Day 111: OT Second Kings C21-24 (END); King David’s Canticle of Thanksgiving to the Lord!
“The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my savior. God is my strong one, in him I will trust: my shield, and the horn of my salvation: he lifteth me up, and is my refuge: my savior, thou wilt deliver me from Iniquity. I will call on the Lord who is worthy to be praised: and I shall be saved from my enemies.”
Different from King David’s recent Psalm of Praise in First Paralipomenon:
Day 139: OT 1 Paralipomenon C11-17; David Praises the Lord & Assembles Army of God!
Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make known his doings among the nations. Sing to him, yes, sing praises to him: and relate all this wondrous works. Praise ye his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice, that seek the Lord. Seek ye the Lord, and his power: seek ye his face evermore.
Here near the end of his life when he appoints his son Solomon to take over the reign of Israel we have once again King David praising the Glory of God with his Thanksgiving Prayer:
Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.
Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and power, and glory, and victory: and to thee is praise: for all that is in heaven, and in earth, is thine: thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art above all princes. Thine are riches, and thing is glory, thou hast dominion over all, in thy hand is power and might; in thy hand greatness, and the empire of all things. Now therefore, our God, we give thanks to thee, and we praise thy glorious name. Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to promise thee all these things? All things are thine: and we have given thee what we received of thy hand. For we are all sojourners before thee, and strangers, as were all our fathers. Our days upon earth are as a shadow, and there is no stay.
O Lord God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep for ever this will of their heart, and let this mind remain always for the worship of thee. And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, that he may keep thy commandments, thy testimonies; and thy ceremonies, and do all things: and build the house, for which I have provided the charges.
In the notes below are details of the organization of King David with respect to roles and responsibilities of his leadership team. Additionally, are the detailed plans being turned over to his son Solomon with a stern warning to stay focused on pleasing the Lord Our God and making sure the Temple, the House of the Lord is built properly.
Then King David passes after his forty year reign of Israel but not before giving his Thanksgiving Prayer!
Amen! Alleluia!
Day 143: Reading The Bible with a TROML Perspective; King David’s Thanksgiving Prayer!
Read and inspired by the Old Testament, The First Book of Paralipomenon, Chapters 25-29 (END)
Bible Notes:
This and the following book are called Paralipomenon, which means things omitted, because they are a supplement of things omitted from the Books of Kings. They also repeat much from previous books. I Paralipomenon is a history from Adam, the first man, down to the death of David.
1 Paralipomenon Chapter 25: Chiefs of the musicians; Divisions of the musicians.
Moreover David and the chief officers of the army separated for the ministry…to prophesy with harps, and with psalteries, and with cymbals according to their number serving in their appointed office… who prophesized with a harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord… the seer of the king in the words of God, to lift the horn… were distributed to sing in the temple of the Lord, with cymbals, and psalteries, and harps, for the services of the house of the Lord… And the number of them with their brethren, that taught the song of the Lord, and the teachers, were two hundred and eighty-eight.
And they cast lots by their courses, the elder equally with the younger, the learned and the unlearned together. And the first lot came forth to… The four and twentieth to…
Psalteries—an ancient musical instrument consisting of a flat sounding box with numerous strings which are plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum.
Seer–a person who sees; observer; a person who prophesies future events; prophet; a person endowed with profound moral and spiritual insight or knowledge; a wise person or sage who possesses intuitive powers.
1 Paralipomenon Chapter 26: Division of the porters; Gates are assigned by lots; Overseers of the treasures; Judges and rulers.
And the division of the porters… for the Lord had blessed him… for they were men of great valor… most valiant men… most able men for service… the chief (for he had not a firstborn, and therefore his father made him chief)… Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord.
And they cast lots equally, both little and great, by their families for every one of the gates. And the lot of the east fell to…a very wise and learned man, the north gate fell by lot… towards the south: in which part of the house was the council of the ancients… towards the west, by the gate which leadeth to the way of the ascent: ward against ward… towards the east…. Towards the north… towards the south likewise four a day; and where the council was, two and two.
Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and they holy vessels… his brethren over the treasures of the house of the Lord… was chief over the treasures… were over the treasures off the holy things, which King David, and the heads of families, and the captains over thousands and over hundreds, and the captains of the host had dedicated, out of the wars, and the spoils won in battles, which they had consecrated to the building and furniture of the temple of the Lord.
But Chonenias and his sons were over the Isaarites, for the business abroad over Israel, to teach them and judge them…beyond the Jordan westward, in all the works of the Lord, and for the service of the king… they were numbered, and there were found most valiant men… and his brethren of stronger age, two thousand seven hundred chiefs of families. And King David made them rulers over the… for all the service of God, and the king.
1 Paralipomenon Chapter 27: Captains for every month; Chiefs of the tribes of Israel; David’s chief officials.
Now the children of Israel according to their number, the heads of the families, captains of thousands and of hundreds, and officers, that served the king according to their companies, who came in and went out every month of the year, under every chief were four and twenty thousand. Over the first company the first month… and under him were four and twenty thousand… the twelfth, for the twelfth month was… and in his company were four and twenty thousand.
