BRAGAGAYJAH
924
After
many years, the Lord gave David rest from all his enemies round about, and as
he sat in his house one day, David spoke to Nathan the prophet and said to him
that while he the king lived in his fine house of cedar, the ark of the
covenant of God lay placed behind curtains. And Nathan the prophets told the
king to proceed and do all that was in his heart to do because the Lord was
with him. And it happened that, that very night the word of the Lord came to
Nathan to go and tell his servant David, “Shall you build me a house for me to
dwell in? Why do you want to build me
house, seeing from the day I brought the children of Israel out of Egypt I have
dwelt in tents and in tabernacles up to this day?” In all the places wherein I have
walked with the children of Israel, did I ever speak a word to any of the
tribes of Israel whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, asking them to
build me a house? Now therefore, thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus
says the Lord of Hosts. I took you from
the sheepfold from following the sheep to be ruler over my people Israel. And I
was with you wherever you went, and cut off all your enemies out of your sight,
and have made you a great name like all the great names that are on the earth.
In addition I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them
that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more, neither shall
the children of wickedness afflict them as before. (to be continued).
No comments:
Post a Comment