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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.

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2Samuel 1

1. Now it came <01961> to pass after <0310> the death <04194>

of Saul <07586>, when David <01732> was returned <07725> from

the slaughter <05221> of the Amalekites <06003>, and David

<01732> had abode <03427> two <08147> days <03117> in Ziklag

<06860>;

2 It came <01961> even to pass on the third <07992> day <03117>,

that, behold <02009>, a man <0376> came <0935> out of the camp

<04264> from Saul <07586> with his clothes <0899> rent <07167>,

and earth <0127> upon his head <07218>: and [so] it was, when he

came <0935> to David <01732>, that he fell <05307> to the earth

<0776>, and did obeisance <07812>.

3 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, From whence comest

<0935> thou? And he said <0559> unto him, Out of the camp

<04264> of Israel <03478> am I escaped <04422>.

4 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, How <04100> went

<01961> the matter <01697>? I pray <04994> thee, tell <05046> me.

And he answered <0559>, That the people <05971> are fled

<05127> from the battle <04421>, and many <07235> of the people

<05971> also <01571> are fallen <05307> and dead <04191>; and

Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> are dead

<04191> also <01571>.

5 And David <01732> said <0559> unto the young <05288> man that

told <05046> him, How <0349> knowest <03045> thou that Saul

<07586> and Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> be dead <04191>?

6 And the young <05288> man that told <05046> him said <0559>,

As I happened <07136> by chance <07122> upon mount <02022>

Gilboa <01533>, behold <02009>, Saul <07586> leaned <08172> upon

his spear <02595>; and, lo <02009>, the chariots <07393> and

horsemen <06571> followed <01692> hard <01692> after him.

7 And when he looked <06437> behind <0310> him, he saw <07200>

me, and called <07121> unto me. And I answered <0559>, Here

<02009> [am] I. 8 And he said <0559> unto me, Who <04310> [art]

thou? And I answered <0559> him, I [am] an Amalekite <06003>.

9 He said <0559> unto me again, Stand <05975>, I pray <04994>

thee, upon me, and slay <04191> me: for anguish <07661> is come

<0270> upon me, because <03588> my life <05315> [is] yet <05750>

whole <03605> in me.

10 So I stood <05975> upon him, and slew <04191> him, because

<03588> I was sure <03045> that he could not live <02421> after

<0310> that he was fallen <05307>: and I took <03947> the crown

<05145> that [was] upon his head <07218>, and the bracelet

<0685> that [was] on <05921> his arm <02220>, and have brought

<0935> them hither unto my lord <0113>.

11. Then David <01732> took hold <02388> on his clothes <0899>,

and rent <07167> them; and likewise <01571> all <03605> the men

<0582> that [were] with him:

12 And they mourned <05594>, and wept <01058>, and fasted

<06684> until <05704> even <06153>, for Saul <07586>, and for

Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>, and for the people <05971> of

the LORD <03068>, and for the house <01004> of Israel <03478>;

because <03588> they were fallen <05307> by the sword <02719>.

13 And David <01732> said <0559> unto the young <05288> man

that told <05046> him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered <0559>,

I [am] the son <01121> of a stranger, an Amalekite <06003>.

14 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, How <0349> wast thou

not afraid <03372> to stretch <07971> forth thine hand <03027>

to destroy <07843> the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>?

15 And David <01732> called <07121> one <0259> of the young

<05288> men, and said <0559>, Go <05066> near <05066>, [and]

fall <06293> upon him. And he smote <05221> him that he died

<04191>.

16 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, Thy blood <01818>

[be] upon thy head <07218>; for thy mouth <06310> hath testified

<06030> against thee, saying <0559>, I have slain <04191> the

LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>.

17. And David <01732> lamented <06969> with this <02063>

lamentation <07015> over <05921> Saul <07586> and over <05921>

Jonathan <03083> his son <01121>:

18 (Also he bade <0559> them teach <03925> the children <01121>

of Judah <03063> [the use of] the bow <07198>: behold <02009>,

[it is] written <03789> in the book <05612> of Jasher <03477>.)

19 The beauty <06643> of Israel <03478> is slain <02491> upon

thy high <01116> places: how <0349> are the mighty <01368>

fallen <05307>!

20 Tell <05046> [it] not in Gath <01661>, publish <01319> [it]

not in the streets <02351> of Askelon <0831>; lest <06435> the

daughters <01121> of the Philistines <06430> rejoice <08055>,

lest <06435> the daughters <01121> of the uncircumcised <06189>

triumph <05937>.

21 Ye mountains <02022> of Gilboa <01533>, [let there be] no

<0408> dew <02919>, neither <0408> [let there be] rain <04306>,

upon you, nor fields <07704> of offerings <08641>: for there

<08033> the shield <04043> of the mighty <01368> is vilely

<01602> cast <01602> away, the shield <04043> of Saul <07586>,

[as though he had] not [been] anointed <04899> with oil <08081>.

22 From the blood <01818> of the slain <02491>, from the fat

<02459> of the mighty <01368>, the bow <07198> of Jonathan

<03083> turned <07734> not back <0268>, and the sword <02719> of

Saul <07586> returned <07725> not empty <07387>.

23 Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> [were] lovely <0157> and

pleasant <05273> in their lives <02416>, and in their death

<04194> they were not divided <06504>: they were swifter <07043>

than eagles <05404>, they were stronger <01396> than lions

<0738>.

24 Ye daughters <01121> of Israel <03478>, weep <01058> over

<0413> Saul <07586>, who <04310> clothed <03847> you in scarlet

<08144>, with [other] delights <05730>, who <04310> put <05927>

on ornaments <05716> of gold <02091> upon your apparel <03830>.

25 How <0349> are the mighty <01368> fallen <05307> in the

midst <08432> of the battle <04421>! O Jonathan <03083>, [thou

wast] slain <02491> in thine high <01116> places.

26 I am distressed <06887> for thee, my brother <0251> Jonathan

<03083>: very <03966> pleasant <05276> hast thou been unto me:

thy love <0160> to me was wonderful <06381>, passing the love

<0160> of women <0802>.

27 How <0349> are the mighty <01368> fallen <05307>, and the

weapons <03627> of war <04421> perished <06>!

2Samuel 2

1. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this <03651>, that

David <01732> enquired <07592> of the LORD <03068>, saying

<0559>, Shall I go <05927> up into any <0259> of the cities

<05892> of Judah <03063>? And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto

him, Go <05927> up. And David <01732> said <0559>, Whither

<0575> shall I go <05927> up? And he said <0559>, Unto Hebron

<02275>.

2 So David <01732> went <05927> up thither <08033>, and his two

<08147> wives <0802> also <01571>, Ahinoam <0293> the

Jezreelitess <03159>, and Abigail <026> Nabal's <05037> wife

<0802> the Carmelite <03761>.

3 And his men <0582> that [were] with him did David <01732>

bring <05927> up, every man <0376> with his household <01004>:

and they dwelt <03427> in the cities <05892> of Hebron <02275>.

4 And the men <0582> of Judah <03063> came <0935>, and there

<08033> they anointed <04886> David <01732> king <04428> over

<05921> the house <01004> of Judah <03063>. And they told

<05046> David <01732>, saying <0559>, [That] the men <0582> of

Jabeshgilead [were they] that buried <06912> Saul <07586>.

5 And David <01732> sent <07971> messengers <04397> unto the

men <0582> of Jabeshgilead, and said <0559> unto them, Blessed

<01288> [be] ye of the LORD <03068>, that ye have shewed <06213>

this <02088> kindness <02617> unto your lord <0113>, [even] unto

Saul <07586>, and have buried <06912> him.

6 And now <06258> the LORD <03068> shew <06213> kindness

<02617> and truth <0571> unto you: and I also <01571> will

requite <06213> you this <02088> kindness <02896>, because

<0834> ye have done <06213> this <02088> thing <01697>.

7 Therefore now <06258> let your hands <03027> be strengthened

<02388>, and be ye valiant: for your master <0113> Saul <07586>

is dead <04191>, and also <01571> the house <01004> of Judah

<03063> have anointed <04886> me king <04428> over <05921> them.

8. But Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, captain

<08269> of Saul's <07586> host <06635>, took <03947> Ishbosheth

<0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, and brought <05674> him

over <05674> to Mahanaim <04266>;

9 And made him king <04427> over Gilead <01568>, and over the

Ashurites <0843>, and over Jezreel <03157>, and over Ephraim

<0669>, and over Benjamin <01144>, and over all <03605> Israel

<03478>.

10 Ishbosheth <0378> Saul's <07586> son <01121> [was] forty

<0705> years <08141> old <01121> when he began to reign <04427>

over <05921> Israel <03478>, and reigned <04427> two <08147>

years <08141>. But the house <01004> of Judah <03063> followed

David <01732>.

11 And the time that David <01732> was king <04428> in Hebron

<02275> over <05921> the house <01004> of Judah <03063> was

seven <07651> years <08141> and six <08337> months <02320>.

12 And Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, and the

servants <05650> of Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul

<07586>, went <03318> out from Mahanaim <04266> to Gibeon

<01391>.

13 And Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, and the

servants <05650> of David <01732>, went <03318> out, and met

<06298> together <03162> by the pool <01295> of Gibeon <01391>:

and they sat <03427> down, the one <0428> on <05921> the one

<02088> side of the pool <01295>, and the other <0428> on

<05921> the other <02088> side of the pool <01295>.

14 And Abner <074> said <0559> to Joab <03097>, Let the young

<05288> men now <04994> arise <06965>, and play <07832> before

<06440> us. And Joab <03097> said <0559>, Let them arise <06965>.

15 Then there arose <06965> and went <05674> over <05674> by

number <04557> twelve of Benjamin <01144>, which [pertained] to

Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, and twelve of

the servants <05650> of David <01732>.

16 And they caught <02388> every <0376> one <0376> his fellow

<07453> by the head <07218>, and [thrust] his sword <02719> in

his fellow's <07453> side <06654>; so they fell <05307> down

together <03162>: wherefore that place <04725> was called

<07121> Helkathhazzurim <02521>, which <0834> [is] in Gibeon

<01391>.

17 And there was a very <03966> sore <07188> battle <04421>

that day <03117>; and Abner <074> was beaten <05062>, and the

men <0582> of Israel <03478>, before <06440> the servants

<05650> of David <01732>.

18. And there were three <07969> sons <01121> of Zeruiah

<06870> there <08033>, Joab <03097>, and Abishai <052>, and

Asahel <0760>: and Asahel <06214> [was as] light <07031> of foot

<07272> as a wild <07704> roe <06643>.

19 And Asahel <06214> pursued <07291> after <0310> Abner <074>;

and in going <03212> he turned <05186> not to the right <03225>

hand nor to the left <08040> from following <0310> Abner <074>.

20 Then Abner <074> looked <06437> behind <0310> him, and said

<0559>, [Art] thou Asahel <06214>? And he answered <0559>, I

[am].

21 And Abner <074> said <0559> to him, Turn <05186> thee aside

<05186> to thy right <03225> hand or <0176> to thy left <08040>,

and lay thee hold <0270> on one <0259> of the young <05288> men,

and take <03947> thee his armour <02488>. But Asahel <06214>

would <014> not turn <05493> aside from following <0310> of him.

22 And Abner <074> said <0559> again to Asahel <06214>, Turn

<05493> thee aside from following <0310> me: wherefore <04100>

should I smite <05221> thee to the ground <0776>? how <0349>

then should I hold <05375> up my face <06440> to Joab <03097>

thy brother <0251>?

23 Howbeit he refused <03985> to turn <05493> aside: wherefore

Abner <074> with the hinder <0310> end of the spear <02595>

smote <05221> him under <0413> the fifth <02570> [rib], that the

spear <02595> came <03318> out behind <0310> him; and he fell

<05307> down there <08033>, and died <04191> in the same <08478>

place <08478>: and it came <0935> to pass, [that] as many as

came <0935> to the place <04725> where Asahel <06214> fell

<05307> down and died <04191> stood <05975> still.

24 Joab <03097> also and Abishai <052> pursued <07291> after

<0310> Abner <074>: and the sun <08121> went <0935> down when

they were come <0935> to the hill <01389> of Ammah <0522>, that

[lieth] before Giah <01520> by the way <01870> of the wilderness

<04057> of Gibeon <01391>.

25. And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144> gathered

<06908> themselves together after <0310> Abner <074>, and became

<01961> one <0259> troop <092>, and stood <05975> on <05921> the

top <07218> of an hill <01389>.