Now the chiefs over the tribes of Israel were these… over the Ruebens… Simeonotes…Levites…Aaronites… Juda… Issachar… Zabulonites… Nephtalites… Sons of Ephraim… the half tribe of Manasses… the half tribe of Manasses in Galaad… Benjamin… Dan…these were the princes of the children of Israel.
But David would not number them from twenty years old and younger: because the Lord had said that he would multiply Israel like the stars of heaven. Joab… began to number, but he finished not; because upon this there fell wrath upon Israel; and therefore the number of them that were numbered, was not registered in the chronicles of King David.
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Google Search: Number of Christians in the World: As of the year 2015, Christianity has more than 2.3 billion adherents, out of about 7.5 billion people. Google estimates entire human population ever, all the dead plus the living, equaling some 110 billion people.
And over the king’s treasures was… and over the stores which were in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles was… And over the tillage, and the husbandmen, who tilled the ground, was… And over the dressers of the vineyards… And over the oliveyards and the fig groves, which were in the plains… and over the oil cellars… and over the herds that fed in Saron… and over the oxen in the valleys… and over the camels… and over the asses… and over the sheep… All these were the rulers of the substance of King David. And Jonathan David’s uncle, a counselor, a wise and learned man: he and Jahiel… were the king’s sons… was the king’s counselor… the king’s friend… And the general of the king’s army was Joab.
1 Paralipomenon Chapter 28: David assembles the leaders; David names Solomon to succeed him; David tells Solomon to build the Temple; Plans and material for the Temple; David encourages Solomon.
And David assembled all… at Jerusalem…
Hear me, my brethren, and my people… And he (the Lord) said to me: Solomon thy son shall build my house, and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be a father to him. And I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he continues to keep my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day.
David: Now then before all the assembly of Israel, in the hearing of our God, keep ye, and seek all the commandments of the Lord our God: that you may possess the good land, and may leave it to your children after you for ever.
David to Solomon: And thou my son Solomon, know the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the thoughts of minds. If thou seek him, thou shalt find him: but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. Mot therefore seeing the Lord hath chosen thee to build the house of the sanctuary, take courage, and do it.
And David gave to Solomon his son a description of the porch, and of the temple… which he had thought… and to make the likeness of the chariot of the cherubims spreading their wings, and covering the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord. All these things, said he, came to me written by the hand of the Lord, that I might understand all the works of the pattern.
And David said to Solomon his son: Act like a man, and take courage, and do: fear not, and be not dismayed: for the Lord my God will be with thee, and will not leave thee, nor forsake thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
1 Paralipomenon Chapter 29: David’s offerings for the Temple; Offerings of the people for the Temple; David’s thanksgiving and prayer; Solomon becomes king; Death of David.
And King David said to all the assembly: Solomon, my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is as yet young and tender: and the work is great, for a house is prepared not for man, but for God. And I with all my ability have prepared the expenses for the house of my God… And gold for wheresoever there is need of gold: and silver for wheresoever there is need of silver… now if any man is willing to offer, let him fill his hand to day, and offer what he pleaseth to the Lord.. and they gave for the works of the house of the Lord… And the people rejoiced, when they promised their offerings willingly: because they offered them to the Lord with all their heart and David the king rejoiced also with great joy.
David’s Thanksgiving and Prayer:
Blessed art thou, O Lord, the God of Israel, our father from eternity to eternity.
Thine, O Lord, is magnificence, and power, and glory, and victory: and to thee is praise: for all that is in heaven, and in earth, is thine: thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art above all princes. Thine are riches, and thing is glory, thou hast dominion over all, in thy hand is power and might; in thy hand greatness, and the empire of all things. Now therefore, our God, we give thanks to thee, and we praise thy glorious name. Who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to promise thee all these things? All things are thine: and we have given thee what we received of thy hand. For we are all sojourners before thee, and strangers, as were all our fathers. Our days upon earth are as a shadow, and there is no stay.
O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee a house for thy holy name, is from thy hand, and all things are thine. I know, my God, that thou provest hearts, and lovest simplicity, where fore I also in the simplicity of my heart, have joyfully offered all these things: and I have seen with great joy thy people, which are here present, offer thee their offerings.
O Lord God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep for ever this will of their heart, and let this mind remain always for the worship of thee. And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, that he may keep thy commandments, thy testimonies; and thy ceremonies, and do all things: and build the house, for which I have provided the charges.
And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers: and they bowed themselves and worshipped God, and then the king… And they ate, and drank before the Lord that day with great joy. And they anointed the second time Solomon the son of David. And they anointed him to the Lord to be prince, and Sadoc to be high priest. And Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father, and he pleased all: and all Israel obeyed him… And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel: and gave him glory of a reign, such as no king of Israel had before him.
So David, son of Isai reigned over all Israel. And the days that he reigned over Israel, were forty years; in Hebron he reigned seven years, and in Jerusalem three and thirty years. And he died in good age, full of days, and riches, and glory. And Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
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