First Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 960

xg Your servant! Evan-Lrvmo, accord- ing to Your own heart You have done all these great things for Your ser-

20 vant! LORD,there is none like You! 2 I 22 26 There is no GOD except Yourself, from all we have heard with our ears. And who is like Your People of Israel? A singular People in the earth, whom GOD went to redeem for Himself. A People to bear Your great and terrible NAME, which advanced before Your People, whom You redeemed from the heathen Mitzeraim; and have made Israel Your People for ever! And You, Evmz—r,1vmo, have been a Gonvto themi ‘- But now, LORD, the Promise that

You have promised to Your servant and to his house, let it be firm for ever, and do according to Your pro- mise! Yes! let it be firm, and enlarge Your NAME for ever, by the declaration that the LORD of HOSTS, the GOD of Israel, is the GOD for Israel; and that the House of David, Your Servant, is fixed before You for ever. For You LORD have revealed it to Your servant, that you will build him a house, and therefore let Your servant hud his heart to pray before You. For You are the Evan-Lrvmo GOD Who has promised this benefxt to Your servant; as now You have been pleased to bless the Houseof Your servant to continue before You for-ever,—-·so You, the EVER-LWING, haveblessed and will bless it for (About 1040 ac.) @airih subhuzs Iyilistin. 18 It was subsequently to this that David defeated the Philishtim, and subdued them, and captured Gath and its villages from the hands of the Philishtim. 2 He then defeated Moab; and the Moabites became subjects of David, paying a tribute. (About 1039 ac.) 3 David afterwards defeated Hada- dezer, King ofZobah,1 as he marched to establish his power beyond the

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Delta of the Euphrates, at the bead of the Persian Gulf.-·F. F. River Frath,1 when David captured from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand infantry. But David , destroyed all the chariots, only reserving a hundred chariots from them. But the Arami of Damask came to

assist Hadadezer, King of Zobah, when David slew twenty·two thou- sand in Aram. David afterwards settled Damascan Aram, and Aram became subject to David, paying a tribute. Thus the LORD gave David victory wherever he went. David, however, took the shields

of gold which the guards of Hade- dezer carried and brought them to jerusalem. And from Tibkhath, and Kan, cities of Hadadezer, David took a very great i quantity of brass, of which Solomon made the Brazen Sea, and the Columns and Instru· ments of brass. When T haw the King of Hamath g heard that David had defeated all the forces of Hadadezer, King of Zobah,2 he sent Hadoram his son, to ro King David, to wish him health, and to congratulate him about how he- had conquered Hadadezer, and de- feated all his men. Thaw had been at war with Hadadezer; and he sent vessels of gold, silver, and brass. These also King David dedicated to the LORD, with the silver and gold which was paid by all the Nations. By Edom, and Moab, and the Beni~ Amon, and from the Philishtim, and from the Amalakites. Abishi-ben·Zeruiah also defeated

eighteen thousand of Edom in the Salt~vale. He then put garrisons in Edom, and all Edom became subject to David, and the LORD gave David victory wherever he went, so David reigned over all Israel, and brought justice and Right to all the People. ]oab·ben~Zeruiah commanded the

Army; and jhoshafat-ben—Akhilud was Secretary of State; and Zadok,~ben-Akhitub, and Abimalek- ben-Abiathar were Priests; and Shansha, Secretary; and Beniah,- ben··]hoiada was over the Guards 1 Euphrates. II I2 16

The Delta of the

Euhrates and Tigris rivers, at the Persian pGu f——F. F.