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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

Copyright (c) 1985-2007

01 : 01 . Now it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after <00310

+>achar > the death <04194 +maveth > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > ,

when David <01732 +David > was returned <07725 +shuwb > from the

slaughter <05221 +nakah > of the Amalekites <06003 +<Amaleqiy > ,

and David <01732 +David > had abode <03427 +yashab > two <08147

+sh@nayim > days <03117 +yowm > in Ziklag <06860 +Tsiqlag > ;

01 : 02 It came <01961 +hayah > even to pass on the third <07992

+sh@liyshiy > day <03117 +yowm > , that , behold <02009 +hinneh

> , a man <00376 +>iysh > came <00935 +bow> > out of the camp

<04264 +machaneh > from Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > with his clothes

<00899 +beged > rent <07167 +qara< > , and earth <00127 +>adamah

> upon his head <07218 +ro>sh > : and [ so ] it was , when he

came <00935 +bow> > to David <01732 +David > , that he fell

<05307 +naphal > to the earth <00776 +>erets > , and did

obeisance <07812 +shachah > .

01 : 03 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,

From whence comest <00935 +bow> > thou ? And he said <00559

+>amar > unto him , Out of the camp <04264 +machaneh > of Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > am I escaped <04422 +malat > .

01 : 04 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,

How <04100 +mah > went <01961 +hayah > the matter <01697 +dabar

> ? I pray <04994 +na> > thee , tell <05046 +nagad > me . And

he answered <00559 +>amar > , That the people <05971 +<am > are

fled <05127 +nuwc > from the battle <04421 +milchamah > , and

many <07235 +rabah > of the people <05971 +<am > also <01571

+gam > are fallen <05307 +naphal > and dead <04191 +muwth > ;

and Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan >

his son <01121 +ben > are dead <04191 +muwth > also <01571 +gam

> .

01 : 05 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto the

young <05288 +na<ar > man that told <05046 +nagad > him , How

<00349 +>eyk > knowest <03045 +yada< > thou that Saul <07586

+Sha>uwl > and Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > his son <01121

+ben > be dead <04191 +muwth > ?

01 : 06 And the young <05288 +na<ar > man that told <05046

+nagad > him said <00559 +>amar > , As I happened <07136 +qarah

> by chance <07122 +qara> > upon mount <02022 +har > Gilboa

<01533 +Gilboa< > , behold <02009 +hinneh > , Saul <07586

+Sha>uwl > leaned <08172 +sha<an > upon his spear <02595

+chaniyth > ; and , lo <02009 +hinneh > , the chariots <07393

+rekeb > and horsemen <06571 +parash > followed <01692 +dabaq >

hard <01692 +dabaq > after him .

01 : 07 And when he looked <06437 +panah > behind <00310 +>achar

> him , he saw <07200 +ra>ah > me , and called <07121 +qara> >

unto me . And I answered <00559 +>amar > , Here <02009 +hinneh

> [ am ] I .

01 : 08 And he said <00559 +>amar > unto me , Who <04310 +miy >

[ art ] thou ? And I answered <00559 +>amar > him , I [ am ] an

Amalekite <06003 +<Amaleqiy > .

01 : 09 He said <00559 +>amar > unto me again , Stand <05975

+<amad > , I pray <04994 +na> > thee , upon me , and slay <04191

+muwth > me : for anguish <07661 +shabats > is come <00270

+>achaz > upon me , because <03588 +kiy > my life <05315

+nephesh > [ is ] yet <05750 +<owd > whole <03605 +kol > in me .

01 : 10 So I stood <05975 +<amad > upon him , and slew <04191

+muwth > him , because <03588 +kiy > I was sure <03045 +yada< >

that he could not live <02421 +chayah > after <00310 +>achar >

that he was fallen <05307 +naphal > : and I took <03947 +laqach

> the crown <05145 +nezer > that [ was ] upon his head <07218

+ro>sh > , and the bracelet <00685 +>ets<adah > that [ was ] on

<05921 +<al > his arm <02220 +z@rowa< > , and have brought

<00935 +bow> > them hither unto my lord <00113 +>adown > .

01 : 11 . Then David <01732 +David > took hold <02388 +chazaq >

on his clothes <00899 +beged > , and rent <07167 +qara< > them ;

and likewise <01571 +gam > all <03605 +kol > the men <00582

+>enowsh > that [ were ] with him :

01 : 12 And they mourned <05594 +caphad > , and wept <01058

+bakah > , and fasted <06684 +tsuwm > until <05704 +<ad > even

<06153 +<ereb > , for Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , and for Jonathan

<03083 +Y@hownathan > his son <01121 +ben > , and for the people

<05971 +<am > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and for the house

<01004 +bayith > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ; because <03588

+kiy > they were fallen <05307 +naphal > by the sword <02719

+chereb > .

01 : 13 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto the

young <05288 +na<ar > man that told <05046 +nagad > him , Whence

[ art ] thou ? And he answered <00559 +>amar > , I [ am ] the

son <01121 +ben > of a stranger , an Amalekite <06003 +<Amaleqiy

> .

01 : 14 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,

How <00349 +>eyk > wast thou not afraid <03372 +yare> > to

stretch <07971 +shalach > forth thine hand <03027 +yad > to

destroy <07843 +shachath > the LORD S <03068 +Y@hovah > anointed

<04899 +mashiyach > ?

01 : 15 And David <01732 +David > called <07121 +qara> > one

<00259 +>echad > of the young <05288 +na<ar > men , and said

<00559 +>amar > , Go <05066 +nagash > near <05066 +nagash > , [

and ] fall <06293 +paga< > upon him . And he smote <05221

+nakah > him that he died <04191 +muwth > .

01 : 16 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,

Thy blood <01818 +dam > [ be ] upon thy head <07218 +ro>sh > ;

for thy mouth <06310 +peh > hath testified <06030 +<anah >

against thee , saying <00559 +>amar > , I have slain <04191

+muwth > the LORD S <03068 +Y@hovah > anointed <04899 +mashiyach

> .

01 : 17 . And David <01732 +David > lamented <06969 +quwn >

with this <02063 +zo>th > lamentation <07015 +qiynah > over

<05921 +<al > Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and over <05921 +<al >

Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > his son <01121 +ben > :

01 : 18 ( Also he bade <00559 +>amar > them teach <03925 +lamad

> the children <01121 +ben > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > [ the

use of ] the bow <07198 +qesheth > : behold <02009 +hinneh > , [

it is ] written <03789 +kathab > in the book <05612 +cepher > of

Jasher <03477 +yashar > . )

01 : 19 The beauty <06643 +ts@biy > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el >

is slain <02491 +chalal > upon thy high <01116 +bamah > places :

how <00349 +>eyk > are the mighty <01368 +gibbowr > fallen

<05307 +naphal > !

01 : 20 Tell <05046 +nagad > [ it ] not in Gath <01661 +Gath > ,

publish <01319 +basar > [ it ] not in the streets <02351 +chuwts

> of Askelon <00831 +>Ashq@lown > ; lest <06435 +pen > the

daughters <01121 +ben > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy >

rejoice <08055 +samach > , lest <06435 +pen > the daughters

<01121 +ben > of the uncircumcised <06189 +<arel > triumph

<05937 +<alaz > .

01 : 21 Ye mountains <02022 +har > of Gilboa <01533 +Gilboa< > ,

[ let there be ] no <00408 +>al > dew <02919 +tal > , neither

<00408 +>al > [ let there be ] rain <04306 +matar > , upon you ,

nor fields <07704 +sadeh > of offerings <08641 +t@ruwmah > : for

there <08033 +sham > the shield <04043 +magen > of the mighty

<01368 +gibbowr > is vilely <01602 +ga<al > cast <01602 +ga<al >

away , the shield <04043 +magen > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , [

as though he had ] not [ been ] anointed <04899 +mashiyach >

with oil <08081 +shemen > .

01 : 22 From the blood <01818 +dam > of the slain <02491 +chalal

> , from the fat <02459 +cheleb > of the mighty <01368 +gibbowr

> , the bow <07198 +qesheth > of Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan >

turned <07734 +suwg > not back <00268 +>achowr > , and the sword

<02719 +chereb > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > returned <07725

+shuwb > not empty <07387 +reyqam > .

01 : 23 Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan

> [ were ] lovely <00157 +>ahab > and pleasant <05273 +na<iym >

in their lives <02416 +chay > , and in their death <04194

+maveth > they were not divided <06504 +parad > : they were

swifter <07043 +qalal > than eagles <05404 +nesher > , they were

stronger <01396 +gabar > than lions <00738 +>ariy > .

01 : 24 Ye daughters <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,

weep <01058 +bakah > over <00413 +>el > Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > ,

who <04310 +miy > clothed <03847 +labash > you in scarlet

<08144 +shaniy > , with [ other ] delights <05730 +<eden > , who

<04310 +miy > put <05927 +<alah > on ornaments <05716 +<adiy >

of gold <02091 +zahab > upon your apparel <03830 +l@buwsh > .

01 : 25 How <00349 +>eyk > are the mighty <01368 +gibbowr >

fallen <05307 +naphal > in the midst <08432 +tavek > of the

battle <04421 +milchamah > ! O Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > ,

[ thou wast ] slain <02491 +chalal > in thine high <01116 +bamah

> places .

01 : 26 I am distressed <06887 +tsarar > for thee , my brother

<00251 +>ach > Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > : very <03966

+m@<od > pleasant <05276 +na<em > hast thou been unto me : thy

love <00160 +>ahabah > to me was wonderful <06381 +pala> > ,

passing the love <00160 +>ahabah > of women <00802 +>ishshah > .

01 : 27 How <00349 +>eyk > are the mighty <01368 +gibbowr >

fallen <05307 +naphal > , and the weapons <03627 +k@liy > of war

<04421 +milchamah > perished <6> !

02 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after <00310

+>achar > this <03651 +ken > , that David <01732 +David >

enquired <07592 +sha>al > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , saying

<00559 +>amar > , Shall I go <05927 +<alah > up into any <00259

+>echad > of the cities <05892 +<iyr > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah

> ? And the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > said <00559 +>amar > unto

him , Go <05927 +<alah > up . And David <01732 +David > said

<00559 +>amar > , Whither <00575 +>an > shall I go <05927 +<alah

> up ? And he said <00559 +>amar > , Unto Hebron <02275

+Chebrown > .

02 : 02 So David <01732 +David > went <05927 +<alah > up thither

<08033 +sham > , and his two <08147 +sh@nayim > wives <00802

+>ishshah > also <01571 +gam > , Ahinoam <00293 +>Achiyno<am >

the Jezreelitess <03159 +Yizr@<e>liyth > , and Abigail <26>

Nabal s <05037 +Nabal > wife <00802 +>ishshah > the Carmelite

<03761 +Karm@liy > .

02 : 03 And his men <00582 +>enowsh > that [ were ] with him did

David <01732 +David > bring <05927 +<alah > up , every man

<00376 +>iysh > with his household <01004 +bayith > : and they

dwelt <03427 +yashab > in the cities <05892 +<iyr > of Hebron

<02275 +Chebrown > .

02 : 04 And the men <00582 +>enowsh > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah

> came <00935 +bow> > , and there <08033 +sham > they anointed

<04886 +mashach > David <01732 +David > king <04428 +melek >

over <05921 +<al > the house <01004 +bayith > of Judah <03063

+Y@huwdah > . And they told <05046 +nagad > David <01732 +David

> , saying <00559 +>amar > , [ That ] the men <00582 +>enowsh >

of Jabeshgilead [ were they ] that buried <06912 +qabar > Saul

<07586 +Sha>uwl > .

02 : 05 And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach >

messengers <04397 +mal>ak > unto the men <00582 +>enowsh > of

Jabeshgilead , and said <00559 +>amar > unto them , Blessed

<01288 +barak > [ be ] ye of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , that

ye have shewed <06213 +<asah > this <02088 +zeh > kindness

<02617 +checed > unto your lord <00113 +>adown > , [ even ] unto

Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , and have buried <06912 +qabar > him .

02 : 06 And now <06258 +<attah > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > shew

<06213 +<asah > kindness <02617 +checed > and truth <00571

+>emeth > unto you : and I also <01571 +gam > will requite

<06213 +<asah > you this <02088 +zeh > kindness <02896 +towb > ,

because <00834 +>aher > ye have done <06213 +<asah > this <02088

+zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > .

02 : 07 Therefore now <06258 +<attah > let your hands <03027

+yad > be strengthened <02388 +chazaq > , and be ye valiant :

for your master <00113 +>adown > Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > is dead

<04191 +muwth > , and also <01571 +gam > the house <01004

+bayith > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > have anointed <04886

+mashach > me king <04428 +melek > over <05921 +<al > them .

02 : 08 . But Abner <74> the son <01121 +ben > of Ner <05369

+Ner > , captain <08269 +sar > of Saul s <07586 +Sha>uwl > host

<06635 +tsaba> > , took <03947 +laqach > Ishbosheth <00378

+>Iysh - Bosheth > the son <01121 +ben > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl

> , and brought <05674 +<abar > him over <05674 +<abar > to

Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim > ;

02 : 09 And made him king <04427 +malak > over Gilead <01568

+Gil<ad > , and over the Ashurites <00843 +>Asheriy > , and over

Jezreel <03157 +Yizr@<e>l > , and over Ephraim <00669 +>Ephrayim

> , and over Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > , and over all <03605

+kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .

02 : 10 Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > Saul s <07586

+Sha>uwl > son <01121 +ben > [ was ] forty <00705 +>arba<iym >

years <08141 +shaneh > old <01121 +ben > when he began to reign

<04427 +malak > over <05921 +<al > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,

and reigned <04427 +malak > two <08147 +sh@nayim > years <08141

+shaneh > . But the house <01004 +bayith > of Judah <03063

+Y@huwdah > followed David <01732 +David > .

02 : 11 And the time that David <01732 +David > was king <04428

+melek > in Hebron<02275 +Chebrown > over <05921 +<al > the

house <01004 +bayith > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > was seven

<07651 +sheba< > years <08141 +shaneh > and six <08337 +shesh >

months <02320 +chodesh > .

02 : 12 And Abner <74> the son <01121 +ben > of Ner <05369 +Ner

> , and the servants <05650 +<ebed > of Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh

- Bosheth > the son <01121 +ben > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > ,

went <03318 +yatsa> > out from Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim > to

Gibeon <01391 +Gib<own > .

02 : 13 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > the son <01121 +ben > of

Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > , and the servants <05650 +<ebed >

of David <01732 +David > , went <03318 +yatsa> > out , and met

<06298 +pagash > together <03162 +yachad > by the pool <01295

+b@rekah > of Gibeon <01391 +Gib<own > : and they sat <03427

+yashab > down , the one <00428 +>el - leh > on <05921 +<al >

the one <02088 +zeh > side of the pool <01295 +b@rekah > , and

the other <00428 +>el - leh > on <05921 +<al > the other <02088

+zeh > side of the pool <01295 +b@rekah > .

02 : 14 And Abner <74> said <00559 +>amar > to Joab <03097

+Yow>ab > , Let the young <05288 +na<ar > men now <04994 +na> >

arise <06965 +quwm > , and play <07832 +sachaq > before <06440

+paniym > us . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +>amar > ,

Let them arise <06965 +quwm > .

02 : 15 Then there arose <06965 +quwm > and went <05674 +<abar >

over <05674 +<abar > by number <04557 +micpar > twelve of

Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > , which [ pertained ] to Ishbosheth

<00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > the son <01121 +ben > of Saul <07586

+Sha>uwl > , and twelve of the servants <05650 +<ebed > of David

<01732 +David > .

02 : 16 And they caught <02388 +chazaq > every <00376 +>iysh >

one <00376 +>iysh > his fellow <07453 +rea< > by the head <07218

+ro>sh > , and [ thrust ] his sword <02719 +chereb > in his

fellow s <07453 +rea< > side <06654 +tsad > ; so they fell

<05307 +naphal > down together <03162 +yachad > : wherefore that

place <04725 +maqowm > was called <07121 +qara> >

Helkathhazzurim <02521 +Chelqath hats - Tsu - riym > , which

<00834 +>aher > [ is ] in Gibeon <01391 +Gib<own > .

02 : 17 And there was a very <03966 +m@<od > sore <07188

+qashach > battle <04421 +milchamah > that day <03117 +yowm > ;

and Abner <74> was beaten <05062 +nagaph > , and the men <00582

+>enowsh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , before <06440 +paniym

> the servants <05650 +<ebed > of David <01732 +David > .

02 : 18 . And there were three <07969 +shalowsh > sons <01121

+ben > of Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > there <08033 +sham > ,

Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and Abishai <52> , and Asahel <00760

+>Aram Tsobah > : and Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > [ was as ] light

<07031 +qal > of foot <07272 +regel > as a wild <07704 +sadeh >

roe <06643 +ts@biy > .

02 : 19 And Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > pursued <07291 +radaph >

after <00310 +>achar > Abner <74> ; and in going <03212 +yalak >

he turned <05186 +natah > not to the right <03225 +yamiyn > hand

nor to the left <08040 +s@mo>wl > from following <00310 +>achar

> Abner <74> .

02 : 20 Then Abner <74> looked <06437 +panah > behind <00310

+>achar > him , and said <00559 +>amar > , [ Art ] thou Asahel

<06214 +<Asah>el > ? And he answered <00559 +>amar > , I [ am ]

02 : 21 And Abner <74> said <00559 +>amar > to him , Turn <05186

+natah > thee aside <05186 +natah > to thy right <03225 +yamiyn

> hand or <00176 +>ow > to thy left <08040 +s@mo>wl > , and lay

thee hold <00270 +>achaz > on one <00259 +>echad > of the young

<05288 +na<ar > men , and take <03947 +laqach > thee his armour

<02488 +chaliytsah > . But Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > would <14>

not turn <05493 +cuwr > aside from following <00310 +>achar > of

him .

02 : 22 And Abner <74> said <00559 +>amar > again to Asahel

<06214 +<Asah>el > , Turn <05493 +cuwr > thee aside from

following <00310 +>achar > me : wherefore <04100 +mah > should I

smite <05221 +nakah > thee to the ground <00776 +>erets > ? how

<00349 +>eyk > then should I hold <05375 +nasa> > up my face

<06440 +paniym > to Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > thy brother <00251

+>ach > ?

02 : 23 Howbeit he refused <03985 +ma>en > to turn <05493 +cuwr

> aside : wherefore Abner <74> with the hinder <00310 +>achar >

end of the spear <02595 +chaniyth > smote <05221 +nakah > him

under <00413 +>el > the fifth <02570 +chomesh > [ rib ] , that

the spear <02595 +chaniyth > came <03318 +yatsa> > out behind

<00310 +>achar > him ; and he fell <05307 +naphal > down there

<08033 +sham > , and died <04191 +muwth > in the same <08478

+tachath > place <08478 +tachath > : and it came <00935 +bow> >

to pass , [ that ] as many as came <00935 +bow> > to the place

<04725 +maqowm > where Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > fell <05307

+naphal > down and died <04191 +muwth > stood <05975 +<amad >

still .

02 : 24 Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > also and Abishai <52> pursued

<07291 +radaph > after <00310 +>achar > Abner <74> : and the sun

<08121 +shemesh > went <00935 +bow> > down when they were come

<00935 +bow> > to the hill <01389 +gib<ah > of Ammah <00522

+>Ammah > , that [ lieth ] before Giah <01520 +Giyach > by the

way <01870 +derek > of the wilderness <04057 +midbar > of Gibeon

<01391 +Gib<own > .

02 : 25 . And the children <01121 +ben > of Benjamin <01144

+Binyamiyn > gathered <06908 +qabats > themselves together after

<00310 +>achar > Abner <74> , and became <01961 +hayah > one

<00259 +>echad > troop <92> , and stood <05975 +<amad > on

<05921 +<al > the top <07218 +ro>sh > of an hill <01389 +gib<ah

> .

02 : 26 Then Abner <74> called <07121 +qara> > to Joab <03097

+Yow>ab > , and said <00559 +>amar > , Shall the sword <02719

+chereb > devour <00398 +>akal > for ever <05331 +netsach > ?

knowest <03045 +yada< > thou not that it will be bitterness

<04751 +mar > in the latter <00314 +>acharown > end ? how

<05704 +<ad > long <05704 +<ad > shall it be then , ere <03808

+lo> > thou bid <00559 +>amar > the people <05971 +<am > return

<07725 +shuwb > from following <00310 +>achar > their brethren

<00251 +>ach > ?

02 : 27 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +>amar > , [ As ]

God <00430 +>elohiym > liveth <02416 +chay > , unless thou hadst

spoken <01696 +dabar > , surely <03588 +kiy > then in the

morning <01242 +boqer > the people <05971 +<am > had gone <05927

+<alah > up every <00376 +>iysh > one <00376 +>iysh > from

following <00310 +>achar > his brother <00251 +>ach > .

02 : 28 So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > blew <08628 +taqa< > a trumpet

<07782 +showphar > , and all <03605 +kol > the people <05971

+<am > stood <05975 +<amad > still , and pursued <07291 +radaph

> after <00310 +>achar > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > no <03808

+lo> > more <05750 +<owd > , neither <03808 +lo> > fought <03898

+lacham > they any more .

02 : 29 And Abner <74> and his men <00582 +>enowsh > walked

<01980 +halak > all <03605 +kol > that night <03915 +layil >

through the plain <06160 +<arabah > , and passed <05674 +<abar >

over <05674 +<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > , and went <03212

+yalak > through all <03605 +kol > Bithron <01338 +Bithrown > ,

and they came <00935 +bow> > to Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim > .

02 : 30 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > returned <07725 +shuwb > from

following <00310 +>achar > Abner <74> : and when he had gathered

<06908 +qabats > all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am >

together , there lacked <06485 +paqad > of David s <01732 +David

> servants <05650 +<ebed > nineteen men <00376 +>iysh > and

Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > .

02 : 31 But the servants <05650 +<ebed > of David <01732 +David

> had smitten <05221 +nakah > of Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > ,

and of Abner s <74> men <00582 +>enowsh > , [ so that ] three

<07969 +shalowsh > hundred <03967 +me>ah > and threescore <08346

+shishshiym > men <00376 +>iysh > died <04191 +muwth > .

02 : 32 And they took <05375 +nasa> > up Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el

> , and buried <06912 +qabar > him in the sepulchre <06913

+qeber > of his father <1> , which <00834 +>aher > [ was in ]

Bethlehem <01035 +Beyth Lechem > . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab >

and his men <00582 +>enowsh > went <03212 +yalak > all <03605

+kol > night <03915 +layil > , and they came <00935 +bow> > to

Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > at break <00215 +>owr > of day <00215

+>owr > .

03 : 01 . Now there was long <00752 +>arok > war <04421

+milchamah > between <00996 +beyn > the house <01004 +bayith >

of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and the house <01004 +bayith > of

David <01732 +David > : but David <01732 +David > waxed <01980

+halak > stronger <02390 +chazeq > and stronger <02390 +chazeq >

, and the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > waxed

<01980 +halak > weaker <01800 +dal > and weaker <01800 +dal > .

03 : 02 And unto David <01732 +David > were sons <01121 +ben >

born <03205 +yalad > in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > : and his

firstborn <01060 +b@kowr > was Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > , of

Ahinoam <00293 +>Achiyno<am > the Jezreelitess <03159

+Yizr@<e>liyth > ;

03 : 03 And his second <04932 +mishneh > , Chileab <03609

+Kil>ab > , of Abigail <26> the wife <00802 +>ishshah > of Nabal

<05037 +Nabal > the Carmelite <03761 +Karm@liy > ; and the third

<07992 +sh@liyshiy > , Absalom <53> the son <01121 +ben > of

Maacah <04601 +Ma<akah > the daughter <01323 +bath > of Talmai

<08526 +Talmay > king <04428 +melek > of Geshur <01650 +G@shuwr

> ;

03 : 04 And the fourth <07243 +r@biy<iy > , Adonijah <00138

+>Adoniyah > the son <01121 +ben > of Haggith <02294 +Chaggiyith

> ; and the fifth <02549 +chamiyshiy > , Shephatiah <08203

+Sh@phatyah > the son <01121 +ben > of Abital <37> ;

03 : 05 And the sixth <08345 +shishshiy > , Ithream <03507

+Yithr@<am > , by Eglah <05698 +<Eglah > David s <01732 +David >

wife <00802 +>ishshah > . These <00428 +>el - leh > were born

<03205 +yalad > to David <01732 +David > in Hebron <02275

+Chebrown > .

03 : 06 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , while there was

war <04421 +milchamah > between <00996 +beyn > the house <01004

+bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and the house <01004 +bayith

> of David <01732 +David > , that Abner <74> made himself strong

<02388 +chazaq > for the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586

+Sha>uwl > .

03 : 07 . And Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > had a concubine <06370

+piylegesh > , whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Rizpah <07532

+Ritspah > , the daughter <01323 +bath > of Aiah <00345 +>Ayah >

: and [ Ishbosheth ] said <00559 +>amar > to Abner <74> ,

Wherefore <04069 +madduwa< > hast thou gone <00935 +bow> > in

unto my father s <1> concubine <06370 +piylegesh > ?

03 : 08 Then was Abner <74> very <03966 +m@<od > wroth <02734

+charah > for the words <01697 +dabar > of Ishbosheth <00378

+>Iysh - Bosheth > , and said <00559 +>amar > , [ Am ] I a dog s

<03611 +keleb > head <07218 +ro>sh > , which <00834 +>aher >

against Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > do <06213 +<asah > shew <06213

+<asah > kindness <02617 +checed > this day <03117 +yowm > unto

the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > thy father

<1> , to his brethren <00251 +>ach > , and to his friends <04828

+merea< > , and have not delivered <04672 +matsa> > thee into

the hand <03027 +yad > of David <01732 +David > , that thou

chargest <06485 +paqad > me to day <03117 +yowm > with a fault

<05771 +<avon > concerning this woman <00802 +>ishshah > ?

03 : 09 So <03541 +koh > do <06213 +<asah > God <00430 +>elohiym

> to Abner <74> , and more <03254 +yacaph > also <03541 +koh > ,

except <03588 +kiy > , as the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath sworn

<07650 +shaba< > to David <01732 +David > , even <03588 +kiy >

so <03651 +ken > I do <06213 +<asah > to him ;

03 : 10 To translate <05674 +<abar > the kingdom <04467

+mamlakah > from the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586

+Sha>uwl > , and to set <06965 +quwm > up the throne <03678

+kicce> > of David <01732 +David > over <05921 +<al > Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > and over <05921 +<al > Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah

> , from Dan <01835 +Dan > even to Beersheba <00884 +B@>er

Sheba< > .

03 : 11 And he could <03201 +yakol > not answer <07725 +shuwb >

Abner <74> a word <01697 +dabar > again <05750 +<owd > , because

he feared <03372 +yare> > him .

03 : 12 And Abner <74> sent <07971 +shalach > messengers <04397

+mal>ak > to David <01732 +David > on his behalf <08478 +tachath

> , saying <00559 +>amar > , Whose <04310 +miy > [ is ] the land

<00776 +>erets > ? saying <00559 +>amar > [ also ] , Make

<03772 +karath > thy league <01285 +b@riyth > with me , and ,

behold <02009 +hinneh > , my hand <03027 +yad > [ shall be ]

with thee , to bring <05437 +cabab > about <05437 +cabab > all

<03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > unto thee .

03 : 13 And he said <00559 +>amar > , Well <02896 +towb > ; I

will make <03772 +karath > a league <01285 +b@riyth > with thee :

but one <00259 +>echad > thing <01697 +dabar > I require <07592

+sha>al > of thee , that is , Thou shalt not see <07200 +ra>ah >

my face <06440 +paniym > , except thou first <06440 +paniym >

bring <00935 +bow> > Michal <04324 +Miykal > Saul s <07586

+Sha>uwl > daughter <01323 +bath > , when thou comest <00935

+bow> > to see <07200 +ra>ah > my face <06440 +paniym > .

03 : 14 And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach >

messengers <04397 +mal>ak > to Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh -

Bosheth > Saul s <07586 +Sha>uwl > son <01121 +ben > , saying

<00559 +>amar > , Deliver <05414 +nathan > [ me ] my wife <00802

+>ishshah > Michal <04324 +Miykal > , which <00834 +>aher > I

espoused <00781 +>aras > to me for an hundred <03967 +me>ah >

foreskins <06190 +<orlah > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy >

03 : 15 And Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > sent <07971

+shalach > , and took <03947 +laqach > her from [ her ] husband

<00376 +>iysh > , [ even ] from Phaltiel <06409 +Paltiy>el > the

son <01121 +ben > of Laish <03919 +Layish > .

03 : 16 And her husband <00376 +>iysh > went <03212 +yalak >

with her along <01980 +halak > weeping <01058 +bakah > behind

<00310 +>achar > her to Bahurim <00980 +Bachuriym > . Then said

<00559 +>amar > Abner <74> unto him , Go <03212 +yalak > ,

return <07725 +shuwb > . And he returned <07725 +shuwb > .

03 : 17 And Abner <74> had communication <01697 +dabar > with

the elders <02205 +zaqen > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , saying

<00559 +>amar > , Ye sought <01245 +baqash > for David <01732

+David > in times <08543 +t@mowl > past <08032 +shilshowm > [ to

be ] king <04428 +melek > over <05921 +<al > you :

03 : 18 Now <06258 +<attah > then do <06213 +<asah > [ it ] :

for the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath spoken <00559 +>amar > of

David <01732 +David > , saying <00559 +>amar > , By the hand

<03027 +yad > of my servant <05650 +<ebed > David <01732 +David

> I will save <03467 +yasha< > my people <05971 +<am > Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > out of the hand <03027 +yad > of the

Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > , and out of the hand <03027

+yad > of all <03605 +kol > their enemies <00341 +>oyeb > .

03 : 19 And Abner <74> also <01571 +gam > spake <01696 +dabar >

in the ears <00241 +>ozen > of Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > :

and Abner <74> went <03212 +yalak > also <01571 +gam > to speak

<01696 +dabar > in the ears <00241 +>ozen > of David <01732

+David > in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > all <03605 +kol > that

seemed <05869 +<ayin > good <02896 +towb > to Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > , and that seemed <05869 +<ayin > good to the whole

<03605 +kol > house <01004 +bayith > of Benjamin <01144

+Binyamiyn > .

03 : 20 So Abner <74> came <00935 +bow> > to David <01732 +David

> to Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > , and twenty <06242 +<esriym >

men <00582 +>enowsh > with him . And David <01732 +David > made

<06213 +<asah > Abner <74> and the men <00582 +>enowsh > that [

were ] with him a feast <04960 +mishteh > .

03 : 21 And Abner <74> said <00559 +>amar > unto David <01732

+David > , I will arise <06965 +quwm > and go <03212 +yalak > ,

and will gather <06908 +qabats > all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > unto my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek

> , that they may make <03772 +karath > a league <01285 +b@riyth

> with thee , and that thou mayest reign <04427 +malak > over

all <03605 +kol > that thine heart <05315 +nephesh > desireth

<08378 +ta>avah > . And David <01732 +David > sent <07971

+shalach > Abner <74> away ; and he went <03212 +yalak > in

peace <07965 +shalowm > .

03 : 22 . And , behold <02009 +hinneh > , the servants <05650

+<ebed > of David <01732 +David > and Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > came

<00935 +bow> > from [ pursuing ] a troop <01416 +g@duwd > , and

brought <00935 +bow> > in a great <07227 +rab > spoil <07998

+shalal > with them : but Abner <74> [ was ] not with David

<01732 +David > in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > ; for he had sent

<07971 +shalach > him away , and he was gone <03212 +yalak > in

peace <07965 +shalowm > .

03 : 23 When Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > and all <03605 +kol > the

host <06635 +tsaba> > that [ was ] with him were come <00935

+bow> > , they told <05046 +nagad > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > ,

saying <00559 +>amar > , Abner <74> the son <01121 +ben > of Ner

<05369 +Ner > came <00935 +bow> > to the king <04428 +melek > ,

and he hath sent <07971 +shalach > him away , and he is gone

<03212 +yalak > in peace <07965 +shalowm > .

03 : 24 Then Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > came <00935 +bow> > to the

king <04428 +melek > , and said <00559 +>amar > , What <04100

+mah > hast thou done <06213 +<asah > ? behold <02009 +hinneh >

, Abner <74> came <00935 +bow> > unto thee ; why <04100 +mah > [

is ] it [ that ] thou hast sent <07971 +shalach > him away , and

he is quite gone <03212 +yalak > ?

03 : 25 Thou knowest <03045 +yada< > Abner <74> the son <01121

+ben > of Ner <05369 +Ner > , that he came <00935 +bow> > to

deceive <06601 +pathah > thee , and to know <03045 +yada< > thy

going <04161 +mowtsa> > out and thy coming <04126 +mowba> > in ,

and to know <03045 +yada< > all <03605 +kol > that thou doest

<06213 +<asah > .

03 : 26 And when Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > was come <03318 +yatsa> >

out from David <01732 +David > , he sent <07971 +shalach >

messengers <04397 +mal>ak > after <00310 +>achar > Abner <74> ,

which brought <07725 +shuwb > him again <05750 +<owd > from the

well <00953 +bowr > of Sirah <05626 +Cirah > : but David <01732

+David > knew <03045 +yada< > [ it ] not .

03 : 27 And when Abner <74> was returned <07725 +shuwb > to

Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > , Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > took him aside

<05186 +natah > in the gate <08179 +sha<ar > to speak <01696

+dabar > with him quietly <07987 +sh@liy > , and smote <05221

+nakah > him there <08033 +sham > under the fifth <02570

+chomesh > [ rib ] , that he died <04191 +muwth > , for the

blood <01818 +dam > of Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > his brother

<00251 +>ach > .

03 : 28 And afterward when David <01732 +David > heard <08085

+shama< > [ it ] , he said <00559 +>amar > , I and my kingdom

<04467 +mamlakah > [ are ] guiltless <05355 +naqiy > before

<05973 +<im > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > for ever <05769 +<owlam

> from the blood <01818 +dam > of Abner <74> the son <01121 +ben

> of Ner <05369 +Ner > :

03 : 29 Let it rest <02342 +chuwl > on <05921 +<al > the head

<07218 +ro>sh > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and on <00413 +>el >

all <03605 +kol > his father s <1> house <01004 +bayith > ; and

let there not fail <03772 +karath > from the house <01004

+bayith > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > one that hath an issue <02100

+zuwb > , or that is a leper <06879 +tsara< > , or that leaneth

<02388 +chazaq > on a staff <06418 +pelek > , or that falleth

<05307 +naphal > on the sword <02719 +chereb > , or that lacketh

<02638 +chacer > bread <03899 +lechem > .

03 : 30 So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > and Abishai <52> his brother

<00251 +>ach > slew <02026 +harag > Abner <74> , because he had

slain <04191 +muwth > their brother <00251 +>ach > Asahel <06214

+<Asah>el > at Gibeon <01391 +Gib<own > in the battle <04421

+milchamah > .

03 : 31 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to Joab

<03097 +Yow>ab > , and to all <03605 +kol > the people <05971

+<am > that [ were ] with him , Rend <07167 +qara< > your

clothes <00899 +beged > , and gird <02296 +chagar > you with

sackcloth <08242 +saq > , and mourn <05594 +caphad > before

<06440 +paniym > Abner <74> . And king <04428 +melek > David

<01732 +David > [ himself ] followed the bier <04296 +mittah > .

03 : 32 And they buried <06912 +qabar > Abner <74> in Hebron

<02275 +Chebrown > : and the king <04428 +melek > lifted <05375

+nasa> > up his voice <06963 +qowl > , and wept <01058 +bakah >

at the grave <06913 +qeber > of Abner <74> ; and all <03605 +kol

> the people <05971 +<am > wept <01058 +bakah > .

