May all your enemies die like that, O Lord,     but may your friends shine like the rising sun!And there was peace in the land for forty years.

So Boaz took Ruth home as his wife. The Lord blessed her, and she became pregnant and had a son.

So it was that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, and explained, “I asked the Lord for him.”

Saul's daughter Michal, however, fell in love with David, and when Saul heard of this, he was pleased.

He ordered his officials to speak privately to David and tell him, “The king is pleased with you and all his officials like you; now is a good time for you to marry his daughter.”

“What has happened to your loyalty to your friend David?” Absalom asked him. “Why didn't you go with him?”

“I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan;     how dear you were to me! How wonderful was your love for me,     better even than the love of women.

Then Amnon was filled with a deep hatred for her; he hated her now even more than he had loved her before. He said to her, “Get out!”

Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He had intercourse with her, and she bore a son, whom David named Solomon. The Lord loved the boy

You will always have descendants, and I will make your kingdom last for ever. Your dynasty will never end.’ ”