(NIV)
Ahimelek answered the king, ‘Who of all your servants is as loyal as David, the king’s son-in-law, captain of your bodyguard and highly respected in your household?
(ESV)
Then
Ahimelech answered the
king, “And
who among all your
servants is so
faithful as
David, who is the
king’s son-in-law, and
captain over your
bodyguard, and
honored in
your house?
(NIV)
Ish-Bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned two years. The tribe of Judah, however, remained loyal to David.
(ESV)
Ish-bosheth,
Saul’s son, was
forty years old when he
began to reign over Israel, and he
reigned two years. But the
house of
Judah followed David.
(NIV)
Abner was very angry because of what Ish-Bosheth said. So he answered, ‘Am I a dog’s head – on Judah’s side? This very day I am loyal to the house of your father Saul and to his family and friends. I haven’t handed you over to David. Yet now you accuse me of an offence involving this woman!
(ESV)
Then
Abner was
very angry over the
words of
Ish-bosheth and
said, “Am I a
dog’s head of
Judah? To this
day I
keep showing steadfast love to the
house of
Saul your
father,
to his
brothers, and
to his
friends, and have
not given you
into the
hand of
David. And yet you
charge me
today with a
fault concerning a
woman.
(NIV)
When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.
(ESV)
And when
all Israel heard that Jeroboam had
returned, they
sent and
called him
to the
assembly and
made him king over all Israel. There was
none that
followed the
house of
David but the
tribe of
Judah only.
(NIV)
from Benjamin, Saul’s tribe – 3,000, most of whom had remained loyal to Saul’s house until then;
(ESV)
Of the
Benjaminites,
the
kinsmen of
Saul,
3,000, of whom the
majority had to that point
kept their
allegiance to the
house of
Saul.
(NIV)
Lord, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel, keep these desires and thoughts in the hearts of your people for ever, and keep their hearts loyal to you.
(ESV)
O
Lord, the
God of
Abraham,
Isaac, and
Israel, our
fathers,
keep forever such
purposes and
thoughts in the
hearts of your
people, and
direct their hearts toward you.
(NIV)
For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.
(ESV)
To the choirmaster: according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
(NIV)
Help,
Lord, for no one is faithful any more;
those who are loyal have vanished from the human race.
(ESV)
Save, O
Lord, for the
godly one is
gone;
for the
faithful have
vanished from among the
children of
man.
(NIV)
They would not be like their ancestors –
a stubborn and rebellious generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
whose spirits were not faithful to him.
(ESV)
and that they should
not be
like their
fathers,
a
stubborn and
rebellious generation,
a
generation whose
heart was
not steadfast,
whose
spirit was
not faithful to
God.
(NIV)
their hearts were not loyal to him,
they were not faithful to his covenant.
(ESV)
Their
heart was
not steadfast toward him;
they were
not faithful to
his covenant.
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