03 : 33 And the king <04428 +melek > lamented <06969 +quwn >

over <00413 +>el > Abner <74> , and said <00559 +>amar > , Died

<04191 +muwth > Abner <74> as a fool <05036 +nabal > dieth

<04194 +maveth > ?

03 : 34 Thy hands <03027 +yad > [ were ] not bound <00631 +>acar

> , nor <03808 +lo> > thy feet <07272 +regel > put <05056

+naggach > into fetters <05178 +n@chosheth > : as a man <01121

+ben > falleth <05307 +naphal > before <06440 +paniym > wicked

<05766 +<evel > men <01121 +ben > , [ so ] fellest <05307

+naphal > thou . And all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am >

wept <01058 +bakah > again <03254 +yacaph > over <05921 +<al >

him .

03 : 35 And when all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > came

<00935 +bow> > to cause David <01732 +David > to eat <01262

+barah > meat <03899 +lechem > while it was yet <05750 +<owd >

day <03117 +yowm > , David <01732 +David > sware <07650 +shaba<

> , saying <00559 +>amar > , So <03541 +koh > do <06213 +<asah >

God <00430 +>elohiym > to me , and more <03254 +yacaph > also

<03541 +koh > , if I taste <02938 +ta<am > bread <03899 +lechem

> , or <00176 +>ow > ought <03972 +m@uwmah > else , till <06440

+paniym > the sun <08121 +shemesh > be down <00935 +bow> > .

03 : 36 And all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > took

<05384 +nasheh > notice <05234 +nakar > [ of it ] , and it

pleased them : as whatsoever the king <04428 +melek > did <06213

+<asah > pleased all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > .

03 : 37 For all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > and all

<03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > understood <03045 +yada<

> that day <03117 +yowm > that it was not of the king <04428

+melek > to slay <04191 +muwth > Abner <74> the son <01121 +ben

> of Ner <05369 +Ner > .

03 : 38 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

his servants <05650 +<ebed > , Know <03045 +yada< > ye not that

there is a prince <08269 +sar > and a great <01419 +gadowl > man

fallen <05307 +naphal > this <02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm > in

Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ?

03 : 39 And I [ am ] this day <03117 +yowm > weak <07390 +rak > ,

though anointed <04886 +mashach > king <04428 +melek > ; and

these <00428 +>el - leh > men <00582 +>enowsh > the sons <01121

+ben > of Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > [ be ] too hard <07186

+qasheh > for me : the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > shall reward

<07999 +shalam > the doer <06218 +<asowr > of evil <07451 +ra< >

according to his wickedness <07451 +ra< > .

04 : 01 . And when Saul s <07586 +Sha>uwl > son <01121 +ben >

heard <08085 +shama< > that Abner <74> was dead <04191 +muwth >

in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > , his hands <03027 +yad > were

feeble <07503 +raphah > , and all <03605 +kol > the Israelites

<03478 +Yisra>el > were troubled <00926 +bahal > .

04 : 02 And Saul s <07586 +Sha>uwl > son <01121 +ben > had

<01961 +hayah > two <08147 +sh@nayim > men <00582 +>enowsh > [

that were ] captains <08269 +sar > of bands <01416 +g@duwd > :

the name <08034 +shem > of the one <00259 +>echad > [ was ]

Baanah <01195 +Ba<ana> > , and the name <08034 +shem > of the

other <08145 +sheniy > Rechab <07394 +Rekab > , the sons <01121

+ben > of Rimmon <07417 +Rimmown > a Beerothite <00886

+B@>erothiy > , of the children <01121 +ben > of Benjamin <01144

+Binyamiyn > : ( for Beeroth <00881 +B@>erowth > also <01571

+gam > was reckoned <02803 +chashab > to Benjamin <01144

+Binyamiyn > :

04 : 03 And the Beerothites <00886 +B@>erothiy > fled <01272

+barach > to Gittaim <01664 +Gittayim > , and were sojourners

<01481 +guwr > there <08033 +sham > until <05704 +<ad > this

<02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm > . )

04 : 04 And Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > , Saul s <07586

+Sha>uwl > son <01121 +ben > , had a son <01121 +ben > [ that

was ] lame <05223 +nakeh > of [ his ] feet <07272 +regel > . He

was five <02568 +chamesh > years <08141 +shaneh > old <01121

+ben > when the tidings <08052 +sh@muw<ah > came <00935 +bow> >

of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > out

of Jezreel <03157 +Yizr@<e>l > , and his nurse <00539 +>aman >

took <05375 +nasa> > him up , and fled <05127 +nuwc > : and it

came <01961 +hayah > to pass , as she made haste <02648 +chaphaz

> to flee <05127 +nuwc > , that he fell <05307 +naphal > , and

became <06452 +pacach > lame <06452 +pacach > . And his name

<08034 +shem > [ was ] Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > .

04 : 05 And the sons <01121 +ben > of Rimmon <07417 +Rimmown >

the Beerothite <00886 +B@>erothiy > , Rechab <07394 +Rekab > and

Baanah <01195 +Ba<ana> > , went <03212 +yalak > , and came

<00935 +bow> > about the heat <02527 +chom > of the day <03117

+yowm > to the house <01004 +bayith > of Ishbosheth <00378

+>Iysh - Bosheth > , who <04310 +miy > lay <07901 +shakab > on a

bed <04904 +mishkab > at noon <06672 +tsohar > .

04 : 06 And they came <00935 +bow> > thither into <05704 +<ad >

the midst <08432 +tavek > of the house <01004 +bayith > , [ as

though ] they would have fetched <03947 +laqach > wheat <02406

+chittah > ; and they smote <05221 +nakah > him under <00413

+>el > the fifth <02570 +chomesh > [ rib ] : and Rechab <07394

+Rekab > and Baanah <01195 +Ba<ana> > his brother <00251 +>ach >

escaped <04422 +malat > .

04 : 07 For when they came <00935 +bow> > into the house <01004

+bayith > , he lay <07901 +shakab > on <05921 +<al > his bed

<04296 +mittah > in his bedchamber , and they smote <05221

+nakah > him , and slew <04191 +muwth > him , and beheaded him ,

and took <03947 +laqach > his head <07218 +ro>sh > , and gat

<03212 +yalak > them away <03212 +yalak > through <01870 +derek

> the plain <06160 +<arabah > all <03605 +kol > night <03915

+layil > .

04 : 08 And they brought <00935 +bow> > the head <07218 +ro>sh >

of Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > unto David <01732 +David

> to Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > , and said <00559 +>amar > to the

king <04428 +melek > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > the head <07218

+ro>sh > of Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > the son <01121

+ben > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > thine enemy <00341 +>oyeb > ,

which <00834 +>aher > sought <01245 +baqash > thy life <05315

+nephesh > ; and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath avenged my lord

<03068 +Y@hovah > the king <04428 +melek > this <02088 +zeh >

day <03117 +yowm > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , and of his seed

<02233 +zera< > .

04 : 09 . And David <01732 +David > answered <06030 +<anah >

Rechab <07394 +Rekab > and Baanah <01195 +Ba<ana> > his brother

<00251 +>ach > , the sons of Rimmon <07417 +Rimmown > the

Beerothite <00886 +B@>erothiy > , and said <00559 +>amar > unto

them , [ As ] the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > liveth <02416 +chay > ,

who <00834 +>aher > hath redeemed <06299 +padah > my soul <05315

+nephesh > out of all <03605 +kol > adversity <06869 +tsarah > ,

04 : 10 When one told <05046 +nagad > me , saying <00559 +>amar

> , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > is dead

<04191 +muwth > , thinking to have brought <01319 +basar > good

<01319 +basar > tidings <01319 +basar > , I took hold <00270

+>achaz > of him , and slew <02026 +harag > him in Ziklag <06860

+Tsiqlag > , who <00834 +>aher > [ thought ] that I would have

given <05414 +nathan > him a reward <01309 +b@sowrah > for his

tidings <01309 +b@sowrah > :

04 : 11 How <00637 +>aph > much <00637 +>aph > more , when

<03588 +kiy > wicked <07563 +rasha< > men <00582 +>enowsh > have

slain <02026 +harag > a righteous <06662 +tsaddiyq > person

<00376 +>iysh > in his own house <01004 +bayith > upon his bed

<04904 +mishkab > ? shall I not therefore now <06258 +<attah >

require <01245 +baqash > his blood <01818 +dam > of your hand

<03027 +yad > , and take <01197 +ba<ar > you away from the earth

<00776 +>erets > ?

04 : 12 And David <01732 +David > commanded <06680 +tsavah > his

young <05288 +na<ar > men , and they slew <02026 +harag > them ,

and cut <07112 +qatsats > off their hands <03027 +yad > and

their feet <07272 +regel > , and hanged <08518 +talah > [ them ]

up over <05921 +<al > the pool <01295 +b@rekah > in Hebron

<02275 +Chebrown > . But they took <03947 +laqach > the head

<07218 +ro>sh > of Ishbosheth <00378 +>Iysh - Bosheth > , and

buried <06912 +qabar > [ it ] in the sepulchre <06913 +qeber >

of Abner <74> in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > .

05 : 01 . Then came <00935 +bow> > all <03605 +kol > the tribes

<07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > to David <01732

+David > unto Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > , and spake <00559

+>amar > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Behold <02005 +hen > , we [

are ] thy bone <06106 +<etsem > and thy flesh <01320 +basar > .

05 : 02 Also <01571 +gam > in time past <08032 +shilshowm > ,

when Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > was king <04428 +melek > over <05921

+<al > us , thou wast <01961 +hayah > he that leddest <03318

+yatsa> > out and broughtest <00935 +bow> > in Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > : and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > said <00559 +>amar

> to thee , Thou shalt feed <07462 +ra<ah > my people <05971

+<am > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , and thou shalt be a captain

<05057 +nagiyd > over <05921 +<al > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .

05 : 03 So all <03605 +kol > the elders <02205 +zaqen > of

Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > came <00935 +bow> > to the king <04428

+melek > to Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > ; and king <04428 +melek >

David <01732 +David > made <03772 +karath > a league <01285

+b@riyth > with them in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > before <06440

+paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > : and they anointed <04886

+mashach > David <01732 +David > king <04428 +melek > over

<05921 +<al > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .

05 : 04 David <01732 +David > [ was ] thirty <07970 +sh@lowshiym

> years <08141 +shaneh > old <01121 +ben > when <03588 +kiy > he

began to reign <04427 +malak > , [ and ] he reigned <04427

+malak > forty <00705 +>arba<iym > years <08141 +shaneh > .

05 : 05 In Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > he reigned <04427 +malak >

over <05921 +<al > Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > seven <07651 +sheba<

> years <08141 +shaneh > and six <08337 +shesh > months <02320

+chodesh > : and in Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > he reigned

<04427 +malak > thirty <07970 +sh@lowshiym > and three <07969

+shalowsh > years <08141 +shaneh > over <05921 +<al > all <03605

+kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > and Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > .

05 : 06 . And the king <04428 +melek > and his men <00582

+>enowsh > went <03212 +yalak > to Jerusalem <03389

+Y@ruwshalaim > unto the Jebusites <02983 +Yebuwciy > , the

inhabitants <03427 +yashab > of the land <00776 +>erets > :

which spake <00559 +>amar > unto David <01732 +David > , saying

<00559 +>amar > , Except thou take <05493 +cuwr > away <05493

+cuwr > the blind <05787 +<ivver > and the lame <06455 +picceach

> , thou shalt not come <00935 +bow> > in hither : thinking

<00559 +>amar > , David <01732 +David > cannot <03808 +lo> >

come <00935 +bow> > in hither .

05 : 07 Nevertheless David <01732 +David > took <03920 +lakad >

the strong <04686 +matsuwd > hold <04686 +matsuwd > of Zion

<06726 +Tsiyown > : the same <01931 +huw> > [ is ] the city

<05892 +<iyr > of David <01732 +David > .

05 : 08 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > on that

day <03117 +yowm > , Whosoever getteth <05060 +naga< > up to the

gutter <06794 +tsinnuwr > , and smiteth <05221 +nakah > the

Jebusites <02983 +Yebuwciy > , and the lame <06455 +picceach >

and the blind <05787 +<ivver > , [ that are ] hated <08130

+sane> > of David s <01732 +David > soul <05315 +nephesh > , [

he shall be chief and captain ] . Wherefore <04100 +mah > they

said <00559 +>amar > , The blind <05787 +<ivver > and the lame

<06455 +picceach > shall not come <00935 +bow> > into <00413

+>el > the house <01004 +bayith > .

05 : 09 So David <01732 +David > dwelt <03427 +yashab > in the

fort <04686 +matsuwd > , and called <07121 +qara> > it the city

<05892 +<iyr > of David <01732 +David > . And David <01732

+David > built <01129 +banah > round <05439 +cabiyb > about from

Millo <04407 +millow> > and inward <01004 +bayith > .

05 : 10 And David <01732 +David > went <03212 +yalak > on , and

grew great <01419 +gadowl > , and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > God

<00430 +>elohiym > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > [ was ] with him .

05 : 11 . And Hiram <02438 +Chiyram > king <04428 +melek > of

Tyre <06865 +Tsor > sent <07971 +shalach > messengers <04397

+mal>ak > to David <01732 +David > , and cedar <00730 +>erez >

trees <06086 +<ets > , and carpenters <02796 +charash > , and

masons : and they built <01129 +banah > David <01732 +David > an

house <01004 +bayith > .

05 : 12 And David <01732 +David > perceived <03045 +yada< > that

the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had established <03559 +kuwn > him

king <04428 +melek > over <05921 +<al > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el

> , and that he had exalted <05375 +nasa> > his kingdom <04467

+mamlakah > for his people <05971 +<am > Israel s <03478

+Yisra>el > sake <05668 +<abuwr > .

05 : 13 And David <01732 +David > took <03947 +laqach > [ him ]

more <05750 +<owd > concubines <06370 +piylegesh > and wives

<00802 +>ishshah > out of Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > ,

after <00310 +>achar > he was come <00935 +bow> > from Hebron

<02275 +Chebrown > : and there were yet <05750 +<owd > sons

<01121 +ben > and daughters <01121 +ben > born <03205 +yalad >

to David <01732 +David > .

05 : 14 And these <00428 +>el - leh > [ be ] the names <08034

+shem > of those that were born <03209 +yillowd > unto him in

Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > ; Shammua <08051 +Shammuwa< > ,

and Shobab <07727 +Showbab > , and Nathan <05416 +Nathan > , and

Solomon <08010 +Sh@lomoh > ,

05 : 15 Ibhar <02984 +Yibchar > also , and Elishua <00474

+>Eliyshuwa< > , and Nepheg <05298 +Nepheg > , and Japhia <03309

+Yaphiya< > ,

05 : 16 And Elishama <00476 +>Eliyshama< > , and Eliada <00450

+>Elyada< > , and Eliphalet <00467 +>Eliyphelet > .

05 : 17 . But when the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > heard

<08085 +shama< > that they had anointed <04886 +mashach > David

<01732 +David > king <04428 +melek > over <05921 +<al > Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > , all <03605 +kol > the Philistines <06430

+P@lishtiy > came <05927 +<alah > up to seek <01245 +baqash >

David <01732 +David > ; and David <01732 +David > heard <08085

+shama< > [ of it ] , and went <03381 +yarad > down <03381

+yarad > to the hold <04686 +matsuwd > .

05 : 18 The Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > also came <00935

+bow> > and spread <05203 +natash > themselves in the valley

<06010 +<emeq > of Rephaim <07497 +rapha> > .

05 : 19 And David <01732 +David > enquired <07592 +sha>al > of

the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Shall I go

<05927 +<alah > up to the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > ?

wilt thou deliver <05414 +nathan > them into mine hand <03027

+yad > ? And the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > said <00559 +>amar >

unto David <01732 +David > , Go <05927 +<alah > up : for I will

doubtless deliver <05414 +nathan > the Philistines <06430

+P@lishtiy > into thine hand <03027 +yad > .

05 : 20 And David <01732 +David > came <00935 +bow> > to

Baalperazim <01188 +Ba<al P@<ratsiym > , and David <01732 +David

> smote <05221 +nakah > them there <08033 +sham > , and said

<00559 +>amar > , The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath broken <06555

+parats > forth upon mine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > before <06440

+paniym > me , as the breach <06556 +perets > of waters <04325

+mayim > . Therefore he called <07121 +qara> > the name <08034

+shem > of that place <04725 +maqowm > Baalperazim <01188 +Ba<al

P@<ratsiym > .

05 : 21 And there <08033 +sham > they left <05800 +<azab > their

images <06091 +<atsab > , and David <01732 +David > and his men

<00582 +>enowsh > burned <05375 +nasa> > them .

05 : 22 And the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > came <05927

+<alah > up yet <05750 +<owd > again <03254 +yacaph > , and

spread <05203 +natash > themselves in the valley <06010 +<emeq >

of Rephaim <07497 +rapha> > .

05 : 23 And when David <01732 +David > enquired <07592 +sha>al >

of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , he said <00559 +>amar > , Thou

shalt not go <05927 +<alah > up ; [ but ] fetch a compass <05437

+cabab > behind <00310 +>achar > them , and come <00935 +bow> >

upon them over <04136 +muwl > against <04136 +muwl > the

mulberry <01057 +baka> > trees .

05 : 24 And let it be , when thou hearest <08085 +shama< > the

sound <06963 +qowl > of a going <06807 +ts@<adah > in the tops

<07218 +ro>sh > of the mulberry <01057 +baka> > trees , that

then <00227 +>az > thou shalt bestir <02782 +charats > thyself :

for then <00227 +>az > shall the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > go

<03318 +yatsa> > out before <06440 +paniym > thee , to smite

<05221 +nakah > the host <04264 +machaneh > of the Philistines

<06430 +P@lishtiy > .

05 : 25 And David <01732 +David > did <06213 +<asah > so <03651

+ken > , as the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had commanded <06680

+tsavah > him ; and smote <05221 +nakah > the Philistines <06430

+P@lishtiy > from Geba <01387 +Geba< > until <05704 +<ad > thou

come <00935 +bow> > to Gazer <01507 +Gezer > .

06 : 01 . Again <05750 +<owd > , David <01732 +David > gathered

<03254 +yacaph > together all <03605 +kol > [ the ] chosen

<00970 +bachuwr > [ men ] of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , thirty

<07970 +sh@lowshiym > thousand <00505 +>eleph > .

06 : 02 And David <01732 +David > arose <06965 +quwm > , and

went <03212 +yalak > with all <03605 +kol > the people <05971

+<am > that [ were ] with him from Baale <01184 +Ba<aley

Y@huwdah > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > , to bring <05927 +<alah

> up from thence <08033 +sham > the ark <00727 +>arown > of God

<00430 +>elohiym > , whose <00834 +>aher > name <08034 +shem >

is called <07121 +qara> > by the name <08034 +shem > of the LORD

<03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > that dwelleth <03427

+yashab > [ between ] the cherubims <03742 +k@ruwb > .

06 : 03 And they set <07392 +rakab > the ark <00727 +>arown > of

God <00430 +>elohiym > upon a new <02319 +chadash > cart <05699

+<agalah > , and brought <05375 +nasa> > it out of the house

<01004 +bayith > of Abinadab <41> that [ was ] in Gibeah <01390

+Gib<ah > : and Uzzah <05798 +<Uzza> > and Ahio <00283 +>Achyow

> , the sons <01121 +ben > of Abinadab <41> , drave <05090

+nahag > the new <02319 +chadash > cart <05699 +<agalah > .

06 : 04 And they brought <05375 +nasa> > it out of the house

<01004 +bayith > of Abinadab <41> which <00834 +>aher > [ was ]

at Gibeah <01390 +Gib<ah > , accompanying <05973 +<im > the ark

<00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > : and Ahio <00283

+>Achyow > went <01980 +halak > before <06440 +paniym > the ark

<00727 +>arown > .

06 : 05 And David <01732 +David > and all <03605 +kol > the

house <01004 +bayith > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > played

<07832 +sachaq > before <06440 +paniym > the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > on all <03605 +kol > manner of [ instruments made of

] fir <01265 +b@rowsh > wood <06086 +<ets > , even on harps

<03658 +kinnowr > , and on psalteries <05035 +nebel > , and on

timbrels <08596 +toph > , and on cornets <04517 +m@na<na< > ,

and on cymbals <06767 +ts@latsal > .

06 : 06 . And when they came <00935 +bow> > to Nachon s <05225

+Nakown > threshingfloor <01637 +goren > , Uzzah <05798 +<Uzza>

> put <07971 +shalach > forth <07971 +shalach > [ his hand ] to

the ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > , and took

hold <00270 +>achaz > of it ; for the oxen <01241 +baqar > shook

<08058 +shamat > [ it ] .

06 : 07 And the anger <00639 +>aph > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah

> was kindled <02734 +charah > against Uzzah <05798 +<Uzza> > ;

and God <00430 +>elohiym > smote <05221 +nakah > him there

<08033 +sham > for [ his ] error <07944 +shal > ; and there

<08033 +sham > he died <04191 +muwth > by the ark <00727 +>arown

> of God <00430 +>elohiym > .

06 : 08 And David <01732 +David > was displeased <02734 +charah

> , because the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had made <06555 +parats >

a breach <06556 +perets > upon Uzzah <05798 +<Uzza> > : and he

called <07121 +qara> > the name of the place <04725 +maqowm >

Perezuzzah <06560 +Perets <Uzza> > to this <02088 +zeh > day

<03117 +yowm > .

06 : 09 And David <01732 +David > was afraid <03372 +yare> > of

the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > that day <03117 +yowm > , and said

<00559 +>amar > , How shall the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD

<03068 +Y@hovah > come <00935 +bow> > to me ?

06 : 10 So David <01732 +David > would <14> not remove <05493

+cuwr > the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah >

unto him into <05921 +<al > the city <05892 +<iyr > of David

<01732 +David > : but David <01732 +David > carried <05186

+natah > it aside <05186 +natah > into the house <01004 +bayith

> of Obededom <05654 +<Obed >Edowm > the Gittite <01663 +Gittiy

> .

06 : 11 And the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah

> continued <03427 +yashab > in the house <01004 +bayith > of

Obededom <05654 +<Obed >Edowm > the Gittite <01663 +Gittiy >

three <07969 +shalowsh > months <02320 +chodesh > : and the LORD

<03068 +Y@hovah > blessed <01288 +barak > Obededom <05654 +<Obed

>Edowm > , and all <03605 +kol > his household <01004 +bayith > .

06 : 12 . And it was told <05046 +nagad > king <04428 +melek >

David <01732 +David > , saying <00559 +>amar > , The LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > hath blessed <01288 +barak > the house <01004 +bayith

> of Obededom <05654 +<Obed >Edowm > , and all <03605 +kol >

that [ pertaineth ] unto him , because <05668 +<abuwr > of the

ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > . So David

<01732 +David > went <03212 +yalak > and brought <05927 +<alah >

up the ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > from the

house <01004 +bayith > of Obededom <05654 +<Obed >Edowm > into

the city <05892 +<iyr > of David <01732 +David > with gladness

<08057 +simchah > .

06 : 13 And it was [ so ] , that when <03588 +kiy > they that

bare <05375 +nasa> > the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > had gone <06805 +tsa<ad > six <08337 +shesh > paces

<06806 +tsa<ad > , he sacrificed <02076 +zabach > oxen <07794

+showr > and fatlings <04806 +m@riy> > .

06 : 14 And David <01732 +David > danced <03769 +karar > before

<06440 +paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > with all <03605 +kol

> [ his ] might <05797 +<oz > ; and David <01732 +David > [ was

] girded <02296 +chagar > with a linen <00906 +bad > ephod

<00646 +>ephowd > .

06 : 15 So David <01732 +David > and all <03605 +kol > the house

<01004 +bayith > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > brought <05927

+<alah > up the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah

> with shouting <08643 +t@ruw<ah > , and with the sound <06963

+qowl > of the trumpet <07782 +showphar > .

06 : 16 And as the ark <00727 +>arown > of the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > came <00935 +bow> > into the city <05892 +<iyr > of

David <01732 +David > , Michal <04324 +Miykal > Saul s <07586

+Sha>uwl > daughter <01323 +bath > looked <08259 +shaqaph >

through <01157 +b@<ad > a window <02474 +challown > , and saw

<07200 +ra>ah > king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David >

leaping <06339 +pazaz > and dancing <03769 +karar > before

<06440 +paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ; and she despised

<00959 +bazah > him in her heart <03820 +leb > .

06 : 17 And they brought <00935 +bow> > in the ark <00727

+>arown > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and set <03322 +yatsag

> it in his place <04725 +maqowm > , in the midst <08432 +tavek

> of the tabernacle <00168 +>ohel > that David had pitched

<05186 +natah > for it : and David <01732 +David > offered

<05927 +<alah > burnt <05930 +<olah > offerings and peace <08002

+shelem > offerings before <06440 +paniym > the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > .

06 : 18 And as soon as David <01732 +David > had made an end

<03615 +kalah > of offering <05927 +<alah > burnt <05930 +<olah

> offerings and peace <08002 +shelem > offerings , he blessed

<01288 +barak > the people <05971 +<am > in the name <08034

+shem > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > .

06 : 19 And he dealt <02505 +chalaq > among all <03605 +kol >

the people <05971 +<am > , [ even ] among the whole <03605 +kol

> multitude <01995 +hamown > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , as

well to the women <00802 +>ishshah > as men <00376 +>iysh > , to

every <00376 +>iysh > one <00376 +>iysh > a cake <02471 +challah

> of bread <03899 +lechem > , and a good piece <00829 +>eshpar >

[ of flesh <00829 +>eshpar > ] , and a flagon <00809 +>ashiyshah

> [ of wine ] . So all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am >

departed <03212 +yalak > every <00376 +>iysh > one <00376 +>iysh

> to his house <01004 +bayith > .

06 : 20 . Then David <01732 +David > returned <07725 +shuwb >

to bless <01288 +barak > his household <01004 +bayith > . And

Michal <04324 +Miykal > the daughter <01323 +bath > of Saul

<07586 +Sha>uwl > came <03318 +yatsa> > out to meet <07125

+qir>ah > David <01732 +David > , and said <00559 +>amar > , How

<04100 +mah > glorious <03513 +kabad > was the king <04428

+melek > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > to day , who <00834 +>aher

> uncovered <01540 +galah > himself to day <03117 +yowm > in the

eyes <05869 +<ayin > of the handmaids <00519 +>amah > of his

servants <05650 +<ebed > , as one <00259 +>echad > of the vain

<07386 +reyq > fellows shamelessly <01540 +galah > uncovereth

<01540 +galah > himself !

06 : 21 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Michal <04324 +Miykal > , [ It was ] before <06440 +paniym > the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , which <00834 +>aher > chose <00977

+bachar > me before thy father <1> , and before all <03605 +kol

> his house <01004 +bayith > , to appoint <06680 +tsavah > me

ruler <05057 +nagiyd > over <05921 +<al > the people <05971 +<am

> of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , over <05921 +<al > Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > : therefore will I play <07832 +sachaq >

before <06440 +paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > .

06 : 22 And I will yet <05750 +<owd > be more vile <07043 +qalal

> than thus <02063 +zo>th > , and will be base <08217 +shaphal >

in mine own sight <05869 +<ayin > : and of the maidservants

<00519 +>amah > which <00834 +>aher > thou hast spoken <00559

+>amar > of , of them shall I be had in honour <03513 +kabad > .

06 : 23 Therefore Michal <04324 +Miykal > the daughter <01323

+bath > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > had no <03808 +lo> > child

<03206 +yeled > unto the day <03117 +yowm > of her death <04194

+maveth > .

07 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when <03588

+kiy > the king <04428 +melek > sat <03427 +yashab > in his

house <01004 +bayith > , and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had

given him rest <05117 +nuwach > round <05439 +cabiyb > about

from all <03605 +kol > his enemies <00341 +>oyeb > ;

07 : 02 That the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Nathan <05416 +Nathan > the prophet <05030 +nabiy> > , See

<07200 +ra>ah > now <04994 +na> > , I dwell <03427 +yashab > in

an house <01004 +bayith > of cedar <00730 +>erez > , but the ark

<00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > dwelleth <03427

+yashab > within <08432 +tavek > curtains <03407 +y@riy<ah > .

07 : 03 And Nathan <05416 +Nathan > said <00559 +>amar > to the

king <04428 +melek > , Go <03212 +yalak > , do <06213 +<asah >

all <03605 +kol > that [ is ] in thine heart <03824 +lebab > ;

for the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ is ] with thee .

07 : 04 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass that night <03915

+layil > , that the word <01697 +dabar > of the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > came <01961 +hayah > unto Nathan <05416 +Nathan > ,

saying <00559 +>amar > ,

07 : 05 Go <03212 +yalak > and tell <00559 +>amar > my servant

<05650 +<ebed > David <01732 +David > , Thus <03541 +koh > saith

<00559 +>amar > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , Shalt thou build

<01129 +banah > me an house <01004 +bayith > for me to dwell

<03427 +yashab > in ?

07 : 06 Whereas <03588 +kiy > I have not dwelt <03427 +yashab >

in [ any ] house <01004 +bayith > since the time <03117 +yowm >

that I brought <05927 +<alah > up the children <01121 +ben > of

Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > out of Egypt <04714 +Mitsrayim > ,

even to this <02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm > , but have walked

<01980 +halak > in a tent <00168 +>ohel > and in a tabernacle

<04908 +mishkan > .

07 : 07 In all <03605 +kol > [ the places ] wherein <00834

+>aher > I have walked <01980 +halak > with all <03605 +kol >

the children <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > spake

<01696 +dabar > I a word <01697 +dabar > with any <00259 +>echad

> of the tribes <07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,

whom <00834 +>aher > I commanded <06680 +tsavah > to feed <07462

+ra<ah > my people <05971 +<am > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,

saying <00559 +>amar > , Why <04100 +mah > build <01129 +banah >

ye not me an house <01004 +bayith > of cedar <00730 +>erez > ?

07 : 08 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore so shalt thou say <00559

+>amar > unto my servant <05650 +<ebed > David <01732 +David > ,

Thus <03541 +koh > saith <00559 +>amar > the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > , I took <03947 +laqach >

thee from the sheepcote <05116 +naveh > , from following <00310

+>achar > the sheep <06629 +tso>n > , to be ruler <05057 +nagiyd

> over <05921 +<al > my people <05971 +<am > , over <05921 +<al

> Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > :

07 : 09 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest <01980

+halak > , and have cut <03772 +karath > off all <03605 +kol >

thine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > out of thy sight <06440 +paniym > ,

and have made <06213 +<asah > thee a great <01419 +gadowl >

name <08034 +shem > , like unto the name <08034 +shem > of the

great <01419 +gadowl > [ men ] that [ are ] in the earth <00776

+>erets > .

07 : 10 Moreover I will appoint <07760 +suwm > a place <04725

+maqowm > for my people <05971 +<am > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,

and will plant <05193 +nata< > them , that they may dwell

<07931 +shakan > in a place <08478 +tachath > of their own , and

move <07264 +ragaz > no <03808 +lo> > more <05750 +<owd > ;

neither <03808 +lo> > shall the children <01121 +ben > of

wickedness <05766 +<evel > afflict <06031 +<anah > them any more

<03254 +yacaph > , as beforetime <07223 +ri>shown > ,

07 : 11 And as since <04480 +min > the time <03117 +yowm > that

I commanded <06680 +tsavah > judges <08199 +shaphat > [ to be ]

over <05921 +<al > my people <05971 +<am > Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > , and have caused thee to rest <05117 +nuwach > from

all <03605 +kol > thine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > . Also the LORD

<03068 +Y@hovah > telleth <05046 +nagad > thee that he will make

<06213 +<asah > thee an house <01004 +bayith > .

07 : 12 And when <03588 +kiy > thy days <03117 +yowm > be

fulfilled <04390 +male> > , and thou shalt sleep <07901 +shakab

> with thy fathers <1> , I will set <06965 +quwm > up thy seed

<02233 +zera< > after <00310 +>achar > thee , which <00834

+>aher > shall proceed <03318 +yatsa> > out of thy bowels <04578

+me<ah > , and I will establish <03559 +kuwn > his kingdom

<04467 +mamlakah > .

07 : 13 He shall build <01129 +banah > an house <01004 +bayith >

for my name <08034 +shem > , and I will stablish <03559 +kuwn >

the throne <03678 +kicce> > of his kingdom <04467 +mamlakah >

for ever <05769 +<owlam > .

07 : 14 I will be his father <1> , and he shall be my son <01121

+ben > . If <00834 +>aher > he commit <05753 +<avah > iniquity

<05753 +<avah > , I will chasten <03198 +yakach > him with the

rod <07626 +shebet > of men <00582 +>enowsh > , and with the

stripes <05061 +nega< > of the children <01121 +ben > of men

<00120 +>adam > :

07 : 15 But my mercy <02617 +checed > shall not depart <05493

+cuwr > away from him , as I took <05493 +cuwr > [ it ] from

Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , whom <00834 +>aher > I put <05493 +cuwr

> away <05493 +cuwr > before <06440 +paniym > thee .

07 : 16 And thine house <01004 +bayith > and thy kingdom <04467

+mamlakah > shall be established <00539 +>aman > for ever <05769

+<owlam > before <06440 +paniym > thee : thy throne <03678

+kicce> > shall be established <03559 +kuwn > for ever <05769

+<owlam > .

07 : 17 According to all <03605 +kol > these <00428 +>el - leh >

words <01697 +dabar > , and according to all <03605 +kol > this

<02088 +zeh > vision <02384 +chizzayown > , so <03651 +ken > did

Nathan <05416 +Nathan > speak <01696 +dabar > unto David <01732

+David > .

07 : 18 . Then went <00935 +bow> > king <04428 +melek > David

<01732 +David > in , and sat <03427 +yashab > before <06440

+paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and he said <00559 +>amar

> , Who <04310 +miy > [ am ] I , O Lord <00136 +>Adonay > GOD

<03069 +Y@hovih > ? and what <04310 +miy > [ is ] my house

<01004 +bayith > , that thou hast brought <00935 +bow> > me

hitherto <01988 +halom > ?

07 : 19 And this <02063 +zo>th > was yet <05750 +<owd > a small

<06994 +qaton > thing in thy sight <05869 +<ayin > , O Lord

<00136 +>Adonay > GOD <03069 +Y@hovih > ; but thou hast spoken

<01696 +dabar > also <01571 +gam > of thy servant s <05650

+<ebed > house <01004 +bayith > for a great <07350 +rachowq >

while <07350 +rachowq > to come . And [ is ] this <02063 +zo>th

> the manner <08452 +towrah > of man <00120 +>adam > , O Lord

<00136 +>Adonay > GOD <03069 +Y@hovih > ?

07 : 20 And what <04100 +mah > can David <01732 +David > say

<01696 +dabar > more <05750 +<owd > unto thee ? for thou , Lord

<00136 +>Adonay > GOD <03069 +Y@hovih > , knowest <03045 +yada<

> thy servant <05650 +<ebed > .

07 : 21 For thy word s <01697 +dabar > sake <05668 +<abuwr > ,

and according to thine own heart <03820 +leb > , hast thou done

<06213 +<asah > all <03605 +kol > these <02063 +zo>th > great

<01420 +g@duwlah > things , to make thy servant <05650 +<ebed >

know <03045 +yada< > [ them ] .