26 Then Abner <074> called <07121> to Joab <03097>, and said

<0559>, Shall the sword <02719> devour <0398> for ever <05331>?

knowest <03045> thou not that it will be bitterness <04751> in

the latter <0314> end? how <05704> long <05704> shall it be then,

ere <03808> thou bid <0559> the people <05971> return <07725>

from following <0310> their brethren <0251>?

27 And Joab <03097> said <0559>, [As] God <0430> liveth <02416>,

unless thou hadst spoken <01696>, surely <03588> then in the

morning <01242> the people <05971> had gone <05927> up every

<0376> one <0376> from following <0310> his brother <0251>.

28 So Joab <03097> blew <08628> a trumpet <07782>, and all

<03605> the people <05971> stood <05975> still, and pursued

<07291> after <0310> Israel <03478> no <03808> more <05750>,

neither <03808> fought <03898> they any more.

29 And Abner <074> and his men <0582> walked <01980> all

<03605> that night <03915> through the plain <06160>, and passed

<05674> over <05674> Jordan <03383>, and went <03212> through

all <03605> Bithron <01338>, and they came <0935> to Mahanaim

<04266>.

30 And Joab <03097> returned <07725> from following <0310>

Abner <074>: and when he had gathered <06908> all <03605> the

people <05971> together, there lacked <06485> of David's <01732>

servants <05650> nineteen men <0376> and Asahel <06214>.

31 But the servants <05650> of David <01732> had smitten

<05221> of Benjamin <01144>, and of Abner's <074> men <0582>,

[so that] three <07969> hundred <03967> and threescore <08346>

men <0376> died <04191>.

32 And they took <05375> up Asahel <06214>, and buried <06912>

him in the sepulchre <06913> of his father <01>, which <0834>

[was in] Bethlehem <01035>. And Joab <03097> and his men <0582>

went <03212> all <03605> night <03915>, and they came <0935> to

Hebron <02275> at break <0215> of day <0215>.

2Samuel 3

1. Now there was long <0752> war <04421> between <0996> the

house <01004> of Saul <07586> and the house <01004> of David

<01732>: but David <01732> waxed <01980> stronger <02390> and

stronger <02390>, and the house <01004> of Saul <07586> waxed

<01980> weaker <01800> and weaker <01800>.

2 And unto David <01732> were sons <01121> born <03205> in

Hebron <02275>: and his firstborn <01060> was Amnon <0550>, of

Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess <03159>;

3 And his second <04932>, Chileab <03609>, of Abigail <026> the

wife <0802> of Nabal <05037> the Carmelite <03761>; and the

third <07992>, Absalom <053> the son <01121> of Maacah <04601>

the daughter <01323> of Talmai <08526> king <04428> of Geshur

<01650>;

4 And the fourth <07243>, Adonijah <0138> the son <01121> of

Haggith <02294>; and the fifth <02549>, Shephatiah <08203> the

son <01121> of Abital <037>;

5 And the sixth <08345>, Ithream <03507>, by Eglah <05698>

David's <01732> wife <0802>. These <0428> were born <03205> to

David <01732> in Hebron <02275>.

6 And it came <01961> to pass, while there was war <04421>

between <0996> the house <01004> of Saul <07586> and the house

<01004> of David <01732>, that Abner <074> made himself strong

<02388> for the house <01004> of Saul <07586>.

7. And Saul <07586> had a concubine <06370>, whose name <08034>

[was] Rizpah <07532>, the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345>: and

[Ishbosheth] said <0559> to Abner <074>, Wherefore <04069> hast

thou gone <0935> in unto my father's <01> concubine <06370>?

8 Then was Abner <074> very <03966> wroth <02734> for the words

<01697> of Ishbosheth <0378>, and said <0559>, [Am] I a dog's

<03611> head <07218>, which <0834> against Judah <03063> do

<06213> shew <06213> kindness <02617> this day <03117> unto the

house <01004> of Saul <07586> thy father <01>, to his brethren

<0251>, and to his friends <04828>, and have not delivered

<04672> thee into the hand <03027> of David <01732>, that thou

chargest <06485> me to day <03117> with a fault <05771>

concerning this woman <0802>?

9 So <03541> do <06213> God <0430> to Abner <074>, and more

<03254> also <03541>, except <03588>, as the LORD <03068> hath

sworn <07650> to David <01732>, even <03588> so <03651> I do

<06213> to him;

10 To translate <05674> the kingdom <04467> from the house

<01004> of Saul <07586>, and to set <06965> up the throne

<03678> of David <01732> over <05921> Israel <03478> and over

<05921> Judah <03063>, from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884>.

11 And he could <03201> not answer <07725> Abner <074> a word

<01697> again <05750>, because he feared <03372> him.

12 And Abner <074> sent <07971> messengers <04397> to David

<01732> on his behalf <08478>, saying <0559>, Whose <04310> [is]

the land <0776>? saying <0559> [also], Make <03772> thy league

<01285> with me, and, behold <02009>, my hand <03027> [shall be]

with thee, to bring <05437> about <05437> all <03605> Israel

<03478> unto thee.

13 And he said <0559>, Well <02896>; I will make <03772> a

league <01285> with thee: but one <0259> thing <01697> I require

<07592> of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see <07200> my face

<06440>, except thou first <06440> bring <0935> Michal <04324>

Saul's <07586> daughter <01323>, when thou comest <0935> to see

<07200> my face <06440>.

14 And David <01732> sent <07971> messengers <04397> to

Ishbosheth <0378> Saul's <07586> son <01121>, saying <0559>,

Deliver <05414> [me] my wife <0802> Michal <04324>, which <0834>

I espoused <0781> to me for an hundred <03967> foreskins <06190>

of the Philistines <06430>.

15 And Ishbosheth <0378> sent <07971>, and took <03947> her

from [her] husband <0376>, [even] from Phaltiel <06409> the son

<01121> of Laish <03919>.

16 And her husband <0376> went <03212> with her along <01980>

weeping <01058> behind <0310> her to Bahurim <0980>. Then said

<0559> Abner <074> unto him, Go <03212>, return <07725>. And he

returned <07725>.

17 And Abner <074> had communication <01697> with the elders

<02205> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, Ye sought <01245> for

David <01732> in times <08543> past <08032> [to be] king <04428>

over <05921> you:

18 Now <06258> then do <06213> [it]: for the LORD <03068> hath

spoken <0559> of David <01732>, saying <0559>, By the hand

<03027> of my servant <05650> David <01732> I will save <03467>

my people <05971> Israel <03478> out of the hand <03027> of the

Philistines <06430>, and out of the hand <03027> of all <03605>

their enemies <0341>.

19 And Abner <074> also <01571> spake <01696> in the ears

<0241> of Benjamin <01144>: and Abner <074> went <03212> also

<01571> to speak <01696> in the ears <0241> of David <01732> in

Hebron <02275> all <03605> that seemed <05869> good <02896> to

Israel <03478>, and that seemed <05869> good to the whole

<03605> house <01004> of Benjamin <01144>.

20 So Abner <074> came <0935> to David <01732> to Hebron

<02275>, and twenty <06242> men <0582> with him. And David

<01732> made <06213> Abner <074> and the men <0582> that [were]

with him a feast <04960>.

21 And Abner <074> said <0559> unto David <01732>, I will arise

<06965> and go <03212>, and will gather <06908> all <03605>

Israel <03478> unto my lord <0113> the king <04428>, that they

may make <03772> a league <01285> with thee, and that thou

mayest reign <04427> over all <03605> that thine heart <05315>

desireth <08378>. And David <01732> sent <07971> Abner <074>

away; and he went <03212> in peace <07965>.

22. And, behold <02009>, the servants <05650> of David <01732>

and Joab <03097> came <0935> from [pursuing] a troop <01416>,

and brought <0935> in a great <07227> spoil <07998> with them:

but Abner <074> [was] not with David <01732> in Hebron <02275>;

for he had sent <07971> him away, and he was gone <03212> in

peace <07965>.

23 When Joab <03097> and all <03605> the host <06635> that

[was] with him were come <0935>, they told <05046> Joab <03097>,

saying <0559>, Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369> came

<0935> to the king <04428>, and he hath sent <07971> him away,

and he is gone <03212> in peace <07965>.

24 Then Joab <03097> came <0935> to the king <04428>, and said

<0559>, What <04100> hast thou done <06213>? behold <02009>,

Abner <074> came <0935> unto thee; why <04100> [is] it [that]

thou hast sent <07971> him away, and he is quite gone <03212>?

25 Thou knowest <03045> Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner

<05369>, that he came <0935> to deceive <06601> thee, and to

know <03045> thy going <04161> out and thy coming <04126> in,

and to know <03045> all <03605> that thou doest <06213>.

26 And when Joab <03097> was come <03318> out from David

<01732>, he sent <07971> messengers <04397> after <0310> Abner

<074>, which brought <07725> him again <05750> from the well

<0953> of Sirah <05626>: but David <01732> knew <03045> [it] not.

27 And when Abner <074> was returned <07725> to Hebron <02275>,

Joab <03097> took him aside <05186> in the gate <08179> to speak

<01696> with him quietly <07987>, and smote <05221> him there

<08033> under the fifth <02570> [rib], that he died <04191>, for

the blood <01818> of Asahel <06214> his brother <0251>.

28 And afterward when David <01732> heard <08085> [it], he said

<0559>, I and my kingdom <04467> [are] guiltless <05355> before

<05973> the LORD <03068> for ever <05769> from the blood <01818>

of Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>:

29 Let it rest <02342> on <05921> the head <07218> of Joab

<03097>, and on <0413> all <03605> his father's <01> house

<01004>; and let there not fail <03772> from the house <01004>

of Joab <03097> one that hath an issue <02100>, or that is a

leper <06879>, or that leaneth <02388> on a staff <06418>, or

that falleth <05307> on the sword <02719>, or that lacketh

<02638> bread <03899>.

30 So Joab <03097> and Abishai <052> his brother <0251> slew

<02026> Abner <074>, because he had slain <04191> their brother

<0251> Asahel <06214> at Gibeon <01391> in the battle <04421>.

31 And David <01732> said <0559> to Joab <03097>, and to all

<03605> the people <05971> that [were] with him, Rend <07167>

your clothes <0899>, and gird <02296> you with sackcloth <08242>,

and mourn <05594> before <06440> Abner <074>. And king <04428>

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

32 And they buried <06912> Abner <074> in Hebron <02275>: and

the king <04428> lifted <05375> up his voice <06963>, and wept

<01058> at the grave <06913> of Abner <074>; and all <03605> the

people <05971> wept <01058>.

33 And the king <04428> lamented <06969> over <0413> Abner

<074>, and said <0559>, Died <04191> Abner <074> as a fool

<05036> dieth <04194>?

34 Thy hands <03027> [were] not bound <0631>, nor <03808> thy

feet <07272> put <05056> into fetters <05178>: as a man <01121>

falleth <05307> before <06440> wicked <05766> men <01121>, [so]

fellest <05307> thou. And all <03605> the people <05971> wept

<01058> again <03254> over <05921> him.

35 And when all <03605> the people <05971> came <0935> to cause

David <01732> to eat <01262> meat <03899> while it was yet

<05750> day <03117>, David <01732> sware <07650>, saying <0559>,

So <03541> do <06213> God <0430> to me, and more <03254> also

<03541>, if I taste <02938> bread <03899>, or <0176> ought

<03972> else, till <06440> the sun <08121> be down <0935>.

36 And all <03605> the people <05971> took <05384> notice

<05234> [of it], and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king

<04428> did <06213> pleased all <03605> the people <05971>.

37 For all <03605> the people <05971> and all <03605> Israel

<03478> understood <03045> that day <03117> that it was not of

the king <04428> to slay <04191> Abner <074> the son <01121> of

Ner <05369>.

38 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto his servants <05650>,

Know <03045> ye not that there is a prince <08269> and a great

<01419> man fallen <05307> this <02088> day <03117> in Israel

<03478>?

39 And I [am] this day <03117> weak <07390>, though anointed

<04886> king <04428>; and these <0428> men <0582> the sons

<01121> of Zeruiah <06870> [be] too hard <07186> for me: the

LORD <03068> shall reward <07999> the doer <06218> of evil

<07451> according to his wickedness <07451>.

2Samuel 4

1. And when Saul's <07586> son <01121> heard <08085> that Abner

<074> was dead <04191> in Hebron <02275>, his hands <03027> were

feeble <07503>, and all <03605> the Israelites <03478> were

troubled <0926>.

