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Is not my house firm before God?
    He has made an eternal covenant with me,
    set forth in detail and secured.(A)
Will he not bring to fruition
    all my salvation and my every desire?

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“If my house were not right with God,
    surely he would not have made with me an everlasting covenant,(A)
    arranged and secured in every part;
surely he would not bring to fruition my salvation
    and grant me my every desire.

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14 but now your kingship shall not endure. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart[a] to appoint as ruler over his people because you did not observe what the Lord commanded you.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:14 After his own heart: i.e., of his choosing, for his purpose. While the verse undoubtedly refers to David, it concerns the Lord’s decision to continue the kingship, even though he has rejected Saul, by selecting the heir to Saul’s throne.

14 But now your kingdom(A) will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart(B) and appointed(C) him ruler(D) of his people, because you have not kept(E) the Lord’s command.”

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26 But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you, because you rejected the word of the Lord and the Lord has rejected you as king of Israel.”(A)

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26 But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected(A) the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you as king over Israel!”

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28 So Samuel said to him: “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.(A)

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28 Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn(A) the kingdom(B) of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.(C)

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34 I will shield and save this city
    for my own sake and the sake of David my servant.”(A)

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34 I will defend(A) this city and save it,
    for my sake and for the sake of David(B) my servant.’”

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11 when your days have been completed and you must join your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring after you who will be one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom.(A) 12 He it is who shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.(B) 13 I will be a father to him, and he shall be a son to me, and I will not withdraw my favor from him as I withdrew it from the one who was before you;(C) 14 but I will maintain him in my house and in my kingdom forever, and his throne shall be firmly established forever.

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11 When your days are over and you go to be with your ancestors, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. 12 He is the one who will build(A) a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.(B) 13 I will be his father,(C) and he will be my son.(D) I will never take my love away from him, as I took it away from your predecessor. 14 I will set him over my house and my kingdom forever; his throne(E) will be established forever.(F)’”

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33 I will punish their crime with a rod
    and their guilt with blows.
34 But I will not take my mercy from him,
    nor will I betray my bond of faithfulness.(A)

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33 but I will not take my love from him,(A)
    nor will I ever betray my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant
    or alter what my lips have uttered.(B)

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