Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel. So David said to Joab and the commanders of the troops, "Go and count the Israelites from Beersheba to Dan. Then report back to me so that I may know how many there are."But Joab replied, "May the LORD multiply his troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all my lord's subjects? Why does my lord want to d...  Read More

"And now, LORD, let the promise you have made concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised, so that it will be established and that your name will be great forever. Then people will say, "The LORD Almighty, the God over Israel, is Israel's God!' And the house of your servant David will be established before you."You, my God, have revealed to your servant that yo...  Read More

" 'I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you. . . I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. . . I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. . .' "Nathan reported to David all the words of this entire revelation.Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and said:"Who am I, LORD,...  Read More

After David was settled in his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."Nathan replied to David, "Whatever you have in mind, do it, for God is with you."But that night the word of God came to Nathan, saying:"Go and tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD says . . . ' ""I took you from the pasture...  Read More

They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God. After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each Israelite man and woman.. . . David ...  Read More

I pray that the eyes of your heart [understanding] may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in His holy people, and His incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength He exerted when He raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, far ...  Read More