2 And Saul's <07586> son <01121> had <01961> two <08147> men

<0582> [that were] captains <08269> of bands <01416>: the name

<08034> of the one <0259> [was] Baanah <01195>, and the name

<08034> of the other <08145> Rechab <07394>, the sons <01121> of

Rimmon <07417> a Beerothite <0886>, of the children <01121> of

Benjamin <01144>: (for Beeroth <0881> also <01571> was reckoned

<02803> to Benjamin <01144>:

3 And the Beerothites <0886> fled <01272> to Gittaim <01664>,

and were sojourners <01481> there <08033> until <05704> this

<02088> day <03117>.)

4 And Jonathan <03083>, Saul's <07586> son <01121>, had a son

<01121> [that was] lame <05223> of [his] feet <07272>. He was

five <02568> years <08141> old <01121> when the tidings <08052>

came <0935> of Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> out of Jezreel

<03157>, and his nurse <0539> took <05375> him up, and fled

<05127>: and it came <01961> to pass, as she made haste <02648>

to flee <05127>, that he fell <05307>, and became <06452> lame

<06452>. And his name <08034> [was] Mephibosheth <04648>.

5 And the sons <01121> of Rimmon <07417> the Beerothite <0886>,

Rechab <07394> and Baanah <01195>, went <03212>, and came <0935>

about the heat <02527> of the day <03117> to the house <01004>

of Ishbosheth <0378>, who <04310> lay <07901> on a bed <04904>

at noon <06672>.

6 And they came <0935> thither into <05704> the midst <08432>

of the house <01004>, [as though] they would have fetched

<03947> wheat <02406>; and they smote <05221> him under <0413>

the fifth <02570> [rib]: and Rechab <07394> and Baanah <01195>

his brother <0251> escaped <04422>.

7 For when they came <0935> into the house <01004>, he lay

<07901> on <05921> his bed <04296> in his bedchamber, and they

smote <05221> him, and slew <04191> him, and beheaded him, and

took <03947> his head <07218>, and gat <03212> them away <03212>

through <01870> the plain <06160> all <03605> night <03915>.

8 And they brought <0935> the head <07218> of Ishbosheth <0378>

unto David <01732> to Hebron <02275>, and said <0559> to the

king <04428>, Behold <02009> the head <07218> of Ishbosheth

<0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586> thine enemy <0341>, which

<0834> sought <01245> thy life <05315>; and the LORD <03068>

hath avenged my lord <03068> the king <04428> this <02088> day

<03117> of Saul <07586>, and of his seed <02233>.

9. And David <01732> answered <06030> Rechab <07394> and Baanah

<01195> his brother <0251>, the sons of Rimmon <07417> the

Beerothite <0886>, and said <0559> unto them, [As] the LORD

<03068> liveth <02416>, who <0834> hath redeemed <06299> my soul

<05315> out of all <03605> adversity <06869>,

10 When one told <05046> me, saying <0559>, Behold <02009>,

Saul <07586> is dead <04191>, thinking to have brought <01319>

good <01319> tidings <01319>, I took hold <0270> of him, and

slew <02026> him in Ziklag <06860>, who <0834> [thought] that I

would have given <05414> him a reward <01309> for his tidings

<01309>:

11 How <0637> much <0637> more, when <03588> wicked <07563> men

<0582> have slain <02026> a righteous <06662> person <0376> in

his own house <01004> upon his bed <04904>? shall I not

therefore now <06258> require <01245> his blood <01818> of your

hand <03027>, and take <01197> you away from the earth <0776>?

12 And David <01732> commanded <06680> his young <05288> men,

and they slew <02026> them, and cut <07112> off their hands

<03027> and their feet <07272>, and hanged <08518> [them] up

over <05921> the pool <01295> in Hebron <02275>. But they took

<03947> the head <07218> of Ishbosheth <0378>, and buried

<06912> [it] in the sepulchre <06913> of Abner <074> in Hebron

<02275>.

2Samuel 5

1. Then came <0935> all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel

<03478> to David <01732> unto Hebron <02275>, and spake <0559>,

saying <0559>, Behold <02005>, we [are] thy bone <06106> and thy

flesh <01320>.

2 Also <01571> in time past <08032>, when Saul <07586> was king

<04428> over <05921> us, thou wast <01961> he that leddest

<03318> out and broughtest <0935> in Israel <03478>: and the

LORD <03068> said <0559> to thee, Thou shalt feed <07462> my

people <05971> Israel <03478>, and thou shalt be a captain

<05057> over <05921> Israel <03478>.

3 So all <03605> the elders <02205> of Israel <03478> came

<0935> to the king <04428> to Hebron <02275>; and king <04428>

David <01732> made <03772> a league <01285> with them in Hebron

<02275> before <06440> the LORD <03068>: and they anointed

<04886> David <01732> king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>.

4 David <01732> [was] thirty <07970> years <08141> old <01121>

when <03588> he began to reign <04427>, [and] he reigned <04427>

forty <0705> years <08141>.

5 In Hebron <02275> he reigned <04427> over <05921> Judah

<03063> seven <07651> years <08141> and six <08337> months

<02320>: and in Jerusalem <03389> he reigned <04427> thirty

<07970> and three <07969> years <08141> over <05921> all <03605>

Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>.

6. And the king <04428> and his men <0582> went <03212> to

Jerusalem <03389> unto the Jebusites <02983>, the inhabitants

<03427> of the land <0776>: which spake <0559> unto David

<01732>, saying <0559>, Except thou take <05493> away <05493>

the blind <05787> and the lame <06455>, thou shalt not come

<0935> in hither: thinking <0559>, David <01732> cannot <03808>

come <0935> in hither.

7 Nevertheless David <01732> took <03920> the strong <04686>

hold <04686> of Zion <06726>: the same <01931> [is] the city

<05892> of David <01732>.

8 And David <01732> said <0559> on that day <03117>, Whosoever

getteth <05060> up to the gutter <06794>, and smiteth <05221>

the Jebusites <02983>, and the lame <06455> and the blind

<05787>, [that are] hated <08130> of David's <01732> soul

<05315>, [he shall be chief and captain]. Wherefore <04100> they

said <0559>, The blind <05787> and the lame <06455> shall not

come <0935> into <0413> the house <01004>.

9 So David <01732> dwelt <03427> in the fort <04686>, and

called <07121> it the city <05892> of David <01732>. And David

<01732> built <01129> round <05439> about from Millo <04407> and

inward <01004>.

10 And David <01732> went <03212> on, and grew great <01419>,

and the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts <06635> [was] with him.

11. And Hiram <02438> king <04428> of Tyre <06865> sent <07971>

messengers <04397> to David <01732>, and cedar <0730> trees

<06086>, and carpenters <02796>, and masons: and they built

<01129> David <01732> an house <01004>.

12 And David <01732> perceived <03045> that the LORD <03068>

had established <03559> him king <04428> over <05921> Israel

<03478>, and that he had exalted <05375> his kingdom <04467> for

his people <05971> Israel's <03478> sake <05668>.

13 And David <01732> took <03947> [him] more <05750> concubines

<06370> and wives <0802> out of Jerusalem <03389>, after <0310>

he was come <0935> from Hebron <02275>: and there were yet

<05750> sons <01121> and daughters <01121> born <03205> to David

<01732>.

14 And these <0428> [be] the names <08034> of those that were

born <03209> unto him in Jerusalem <03389>; Shammua <08051>, and

Shobab <07727>, and Nathan <05416>, and Solomon <08010>,

15 Ibhar <02984> also, and Elishua <0474>, and Nepheg <05298>,

and Japhia <03309>,

16 And Elishama <0476>, and Eliada <0450>, and Eliphalet <0467>.

17. But when the Philistines <06430> heard <08085> that they

had anointed <04886> David <01732> king <04428> over <05921>

Israel <03478>, all <03605> the Philistines <06430> came <05927>

up to seek <01245> David <01732>; and David <01732> heard

<08085> [of it], and went <03381> down <03381> to the hold

<04686>.

18 The Philistines <06430> also came <0935> and spread <05203>

themselves in the valley <06010> of Rephaim <07497>.

19 And David <01732> enquired <07592> of the LORD <03068>,

saying <0559>, Shall I go <05927> up to the Philistines <06430>?

wilt thou deliver <05414> them into mine hand <03027>? And the

LORD <03068> said <0559> unto David <01732>, Go <05927> up: for

I will doubtless deliver <05414> the Philistines <06430> into

thine hand <03027>.

20 And David <01732> came <0935> to Baalperazim <01188>, and

David <01732> smote <05221> them there <08033>, and said <0559>,

The LORD <03068> hath broken <06555> forth upon mine enemies

<0341> before <06440> me, as the breach <06556> of waters

<04325>. Therefore he called <07121> the name <08034> of that

place <04725> Baalperazim <01188>.

21 And there <08033> they left <05800> their images <06091>,

and David <01732> and his men <0582> burned <05375> them.

22 And the Philistines <06430> came <05927> up yet <05750>

again <03254>, and spread <05203> themselves in the valley

<06010> of Rephaim <07497>.

23 And when David <01732> enquired <07592> of the LORD <03068>,

he said <0559>, Thou shalt not go <05927> up; [but] fetch a

compass <05437> behind <0310> them, and come <0935> upon them

over <04136> against <04136> the mulberry <01057> trees.

24 And let it be, when thou hearest <08085> the sound <06963>

of a going <06807> in the tops <07218> of the mulberry <01057>

trees, that then <0227> thou shalt bestir <02782> thyself: for

then <0227> shall the LORD <03068> go <03318> out before <06440>

thee, to smite <05221> the host <04264> of the Philistines

<06430>.

25 And David <01732> did <06213> so <03651>, as the LORD

<03068> had commanded <06680> him; and smote <05221> the

Philistines <06430> from Geba <01387> until <05704> thou come

<0935> to Gazer <01507>.

2Samuel 6

1. Again <05750>, David <01732> gathered <03254> together all

<03605> [the] chosen <0970> [men] of Israel <03478>, thirty

<07970> thousand <0505>.

2 And David <01732> arose <06965>, and went <03212> with all

<03605> the people <05971> that [were] with him from Baale

<01184> of Judah <03063>, to bring <05927> up from thence

<08033> the ark <0727> of God <0430>, whose <0834> name <08034>

is called <07121> by the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> of

hosts <06635> that dwelleth <03427> [between] the cherubims

<03742>.

3 And they set <07392> the ark <0727> of God <0430> upon a new

<02319> cart <05699>, and brought <05375> it out of the house

<01004> of Abinadab <041> that [was] in Gibeah <01390>: and

Uzzah <05798> and Ahio <0283>, the sons <01121> of Abinadab

<041>, drave <05090> the new <02319> cart <05699>.

4 And they brought <05375> it out of the house <01004> of

Abinadab <041> which <0834> [was] at Gibeah <01390>,

accompanying <05973> the ark <0727> of God <0430>: and Ahio

<0283> went <01980> before <06440> the ark <0727>.

5 And David <01732> and all <03605> the house <01004> of Israel

<03478> played <07832> before <06440> the LORD <03068> on all

<03605> manner of [instruments made of] fir <01265> wood <06086>,

even on harps <03658>, and on psalteries <05035>, and on

timbrels <08596>, and on cornets <04517>, and on cymbals <06767>.

6. And when they came <0935> to Nachon's <05225> threshingfloor

<01637>, Uzzah <05798> put <07971> forth <07971> [his hand] to

the ark <0727> of God <0430>, and took hold <0270> of it; for

the oxen <01241> shook <08058> [it].

7 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was kindled <02734>

against Uzzah <05798>; and God <0430> smote <05221> him there

<08033> for [his] error <07944>; and there <08033> he died

<04191> by the ark <0727> of God <0430>.

8 And David <01732> was displeased <02734>, because the LORD

<03068> had made <06555> a breach <06556> upon Uzzah <05798>:

and he called <07121> the name of the place <04725> Perezuzzah

<06560> to this <02088> day <03117>.

9 And David <01732> was afraid <03372> of the LORD <03068> that

day <03117>, and said <0559>, How shall the ark <0727> of the

LORD <03068> come <0935> to me?

10 So David <01732> would <014> not remove <05493> the ark

<0727> of the LORD <03068> unto him into <05921> the city

<05892> of David <01732>: but David <01732> carried <05186> it

aside <05186> into the house <01004> of Obededom <05654> the

Gittite <01663>.

11 And the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> continued <03427> in

the house <01004> of Obededom <05654> the Gittite <01663> three

<07969> months <02320>: and the LORD <03068> blessed <01288>

Obededom <05654>, and all <03605> his household <01004>.

12. And it was told <05046> king <04428> David <01732>, saying

<0559>, The LORD <03068> hath blessed <01288> the house <01004>

of Obededom <05654>, and all <03605> that [pertaineth] unto him,

because <05668> of the ark <0727> of God <0430>. So David

<01732> went <03212> and brought <05927> up the ark <0727> of

God <0430> from the house <01004> of Obededom <05654> into the

city <05892> of David <01732> with gladness <08057>.

