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944 1 Chronicles 17

and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the

tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon,

to offer burnt offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt

offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to

all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded

Israel ;

and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were

chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord,

because his mercy endureth for ever ;

and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals

for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments

of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

¶ And all the people departed every man to his house : and David

returned to bless his house.

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God’s Covenant with David

Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to

Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of

the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains.

Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart ; for God

is with thee.

¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to

Nathan, saying,

Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not

build me a house to dwell in :

for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel

unto this day ; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one

tabernacle to another.

Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of

the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying,

Why have ye not built me a house of cedars?

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