Ketuvim
Divrei HaYamim Alef17
1 Chronicles · Chapter 17
Now it came to pass, as Dawid sat in his house, that Dawid said to Nathan the navi, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the b'rit of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
remaineth under curtains.
Then Nathan said unto Dawid, Do all that is in thine heart; for Elohim
is with thee.
And it came to pass the same night, that the word of Elohim came to Nathan, saying,
Go and tell Dawid my servant, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Yisra'el unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from
one mishkan
to another.
Wheresoever I have walked with all Yisra'el, spake I a word to any of the judges of Yisra'el, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant Dawid, Thus saith 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote,
even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Yisra'el:
And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that
are in the earth.
Also I will ordain a place for my people Yisra'el, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning,
And since the time that I commanded judges
to be over my people Yisra'el. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will build thee an house.
And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go
to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom.
He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took
it from
him that was before thee:
But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto Dawid.
And Dawid the king came and sat before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and said, Who
am I, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim, and what
is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?
And
yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O Elohim; for thou hast
also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim.
What can Dawid
speak more to thee for the honour of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant.
O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), for thy servant’s sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH),
there is none like thee, neither
is there any
Elohim beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
And what one nation in the earth
is like thy people Yisra'el, whom Elohim went to redeem
to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Mitsrayim?
For thy people Yisra'el didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), becamest their Elohim.
Therefore now, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.
Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) of hosts
is the Elohim of Yisra'el,
even
a Elohim to Yisra'el: and
let the house of Dawid thy servant
be established before thee.
For thou, O my Elohim, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found
in his heart to pray before thee.
And now, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), thou art Elohim, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and
it shall be blessed for ever.
Ketuvim
Divrei HaYamim Alef18
1 Chronicles · Chapter 18
Now after this it came to pass, that Dawid smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines.
And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became Dawid’s servants,
and
brought gifts.
And Dawid smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates.
And Dawid took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: Dawid also houghed all the chariot
horses,
but reserved of them an hundred chariots.
And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, Dawid slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men.
Then Dawid put
garrisons in Syria-damascus; and the Syrians became Dawid’s servants,
and brought gifts. Thus 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) preserved Dawid whithersoever he went.
And Dawid took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Yerushalayim.
Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought Dawid very much brass, wherewith Shelomoh made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass.
Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how Dawid had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah;
He sent Hadoram his son to king Dawid, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and
with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
Them also king Dawid dedicated unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), with the silver and the gold that he brought from all
these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.
Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became Dawid’s servants. Thus 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) preserved Dawid whithersoever he went.
So Dawid reigned over all Yisra'el, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
And Joab the son Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar,
were the kohanim; and Shavsha was scribe;
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada
was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of Dawid
were chief about the king.
Ketuvim
Divrei HaYamim Alef19
1 Chronicles · Chapter 19
Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead.
And Dawid said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father shewed kindness to me. And Dawid sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of Dawid came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.
But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that Dawid doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land?
Wherefore Hanun took Dawid’s servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away.
Then there went
certain, and told Dawid how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Yericho until your beards be grown, and
then
return.
And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to Dawid, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syria-maachah, and out of Zobah.
So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.
And when Dawid heard
of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men.
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come
were by themselves in the field.
Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Yisra'el, and put
them in array against the Syrians.
And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set
themselves in array against the children of Ammon.
And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee.
Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our Elohim: and let 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) do
that which is
good in his sight.
So Joab and the people that
were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Yerushalayim.
And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Yisra'el, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that
were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer
went
before them.
And it was told Dawid; and he gathered all Yisra'el, and passed over Yarden, and came upon them, and set
the battle in array against them. So when Dawid had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.
But the Syrians fled before Yisra'el; and Dawid slew of the Syrians seven thousand
men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Yisra'el, they made peace with Dawid, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.