13 And it was [so], that when <03588> they that bare <05375>

the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> had gone <06805> six <08337>

paces <06806>, he sacrificed <02076> oxen <07794> and fatlings

<04806>.

14 And David <01732> danced <03769> before <06440> the LORD

<03068> with all <03605> [his] might <05797>; and David <01732>

[was] girded <02296> with a linen <0906> ephod <0646>.

15 So David <01732> and all <03605> the house <01004> of Israel

<03478> brought <05927> up the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>

with shouting <08643>, and with the sound <06963> of the trumpet

<07782>.

16 And as the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> came <0935> into

the city <05892> of David <01732>, Michal <04324> Saul's <07586>

daughter <01323> looked <08259> through <01157> a window <02474>,

and saw <07200> king <04428> David <01732> leaping <06339> and

dancing <03769> before <06440> the LORD <03068>; and she

despised <0959> him in her heart <03820>.

17 And they brought <0935> in the ark <0727> of the LORD

<03068>, and set <03322> it in his place <04725>, in the midst

<08432> of the tabernacle <0168> that David had pitched <05186>

for it: and David <01732> offered <05927> burnt <05930>

offerings and peace <08002> offerings before <06440> the LORD

<03068>.

18 And as soon as David <01732> had made an end <03615> of

offering <05927> burnt <05930> offerings and peace <08002>

offerings, he blessed <01288> the people <05971> in the name

<08034> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

19 And he dealt <02505> among all <03605> the people <05971>,

[even] among the whole <03605> multitude <01995> of Israel

<03478>, as well to the women <0802> as men <0376>, to every

<0376> one <0376> a cake <02471> of bread <03899>, and a good

piece <0829> [of flesh <0829>], and a flagon <0809> [of wine].

So all <03605> the people <05971> departed <03212> every <0376>

one <0376> to his house <01004>.

20. Then David <01732> returned <07725> to bless <01288> his

household <01004>. And Michal <04324> the daughter <01323> of

Saul <07586> came <03318> out to meet <07125> David <01732>, and

said <0559>, How <04100> glorious <03513> was the king <04428>

of Israel <03478> to day, who <0834> uncovered <01540> himself

to day <03117> in the eyes <05869> of the handmaids <0519> of

his servants <05650>, as one <0259> of the vain <07386> fellows

shamelessly <01540> uncovereth <01540> himself!

21 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Michal <04324>, [It was]

before <06440> the LORD <03068>, which <0834> chose <0977> me

before thy father <01>, and before all <03605> his house <01004>,

to appoint <06680> me ruler <05057> over <05921> the people

<05971> of the LORD <03068>, over <05921> Israel <03478>:

therefore will I play <07832> before <06440> the LORD <03068>.

22 And I will yet <05750> be more vile <07043> than thus

<02063>, and will be base <08217> in mine own sight <05869>: and

of the maidservants <0519> which <0834> thou hast spoken <0559>

of, of them shall I be had in honour <03513>.

23 Therefore Michal <04324> the daughter <01323> of Saul

<07586> had no <03808> child <03206> unto the day <03117> of her

death <04194>.

2Samuel 7

1. And it came <01961> to pass, when <03588> the king <04428>

sat <03427> in his house <01004>, and the LORD <03068> had given

him rest <05117> round <05439> about from all <03605> his

enemies <0341>;

2 That the king <04428> said <0559> unto Nathan <05416> the

prophet <05030>, See <07200> now <04994>, I dwell <03427> in an

house <01004> of cedar <0730>, but the ark <0727> of God <0430>

dwelleth <03427> within <08432> curtains <03407>.

3 And Nathan <05416> said <0559> to the king <04428>, Go

<03212>, do <06213> all <03605> that [is] in thine heart <03824>;

for the LORD <03068> [is] with thee.

4. And it came <01961> to pass that night <03915>, that the

word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto Nathan

<05416>, saying <0559>,

5 Go <03212> and tell <0559> my servant <05650> David <01732>,

Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Shalt thou build

<01129> me an house <01004> for me to dwell <03427> in?

6 Whereas <03588> I have not dwelt <03427> in [any] house

<01004> since the time <03117> that I brought <05927> up the

children <01121> of Israel <03478> out of Egypt <04714>, even to

this <02088> day <03117>, but have walked <01980> in a tent

<0168> and in a tabernacle <04908>.

7 In all <03605> [the places] wherein <0834> I have walked

<01980> with all <03605> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>

spake <01696> I a word <01697> with any <0259> of the tribes

<07626> of Israel <03478>, whom <0834> I commanded <06680> to

feed <07462> my people <05971> Israel <03478>, saying <0559>,

Why <04100> build <01129> ye not me an house <01004> of cedar

<0730>?

8 Now <06258> therefore so shalt thou say <0559> unto my

servant <05650> David <01732>, Thus <03541> saith <0559> the

LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, I took <03947> thee from the

sheepcote <05116>, from following <0310> the sheep <06629>, to

be ruler <05057> over <05921> my people <05971>, over <05921>

Israel <03478>:

9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest <01980>, and

have cut <03772> off all <03605> thine enemies <0341> out of thy

sight <06440>, and have made <06213> thee a great <01419> name

<08034>, like unto the name <08034> of the great <01419> [men]

that [are] in the earth <0776>.

10 Moreover I will appoint <07760> a place <04725> for my

people <05971> Israel <03478>, and will plant <05193> them, that

they may dwell <07931> in a place <08478> of their own, and move

<07264> no <03808> more <05750>; neither <03808> shall the

children <01121> of wickedness <05766> afflict <06031> them any

more <03254>, as beforetime <07223>,

11 And as since <04480> the time <03117> that I commanded

<06680> judges <08199> [to be] over <05921> my people <05971>

Israel <03478>, and have caused thee to rest <05117> from all

<03605> thine enemies <0341>. Also the LORD <03068> telleth

<05046> thee that he will make <06213> thee an house <01004>.

12 And when <03588> thy days <03117> be fulfilled <04390>, and

thou shalt sleep <07901> with thy fathers <01>, I will set

<06965> up thy seed <02233> after <0310> thee, which <0834>

shall proceed <03318> out of thy bowels <04578>, and I will

establish <03559> his kingdom <04467>.

13 He shall build <01129> an house <01004> for my name <08034>,

and I will stablish <03559> the throne <03678> of his kingdom

<04467> for ever <05769>.

14 I will be his father <01>, and he shall be my son <01121>.

If <0834> he commit <05753> iniquity <05753>, I will chasten

<03198> him with the rod <07626> of men <0582>, and with the

stripes <05061> of the children <01121> of men <0120>:

15 But my mercy <02617> shall not depart <05493> away from him,

as I took <05493> [it] from Saul <07586>, whom <0834> I put

<05493> away <05493> before <06440> thee.

16 And thine house <01004> and thy kingdom <04467> shall be

established <0539> for ever <05769> before <06440> thee: thy

throne <03678> shall be established <03559> for ever <05769>.

17 According to all <03605> these <0428> words <01697>, and

according to all <03605> this <02088> vision <02384>, so <03651>

did Nathan <05416> speak <01696> unto David <01732>.

18. Then went <0935> king <04428> David <01732> in, and sat

<03427> before <06440> the LORD <03068>, and he said <0559>, Who

<04310> [am] I, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>? and what <04310> [is]

my house <01004>, that thou hast brought <0935> me hitherto

<01988>?

19 And this <02063> was yet <05750> a small <06994> thing in

thy sight <05869>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>; but thou hast

spoken <01696> also <01571> of thy servant's <05650> house

<01004> for a great <07350> while <07350> to come. And [is] this

<02063> the manner <08452> of man <0120>, O Lord <0136> GOD

<03069>?

20 And what <04100> can David <01732> say <01696> more <05750>

unto thee? for thou, Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, knowest <03045>

thy servant <05650>.

21 For thy word's <01697> sake <05668>, and according to thine

own heart <03820>, hast thou done <06213> all <03605> these

<02063> great <01420> things, to make thy servant <05650> know

<03045> [them].

22 Wherefore thou art great <01431>, O LORD <03068> God <0430>:

for [there is] none <0369> like <03644> thee, neither <0369> [is

there any] God <0430> beside <02108> thee, according to all

<03605> that we have heard <08085> with our ears <0241>.

23 And what <04310> one <0259> nation <01471> in the earth

<0776> [is] like thy people <05971>, [even] like Israel <03478>,

whom <0834> God <0430> went <01980> to redeem <06299> for a

people <05971> to himself, and to make <07760> him a name

<08034>, and to do <06213> for you great <01420> things and

terrible <03372>, for thy land <0776>, before <06440> thy people

<05971>, which <0834> thou redeemedst <06299> to thee from Egypt

<04714>, [from] the nations <01471> and their gods <0430>?

24 For thou hast confirmed <03559> to thyself thy people

<05971> Israel <03478> [to be] a people <05971> unto thee for

ever <05769>: and thou, LORD <03068>, art become <01961> their

God <0430>.

25 And now <06258>, O LORD <03068> God <0430>, the word <01697>

that thou hast spoken <01696> concerning <05921> thy servant

<05650>, and concerning <05921> his house <01004>, establish

<06965> [it] for ever <05769>, and do <06213> as thou hast said

<01696>.

26 And let thy name <08034> be magnified <01431> for ever

<05769>, saying <0559>, The LORD <03068> of hosts <06635> [is]

the God <0430> over <05921> Israel <03478>: and let the house

<01004> of thy servant <05650> David <01732> be established

<03559> before <06440> thee.

27 For thou, O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, God <0430> of

Israel <03478>, hast revealed <01540> to thy servant <05650>,

saying <0559>, I will build <01129> thee an house <01004>:

therefore hath thy servant <05650> found <04672> in his heart

<03820> to pray <06419> this <02063> prayer <08605> unto thee.

28 And now <06258>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, thou [art] that

God <0430>, and thy words <01697> be true <0571>, and thou hast

promised <01696> this <02088> goodness <02896> unto thy servant

<05650>:

29 Therefore now <06258> let it please <02894> thee to bless

<01288> the house <01004> of thy servant <05650>, that it may

continue <01961> for ever <05769> before <06440> thee: for thou,

O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, hast spoken <01696> [it]: and with

thy blessing <01293> let the house <01004> of thy servant

<05650> be blessed <01288> for ever <05769>.

2Samuel 8

1. And after <0310> this <03651> it came <01961> to pass, that

David <01732> smote <05221> the Philistines <06430>, and subdued

<03665> them: and David <01732> took <03947> Methegammah <04965>

out of the hand <03027> of the Philistines <06430>.

2 And he smote <05221> Moab <04124>, and measured <04058> them

with a line <02256>, casting <07901> them down <07901> to the

ground <0776>; even with two <08147> lines <02256> measured

<04058> he to put to death <04191>, and with one full <04393>

line <02256> to keep alive <02421>. And [so] the Moabites

<04124> became <01961> David's <01732> servants <05650>, [and]

brought <05375> gifts <04503>.

3 David <01732> smote <05221> also Hadadezer <01909>, the son

<01121> of Rehob <07340>, king <04428> of Zobah <06678>, as he

went <03212> to recover <07725> his border <03027> at the river

<05104> Euphrates <06578>.

4 And David <01732> took <03920> from him a thousand <0505>

[chariots], and seven <07651> hundred <03967> horsemen <06571>,

and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> footmen: and David <01732>

houghed <06131> all <03605> the chariot <07393> [horses], but

reserved <03498> of them [for] an hundred <03967> chariots

<07393>.

5 And when the Syrians <0758> of Damascus <01834> came <0935>

to succour <05826> Hadadezer <01909> king <04428> of Zobah

<06678>, David <01732> slew <05221> of the Syrians <0758> two

<08147> and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> men <0376>.

6 Then David <01732> put <07760> garrisons <05333> in Syria

<0758> of Damascus <01834>: and the Syrians <0758> became

<01961> servants <05650> to David <01732>, [and] brought <05375>

gifts <04503>. And the LORD <03068> preserved <03467> David

<01732> whithersoever he went <01980>.

7 And David <01732> took <03947> the shields <07982> of gold

<02091> that were on <0413> the servants <05650> of Hadadezer

<01909>, and brought <0935> them to Jerusalem <03389>.

8 And from Betah <0984>, and from Berothai <01268>, cities

<05892> of Hadadezer <01909>, king <04428> David <01732> took

<03947> exceeding <03966> much <07235> brass <05178>.

