and saltpits, and a desolation forever. The rest of My people shall plunder them, and the remnant of the nation shall possess them.

And the King will answer and say to them, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.

Then He will answer them, saying, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.