Now when the king was living in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from war on every side

And Nathan said to the king, Go and do whatever is in your heart for the Lord is with you.

Go and say to my servant David, The Lord says, Are you to be the builder of a house, a living-place for me?

In all the places where I went with all the children of Israel, did I ever say to any of the judges of Israel, to whom I gave the care of my people Israel, Why have you not made me a house of cedar?

And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.

From the time when I put judges over my people Israel and I will give you peace from all who are against you. And the Lord says to you that he will make you the head of a line of kings.

He will be the builder of a house for my name, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.

But my mercy will not be taken away from him, as I took it from him who was before you.

So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.

And this was only a small thing to you, O Lord God but your words have even been about the far-off future of your servant's family, O Lord God!

Because of your word and from your heart, you have done all this great work, and let your servant see it.

And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?

And now, O Lord God, may the word which you have said about your servant and about his family, be made certain for ever, and may you do as you have said!

For you, O Lord of armies, the God of Israel, have clearly said to your servant, I will make you the head of a family of kings: and so it has come into your servant's heart to make this prayer to you.

So may it be your pleasure to give your blessing to the family of your servant, so that it may go on for ever before you: (for you, O Lord God, have said it,) and may your blessing be on your servant's family line for ever!

And it came about after this that David made an attack on the Philistines and overcame them and David took the authority of the mother-town from the hands of the Philistines.

And David overcame Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when he went to make his power seen by the River.

And when the Aramaeans of Damascus came to the help of Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David put to the sword twenty-two thousand of the Aramaeans.

And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.

And when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer,

These King David made holy to the Lord, together with the silver and gold which he had taken from the nations he had overcome--

And David got great honour for himself, when he came back, by the destruction of Edom in the valley of Salt, to the number of eighteen thousand men.

And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

And Zadok and Abiathar, the son of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, were priests and Seraiah was the scribe

Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and the brother of James, to those of God's selection who have been made holy by God the Father and are kept safe for Jesus Christ:

My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.

Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith

Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them, having like these, given themselves up to unclean desires and gone after strange flesh, have been made an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

Now when Michael, one of the chief angels, was fighting against the Evil One for the body of Moses, fearing to make use of violent words against him, he only said, May the Lord be your judge.

A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.

Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.

To be the judge of all, and to give a decision against all those whose lives are unpleasing to him, because of the evil acts which they have done, and because of all the hard things which sinners without fear of God have said against him.

But you, my loved ones, keep in memory the words which were said before by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

These are the men who make divisions, natural men, not having the Spirit.

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for life eternal through the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And to some give salvation, pulling them out of the fire and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the clothing which is made unclean by the flesh.

To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before all time and now and for ever. So be it.