9. When Toi <08583> king <04428> of Hamath <02574> heard

<08085> that David <01732> had <01961> smitten <05221> all

<03605> the host <02428> of Hadadezer <01909>,

10 Then Toi <08583> sent <07971> Joram <03141> his son <01121>

unto king <04428> David <01732>, to salute him, and to bless

<01288> him, because he had fought <03898> against Hadadezer

<01909>, and smitten <05221> him: for Hadadezer <01909> had wars

<04421> with Toi <08583>. And [Joram] brought <01961> with him

vessels <03627> of silver <03701>, and vessels <03627> of gold

<02091>, and vessels <03627> of brass <05178>:

11 Which also king <04428> David <01732> did dedicate <06942>

unto the LORD <03068>, with the silver <03701> and gold <02091>

that he had dedicated <06942> of all <03605> nations <01471>

which <0834> he subdued <03533>;

12 Of Syria <0758>, and of Moab <04124>, and of the children

<01121> of Ammon <05983>, and of the Philistines <06430>, and of

Amalek <06002>, and of the spoil <07998> of Hadadezer <01909>,

son <01121> of Rehob <07340>, king <04428> of Zobah <06678>.

13 And David <01732> gat <06213> [him] a name <08034> when he

returned <07725> from smiting <05221> of the Syrians <0758> in

the valley <01516> of salt <04417>, [being] eighteen thousand

<0505> [men].

14 And he put <07760> garrisons <05333> in Edom <0123>;

throughout all <03605> Edom <0123> put <07760> he garrisons

<05333>, and all <03605> they of Edom <0123> became <01961>

David's <01732> servants <05650>. And the LORD <03068> preserved

<03467> David <01732> whithersoever he went <01980>.

15. And David <01732> reigned <04427> over <05921> all <03605>

Israel <03478>; and David <01732> executed <06213> judgment

<04941> and justice <06666> unto all <03605> his people <05971>.

16 And Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870> [was]

over <05921> the host <06635>; and Jehoshaphat <03092> the son

<01121> of Ahilud <0286> [was] recorder <02142>;

17 And Zadok <06659> the son <01121> of Ahitub <0285>, and

Ahimelech <0288> the son <01121> of Abiathar <054>, [were] the

priests <03548>; and Seraiah <08304> [was] the scribe <05608>;

18 And Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111> [was

over] both the Cherethites <03774> and the Pelethites <06432>;

and David's <01732> sons <01121> were chief <03548> rulers.

2Samuel 9

1. And David <01732> said <0559>, Is there yet <05750> any that

is left <03498> of the house <01004> of Saul <07586>, that I may

shew <06213> him kindness <02617> for Jonathan's <03129> sake

<05668>?

2 And [there was] of the house <01004> of Saul <07586> a

servant <05650> whose name <08034> [was] Ziba <06717>. And when

they had called <07121> him unto David <01732>, the king <04428>

said <0559> unto him, [Art] thou Ziba <06717>? And he said

<0559>, Thy servant <05650> [is he].

3 And the king <04428> said <0559>, [Is] there not yet <05750>

any <0376> of the house <01004> of Saul <07586>, that I may shew

<06213> the kindness <02617> of God <0430> unto him? And Ziba

<06717> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, Jonathan <03083> hath

yet <05750> a son <01121>, [which is] lame <05223> on [his] feet

<07272>.

4 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Where <0375> [is]

he? And Ziba <06717> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, Behold

<02009>, he [is] in the house <01004> of Machir <04353>, the son

<01121> of Ammiel <05988>, in Lodebar <03810>.

5 Then king <04428> David <01732> sent <07971>, and fetched

<03947> him out of the house <01004> of Machir <04353>, the son

<01121> of Ammiel <05988>, from Lodebar <03810>.

6 Now when Mephibosheth <04648>, the son <01121> of Jonathan

<03083>, the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, was come <0935> unto

David <01732>, he fell <05307> on <05921> his face <06440>, and

did reverence <07812>. And David <01732> said <0559>,

Mephibosheth <04648>. And he answered <0559>, Behold <02009> thy

servant <05650>!

7 And David <01732> said <0559> unto him, Fear <03372> not: for

I will surely <03588> shew <06213> thee kindness <02617> for

Jonathan <03083> thy father's <01> sake <05668>, and will

restore <07725> thee all <03605> the land <07704> of Saul

<07586> thy father <01>; and thou shalt eat <0398> bread <03899>

at <05921> my table <07979> continually <08548>.

8 And he bowed <07812> himself, and said <0559>, What <04100>

[is] thy servant <05650>, that thou shouldest look <06437> upon

such a dead <04191> dog <03611> as I [am]?

9. Then the king <04428> called <07121> to Ziba <06717>, Saul's

<07586> servant <05288>, and said <0559> unto him, I have given

<05414> unto thy master's <0113> son <01121> all <03605> that

pertained <01961> to Saul <07586> and to all <03605> his house

<01004>.

10 Thou therefore, and thy sons <01121>, and thy servants

<05650>, shall till <05647> the land <0127> for him, and thou

shalt bring <0935> in [the fruits], that thy master's <0113> son

<01121> may have <01961> food <03899> to eat <0398>: but

Mephibosheth <04648> thy master's <0113> son <01121> shall eat

<0398> bread <03899> alway <08548> at <05921> my table <07979>.

Now Ziba <06717> had fifteen <06240> sons <01121> and twenty

<06242> servants <05650>.

11 Then said <0559> Ziba <06717> unto the king <04428>,

According to all <03605> that my lord <0113> the king <04428>

hath commanded <06680> his servant <05650>, so <03651> shall thy

servant <05650> do <06213>. As for Mephibosheth <04648>, [said

the king <04428>], he shall eat <0398> at <05921> my table

<07979>, as one <0259> of the king's <04428> sons <01121>.

12 And Mephibosheth <04648> had a young <06996> son <01121>,

whose name <08034> [was] Micha <04316>. And all <03605> that

dwelt <04186> in the house <01004> of Ziba <06717> [were]

servants <05650> unto Mephibosheth <04648>.

13 So Mephibosheth <04648> dwelt <03427> in Jerusalem <03389>:

for he did eat <0398> continually <08548> at <05921> the king's

<04428> table <07979>; and was lame <06455> on both <08147> his

feet <07272>.

2Samuel 10

1. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this <03651>, that

the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> died

<04191>, and Hanun <02586> his son <01121> reigned <04427> in

his stead <08478>.

2 Then said <0559> David <01732>, I will shew <06213> kindness

<02617> unto Hanun <02586> the son <01121> of Nahash <05176>, as

his father <01> shewed <06213> kindness <02617> unto me. And

David <01732> sent <07971> to comfort <05162> him by the hand

<03027> of his servants <05650> for his father <01>. And David's

<01732> servants <05650> came <0935> into the land <0776> of the

children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.

3 And the princes <08269> of the children <01121> of Ammon

<05983> said <0559> unto Hanun <02586> their lord <0113>,

Thinkest <05869> thou that David <01732> doth honour <03513> thy

father <01>, that he hath sent <07971> comforters <05162> unto

thee? hath not David <01732> [rather] sent <07971> his servants

<05650> unto thee, to search <02713> the city <05892>, and to

spy <07270> it out, and to overthrow <02015> it?

4 Wherefore Hanun <02586> took <03947> David's <01732> servants

<05650>, and shaved <01548> off the one half <02677> of their

beards <02206>, and cut <03772> off their garments <04063> in

the middle <02677>, [even] to their buttocks <08357>, and sent

<07971> them away.

5 When they told <05046> [it] unto David <01732>, he sent

<07971> to meet <07125> them, because <03588> the men <0582>

were greatly <03966> ashamed <03637>: and the king <04428> said

<0559>, Tarry <03427> at Jericho <03405> until <05704> your

beards <02206> be grown <06779>, and [then] return <07725>.

6. And when the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> saw <07200>

that they stank <0887> before David <01732>, the children

<01121> of Ammon <05983> sent <07971> and hired <07936> the

Syrians <0758> of Bethrehob <01050>, and the Syrians <0758> of

Zoba <06678>, twenty <06242> thousand <0505> footmen <07273>,

and of king <04428> Maacah <04601> a thousand <0505> men <0376>,

and of Ishtob <0382> twelve thousand <0505> men <0376>.

7 And when David <01732> heard <08085> of [it], he sent <07971>

Joab <03097>, and all <03605> the host <06635> of the mighty

<01368> men.

8 And the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> came <03318> out,

and put the battle <04421> in array <06186> at the entering

<06607> in of the gate <08179>: and the Syrians <0758> of Zoba

<06678>, and of Rehob <07340>, and Ishtob <0382>, and Maacah

<04601>, [were] by themselves <0905> in the field <07704>.

9 When Joab <03097> saw <07200> that the front <06440> of the

battle <04421> was against <0413> him before <06440> and behind

<0268>, he chose <0977> of all <03605> the choice <0977> [men]

of Israel <03478>, and put [them] in array <06186> against

<07125> the Syrians <0758>:

10 And the rest <03499> of the people <05971> he delivered

<05414> into the hand <03027> of Abishai <052> his brother

<0251>, that he might put [them] in array <06186> against

<07125> the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.

11 And he said <0559>, If <0518> the Syrians <0758> be too

strong <02388> for me, then thou shalt help <03447> me: but if

<0518> the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> be too strong

<02388> for thee, then I will come <01980> and help <03467> thee.

12 Be of good courage <02388>, and let us play the men <02388>

for our people <05971>, and for the cities <05892> of our God

<0430>: and the LORD <03068> do <06213> that which seemeth

<05869> him good <02896>.

13 And Joab <03097> drew nigh <05066>, and the people <05971>

that [were] with him, unto the battle <04421> against the

Syrians <0758>: and they fled <05127> before <06440> him.

14 And when the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> saw <07200>

that the Syrians <0758> were fled <05127>, then fled <05127>

they also before <06440> Abishai <052>, and entered <0935> into

the city <05892>. So Joab <03097> returned <07725> from the

children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and came <0935> to Jerusalem

<03389>.

15. And when the Syrians <0758> saw <07200> that they were

smitten <05062> before <06440> Israel <03478>, they gathered

<0622> themselves together <03162>.

16 And Hadarezer <01928> sent <07971>, and brought <03318> out

the Syrians <0758> that [were] beyond <05676> the river <05104>:

and they came <0935> to Helam <02431>; and Shobach <07731> the

captain <08269> of the host <06635> of Hadarezer <01928> [went]

before <06440> them.

17 And when it was told <05046> David <01732>, he gathered

<0622> all <03605> Israel <03478> together, and passed <05674>

over <05674> Jordan <03383>, and came <0935> to Helam <02431>.

And the Syrians <0758> set themselves in array <06186> against

<07125> David <01732>, and fought <03898> with him.

18 And the Syrians <0758> fled <05127> before <06440> Israel

<03478>; and David <01732> slew <02126> [the men of] seven

<07651> hundred <03967> chariots <07393> of the Syrians <0758>,

and forty <0705> thousand <0505> horsemen <06571>, and smote

<05221> Shobach <07731> the captain <08269> of their host

<06635>, who died <04191> there <08033>.

19 And when all <03605> the kings <04428> [that were] servants

<05650> to Hadarezer <01928> saw <07200> that they were smitten

<05062> before <06440> Israel <03478>, they made peace <07999>

with Israel <03478>, and served <05647> them. So the Syrians

<0758> feared <03372> to help <03467> the children <01121> of

Ammon <05983> any more <05750>.

2Samuel 11

1. And it came <01961> to pass, after the year <08141> was

expired <08666>, at the time <06256> when kings <04428> go

<03318> forth <03318> [to battle], that David <01732> sent

<07971> Joab <03097>, and his servants <05650> with him, and all

<03605> Israel <03478>; and they destroyed <07843> the children

<01121> of Ammon <05983>, and besieged <06696> Rabbah <07237>.

But David <01732> tarried <03427> still at Jerusalem <03389>.

2 And it came <01961> to pass in an eveningtide, that David

<01732> arose <06965> from off <05921> his bed <04904>, and

walked <01980> upon the roof <01406> of the king's <04428> house

<01004>: and from the roof <01406> he saw <07200> a woman <0802>

washing <07364> herself; and the woman <0802> [was] very <03966>

beautiful <02896> to look <04758> upon.

3 And David <01732> sent <07971> and enquired <01875> after the

woman <0802>. And [one] said <0559>, [Is] not this <02063>

Bathsheba <01339>, the daughter <01323> of Eliam <0463>, the

wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>?