07 : 22 Wherefore thou art great <01431 +gadal > , O LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > God <00430 +>elohiym > : for [ there is ] none <00369

+>ayin > like <03644 +k@mow > thee , neither <00369 +>ayin > [

is there any ] God <00430 +>elohiym > beside <02108 +zuwlah >

thee , according to all <03605 +kol > that we have heard <08085

+shama< > with our ears <00241 +>ozen > .

07 : 23 And what <04310 +miy > one <00259 +>echad > nation

<01471 +gowy > in the earth <00776 +>erets > [ is ] like thy

people <05971 +<am > , [ even ] like Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,

whom <00834 +>aher > God <00430 +>elohiym > went <01980 +halak >

to redeem <06299 +padah > for a people <05971 +<am > to himself ,

and to make <07760 +suwm > him a name <08034 +shem > , and to

do <06213 +<asah > for you great <01420 +g@duwlah > things and

terrible <03372 +yare> > , for thy land <00776 +>erets > ,

before <06440 +paniym > thy people <05971 +<am > , which <00834

+>aher > thou redeemedst <06299 +padah > to thee from Egypt

<04714 +Mitsrayim > , [ from ] the nations <01471 +gowy > and

their gods <00430 +>elohiym > ?

07 : 24 For thou hast confirmed <03559 +kuwn > to thyself thy

people <05971 +<am > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > [ to be ] a

people <05971 +<am > unto thee for ever <05769 +<owlam > : and

thou , LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , art become <01961 +hayah > their

God <00430 +>elohiym > .

07 : 25 And now <06258 +<attah > , O LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > God

<00430 +>elohiym > , the word <01697 +dabar > that thou hast

spoken <01696 +dabar > concerning <05921 +<al > thy servant

<05650 +<ebed > , and concerning <05921 +<al > his house <01004

+bayith > , establish <06965 +quwm > [ it ] for ever <05769

+<owlam > , and do <06213 +<asah > as thou hast said <01696

+dabar > .

07 : 26 And let thy name <08034 +shem > be magnified <01431

+gadal > for ever <05769 +<owlam > , saying <00559 +>amar > ,

The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts <06635 +tsaba> > [ is ] the

God <00430 +>elohiym > over <05921 +<al > Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > : and let the house <01004 +bayith > of thy servant

<05650 +<ebed > David <01732 +David > be established <03559

+kuwn > before <06440 +paniym > thee .

07 : 27 For thou , O LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > of hosts <06635

+tsaba> > , God <00430 +>elohiym > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,

hast revealed <01540 +galah > to thy servant <05650 +<ebed > ,

saying <00559 +>amar > , I will build <01129 +banah > thee an

house <01004 +bayith > : therefore hath thy servant <05650

+<ebed > found <04672 +matsa> > in his heart <03820 +leb > to

pray <06419 +palal > this <02063 +zo>th > prayer <08605

+t@phillah > unto thee

07 : 28 And now <06258 +<attah > , O Lord <00136 +>Adonay > GOD

<03069 +Y@hovih > , thou [ art ] that God <00430 +>elohiym > ,

and thy words <01697 +dabar > be true <00571 +>emeth > , and

thou hast promised <01696 +dabar > this <02088 +zeh > goodness

<02896 +towb > unto thy servant <05650 +<ebed > :

07 : 29 Therefore now <06258 +<attah > let it please <02894

+tuw> > thee to bless <01288 +barak > the house <01004 +bayith >

of thy servant <05650 +<ebed > , that it may continue <01961

+hayah > for ever <05769 +<owlam > before <06440 +paniym > thee :

for thou , O Lord <00136 +>Adonay > GOD <03069 +Y@hovih > ,

hast spoken <01696 +dabar > [ it ] : and with thy blessing

<01293 +B@rakah > let the house <01004 +bayith > of thy servant

<05650 +<ebed > be blessed <01288 +barak > for ever <05769

+<owlam > .

08 : 01 . And after <00310 +>achar > this <03651 +ken > it came

<01961 +hayah > to pass , that David <01732 +David > smote

<05221 +nakah > the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > , and

subdued <03665 +kana< > them : and David <01732 +David > took

<03947 +laqach > Methegammah <04965 +Metheg ha - >Ammah > out of

the hand <03027 +yad > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > .

08 : 02 And he smote <05221 +nakah > Moab <04124 +Mow>ab > , and

measured <04058 +madad > them with a line <02256 +chebel > ,

casting <07901 +shakab > them down <07901 +shakab > to the

ground <00776 +>erets > ; even with two <08147 +sh@nayim > lines

<02256 +chebel > measured <04058 +madad > he to put to death

<04191 +muwth > , and with one full <04393 +m@lo> > line <02256

+chebel > to keep alive <02421 +chayah > . And [ so ] the

Moabites <04124 +Mow>ab > became <01961 +hayah > David s <01732

+David > servants <05650 +<ebed > , [ and ] brought <05375

+nasa> > gifts <04503 +minchah > .

08 : 03 David <01732 +David > smote <05221 +nakah > also

Hadadezer <01909 +Hadad<ezer > , the son <01121 +ben > of Rehob

<07340 +R@chob > , king <04428 +melek > of Zobah <06678 +Tsowba>

> , as he went <03212 +yalak > to recover <07725 +shuwb > his

border <03027 +yad > at the river <05104 +nahar > Euphrates

<06578 +P@rath > .

08 : 04 And David <01732 +David > took <03920 +lakad > from him

a thousand <00505 +>eleph > [ chariots ] , and seven <07651

+sheba< > hundred <03967 +me>ah > horsemen <06571 +parash > ,

and twenty <06242 +<esriym > thousand <00505 +>eleph > footmen :

and David <01732 +David > houghed <06131 +<aqar > all <03605

+kol > the chariot <07393 +rekeb > [ horses ] , but reserved

<03498 +yathar > of them [ for ] an hundred <03967 +me>ah >

chariots <07393 +rekeb > .

08 : 05 And when the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > of Damascus <01834

+Dammeseq > came <00935 +bow> > to succour <05826 +<azar >

Hadadezer <01909 +Hadad<ezer > king <04428 +melek > of Zobah

<06678 +Tsowba> > , David <01732 +David > slew <05221 +nakah >

of the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > two <08147 +sh@nayim > and twenty

<06242 +<esriym > thousand <00505 +>eleph > men <00376 +>iysh > .

08 : 06 Then David <01732 +David > put <07760 +suwm > garrisons

<05333 +n@tsiyb > in Syria <00758 +>Aram > of Damascus <01834

+Dammeseq > : and the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > became <01961

+hayah > servants <05650 +<ebed > to David <01732 +David > , [

and ] brought <05375 +nasa> > gifts <04503 +minchah > . And the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > preserved <03467 +yasha< > David <01732

+David > whithersoever he went <01980 +halak > .

08 : 07 And David <01732 +David > took <03947 +laqach > the

shields <07982 +shelet > of gold <02091 +zahab > that were on

<00413 +>el > the servants <05650 +<ebed > of Hadadezer <01909

+Hadad<ezer > , and brought <00935 +bow> > them to Jerusalem

<03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .

08 : 08 And from Betah <00984 +Betach > , and from Berothai

<01268 +Berowthah > , cities <05892 +<iyr > of Hadadezer <01909

+Hadad<ezer > , king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David > took

<03947 +laqach > exceeding <03966 +m@<od > much <07235 +rabah >

brass <05178 +n@chosheth > .

08 : 09 . When Toi <08583 +To<uw > king <04428 +melek > of

Hamath <02574 +Chamath > heard <08085 +shama< > that David

<01732 +David > had <01961 +hayah > smitten <05221 +nakah > all

<03605 +kol > the host <02428 +chayil > of Hadadezer <01909

+Hadad<ezer > ,

08 : 10 Then Toi <08583 +To<uw > sent <07971 +shalach > Joram

<03141 +Yowram > his son <01121 +ben > unto king <04428 +melek >

David <01732 +David > , to salute him , and to bless <01288

+barak > him , because he had fought <03898 +lacham > against

Hadadezer <01909 +Hadad<ezer > , and smitten <05221 +nakah > him

: for Hadadezer <01909 +Hadad<ezer > had wars <04421 +milchamah

> with Toi <08583 +To<uw > . And [ Joram ] brought <01961

+hayah > with him vessels <03627 +k@liy > of silver <03701

+keceph > , and vessels <03627 +k@liy > of gold <02091 +zahab > ,

and vessels <03627 +k@liy > of brass <05178 +n@chosheth > :

08 : 11 Which also king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David >

did dedicate <06942 +qadash > unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ,

with the silver <03701 +keceph > and gold <02091 +zahab > that

he had dedicated <06942 +qadash > of all <03605 +kol > nations

<01471 +gowy > which <00834 +>aher > he subdued <03533 +kabash >

;

08 : 12 Of Syria <00758 +>Aram > , and of Moab <04124 +Mow>ab > ,

and of the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > ,

and of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > , and of Amalek

<06002 +<Amaleq > , and of the spoil <07998 +shalal > of

Hadadezer <01909 +Hadad<ezer > , son <01121 +ben > of Rehob

<07340 +R@chob > , king <04428 +melek > of Zobah <06678 +Tsowba>

> .

08 : 13 And David <01732 +David > gat <06213 +<asah > [ him ] a

name <08034 +shem > when he returned <07725 +shuwb > from

smiting <05221 +nakah > of the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > in the

valley <01516 +gay> > of salt <04417 +melach > , [ being ]

eighteen thousand <00505 +>eleph > [ men ] .

08 : 14 And he put <07760 +suwm > garrisons <05333 +n@tsiyb > in

Edom <00123 +>Edom > ; throughout all <03605 +kol > Edom <00123

+>Edom > put <07760 +suwm > he garrisons <05333 +n@tsiyb > , and

all <03605 +kol > they of Edom <00123 +>Edom > became <01961

+hayah > David s <01732 +David > servants <05650 +<ebed > . And

the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > preserved <03467 +yasha< > David

<01732 +David > whithersoever he went <01980 +halak > .

08 : 15 . And David <01732 +David > reigned <04427 +malak >

over <05921 +<al > all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ;

and David <01732 +David > executed <06213 +<asah > judgment

<04941 +mishpat > and justice <06666 +ts@daqah > unto all <03605

+kol > his people <05971 +<am > .

08 : 16 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > the son <01121 +ben > of

Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > [ was ] over <05921 +<al > the host

<06635 +tsaba> > ; and Jehoshaphat <03092 +Y@howshaphat > the

son <01121 +ben > of Ahilud <00286 +>Achiyluwd > [ was ]

recorder <02142 +zakar > ;

08 : 17 And Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > the son <01121 +ben > of

Ahitub <00285 +>Achiytuwb > , and Ahimelech <00288 +>Achiymelek

> the son <01121 +ben > of Abiathar <54> , [ were ] the priests

<03548 +kohen > ; and Seraiah <08304 +S@rayah > [ was ] the

scribe <05608 +caphar > ;

08 : 18 And Benaiah <01141 +B@nayah > the son <01121 +ben > of

Jehoiada <03111 +Yowyada< > [ was over ] both the Cherethites

<03774 +K@rethiy > and the Pelethites <06432 +P@lethiy > ; and

David s <01732 +David > sons <01121 +ben > were chief <03548

+kohen > rulers .

09 : 01 . And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > , Is

there yet <05750 +<owd > any that is left <03498 +yathar > of

the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , that I

may shew <06213 +<asah > him kindness <02617 +checed > for

Jonathan s <03129 +Yownathan > sake <05668 +<abuwr > ?

09 : 02 And [ there was ] of the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul

<07586 +Sha>uwl > a servant <05650 +<ebed > whose name <08034

+shem > [ was ] Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > . And when they had

called <07121 +qara> > him unto David <01732 +David > , the king

<04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto him , [ Art ] thou

Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > ? And he said <00559 +>amar > , Thy

servant <05650 +<ebed > [ is he ] .

09 : 03 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , [ Is

] there not yet <05750 +<owd > any <00376 +>iysh > of the house

<01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , that I may shew

<06213 +<asah > the kindness <02617 +checed > of God <00430

+>elohiym > unto him ? And Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > said <00559

+>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > , Jonathan <03083

+Y@hownathan > hath yet <05750 +<owd > a son <01121 +ben > , [

which is ] lame <05223 +nakeh > on [ his ] feet <07272 +regel >

09 : 04 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

him , Where <00375 +>eyphoh > [ is ] he ? And Ziba <06717

+Tsiyba> > said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > ,

Behold <02009 +hinneh > , he [ is ] in the house <01004 +bayith

> of Machir <04353 +Makiyr > , the son <01121 +ben > of Ammiel

<05988 +<Ammiy>el > , in Lodebar <03810 +Lo> D@bar > .

09 : 05 Then king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David > sent

<07971 +shalach > , and fetched <03947 +laqach > him out of the

house <01004 +bayith > of Machir <04353 +Makiyr > , the son

<01121 +ben > of Ammiel <05988 +<Ammiy>el > , from Lodebar

<03810 +Lo> D@bar > .

09 : 06 Now when Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > , the son

<01121 +ben > of Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > , the son <01121

+ben > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , was come <00935 +bow> > unto

David <01732 +David > , he fell <05307 +naphal > on <05921 +<al

> his face <06440 +paniym > , and did reverence <07812 +shachah >

. And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > ,

Mephibosheth

<04648 +M@phiybosheth > . And he answered <00559 +>amar > ,

Behold <02009 +hinneh > thy servant <05650 +<ebed > !

09 : 07 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,

Fear <03372 +yare> > not : for I will surely <03588 +kiy > shew

<06213 +<asah > thee kindness <02617 +checed > for Jonathan

<03083 +Y@hownathan > thy father s <1> sake <05668 +<abuwr > ,

and will restore <07725 +shuwb > thee all <03605 +kol > the land

<07704 +sadeh > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > thy father <1> ; and

thou shalt eat <00398 +>akal > bread <03899 +lechem > at <05921

+<al > my table <07979 +shulchan > continually <08548 +tamiyd > .

09 : 08 And he bowed <07812 +shachah > himself , and said <00559

+>amar > , What <04100 +mah > [ is ] thy servant <05650 +<ebed >

, that thou shouldest look <06437 +panah > upon such a dead

<04191 +muwth > dog <03611 +keleb > as I [ am ] ?

09 : 09 . Then the king <04428 +melek > called <07121 +qara> >

to Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > , Saul s <07586 +Sha>uwl > servant

<05288 +na<ar > , and said <00559 +>amar > unto him , I have

given <05414 +nathan > unto thy master s <00113 +>adown > son

<01121 +ben > all <03605 +kol > that pertained <01961 +hayah >

to Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and to all <03605 +kol > his house

<01004 +bayith > .

09 : 10 Thou therefore , and thy sons <01121 +ben > , and thy

servants <05650 +<ebed > , shall till <05647 +<abad > the land

<00127 +>adamah > for him , and thou shalt bring <00935 +bow> >

in [ the fruits ] , that thy master s <00113 +>adown > son

<01121 +ben > may have <01961 +hayah > food <03899 +lechem > to

eat <00398 +>akal > : but Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth >

thy master s <00113 +>adown > son <01121 +ben > shall eat <00398

+>akal > bread <03899 +lechem > alway <08548 +tamiyd > at <05921

+<al > my table <07979 +shulchan > . Now Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> >

had fifteen <06240 +<asar > sons <01121 +ben > and twenty <06242

+<esriym > servants <05650 +<ebed > .

09 : 11 Then said <00559 +>amar > Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > unto

the king <04428 +melek > , According to all <03605 +kol > that

my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > hath commanded

<06680 +tsavah > his servant <05650 +<ebed > , so <03651 +ken >

shall thy servant <05650 +<ebed > do <06213 +<asah > . As for

Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > , [ said the king <04428

+melek > ] , he shall eat <00398 +>akal > at <05921 +<al > my

table <07979 +shulchan > , as one <00259 +>echad > of the king s

<04428 +melek > sons <01121 +ben > .

09 : 12 And Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > had a young

<06996 +qatan > son <01121 +ben > , whose name <08034 +shem > [

was ] Micha <04316 +Miyka> > . And all <03605 +kol > that dwelt

<04186 +mowshab > in the house <01004 +bayith > of Ziba <06717

+Tsiyba> > [ were ] servants <05650 +<ebed > unto Mephibosheth

<04648 +M@phiybosheth > .

09 : 13 So Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > dwelt <03427

+yashab > in Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > : for he did eat

<00398 +>akal > continually <08548 +tamiyd > at <05921 +<al >

the king s <04428 +melek > table <07979 +shulchan > ; and was

lame <06455 +picceach > on both <08147 +sh@nayim > his feet

<07272 +regel > .

10 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after <00310

+>achar > this <03651 +ken > , that the king <04428 +melek > of

the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > died

<04191 +muwth > , and Hanun <02586 +Chanuwn > his son <01121

+ben > reigned <04427 +malak > in his stead <08478 +tachath > .

10 : 02 Then said <00559 +>amar > David <01732 +David > , I will

shew <06213 +<asah > kindness <02617 +checed > unto Hanun <02586

+Chanuwn > the son <01121 +ben > of Nahash <05176 +Nachash > ,

as his father <1> shewed <06213 +<asah > kindness <02617 +checed

> unto me . And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > to

comfort <05162 +nacham > him by the hand <03027 +yad > of his

servants <05650 +<ebed > for his father <1> . And David s

<01732 +David > servants <05650 +<ebed > came <00935 +bow> >

into the land <00776 +>erets > of the children <01121 +ben > of

Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > .

10 : 03 And the princes <08269 +sar > of the children <01121

+ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Hanun <02586 +Chanuwn > their lord <00113 +>adown > , Thinkest

<05869 +<ayin > thou that David <01732 +David > doth honour

<03513 +kabad > thy father <1> , that he hath sent <07971

+shalach > comforters <05162 +nacham > unto thee ? hath not

David <01732 +David > [ rather ] sent <07971 +shalach > his

servants <05650 +<ebed > unto thee , to search <02713 +chaqar >

the city <05892 +<iyr > , and to spy <07270 +ragal > it out ,

and to overthrow <02015 +haphak > it ?

10 : 04 Wherefore Hanun <02586 +Chanuwn > took <03947 +laqach >

David s <01732 +David > servants <05650 +<ebed > , and shaved

<01548 +galach > off the one half <02677 +chetsiy > of their

beards <02206 +zaqan > , and cut <03772 +karath > off their

garments <04063 +medev > in the middle <02677 +chetsiy > , [

even ] to their buttocks <08357 +shethah > , and sent <07971

+shalach > them away .

10 : 05 When they told <05046 +nagad > [ it ] unto David <01732

+David > , he sent <07971 +shalach > to meet <07125 +qir>ah >

them , because <03588 +kiy > the men <00582 +>enowsh > were

greatly <03966 +m@<od > ashamed <03637 +kalam > : and the king

<04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , Tarry <03427 +yashab > at

Jericho <03405 +Y@riychow > until <05704 +<ad > your beards

<02206 +zaqan > be grown <06779 +tsamach > , and [ then ] return

<07725 +shuwb > .

10 : 06 . And when the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983

+<Ammown > saw <07200 +ra>ah > that they stank <00887 +ba>ash >

before David <01732 +David > , the children <01121 +ben > of

Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > sent <07971 +shalach > and hired <07936

+sakar > the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > of Bethrehob <01050 +Beyth

R@chowb > , and the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > of Zoba <06678

+Tsowba> > , twenty <06242 +<esriym > thousand <00505 +>eleph >

footmen <07273 +ragliy > , and of king <04428 +melek > Maacah

<04601 +Ma<akah > a thousand <00505 +>eleph > men <00376 +>iysh

> , and of Ishtob <00382 +>Iysh - Towb > twelve thousand <00505

+>eleph > men <00376 +>iysh > .

10 : 07 And when David <01732 +David > heard <08085 +shama< > of

[ it ] , he sent <07971 +shalach > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and

all <03605 +kol > the host <06635 +tsaba> > of the mighty <01368

+gibbowr > men .

10 : 08 And the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown

> came <03318 +yatsa> > out , and put the battle <04421

+milchamah > in array <06186 +<arak > at the entering <06607

+pethach > in of the gate <08179 +sha<ar > : and the Syrians

<00758 +>Aram > of Zoba <06678 +Tsowba> > , and of Rehob <07340

+R@chob > , and Ishtob <00382 +>Iysh - Towb > , and Maacah

<04601 +Ma<akah > , [ were ] by themselves <00905 +bad > in the

field <07704 +sadeh >

10 : 09 When Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > saw <07200 +ra>ah > that the

front <06440 +paniym > of the battle <04421 +milchamah > was

against <00413 +>el > him before <06440 +paniym > and behind

<00268 +>achowr > , he chose <00977 +bachar > of all <03605 +kol

> the choice <00977 +bachar > [ men ] of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el

> , and put [ them ] in array <06186 +<arak > against <07125

+qir>ah > the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > :

10 : 10 And the rest <03499 +yether > of the people <05971 +<am

> he delivered <05414 +nathan > into the hand <03027 +yad > of

Abishai <52> his brother <00251 +>ach > , that he might put [

them ] in array <06186 +<arak > against <07125 +qir>ah > the

children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > .

10 : 11 And he said <00559 +>amar > , If <00518 +>im > the

Syrians <00758 +>Aram > be too strong <02388 +chazaq > for me ,

then thou shalt help <03447 +yashat > me : but if <00518 +>im >

the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > be too

strong <02388 +chazaq > for thee , then I will come <01980

+halak > and help <03467 +yasha< > thee .

10 : 12 Be of good courage <02388 +chazaq > , and let us play

the men <02388 +chazaq > for our people <05971 +<am > , and for

the cities <05892 +<iyr > of our God <00430 +>elohiym > : and

the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > do <06213 +<asah > that which seemeth

<05869 +<ayin > him good <02896 +towb > .

10 : 13 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > drew nigh <05066 +nagash > ,

and the people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with him , unto the

battle <04421 +milchamah > against the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > :

and they fled <05127 +nuwc > before <06440 +paniym > him .

10 : 14 And when the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983

+<Ammown > saw <7200ra>ah > that the Syrians <00758 +>Aram >

were fled <05127 +nuwc > , then fled <05127 +nuwc > they also

before <06440 +paniym > Abishai <52> , and entered <00935 +bow>

> into the city <05892 +<iyr > . So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab >

returned <07725 +shuwb > from the children <01121 +ben > of

Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > , and came <00935 +bow> > to Jerusalem

<03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .

10 : 15 . And when the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > saw <07200

+ra>ah > that they were smitten <05062 +nagaph > before <06440

+paniym > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , they gathered <00622

+>acaph > themselves together <03162 +yachad > .

10 : 16 And Hadarezer <01928 +Hadar<ezer > sent <07971 +shalach

> , and brought <03318 +yatsa> > out the Syrians <00758 +>Aram >

that [ were ] beyond <05676 +<eber > the river <05104 +nahar > :

and they came <00935 +bow> > to Helam <02431 +Cheylam > ; and

Shobach <07731 +Showbak > the captain <08269 +sar > of the host

<06635 +tsaba> > of Hadarezer <01928 +Hadar<ezer > [ went ]

before <06440 +paniym > them .

10 : 17 And when it was told <05046 +nagad > David <01732 +David

> , he gathered <00622 +>acaph > all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > together , and passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674

+<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > , and came <00935 +bow> > to

Helam <02431 +Cheylam > . And the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > set

themselves in array <06186 +<arak > against <07125 +qir>ah >

David <01732 +David > , and fought <03898 +lacham > with him .

10 : 18 And the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > fled <05127 +nuwc >

before <06440 +paniym > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ; and David

<01732 +David > slew <02126 +Ziyna> > [ the men of ] seven

<07651 +sheba< > hundred <03967 +me>ah > chariots <07393 +rekeb

> of the Syrians <00758 +>Aram > , and forty <00705 +>arba<iym >

thousand <00505 +>eleph > horsemen <06571 +parash > , and smote

<05221 +nakah > Shobach <07731 +Showbak > the captain <08269

+sar > of their host <06635 +tsaba> > , who died <04191 +muwth >

there <08033 +sham > .

10 : 19 And when all <03605 +kol > the kings <04428 +melek > [

that were ] servants <05650 +<ebed > to Hadarezer <01928

+Hadar<ezer > saw <07200 +ra>ah > that they were smitten <05062

+nagaph > before <06440 +paniym > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,

they made peace <07999 +shalam > with Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,

and served <05647 +<abad > them . So the Syrians <00758 +>Aram

> feared <03372 +yare> > to help <03467 +yasha< > the children

<01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > any more <05750 +<owd >

11 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , after the year

<08141 +shaneh > was expired <08666 +t@shuwbah > , at the time

<06256 +<eth > when kings <04428 +melek > go <03318 +yatsa> >

forth <03318 +yatsa> > [ to battle ] , that David <01732 +David

> sent <07971 +shalach > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and his

servants <05650 +<ebed > with him , and all <03605 +kol > Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > ; and they destroyed <07843 +shachath > the

children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > , and besieged

<06696 +tsuwr > Rabbah <07237 +Rabbah > . But David <01732

+David > tarried <03427 +yashab > still at Jerusalem <03389

+Y@ruwshalaim >

11 : 02 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass in an eveningtide ,

that David <01732 +David > arose <06965 +quwm > from off <05921

+<al > his bed <04904 +mishkab > , and walked <01980 +halak >

upon the roof <01406 +gag > of the king s <04428 +melek > house

<01004 +bayith > : and from the roof <01406 +gag > he saw <07200

+ra>ah > a woman <00802 +>ishshah > washing <07364 +rachats >

herself ; and the woman <00802 +>ishshah > [ was ] very <03966

+m@<od > beautiful <02896 +towb > to look <04758 +mar>eh > upon .

11 : 03 And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > and

enquired <01875 +darash > after the woman <00802 +>ishshah > .

And [ one ] said <00559 +>amar > , [ Is ] not this <02063 +zo>th

> Bathsheba <01339 +Bath - Sheba< > , the daughter <01323 +bath

> of Eliam <00463 +>Eliy<am > , the wife <00802 +>ishshah > of

Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850 +Chittiy > ?

11 : 04 And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach >

messengers <04397 +mal>ak > , and took <03947 +laqach > her ;

and she came <00935 +bow> > in unto him , and he lay <07901

+shakab > with her ; for she was purified <06942 +qadash > from

her uncleanness <02932 +tum>ah > : and she returned <07725

+shuwb > unto her house <01004 +bayith > .

11 : 05 And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > conceived <02030 +hareh

> , and sent <07971 +shalach > and told <05046 +nagad > David

<01732 +David > , and said <00559 +>amar > , I [ am ] with child

<02030 +hareh > .

11 : 06 . And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > to

Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , [ saying <00559 +>amar > ] , Send <07971

+shalach > me Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850

+Chittiy > . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > sent <07971 +shalach >

Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > to David <01732 +David > .

11 : 07 And when Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > was come <00935 +bow>

> unto him , David <01732 +David > demanded <07592 +sha>al > [

of him ] how Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > did <07965 +shalowm > , and

how the people <05971 +<am > did <07965 +shalowm > , and how the

war <04421 +milchamah > prospered <07965 +shalowm > .

11 : 08 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to Uriah

<00223 +>Uwriyah > , Go <03381 +yarad > down <03381 +yarad > to

thy house <01004 +bayith > , and wash <07364 +rachats > thy feet

<07272 +regel > . And Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > departed <03318

+yatsa> > out of the king s <04428 +melek > house <01004 +bayith

> , and there followed him a mess <04864 +mas>eth > [ of meat ]

from the king <04428 +melek > .

11 : 09 But Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > slept <07901 +shakab > at

the door <06607 +pethach > of the king s <04428 +melek > house

<01004 +bayith > with all <03605 +kol > the servants <05650

+<ebed > of his lord <00113 +>adown > , and went <03381 +yarad >

not down <03381 +yarad > to his house <01004 +bayith > .

11 : 10 And when they had told <05046 +nagad > David <01732

+David > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah >

went <03381 +yarad > not down <03381 +yarad > unto his house

<01004 +bayith > , David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar >

unto Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > , Camest <00935 +bow> > thou not

from [ thy ] journey <01870 +derek > ? why <04069 +madduwa< > [

then ] didst thou not go <03381 +yarad > down <03381 +yarad >

unto thine house <01004 +bayith > ?

11 : 11 And Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > said <00559 +>amar > unto

David <01732 +David > , The ark <00727 +>arown > , and Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > , and Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > , abide <03427

+yashab > in tents <05521 +cukkah > ; and my lord <00113 +>adown

> Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and the servants <05650 +<ebed > of my

lord <00113 +>adown > , are encamped <02583 +chanah > in the

open <06440 +paniym > fields <07704 +sadeh > ; shall I then go

<00935 +bow> > into <00413 +>el > mine house <01004 +bayith > ,

to eat <00398 +>akal > and to drink <08354 +shathah > , and to

lie <07901 +shakab > with my wife <00802 +>ishshah > ? [ as ]

thou livest <02416 +chay > , and [ as ] thy soul <05315 +nephesh

> liveth <02416 +chay > , I will not do <06213 +<asah > this

<02088 +zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > .

11 : 12 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to Uriah

<00223 +>Uwriyah > , Tarry <03427 +yashab > here <02088 +zeh >

to day <03117 +yowm > also <01571 +gam > , and to morrow <04279

+machar > I will let thee depart <07971 +shalach > . So Uriah

<00223 +>Uwriyah > abode <03427 +yashab > in Jerusalem <03389

+Y@ruwshalaim > that day <03117 +yowm > , and the morrow <04283

+mochorath > .

11 : 13 And when <03588 +kiy > David <01732 +David > had called

<07121 +qara> > him , he did eat <00398 +>akal > and drink

<08354 +shathah > before <06440 +paniym > him ; and he made him

drunk <07937 +shakar > : and at even <06153 +<ereb > he went

<03318 +yatsa> > out to lie <07901 +shakab > on his bed <04904

+mishkab > with the servants <05650 +<ebed > of his lord <00113

+>adown > , but went <03381 +yarad > not down <03381 +yarad > to

his house <01004 +bayith > .

11 : 14 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass in the morning

<01242 +boqer > , that David <01732 +David > wrote <03789

+kathab > a letter <05612 +cepher > to Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > ,

and sent <07971 +shalach > [ it ] by the hand <03027 +yad > of

Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > .

11 : 15 And he wrote <03789 +kathab > in the letter <05612

+cepher > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Set <03051 +yahab > ye

Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > in the forefront of the hottest <02389

+chazaq > battle <04421 +milchamah > , and retire <07725 +shuwb

> ye from him , that he may be smitten <05221 +nakah > , and die

<04191 +muwth >

11 : 16 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when Joab <03097

+Yow>ab > observed <08104 +shamar > the city <05892 +<iyr > ,

that he assigned <05414 +nathan > Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > unto

a place <04725 +maqowm > where <00834 +>aher > he knew <03045

+yada< > that valiant <02428 +chayil > men <00582 +>enowsh > [

were ] .

11 : 17 And the men <00582 +>enowsh > of the city <05892 +<iyr >

went <03318 +yatsa> > out , and fought <03898 +lacham > with

Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > : and there fell <05307 +naphal > [ some ]

of the people <05971 +<am > of the servants <05650 +<ebed > of

David <01732 +David > ; and Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite

<02850 +Chittiy > died <04191 +muwth > also <01571 +gam > .

11 : 18 Then Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > sent <07971 +shalach > and

told <05046 +nagad > David <01732 +David > all <03605 +kol > the

things <01697 +dabar > concerning the war <04421 +milchamah > ;

11 : 19 And charged <06680 +tsavah > the messenger <04397

+mal>ak > , saying <00559 +>amar > , When thou hast made an end

<03615 +kalah > of telling <01696 +dabar > the matters <01697

+dabar > of the war <04421 +milchamah > unto the king <04428

+melek > ,

11 : 20 And if <00518 +>im > so be that the king s <04428 +melek

> wrath <02534 +chemah > arise <05927 +<alah > , and he say

<00559 +>amar > unto thee , Wherefore <04069 +madduwa< >

approached <05066 +nagash > ye so nigh unto the city <05892

+<iyr > when ye did fight <03898 +lacham > ? knew <03045 +yada<

> ye not that they would shoot <03384 +yarah > from the wall

<02346 +chowmah > ?

11 : 21 Who <04310 +miy > smote <05221 +nakah > Abimelech <40>

the son <01121 +ben > of Jerubbesheth <03380 +Y@rubbesheth > ?

did not a woman <00802 +>ishshah > cast <07993 +shalak > a piece

<06400 +pelach > of a millstone <07393 +rekeb > upon him from

the wall <02346 +chowmah > , that he died <04191 +muwth > in

Thebez <08405 +Tebets > ? why <04100 +mah > went <05066 +nagash

> ye nigh <05066 +nagash > the wall <02346 +chowmah > ? then

say <00559 +>amar > thou , Thy servant <05650 +<ebed > Uriah

<00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850 +Chittiy > is dead <04191

+muwth > also <01571 +gam > .

11 : 22 So the messenger <04397 +mal>ak > went <03212 +yalak > ,

and came <00935 +bow> > and shewed <05046 +nagad > David <01732

+David > all <03605 +kol > that Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > had sent

<07971 +shalach > him for .

11 : 23 And the messenger <04397 +mal>ak > said <00559 +>amar >

unto David <01732 +David > , Surely <03588 +kiy > the men <00582

+>enowsh > prevailed <01396 +gabar > against <05921 +<al > us ,

and came <03318 +yatsa> > out unto us into the field <07704

+sadeh > , and we were upon them even unto the entering <06607

+pethach > of the gate <08179 +sha<ar > .

11 : 24 And the shooters <03384 +yarah > shot <03384 +yarah >

from off <05921 +<al > the wall <02346 +chowmah > upon thy

servants <05650 +<ebed > ; and [ some ] of the king s <04428

+melek > servants <05650 +<ebed > be dead <04191 +muwth > , and

thy servant <05650 +<ebed > Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite

<02850 +Chittiy > is dead <04191 +muwth > also <01571 +gam > .

11 : 25 Then David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto the

messenger <04397 +mal>ak > , Thus <03541 +koh > shalt thou say

<00559 +>amar > unto Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , Let not this <02088

+zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > displease thee , for the sword

<02719 +chereb > devoureth <00398 +>akal > one <02088 +zeh > as

well <02090 +zoh > as another <02090 +zoh > : make thy battle

<04421 +milchamah > more strong <02388 +chazaq > against <00413

+>el > the city <05892 +<iyr > , and overthrow <02040 +harac >

it : and encourage <02388 +chazaq > thou him .

11 : 26 And when the wife <00802 +>ishshah > of Uriah <00223

+>Uwriyah > heard <08085 +shama< > that Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah >

her husband <00376 +>iysh > was dead <04191 +muwth > , she

mourned <05594 +caphad > for her husband <01167 +ba<al > .

11 : 27 And when the mourning <60> was past <05493 +cuwr > ,

David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > and fetched <00622

+>acaph > her to his house <01004 +bayith > , and she became

<01961 +hayah > his wife <00802 +>ishshah > , and bare <03205

+yalad > him a son <01121 +ben > . But the thing <01697 +dabar

> that David <01732 +David > had done <06213 +<asah > displeased

the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > .

12 : 01 . And the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > sent <07971 +shalach >

Nathan <05416 +Nathan > unto David <01732 +David > . And he

came <00935 +bow> > unto him , and said <00559 +>amar > unto him

, There were two <08147 +sh@nayim > men <00582 +>enowsh > in one

<00259 +>echad > city <05892 +<iyr > ; the one <00259 +>echad >

rich <06223 +<ashiyr > , and the other <00259 +>echad > poor

<07326 +ruwsh > .

