
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant,
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken

Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken
![5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.](https://evangeliumofgrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EOG0223-768x768.jpg)
And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and
![1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh.](https://evangeliumofgrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EOG0760-768x768.jpg)
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed

And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But

And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. 2
![5 And David sent messengers unto the men of Jayesh–gilead, and said unto them, Blessed [be] ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, [even] unto Saul, and have buried him.](https://evangeliumofgrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/MTR0424-768x768.jpg)
And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. 2 Samuel 2:1 – 2:32

And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the Lord, and for the house of

And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men
![4 Then David and the people that [were] with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.](https://evangeliumofgrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/MTR0508-768x768.jpg)
Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came