God’s Promise to David^(A)

7 After the king was settled in his palace^(B) and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies^(C) around him,^(D)

¹⁶ Then the Lord raised up judges,^[a](A) who saved^(B) them out of the hands of these raiders.

⁹ “But they forgot^(A) the Lord their God; so he sold them^(B) into the hand of Sisera,^(C) the commander of the army of Hazor,^(D) and into the hands of the Philistines^(E) and the king of Moab,^(F) who fought against them. ¹⁰ They cried^(G) out to the Lord and said, ‘We have sinned; we have forsaken^(H) the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtoreths.^(I) But now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve you.’ ¹¹ Then the Lord sent Jerub-Baal,^[a](J) Barak,^[b](K) Jephthah^(L) and Samuel,^[c](M) and he delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around you, so that you lived in safety.

²⁸ “Please forgive^(A) your servant’s presumption. The Lord your God will certainly make a lasting^(B) dynasty for my lord, because you fight the Lord’s battles,^(C) and no wrongdoing^(D) will be found in you as long as you live.