12 : 02 The rich <06223 +<ashiyr > [ man ] had <01961 +hayah >

exceeding <03966 +m@<od > many <07235 +rabah > flocks <06629

+tso>n > and herds <01241 +baqar > :

12 : 03 But the poor <07326 +ruwsh > [ man ] had nothing , save

one <00259 +>echad > little <06996 +qatan > ewe <03535 +kibsah >

lamb <03535 +kibsah > , which <00834 +>aher > he had <01961

+hayah > bought <07069 +qanah > and nourished <02421 +chayah >

up : and it grew <01431 +gadal > up together <03162 +yachad >

with him , and with his children <01121 +ben > ; it did eat

<00398 +>akal > of his own meat <06595 +path > , and drank

<08354 +shathah > of his own cup <03563 +kowc > , and lay <07901

+shakab > in his bosom <02436 +cheyq > , and was unto him as a

daughter <01323 +bath > .

12 : 04 And there came <00935 +bow> > a traveller <01982 +helek

> unto the rich <06223 +<ashiyr > man <00376 +>iysh > , and he

spared <02550 +chamal > to take <03947 +laqach > of his own

flock <06629 +tso>n > and of his own herd <01241 +baqar > , to

dress <06213 +<asah > for the wayfaring <00732 +>arach > man

that was come <00935 +bow> > unto him ; but took <03947 +laqach

> the poor <07326 +ruwsh > man s <00376 +>iysh > lamb <03535

+kibsah > , and dressed <06213 +<asah > it for the man <00376

+>iysh > that was come <00935 +bow> > to him .

12 : 05 And David s <01732 +David > anger <00639 +>aph > was

greatly <03966 +m@<od > kindled <02734 +charah > against the man

<00376 +>iysh > ; and he said <00559 +>amar > to Nathan <05416

+Nathan > , [ As ] the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > liveth <02416

+chay > , the man <00376 +>iysh > that hath done <06213 +<asah >

this <02063 +zo>th > [ thing ] shall surely die <04194 +maveth >

12 : 06 And he shall restore <07999 +shalam > the lamb <03535

+kibsah > fourfold <00706 +>arba<tayim > , because he did <06213

+<asah > this <02088 +zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > , and because

he had no <03808 +lo> > pity <02550 +chamal > .

12 : 07 And Nathan <05416 +Nathan > said <00559 +>amar > to

David <01732 +David > , Thou [ art ] the man <00376 +>iysh > .

Thus <03541 +koh > saith <00559 +>amar > the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > God <00430 +>elohiym > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ,

I anointed <04886 +mashach > thee king <04428 +melek > over

<05921 +<al > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , and I delivered <05337

+natsal > thee out of the hand <03027 +yad > of Saul <07586

+Sha>uwl > ;

12 : 08 And I gave <05414 +nathan > thee thy master s <00113

+>adown > house <01004 +bayith > , and thy master s <00113

+>adown > wives <00802 +>ishshah > into thy bosom <02436 +cheyq

> , and gave <05414 +nathan > thee the house <01004 +bayith > of

Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > and of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > ; and

if <00518 +>im > [ that had been ] too little <04592 +m@<at > ,

I would moreover <03254 +yacaph > have given <03254 +yacaph >

unto thee such <02007 +hennah > and such <02007 +hennah > things

12 : 09 Wherefore <04069 +madduwa< > hast thou despised <00959

+bazah > the commandment <01697 +dabar > of the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > , to do <06213 +<asah > evil <07451 +ra< > in his

sight <05869 +<ayin > ? thou hast killed <05221 +nakah > Uriah

<00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850 +Chittiy > with the sword

<02719 +chereb > , and hast taken <03947 +laqach > his wife

<00802 +>ishshah > [ to be ] thy wife <00802 +>ishshah > , and

hast slain <02026 +harag > him with the sword <02719 +chereb >

of the children <01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > .

12 : 10 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore the sword <02719 +chereb

> shall never depart <05493 +cuwr > from thine house <01004

+bayith > ; because thou hast despised <00959 +bazah > me , and

hast taken <03947 +laqach > the wife <00802 +>ishshah > of Uriah

<00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850 +Chittiy > to be thy wife

<00802 +>ishshah > .

12 : 11 Thus <03541 +koh > saith <00559 +>amar > the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > , Behold <02005 +hen > , I will raise <06965 +quwm >

up evil <07451 +ra< > against <05921 +<al > thee out of thine

own house <01004 +bayith > , and I will take <03947 +laqach >

thy wives <00802 +>ishshah > before thine eyes <05869 +<ayin > ,

and give <05414 +nathan > [ them ] unto thy neighbour <07453

+rea< > , and he shall lie <07901 +shakab > with thy wives

<00802 +>ishshah > in the sight <05869 +<ayin > of this <02063

+zo>th > sun <08121 +shemesh > .

12 : 12 For thou didst <06213 +<asah > [ it ] secretly <05643

+cether > : but I will do <06213 +<asah > this <02088 +zeh >

thing <01697 +dabar > before <05048 +neged > all <03605 +kol >

Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , and before <05048 +neged > the sun

<08121 +shemesh > .

12 : 13 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Nathan <05416 +Nathan > , I have sinned <02398 +chata> > against

the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > . And Nathan <05416 +Nathan > said

<00559 +>amar > unto David <01732 +David > , The LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > also <01571 +gam > hath put <05674 +<abar > away

<05674 +<abar > thy sin <02403 +chatta>ah > ; thou shalt not die

<04191 +muwth >

12 : 14 Howbeit <00657 +>ephec > , because <03588 +kiy > by this

<02088 +zeh > deed <01697 +dabar > thou hast given great <05006

+na>ats > occasion to the enemies <00341 +>oyeb > of the LORD

<03068 +Y@hovah > to blaspheme <05006 +na>ats > , the child

<01121 +ben > also <01571 +gam > [ that is ] born <03209

+yillowd > unto thee shall surely die <04191 +muwth > .

12 : 15 . And Nathan <05416 +Nathan > departed <03212 +yalak >

unto his house <01004 +bayith > . And the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah

> struck <05062 +nagaph > the child <03206 +yeled > that Uriah s

<00223 +>Uwriyah > wife <00802 +>ishshah > bare <03205 +yalad >

unto David <01732 +David > , and it was very sick <00605 +>anash

> .

12 : 16 David <01732 +David > therefore besought <01245 +baqash

> God <00430 +>elohiym > for the child <05288 +na<ar > ; and

David <01732 +David > fasted <06684 +tsuwm > , and went <00935

+bow> > in , and lay <07901 +shakab > all <03605 +kol > night

upon the earth <00776 +>erets > .

12 : 17 And the elders <02205 +zaqen > of his house <01004

+bayith > arose <06965 +quwm > , [ and went ] to him , to raise

<06965 +quwm > him up from the earth <00776 +>erets > : but he

would <14> not , neither <03808 +lo> > did he eat <01262 +barah

> bread <03899 +lechem > with them .

12 : 18 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass on the seventh

<07637 +sh@biy<iy > day <03117 +yowm > , that the child <03206

+yeled > died <04191 +muwth > . And the servants <05650 +<ebed

> of David <01732 +David > feared <03372 +yare> > to tell <05046

+nagad > him that the child <03206 +yeled > was dead <04191

+muwth > : for they said <00559 +>amar > , Behold <02009 +hinneh

> , while the child <03206 +yeled > was yet alive <02416 +chay >

, we spake <01696 +dabar > unto him , and he would not hearken

<08085 +shama< > unto our voice <06963 +qowl > : how <00349

+>eyk > will he then vex himself , if we tell <00559 +>amar >

him that the child <03206 +yeled > is dead <04191 +muwth > ?

12 : 19 But when David <01732 +David > saw <07200 +ra>ah > that

his servants <05650 +<ebed > whispered <03907 +lachash > , David

<01732 +David > perceived <00995 +biyn > that the child <03206

+yeled > was dead <04191 +muwth > : therefore David <01732

+David > said <00559 +>amar > unto his servants <05650 +<ebed > ,

Is the child <03206 +yeled > dead <04191 +muwth > ? And they

said <00559 +>amar > , He is dead <04191 +muwth > .

12 : 20 Then David <01732 +David > arose <06965 +quwm > from the

earth <00776 +>erets > , and washed <07364 +rachats > , and

anointed <05480 +cuwk > [ himself ] , and changed <02498

+chalaph > his apparel <08071 +simlah > , and came <00935 +bow>

> into the house <01004 +bayith > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ,

and worshipped <07812 +shachah > : then he came <00935 +bow> >

to his own house <01004 +bayith > ; and when he required <07592

+sha>al > , they set <07760 +suwm > bread <03899 +lechem >

before him , and he did eat <00398 +>akal > .

12 : 21 Then said <00559 +>amar > his servants <05650 +<ebed >

unto him , What <04100 +mah > thing <01697 +dabar > [ is ] this

<02088 +zeh > that thou hast done <06213 +<asah > ? thou didst

fast <06684 +tsuwm > and weep <01058 +bakah > for the child

<03206 +yeled > , [ while it was ] alive <02416 +chay > ; but

when <00834 +>aher > the child <03206 +yeled > was dead <04191

+muwth > , thou didst rise <06965 +quwm > and eat <00398 +>akal

> bread <03899 +lechem > .

12 : 22 And he said <00559 +>amar > , While the child <03206

+yeled > was yet <05750 +<owd > alive <02416 +chay > , I fasted

<06684 +tsuwm > and wept <01058 +bakah > : for I said <00559

+>amar > , Who <04310 +miy > can tell <03045 +yada< > [ whether

] GOD <03068 +Y@hovah > will be gracious <02603 +chanan > to me ,

that the child <03206 +yeled > may live <02416 +chay > ?

12 : 23 But now <06258 +<attah > he is dead <04191 +muwth > ,

wherefore <04100 +mah > should I fast <06684 +tsuwm > ? can

<03201 +yakol > I bring <07725 +shuwb > him back <07725 +shuwb >

again <05750 +<owd > ? I shall go <01980 +halak > to him , but

he shall not return <07725 +shuwb > to me .

12 : 24 And David <01732 +David > comforted <05162 +nacham >

Bathsheba <01339 +Bath - Sheba< > his wife <00802 +>ishshah > ,

and went <00935 +bow> > in unto her , and lay <07901 +shakab >

with her : and she bare <03205 +yalad > a son <01121 +ben > ,

and he called <07121 +qara> > his name <08034 +shem > Solomon

<08010 +Sh@lomoh > : and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > loved <00157

+>ahab > him .

12 : 25 And he sent <07971 +shalach > by the hand <03027 +yad >

of Nathan <05416 +Nathan > the prophet <05030 +nabiy> > ; and he

called <07121 +qara> > his name <08034 +shem > Jedidiah <3041> ,

because <05668 +<abuwr > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > .

12 : 26 . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > fought <03898 +lacham >

against Rabbah <07237 +Rabbah > of the children <01121 +ben > of

Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > , and took <03920 +lakad > the royal

<04410 +m@luwkah > city <05892 +<iyr > .

12 : 27 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > sent <07971 +shalach >

messengers <04397 +mal>ak > to David <01732 +David > , and said

<00559 +>amar > , I have fought <03898 +lacham > against Rabbah

<07237 +Rabbah > , and have taken <03920 +lakad > the city

<05892 +<iyr > of waters <04325 +mayim > .

12 : 28 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore gather <00622 +>acaph >

the rest <03499 +yether > of the people <05971 +<am > together ,

and encamp <02583 +chanah > against <05921 +<al > the city

<05892 +<iyr > , and take <03920 +lakad > it : lest <06435 +pen

> I take <03920 +lakad > the city <05892 +<iyr > , and it be

called <07121 +qara> > after <05921 +<al > my name <08034 +shem

> .

12 : 29 And David <01732 +David > gathered <00622 +>acaph > all

<03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > together , and went

<03212 +yalak > to Rabbah <07237 +Rabbah > , and fought <03898

+lacham > against it , and took <03920 +lakad > it .

12 : 30 And he took <03947 +laqach > their king s <04428 +melek

> crown <05850 +<atarah > from off <05921 +<al > his head <07218

+ro>sh > , the weight <04948 +mishqal > whereof [ was ] a talent

<03603 +kikkar > of gold <02091 +zahab > with the precious

<03368 +yaqar > stones <68> : and it was [ set ] on <05921 +<al

> David s <01732 +David > head <07218 +ro>sh > . And he brought

<03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> > the spoil <07998 +shalal

> of the city <05892 +<iyr > in great <03966 +m@<od > abundance

<07235 +rabah > .

12 : 31 And he brought <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> >

the people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] therein , and put <07760

+suwm > [ them ] under saws <04050 +m@gerah > , and under

harrows <02757 +chariyts > of iron <01270 +barzel > , and under

axes <04037 +magzerah > of iron <01270 +barzel > , and made them

pass <05674 +<abar > through the brickkiln <04404 +malben > :

and thus <03651 +ken > did <06213 +<asah > he unto all <03605

+kol > the cities <05892 +<iyr > of the children <01121 +ben >

of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > . So David <01732 +David > and all

<03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > returned <07725 +shuwb >

unto Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .

13 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after <00310

+>achar > this <03651 +ken > , that Absalom <53> the son <01121

+ben > of David <01732 +David > had a fair <03303 +yapheh >

sister <00269 +>achowth > , whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ]

Tamar <08559 +Tamar > ; and Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > the son

<01121 +ben > of David <01732 +David > loved <00157 +>ahab > her

13 : 02 And Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > was so vexed <03334 +yatsar

> , that he fell sick <02470 +chalah > for his sister <00269

+>achowth > Tamar <08559 +Tamar > ; for she [ was ] a virgin

<01330 +b@thuwlah > ; and Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > thought <05869

+<ayin > it hard <06381 +pala> > for him to do <06213 +<asah >

any <03972 +m@uwmah > thing to her .

13 : 03 But Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > had a friend <07453 +rea< > ,

whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Jonadab <03122 +Yawnadab > ,

the son <01121 +ben > of Shimeah <08093 +Shim<ah > David s

<01732 +David > brother <00251 +>ach > : and Jonadab <03122

+Yawnadab > [ was ] a very <03966 +m@<od > subtil <02450 +chakam

> man <00376 +>iysh > .

13 : 04 And he said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Why <04069

+madduwa< > [ art ] thou , [ being ] the king s <04428 +melek >

son <01121 +ben > , lean <01800 +dal > from day <01242 +boqer >

to day <01242 +boqer > ? wilt thou not tell <05046 +nagad > me

? And Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > said <00559 +>amar > unto him , I

love <00157 +>ahab > Tamar <08559 +Tamar > , my brother <00251

+>ach > Absalom s <53> sister <00269 +>achowth > .

13 : 05 And Jonadab <03122 +Yawnadab > said <00559 +>amar > unto

him , Lay <07901 +shakab > thee down <07901 +shakab > on <05921

+<al > thy bed <04904 +mishkab > , and make thyself sick <02470

+chalah > : and when thy father <1> cometh <00935 +bow> > to see

<07200 +ra>ah > thee , say <00559 +>amar > unto him , I pray

<04994 +na> > thee , let my sister <00269 +>achowth > Tamar

<08559 +Tamar > come <00935 +bow> > , and give <01262 +barah >

me meat <03899 +lechem > , and dress <06213 +<asah > the meat

<01279 +biryah > in my sight <05869 +<ayin > , that I may see

<07200 +ra>ah > [ it ] , and eat <00398 +>akal > [ it ] at her

hand <03027 +yad > .

13 : 06 So Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > lay <07901 +shakab > down

<07901 +shakab > , and made himself sick <02470 +chalah > : and

when the king <04428 +melek > was come <00935 +bow> > to see

<07200 +ra>ah > him , Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > said <00559 +>amar

> unto the king <04428 +melek > , I pray <04994 +na> > thee ,

let Tamar <08559 +Tamar > my sister <00269 +>achowth > come

<00935 +bow> > , and make <03823 +labab > me a couple <08147

+sh@nayim > of cakes <03834 +labiybah > in my sight <05869

+<ayin > , that I may eat <01262 +barah > at her hand <03027

+yad > .

13 : 07 Then David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > home

<01004 +bayith > to Tamar <08559 +Tamar > , saying <00559 +>amar

> , Go <03212 +yalak > now <04994 +na> > to thy brother <00251

+>ach > Amnon s <00550 +>Amnown > house <01004 +bayith > , and

dress <06213 +<asah > him meat <01279 +biryah > .

13 : 08 So Tamar <08559 +Tamar > went <03212 +yalak > to her

brother <00251 +>ach > Amnon s <00550 +>Amnown > house <01004

+bayith > ; and he was laid <07901 +shakab > down <07901 +shakab

> . And she took <03947 +laqach > flour <01217 +batseq > , and

kneaded <03888 +luwsh > [ it ] , and made <03835 +laban > cakes

<03823 +labab > in his sight <05869 +<ayin > , and did bake

<01310 +bashal > the cakes <03834 +labiybah > .

13 : 09 And she took <03947 +laqach > a pan <04958 +masreth > ,

and poured <03332 +yatsaq> [ them ] out before <06440 +paniym >

him ; but he refused <03985 +ma>en > to eat <00398 +>akal > .

And Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > said <00559 +>amar > , Have <03318

+yatsa> > out all <03605 +kol > men <00376 +>iysh > from me .

And they went <03318 +yatsa> > out every man <00376 +>iysh >

from him

13 : 10 And Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Tamar <08559 +Tamar > , Bring <00935 +bow> > the meat <01279

+biryah > into the chamber <02315 +cheder > , that I may eat

<01262 +barah > of thine hand <03027 +yad > . And Tamar <08559

+Tamar > took <03947 +laqach > the cakes <03834 +labiybah >

which <00834 +>aher > she had made <06213 +<asah > , and brought

<00935 +bow> > [ them ] into the chamber <02315 +cheder > to

Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > her brother <00251 +>ach > .

13 : 11 And when she had brought <05066 +nagash > [ them ] unto

him to eat <00398 +>akal > , he took hold <02388 +chazaq > of

her , and said <00559 +>amar > unto her , Come <00935 +bow> >

lie <07901 +shakab > with me , my sister <00269 +>achowth > .

13 : 12 And she answered <00559 +>amar > him , Nay <00408 +>al >

, my brother <00251 +>ach > , do <06213 +<asah > not force

<06031 +<anah > me ; for no <03808 +lo> > such <03651 +ken >

thing <03651 +ken > ought to be done <06213 +<asah > in Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > : do <06213 +<asah > not thou this <02063

+zo>th > folly <05039 +n@balah > .

13 : 13 And I , whither <00575 +>an > shall I cause my shame

<02781 +cherpah > to go <03212 +yalak > ? and as for thee ,

thou shalt be as one <00259 +>echad > of the fools <05036 +nabal

> in Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > . Now <06258 +<attah > therefore

, I pray <04994 +na> > thee , speak <01696 +dabar > unto the

king <04428 +melek > ; for he will not withhold <04513 +mana< >

me from thee .

13 : 14 Howbeit he would <14> not hearken <08085 +shama< > unto

her voice <06963 +qowl > : but , being stronger <02388 +chazaq >

than she , forced <06031 +<anah > her , and lay <07901 +shakab >

with her .

13 : 15 Then Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > hated <08130 +sane> > her

exceedingly ; so that the hatred <08135 +sin>ah > wherewith

<00834 +>aher > he hated <08130 +sane> > her [ was ] greater

<01419 +gadowl > than the love <00160 +>ahabah > wherewith

<00834 +>aher > he had loved <00157 +>ahab > her . And Amnon

<00550 +>Amnown > said <00559 +>amar > unto her , Arise <06965

+quwm > , be gone <03212 +yalak > .

13 : 16 And she said <00559 +>amar > unto him , [ There is ] no

<00408 +>al > cause : this <02063 +zo>th > evil <07451 +ra< > in

sending <07971 +shalach > me away [ is ] greater <01419 +gadowl

> than the other <00312 +>acher > that thou didst <06213 +<asah

> unto me . But he would <14> not hearken <08085 +shama< > unto

her

13 : 17 Then he called <07121 +qara> > his servant <05288 +na<ar

> that ministered <08334 +sharath > unto him , and said <00559

+>amar > , Put <07971 +shalach > now <04994 +na> > this <02063

+zo>th > [ woman ] out from me , and bolt <05274 +na<al > the

door <01817 +deleth > after <00310 +>achar > her .

13 : 18 And [ she had ] a garment <03801 +k@thoneth > of divers

<06446 +pac > colours <06446 +pac > upon her : for with such

<03651 +ken > robes <04598 +m@<iyl > were the king s <04428

+melek > daughters <01121 +ben > [ that were ] virgins <01330

+b@thuwlah > apparelled <03847 +labash > . Then his servant

<08334 +sharath > brought <03318 +yatsa> > her out , and bolted

<05274 +na<al > the door <01817 +deleth > after <00310 +>achar >

her .

13 : 19 And Tamar <08559 +Tamar > put <03947 +laqach > ashes

<00665 +>epher > on <05921 +<al > her head <07218 +ro>sh > , and

rent <07167 +qara< > her garment <03801 +k@thoneth > of divers

<06446 +pac > colours <06446 +pac > that [ was ] on <05921 +<al

> her , and laid <07760 +suwm > her hand <03027 +yad > on <05921

+<al > her head <07218 +ro>sh > , and went <03212 +yalak > on

crying <02201 +za<aq > .

13 : 20 And Absalom <53> her brother <00251 +>ach > said <00559

+>amar > unto her , Hath Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > thy brother

<00251 +>ach > been <01961 +hayah > with thee ? but hold <02790

+charash > now <06258 +<attah > thy peace <02790 +charash > , my

sister <00269 +>achowth > : he [ is ] thy brother <00251 +>ach >

; regard <03820 +leb > not this <02063 +zo>th > thing <01697

+dabar > . So Tamar <08559 +Tamar > remained <03427 +yashab >

desolate <08076 +shamem > in her brother <00251 +>ach > Absalom

s <53> house <01004 +bayith > .

13 : 21 . But when king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David >

heard <08085 +shama< > of all <03605 +kol > these <00428 +>el -

leh > things <01697 +dabar > , he was very <03966 +m@<od > wroth

<02734 +charah > .

13 : 22 And Absalom <53> spake <01696 +dabar > unto his brother

Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > neither <03808 +lo> > good <02896 +towb

> nor bad <07451 +ra< > : for Absalom <53> hated <08130 +sane> >

Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > , because he had forced <06031 +<anah >

his sister <00269 +>achowth > Tamar <08559 +Tamar > .

13 : 23 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after two full

<03117 +yowm > years <08141 +shaneh > , that Absalom <53> had

sheepshearers <01494 +gazaz > in Baalhazor <01178 +Ba<al

Chatsowr > , which <00834 +>aher > [ is ] beside <05973 +<im >

Ephraim <00669 +>Ephrayim > : and Absalom <53> invited <07121

+qara> > all <03605 +kol > the king s <04428 +melek > sons

<01121 +ben > .

13 : 24 And Absalom <53> came <00935 +bow> > to the king <04428

+melek > , and said <00559 +>amar > , Behold <02009 +hinneh >

now <04994 +na> > , thy servant <05650 +<ebed > hath

sheepshearers <01494 +gazaz > ; let <03381 +yarad > the king

<04428 +melek > , I beseech <04994 +na> > thee , and his

servants <05650 +<ebed > go <03212 +yalak > with thy servant

<05650 +<ebed > .

13 : 25 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > to

Absalom <53> , Nay <00408 +>al > , my son <01121 +ben > , let us

not all <03605 +kol > now <04994 +na> > go <03212 +yalak > ,

lest <03808 +lo> > we be chargeable <03513 +kabad > unto thee .

And he pressed <06555 +parats > him : howbeit he would <14> not

go <03212 +yalak > , but blessed <01288 +barak > him .

13 : 26 Then said <00559 +>amar > Absalom <53> , If <03808 +lo>

> not , I pray <04994 +na> > thee , let my brother <00251 +>ach

> Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > go <03212 +yalak > with us . And the

king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Why <04100

+mah > should he go <03212 +yalak > with thee ?

13 : 27 But Absalom <53> pressed <06555 +parats > him , that he

let Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > and all <03605 +kol > the king s

<04428 +melek > sons <01121 +ben > go <07971 +shalach > with him

13 : 28 Now Absalom <53> had commanded <06680 +tsavah > his

servants <05288 +na<ar > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Mark <07200

+ra>ah > ye now <04994 +na> > when Amnon s <00550 +>Amnown >

heart <03820 +leb > is merry <02896 +towb > with wine <03196

+yayin > , and when I say <00559 +>amar > unto you , Smite

<05221 +nakah > Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > ; then kill <04191

+muwth > him , fear <03372 +yare> > not : have not I commanded

<06680 +tsavah > you ? be courageous <02388 +chazaq > , and be

valiant .

13 : 29 And the servants <05288 +na<ar > of Absalom <53> did

<06213 +<asah > unto Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > as Absalom <53> had

commanded <06680 +tsavah > . Then all <03605 +kol > the king s

<04428 +melek > sons <01121 +ben > arose <06965 +quwm > , and

every man <00376 +>iysh > gat <07392 +rakab > him up upon his

mule <06505 +pered > , and fled <05127 +nuwc > .

13 : 30 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , while they were

in the way <01870 +derek > , that tidings <08052 +sh@muw<ah >

came <00935 +bow> > to David <01732 +David > , saying <00559

+>amar > , Absalom <53> hath slain <05221 +nakah > all <03605

+kol > the king s <04428 +melek > sons <01121 +ben > , and there

is not one <00259 +>echad > of them left <03498 +yathar > .

13 : 31 Then the king <04428 +melek > arose <06965 +quwm > , and

tare <07167 +qara< > his garments <00899 +beged > , and lay

<07901 +shakab > on the earth <00776 +>erets > ; and all <03605

+kol > his servants <05650 +<ebed > stood <05324 +natsab > by

with their clothes <00899 +beged > rent <07167 +qara< > .

13 : 32 And Jonadab <03122 +Yawnadab > , the son <01121 +ben >

of Shimeah <08093 +Shim<ah > David s <01732 +David > brother

<00251 +>ach > , answered <06030 +<anah > and said <00559 +>amar

> , Let not my lord <00113 +>adown > suppose <00559 +>amar > [

that ] they have slain <04191 +muwth > all <03605 +kol > the

young <05288 +na<ar > men the king s <04428 +melek > sons <01121

+ben > ; for Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > only <00905 +bad > is dead

<04191 +muwth > : for by the appointment <06310 +peh > of

Absalom <53> this hath been <01961 +hayah > determined <07760

+suwm > from the day <03117 +yowm > that he forced <06031 +<anah

> his sister <00269 +>achowth > Tamar <08559 +Tamar > .

13 : 33 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore let not my lord <00113

+>adown > the king <04428 +melek > take <07760 +suwm > the thing

<01697 +dabar > to his heart <03820 +leb > , to think <00559

+>amar > that all <03605 +kol > the king s <04428 +melek > sons

<01121 +ben > are dead <04191 +muwth > : for Amnon <00550

+>Amnown > only <00905 +bad > is dead <04191 +muwth > .

13 : 34 But Absalom <53> fled <01272 +barach > . And the young

<05288 +na<ar > man that kept the watch <06822 +tsaphah > lifted

<05375 +nasa> > up his eyes <05869 +<ayin > , and looked <07200

+ra>ah > , and , behold <02009 +hinneh > , there came <01980

+halak > much <07227 +rab > people <05971 +<am > by the way

<01870 +derek > of the hill <02022 +har > side <06654 +tsad >

behind <00310 +>achar > him .

13 : 35 And Jonadab <03122 +Yawnadab > said <00559 +>amar > unto

the king <04428 +melek > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , the king s

<04428 +melek > sons <01121 +ben > come <00935 +bow> > : as thy

servant <05650 +<ebed > said <01697 +dabar > , so <03651 +ken >

it is .

13 : 36 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , as soon as he had

made an end <03615 +kalah > of speaking <01696 +dabar > , that ,

behold <02009 +hinneh > , the king s <04428 +melek > sons <01121

+ben > came <00935 +bow> > , and lifted <05375 +nasa> > up their

voice <06963 +qowl > and wept <01058 +bakah > : and the king

<04428 +melek > also <01571 +gam > and all <03605 +kol > his

servants <05650 +<ebed > wept <01058 +bakah > very <03966 +m@<od

> sore <01419 +gadowl > .

13 : 37 But Absalom <53> fled <01272 +barach > , and went <03212

+yalak > to Talmai <08526 +Talmay > , the son <01121 +ben > of

Ammihud <05989 +<Ammiyhuwd > , king <04428 +melek > of Geshur

<01650 +G@shuwr > . And [ David ] mourned <56> for his son

<01121 +ben > every <03605 +kol > day <03117 +yowm > .

13 : 38 So Absalom <53> fled <01272 +barach > , and went <03212

+yalak > to Geshur <01650 +G@shuwr > , and was there <08033

+sham > three <07969 +shalowsh > years <08141 +shaneh > .

13 : 39 And [ the soul of ] king <04428 +melek > David <01732

+David > longed <03615 +kalah > to go <03318 +yatsa> > forth

<03318 +yatsa> > unto Absalom <53> : for he was comforted <05162

+nacham > concerning <05921 +<al > Amnon <00550 +>Amnown > ,

seeing he was dead <04191 +muwth > .

14 : 01 . Now Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > the son <01121 +ben > of

Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > perceived <03045 +yada< > that the

king s <04428 +melek > heart <03820 +leb > [ was ] toward <05921

+<al > Absalom <53> .

14 : 02 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > sent <07971 +shalach > to

Tekoah <08620 +T@qowa< > , and fetched <03947 +laqach > thence

<08033 +sham > a wise <02450 +chakam > woman <00802 +>ishshah > ,

and said <00559 +>amar > unto her , I pray <04994 +na> > thee ,

feign thyself to be a mourner <56> , and put <03847 +labash > on

now <04994 +na> > mourning <60> apparel <00899 +beged > , and

anoint <05480 +cuwk > not thyself with oil <08081 +shemen > ,

but be as a woman <00802 +>ishshah > that had a long <07227 +rab

> time <03117 +yowm > mourned <56> for the dead <04191 +muwth > :

14 : 03 And come <00935 +bow> > to the king <04428 +melek > ,

and speak <01696 +dabar > on this <02088 +zeh > manner <01697

+dabar > unto him . So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > put <07760 +suwm >

the words <01697 +dabar > in her mouth <06310 +peh > .

14 : 04 And when the woman <00802 +>ishshah > of Tekoah <08621

+T@qow<iy > spake <00559 +>amar > to the king <04428 +melek > ,

she fell <05307 +naphal > on <05921 +<al > her face <00639 +>aph

> to the ground <00776 +>erets > , and did obeisance <07812

+shachah > , and said <00559 +>amar > , Help <03467 +yasha< > ,

O king <04428 +melek > .

14 : 05 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

her , What <04100 +mah >aileth thee ? And she answered <00559

+>amar > , I [ am ] indeed <61> a widow <00490 +>almanah > woman

<00802 +>ishshah > , and mine husband <00376 +>iysh > is dead

<04191 +muwth > .

14 : 06 And thy handmaid <08198 +shiphchah > had two <08147

+sh@nayim > sons <01121 +ben > , and they two <08147 +sh@nayim >

strove <05327 +natsah > together in the field <07704 +sadeh > ,

and [ there was ] none <00369 +>ayin > to part <05337 +natsal >

them , but the one <00259 +>echad > smote <05221 +nakah > the

other <00259 +>echad > , and slew <04191 +muwth > him .

14 : 07 And , behold <02009 +hinneh > , the whole <03605 +kol >

family <04940 +mishpachah > is risen <06965 +quwm > against

<05921 +<al > thine handmaid <08198 +shiphchah > , and they said

<00559 +>amar > , Deliver <05414 +nathan > him that smote <05221

+nakah > his brother <00251 +>ach > , that we may kill <04191

+muwth > him , for the life <05315 +nephesh > of his brother

<00251 +>ach > whom <00834 +>aher > he slew <02026 +harag > ;

and we will destroy <08045 +shamad > the heir <03423 +yarash >

also <01571 +gam > : and so they shall quench <03518 +kabah > my

coal <01513 +gechel > which <00834 +>aher > is left <07604

+sha>ar > , and shall not leave <07604 +sha>ar > to my husband

<00376 +>iysh > [ neither <01115 +biltiy > ] name <08034 +shem >

nor remainder <07611 +sh@>eriyth > upon the earth <00127

+>adamah > .

14 : 08 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

the woman <00802 +>ishshah > , Go <03212 +yalak > to thine house

<01004 +bayith > , and I will give charge <06680 +tsavah >

concerning <05921 +<al > thee .

14 : 09 And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > of Tekoah <08621

+T@qow<iy > said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > ,

My lord <00113 +>adown > , O king <04428 +melek > , the iniquity

<05771 +<avon > [ be ] on <05921 +<al > me , and on <05921 +<al

> my father s <1> house <01004 +bayith > : and the king <04428

+melek > and his throne <03678 +kicce> > [ be ] guiltless <05355

+naqiy > .

14 : 10 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > ,

Whosoever saith <01696 +dabar > [ ought ] unto thee , bring

<00935 +bow> > him to me , and he shall not touch <05060 +naga<

> thee any more .

14 : 11 Then said <00559 +>amar > she , I pray <04994 +na> >

thee , let the king <04428 +melek > remember <02142 +zakar > the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > thy God <00430 +>elohiym > , that thou

wouldest not suffer the revengers <01350 +ga>al > of blood

<01818 +dam > to destroy <07843 +shachath > any more <07235

+rabah > , lest they destroy <08045 +shamad > my son <01121 +ben

> . And he said <00559 +>amar > , [ As ] the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > liveth <02416 +chay > , there shall not one hair

<08185 +sa<arah > of thy son <01121 +ben > fall <05307 +naphal >

to the earth <00776 +>erets > .

14 : 12 Then the woman <00802 +>ishshah > said <00559 +>amar > ,

Let thine handmaid <08198 +shiphchah > , I pray <04994 +na> >

thee , speak <01696 +dabar > [ one ] word <01697 +dabar > unto

my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > . And he said

<00559 +>amar > , Say <01696 +dabar > on .

14 : 13 And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > said <00559 +>amar > ,

Wherefore <04100 +mah > then hast thou thought <02803 +chashab >

such <02063 +zo>th > a thing against <05921 +<al > the people

<05971 +<am > of God <00430 +>elohiym > ? for the king <04428

+melek > doth speak <01696 +dabar > this <02088 +zeh > thing

<01697 +dabar > as one which is faulty <00818 +>ashem > , in

that the king <04428 +melek > doth not fetch <07725 +shuwb >

home <07725 +shuwb > again <07725 +shuwb > his banished <05080

+nadach > .

14 : 14 For we must needs die <04191 +muwth > , and [ are ] as

water <04325 +mayim > spilt <05064 +nagar > on the ground <00776

+>erets > , which <00834 +>aher > cannot <03808 +lo> > be

gathered <00622 +>acaph > up again ; neither <03808 +lo> > doth

God <00430 +>elohiym > respect <05375 +nasa> > [ any ] person

<05315 +nephesh > : yet doth he devise <02803 +chashab > means

<04284 +machashabah > , that his banished <05080 +nadach > be

not expelled <05080 +nadach > from him .

14 : 15 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore that I am come <00935

+bow> > to speak <01696 +dabar > of this <02088 +zeh > thing

<01697 +dabar > unto my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428

+melek > , [ it is ] because <03588 +kiy > the people <05971

+<am > have made me afraid <03372 +yare> > : and thy handmaid

<08198 +shiphchah > said <00559 +>amar > , I will now <04994

+na> > speak <01696 +dabar > unto the king <04428 +melek > ; it

may be that the king <04428 +melek > will perform <06213 +<asah

> the request <01697 +dabar > of his handmaid <00519 +>amah > .