4 And David <01732> sent <07971> messengers <04397>, and took

<03947> her; and she came <0935> in unto him, and he lay <07901>

with her; for she was purified <06942> from her uncleanness

<02932>: and she returned <07725> unto her house <01004>.

5 And the woman <0802> conceived <02030>, and sent <07971> and

told <05046> David <01732>, and said <0559>, I [am] with child

<02030>.

6. And David <01732> sent <07971> to Joab <03097>, [saying

<0559>], Send <07971> me Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>. And

Joab <03097> sent <07971> Uriah <0223> to David <01732>.

7 And when Uriah <0223> was come <0935> unto him, David <01732>

demanded <07592> [of him] how Joab <03097> did <07965>, and how

the people <05971> did <07965>, and how the war <04421>

prospered <07965>.

8 And David <01732> said <0559> to Uriah <0223>, Go <03381>

down <03381> to thy house <01004>, and wash <07364> thy feet

<07272>. And Uriah <0223> departed <03318> out of the king's

<04428> house <01004>, and there followed him a mess <04864> [of

meat] from the king <04428>.

9 But Uriah <0223> slept <07901> at the door <06607> of the

king's <04428> house <01004> with all <03605> the servants

<05650> of his lord <0113>, and went <03381> not down <03381> to

his house <01004>.

10 And when they had told <05046> David <01732>, saying <0559>,

Uriah <0223> went <03381> not down <03381> unto his house

<01004>, David <01732> said <0559> unto Uriah <0223>, Camest

<0935> thou not from [thy] journey <01870>? why <04069> [then]

didst thou not go <03381> down <03381> unto thine house <01004>?

11 And Uriah <0223> said <0559> unto David <01732>, The ark

<0727>, and Israel <03478>, and Judah <03063>, abide <03427> in

tents <05521>; and my lord <0113> Joab <03097>, and the servants

<05650> of my lord <0113>, are encamped <02583> in the open

<06440> fields <07704>; shall I then go <0935> into <0413> mine

house <01004>, to eat <0398> and to drink <08354>, and to lie

<07901> with my wife <0802>? [as] thou livest <02416>, and [as]

thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, I will not do <06213> this

<02088> thing <01697>.

12 And David <01732> said <0559> to Uriah <0223>, Tarry <03427>

here <02088> to day <03117> also <01571>, and to morrow <04279>

I will let thee depart <07971>. So Uriah <0223> abode <03427> in

Jerusalem <03389> that day <03117>, and the morrow <04283>.

13 And when <03588> David <01732> had called <07121> him, he

did eat <0398> and drink <08354> before <06440> him; and he made

him drunk <07937>: and at even <06153> he went <03318> out to

lie <07901> on his bed <04904> with the servants <05650> of his

lord <0113>, but went <03381> not down <03381> to his house

<01004>.

14. And it came <01961> to pass in the morning <01242>, that

David <01732> wrote <03789> a letter <05612> to Joab <03097>,

and sent <07971> [it] by the hand <03027> of Uriah <0223>.

15 And he wrote <03789> in the letter <05612>, saying <0559>,

Set <03051> ye Uriah <0223> in the forefront of the hottest

<02389> battle <04421>, and retire <07725> ye from him, that he

may be smitten <05221>, and die <04191>.

16 And it came <01961> to pass, when Joab <03097> observed

<08104> the city <05892>, that he assigned <05414> Uriah <0223>

unto a place <04725> where <0834> he knew <03045> that valiant

<02428> men <0582> [were].

17 And the men <0582> of the city <05892> went <03318> out, and

fought <03898> with Joab <03097>: and there fell <05307> [some]

of the people <05971> of the servants <05650> of David <01732>;

and Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> died <04191> also <01571>.

18 Then Joab <03097> sent <07971> and told <05046> David

<01732> all <03605> the things <01697> concerning the war

<04421>;

19 And charged <06680> the messenger <04397>, saying <0559>,

When thou hast made an end <03615> of telling <01696> the

matters <01697> of the war <04421> unto the king <04428>,

20 And if <0518> so be that the king's <04428> wrath <02534>

arise <05927>, and he say <0559> unto thee, Wherefore <04069>

approached <05066> ye so nigh unto the city <05892> when ye did

fight <03898>? knew <03045> ye not that they would shoot <03384>

from the wall <02346>?

21 Who <04310> smote <05221> Abimelech <040> the son <01121> of

Jerubbesheth <03380>? did not a woman <0802> cast <07993> a

piece <06400> of a millstone <07393> upon him from the wall

<02346>, that he died <04191> in Thebez <08405>? why <04100>

went <05066> ye nigh <05066> the wall <02346>? then say <0559>

thou, Thy servant <05650> Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> is

dead <04191> also <01571>.

22 So the messenger <04397> went <03212>, and came <0935> and

shewed <05046> David <01732> all <03605> that Joab <03097> had

sent <07971> him for.

23 And the messenger <04397> said <0559> unto David <01732>,

Surely <03588> the men <0582> prevailed <01396> against <05921>

us, and came <03318> out unto us into the field <07704>, and we

were upon them even unto the entering <06607> of the gate

<08179>.

24 And the shooters <03384> shot <03384> from off <05921> the

wall <02346> upon thy servants <05650>; and [some] of the king's

<04428> servants <05650> be dead <04191>, and thy servant

<05650> Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> is dead <04191> also

<01571>.

25 Then David <01732> said <0559> unto the messenger <04397>,

Thus <03541> shalt thou say <0559> unto Joab <03097>, Let not

this <02088> thing <01697> displease thee, for the sword <02719>

devoureth <0398> one <02088> as well <02090> as another <02090>:

make thy battle <04421> more strong <02388> against <0413> the

city <05892>, and overthrow <02040> it: and encourage <02388>

thou him.

26 And when the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> heard <08085> that

Uriah <0223> her husband <0376> was dead <04191>, she mourned

<05594> for her husband <01167>.

27 And when the mourning <060> was past <05493>, David <01732>

sent <07971> and fetched <0622> her to his house <01004>, and

she became <01961> his wife <0802>, and bare <03205> him a son

<01121>. But the thing <01697> that David <01732> had done

<06213> displeased the LORD <03068>.

2Samuel 12

1. And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> Nathan <05416> unto David

<01732>. And he came <0935> unto him, and said <0559> unto him,

There were two <08147> men <0582> in one <0259> city <05892>;

the one <0259> rich <06223>, and the other <0259> poor <07326>.

2 The rich <06223> [man] had <01961> exceeding <03966> many

<07235> flocks <06629> and herds <01241>:

3 But the poor <07326> [man] had nothing, save one <0259>

little <06996> ewe <03535> lamb <03535>, which <0834> he had

<01961> bought <07069> and nourished <02421> up: and it grew

<01431> up together <03162> with him, and with his children

<01121>; it did eat <0398> of his own meat <06595>, and drank

<08354> of his own cup <03563>, and lay <07901> in his bosom

<02436>, and was unto him as a daughter <01323>.

4 And there came <0935> a traveller <01982> unto the rich

<06223> man <0376>, and he spared <02550> to take <03947> of his

own flock <06629> and of his own herd <01241>, to dress <06213>

for the wayfaring <0732> man that was come <0935> unto him; but

took <03947> the poor <07326> man's <0376> lamb <03535>, and

dressed <06213> it for the man <0376> that was come <0935> to

him.

5 And David's <01732> anger <0639> was greatly <03966> kindled

<02734> against the man <0376>; and he said <0559> to Nathan

<05416>, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, the man <0376>

that hath done <06213> this <02063> [thing] shall surely die

<04194>:

6 And he shall restore <07999> the lamb <03535> fourfold <0706>,

because he did <06213> this <02088> thing <01697>, and because

he had no <03808> pity <02550>.

7 And Nathan <05416> said <0559> to David <01732>, Thou [art]

the man <0376>. Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068> God

<0430> of Israel <03478>, I anointed <04886> thee king <04428>

over <05921> Israel <03478>, and I delivered <05337> thee out of

the hand <03027> of Saul <07586>;

8 And I gave <05414> thee thy master's <0113> house <01004>,

and thy master's <0113> wives <0802> into thy bosom <02436>, and

gave <05414> thee the house <01004> of Israel <03478> and of

Judah <03063>; and if <0518> [that had been] too little <04592>,

I would moreover <03254> have given <03254> unto thee such

<02007> and such <02007> things.

9 Wherefore <04069> hast thou despised <0959> the commandment

<01697> of the LORD <03068>, to do <06213> evil <07451> in his

sight <05869>? thou hast killed <05221> Uriah <0223> the Hittite

<02850> with the sword <02719>, and hast taken <03947> his wife

<0802> [to be] thy wife <0802>, and hast slain <02026> him with

the sword <02719> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.

10 Now <06258> therefore the sword <02719> shall never depart

<05493> from thine house <01004>; because thou hast despised

<0959> me, and hast taken <03947> the wife <0802> of Uriah

<0223> the Hittite <02850> to be thy wife <0802>.

11 Thus <03541> saith <0559> the LORD <03068>, Behold <02005>,

I will raise <06965> up evil <07451> against <05921> thee out of

thine own house <01004>, and I will take <03947> thy wives

<0802> before thine eyes <05869>, and give <05414> [them] unto

thy neighbour <07453>, and he shall lie <07901> with thy wives

<0802> in the sight <05869> of this <02063> sun <08121>.

12 For thou didst <06213> [it] secretly <05643>: but I will do

<06213> this <02088> thing <01697> before <05048> all <03605>

Israel <03478>, and before <05048> the sun <08121>.

13 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Nathan <05416>, I have

sinned <02398> against the LORD <03068>. And Nathan <05416> said

<0559> unto David <01732>, The LORD <03068> also <01571> hath

put <05674> away <05674> thy sin <02403>; thou shalt not die

<04191>.

14 Howbeit <0657>, because <03588> by this <02088> deed <01697>

thou hast given great <05006> occasion to the enemies <0341> of

the LORD <03068> to blaspheme <05006>, the child <01121> also

<01571> [that is] born <03209> unto thee shall surely die

<04191>.

15. And Nathan <05416> departed <03212> unto his house <01004>.

And the LORD <03068> struck <05062> the child <03206> that

Uriah's <0223> wife <0802> bare <03205> unto David <01732>, and

it was very sick <0605>.

16 David <01732> therefore besought <01245> God <0430> for the

child <05288>; and David <01732> fasted <06684>, and went <0935>

in, and lay <07901> all <03605> night upon the earth <0776>.

17 And the elders <02205> of his house <01004> arose <06965>,

[and went] to him, to raise <06965> him up from the earth <0776>:

but he would <014> not, neither <03808> did he eat <01262>

bread <03899> with them.

18 And it came <01961> to pass on the seventh <07637> day

<03117>, that the child <03206> died <04191>. And the servants

<05650> of David <01732> feared <03372> to tell <05046> him that

the child <03206> was dead <04191>: for they said <0559>, Behold

<02009>, while the child <03206> was yet alive <02416>, we spake

<01696> unto him, and he would not hearken <08085> unto our

voice <06963>: how <0349> will he then vex himself, if we tell

<0559> him that the child <03206> is dead <04191>?

19 But when David <01732> saw <07200> that his servants <05650>

whispered <03907>, David <01732> perceived <0995> that the child

<03206> was dead <04191>: therefore David <01732> said <0559>

unto his servants <05650>, Is the child <03206> dead <04191>?

And they said <0559>, He is dead <04191>.

20 Then David <01732> arose <06965> from the earth <0776>, and

washed <07364>, and anointed <05480> [himself], and changed

<02498> his apparel <08071>, and came <0935> into the house

<01004> of the LORD <03068>, and worshipped <07812>: then he

came <0935> to his own house <01004>; and when he required

<07592>, they set <07760> bread <03899> before him, and he did

eat <0398>.

21 Then said <0559> his servants <05650> unto him, What <04100>

thing <01697> [is] this <02088> that thou hast done <06213>?

thou didst fast <06684> and weep <01058> for the child <03206>,

[while it was] alive <02416>; but when <0834> the child <03206>

was dead <04191>, thou didst rise <06965> and eat <0398> bread

<03899>.

22 And he said <0559>, While the child <03206> was yet <05750>

alive <02416>, I fasted <06684> and wept <01058>: for I said

<0559>, Who <04310> can tell <03045> [whether] GOD <03068> will

be gracious <02603> to me, that the child <03206> may live

<02416>?

23 But now <06258> he is dead <04191>, wherefore <04100> should

I fast <06684>? can <03201> I bring <07725> him back <07725>

again <05750>? I shall go <01980> to him, but he shall not

return <07725> to me.

