"Brothers, I can tell you confidently that the patriarch David died and was buried, and that his tomb is among us to this day.

This was David's last composition: The oracle of David, son of Jesse, an oracle by the valiant one who was exalted anointed by the God of Jacob, the contented psalm writer of Israel.

"The time is coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll raise up a righteous branch for David. He will be a king who rules wisely, and he will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

""Then I'll install one shepherd for them my servant David and he will feed them, will be there for them, and will serve as their shepherd.

How blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in the highest heaven!"

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David.

""After this, I will come back and set up David's fallen tent again. I will restore its ruined places and set it up again

"I'll place on his shoulder the key to the house of David what he opens, no one will shut, and what he shuts, no one will open.

And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.