14 : 16 For the king <04428 +melek > will hear <08085 +shama< > ,

to deliver <05337 +natsal > his handmaid <00519 +>amah > out of

the hand <03709 +kaph > of the man <00376 +>iysh > [ that would

] destroy <08045 +shamad > me and my son <01121 +ben > together

<03162 +yachad > out of the inheritance <05159 +nachalah > of

God <00430 +>elohiym > .

14 : 17 Then thine handmaid <08198 +shiphchah > said <00559

+>amar > , The word <01697 +dabar > of my lord <00113 +>adown >

the king <04428 +melek > shall now <04994 +na> > be comfortable

<04496 +m@nuwchah > : for as an angel <04397 +mal>ak > of God

<00430 +>elohiym > , so <03651 +ken > [ is ] my lord <00113

+>adown > the king <04428 +melek > to discern <08085 +shama< >

good <02896 +towb > and bad <07451 +ra< > : therefore the LORD

<03068 +Y@hovah > thy God <00430 +>elohiym > will be with thee .

14 : 18 Then the king <04428 +melek > answered <06030 +<anah >

and said <00559 +>amar > unto the woman <00802 +>ishshah > ,

Hide <03582 +kachad > not from me , I pray <04994 +na> > thee ,

the thing <01697 +dabar > that I shall ask <07592 +sha>al > thee

. And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > said <00559 +>amar > , Let my

lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > now <04994 +na> >

speak <01696 +dabar > .

14 : 19 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , [ Is

not ] the hand <03027 +yad > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > with thee

in all <03605 +kol > this <02063 +zo>th > ? And the woman

<00802 +>ishshah > answered <06030 +<anah > and said <00559

+>amar > , [ As ] thy soul <05315 +nephesh > liveth <02416 +chay

> , my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > , none

<00376 +>iysh > can turn to the right <03231 +yaman > hand or to

the left <08041 +sama>l > from ought that my lord <00113 +>adown

> the king <04428 +melek > hath spoken <01696 +dabar > : for thy

servant <05650 +<ebed > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , he bade <06680

+tsavah > me , and he put <07760 +suwm > all <03605 +kol > these

<00428 +>el - leh > words <01697 +dabar > in the mouth <06310

+peh > of thine handmaid <08198 +shiphchah > :

14 : 20 To fetch <05437 +cabab > about <05437 +cabab > this form

<06440 +paniym > of speech <01697 +dabar > hath thy servant

<05650 +<ebed > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > done <06213 +<asah > this

<02088 +zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > : and my lord <00113 +>adown

> [ is ] wise <02450 +chakam > , according to the wisdom <02451

+chokmah > of an angel <04397 +mal>ak > of God <00430 +>elohiym

> , to know <03045 +yada< > all <03605 +kol > [ things ] that [

are ] in the earth <00776 +>erets > .

14 : 21 . And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar >

unto Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > now <04994

+na> > , I have done <06213 +<asah > this <02088 +zeh > thing

<01697 +dabar > : go <03212 +yalak > therefore , bring <07725

+shuwb > the young <05288 +na<ar > man Absalom <53> again <07725

+shuwb > .

14 : 22 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > fell <05307 +naphal > to the

ground <00776 +>erets > on <00413 +>el > his face <06440 +paniym

> , and bowed <07812 +shachah > himself , and thanked <01288

+barak > the king <04428 +melek > : and Joab <03097 +Yow>ab >

said <00559 +>amar > , To day thy servant <05650 +<ebed >

knoweth <03045 +yada< > that I have found <04672 +matsa> > grace

<02580 +chen > in thy sight <05869 +<ayin > , my lord <00113

+>adown > , O king <04428 +melek > , in that the king <04428

+melek > hath fulfilled <06213 +<asah > the request <01697

+dabar > of his servant <05650 +<ebed > .

14 : 23 So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > arose <06965 +quwm > and went

<03212 +yalak > to Geshur <01650 +G@shuwr > , and brought <00935

+bow> > Absalom <53> to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .

14 : 24 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , Let

him turn <05437 +cabab > to his own house <01004 +bayith > , and

let him not see <07200 +ra>ah > my face <06440 +paniym > . So

<03651 +ken > Absalom <53> returned <05437 +cabab > to his own

house <01004 +bayith > , and saw <07200 +ra>ah > not the king s

<04428 +melek > face <06440 +paniym > .

14 : 25 But in all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > there

was none to be so much <03966 +m@<od > praised <01984 +halal >

as Absalom <53> for his beauty <03308 +yophiy > : from the sole

<03709 +kaph > of his foot <07272 +regel > even to the crown

<06936 +qodqod > of his head <06936 +qodqod > there was no

<03808 +lo> > blemish <03971 +m>uwm > in him .

14 : 26 And when he polled <01548 +galach > his head <07218

+ro>sh > , ( for it was at every year s <03117 +yowm > end

<07093 +qets > that he polled <01548 +galach > [ it ] : because

<03588 +kiy > [ the hair ] was heavy <03513 +kabad > on <05921

+<al > him , therefore he polled <01548 +galach > it : ) he

weighed <08254 +shaqal > the hair <08181 +se<ar > of his head

<07218 +ro>sh > at two <08147 +sh@nayim > hundred <03967 +me>ah

> shekels <08255 +sheqel > after the king s <04428 +melek >

weight <68> .

14 : 27 And unto Absalom <53> there were born <03205 +yalad >

three <07969 +shalowsh > sons <01121 +ben > , and one <00259

+>echad > daughter <01323 +bath > , whose name <08034 +shem > [

was ] Tamar <08559 +Tamar > : she was a woman <00802 +>ishshah >

of a fair <03303 +yapheh > countenance <04758 +mar>eh > .

14 : 28 . So Absalom <53> dwelt <03427 +yashab > two full

<03117 +yowm > years <08141 +shaneh > in Jerusalem <03389

+Y@ruwshalaim > , and saw <07200 +ra>ah > not the king s <04428

+melek > face <06440 +paniym > .

14 : 29 Therefore Absalom <53> sent <07971 +shalach > for Joab

<03097 +Yow>ab > , to have sent him to the king <04428 +melek > ;

but he would <14> not come <00935 +bow> > to him : and when he

sent <07971 +shalach > again <05750 +<owd > the second <08145

+sheniy > time , he would <14> not come <00935 +bow> > .

14 : 30 Therefore he said <00559 +>amar > unto his servants

<05650 +<ebed > , See <07200 +ra>ah > , Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab >

field <02513 +chelqah > is near <00413 +>el > mine <03027 +yad >

, and he hath barley <08184 +s@<orah > there <08033 +sham > ; go

<03212 +yalak > and set it on fire <00784 +>esh > . And Absalom

s <53> servants <05650 +<ebed > set the field <02513 +chelqah >

on fire <00784 +>esh > .

14 : 31 Then Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > arose <06965 +quwm > , and

came <00935 +bow> > to Absalom <53> unto [ his ] house <01004

+bayith > , and said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Wherefore <04100

+mah > have thy servants <05650 +<ebed > set my field <02513

+chelqah > on fire <00784 +>esh > ?

14 : 32 And Absalom <53> answered <00559 +>amar > Joab <03097

+Yow>ab > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , I sent <07971 +shalach >

unto thee , saying <00559 +>amar > , Come <00935 +bow> > hither ,

that I may send <07971 +shalach > thee to the king <04428

+melek > , to say <00559 +>amar > , Wherefore <04100 +mah > am I

come <00935 +bow> > from Geshur <01650 +G@shuwr > ? [ it had

been ] good <02896 +towb > for me [ to have been ] there <08033

+sham > still : now <06258 +<attah > therefore let me see <07200

+ra>ah > the king s <04428 +melek > face <06440 +paniym > ; and

if <00518 +>im > there be [ any ] iniquity <05771 +<avon > in me

, let him kill <04191 +muwth > me .

14 : 33 So Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > came <00935 +bow> > to the king

<04428 +melek > , and told <05046 +nagad > him : and when he had

called <07121 +qara> > for Absalom <53> , he came <00935 +bow> >

to the king <04428 +melek > , and bowed <07812 +shachah >

himself on <05921 +<al > his face <00639 +>aph > to the ground

<00776 +>erets > before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428 +melek

> : and the king <04428 +melek > kissed <05401 +nashaq > Absalom

<53> .

15 : 01 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after <00310

+>achar > this <03651 +ken > , that Absalom <53> prepared <06213

+<asah > him chariots <04818 +merkabah > and horses <05483 +cuwc

> , and fifty <02572 +chamishshiym > men <00376 +>iysh > to run

<07323 +ruwts > before <06440 +paniym > him .

15 : 02 And Absalom <53> rose <07925 +shakam > up early <07925

+shakam > , and stood beside the way <01870 +derek > of the gate

<08179 +sha<ar > : and it was [ so ] , that when any <03605 +kol

> man <00376 +>iysh > that had <01961 +hayah > a controversy

<07379 +riyb > came <00935 +bow> > to the king <04428 +melek >

for judgment <04941 +mishpat > , then Absalom <53> called <07121

+qara> > unto him , and said <00559 +>amar > , Of what <04310

+miy > city <05892 +<iyr > [ art ] thou ? And he said <00559

+>amar > , Thy servant <05650 +<ebed > [ is ] of one <00259

+>echad > of the tribes <07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > .

15 : 03 And Absalom <53> said <00559 +>amar > unto him , See

<07200 +ra>ah > , thy matters <01697 +dabar > [ are ] good

<02896 +towb > and right <05228 +nakoach > ; but [ there is ] no

<00369 +>ayin > man [ deputed ] of the king <04428 +melek > to

hear <08085 +shama< > thee .

15 : 04 Absalom <53> said <00559 +>amar > moreover , Oh that I

were made <07760 +suwm > judge <08199 +shaphat > in the land

<00776 +>erets > , that every <03605 +kol > man <00376 +>iysh >

which <00834 +>aher > hath any suit <07379 +riyb > or cause

<04941 +mishpat > might come <00935 +bow> > unto me , and I

would do him justice <06663 +tsadaq > !

15 : 05 And it was [ so ] , that when any man <00376 +>iysh >

came <07126 +qarab > nigh <07126 +qarab > [ to him ] to do him

obeisance <07812 +shachah > , he put <07971 +shalach > forth

<07971 +shalach > his hand <03027 +yad > , and took <02388

+chazaq > him , and kissed <05401 +nashaq > him .

15 : 06 And on this <02088 +zeh > manner <01697 +dabar > did

<06213 +<asah > Absalom <53> to all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > that came <00935 +bow> > to the king <04428 +melek >

for judgment <04941 +mishpat > : so Absalom <53> stole <01589

+ganab > the hearts <03820 +leb > of the men <00582 +>enowsh >

of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .

15 : 07 . And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after <07093

+qets > forty <00705 +>arba<iym > years <08141 +shaneh > , that

Absalom <53> said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > ,

I pray <04994 +na> > thee , let me go <03212 +yalak > and pay

<07999 +shalam > my vow <05088 +neder > , which <00834 +>aher >

I have vowed <05087 +nadar > unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ,

in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown > .

15 : 08 For thy servant <05650 +<ebed > vowed <05087 +nadar > a

vow <05088 +neder > while I abode <03427 +yashab > at Geshur

<01650 +G@shuwr > in Syria <00758 +>Aram > , saying <00559

+>amar > , If <00518 +>im > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > shall

bring <07725 +shuwb > me again <07725 +shuwb > indeed to

Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > , then I will serve <05647

+<abad > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > .

15 : 09 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

him , Go <03212 +yalak > in peace <07965 +shalowm > . So he

arose <06965 +quwm > , and went <03212 +yalak > to Hebron <02275

+Chebrown > .

15 : 10 But Absalom <53> sent <07971 +shalach > spies <07270

+ragal > throughout all <03605 +kol > the tribes <07626 +shebet

> of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , saying <00559 +>amar > , As

soon as ye hear <08085 +shama< > the sound <06963 +qowl > of the

trumpet <07782 +showphar > , then ye shall say <00559 +>amar > ,

Absalom <53> reigneth <04427 +malak > in Hebron <02275 +Chebrown

15 : 11 And with Absalom <53> went <01980 +halak > two hundred

<03967 +me>ah > men <00376 +>iysh > out of Jerusalem <03389

+Y@ruwshalaim > , [ that were ] called <07121 +qara> > ; and

they went <01980 +halak > in their simplicity <08537 +tom > ,

and they knew <03045 +yada< > not any <03605 +kol > thing <01697

+dabar > .

15 : 12 And Absalom <53> sent <07971 +shalach > for Ahithophel

<00302 +>Achiythophel > the Gilonite <01526 +Giyloniy > , David

s <01732 +David > counsellor <03289 +ya<ats > , from his city

<05892 +<iyr > , [ even ] from Giloh <01542 +Giloh > , while he

offered <02076 +zabach > sacrifices <02077 +zebach > . And the

conspiracy <07195 +qesher > was strong <00533 +>ammiyts > ; for

the people <05971 +<am > increased <07227 +rab > continually

<01980 +halak > with Absalom <53> .

15 : 13 . And there came <00935 +bow> > a messenger <05046

+nagad > to David <01732 +David > , saying <00559 +>amar > , The

hearts <03820 +leb > of the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > are after <00310 +>achar > Absalom <53> .

15 : 14 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto all

<03605 +kol > his servants <05650 +<ebed > that [ were ] with

him at Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > , Arise <06965 +quwm > ,

and let us flee <01227 +Baqbuwq > ; for we shall not [ else ]

escape <06413 +p@leytah > from Absalom <53> : make speed <04116

+mahar > to depart <03212 +yalak > , lest <06435 +pen > he

overtake <05381 +nasag > us suddenly <04116 +mahar > , and bring

<05080 +nadach > evil <07451 +ra< > upon us , and smite <05221

+nakah > the city <05892 +<iyr > with the edge <06310 +peh > of

the sword <02719 +chereb > .

15 : 15 And the king s <04428 +melek > servants <05650 +<ebed >

said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > , Behold

<02009 +hinneh > , thy servants <05650 +<ebed > [ are ready to

do ] whatsoever my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek

> shall appoint <00977 +bachar > .

15 : 16 And the king <04428 +melek > went <03318 +yatsa> > forth

<03318 +yatsa> > , and all <03605 +kol > his household <01004

+bayith > after <07272 +regel > him . And the king <04428

+melek > left <05800 +<azab > ten <06235 +<eser > women <00802

+>ishshah > , [ which were ] concubines <06370 +piylegesh > , to

keep <08104 +shamar > the house <01004 +bayith > .

15 : 17 And the king <04428 +melek > went <03318 +yatsa> > forth

<03318 +yatsa> > , and all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am

> after <07272 +regel > him , and tarried <05975 +<amad > in a

place <01004 +bayith > that was far <04801 +merchaq > off .

15 : 18 And all <03605 +kol > his servants <05650 +<ebed >

passed <05674 +<abar > on beside him ; and all <03605 +kol > the

Cherethites <03774 +K@rethiy > , and all <03605 +kol > the

Pelethites <06432 +P@lethiy > , and all <03605 +kol > the

Gittites <01663 +Gittiy > , six <08337 +shesh > hundred <03967

+me>ah > men <00376 +>iysh > which <00834 +>aher > came <00935

+bow> > after <07272 +regel > him from Gath <01661 +Gath > ,

passed <05674 +<abar > on before the king <04428 +melek > .

15 : 19 Then said <00559 +>amar > the king <04428 +melek > to

Ittai <00863 +>Ittay > the Gittite <01663 +Gittiy > , Wherefore

<04100 +mah > goest <03212 +yalak > thou also <01571 +gam > with

us ? return <07725 +shuwb > to thy place <04725 +maqowm > , and

abide <03427 +yashab > with the king <04428 +melek > : for thou

[ art ] a stranger <05237 +nokriy > , and also <01571 +gam > an

exile <01540 +galah > .

15 : 20 Whereas thou camest <00935 +bow> > [ but ] yesterday

<08543 +t@mowl > , should I this day <03117 +yowm > make thee go

<03212 +yalak > up and down <05128 +nuwa< > with us ? seeing I

go <01980 +halak > whither I may , return <07725 +shuwb > thou ,

and take back <07725 +shuwb > thy brethren <00251 +>ach > :

mercy <02617 +checed > and truth <00571 +>emeth > [ be ] with

thee .

15 : 21 And Ittai <00863 +>Ittay > answered <06030 +<anah > the

king <04428 +melek > , and said <00559 +>amar > , [ As ] the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > liveth <02416 +chay > , and [ as ] my

lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > liveth <02416

+chay > , surely <03588 +kiy > in what <00834 +>aher > place

<04725 +maqowm > my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek

> shall be , whether <00518 +>im > in death <04194 +maveth > or

life <02416 +chay > , even <03588 +kiy > there <08033 +sham >

also will thy servant <05650 +<ebed > be .

15 : 22 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to Ittai

<00863 +>Ittay > , Go <03212 +yalak > and pass <05674 +<abar >

over <05674 +<abar > . And Ittai <00863 +>Ittay > the Gittite

<01663 +Gittiy > passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > ,

and all <03605 +kol > his men <00582 +>enowsh > , and all <03605

+kol > the little <02945 +taph > ones that [ were ] with him .

15 : 23 And all <03605 +kol > the country <00776 +>erets > wept

<01058 +bakah > with a loud <01419 +gadowl > voice <06963 +qowl

> , and all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > passed <05674

+<abar > over <05674 +<abar > : the king <04428 +melek > also

himself passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > the brook

<05158 +nachal > Kidron <06939 +Qidrown > , and all <03605 +kol

> the people <05971 +<am > passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674

+<abar > , toward the way <01870 +derek > of the wilderness

<04057 +midbar > .

15 : 24 . And lo <02009 +hinneh > Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > also

<01571 +gam > , and all <03605 +kol > the Levites <03881

+Leviyiy > [ were ] with him , bearing <05375 +nasa> > the ark

<00727 +>arown > of the covenant <01285 +b@riyth > of God <00430

+>elohiym > : and they set <03332 +yatsaq > down <03332 +yatsaq

> the ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > ; and

Abiathar <54> went <05927 +<alah > up , until <05704 +<ad > all

<03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > had done <06213 +<asah >

passing <05674 +<abar > out of the city <05892 +<iyr > .

15 : 25 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > , Carry <07725 +shuwb > back <07725

+shuwb > the ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430 +>elohiym > into

the city <05892 +<iyr > : if I shall find <04672 +matsa> >

favour <02580 +chen > in the eyes <05869 +<ayin > of the LORD

<03068 +Y@hovah > , he will bring <07725 +shuwb > me again

<07725 +shuwb > , and shew <07200 +ra>ah > me [ both ] it , and

his habitation <05116 +naveh > :

15 : 26 But if <00518 +>im > he thus <03541 +koh > say <00559

+>amar > , I have no <03808 +lo> > delight <02654 +chaphets > in

thee ; behold <02005 +hen > , [ here am ] I , let him do <06213

+<asah > to me as seemeth <05869 +<ayin > good <02896 +towb >

unto him .

15 : 27 The king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > also unto

Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > the priest <03548 +kohen > , [ Art not ]

thou a seer <07200 +ra>ah > ? return <07725 +shuwb > into the

city <05892 +<iyr > in peace <07965 +shalowm > , and your two

<08147 +sh@nayim > sons <01121 +ben > with you , Ahimaaz <00290

+>Achiyma<ats > thy son <01121 +ben > , and Jonathan <03083

+Y@hownathan > the son <01121 +ben > of Abiathar <54> .

15 : 28 See <07200 +ra>ah > , I will tarry <04102 +mahahh > in

the plain <06160 +<arabah > of the wilderness <04057 +midbar > ,

until <05704 +<ad > there come <00935 +bow> > word <01697 +dabar

> from you to certify <05046 +nagad > me .

15 : 29 Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > therefore and Abiathar <54>

carried <07725 +shuwb > the ark <00727 +>arown > of God <00430

+>elohiym > again <07725 +shuwb > to Jerusalem <03389

+Y@ruwshalaim > : and they tarried <03427 +yashab > there <08033

+sham > .

15 : 30 And David <01732 +David > went <05927 +<alah > up by the

ascent <04608 +ma<aleh > of [ mount ] Olivet <02132 +zayith > ,

and wept <01058 +bakah > as he went <05927 +<alah > up , and had

his head <07218 +ro>sh > covered <02645 +chaphah > , and he went

<01980 +halak > barefoot <03182 +yacheph > : and all <03605 +kol

> the people <05971 +<am > that [ was ] with him covered <02645

+chaphah > every man <00376 +>iysh > his head <07218 +ro>sh > ,

and they went <05927 +<alah > up , weeping <01058 +bakah > as

they went <05927 +<alah > up .

15 : 31 . And [ one ] told <05046 +nagad > David <01732 +David

> , saying <00559 +>amar > , Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel >

[ is ] among the conspirators <07194 +qashar > with Absalom <53>

. And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > , O LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > , I pray <04994 +na> > thee , turn the counsel <06098

+<etsah > of Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > into foolishness

<05528 +cakal > .

15 : 32 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , that [ when ]

David <01732 +David > was come <00935 +bow> > to the top <07218

+ro>sh > [ of the mount ] , where he worshipped <07812 +shachah

> God <00430 +>elohiym > , behold <02009 +hinneh > , Hushai

<02365 +Chuwshay > the Archite <00757 +>Arkiy > came to meet

<07125 +qir>ah > him with his coat <03801 +k@thoneth > rent

<07167 +qara< > , and earth <00127 +>adamah > upon his head

<07218 +ro>sh > :

15 : 33 Unto whom David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > ,

If <00518 +>im > thou passest <05674 +<abar > on with me , then

thou shalt be a burden <04853 +massa> > unto me :

15 : 34 But if <00518 +>im > thou return <07725 +shuwb > to the

city <05892 +<iyr > , and say <00559 +>amar > unto Absalom <53> ,

I will be thy servant <05650 +<ebed > , O king <04428 +melek > ;

[ as ] I [ have been <01961 +hayah > ] thy father s <1> servant

<05650 +<ebed > hitherto <00227 +>az > , so [ will ] I now

<06258 +<attah > also [ be ] thy servant <05650 +<ebed > : then

mayest thou for me defeat <06565 +parar > the counsel <06098

+<etsah > of Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > .

15 : 35 And [ hast thou ] not there <08033 +sham > with thee

Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > and Abiathar <54> the priests <03548

+kohen > ? therefore it shall be , [ that ] what <03605 +kol >

thing <01697 +dabar > soever <00834 +>aher > thou shalt hear

<08085 +shama< > out of the king s <04428 +melek > house <01004

+bayith > , thou shalt tell <05046 +nagad > [ it ] to Zadok

<06659 +Tsadowq > and Abiathar <54> the priests <03548 +kohen > .

15 : 36 Behold <02009 +hinneh > , [ they have ] there <08033

+sham > with them their two <08147 +sh@nayim > sons <01121 +ben

> , Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > Zadok s [ son ] , and

Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > Abiathar s <54> [ son ] ; and by

them ye shall send <07971 +shalach > unto me every <03605 +kol >

thing <01697 +dabar > that ye can hear <08085 +shama< > .

15 : 37 So Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > David s <01732 +David >

friend <07463 +re<eh > came <00935 +bow> > into the city <05892

+<iyr > , and Absalom <53> came <00935 +bow> > into Jerusalem

<03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .

16 : 01 . And when David <01732 +David > was a little <04592

+m@<at > past <05674 +<abar > the top <07218 +ro>sh > [ of the

hill ] , behold <02009 +hinneh > , Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > the

servant <05288 +na<ar > of Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth >

met <07135 +qarah > him , with a couple <06776 +tsemed > of

asses <02543 +chamowr > saddled <02280 +chabash > , and upon

them two hundred <03967 +me>ah > [ loaves ] of bread <03899

+lechem > , and an hundred <03967 +me>ah > bunches <06778

+tsammuwq > of raisins <06778 +tsammuwq > , and an hundred

<03967 +me>ah > of summer <07019 +qayits > fruits , and a bottle

<05035 +nebel > of wine <03196 +yayin > .

16 : 02 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > , What <04100 +mah > meanest thou by

these <00428 +>el - leh > ? And Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > said

<00559 +>amar > , The asses <02543 +chamowr > [ be ] for the

king s <04428 +melek > household <01004 +bayith > to ride <07392

+rakab > on ; and the bread <03899 +lechem > and summer <07019

+qayits > fruit for the young <05288 +na<ar > men to eat <00398

+>akal > ; and the wine <03196 +yayin > , that such as be faint

<03287 +ya<@ph > in the wilderness <04057 +midbar > may drink

<08354 +shathah > .

16 : 03 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , And

where <00346 +>ayeh > [ is ] thy master s <00113 +>adown > son

<01121 +ben > ? And Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > said <00559 +>amar >

unto the king <04428 +melek > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , he

abideth <03427 +yashab > at Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > :

for he said <00559 +>amar > , To day shall the house <01004

+bayith > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > restore <07725 +shuwb >

me the kingdom <04468 +mamlakuwth > of my father <1> .

16 : 04 Then said <00559 +>amar > the king <04428 +melek > to

Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , thine [ are ]

all <03605 +kol > that [ pertained ] unto Mephibosheth <04648

+M@phiybosheth > . And Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > said <00559

+>amar > , I humbly <07812 +shachah > beseech thee [ that ] I

may find <04672 +matsa> > grace <02580 +chen > in thy sight

<05869 +<ayin > , my lord <00113 +>adown > , O king <04428

+melek > .

16 : 05 . And when king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David >

came <00935 +bow> > to Bahurim <00980 +Bachuriym > , behold

<02009 +hinneh > , thence <08033 +sham > came <03318 +yatsa> >

out a man <00376 +>iysh > of the family <04940 +mishpachah > of

the house <01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , whose

name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Shimei <08096 +Shim<iy > , the son

<01121 +ben > of Gera <01617 +Gera> > : he came <03318 +yatsa> >

forth <03318 +yatsa> > , and cursed <07043 +qalal > still as he

came <03318 +yatsa> > .

16 : 06 And he cast <05619 +caqal > stones <68> at David <01732

+David > , and at all <03605 +kol > the servants <05650 +<ebed >

of king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David > : and all <03605

+kol > the people <05971 +<am > and all <03605 +kol > the mighty

<01368 +gibbowr > men [ were ] on his right <03225 +yamiyn >

hand and on his left <08040 +s@mo>wl > .

16 : 07 And thus <03541 +koh > said <00559 +>amar > Shimei

<08096 +Shim<iy > when he cursed <07043 +qalal > , Come <03318

+yatsa> > out , come <03318 +yatsa> > out , thou bloody <01818

+dam > man <00376 +>iysh > , and thou man <00376 +>iysh > of

Belial <01100 +b@liya<al > :

16 : 08 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath returned <07725 +shuwb >

upon thee all <03605 +kol > the blood <01818 +dam > of the house

<01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , in whose <00834

+>aher > stead <08478 +tachath > thou hast reigned <04427 +malak

> ; and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath delivered <05414 +nathan

> the kingdom <04410 +m@luwkah > into the hand <03027 +yad > of

Absalom <53> thy son <01121 +ben > : and , behold <02009 +hinneh

> , thou [ art taken ] in thy mischief <07451 +ra< > , because

<03588 +kiy > thou [ art ] a bloody <01818 +dam > man <00376

+>iysh > .

16 : 09 Then said <00559 +>amar > Abishai <52> the son <01121

+ben > of Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > unto the king <04428

+melek > , Why <04100 +mah > should this <02088 +zeh > dead

<04191 +muwth > dog <03611 +keleb > curse <07043 +qalal > my

lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > ? let me go

<05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > , I pray <04994 +na> > thee

, and take <05493 +cuwr > off his head <07218 +ro>sh > .

16 : 10 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , What

<04100 +mah > have I to do with you , ye sons <01121 +ben > of

Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > ? so <03588 +kiy > let him curse

<07043 +qalal > , because <03588 +kiy > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah

> hath said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Curse <07043 +qalal >

David <01732 +David > . Who <04310 +miy > shall then say <00559

+>amar > , Wherefore <04069 +madduwa< > hast thou done <06213

+<asah > so <03651 +ken > ?

16 : 11 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to

Abishai <52> , and to all <03605 +kol > his servants <05650

+<ebed > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , my son <01121 +ben > ,

which <00834 +>aher > came <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa>

> of my bowels <04578 +me<ah > , seeketh <01245 +baqash > my

life <05315 +nephesh > : how <00637 +>aph > much <00637 +>aph >

more now <06258 +<attah > [ may this ] Benjamite <01145 +Ben -

y@miyniy > [ do it ] ? let <03240 +yanach > him alone , and let

<03240 +yanach > him curse <07043 +qalal > ; for the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > hath bidden <00559 +>amar > him .

16 : 12 It may be that the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > will look

<07200 +ra>ah > on mine affliction <06040 +<oniy > , and that

the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > will requite <07725 +shuwb > me good

<02896 +towb > for his cursing <07045 +q@lalah > this <02088

+zeh > day <03117 +yowm > .

16 : 13 And as David <01732 +David > and his men <00582 +>enowsh

> went <03212 +yalak > by the way <01870 +derek > , Shimei

<08096 +Shim<iy > went <03212 +yalak > along on the hill s

<02022 +har > side <06763 +tsela< > over <05980 +<ummah >

against <05980 +<ummah > him , and cursed <07043 +qalal > as he

went <01980 +halak > , and threw <05619 +caqal > stones <68> at

<05980 +<ummah > him , and cast <06080 +<aphar > dust <06083

+<aphar > .

16 : 14 And the king <04428 +melek > , and all <03605 +kol > the

people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with him , came <00935 +bow>

> weary <05889 +<ayeph > , and refreshed <05314 +naphash >

themselves there <08033 +sham > .

16 : 15 . And Absalom <53> , and all <03605 +kol > the people

<05971 +<am > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el

> , came <00935 +bow> > to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > ,

and Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > with him .

16 : 16 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when <00834 +>aher

> Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > the Archite <00757 +>Arkiy > , David

s <01732 +David > friend <07463 +re<eh > , was come <00935 +bow>

> unto Absalom <53> , that Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > said <00559

+>amar > unto Absalom <53> , God save <02421 +chayah > the king

<04428 +melek > , God save <02421 +chayah > the king <04428

+melek > .

16 : 17 And Absalom <53> said <00559 +>amar > to Hushai <02365

+Chuwshay > , [ Is ] this <02088 +zeh > thy kindness <02617

+checed > to thy friend <07453 +rea< > ? why <04100 +mah >

wentest <01980 +halak > thou not with thy friend <07453 +rea< > ?

16 : 18 And Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Absalom <53> , Nay <03808 +lo> > ; but whom <00834 +>aher > the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and this <02088 +zeh > people <05971

+<am > , and all <03605 +kol > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > , choose <00977 +bachar > , his will I be ,

and with him will I abide <03427 +yashab > .

16 : 19 And again <08145 +sheniy > , whom <04310 +miy > should I

serve <05647 +<abad > ? [ should I ] not [ serve <05647 +<abad

> ] in the presence <06440 +paniym > of his son <01121 +ben > ?

as I have served <05647 +<abad > in thy father s <1> presence

<06440 +paniym > , so <03651 +ken > will I be in thy presence

<06440 +paniym > .

16 : 20 Then said <00559 +>amar > Absalom <53> to Ahithophel

<00302 +>Achiythophel > , Give <03051 +yahab > counsel <06098

+<etsah > among you what <04100 +mah > we shall do <06213 +<asah

> .

16 : 21 And Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > said <00559

+>amar > unto Absalom <53> , Go <00935 +bow> > in unto thy

father s <1> concubines <06370 +piylegesh > , which <00834

+>aher > he hath left <03240 +yanach > to keep <08104 +shamar >

the house <01004 +bayith > ; and all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > shall hear <08085 +shama< > that thou art abhorred

<00887 +ba>ash > of thy father <1> : then shall the hands <03027

+yad > of all <03605 +kol > that [ are ] with thee be strong

<02388 +chazaq > .

16 : 22 So they spread <05186 +natah > Absalom <53> a tent

<00168 +>ohel > upon the top <01406 +gag > of the house <01004

+bayith > ; and Absalom <53> went <00935 +bow> > in unto his

father s <1> concubines <06370 +piylegesh > in the sight <05869

+<ayin > of all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .

16 : 23 And the counsel <06098 +<etsah > of Ahithophel <00302

+>Achiythophel > , which <00834 +>aher > he counselled <03289

+ya<ats > in those <01992 +hem > days <03117 +yowm > , [ was ]

as if a man <00376 +>iysh > had enquired <07592 +sha>al > at the

oracle <01697 +dabar > of God <00430 +>elohiym > : so <03651

+ken > [ was ] all <03605 +kol > the counsel <06098 +<etsah > of

Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > both <01571 +gam > with David

<01732 +David > and with Absalom <53> .

17 : 01 . Moreover Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > said

<00559 +>amar > unto Absalom <53> , Let me now <04994 +na> >

choose <00977 +bachar > out twelve thousand <00505 +>eleph > men

<00376 +>iysh > , and I will arise <06965 +quwm > and pursue

<07291 +radaph > after <00310 +>achar > David <01732 +David >

this night <03915 +layil > :

17 : 02 And I will come <00935 +bow> > upon him while he [ is ]

weary <03023 +yagea< > and weak <07504 +rapheh > handed <03027

+yad > , and will make him afraid <02729 +charad > : and all

<03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > that [ are ] with him

shall flee <05127 +nuwc > ; and I will smite <05221 +nakah > the

king <04428 +melek > only <00905 +bad > :

17 : 03 And I will bring <07725 +shuwb > back <07725 +shuwb >

all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > unto thee : the man

<00376 +>iysh > whom <00834 +>aher > thou seekest <01245 +baqash

> [ is ] as if all <03605 +kol > returned <07725 +shuwb > : [

so ] all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > shall be in

peace <07965 +shalowm > .

17 : 04 And the saying <01697 +dabar > pleased Absalom <53> well

, and all <03605 +kol > the elders <02205 +zaqen > of Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > .

17 : 05 Then said <00559 +>amar > Absalom <53> , Call <07121

+qara> > now <04994 +na> > Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > the Archite

<00757 +>Arkiy > also <01571 +gam > , and let us hear <08085

+shama< > likewise <01571 +gam > what <04100 +mah > he saith

<06310 +peh > .

17 : 06 And when Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > was come <00935 +bow>

> to Absalom <53> , Absalom <53> spake <00559 +>amar > unto him ,

saying <00559 +>amar > , Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel >

hath spoken <01696 +dabar > after this <02088 +zeh > manner

<01697 +dabar > : shall we do <06213 +<asah > [ after ] his

saying <01697 +dabar > ? if <00518 +>im > not ; speak <01696

+dabar > thou .

17 : 07 And Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Absalom <53> , The counsel <06098 +<etsah > that Ahithophel

<00302 +>Achiythophel > hath given <03289 +ya<ats > [ is ] not

good <02896 +towb > at this <02063 +zo>th > time <06471 +pa<am >

17 : 08 For , said <00559 +>amar > Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > ,

thou knowest <03045 +yada<> thy father <1> and his men <00582

+>enowsh > , that they [ be ] mighty <01368 +gibbowr > men , and

they [ be ] chafed <04751 +mar > in their minds <05315 +nephesh

> , as a bear <01677 +dob > robbed <07909 +shakkuwl > of her

whelps in the field <07704 +sadeh > : and thy father <1> [ is ]

a man <00376 +>iysh > of war <04421 +milchamah > , and will not

lodge <03885 +luwn > with the people <05971 +<am > .

