II Samuel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 320

‘7—13, THE PERIOD OF SAMUEL.--11. SAM.. 8--7 16 18 20 2x 22 26 fathers, but I will raise an heir after you who shall come from your loins, and I will fix him in your kingship. He shall build a house to My name, amd I will establish tha throne of his kingship for ever! I shall be his Father, and he will be My son. He will be a guide- to the wandering; and I will cause him to correct men with a staff, and the sonsof Adam with a touch, and I will never turn my friendship from him, as I turned it from Saul, whenl caused it to tum from him to you; for your House, and your kingship shall endure for ever. Your throne shall be estab- lished for ever} All these words, and all this vision, Nathan related to David. King David consequently went and

sat before the EVER-LIVING and said, ‘Who am I, Loma, my Prince?

and who was my father, that You have brought me so far? But even this is little in Your sight, SUPREME LORD, for You have promised also to extend the house of Your servant, and to show this to a man, SUPREME L01219. So why again should. David speak to You further, since You know Your servant, SUPREME LORD? For according to Your promise, and Your heart, You have given all this great- ness to glorify Your servant. There- fore I magnify You, EvER—L1v1NG Gon, for there is none like You,. and there is no Gon except You, from all that we hear with our ears. And who are like Your People Israel? A singular nation in the earth, to whom a God comes to instruct it, as a People, and to tix a fame upon it, and to effect for it the mighty works and wonders in Your land, in the presence of Your People, whom You redeemed from the heathen of Mitzeraim and their gods. And established the People of Israel for Yourself, as a People for ever. And You are become their Evan-Livme Gon. ‘And also, Evmz-1.1vmc Gon, the

promise You have promised to Your servant, and to his house, to tix it for ever,—·—do what You have pro- mised;-and he will magnify Your name for ever, proclaiming the EVER- Livine Gon of Hosts, the Gon over Israel. So let the house of Your servant David, ‘ Evmz-1.1v1Nc, be established before You. For You, EvER»L1v1NG POWER, the Gon of Israel, have opened the ear to Your servant, when he said, ‘ I will build You a house;’ therefore let Your servant find the heart to pray this prayer to You ; for You, EvER—L1v1NG LORD, are the GOD, and Your pro- mises will become true, and also this good promise to Your servant. Therefore You have begun to bless the family of Your servant,that it may exist for ever before You ;——-for You, Even-1.1v1N<; Lonn, have pro- mised, and with Your blessing have blessed the family of Your servant (sc. ro4o.) gahib Gimtquzrs §hi1istia. It was after this that David attacked

the Philishtim and subdued them, when David took their metropoli`s from the Philishtim. 28

(s.c. 1o4o.) Quhih (hunquzrs muah. He also attacked Moab and 2 appointed a land-tax upon their farms, and imposed two taxations: one instead of inflicting death; and a tax for tribute whilst they lived. Thus the Moabites became David’s subjects, and paid tribute. (ac. roiio.) gahih §e£2ats the §ing uf Zulml;. David next defeated Hadadazer-

ben—Rekhab. king of Zobahl on his march to recover his power upon the river Euphrates, when David captured one thousand seven hundred of their chariots, and twenty thousand foot- men. But David destroyed all the chariot horses and only preserved a hundred chariots. (ac. 1o4o.) yahih ®¤¤qu2rzi@2s¤· rwtamia, tbz Qrami, smh (Ebert. The Arami of Damask, however, 5 came to assist Hadadazer, king of the Deltag but David defeated twenty- two thousand men of them in Aram. David afterward placed garrisons in 0 Aram of Damask, and Aram became subject to David, and bore tribute, for the EVER-LIVING worked for David wherever he went. Con- 7 sequently David took the shields of 1 The Marshes ofthe Delta ofthe Euphrates and 'I`igris.-·F. F. Tzobah. Le., the Marshes of the Delta of the Euphrates.···F. F, 320