24 And David <01732> comforted <05162> Bathsheba <01339> his

wife <0802>, and went <0935> in unto her, and lay <07901> with

her: and she bare <03205> a son <01121>, and he called <07121>

his name <08034> Solomon <08010>: and the LORD <03068> loved

<0157> him.

25 And he sent <07971> by the hand <03027> of Nathan <05416>

the prophet <05030>; and he called <07121> his name <08034>

Jedidiah <03041>, because <05668> of the LORD <03068>.

26. And Joab <03097> fought <03898> against Rabbah <07237> of

the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and took <03920> the

royal <04410> city <05892>.

27 And Joab <03097> sent <07971> messengers <04397> to David

<01732>, and said <0559>, I have fought <03898> against Rabbah

<07237>, and have taken <03920> the city <05892> of waters

<04325>. 28 Now <06258> therefore gather <0622> the rest <03499>

of the people <05971> together, and encamp <02583> against

<05921> the city <05892>, and take <03920> it: lest <06435> I

take <03920> the city <05892>, and it be called <07121> after

<05921> my name <08034>.

29 And David <01732> gathered <0622> all <03605> the people

<05971> together, and went <03212> to Rabbah <07237>, and fought

<03898> against it, and took <03920> it.

30 And he took <03947> their king's <04428> crown <05850> from

off <05921> his head <07218>, the weight <04948> whereof [was] a

talent <03603> of gold <02091> with the precious <03368> stones

<068>: and it was [set] on <05921> David's <01732> head <07218>.

And he brought <03318> forth <03318> the spoil <07998> of the

city <05892> in great <03966> abundance <07235>.

31 And he brought <03318> forth <03318> the people <05971> that

[were] therein, and put <07760> [them] under saws <04050>, and

under harrows <02757> of iron <01270>, and under axes <04037> of

iron <01270>, and made them pass <05674> through the brickkiln

<04404>: and thus <03651> did <06213> he unto all <03605> the

cities <05892> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>. So

David <01732> and all <03605> the people <05971> returned

<07725> unto Jerusalem <03389>.

2Samuel 13

1. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this <03651>, that

Absalom <053> the son <01121> of David <01732> had a fair

<03303> sister <0269>, whose name <08034> [was] Tamar <08559>;

and Amnon <0550> the son <01121> of David <01732> loved <0157>

her.

2 And Amnon <0550> was so vexed <03334>, that he fell sick

<02470> for his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>; for she [was] a

virgin <01330>; and Amnon <0550> thought <05869> it hard <06381>

for him to do <06213> any <03972> thing to her.

3 But Amnon <0550> had a friend <07453>, whose name <08034>

[was] Jonadab <03122>, the son <01121> of Shimeah <08093>

David's <01732> brother <0251>: and Jonadab <03122> [was] a very

<03966> subtil <02450> man <0376>.

4 And he said <0559> unto him, Why <04069> [art] thou, [being]

the king's <04428> son <01121>, lean <01800> from day <01242> to

day <01242>? wilt thou not tell <05046> me? And Amnon <0550>

said <0559> unto him, I love <0157> Tamar <08559>, my brother

<0251> Absalom's <053> sister <0269>.

5 And Jonadab <03122> said <0559> unto him, Lay <07901> thee

down <07901> on <05921> thy bed <04904>, and make thyself sick

<02470>: and when thy father <01> cometh <0935> to see <07200>

thee, say <0559> unto him, I pray <04994> thee, let my sister

<0269> Tamar <08559> come <0935>, and give <01262> me meat

<03899>, and dress <06213> the meat <01279> in my sight <05869>,

that I may see <07200> [it], and eat <0398> [it] at her hand

<03027>.

6 So Amnon <0550> lay <07901> down <07901>, and made himself

sick <02470>: and when the king <04428> was come <0935> to see

<07200> him, Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, I

pray <04994> thee, let Tamar <08559> my sister <0269> come

<0935>, and make <03823> me a couple <08147> of cakes <03834> in

my sight <05869>, that I may eat <01262> at her hand <03027>.

7 Then David <01732> sent <07971> home <01004> to Tamar <08559>,

saying <0559>, Go <03212> now <04994> to thy brother <0251>

Amnon's <0550> house <01004>, and dress <06213> him meat <01279>.

8 So Tamar <08559> went <03212> to her brother <0251> Amnon's

<0550> house <01004>; and he was laid <07901> down <07901>. And

she took <03947> flour <01217>, and kneaded <03888> [it], and

made <03835> cakes <03823> in his sight <05869>, and did bake

<01310> the cakes <03834>.

9 And she took <03947> a pan <04958>, and poured <03332> [them]

out before <06440> him; but he refused <03985> to eat <0398>.

And Amnon <0550> said <0559>, Have <03318> out all <03605> men

<0376> from me. And they went <03318> out every man <0376> from

him.

10 And Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto Tamar <08559>, Bring

<0935> the meat <01279> into the chamber <02315>, that I may eat

<01262> of thine hand <03027>. And Tamar <08559> took <03947>

the cakes <03834> which <0834> she had made <06213>, and brought

<0935> [them] into the chamber <02315> to Amnon <0550> her

brother <0251>.

11 And when she had brought <05066> [them] unto him to eat

<0398>, he took hold <02388> of her, and said <0559> unto her,

Come <0935> lie <07901> with me, my sister <0269>.

12 And she answered <0559> him, Nay <0408>, my brother <0251>,

do <06213> not force <06031> me; for no <03808> such <03651>

thing <03651> ought to be done <06213> in Israel <03478>: do

<06213> not thou this <02063> folly <05039>.

13 And I, whither <0575> shall I cause my shame <02781> to go

<03212>? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one <0259> of the

fools <05036> in Israel <03478>. Now <06258> therefore, I pray

<04994> thee, speak <01696> unto the king <04428>; for he will

not withhold <04513> me from thee.

14 Howbeit he would <014> not hearken <08085> unto her voice

<06963>: but, being stronger <02388> than she, forced <06031>

her, and lay <07901> with her.

15 Then Amnon <0550> hated <08130> her exceedingly; so that the

hatred <08135> wherewith <0834> he hated <08130> her [was]

greater <01419> than the love <0160> wherewith <0834> he had

loved <0157> her. And Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto her, Arise

<06965>, be gone <03212>.

16 And she said <0559> unto him, [There is] no <0408> cause:

this <02063> evil <07451> in sending <07971> me away [is]

greater <01419> than the other <0312> that thou didst <06213>

unto me. But he would <014> not hearken <08085> unto her.

17 Then he called <07121> his servant <05288> that ministered

<08334> unto him, and said <0559>, Put <07971> now <04994> this

<02063> [woman] out from me, and bolt <05274> the door <01817>

after <0310> her.

18 And [she had] a garment <03801> of divers <06446> colours

<06446> upon her: for with such <03651> robes <04598> were the

king's <04428> daughters <01121> [that were] virgins <01330>

apparelled <03847>. Then his servant <08334> brought <03318> her

out, and bolted <05274> the door <01817> after <0310> her.

19 And Tamar <08559> put <03947> ashes <0665> on <05921> her

head <07218>, and rent <07167> her garment <03801> of divers

<06446> colours <06446> that [was] on <05921> her, and laid

<07760> her hand <03027> on <05921> her head <07218>, and went

<03212> on crying <02201>.

20 And Absalom <053> her brother <0251> said <0559> unto her,

Hath Amnon <0550> thy brother <0251> been <01961> with thee? but

hold <02790> now <06258> thy peace <02790>, my sister <0269>: he

[is] thy brother <0251>; regard <03820> not this <02063> thing

<01697>. So Tamar <08559> remained <03427> desolate <08076> in

her brother <0251> Absalom's <053> house <01004>.

21. But when king <04428> David <01732> heard <08085> of all

<03605> these <0428> things <01697>, he was very <03966> wroth

<02734>.

22 And Absalom <053> spake <01696> unto his brother Amnon

<0550> neither <03808> good <02896> nor bad <07451>: for Absalom

<053> hated <08130> Amnon <0550>, because he had forced <06031>

his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>.

23 And it came <01961> to pass after two full <03117> years

<08141>, that Absalom <053> had sheepshearers <01494> in

Baalhazor <01178>, which <0834> [is] beside <05973> Ephraim

<0669>: and Absalom <053> invited <07121> all <03605> the king's

<04428> sons <01121>.

24 And Absalom <053> came <0935> to the king <04428>, and said

<0559>, Behold <02009> now <04994>, thy servant <05650> hath

sheepshearers <01494>; let <03381> the king <04428>, I beseech

<04994> thee, and his servants <05650> go <03212> with thy

servant <05650>.

25 And the king <04428> said <0559> to Absalom <053>, Nay

<0408>, my son <01121>, let us not all <03605> now <04994> go

<03212>, lest <03808> we be chargeable <03513> unto thee. And he

pressed <06555> him: howbeit he would <014> not go <03212>, but

blessed <01288> him.

26 Then said <0559> Absalom <053>, If <03808> not, I pray

<04994> thee, let my brother <0251> Amnon <0550> go <03212> with

us. And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Why <04100>

should he go <03212> with thee?

27 But Absalom <053> pressed <06555> him, that he let Amnon

<0550> and all <03605> the king's <04428> sons <01121> go

<07971> with him.

28 Now Absalom <053> had commanded <06680> his servants <05288>,

saying <0559>, Mark <07200> ye now <04994> when Amnon's <0550>

heart <03820> is merry <02896> with wine <03196>, and when I say

<0559> unto you, Smite <05221> Amnon <0550>; then kill <04191>

him, fear <03372> not: have not I commanded <06680> you? be

courageous <02388>, and be valiant.

29 And the servants <05288> of Absalom <053> did <06213> unto

Amnon <0550> as Absalom <053> had commanded <06680>. Then all

<03605> the king's <04428> sons <01121> arose <06965>, and every

man <0376> gat <07392> him up upon his mule <06505>, and fled

<05127>.

30. And it came <01961> to pass, while they were in the way

<01870>, that tidings <08052> came <0935> to David <01732>,

saying <0559>, Absalom <053> hath slain <05221> all <03605> the

king's <04428> sons <01121>, and there is not one <0259> of them

left <03498>.

31 Then the king <04428> arose <06965>, and tare <07167> his

garments <0899>, and lay <07901> on the earth <0776>; and all

<03605> his servants <05650> stood <05324> by with their clothes

<0899> rent <07167>.

32 And Jonadab <03122>, the son <01121> of Shimeah <08093>

David's <01732> brother <0251>, answered <06030> and said <0559>,

Let not my lord <0113> suppose <0559> [that] they have slain

<04191> all <03605> the young <05288> men the king's <04428>

sons <01121>; for Amnon <0550> only <0905> is dead <04191>: for

by the appointment <06310> of Absalom <053> this hath been

<01961> determined <07760> from the day <03117> that he forced

<06031> his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>.

33 Now <06258> therefore let not my lord <0113> the king

<04428> take <07760> the thing <01697> to his heart <03820>, to

think <0559> that all <03605> the king's <04428> sons <01121>

are dead <04191>: for Amnon <0550> only <0905> is dead <04191>.

34 But Absalom <053> fled <01272>. And the young <05288> man

that kept the watch <06822> lifted <05375> up his eyes <05869>,

and looked <07200>, and, behold <02009>, there came <01980> much

<07227> people <05971> by the way <01870> of the hill <02022>

side <06654> behind <0310> him.

35 And Jonadab <03122> said <0559> unto the king <04428>,

Behold <02009>, the king's <04428> sons <01121> come <0935>: as

thy servant <05650> said <01697>, so <03651> it is.

36 And it came <01961> to pass, as soon as he had made an end

<03615> of speaking <01696>, that, behold <02009>, the king's

<04428> sons <01121> came <0935>, and lifted <05375> up their

voice <06963> and wept <01058>: and the king <04428> also

<01571> and all <03605> his servants <05650> wept <01058> very

<03966> sore <01419>.

37 But Absalom <053> fled <01272>, and went <03212> to Talmai

<08526>, the son <01121> of Ammihud <05989>, king <04428> of

Geshur <01650>. And [David] mourned <056> for his son <01121>

every <03605> day <03117>.

38 So Absalom <053> fled <01272>, and went <03212> to Geshur

<01650>, and was there <08033> three <07969> years <08141>.

39 And [the soul of] king <04428> David <01732> longed <03615>

to go <03318> forth <03318> unto Absalom <053>: for he was

comforted <05162> concerning <05921> Amnon <0550>, seeing he was

dead <04191>.

2Samuel 14

1. Now Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>

perceived <03045> that the king's <04428> heart <03820> [was]

toward <05921> Absalom <053>.