17 : 09 Behold <02009 +hinneh > , he is hid <2244> now <06258

+<attah > in some <00259 +>echad > pit <06354 +pachath > , or

<00176 +>ow > in some <00259 +>echad > [ other ] place <04725

+maqowm > : and it will come <01961 +hayah > to pass , when some

<00259 +>echad > of them be overthrown <05307 +naphal > at the

first <08462 +t@chillah > , that whosoever heareth <08085

+shama< > it will say <00559 +>amar > , There is a slaughter

<04046 +maggephah > among the people <05971 +<am > that follow

<00310 +>achar > Absalom <53> .

17 : 10 And he also <01571 +gam > [ that is ] valiant , whose

<00834 +>aher > heart <03820 +leb > [ is ] as the heart <03820

+leb > of a lion <00738 +>ariy > , shall utterly melt <04549

+macac > : for all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el >

knoweth <03045 +yada< > that thy father <1> [ is ] a mighty

<01368 +gibbowr > man , and [ they ] which <00834 +>aher > [ be

] with him [ are ] valiant <02428 +chayil > men <01121 +ben > .

17 : 11 Therefore I counsel <03289 +ya<ats > that all <03605

+kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > be generally gathered <00622

+>acaph > unto thee , from Dan <01835 +Dan > even to Beersheba

<00884 +B@>er Sheba< > , as the sand <02344 +chowl > that [ is ]

by the sea <03220 +yam > for multitude <07230 +rob > ; and that

thou go <01980 +halak > to battle <07128 +q@rab > in thine own

person <06440 +paniym > .

17 : 12 So shall we come <00935 +bow> > upon him in some <00259

+>echad > place <04725 +maqowm > where he shall be found <04672

+matsa> > , and we will light <05117 +nuwach > upon him as the

dew <02919 +tal > falleth <05307 +naphal > on <05921 +<al > the

ground <00127 +>adamah > : and of him and of all <03605 +kol >

the men <00582 +>enowsh > that [ are ] with him there shall not

be left <03498 +yathar > so <01571 +gam > much <01571 +gam > as

one <00259 +>echad > .

17 : 13 Moreover <00518 +>im > , if <00518 +>im > he be gotten

<00622 +>acaph > into <00413 +>el > a city <05892 +<iyr > , then

shall all <03605 +kol > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > bring <05375

+nasa> > ropes <02256 +chebel > to that city <05892 +<iyr > ,

and we will draw <05498 +cachab > it into <05704 +<ad > the

river <05158 +nachal > , until there be not one <01571 +gam >

small <01571 +gam > stone <06872 +ts@rowr > found there <08033

+sham >

17 : 14 And Absalom <53> and all <03605 +kol > the men <00376

+>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > said <00559 +>amar > , The

counsel <06098 +<etsah > of Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay > the

Archite <00757 +>Arkiy > [ is ] better <02896 +towb > than the

counsel <06098 +<etsah > of Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > .

For the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had appointed <06680 +tsavah >

to defeat <06565 +parar > the good <02896 +towb > counsel <06098

+<etsah > of Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > , to the intent

<05668 +<abuwr > that the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > might bring

<00935 +bow> > evil <07451 +ra< > upon Absalom <53> .

17 : 15 . Then said <00559 +>amar > Hushai <02365 +Chuwshay >

unto Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > and to Abiathar <54> the priests

<03548 +kohen > , Thus <02063 +zo>th > and thus <02063 +zo>th >

did Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > counsel <03289 +ya<ats >

Absalom <53> and the elders <02205 +zaqen > of Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > ; and thus <02063 +zo>th > and thus <02063 +zo>th >

have I counselled <03289 +ya<ats > .

17 : 16 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore send <07971 +shalach >

quickly <04120 +m@herah > , and tell <05046 +nagad > David

<01732 +David > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Lodge <03885 +luwn >

not this night <03915 +layil > in the plains <06160 +<arabah >

of the wilderness <04057 +midbar > , but speedily <05674 +<abar

> pass <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > ; lest <06435 +pen >

the king <04428 +melek > be swallowed <01104 +bala< > up , and

all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > that [ are ] with him

17 : 17 Now Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > and Ahimaaz <00290

+>Achiyma<ats > stayed <05975 +<amad > by Enrogel <05883 +<Eyn

Rogel > ; for they might <03201 +yakol > not be seen <07200

+ra>ah > to come <00935 +bow> > into the city <05892 +<iyr > :

and a wench <08198 +shiphchah > went <00980 +Bachuriym > and

told <05046 +nagad > them ; and they went <03212 +yalak > and

told <05046 +nagad > king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David > .

17 : 18 Nevertheless a lad <05288 +na<ar > saw <07200 +ra>ah >

them , and told <05046 +nagad > Absalom <53> : but they went

<03212 +yalak > both <08147 +sh@nayim > of them away quickly

<04120 +m@herah > , and came <00935 +bow> > to a man s <00376

+>iysh > house <01004 +bayith > in Bahurim <00980 +Bachuriym > ,

which had a well <00375 +>eyphoh > in his court <02691 +chatser

> ; whither <08033 +sham > they went <03381 +yarad > down <03381

+yarad > .

17 : 19 And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > took <03947 +laqach >

and spread <06566 +paras > a covering <04539 +macak > over

<05921 +<al > the well s <00875 +@>er > mouth <06310 +peh > ,

and spread <07849 +shatach > ground <07383 +riyphah > corn

<07383 +riyphah > thereon <05921 +<al > ; and the thing <01697

+dabar > was not known <03045 +yada< > .

17 : 20 And when Absalom s <53> servants <05650 +<ebed > came

<00935 +bow> > to the woman <00802 +>ishshah > to the house

<01004 +bayith > , they said <00559 +>amar > , Where <00346

+>ayeh > [ is ] Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > and Jonathan

<03083 +Y@hownathan > ? And the woman <00802 +>ishshah > said

<00559 +>amar > unto them , They be gone <05674 +<abar > over

<05674 +<abar > the brook <04323 +miykal > of water <04325

+mayim > . And when they had sought <01245 +baqash > and could

not find <04672 +matsa> > [ them ] , they returned <07725 +shuwb

> to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .

17 : 21 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , after <00310

+>achar > they were departed <03212 +yalak > , that they came

<05927 +<alah > up out of the well <00375 +>eyphoh > , and went

<03212 +yalak > and told <05046 +nagad > king <04428 +melek >

David <01732 +David > , and said <00559 +>amar > unto David

<01732 +David > , Arise <06965 +quwm > , and pass <05674 +<abar

> quickly <04120 +m@herah > over <05674 +<abar > the water

<04325 +mayim > : for thus <03602 +kakah > hath Ahithophel

<00302 +>Achiythophel > counselled <03289 +ya<ats > against

<05921 +<al > you .

17 : 22 . Then David <01732 +David > arose <06965 +quwm > , and

all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with

him , and they passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar >

Jordan <03383 +Yarden > : by the morning <01242 +boqer > light

<00216 +>owr > there lacked <05737 +<adar > not one <00259

+>echad > of them that was not gone <05674 +<abar > over <05674

+<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > .

17 : 23 And when Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > saw <07200

+ra>ah > that his counsel <06098 +<etsah > was not followed

<06213 +<asah > , he saddled <02280 +chabash > [ his ] ass

<02543 +chamowr > , and arose <06965 +quwm > , and gat <03212

+yalak > him home <01004 +bayith > to his house <01004 +bayith >

, to his city <05892 +<iyr > , and put his household <01004

+bayith > in order <06680 +tsavah > , and hanged <02614 +chanaq

> himself , and died <04191 +muwth > , and was buried <06912

+qabar > in the sepulchre <06913 +qeber > of his father <1> .

17 : 24 Then David <01732 +David > came <00935 +bow> > to

Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim > . And Absalom <53> passed <05674

+<abar > over <05674 +<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > , he and

all <03605 +kol > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > with him .

17 : 25 And Absalom <53> made <07760 +suwm > Amasa <06021

+<Amasa> > captain <05921 +<al > of the host <06635 +tsaba> >

instead <08478 +tachath > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > : which Amasa

<06021 +<Amasa> > [ was ] a man s <00376 +>iysh > son <01121

+ben > , whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Ithra <03501 +Yithra>

> an Israelite <03481 +Yisr@>eliy > , that went <00935 +bow> >

in to Abigail <26> the daughter <01323 +bath > of Nahash <05176

+Nachash > , sister <00269 +>achowth > to Zeruiah <06870

+Ts@ruwyah > Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > mother <00517 +>em > .

17 : 26 So Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > and Absalom <53> pitched

<02583 +chanah > in the land <00776 +>erets > of Gilead <01568

+Gil<ad > .

17 : 27 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when David <01732

+David > was come <00935 +bow> > to Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim

> , that Shobi <07629 +Shobiy > the son <01121 +ben > of Nahash

<05176 +Nachash > of Rabbah <07237 +Rabbah > of the children

<01121 +ben > of Ammon <05983 +<Ammown > , and Machir <04353

+Makiyr > the son <01121 +ben > of Ammiel <05988 +<Ammiy>el > of

Lodebar <03810 +Lo> D@bar > , and Barzillai <01271 +Barzillay >

the Gileadite <01569 +Gil<adiy > of Rogelim <07274 +Rog@liym > ,

17 : 28 Brought <05066 +nagash > beds <04904 +mishkab > , and

basons <05592 +caph > , and earthen <03335 +yatsar > vessels

<03627 +k@liy > , and wheat <02406 +chittah > , and barley

<08184 +s@<orah > , and flour <07058 +qemach > , and parched

<07039 +qaliy > [ corn ] , and beans <06321 +powl > , and

lentiles <05742 +<adash > , and parched <07039 +qaliy > [ pulse

] ,

17 : 29 And honey <01706 +d@bash > , and butter <02529 +chem>ah

> , and sheep <06629 +tso>n > , and cheese <08194 +shaphah > of

kine <01241 +baqar > , for David <01732 +David > , and for the

people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with him , to eat <00398

+>akal > : for they said <00559 +>amar > , The people <05971

+<am > [ is ] hungry <07456 +ra<eb > , and weary <05889 +<ayeph

> , and thirsty <06771 +tsame> > , in the wilderness <04057

+midbar >

18 : 01 . And David <01732 +David > numbered <06485 +paqad >

the people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with him , and set <07760

+suwm > captains <08269 +sar > of thousands <00505 +>eleph > and

captains <08269 +sar > of hundreds <03967 +me>ah > over <05921

+<al > them .

18 : 02 And David <01732 +David > sent <07971 +shalach > forth a

third <07992 +sh@liyshiy > part of the people <05971 +<am >

under the hand <03027 +yad > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and a

third <07992 +sh@liyshiy > part under the hand <03027 +yad > of

Abishai <52> the son <01121 +ben > of Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah

> , Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > brother <00251 +>ach > , and a third

<07992 +sh@liyshiy > part under the hand <03027 +yad > of Ittai

<00863 +>Ittay > the Gittite <01663 +Gittiy > . And the king

<04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto the people <05971 +<am

> , I will surely go <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> >

with you myself <00589 +>aniy > also <01571 +gam > .

18 : 03 But the people <05971 +<am > answered <00559 +>amar > ,

Thou shalt not go <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> > : for

if <00518 +>im > we flee <05127 +nuwc > away , they will not

care for us ; neither <00518 +>im > if <00518 +>im > half <02677

+chetsiy > of us die <04191 +muwth > , will they care for us :

but now <06258 +<attah > [ thou art ] worth <03644 +k@mow > ten

<06235 +<eser > thousand <00505 +>eleph > of us : therefore now

<06258 +<attah > [ it is ] better <02896 +towb > that thou

succour <05826 +<azar > us out of the city <05892 +<iyr > .

18 : 04 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

them , What <00834 +>aher > seemeth <05869 +<ayin > you best

<03190 +yatab > I will do <06213 +<asah > . And the king <04428

+melek > stood <05975 +<amad > by the gate <08179 +sha<ar > side

<03027 +yad > , and all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am >

came <03318 +yatsa> > out by hundreds <03967 +me>ah > and by

thousands <00505 +>eleph > .

18 : 05 And the king <04428 +melek > commanded <06680 +tsavah >

Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > and Abishai <52> and Ittai <00863 +>Ittay

> , saying <00559 +>amar > , [ Deal ] gently <03814 +la>t > for

my sake with the young <05288 +na<ar > man , [ even ] with

Absalom <53> . And all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am >

heard <08085 +shama< > when the king <04428 +melek > gave all

<03605 +kol > the captains <08269 +sar > charge <06680 +tsavah >

concerning Absalom <53> .

18 : 06 So the people <05971 +<am > went <03318 +yatsa> > out

into the field <07704 +sadeh > against <07125 +qir>ah > Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > : and the battle <04421 +milchamah > was in

the wood <03293 +ya<ar > of Ephraim <00669 +>Ephrayim > ;

18 : 07 Where <08033 +sham > the people <05971 +<am > of Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > were slain <05062 +nagaph > before <06440

+paniym > the servants <05650 +<ebed > of David <01732 +David > ,

and there <08033 +sham > was there <08033 +sham > a great

<01419 +gadowl > slaughter <04046 +maggephah > that day <03117

+yowm > of twenty <06242 +<esriym > thousand <00505 +>eleph > [

men ] .

18 : 08 For the battle <04421 +milchamah > was there <08033

+sham > scattered <06327 +puwts > over <05921 +<al > the face

<06440 +paniym > of all <03605 +kol > the country <00776 +>erets

> : and the wood <03293 +ya<ar > devoured <00398 +>akal > more

<07235 +rabah > people <05971 +<am > that day <03117 +yowm >

than the sword <02719 +chereb > devoured <00398 +>akal > .

18 : 09 . And Absalom <53> met <07122 +qara> > the servants

<05650 +<ebed > of David <01732 +David > . And Absalom <53>

rode <07392 +rakab > upon a mule <06505 +pered > , and the mule

<06505 +pered > went <00935 +bow> > under <08478 +tachath > the

thick boughs <07730 +sowbek > of a great <01419 +gadowl > oak

<00424 +>elah > , and his head <07218 +ro>sh > caught <02388

+chazaq > hold <02388 +chazaq > of the oak <00424 +>elah > , and

he was taken <05414 +nathan > up between <00996 +beyn > the

heaven <08064 +shamayim > and the earth <00776 +>erets > ; and

the mule <06505 +pered > that [ was ] under <08478 +tachath >

him went <05674 +<abar > away .

18 : 10 And a certain <00259 +>echad > man <00376 +>iysh > saw

<07200 +ra>ah > [ it ] , and told <05046 +nagad > Joab <03097

+Yow>ab > , and said <00559 +>amar > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > ,

I saw <07200 +ra>ah > Absalom <53> hanged <08518 +talah > in an

oak <00424 +>elah > .

18 : 11 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +>amar > unto the

man <00376 +>iysh > that told <05046 +nagad > him , And , behold

<02009 +hinneh > , thou sawest <07200 +ra>ah > [ him ] , and why

<04069 +madduwa< > didst thou not smite <05221 +nakah > him

there <08033 +sham > to the ground <00776 +>erets > ? and I

would have given <05414 +nathan > thee ten <06235 +<eser > [

shekels ] of silver <03701 +keceph > , and a girdle <02290

+chagowr > .

18 : 12 And the man <00376 +>iysh > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , Though <03863 +luw> > I should receive

<08254 +shaqal > a thousand <00505 +>eleph > [ shekels ] of

silver <03701 +keceph > in mine hand <03709 +kaph > , [ yet ]

would I not put <07971 +shalach > forth <07971 +shalach > mine

hand <03027 +yad > against <00413 +>el > the king s <04428

+melek > son <01121 +ben > : for in our hearing <00241 +>ozen >

the king <04428 +melek > charged <06680 +tsavah > thee and

Abishai <52> and Ittai <00863 +>Ittay > , saying <00559 +>amar >

, Beware <08104 +shamar > that none [ touch ] the young <05288

+na<ar > man Absalom <53> .

18 : 13 Otherwise <00176 +>ow > I should have wrought <06213

+<asah > falsehood <08267 +sheqer > against mine own life <05315

+nephesh > : for there is no <03808 +lo> > matter <01697 +dabar

> hid <03582 +kachad > from the king <04428 +melek > , and thou

thyself <00859 +>attah > wouldest have set <03320 +yatsab >

thyself against <05048 +neged > [ me ] .

18 : 14 Then said <00559 +>amar > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , I may

not tarry <03176 +yachal > thus <03651 +ken > with thee . And

he took <03947 +laqach > three <07969 +shalowsh > darts <07626

+shebet > in his hand <03027 +yad > , and thrust <08628 +taqa< >

them through the heart <03820 +leb > of Absalom <53> , while

<05750 +<owd > he [ was ] yet alive <02416 +chay > in the midst

<03820 +leb > of the oak <00424 +>elah > .

18 : 15 And ten <06235 +<eser > young <05288 +na<ar > men that

bare <05375 +nasa> > Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > armour <03627

+k@liy > compassed <05437 +cabab > about <05437 +cabab > and

smote <05221 +nakah > Absalom <53> , and slew <04191 +muwth >

him .

18 : 16 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > blew <08628 +taqa< > the

trumpet <07782 +showphar > , and the people <05971 +<am >

returned <07725 +shuwb > from pursuing <07291 +radaph > after

<00310 +>achar > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > : for Joab <03097

+Yow>ab > held <02820 +chasak > back <02820 +chasak > the people

<05971 +<am > .

18 : 17 And they took <03947 +laqach > Absalom <53> , and cast

<07993 +shalak > him into <00413 +>el > a great <01419 +gadowl >

pit <06354 +pachath > in the wood <03293 +ya<ar > , and laid

<05324 +natsab > a very <03966 +m@<od > great <01419 +gadowl >

heap <01530 +gal > of stones <68> upon him : and all <03605 +kol

> Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > fled <05127 +nuwc > every <00376

+>iysh > one <00376 +>iysh > to his tent <00168 +>ohel > .

18 : 18 Now Absalom <53> in his lifetime <02416 +chay > had

taken <03947 +laqach > and reared <05324 +natsab > up for

himself a pillar <04678 +matstsebeth > , which <00834 +>aher > [

is ] in the king s <04428 +melek > dale <06010 +<emeq > : for he

said <00559 +>amar > , I have no <00369 +>ayin > son <01121 +ben

> to keep my name <08034 +shem > in remembrance <02142 +zakar > :

and he called <07121 +qara> > the pillar <04678 +matstsebeth >

after <05921 +<al > his own name <08034 +shem > : and it is

called <07121 +qara> > unto this <02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm

> , Absalom s <53> place <03027 +yad > .

18 : 19 . Then said <00559 +>amar > Ahimaaz <00290

+>Achiyma<ats > the son <01121 +ben > of Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq >

, Let me now <04994 +na> > run <07323 +ruwts > , and bear <01319

+basar > the king <04428 +melek > tidings <01319 +basar > , how

that the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath avenged <08199 +shaphat >

him of his enemies <00341 +>oyeb > .

18 : 20 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +>amar > unto him ,

Thou shalt not bear <01319 +basar > tidings <01309 +b@sowrah >

this <02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm > , but thou shalt bear

<01319 +basar > tidings <01319 +basar > another <00312 +>acher >

day <03117 +yowm > : but this <02088 +zeh > day <03117 +yowm >

thou shalt bear <01319 +basar > no <03808 +lo> > tidings <01319

+basar > , because the king s <04428 +melek > son <01121 +ben >

is dead <04191 +muwth > .

18 : 21 Then said <00559 +>amar > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > to Cushi

<03569 +Kuwshiy > , Go <03212 +yalak > tell <05046 +nagad > the

king <04428 +melek > what <00834 +>aher > thou hast seen <07200

+ra>ah > . And Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy > bowed <07812 +shachah >

himself unto Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , and ran <07323 +ruwts > .

18 : 22 Then said <00559 +>amar > Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats >

the son <01121 +ben > of Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > yet <05750

+<owd > again <03254 +yacaph > to Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , But

howsoever , let me , I pray <04994 +na> > thee , also <01571

+gam > run <07323 +ruwts > after <00310 +>achar > Cushi <03569

+Kuwshiy > . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +>amar > ,

Wherefore wilt thou run <07323 +ruwts > , my son <01121 +ben > ,

seeing that thou hast no <00369 +>ayin > tidings <01309

+b@sowrah > ready <04672 +matsa> > ?

18 : 23 But howsoever , [ said he ] , let me run <07323 +ruwts >

. And he said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Run <07323 +ruwts > .

Then Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > ran <07323 +ruwts > by the

way <01870 +derek > of the plain <03603 +kikkar > , and overran

<05674 +<abar > Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy > .

18 : 24 And David <01732 +David > sat <03427 +yashab > between

<00996 +beyn > the two <08147 +sh@nayim > gates <08179 +sha<ar >

: and the watchman <06822 +tsaphah > went <03212 +yalak > up to

the roof <01406 +gag > over <00413 +>el > the gate <08179

+sha<ar > unto the wall <02346 +chowmah > , and lifted <05375

+nasa> > up his eyes <05869 +<ayin > , and looked <07200 +ra>ah

> , and behold <02009 +hinneh > a man <00376 +>iysh > running

<07323 +ruwts > alone <00905 +bad > .

18 : 25 And the watchman <06822 +tsaphah > cried <07121 +qara> >

, and told <05046 +nagad > the king <04428 +melek > . And the

king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , If <00518 +>im > he

[ be ] alone <00905 +bad > , [ there is ] tidings <01309

+b@sowrah > in his mouth <06310 +peh > . And he came <03212

+yalak > apace , and drew near <07126 +qarab > .

18 : 26 And the watchman <06822 +tsaphah > saw <07200 +ra>ah >

another <00312 +>acher > man <00376 +>iysh > running <07323

+ruwts > : and the watchman <06822 +tsaphah > called <07121

+qara> > unto the porter <07778 +show<er > , and said <00559

+>amar > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > [ another ] man <00376 +>iysh

> running <07323 +ruwts > alone <00905 +bad > . And the king

<04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , He also <01571 +gam >

bringeth <01319 +basar > tidings <01319 +basar > .

18 : 27 And the watchman <06822 +tsaphah > said <00559 +>amar > ,

Me thinketh <07200 +ra>ah > the running <04794 +m@ruwtsah > of

the foremost <07223 +ri>shown > is like the running <04794

+m@ruwtsah > of Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > the son <01121

+ben > of Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > . And the king <04428 +melek

> said <00559 +>amar > , He [ is ] a good <02896 +towb > man

<00376 +>iysh > , and cometh <00935 +bow> > with good <02896

+towb > tidings <01309 +b@sowrah > .

18 : 28 And Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > called <07121 +qara>

> , and said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > , All

is well <07965 +shalowm > . And he fell <07812 +shachah > down

<07821 +sh@chiytah > to the earth <00776 +>erets > upon his face

<00639 +>aph > before the king <04428 +melek > , and said <00559

+>amar > , Blessed <01288 +barak > [ be ] the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > thy God <00430 +>elohiym > , which <00834 +>aher >

hath delivered <05462 +cagar > up the men <00582 +>enowsh > that

lifted <05375 +nasa> > up their hand <03027 +yad > against my

lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > .

18 : 29 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , Is

the young <05288 +na<ar > man Absalom <53> safe <07965 +shalowm

> ? And Ahimaaz <00290 +>Achiyma<ats > answered <00559 +>amar >

, When Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > sent <07971 +shalach > the king s

<04428 +melek > servant <05650 +<ebed > , and [ me ] thy servant

<05650 +<ebed > , I saw <07200 +ra>ah > a great <01419 +gadowl >

tumult <01995 +hamown > , but I knew <03045 +yada< > not what

<04100 +mah > [ it was ] .

18 : 30 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > [ unto

him ] , Turn <05437 +cabab > aside <05437 +cabab > , [ and ]

stand <03320 +yatsab > here <03541 +koh > . And he turned

<05437 +cabab > aside <05437 +cabab > , and stood <05975 +<amad

> still

18 : 31 And , behold <02009 +hinneh > , Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy >

came <00935 +bow> > ; and Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy > said <00559

+>amar > , Tidings <01319 +basar > , my lord <00113 +>adown >

the king <04428 +melek > : for the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath

avenged <08199 +shaphat > thee this day <03117 +yowm > of all

<03605 +kol > them that rose <06965 +quwm > up against <05921

+<al > thee .

18 : 32 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy > , Is the young <05288 +na<ar > man

Absalom <53> safe <07965 +shalowm > ? And Cushi <03569 +Kuwshiy

> answered <00559 +>amar > , The enemies <00341 +>oyeb > of my

lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > , and all <03605

+kol > that rise <06965 +quwm > against <05921 +<al > thee to do

[ thee ] hurt <07451 +ra< > , be as [ that ] young <05288 +na<ar

> man [ is ] .

18 : 33 And the king <04428 +melek > was much moved <07264

+ragaz > , and went <05927 +<alah > up to the chamber <05944

+<aliyah > over <05921 +<al > the gate <08179 +sha<ar > , and

wept <01058 +bakah > : and as he went <03212 +yalak > , thus

<03541 +koh > he said <00559 +>amar > , O my son <01121 +ben >

Absalom <53> , my son <01121 +ben > , my son <01121 +ben >

Absalom <53> ! would God I had died <04191 +muwth > for thee ,

O Absalom <53> , my son <01121 +ben > , my son <01121 +ben > !

19 : 01 . And it was told <05046 +nagad > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab >

, Behold <02009 +hinneh > , the king <04428 +melek > weepeth

<01058 +bakah > and mourneth <56> for Absalom <53> .

19 : 02 And the victory <08668 +t@shuw<ah > that day <03117

+yowm > was [ turned ] into mourning <60> unto all <03605 +kol >

the people <05971 +<am > : for the people <05971 +<am > heard

<08085 +shama< > say <00559 +>amar > that day <03117 +yowm > how

the king <04428 +melek > was grieved <06087 +<atsab > for his

son <01121 +ben > .

19 : 03 And the people <05971 +<am > gat <00935 +bow> > them by

stealth <01589 +ganab > that day <03117 +yowm > into the city

<05892 +<iyr > , as people <05971 +<am > being ashamed <03637

+kalam > steal <01589 +ganab > away when they flee <05127 +nuwc

> in battle <04421 +milchamah > .

19 : 04 But the king <04428 +melek > covered <03813 +la>at > his

face <06440 +paniym > , and the king <04428 +melek > cried

<02199 +za<aq > with a loud <01419 +gadowl > voice <06963 +qowl

> , O my son <01121 +ben > Absalom <53> , O Absalom <53> , my

son <01121 +ben > , my son <01121 +ben > !

19 : 05 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > came <00935 +bow> > into the

house <01004 +bayith > to the king <04428 +melek > , and said

<00559 +>amar > , Thou hast shamed <03001 +yabesh > this day

<03117 +yowm > the faces <06440 +paniym > of all <03605 +kol >

thy servants <05650 +<ebed > , which this day <03117 +yowm >

have saved <04422 +malat > thy life <05315 +nephesh > , and the

lives <05315 +nephesh > of thy sons <01121 +ben > and of thy

daughters <01121 +ben > , and the lives <05315 +nephesh > of thy

wives <00802 +>ishshah > , and the lives <05315 +nephesh > of

thy concubines <06370 +piylegesh > ;

19 : 06 In that thou lovest <00157 +>ahab > thine enemies <08130

+sane> > , and hatest <08130 +sane> > thy friends <00157 +>ahab >

. For thou hast declared <05046 +nagad > this day <03117

+yowm >

, that thou regardest neither <00369 +>ayin > princes <08269

+sar > nor servants <05650 +<ebed > : for this day <03117 +yowm

> I perceive <03045 +yada< > , that if <03863 +luw> > Absalom

<53> had lived <02416 +chay > , and all <03605 +kol > we had

died <04191 +muwth > this day <03117 +yowm > , then <00227 +>az

> it had pleased thee well .

19 : 07 Now <06258 +<attah > therefore arise <06965 +quwm > , go

<03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318 +yatsa> > , and speak <01696

+dabar > comfortably unto thy servants <05650 +<ebed > : for I

swear <07650 +shaba< > by the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , if <03588

+kiy > thou go <03318 +yatsa> > not forth <03318 +yatsa> > ,

there will not tarry <03885 +luwn > one <00376 +>iysh > with

thee this night <03915 +layil > : and that will be worse <07489

+ra<a< > unto thee than all <03605 +kol > the evil <07451 +ra< >

that befell <00935 +bow> > thee from thy youth <05271 +na<uwr >

until <05704 +<ad > now <06258 +<attah > .

19 : 08 Then the king <04428 +melek > arose <06965 +quwm > , and

sat <03427 +yashab > in the gate <08179 +sha<ar > . And they

told <05046 +nagad > unto all <03605 +kol > the people <05971

+<am > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Behold <02009 +hinneh > , the

king <04428 +melek > doth sit <03427 +yashab > in the gate

<08179 +sha<ar > . And all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am

> came <00935 +bow> > before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428

+melek > : for Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > had fled <05127 +nuwc >

every man <00376 +>iysh > to his tent <00168 +>ohel > .

19 : 09 . And all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > were

at strife <01777 +diyn > throughout all <03605 +kol > the tribes

<07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , saying <00559

+>amar > , The king <04428 +melek > saved <05337 +natsal > us

out of the hand <03709 +kaph > of our enemies <00341 +>oyeb > ,

and he delivered <04422 +malat > us out of the hand <03709 +kaph

> of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > ; and now <06258

+<attah > he is fled <01272 +barach > out of the land <00776

+>erets > for Absalom <53> .

19 : 10 And Absalom <53> , whom <00834 +>aher > we anointed

<04886 +mashach > over <05921 +<al > us , is dead <04191 +muwth

> in battle <04421 +milchamah > . Now <06258 +<attah >

therefore why <04100 +mah > speak <02790 +charash > ye not a

word of bringing <07725 +shuwb > the king <04428 +melek > back

<07725 +shuwb > ?

19 : 11 And king <04428 +melek > David <01732 +David > sent

<07971 +shalach > to Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > and to Abiathar

<54> the priests <03548 +kohen > , saying <00559 +>amar > ,

Speak <01696 +dabar > unto the elders <02205 +zaqen > of Judah

<03063 +Y@huwdah > , saying <00559 +>amar > , Why <04100 +mah >

are ye the last <00314 +>acharown > to bring <07725 +shuwb > the

king <04428 +melek > back <07725 +shuwb > to his house <01004

+bayith > ? seeing the speech <01697 +dabar > of all <03605 +kol

> Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > is come <00935 +bow> > to the king

<04428 +melek > , [ even ] to his house <01004 +bayith > .

19 : 12 Ye [ are ] my brethren <00251 +>ach > , ye [ are ] my

bones <06106 +<etsem > and my flesh <01320 +basar > : wherefore

<04100 +mah > then are ye the last <00314 +>acharown > to bring

<07725 +shuwb > back <07725 +shuwb > the king <04428 +melek > ?

19 : 13 And say <00559 +>amar > ye to Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > ,

[ Art ] thou not of mybone <06106 +<etsem > , and of my flesh

<01320 +basar > ? God <00430 +>elohiym > do <06213 +<asah > so

<03541 +koh > to me , and more <03254 +yacaph > also <03541 +koh

> , if <00518 +>im > thou be not captain <08269 +sar > of the

host <06635 +tsaba> > before <06440 +paniym > me continually in

the room <08478 +tachath > of Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > .

19 : 14 And he bowed <05186 +natah > the heart <03824 +lebab >

of all <03605 +kol > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063

+Y@huwdah > , even as [ the heart of ] one <00259 +>echad > man

<00376 +>iysh > ; so that they sent <07971 +shalach > [ this

word ] unto the king <04428 +melek > , Return <07725 +shuwb >

thou , and all <03605 +kol > thy servants <05650 +<ebed > .

19 : 15 So the king <04428 +melek > returned <07725 +shuwb > ,

and came <00935 +bow> > to Jordan <03383 +Yarden > . And Judah

<03063 +Y@huwdah > came <00935 +bow> > to Gilgal <01537 +Gilgal

> , to go <03212 +yalak > to meet <07125 +qir>ah > the king

<04428 +melek > , to conduct <05674 +<abar > the king <04428

+melek > over <05674 +<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > .

19 : 16 . And Shimei <08096 +Shim<iy > the son <01121 +ben > of

Gera <01617 +Gera> > , a Benjamite <01145 +Ben - y@miyniy > ,

which <00834 +>aher > [ was ] of Bahurim <00980 +Bachuriym > ,

hasted <04116 +mahar > and came <03381 +yarad > down <03381

+yarad > with the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah

> to meet <07125 +qir>ah > king <04428 +melek > David <01732

+David > .

19 : 17 And [ there were ] a thousand <00505 +>eleph > men

<00376 +>iysh > of Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > with him , and

Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > the servant <05288 +na<ar > of the house

<01004 +bayith > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , and his fifteen

<06240 +<asar > sons <01121 +ben > and his twenty <06242

+<esriym > servants <05650 +<ebed > with him ; and they went

<06743 +tsalach > over <06743 +tsalach > Jordan <03383 +Yarden >

before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428 +melek > .

19 : 18 And there went <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > a

ferry <05679 +<abarah > boat <05679 +<abarah > to carry <05674

+<abar > over <05674 +<abar > the king s <04428 +melek >

household <01004 +bayith > , and to do <06213 +<asah > what he

thought <05869 +<ayin > good <02896 +towb > . And Shimei <08096

+Shim<iy > the son <01121 +ben > of Gera <01617 +Gera> > fell

<05307 +naphal > down before <06440 +paniym > the king <04428

+melek > , as he was come <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar >

Jordan <03383 +Yarden > ;

19 : 19 And said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > ,

Let not my lord <00113 +>adown > impute <02803 +chashab >

iniquity <05771 +<avon > unto me , neither <00408 +>al > do thou

remember <02142 +zakar > that which <00834 +>aher > thy servant

<05650 +<ebed > did perversely <05753 +<avah > the day <03117

+yowm > that my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek >

went <03318 +yatsa> > out of Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > ,

that the king <04428 +melek > should take <07760 +suwm > it to

his heart <03820 +leb > .

19 : 20 For thy servant <05650 +<ebed > doth know <03045 +yada<

> that I have sinned <02398 +chata> > : therefore , behold

<02009 +hinneh > , I am come <00935 +bow> > the first <07223

+ri>shown > this day <03117 +yowm > of all <03605 +kol > the

house <01004 +bayith > of Joseph <03130 +Yowceph > to go <03381

+yarad > down <03381 +yarad > to meet <07125 +qir>ah > my lord

<00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > .

19 : 21 But Abishai <52> the son <01121 +ben > of Zeruiah <06870

+Ts@ruwyah > answered <06030 +<anah > and said <00559 +>amar > ,

Shall not Shimei <08096 +Shim<iy > be put to death <04191 +muwth

> for this <02063 +zo>th > , because <03588 +kiy > he cursed

<07043 +qalal > the LORD S <03068 +Y@hovah > anointed <04899

+mashiyach > ?

19 : 22 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > , What

<04100 +mah > have I to do with you , ye sons <01121 +ben > of

Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > , that ye should this day <03117

+yowm > be adversaries <07854 +satan > unto me ? shall there

any man <00376 +>iysh > be put to death <04191 +muwth > this day

<03117 +yowm > in Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ? for do not I know

<03045 +yada< > that I [ am ] this day <03117 +yowm > king

<04428 +melek > over <05921 +<al > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ?

