¹⁵ The Lord delighted only in your fathers, to love them; and He chose their ^[a]descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day.

²⁵ Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, He ^(A)will bring me back and show me both it and ^(B)His dwelling place.

²⁶ But if He says thus: ‘I have no ^(A)delight in you,’ here I am, ^(B)let Him do to me as seems good to Him.”

^9 (A)Blessed be the Lord your God, who ^(B)delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, ^(C)to do justice and righteousness.”