And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He bore witness and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.

Also, in time past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and Jehovah your God said to you, You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over My people Israel.

And David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seems good to you, and it is of Jehovah our God, let us send out and broadcast to our brethren everywhere who are left in all the land of Israel, and to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities and their common lands, that they may gather together to us;

And all the assembly responded to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

and he said to them, You are the heads of the fathers of the Levites; consecrate yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.

And David commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren as singers with instruments of song, lutes, harps, and resounding cymbals, to raise the voice with joy.

Thus David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the house of Obed-Edom with joy.

David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the leader in uplifting singing. David also wore a linen ephod.

And it happened, as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the City of David, that Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David whirling and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

Thus David reigned over all Israel, executing judgment and justice to all his people.

Then David said, This is the house of Jehovah God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel.

And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails of the doors of the gates and for the joints, and bronze in abundance beyond weight,

And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house to be built for Jehovah must be exceedingly magnificent, for fame and glory throughout all lands. I will now make preparation for it. So David made abundant preparations before his death.

And David said to Solomon: My son, as for me, it was in my heart to build a house to the name of Jehovah my God;

Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be Solomon, for I will give peace and tranquillity to Israel in his days.

Now, my son, may Jehovah be with you; and may you prosper, and build the house of Jehovah your God, as He has spoken concerning you.

Then you will prosper, if you take care to fulfill the statutes and judgments which Jehovah has commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage; do not fear nor be dismayed.

Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance: hewers and craftsmen in stone and timber, and wise men for every kind of work.

David also commanded all the rulers of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying,

Now give your hearts and your souls to seek Jehovah your God. Therefore arise and build the sanctuary of Jehovah God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Jehovah and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of Jehovah.

from following the ewes nursing their young He brought him, to shepherd Jacob His people, and Israel His inheritance.

So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.

And he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

When your days are fulfilled and you have rested with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.

So David rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David.

After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until the present time, but some have fallen asleep.

Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you sorrow not as others who have no hope.

Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

And it shall be, when your days have been fulfilled to go to your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you from your sons; and I will establish his kingdom.

And Solomon rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David his father. And Rehoboam his son reigned in his place.

So Rehoboam rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David. And Abijah his son reigned in his place.

And Jehoshaphat rested with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the City of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his place.

So Uzziah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, He is a leper. And Jotham his son reigned in his place.

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you have been taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

if I have said to corruption, You are my father, and to the worm, You are my mother and my sister;

and after my skin has been struck off from my flesh, I shall see God:

Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not a stranger. O how my reins have been exhausted within me!

They lie down together in the dust, and worms cover them.

that he might yet live forever and never see the pit.

Like sheep they are appointed to the grave; death shall shepherd them, and the upright shall have the rule over them in the morning; their form is consumed; Sheol is their home.

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, Lord, by this time there is a stench, for it is four days.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.

It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.