19 : 23 Therefore the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar >

unto Shimei <08096 +Shim<iy > , Thou shalt not die <04191 +muwth

> . And the king <04428 +melek > sware <07650 +shaba< > unto him

19 : 24 . And Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > the son

<01121 +ben > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > came <03381 +yarad >

down <03381 +yarad > to meet <07125 +qir>ah > the king <04428

+melek > , and had neither <03808 +lo> > dressed <06213 +<asah >

his feet <07272 +regel > , nor <03808 +lo> > trimmed <06213

+<asah > his beard <08222 +sapham > , nor <03808 +lo> > washed

<03526 +kabac > his clothes <00899 +beged > , from the day

<03117 +yowm > the king <04428 +melek > departed <03212 +yalak >

until <05704 +<ad > the day <03117 +yowm > he came <00935 +bow>

> [ again ] in peace <07965 +shalowm > .

19 : 25 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass , when <03588 +kiy >

he was come <00935 +bow> > to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim >

to meet <07125 +qir>ah > the king <04428 +melek > , that the

king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto him , Wherefore

<04100 +mah > wentest <01980 +halak > not thou with me ,

Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > ?

19 : 26 And he answered <00559 +>amar > , My lord <00113 +>adown

> , O king <04428 +melek > , my servant <05650 +<ebed > deceived

<07411 +ramah > me : for thy servant <05650 +<ebed > said <00559

+>amar > , I will saddle <02280 +chabash > me an ass <02543

+chamowr > , that I may ride <07392 +rakab > thereon <05921 +<al

> , and go <03212 +yalak > to the king <04428 +melek > ; because

<03588 +kiy > thy servant <05650 +<ebed > [ is ] lame <06455

+picceach > .

19 : 27 And he hath slandered <07270 +ragal > thy servant <05650

+<ebed > unto my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > ;

but my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > [ is ] as

an angel <04397 +mal>ak > of God <00430 +>elohiym > : do <06213

+<asah > therefore [ what is ] good <02896 +towb > in thine eyes

<05869 +<ayin > .

19 : 28 For all <03605 +kol > [ of ] my father s <1> house

<01004 +bayith > were but dead <04194 +maveth > men <00582

+>enowsh > before <06440 +paniym > my lord <00113 +>adown > the

king <04428 +melek > : yet didst thou set <07896 +shiyth > thy

servant <05650 +<ebed > among them that did eat <00398 +>akal >

at thine own table <07979 +shulchan > . What <04100 +mah >

right <06666 +ts@daqah > therefore have <03426 +yesh > I yet to

cry <02199 +za<aq > any more <05750 +<owd > unto the king <04428

+melek > ?

19 : 29 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

him , Why <04100 +mah > speakest <01696 +dabar > thou any more

<05750 +<owd > of thy matters <01697 +dabar > ? I have said

<00559 +>amar > , Thou and Ziba <06717 +Tsiyba> > divide <02505

+chalaq > the land <07704 +sadeh > .

19 : 30 And Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > said <00559

+>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > , Yea <00637 +>aph > ,

let him take <03947 +laqach > all <03605 +kol > , forasmuch as

my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > is come <00935

+bow> > again <07725 +shuwb > in peace <07965 +shalowm > unto

his own house <01004 +bayith > .

19 : 31 . And Barzillai <01271 +Barzillay > the Gileadite

<01569 +Gil<adiy > came <03381 +yarad > down <03381 +yarad >

from Rogelim <07274 +Rog@liym > , and went <05674 +<abar > over

<05674 +<abar > Jordan <03383 +Yarden > with the king <04428

+melek > , to conduct <07971 +shalach > him over <05674 +<abar >

Jordan <03383 +Yarden > .

19 : 32 Now Barzillai <01271 +Barzillay > was a very <03966

+m@<od > aged <02204 +zaqen > man , [ even ] fourscore <08084

+sh@moniym > years <08141 +shaneh > old <01121 +ben > : and he

had provided the king <04428 +melek > of sustenance <03557 +kuwl

> while he lay <07871 +shiybah > at Mahanaim <04266 +Machanayim

> ; for he [ was ] a very <03966 +m@<od > great <01419 +gadowl >

man <00376 +>iysh > .

19 : 33 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Barzillai <01271 +Barzillay > , Come <05674 +<abar > thou over

<05674 +<abar > with me , and I will feed <03557 +kuwl > thee

with me in Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > .

19 : 34 And Barzillai <01271 +Barzillay > said <00559 +>amar >

unto the king <04428 +melek > , How <04100 +mah > long <03117

+yowm > have I to live <02416 +chay > , that I should go <05927

+<alah > up with the king <04428 +melek > unto Jerusalem <03389

+Y@ruwshalaim > ?

19 : 35 I [ am ] this day <03117 +yowm > fourscore <08084

+sh@moniym > years <08141 +shaneh > old <01121 +ben > : [ and ]

can I discern <03045 +yada< > between <00996 +beyn > good <02896

+towb > and evil <07451 +ra< > ? can thy servant <05650 +<ebed

> taste <02938 +ta<am > what I eat <00398 +>akal > or <00854

+>eth > what I drink <08354 +shathah > ? can I hear <08085

+shama< > any more <05750 +<owd > the voice <06963 +qowl > of

singing <07891 +shiyr > men <00582 +>enowsh > and singing <07891

+shiyr > women ? wherefore <04100 +mah > then should thy servant

<05650 +<ebed > be yet <05750 +<owd > a burden <04853 +massa> >

unto my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > ?

19 : 36 Thy servant <05650 +<ebed > will go <05674 +<abar > a

little <04592 +m@<at > way over <05674 +<abar > Jordan <03383

+Yarden > with the king <04428 +melek > : and why <04100 +mah >

should the king <04428 +melek > recompense <01580 +gamal > it me

with such <02063 +zo>th > a reward <01578 +g@muwlah > ?

19 : 37 Let thy servant <05650 +<ebed > , I pray <04994 +na> >

thee , turn <07725 +shuwb > back <07725 +shuwb > again <07725

+shuwb > , that I may die <04191 +muwth > in mine own city

<05892 +<iyr > , [ and be buried ] by the grave <06913 +qeber >

of my father <1> and of my mother <00517 +>em > . But behold

<02009 +hinneh > thy servant <05650 +<ebed > Chimham <03643

+Kimham > ; let him go <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar > with

my lord <03068 +Y@hovah > the king <04428 +melek > ; and do

<06213 +<asah > to him what shall seem good <02896 +towb > unto

thee .

19 : 38 And the king <04428 +melek > answered <00559 +>amar > ,

Chimham <03643 +Kimham > shall go <05674 +<abar > over with me ,

and I will do <06213 +<asah > to him that which shall seem good

<02896 +towb > unto thee : and whatsoever thou shalt require

<00977 +bachar > of me , [ that ] will I do <06213 +<asah > for

thee .

19 : 39 And all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > went

<05674 +<abar > over Jordan <03383 +Yarden > . And when the

king <04428 +melek > was come <05674 +<abar > over , the king

<04428 +melek > kissed <05401 +nashaq > Barzillai <01271

+Barzillay > , and blessed <01288 +barak > him ; and he returned

<07725 +shuwb > unto his own place <04725 +maqowm > .

19 : 40 . Then the king <04428 +melek > went <05674 +<abar > on

to Gilgal <01537 +Gilgal > , and Chimham <03643 +Kimham > went

<05674 +<abar > on with him : and all <03605 +kol > the people

<05971 +<am > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > conducted <05674

+<abar > the king <04428 +melek > , and also <01571 +gam > half

<02677 +chetsiy > the people <05971 +<am > of Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > .

19 : 41 And , behold <02009 +hinneh > , all <03605 +kol > the

men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > came <00935

+bow> > to the king <04428 +melek > , and said <00559 +>amar >

unto the king <04428 +melek > , Why <04069 +madduwa< > have our

brethren <00251 +>ach > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063

+Y@huwdah > stolen <01589 +ganab > thee away , and have brought

<05674 +<abar > the king <04428 +melek > , and his household

<01004 +bayith > , and all <03605 +kol > David s <01732 +David >

men <00582 +>enowsh > with him , over Jordan <03383 +Yarden > ?

19 : 42 And all <03605 +kol > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah

<03063 +Y@huwdah > answered <06030 +<anah > the men <00376

+>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , Because <03588 +kiy >

the king <04428 +melek > [ is ] near <07138 +qarowb > of kin to

us : wherefore <04100 +mah > then be ye angry <02734 +charah >

for this <02088 +zeh > matter <01697 +dabar > ? have we eaten

<00398 +>akal > at all of the king s <04428 +melek > [ cost ] ?

or hath he given <05375 +nasa> > us any gift <05379 +nisse>th > ?

19 : 43 And the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el >

answered <06030 +<anah > the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063

+Y@huwdah > , and said <00559 +>amar > , We have ten <06235

+<eser > parts in the king <04428 +melek > , and we have also

<01571 +gam > more [ right <03225 +yamiyn > ] in David <01732

+David > than ye : why <04069 +madduwa< > then did ye despise

<07043 +qalal > us , that our advice <01697 +dabar > should not

be first <07223 +ri>shown > had in bringing <07725 +shuwb > back

<07725 +shuwb > our king <04428 +melek > ? And the words <01697

+dabar > of the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah >

were fiercer <07185 +qashah > than the words <01697 +dabar > of

the men <00376 +>iysh > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .

20 : 01 . And there <08033 +sham > happened <07122 +qara> > to

be there a man <0376>iysh > of Belial <01100 +b@liya<al > ,

whose name <08034 +shem > [ was ] Sheba <07652 +sheba< > , the

son <01121 +ben > of Bichri <01075 +Bikriy > , a Benjamite

<01145 +Ben - y@miyniy > : and he blew <08628 +taqa< > a trumpet

<07782 +showphar > , and said <00559 +>amar > , We have no

<00369 +>ayin > part <02506 +cheleq > in David <01732 +David > ,

neither <03808 +lo> > have we inheritance <05159 +nachalah > in

the son <01121 +ben > of Jesse <03448 +Yishay > : every <00376

+>iysh > man <00376 +>iysh > to his tents <00168 +>ohel > , O

Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .

20 : 02 So every <00376 +>iysh > man <00376 +>iysh > of Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > went <05927 +<alah > up from after <00310

+>achar > David <01732 +David > , [ and ] followed <00310

+>achar > Sheba <07652 +sheba< > the son <01121 +ben > of Bichri

<01075 +Bikriy > : but the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063

+Y@huwdah > clave <01692 +dabaq > unto their king <04428 +melek

> , from Jordan <03383 +Yarden > even to Jerusalem <03389

+Y@ruwshalaim > .

20 : 03 And David <01732 +David > came <00935 +bow> > to his

house <01004 +bayith > at Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > ; and

the king <04428 +melek > took <03947 +laqach > the ten <06235

+<eser > women <00802 +>ishshah > [ his ] concubines <06370

+piylegesh > , whom <00834 +>aher > he had left <03240 +yanach >

to keep <08104 +shamar > the house <01004 +bayith > , and put

<05414 +nathan > them in ward <04931 +mishmereth > , and fed

<03557 +kuwl > them , but went <00935 +bow> > not in unto them .

So they were shut <06887 +tsarar > up unto the day <03117 +yowm

> of their death <04191 +muwth > , living <02424 +chayuwth > in

widowhood <00491 +>almanuwth > .

20 : 04 . Then said <00559 +>amar > the king <04428 +melek > to

Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > , Assemble <02199 +za<aq > me the men

<00376 +>iysh > of Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > within three <07969

+shalowsh > days <03117 +yowm > , and be thou here <06311 +poh >

present <05975 +<amad > .

20 : 05 So Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > went <03212 +yalak > to

assemble <02199 +za<aq > [ the men of ] Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah >

: but he tarried <03186 +yachar > longer than <04480 +min > the

set <04150 +mow<ed > time which <00834 +>aher > he had appointed

<03259 +ya<ad > him .

20 : 06 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > to

Abishai <52> , Now <06258 +<attah > shall Sheba <07652 +sheba< >

the son <01121 +ben > of Bichri <01075 +Bikriy > do us more harm

<03415 +yara< > than <04480 +min > [ did ] Absalom <53> : take

<03947 +laqach > thou thy lord s <00113 +>adown > servants

<05650 +<ebed > , and pursue <07291 +radaph > after <00310

+>achar > him , lest <06435 +pen > he get <04672 +matsa> > him

fenced <01211 +b@tsel > cities <05892 +<iyr > , and escape

<05337 +natsal > us

20 : 07 And there went <03318 +yatsa> > out after <00310 +>achar

> him Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > men <00582 +>enowsh > , and the

Cherethites <03774 +K@rethiy > , and the Pelethites <06432

+P@lethiy > , and all <03605 +kol > the mighty <01368 +gibbowr >

men : and they went <03318 +yatsa> > out of Jerusalem <03389

+Y@ruwshalaim > , to pursue <07291 +radaph > after <00310

+>achar > Sheba <07652 +sheba< > the son <01121 +ben > of Bichri

<01075 +Bikriy > .

20 : 08 When they [ were ] at <05973 +<im > the great <01419

+gadowl > stone <68> which <00834 +>aher > [ is ] in Gibeon

<01391 +Gib<own > , Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > went <00935 +bow> >

before <06440 +paniym > them . And Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab >

garment <04055 +mad > that he had put <05414 +nathan > on was

girded <02296 +chagar > unto him , and upon it a girdle <02290

+chagowr > [ with ] a sword <02719 +chereb > fastened <06775

+tsamad > upon his loins <04975 +mothen > in the sheath <08593

+ta<ar > thereof ; and as he went <03318 +yatsa> > forth <03318

+yatsa> > it fell <05307 +naphal > out .

20 : 09 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +>amar > to Amasa

<06021 +<Amasa> > , [ Art ] thou in health <07965 +shalowm > ,

my brother <00251 +>ach > ? And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > took

<00270 +>achaz > Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > by the beard <02206

+zaqan > with the right <03225 +yamiyn > hand <03027 +yad > to

kiss <05401 +nashaq > him .

20 : 10 But Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > took no <03808 +lo> > heed

<08104 +shamar > to the sword <02719 +chereb > that [ was ] in

Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > hand <03027 +yad > : so he smote <05221

+nakah > him therewith in the fifth <02570 +chomesh > [ rib ] ,

and shed <08210 +shaphak > out his bowels <04578 +me<ah > to the

ground <00776 +>erets > , and struck <08138 +shanah > him not

again <08138 +shanah > ; and he died <04191 +muwth > . So Joab

<03097 +Yow>ab > and Abishai <52> his brother <00251 +>ach >

pursued <07291 +radaph > after <00310 +>achar > Sheba <07652

+sheba< > the son <01121 +ben > of Bichri <01075 +Bikriy > .

20 : 11 And one <00376 +>iysh > of Joab s <03097 +Yow>ab > men

<00376 +>iysh > stood <05975 +<amad > by him , and said <00559

+>amar > , He that favoureth <02654 +chaphets > Joab <03097

+Yow>ab > , and he that [ is ] for David <01732 +David > , [ let

him go ] after <00310 +>achar > Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > .

20 : 12 And Amasa <06021 +<Amasa> > wallowed <01556 +galal > in

blood <01818 +dam > in the midst <08432 +tavek > of the highway

<04546 +m@cillah > . And when the man <00376 +>iysh > saw

<07200 +ra>ah > that all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am >

stood <05975 +<amad > still , he removed <05437 +cabab > Amasa

<06021 +<Amasa> > out of the highway <04546 +m@cillah > into the

field <07704 +sadeh > , and cast <07993 +shalak > a cloth <00899

+beged > upon him , when he saw <07200 +ra>ah > that every

<03605 +kol > one that came <00935 +bow> > by him stood <05975

+<amad > still .

20 : 13 When he was removed <03014 +yagah > out of the highway

<04546 +m@cillah > , all <03605 +kol > the people <00376 +>iysh

> went <05674 +<abar > on after <00310 +>achar > Joab <03097

+Yow>ab > , to pursue <07291 +radaph > after <00310 +>achar >

Sheba <07652 +sheba< > the son <01121 +ben > of Bichri <01075

+Bikriy > .

20 : 14 . And he went <05674 +<abar > through all <03605 +kol >

the tribes <07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > unto

Abel <62> , and to Bethmaachah <01038 +Beyth Ma<akah > , and all

<03605 +kol > the Berites <01276 +Beriy > : and they were

gathered <07035 +qalahh > together , and went <00935 +bow> >

also <00637 +>aph > after <00310 +>achar > him .

20 : 15 And they came <00935 +bow> > and besieged <06696 +tsuwr

> him in Abel <62> of Bethmaachah <01038 +Beyth Ma<akah > , and

they cast <08210 +shaphak > up a bank <05550 +col@lah > against

<00413 +>el > the city <05892 +<iyr > , and it stood <05975

+<amad > in the trench <02426 +cheyl > : and all <03605 +kol >

the people <05971 +<am > that [ were ] with Joab <03097 +Yow>ab

> battered <07843 +shachath > the wall <02346 +chowmah > , to

throw <05307 +naphal > it down <05307 +naphal > .

20 : 16 Then cried <07121 +qara> > a wise <02450 +chakam > woman

<00802 +>ishshah > out of the city <05892 +<iyr > , Hear <08085

+shama< > , hear <08085 +shama< > ; say <00559 +>amar > , I pray

<04994 +na> > you , unto Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > , Come <07126

+qarab > near <07126 +qarab > hither , that I may speak <01696

+dabar > with thee .

20 : 17 And when he was come <07126 +qarab > near <07126 +qarab

> unto her , the woman <00802 +>ishshah > said <00559 +>amar > ,

[ Art ] thou Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > ? And he answered <00559

+>amar > , I [ am he ] . Then she said <00559 +>amar > unto him

, Hear <08085 +shama< > the words <01697 +dabar > of thine

handmaid <00519 +>amah > . And he answered <00559 +>amar > , I

do hear <08085 +shama< > .

20 : 18 Then she spake <00559 +>amar > , saying <00559 +>amar > ,

They were wont <01696 +dabar > to speak <01696 +dabar > in old

<07223 +ri>shown > time , saying <00559 +>amar > , They shall

surely ask <07592 +sha>al > [ counsel ] at Abel <59> : and so

<03651 +ken > they ended <08552 +tamam > [ the matter ] .

20 : 19 I [ am one of them that are ] peaceable <07999 +shalam >

[ and ] faithful <00539 +>aman > in Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > :

thou seekest <01245 +baqash > to destroy <04191 +muwth > a city

<05892 +<iyr > and a mother <00517 +>em > in Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > : why <04100 +mah > wilt thou swallow <01104 +bala<

> up the inheritance <05159 +nachalah > of the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > ?

20 : 20 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > answered <06030 +<anah > and

said <00559 +>amar > , Far <02486 +chaliylah > be it , far

<02486 +chaliylah > be it from me , that I should swallow <01104

+bala< > up or destroy <07843 +shachath > .

20 : 21 The matter <01697 +dabar > [ is ] not so <03651 +ken > :

but a man <00376 +>iysh > of mount <02022 +har > Ephraim <00669

+>Ephrayim > , Sheba <07652 +sheba< > the son <01121 +ben > of

Bichri <01075 +Bikriy > by name <08034 +shem > , hath lifted

<05375 +nasa> > up his hand <03027 +yad > against the king

<04428 +melek > , [ even ] against David <01732 +David > :

deliver <05414 +nathan > him only , and I will depart <03212

+yalak > from the city <05892 +<iyr > . And the woman <00802

+>ishshah > said <00559 +>amar > unto Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > ,

Behold <02009 +hinneh > , his head <07218 +ro>sh > shall be

thrown <07993 +shalak > to thee over <01157 +b@<ad > the wall

<02346 +chowmah >

20 : 22 Then the woman <00802 +>ishshah > went <00935 +bow> >

unto all <03605 +kol > the people <05971 +<am > in her wisdom

<02451 +chokmah > . And they cut <03772 +karath > off the head

<07218 +ro>sh > of Sheba <07652 +sheba< > the son <01121 +ben >

of Bichri <01075 +Bikriy > , and cast <07993 +shalak > [ it ]

out to Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > . And he blew <08628 +taqa< > a

trumpet <07782 +showphar > , and they retired <06327 +puwts >

from the city <05892 +<iyr > , every man <00376 +>iysh > to his

tent <00168 +>ohel > . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > returned

<07725 +shuwb > to Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > unto the

king <04428 +melek > .

20 : 23 . Now Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > [ was ] over <00413 +>el >

all <03605 +kol > the host <06635 +tsaba> > of Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > : and Benaiah <01141 +B@nayah > the son <01121 +ben

> of Jehoiada <03111 +Yowyada< > [ was ] over <05921 +<al > the

Cherethites <03774 +K@rethiy > and over <05921 +<al > the

Pelethites <06432 +P@lethiy > :

20 : 24 And Adoram <00151 +>Adoram > [ was ] over <05921 +<al >

the tribute <04522 +mac > : and Jehoshaphat <03092 +Y@howshaphat

> the son <01121 +ben > of Ahilud <00286 +>Achiyluwd > [ was ]

recorder <02142 +zakar > :

20 : 25 And Sheva <07724 +Sh@va> > [ was ] scribe <05608 +caphar

> : and Zadok <06659 +Tsadowq > and Abiathar <54> [ were ] the

priests <03548 +kohen > :

20 : 26 And Ira <05896 +<Iyra> > also <01571 +gam > the Jairite

<02972 +Ya>iriy > was a chief <03548 +kohen > ruler about David

<01732 +David > .

21 : 01 . Then there was a famine <07458 +ra<ab > in the days

<03117 +yowm > of David <01732 +David > three <07969 +shalowsh >

years <08141 +shaneh > , year <08141 +shaneh > after <00310

+>achar > year <08141 +shaneh > ; and David <01732 +David >

enquired <01245 +baqash > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > . And

the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > answered <00559 +>amar > , [ It is ]

for Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , and for [ his ] bloody <01818 +dam

> house <01004 +bayith > , because he slew <04191 +muwth > the

Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > .

21 : 02 And the king <04428 +melek > called <07121 +qara> > the

Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > , and said <00559 +>amar > unto

them ; ( now the Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > [ were ] not of

the children <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , but of

the remnant <03499 +yether > of the Amorites <00567 +>Emoriy > ;

and the children <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > had

sworn <07650 +shaba< > unto them : and Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl >

sought <01245 +baqash > to slay <05221 +nakah > them in his zeal

<07065 +qana> > to the children <01121 +ben > of Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > and Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > . )

21 : 03 Wherefore David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar >

unto the Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > , What <04100 +mah >

shall I do <06213 +<asah > for you ? and wherewith <04100 +mah

> shall I make the atonement <03722 +kaphar > , that ye may

bless <01288 +barak > the inheritance <05159 +nachalah > of the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ?

21 : 04 And the Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > said <00559 +>amar

> unto him , We will have no <00369 +>ayin > silver <03701

+keceph > nor gold <02091 +zahab > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > ,

nor of his house <01004 +bayith > ; neither <00369 +>ayin > for

us shalt thou kill <04191 +muwth > any man <00376 +>iysh > in

Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > . And he said <00559 +>amar > , What

<04100 +mah > ye shall say <00559 +>amar > , [ that ] will I do

<06213 +<asah > for you .

21 : 05 And they answered <00559 +>amar > the king <04428 +melek

> , The man <00376 +>iysh > that consumed <03615 +kalah > us ,

and that devised <01819 +damah > against us [ that ] we should

be destroyed <08045 +shamad > from remaining <03320 +yatsab > in

any <03605 +kol > of the coasts <01366 +g@buwl > of Israel

<03478 +Yisra>el > ,

21 : 06 Let seven <07651 +sheba< > men <00582 +>enowsh > of his

sons <01121 +ben > be delivered <05414 +nathan > unto us , and

we will hang <03363 +yaqa< > them up unto the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > in Gibeah <01390 +Gib<ah > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > ,

[ whom ] the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > did choose <00972 +bachiyr

> . And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > , I will

give <05414 +nathan > [ them ] .

21 : 07 But the king <04428 +melek > spared <02550 +chamal >

Mephibosheth <04648 +M@phiybosheth > , the son <01121 +ben > of

Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > the son <01121 +ben > of Saul

<07586 +Sha>uwl > , because <05921 +<al > of the LORD S <03068

+Y@hovah > oath <07621 +sh@buw<ah > that [ was ] between <00996

+beyn > them , between <00996 +beyn > David <01732 +David > and

Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > the son <01121 +ben > of Saul

<07586 +Sha>uwl > .

21 : 08 But the king <04428 +melek > took <03947 +laqach > the

two <08147 +sh@nayim > sons <01121 +ben > of Rizpah <07532

+Ritspah > the daughter <01323 +bath > of Aiah <00345 +>Ayah > ,

whom <00834 +>aher > she bare <03205 +yalad > unto Saul <07586

+Sha>uwl > , Armoni <00764 +>Armoniy > and Mephibosheth <04648

+M@phiybosheth > ; and the five <02568 +chamesh > sons <01121

+ben > of Michal <04324 +Miykal > the daughter <01323 +bath > of

Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > , whom she brought <03205 +yalad > up for

Adriel <05741 +<Adriy>el > the son <01121 +ben > of Barzillai

<01271 +Barzillay > the Meholathite <04259 +M@cholathiy > :

21 : 09 And he delivered <05414 +nathan > them into the hands

<03027 +yad > of the Gibeonites <01393 +Gib<oniy > , and they

hanged <03363 +yaqa< > them in the hill <02022 +har > before

<06440 +paniym > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > : and they fell

<05307 +naphal > [ all ] seven <07651 +sheba< > together <03162

+yachad > , and were put to death <04191 +muwth > in the days of

harvest <07105 +qatsiyr > , in the first <07223 +ri>shown > [

days ] , in the beginning <08462 +t@chillah > of barley <08184

+s@<orah > harvest <07105 +qatsiyr > .

21 : 10 . And Rizpah <07532 +Ritspah > the daughter <01323

+bath > of Aiah <00345 +>Ayah > took <03947 +laqach > sackcloth

<08242 +saq > , and spread <05186 +natah > it for her upon the

rock <06697 +tsuwr > , from the beginning <08462 +t@chillah > of

harvest <07105 +qatsiyr > until <05704 +<ad > water <04325

+mayim > dropped <05413 +nathak > upon them out of heaven <08064

+shamayim > , and suffered <05414 +nathan > neither <03808 +lo>

> the birds <05775 +<owph > of the air <08064 +shamayim > to

rest <05117 +nuwach > on <05921 +<al > them by day <03119

+yowmam > , nor the beasts <02416 +chay > of the field <07704

+sadeh > by night <03915 +layil > .

21 : 11 And it was told <05046 +nagad > David <01732 +David >

what Rizpah <07532 +Ritspah > the daughter <01323 +bath > of

Aiah <00345 +>Ayah > , the concubine <06370 +piylegesh > of Saul

<07586 +Sha>uwl > , had done <06213 +<asah > .

21 : 12 And David <01732 +David > went <03212 +yalak > and took

<03947 +laqach > the bones <06106 +<etsem > of Saul <07586

+Sha>uwl > and the bones <06106 +<etsem > of Jonathan <03083

+Y@hownathan > his son <01121 +ben > from the men <01167 +ba<al

> of Jabeshgilead , which <00834 +>aher > had stolen <01589

+ganab > them from the street <07339 +r@chob > of Bethshan

<01052 +Beyth Sh@>an > , where the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy

> had hanged <08511 +tala> > them , when <03117 +yowm > the

Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > had <01961 +hayah > slain <05221

+nakah > Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > in Gilboa <01533 +Gilboa< > :

21 : 13 And he brought <05927 +<alah > up from thence <08033

+sham > the bones <06106 +<etsem > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > and

the bones <06106 +<etsem > of Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > his

son <01121 +ben > ; and they gathered <00622 +>acaph > the bones

<06106 +<etsem > of them that were hanged <03363 +yaqa< > .

21 : 14 And the bones <06106 +<etsem > of Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl >

and Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > his son <01121 +ben > buried

<06912 +qabar > they in the country <00776 +>erets > of Benjamin

<01144 +Binyamiyn > in Zelah <06762 +Tsela< > , in the sepulchre

<06913 +qeber > of Kish <07027 + Qiysh > his father <1> : and

they performed <06213 +<asah > all <03605 +kol > that the king

<04428 +melek > commanded <06680 +tsavah > . And after <00310

+>achar > that God <00430 +>elohiym > was intreated <06279

+<athar > for the land <00776 +>erets > .

21 : 15 . Moreover the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > had

<01961 +hayah > yet <05750 +<owd > war <04421 +milchamah > again

<05750 +<owd > with Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > ; and David <01732

+David > went <03381 +yarad > down <03381 +yarad > , and his

servants <05650 +<ebed > with him , and fought <03898 +lacham >

against the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > : and David <01732

+David > waxed faint <05774 +<uwph > .

21 : 16 And Ishbibenob <03430 +Yishbow b@ - Nob > , which <00834

+>aher > [ was ] of the sons <03211 +yaliyd > of the giant

<07497 +rapha> > , the weight <04948 +mishqal > of whose spear

<07013 +qayin > [ weighed ] three <07969 +shalowsh > hundred

<03967 +me>ah > [ shekels ] of brass <05178 +n@chosheth > in

weight <04948 +mishqal > , he being girded <02296 +chagar > with

a new <02319 +chadash > [ sword ] , thought <00559 +>amar > to

have slain <05221 +nakah > David <01732 +David > .

21 : 17 But Abishai <52> the son <01121 +ben > of Zeruiah <06870

+Ts@ruwyah > succoured <05826 +<azar > him , and smote <05221

+nakah > the Philistine <06430 +P@lishtiy > , and killed <04191

+muwth > him . Then <00227 +>az > the men <00582 +>enowsh > of

David <01732 +David > sware <07650 +shaba< > unto him , saying

<00559 +>amar > , Thou shalt go <03318 +yatsa> > no <03808 +lo>

> more <05750 +<owd > out with us to battle <04421 +milchamah > ,

that thou quench <03518 +kabah > not the light <05216 +niyr >

of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .

21 : 18 And it came <01961 +hayah > to pass after <00310 +>achar

> this <03651 +ken > , that there was again <05750 +<owd > a

battle <04421 +milchamah > with the Philistines <06430

+P@lishtiy > at Gob <01359 +Gob > : then <00227 +>az > Sibbechai

<05444 +Cibb@kay > the Hushathite <02843 +Chushathiy > slew

<05221 +nakah > Saph <05593 +Caph > , which <00834 +>aher > [

was ] of the sons <03211 +yaliyd > of the giant <07497 +rapha> >

21 : 19 And there was again <05750 +<owd > a battle <04421

+milchamah > in Gob <01359 +Gob > with the Philistines <06430

+P@lishtiy > , where Elhanan <00445 +>Elchanan > the son <01121

+ben > of Jaareoregim <03296 +Ya<arey >Or@giym > , a

Bethlehemite <01022 +Beyth hal - Lachmiy > , slew <05221 +nakah

> [ the brother of ] Goliath <01555 +Golyath > the Gittite

<01663 +Gittiy > , the staff <06086 +<ets > of whose spear

<02595 +chaniyth > [ was ] like a weaver s <00707 +>arag > beam

<04500 +manowr > .

21 : 20 And there was yet <05750 +<owd > a battle <04421

+milchamah > in Gath <01661 +Gath > , where was a man <00376

+>iysh > of [ great ] stature <04055 +mad > , that had on every

hand <03027 +yad > six <08337 +shesh > fingers <00676 +>etsba< >

, and on every foot <07272 +regel > six <08337 +shesh > toes

<00676 +>etsba< > , four <00702 +>arba< > and twenty <06242

+<esriym > in number <04557 +micpar > ; and he also <01571 +gam

> was born <03205 +yalad > to the giant <07497 +rapha> > .

21 : 21 And when he defied <02778 +charaph . > Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > , Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > the son <01121 +ben

> of Shimea <08096 +Shim<iy > the brother <00251 +>ach > of

David <01732 +David > slew <05221 +nakah > him .

21 : 22 These <00428 +>el - leh > four <00702 +>arba< > were

born <03205 +yalad > to the giant <07497 +rapha> > in Gath

<01661 +Gath > , and fell <05307 +naphal > by the hand <03027

+yad > of David <01732 +David > , and by the hand <03027 +yad >

of his servants <05650 +<ebed > .

22 : 01 . And David <01732 +David > spake <01696 +dabar > unto

the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > the words <01697 +dabar > of this

<02063 +zo>th > song <07892 +shiyr > in the day <03117 +yowm > [

that ] the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > had delivered <05337 +natsal >

him out of the hand <03709 +kaph > of all <03605 +kol > his

enemies <00341 +>oyeb > , and out of the hand <03709 +kaph > of

Saul <07586 +Sha>uwl > :

22 : 02 . And he said <00559 +>amar > , The LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > [ is ] my rock <05553 +cela< > , and my fortress

<04686 +matsuwd > , and my deliverer <06403 +palat > ;

22 : 03 The God <00430 +>elohiym > of my rock <06697 +tsuwr > ;

in him will I trust <02620 +chacah > : [ he is ] my shield

<04043 +magen > , and the horn <07161 +qeren > of my salvation

<03468 +yesha< > , my high <04869 +misgab > tower <04869 +misgab

> , and my refuge <04498 +manowc > , my saviour <03467 +yasha< >

; thou savest <03467 +yasha< > me from violence <02555 +chamac >

22 : 04 I will call <07121 +qara> > on the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah

> , [ who is ] worthy to be praised <01984 +halal > : so shall I

be saved <03467 +yasha< > from mine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > .

22 : 05 When <03588 +kiy > the waves <04867 +mishbar > of death

<04194 +maveth > compassed <00661 +>aphaph > me , the floods

<05158 +nachal > of ungodly <01100 +b@liya<al > men made <07760

+suwm > me afraid <01204 +ba<ath > ;

22 : 06 The sorrows <02256 +chebel > of hell <07585 +sh@>owl >

compassed <05437 +cabab > me about <05437 +cabab > ; the snares

<04170 +mowqesh > of death <04194 +maveth > prevented <06923

+qadam > me ;

22 : 07 In my distress <06362 +patar > I called <07121 +qara> >

upon the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and cried <07121 +qara> > to

my God <00430 +>elohiym > : and he did hear <08085 +shama< > my

voice <06963 +qowl > out of his temple <01964 +heykal > , and my

cry <07775 +shav<ah > [ did enter ] into his ears <00241 +>ozen

> .

22 : 08 Then the earth <00776 +>erets > shook <01607 +ga<ash >

and trembled <07493 +ra<ash > ; the foundations <04146 +mowcadah

> of heaven <08064 +shamayim > moved <07264 +ragaz > and shook

<01607 +ga<ash > , because <03588 +kiy > he was wroth <02734

+charah > .

22 : 09 There went <05927 +<alah > up a smoke <06227 +<ashan >

out of his nostrils <00639 +>aph > , and fire <00784 +>esh > out

of his mouth <06310 +peh > devoured <00398 +>akal > : coals

<01513 +gechel > were kindled <01197 +ba<ar > by it .

22 : 10 He bowed <05186 +natah > the heavens <08064 +shamayim >

also , and came <03381 +yarad > down <03381 +yarad > ; and

darkness <06205 +<araphel > [ was ] under <08478 +tachath > his

feet <07272 +regel > .

22 : 11 And he rode <07392 +rakab > upon a cherub <03742 +k@ruwb

> , and did fly <05774 +<uwph > : and he was seen <07200 +ra>ah

> upon the wings <03671 +kanaph > of the wind <07307 +ruwach > .

22 : 12 And he made <07896 +shiyth > darkness <02822 +choshek >

pavilions <05521 +cukkah > round <05439 +cabiyb > about him ,

dark <02841 +chashrah > waters <04325 +mayim > , [ and ] thick

clouds <05645 +<ab > of the skies <07834 +shachaq > .

22 : 13 Through the brightness <05051 +nogahh > before <05048

+neged > him were coals <01513 +gechel > of fire <00784 +>esh >

kindled <01197 +ba<ar > .

22 : 14 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > thundered <07481 +ra<am >

from heaven <08064 +shamayim > , and the most <06944 +qodesh >

High <05945 +>elyown > uttered <05414 +nathan > his voice <06963

+qowl > .

22 : 15 And he sent <07971 +shalach > out arrows <02671 +chets >

, and scattered <06327 +puwts > them ; lightning <01300 +baraq >

, and discomfited <02000 +hamam > them .

22 : 16 And the channels <00650 +>aphiyq > of the sea <03220

+yam > appeared <07200 +ra>ah > , the foundations <04146

+mowcadah > of the world <08398 +tebel > were discovered <01540

+galah > , at the rebuking <01606 +g@<arah > of the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > , at the blast <05397 +n@shamah > of the breath

<07307 +ruwach > of his nostrils <00639 +>aph > .

22 : 17 He sent <07971 +shalach > from above <04791 +marowm > ,

he took <03947 +laqach > me ; he drew <04871 +mashah > me out of

many <07227 +rab > waters <04325 +mayim > ;

22 : 18 He delivered <05337 +natsal > me from my strong <05794

+<az > enemy <00341 +>oyeb > , [ and ] from them that hated

<08130 +sane> > me : for they were too strong <00553 +>amats >

for me .

22 : 19 They prevented <06923 +qadam > me in the day <03117

+yowm > of my calamity <00343 +>eyd > : but the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > was my stay <04937 +mish<en > .

22 : 20 He brought <03318 +yatsa> > me forth <03318 +yatsa> >

also into a large <04800 +merchab > place : he delivered <02502

+chalats > me , because <03588 +kiy > he delighted <02654

+chaphets > in me .

22 : 21 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > rewarded <01580 +gamal > me

according to my righteousness <06666 +ts@daqah > : according to

the cleanness <01252 +bor > of my hands <03027 +yad > hath he

recompensed <07725 +shuwb > me .

22 : 22 For I have kept <08104 +shamar > the ways <01870 +derek

> of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , and have not wickedly <07561

+rasha< > departed from my God <00430 +>elohiym > .

22 : 23 For all <03605 +kol > his judgments <04941 +mishpat > [

were ] before <05048 +neged > me : and [ as for ] his statutes

<02708 +chuqqah > , I did not depart <05493 +cuwr > from them .

22 : 24 I was also upright <08549 +tamiym > before him , and

have kept <08104 +shamar > myself from mine iniquity <05771

+<avon > .

22 : 25 Therefore the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > hath recompensed

<07725 +shuwb > me according to my righteousness <06666

+ts@daqah > ; according to my cleanness <01252 +bor > in his eye

<05869 +<ayin > sight <05869 +<ayin > .

22 : 26 With the merciful <02623 +chaciyd > thou wilt shew

thyself merciful <02616 +chacad > , [ and ] with the upright

<08549 +tamiym > man thou wilt shew thyself upright <08552

+tamam > .

22 : 27 With the pure <02889 +tahowr > thou wilt shew thyself

pure <01305 +barar > ; and with the froward <06141 +<iqqesh >

thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury <06617 +pathal > .

22 : 28 And the afflicted <06041 +<aniy > people <05971 +<am >

thou wilt save <03467 +yasha< > : but thine eyes <05869 +<ayin >

[ are ] upon the haughty <07311 +ruwm > , [ that ] thou mayest

bring <08213 +shaphel > [ them ] down <03381 +yarad > .

22 : 29 For thou [ art ] my lamp <05216 +niyr > , O LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > : and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > will lighten <05050

+nagahh > my darkness <02822 +choshek > .

22 : 30 For by thee I have run <07323 +ruwts > through a troop

<01416 +g@duwd > : by my God <00430 +>elohiym > have I leaped

<01801 +dalag > over a wall <07791 +shuwr > .

22 : 31 [ As for ] God <00410 +>el > , his way <01870 +derek > [

is ] perfect <08549 +tamiym > ; the word <00565 +>imrah > of the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > [ is ] tried <06884 +tsaraph > : he [ is

] a buckler <04043 +magen > to all <03605 +kol > them that trust

<02620 +chacah > in him .

22 : 32 For who <04310 +miy > [ is ] God <00410 +>el > , save

<01107 +bil<adey > the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ? and who [ is ]

a rock <06697 +tsuwr > , save <01107 +bil<adey > our God <00430

+>elohiym > ?

22 : 33 God <00410 +>el > [ is ] my strength <04581 +ma<owz > [

and ] power <02428 +chayil > : and he maketh my way <01870

+derek > perfect <08549 +tamiym > .

22 : 34 He maketh <07737 +shavah > my feet <07272 +regel > like

<07737 +shavah > hinds <00355 +>ayalah > [ feet <07272 +regel >

] : and setteth <05975 +<amad > me upon my high <01116 +bamah >

places .

22 : 35 He teacheth <03925 +lamad > my hands <03027 +yad > to

war <04421 +milchamah > ; so that a bow <07198 +qesheth > of

steel <05154 +n@chuwshah > is broken <05181 +nachath > by mine

arms <02220 +z@rowa< > .

22 : 36 Thou hast also given <05414 +nathan > me the shield

<04043 +magen > of thy salvation <03468 +yesha< > : and thy

gentleness <06031 +<anah > hath made me great <07235 +rabah > .

22 : 37 Thou hast enlarged <07337 +rachab > my steps <06806

+tsa<ad > under <08478 +tachath > me ; so that my feet <07166

+qarcol > did not slip <04571 +ma<ad > .

22 : 38 I have pursued <07291 +radaph > mine enemies <00341

+>oyeb > , and destroyed <08045 +shamad > them ; and turned

<07725 +shuwb > not again <07725 +shuwb > until <05704 +<ad > I

had consumed <03615 +kalah > them .

22 : 39 And I have consumed <03615 +kalah > them , and wounded

<04272 +machats > them , that they could not arise <06965 +quwm

> : yea , they are fallen <05307 +naphal > under <08478 +tachath

> my feet <07272 +regel > .

22 : 40 For thou hast girded <00247 +>azar > me with strength

<02428 +chayil > to battle <04421 +milchamah > : them that rose

<06965 +quwm > up against me hast thou subdued <03766 +kara< >

under <08478 +tachath > me .

22 : 41 Thou hast also given <05414 +nathan > me the necks

<06203 +<oreph > of mine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > , that I might

destroy <06789 +tsamath > them that hate <08130 +sane> > me .

22 : 42 They looked <08159 +sha<ah > , but [ there was ] none

<00369 +>ayin > to save <03467 +yasha< > ; [ even ] unto the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , but he answered <06030 +<anah > them not

22 : 43 Then did I beat <07833 +shachaq > them as small as the

dust <06083 +<aphar > of the earth <00776 +>erets > , I did

stamp <01854 +daqaq > them as the mire <02916 +tiyt > of the

street <02351 +chuwts > , [ and ] did spread <07554 +raqa< >

them abroad <07554 +raqa< > .

22 : 44 Thou also hast delivered <06403 +palat > me from the

strivings <07379 +riyb > of my people <05971 +<am > , thou hast

kept <08104 +shamar > me [ to be ] head <07218 +ro>sh > of the

heathen <01471 +gowy > : a people <05971 +<am > [ which ] I knew

<03045 +yada< > not shall serve <05647 +<abad > me .

22 : 45 Strangers shall submit <03584 +kachash > themselves unto

me : as soon as they hear <08085 +shama< > , they shall be

obedient <08085 +shama< > unto me .

22 : 46 Strangers shall fade <05034 +nabel > away , and they

shall be afraid <02296 +chagar > out of their close <04526

+micgereth > places .

22 : 47 The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > liveth <02416 +chay > ; and

blessed <01288 +barak > [ be ] my rock <06697 +tsuwr > ; and

exalted <07311 +ruwm > be the God <00430 +>elohiym > of the rock

<06697 +tsuwr > of my salvation <03468 +yesha< > .

22 : 48 It [ is ] God <00410 +>el > that avengeth me , and that

bringeth <03381 +yarad > down <08213 +shaphel > the people

<05971 +<am > under <08478 +tachath > me ,

22 : 49 And that bringeth <03318 +yatsa> > me forth <04161

+mowtsa> > from mine enemies <00341 +>oyeb > : thou also hast

lifted <07311 +ruwm > me up on high <07311 +ruwm > above them

that rose <06965 +quwm > up against me : thou hast delivered

<05337 +natsal > me from the violent <02555 +chamac > man <00376

+>iysh >

22 : 50 Therefore I will give thanks <03034 +yadah > unto thee ,

O LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , among the heathen <01471 +gowy > ,

and I will sing praises unto thy name <08034 +shem > .

22 : 51 [ He is ] the tower <01431 +gadal > of salvation <03444

+y@shuw<ah > for his king <04428 +melek > : and sheweth <06213

+<asah > mercy <02617 +checed > to his anointed <04899

+mashiyach > , unto David <01732 +David > , and to his seed

<02233 +zera< > for evermore <05769 +<owlam > .

23 : 01 . Now these <00428 +>el - leh > [ be ] the last <00314

+>acharown > words <01697 +dabar > of David <01732 +David > .

David <01732 +David > the son <01121 +ben > of Jesse <03448

+Yishay > said <05002 +n@>um > , and the man <01397 +geber > [

who was ] raised <06965 +quwm > up on high <05920 +<al > , the

anointed <04899 +mashiyach > of the God <00430 +>elohiym > of

Jacob <03290 +Ya<aqob > , and the sweet <05273 +na<iym >

psalmist <02158 +zamiyr > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , said

<05002 +n@>um > ,

23 : 02 The Spirit <07307 +ruwach > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah

> spake <01696 +dabar > by me , and his word <04405 +millah > [

was ] in my tongue <03956 +lashown > .

23 : 03 The God <00430 +>elohiym > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el >

said <00559 +>amar > , the Rock <06697 +tsuwr > of Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > spake <01696 +dabar > to me , He that ruleth <04910

+mashal > over men <00120 +>adam > [ must be ] just <06662

+tsaddiyq > , ruling <04910 +mashal > in the fear <03374 +yir>ah

> of God <00430 +>elohiym > .

23 : 04 And [ he shall be ] as the light <00216 +>owr > of the

morning <01242 +boqer > , [ when ] the sun <08121 +shemesh >

riseth <02224 +zarach > , [ even ] a morning <01242 +boqer >

without <03808 +lo> > clouds <05645 +<ab > ; [ as ] the tender

grass <01877 +deshe> > [ springing ] out of the earth <00776

+>erets > by clear shining <05051 +nogahh > after rain <04306

+matar > .

23 : 05 Although <03588 +kiy > my house <01004 +bayith > [ be ]

not so <03651 +ken > with God <00410 +>el > ; yet <03588 +kiy >

he hath made <07760 +suwm > with me an everlasting <05769

+<owlam > covenant <01285 +b@riyth > , ordered <06186 +<arak >

in all <03605 +kol > [ things ] , and sure <08104 +shamar > :

for [ this is ] all <03605 +kol > my salvation <03468 +yesha< > ,

and all <03605 +kol > [ my ] desire <02656 +chephets > ,

although <03588 +kiy > he make [ it ] not to grow <06779

+tsamach > .

23 : 06 But [ the sons ] of Belial <01100 +b@liya<al > [ shall

be ] all <03605 +kol > of them as thorns <06975 +qowts > thrust

<05074 +nadad > away <05074 +nadad > , because <03588 +kiy >

they cannot <03808 +lo> > be taken <03947 +laqach > with hands

<03027 +yad > :

23 : 07 But the man <00376 +>iysh > [ that ] shall touch <05060

+naga< > them must be fenced <04390 +male> > with iron <01270

+barzel > and the staff <06086 +<ets > of a spear <02595

+chaniyth > ; and they shall be utterly burned <08313 +saraph >

with fire <00784 +>esh > in the [ same ] place <07675 +shebeth >

23 : 08 . These <00428 +>el - leh > [ be ] the names <08034

+shem > of the mighty <01368 +gibbowr > men whom <00834 +>aher >

David <01732 +David > had : The Tachmonite <08461 +Tachk@moniy >

that sat <03427 +yashab > in the seat <07674 +shebeth > , chief

<07218 +ro>sh > among the captains <07991 +shaliysh > ; the same

<01931 +huw> > [ was ] Adino <05722 +<adiynow > the Eznite

<06112 +<etsen > : [ he lift up his spear ] against <05921 +<al

> eight <08083 +sh@moneh > hundred <03967 +me>ah > , whom he

slew <02491 +chalal > at one <00259 +>echad > time <06471 +pa<am

> .

23 : 09 And after <00310 +>achar > him [ was ] Eleazar <00499

+>El<azar > the son <01121 +ben > of Dodo <01734 +Dowdow > the

Ahohite , [ one ] of the three <07969 +shalowsh > mighty <01368

+gibbowr > men with David <01732 +David > , when they defied

<02778 +charaph . > the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > [ that

] were there <08033 +sham > gathered <00622 +>acaph > together

to battle <04421 +milchamah > , and the men <00376 +>iysh > of

Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > were gone <05927 +<alah > away :

23 : 10 He arose <06965 +quwm > , and smote <05221 +nakah > the

Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > until his hand <03027 +yad > was

weary <03021 +yaga< > , and his hand <03027 +yad > clave <01692

+dabaq > unto the sword <02719 +chereb > : and the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > wrought <06213 +<asah > a great <01419 +gadowl >

victory <08668 +t@shuw<ah > that day <03117 +yowm > ; and the

people <05971 +<am > returned <07725 +shuwb > after <00310

+>achar > him only <00389 +>ak > to spoil <06584 +pashat > .

23 : 11 And after <00310 +>achar > him [ was ] Shammah <08048

+Shammah > the son <01121 +ben > of Agee <89> the Hararite

<02043 +Harariy > . And the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy >

were gathered <00622 +>acaph > together into a troop <02416

+chay > , where <08033 +sham > was a piece <02513 +chelqah > of

ground <07704 +sadeh > full <04392 +male> > of lentiles <05742

+<adash > : and the people <05971 +<am > fled <01272 +barach >

from the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > .

23 : 12 But he stood <03320 +yatsab > in the midst <08432 +tavek

> of the ground <02513 +chelqah > , and defended <05337 +natsal

> it , and slew <05221 +nakah > the Philistines <06430

+P@lishtiy > : and the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > wrought <06213

+<asah > a great <01419 +gadowl > victory <08668 +t@shuw<ah > .

23 : 13 And three <07991 +shaliysh > of the thirty <07970

+sh@lowshiym > chief <07218 +ro>sh > went <03381 +yarad > down

<03381 +yarad > , and came <00935 +bow> > to David <01732 +David

> in the harvest <07105 +qatsiyr > time unto the cave <04631

+m@<arah > of Adullam <05725 +<Adullam > : and the troop <02416

+chay > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > pitched <02583

+chanah > in the valley <06010 +<emeq > of Rephaim <07497

+rapha> > .

23 : 14 And David <01732 +David > [ was ] then <00227 +>az > in

an hold <04686 +matsuwd > , and the garrison <04673 +matstsab >

of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > [ was ] then [ in ]

Bethlehem <01035 +Beyth Lechem > .

23 : 15 And David <01732 +David > longed <00183 +>avah > , and

said <00559 +>amar > , Oh that one would give me drink <08248

+shaqah > of the water <04325 +mayim > of the well <00953 +bowr

> of Bethlehem <01035 +Beyth Lechem > , which <00834 +>aher > [

is ] by the gate <08179 +sha<ar > !

23 : 16 And the three <07969 +shalowsh > mighty <01368 +gibbowr

> men brake <01234 +baqa< > through <01234 +baqa< > the host

<04264 +machaneh > of the Philistines <06430 +P@lishtiy > , and

drew <07579 +sha>ab > water <04325 +mayim > out of the well

<00953 +bowr > of Bethlehem <01035 +Beyth Lechem > , that [ was

] by the gate <08179 +sha<ar > , and took <05375 +nasa> > [ it ]

, and brought <00935 +bow> > [ it ] to David <01732 +David > :

nevertheless he would <14> not drink <08354 +shathah > thereof ,

but poured <05258 +nacak > it out unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah >

23 : 17 And he said <00559 +>amar > , Be it far <02486

+chaliylah > from me , O LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , that I should

do <06213 +<asah > this <02063 +zo>th > : [ is not this ] the

blood <01818 +dam > of the men <00582 +>enowsh > that went

<01980 +halak > in jeopardy of their lives <05315 +nephesh > ?

therefore he would <14> not drink <08354 +shathah > it . These

<00428 +>el - leh > things did <06213 +<asah > these <00428 +>el

- leh > three <07969 +shalowsh > mighty <01368 +gibbowr > men .

23 : 18 And Abishai <52> , the brother <00251 +>ach > of Joab

<03097 +Yow>ab > , the son <01121 +ben > of Zeruiah <06870

+Ts@ruwyah > , was chief <07218 +ro>sh > among three <07992

+sh@liyshiy > . And he lifted <05782 +<uwr > up his spear

<02595 +chaniyth > against <05921 +<al > three <07969 +shalowsh

> hundred <03967 +me>ah > , [ and ] slew <02491 +chalal > [ them

] , and had the name <08034 +shem > among three <07969 +shalowsh

> .

23 : 19 Was he not most honourable <03513 +kabad > of three

<07969 +shalowsh > ? therefore he was their captain <08269 +sar

> : howbeit he attained <00935 +bow> > not unto the [ first ]

three <07969 +shalowsh > .

23 : 20 And Benaiah <01141 +B@nayah > the son <01121 +ben > of

Jehoiada <03111 +Yowyada< > , the son <01121 +ben > of a valiant

<02428 +chayil > man <00376 +>iysh > , of Kabzeel <06909

+Qabts@>el > , who had done <06213 +<asah > many <07227 +rab >

acts <06467 +po<al > , he slew <05221 +nakah > two <08147

+sh@nayim > lionlike <00739 +>ariy>el > men of Moab <04124

+Mow>ab > : he went <03381 +yarad > down <03381 +yarad > also

and slew <05221 +nakah > a lion <00738 +>ariy > in the midst

<08432 +tavek > of a pit <00953 +bowr > in time <03117 +yowm >

of snow <07950 +sheleg > :

23 : 21 And he slew <02026 +harag > an Egyptian <04713 +Mitsriy

> , a goodly <04758 +mar>eh > man <00376 +>iysh > : and the

Egyptian <04713 +Mitsriy > had a spear <02595 +chaniyth > in his

hand <03027 +yad > ; but he went <03381 +yarad > down <03381

+yarad > to him with a staff <07626 +shebet > , and plucked

<01497 +gazal > the spear <02595 +chaniyth > out of the Egyptian

s <04713 +Mitsriy > hand <03027 +yad > , and slew <05221 +nakah

> him with his own spear <02595 +chaniyth > .

23 : 22 These <00428 +>el - leh > [ things ] did <06213 +<asah >

Benaiah <01141 +B@nayah > the son <01121 +ben > of Jehoiada

<03111 +Yowyada< > , and had the name <08034 +shem > among three

<07969 +shalowsh > mighty <01368 +gibbowr > men .

23 : 23 He was more honourable <03513 +kabad > than <04480 +min

> the thirty <07970 +sh@lowshiym > , but he attained <00935

+bow> > not to the [ first ] three <07969 +shalowsh > . And

David <01732 +David > set <07760 +suwm > him over <00413 +>el >

his guard <04928 +mishma<ath > .

23 : 24 Asahel <06214 +<Asah>el > the brother <00251 +>ach > of

Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > [ was ] one of the thirty <07970

+sh@lowshiym > ; Elhanan <00445 +>Elchanan > the son <01121 +ben

> of Dodo <01734 +Dowdow > of Bethlehem <01035 +Beyth Lechem > ,

23 : 25 Shammah <08048 +Shammah > the Harodite <02733 +Charodiy

> , Elika <00470 +>Eliyqa> > the Harodite <02733 +Charodiy > ,

23 : 26 Helez <02503 +Chelets > the Paltite <06407 +Paltiy > ,

Ira <05896 +<Iyra> > the son <01121 +ben > of Ikkesh <06142

+<Iqqesh > the Tekoite <08621 +T@qow<iy > ,

23 : 27 Abiezer <44> the Anethothite <06069 +<Anthothiy > ,

Mebunnai <04012 +M@bunnay > the Hushathite <02843 +Chushathiy > ,

23 : 28 Zalmon <06756 +Tsalmown > the Ahohite <00266 +>Achowchiy

> , Maharai <04121 +Maharay > the Netophathite <05200

+N@tophathiy > ,

23 : 29 Heleb <02460 +Cheleb > the son <01121 +ben > of Baanah

<01195 +Ba<ana> > , a Netophathite <05200 +N@tophathiy > , Ittai

<00863 +>Ittay > the son <01121 +ben > of Ribai <07380 +Riybay >

out of Gibeah <01390 +Gib<ah > of the children <01121 +ben > of

Benjamin <01144 +Binyamiyn > ,

23 : 30 Benaiah <01141 +B@nayah > the Pirathonite <06553

+Pir<athowniy > , Hiddai <01914 +Hidday > of the brooks <05158

+nachal > of Gaash <01608 +Ga<ash > ,

23 : 31 Abialbon <45> the Arbathite <06164 +<Arbathiy > ,

Azmaveth <05820 +<Azmaveth > the Barhumite <01273 +Barchumiy > ,

23 : 32 Eliahba <00455 +>Elyachba> > the Shaalbonite <08170

+Sha<alboniy > , of the sons <01121 +ben > of Jashen <03464

+Yashen > , Jonathan <03083 +Y@hownathan > ,

23 : 33 Shammah <08048 +Shammah > the Hararite <02043 +Harariy >

, Ahiam <00279 +>Achiyam > the son <01121 +ben > of Sharar

<08325 +Sharar > the Hararite <02043 +Harariy > ,

23 : 34 Eliphelet <00467 +>Eliyphelet > the son <01121 +ben > of

Ahasbai <00308 +>Achacbay > , the son <01121 +ben > of the

Maachathite <04602 +Ma<akathiy > , Eliam <00463 +>Eliy<am > the

son <01121 +ben > of Ahithophel <00302 +>Achiythophel > the

Gilonite <01526 +Giyloniy > ,

23 : 35 Hezrai <02695 +Chetsrow > the Carmelite <03761 +Karm@liy

> , Paarai <06474 +Pa<aray > the Arbite <00701 +>Arbiy > ,

23 : 36 Igal <03008 +Yig>al > the son <01121 +ben > of Nathan

<05416 +Nathan > of Zobah <06678 +Tsowba> > , Bani <01137 +Baniy

> the Gadite <01425 +Gadiy > ,

23 : 37 Zelek <06768 +Tseleq > the Ammonite <05984 +<Ammowniy > ,

Naharai <05171 +Nacharay > the Beerothite <00886 +B@>erothiy > ,

armourbearer <03627 +k@liy > to Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > the son

<01121 +ben > of Zeruiah <06870 +Ts@ruwyah > ,

23 : 38 Ira <05896 +<Iyra> > an Ithrite <3505> , Gareb <01619

+Gareb > an Ithrite <3505> ,

23 : 39 Uriah <00223 +>Uwriyah > the Hittite <02850 +Chittiy > :

thirty <07970 +sh@lowshiym > and seven <07651 +sheba< > in all

<03605 +kol > .

24 : 01 . And again <03254 +yacaph > the anger <00639 +>aph >

of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > was kindled <02734 +charah >

against Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > , and he moved <05493 +cuwr >

David <01732 +David > against them to say <00559 +>amar > , Go

<03212 +yalak > , number <04487 +manah > Israel <03478 +Yisra>el

> and Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > .

24 : 02 For the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > to

Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > the captain <08269 +sar > of the host

<02428 +chayil > , which <00834 +>aher > [ was ] with him , Go

<07751 +shuwt > now <04994 +na> > through <07751 +shuwt > all

<03605 +kol > the tribes <07626 +shebet > of Israel <03478

+Yisra>el > , from Dan <01835 +Dan > even to Beersheba <00884

+B@>er Sheba< > , and number <06485 +paqad > ye the people

<05971 +<am > , that I may know <03045 +yada< > the number

<04557 +micpar > of the people <05971 +<am > .

24 : 03 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > said <00559 +>amar > unto the

king <04428 +melek > , Now the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > thy God

<00430 +>elohiym > add <03254 +yacaph > unto the people <05971

+<am > , how many soever they be , an hundredfold , and that the

eyes <05869 +<ayin > of my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428

+melek > may see <07200 +ra>ah > [ it ] : but why <04100 +mah >

doth my lord <00113 +>adown > the king <04428 +melek > delight

<02654 +chaphets > in this <02088 +zeh > thing <01697 +dabar > ?

24 : 04 Notwithstanding the king s <04428 +melek > word <01697

+dabar > prevailed <02388 +chazaq > against <00413 +>el > Joab

<03097 +Yow>ab > , and against <05921 +<al > the captains <08269

+sar > of the host <02428 +chayil > . And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab >

and the captains <08269 +sar > of the host <02428 +chayil > went

<03318 +yatsa> > out from the presence <06440 +paniym > of the

king <04428 +melek > , to number <06485 +paqad > the people

<05971 +<am > of Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .

24 : 05 And they passed <05674 +<abar > over <05674 +<abar >

Jordan <03383 +Yarden > , and pitched <02583 +chanah > in Aroer

<06177 +<Arow<er > , on the right <03225 +yamiyn > side <03225

+yamiyn > of the city <05892 +<iyr > that [ lieth ] in the midst

<08432 +tavek > of the river <05158 +nachal > of Gad <01410 +Gad

> , and toward Jazer <03270 +Ya<azeyr > :

24 : 06 Then they came <00935 +bow> > to Gilead <01568 +Gil<ad >

, and to the land <00776 +>erets > of Tahtimhodshi <8483> ; and

they came <00935 +bow> > to Danjaan <01842 +Dan Ya<an > , and

about <05439 +cabiyb > to Zidon <06721 +Tsiydown > ,

24 : 07 And came <00935 +bow> > to the strong <04013 +mibtsar >

hold <04013 +mibtsar > of Tyre <06865 +Tsor > , and to all

<03605 +kol > the cities <05892 +<iyr > of the Hivites <02340

+Chivviy > , and of the Canaanites <03669 +K@na<aniy > : and

they went <03318 +yatsa> > out to the south <05045 +negeb > of

Judah <03063 +Y@huwdah > , [ even ] to Beersheba <00884 +B@>er

Sheba< > .

24 : 08 So when they had gone <07751 +shuwt > through all <03605

+kol > the land <00776 +>erets > , they came <00935 +bow> > to

Jerusalem <03389 +Y@ruwshalaim > at the end <07097 +qatseh > of

nine <08672 +tesha< > months <02320 +chodesh > and twenty <06242

+<esriym > days <03117 +yowm > .

24 : 09 And Joab <03097 +Yow>ab > gave <05414 +nathan > up the

sum <04557 +micpar > of the number <04662 +miphqad > of the

people <05971 +<am > unto the king <04428 +melek > : and there

were in Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > eight <08083 +sh@moneh >

hundred <03967 +me>ah > thousand <00505 +>eleph > valiant <02428

+chayil > men <00376 +>iysh > that drew <08025 +shalaph > the

sword <02719 +chereb > ; and the men <00376 +>iysh > of Judah

<03063 +Y@huwdah > [ were ] five <02568 +chamesh > hundred

<03967 +me>ah > thousand <00505 +>eleph > men <00376 +>iysh > .

24 : 10 . And David s <01732 +David > heart <03820 +leb > smote

<05221 +nakah > him after <00310 +>achar > that he had numbered

<05608 +caphar > the people <05971 +<am > . And David <01732

+David > said <00559 +>amar > unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ,

I have sinned <02398 +chata> > greatly <03966 +m@<od > in that I

have done <06213 +<asah > : and now <06258 +<attah > , I beseech

<04994 +na> > thee , O LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , take <05674

+<abar > away <05674 +<abar > the iniquity <05771 +<avon > of

thy servant <05650 +<ebed > ; for I have done very <03966 +m@<od

> foolishly <05528 +cakal > .

24 : 11 For when David <01732 +David > was up in the morning

<01242 +boqer > , the word <01697 +dabar > of the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > came <01961 +hayah > unto the prophet <05030 +nabiy>

> Gad <01410 +Gad > , David s <01732 +David > seer <02374

+chozeh > , saying <00559 +>amar > ,

24 : 12 Go <01980 +halak > and say <00559 +>amar > unto David

<01732 +David > , Thus <03541 +koh > saith <01696 +dabar > the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , I offer <05190 +natal > thee three

<07969 +shalowsh > [ things ] ; choose <00977 +bachar > thee one

<00259 +>echad > of them , that I may [ do <06213 +<asah > it ]

unto thee .

24 : 13 So Gad <01410 +Gad > came <00935 +bow> > to David <01732

+David > , and told <05046 +nagad > him , and said <00559 +>amar

> unto him , Shall seven <07651 +sheba< > years <08141 +shaneh >

of famine <07458 +ra<ab > come <00935 +bow> > unto thee in thy

land <00776 +>erets > ? or wilt thou flee <05127 +nuwc > three

<07969 +shalowsh > months <02320 +chodesh > before <06440

+paniym > thine enemies <06862 +tsar > , while they pursue

<07291 +radaph > thee ? or that there be three <07969 +shalowsh

> days <03117 +yowm > pestilence <01698 +deber > in thy land

<00776 +>erets > ? now <06258 +<attah > advise <03045 +yada< > ,

and see <07200 +ra>ah > what <04100 +mah > answer <01697 +dabar

> I shall return <07725 +shuwb > to him that sent <07971

+shalach > me .

24 : 14 And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > unto Gad

<01410 +Gad > , I am in a great <03966 +m@<od > strait <06887

+tsarar > : let us fall <05307 +naphal > now <04994 +na> > into

the hand <03027 +yad > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > ; for his

mercies <07356 +racham > [ are ] great <07227 +rab > : and let

me not fall <05307 +naphal > into the hand <03027 +yad > of man

<00120 +>adam > .

24 : 15 So the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > sent <05414 +nathan > a

pestilence <01698 +deber > upon Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > from

the morning <01242 +boqer > even to the time <06256 +<eth >

appointed <04150 +mow<ed > : and there died <04191 +muwth > of

the people <05971 +<am > from Dan <01835 +Dan > even to

Beersheba <00884 +B@>er Sheba< > seventy <07657 +shib<iym . >

thousand <00505 +>eleph > men <00376 +>iysh > .

24 : 16 And when the angel <04397 +mal>ak > stretched <07971

+shalach > out his hand<03027 +yad > upon Jerusalem <03389

+Y@ruwshalaim > to destroy <07843 +shachath > it , the LORD

<03068 +Y@hovah > repented <05162 +nacham > him of the evil

<07451 +ra< > , and said <00559 +>amar > to the angel <04397

+mal>ak > that destroyed <07843 +shachath > the people <05971

+<am > , It is enough <07227 +rab > : stay <07503 +raphah > now

<06258 +<attah > thine hand <03027 +yad > . And the angel

<04397 +mal>ak > of the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > was by the

threshingplace <01637 +goren > of Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > the

Jebusite <02983 +Yebuwciy > .

24 : 17 And David <01732 +David > spake <00559 +>amar > unto the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > when he saw <07200 +ra>ah > the angel

<04397 +mal>ak > that smote <05221 +nakah > the people <05971

+<am > , and said <00559 +>amar > , Lo <02009 +hinneh > , I have

sinned <02398 +chata> > , and I have done wickedly <05753 +<avah

> : but these <00428 +>el - leh > sheep <06629 +tso>n > , what

<04100 +mah > have they done <06213 +<asah > ? let thine hand

<03027 +yad > , I pray <04994 +na> > thee , be against me , and

against my father s <1> house <01004 +bayith > .

24 : 18 . And Gad <01410 +Gad > came <00935 +bow> > that day

<03117 +yowm > to David <01732 +David > , and said <00559 +>amar

> unto him , Go <05927 +<alah > up , rear <06965 +quwm > an

altar <04196 +mizbeach > unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > in the

threshingfloor <01637 +goren > of Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > the

Jebusite <02983 +Yebuwciy > .

24 : 19 And David <01732 +David > , according to the saying

<01697 +dabar > of Gad <01410 +Gad > , went <05927 +<alah > up

as the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > commanded <06680 +tsavah > .

24 : 20 And Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > looked <08259 +shaqaph > ,

and saw <07200 +ra>ah > the king <04428 +melek > and his

servants <05650 +<ebed > coming <05674 +<abar > on toward <05921

+<al > him : and Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > went <03318 +yatsa>

> out , and bowed <07812 +shachah > himself before the king

<04428 +melek > on his face <00639 +>aph > upon the ground

<00776 +>erets > .

24 : 21 And Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > said <00559 +>amar > ,

Wherefore <04069 +madduwa< > is my lord <00113 +>adown > the

king <04428 +melek > come <00935 +bow> > to his servant <05650

+<ebed > ? And David <01732 +David > said <00559 +>amar > , To

buy <07069 +qanah > the threshingfloor <01637 +goren > of thee ,

to build <01129 +banah > an altar <04196 +mizbeach > unto the

LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > , that the plague <04046 +maggephah > may

be stayed <06113 +<atsar > from the people <05971 +<am > .

24 : 22 And Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > said <00559 +>amar > unto

David <01732 +David > , Let my lord <00113 +>adown > the king

<04428 +melek > take <03947 +laqach > and offer <05927 +<alah >

up what [ seemeth <05869 +<ayin > ] good <02896 +towb > unto him

: behold <07200 +ra>ah > , [ here be ] oxen <01241 +baqar > for

burnt <05930 +<olah > sacrifice , and threshing <04173 +mowrag >

instruments and [ other ] instruments <03627 +k@liy > of the

oxen <01241 +baqar > for wood <06086 +<ets > .

24 : 23 All <03605 +kol > these [ things ] did Araunah <00728

+>Aravnah > , [ as ] a king <04428 +melek > , give <05414

+nathan > unto the king <04428 +melek > . And Araunah <00728

+>Aravnah > said <00559 +>amar > unto the king <04428 +melek > ,

The LORD <03068 +Y@hovah > thy God <00430 +>elohiym > accept

<07521 +ratsah > thee .

24 : 24 And the king <04428 +melek > said <00559 +>amar > unto

Araunah <00728 +>Aravnah > , Nay <03808 +lo> > ; but I will

surely buy <07069 +qanah > [ it ] of thee at a price <04242

+m@chiyr > : neither <03808 +lo> > will I offer <05927 +<alah >

burnt <05930 +<olah > offerings unto the LORD <03068 +Y@hovah >

my God <00430 +>elohiym > of that which <00834 +>aher > doth

cost <02600 +chinnam > me nothing <02600 +chinnam > . So David

<01732 +David > bought <07069 +qanah > the threshingfloor <01637

+goren > and the oxen <01241 +baqar > for fifty <02572

+chamishshiym > shekels <08255 +sheqel > of silver <03701

+keceph > .

24 : 25 And David <01732 +David > built <01129 +banah > there

<08033 +sham > an altar <04196 +mizbeach > unto the LORD <03068

+Y@hovah > , and offered <05927 +<alah > burnt <05930 +<olah >

offerings and peace <08002 +shelem > offerings . So the LORD

<03068 +Y@hovah > was intreated <06279 +<athar > for the land

<00776 +>erets > , and the plague <04046 +maggephah > was stayed

<06113 +<atsar > from Israel <03478 +Yisra>el > .