2 And Joab <03097> sent <07971> to Tekoah <08620>, and fetched

<03947> thence <08033> a wise <02450> woman <0802>, and said

<0559> unto her, I pray <04994> thee, feign thyself to be a

mourner <056>, and put <03847> on now <04994> mourning <060>

apparel <0899>, and anoint <05480> not thyself with oil <08081>,

but be as a woman <0802> that had a long <07227> time <03117>

mourned <056> for the dead <04191>:

3 And come <0935> to the king <04428>, and speak <01696> on

this <02088> manner <01697> unto him. So Joab <03097> put

<07760> the words <01697> in her mouth <06310>.

4 And when the woman <0802> of Tekoah <08621> spake <0559> to

the king <04428>, she fell <05307> on <05921> her face <0639> to

the ground <0776>, and did obeisance <07812>, and said <0559>,

Help <03467>, O king <04428>.

5 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto her, What <04100>

aileth thee? And she answered <0559>, I [am] indeed <061> a

widow <0490> woman <0802>, and mine husband <0376> is dead

<04191>.

6 And thy handmaid <08198> had two <08147> sons <01121>, and

they two <08147> strove <05327> together in the field <07704>,

and [there was] none <0369> to part <05337> them, but the one

<0259> smote <05221> the other <0259>, and slew <04191> him.

7 And, behold <02009>, the whole <03605> family <04940> is

risen <06965> against <05921> thine handmaid <08198>, and they

said <0559>, Deliver <05414> him that smote <05221> his brother

<0251>, that we may kill <04191> him, for the life <05315> of

his brother <0251> whom <0834> he slew <02026>; and we will

destroy <08045> the heir <03423> also <01571>: and so they shall

quench <03518> my coal <01513> which <0834> is left <07604>, and

shall not leave <07604> to my husband <0376> [neither <01115>]

name <08034> nor remainder <07611> upon the earth <0127>.

8 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto the woman <0802>, Go

<03212> to thine house <01004>, and I will give charge <06680>

concerning <05921> thee.

9 And the woman <0802> of Tekoah <08621> said <0559> unto the

king <04428>, My lord <0113>, O king <04428>, the iniquity

<05771> [be] on <05921> me, and on <05921> my father's <01>

house <01004>: and the king <04428> and his throne <03678> [be]

guiltless <05355>.

10 And the king <04428> said <0559>, Whosoever saith <01696>

[ought] unto thee, bring <0935> him to me, and he shall not

touch <05060> thee any more.

11 Then said <0559> she, I pray <04994> thee, let the king

<04428> remember <02142> the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, that

thou wouldest not suffer the revengers <01350> of blood <01818>

to destroy <07843> any more <07235>, lest they destroy <08045>

my son <01121>. And he said <0559>, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth

<02416>, there shall not one hair <08185> of thy son <01121>

fall <05307> to the earth <0776>.

12 Then the woman <0802> said <0559>, Let thine handmaid

<08198>, I pray <04994> thee, speak <01696> [one] word <01697>

unto my lord <0113> the king <04428>. And he said <0559>, Say

<01696> on.

13 And the woman <0802> said <0559>, Wherefore <04100> then

hast thou thought <02803> such <02063> a thing against <05921>

the people <05971> of God <0430>? for the king <04428> doth

speak <01696> this <02088> thing <01697> as one which is faulty

<0818>, in that the king <04428> doth not fetch <07725> home

<07725> again <07725> his banished <05080>.

14 For we must needs die <04191>, and [are] as water <04325>

spilt <05064> on the ground <0776>, which <0834> cannot <03808>

be gathered <0622> up again; neither <03808> doth God <0430>

respect <05375> [any] person <05315>: yet doth he devise <02803>

means <04284>, that his banished <05080> be not expelled <05080>

from him.

15 Now <06258> therefore that I am come <0935> to speak <01696>

of this <02088> thing <01697> unto my lord <0113> the king

<04428>, [it is] because <03588> the people <05971> have made me

afraid <03372>: and thy handmaid <08198> said <0559>, I will now

<04994> speak <01696> unto the king <04428>; it may be that the

king <04428> will perform <06213> the request <01697> of his

handmaid <0519>.

16 For the king <04428> will hear <08085>, to deliver <05337>

his handmaid <0519> out of the hand <03709> of the man <0376>

[that would] destroy <08045> me and my son <01121> together

<03162> out of the inheritance <05159> of God <0430>.

17 Then thine handmaid <08198> said <0559>, The word <01697> of

my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall now <04994> be comfortable

<04496>: for as an angel <04397> of God <0430>, so <03651> [is]

my lord <0113> the king <04428> to discern <08085> good <02896>

and bad <07451>: therefore the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> will

be with thee.

18 Then the king <04428> answered <06030> and said <0559> unto

the woman <0802>, Hide <03582> not from me, I pray <04994> thee,

the thing <01697> that I shall ask <07592> thee. And the woman

<0802> said <0559>, Let my lord <0113> the king <04428> now

<04994> speak <01696>.

19 And the king <04428> said <0559>, [Is not] the hand <03027>

of Joab <03097> with thee in all <03605> this <02063>? And the

woman <0802> answered <06030> and said <0559>, [As] thy soul

<05315> liveth <02416>, my lord <0113> the king <04428>, none

<0376> can turn to the right <03231> hand or to the left <08041>

from ought that my lord <0113> the king <04428> hath spoken

<01696>: for thy servant <05650> Joab <03097>, he bade <06680>

me, and he put <07760> all <03605> these <0428> words <01697> in

the mouth <06310> of thine handmaid <08198>:

20 To fetch <05437> about <05437> this form <06440> of speech

<01697> hath thy servant <05650> Joab <03097> done <06213> this

<02088> thing <01697>: and my lord <0113> [is] wise <02450>,

according to the wisdom <02451> of an angel <04397> of God

<0430>, to know <03045> all <03605> [things] that [are] in the

earth <0776>.

21. And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Joab <03097>, Behold

<02009> now <04994>, I have done <06213> this <02088> thing

<01697>: go <03212> therefore, bring <07725> the young <05288>

man Absalom <053> again <07725>.

22 And Joab <03097> fell <05307> to the ground <0776> on <0413>

his face <06440>, and bowed <07812> himself, and thanked <01288>

the king <04428>: and Joab <03097> said <0559>, To day thy

servant <05650> knoweth <03045> that I have found <04672> grace

<02580> in thy sight <05869>, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>, in

that the king <04428> hath fulfilled <06213> the request <01697>

of his servant <05650>.

23 So Joab <03097> arose <06965> and went <03212> to Geshur

<01650>, and brought <0935> Absalom <053> to Jerusalem <03389>.

24 And the king <04428> said <0559>, Let him turn <05437> to

his own house <01004>, and let him not see <07200> my face

<06440>. So <03651> Absalom <053> returned <05437> to his own

house <01004>, and saw <07200> not the king's <04428> face

<06440>.

25 But in all <03605> Israel <03478> there was none to be so

much <03966> praised <01984> as Absalom <053> for his beauty

<03308>: from the sole <03709> of his foot <07272> even to the

crown <06936> of his head <06936> there was no <03808> blemish

<03971> in him.

26 And when he polled <01548> his head <07218>, (for it was at

every year's <03117> end <07093> that he polled <01548> [it]:

because <03588> [the hair] was heavy <03513> on <05921> him,

therefore he polled <01548> it:) he weighed <08254> the hair

<08181> of his head <07218> at two <08147> hundred <03967>

shekels <08255> after the king's <04428> weight <068>.

27 And unto Absalom <053> there were born <03205> three <07969>

sons <01121>, and one <0259> daughter <01323>, whose name

<08034> [was] Tamar <08559>: she was a woman <0802> of a fair

<03303> countenance <04758>.

28. So Absalom <053> dwelt <03427> two full <03117> years

<08141> in Jerusalem <03389>, and saw <07200> not the king's

<04428> face <06440>.

29 Therefore Absalom <053> sent <07971> for Joab <03097>, to

have sent him to the king <04428>; but he would <014> not come

<0935> to him: and when he sent <07971> again <05750> the second

<08145> time, he would <014> not come <0935>.

30 Therefore he said <0559> unto his servants <05650>, See

<07200>, Joab's <03097> field <02513> is near <0413> mine

<03027>, and he hath barley <08184> there <08033>; go <03212>

and set it on fire <0784>. And Absalom's <053> servants <05650>

set the field <02513> on fire <0784>.

31 Then Joab <03097> arose <06965>, and came <0935> to Absalom

<053> unto [his] house <01004>, and said <0559> unto him,

Wherefore <04100> have thy servants <05650> set my field <02513>

on fire <0784>?

32 And Absalom <053> answered <0559> Joab <03097>, Behold

<02009>, I sent <07971> unto thee, saying <0559>, Come <0935>

hither, that I may send <07971> thee to the king <04428>, to say

<0559>, Wherefore <04100> am I come <0935> from Geshur <01650>?

[it had been] good <02896> for me [to have been] there <08033>

still: now <06258> therefore let me see <07200> the king's

<04428> face <06440>; and if <0518> there be [any] iniquity

<05771> in me, let him kill <04191> me.

33 So Joab <03097> came <0935> to the king <04428>, and told

<05046> him: and when he had called <07121> for Absalom <053>,

he came <0935> to the king <04428>, and bowed <07812> himself on

<05921> his face <0639> to the ground <0776> before <06440> the

king <04428>: and the king <04428> kissed <05401> Absalom <053>.

2Samuel 15

1. And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this <03651>, that

Absalom <053> prepared <06213> him chariots <04818> and horses

<05483>, and fifty <02572> men <0376> to run <07323> before

<06440> him.

2 And Absalom <053> rose <07925> up early <07925>, and stood

beside the way <01870> of the gate <08179>: and it was [so],

that when any <03605> man <0376> that had <01961> a controversy

<07379> came <0935> to the king <04428> for judgment <04941>,

then Absalom <053> called <07121> unto him, and said <0559>, Of

what <04310> city <05892> [art] thou? And he said <0559>, Thy

servant <05650> [is] of one <0259> of the tribes <07626> of

Israel <03478>.

3 And Absalom <053> said <0559> unto him, See <07200>, thy

matters <01697> [are] good <02896> and right <05228>; but [there

is] no <0369> man [deputed] of the king <04428> to hear <08085>

thee.

4 Absalom <053> said <0559> moreover, Oh that I were made

<07760> judge <08199> in the land <0776>, that every <03605> man

<0376> which <0834> hath any suit <07379> or cause <04941> might

come <0935> unto me, and I would do him justice <06663>!

5 And it was [so], that when any man <0376> came <07126> nigh

<07126> [to him] to do him obeisance <07812>, he put <07971>

forth <07971> his hand <03027>, and took <02388> him, and kissed

<05401> him.

6 And on this <02088> manner <01697> did <06213> Absalom <053>

to all <03605> Israel <03478> that came <0935> to the king

<04428> for judgment <04941>: so Absalom <053> stole <01589> the

hearts <03820> of the men <0582> of Israel <03478>.

7. And it came <01961> to pass after <07093> forty <0705> years

<08141>, that Absalom <053> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, I

pray <04994> thee, let me go <03212> and pay <07999> my vow

<05088>, which <0834> I have vowed <05087> unto the LORD <03068>,

in Hebron <02275>.

8 For thy servant <05650> vowed <05087> a vow <05088> while I

abode <03427> at Geshur <01650> in Syria <0758>, saying <0559>,

If <0518> the LORD <03068> shall bring <07725> me again <07725>

indeed to Jerusalem <03389>, then I will serve <05647> the LORD

<03068>.

9 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Go <03212> in

peace <07965>. So he arose <06965>, and went <03212> to Hebron

<02275>.

10 But Absalom <053> sent <07971> spies <07270> throughout all

<03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>, As

soon as ye hear <08085> the sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>,

then ye shall say <0559>, Absalom <053> reigneth <04427> in

Hebron <02275>.

11 And with Absalom <053> went <01980> two hundred <03967> men

<0376> out of Jerusalem <03389>, [that were] called <07121>; and

they went <01980> in their simplicity <08537>, and they knew

<03045> not any <03605> thing <01697>.

12 And Absalom <053> sent <07971> for Ahithophel <0302> the

Gilonite <01526>, David's <01732> counsellor <03289>, from his

city <05892>, [even] from Giloh <01542>, while he offered

<02076> sacrifices <02077>. And the conspiracy <07195> was

strong <0533>; for the people <05971> increased <07227>

continually <01980> with Absalom <053>.

13. And there came <0935> a messenger <05046> to David <01732>,

saying <0559>, The hearts <03820> of the men <0376> of Israel

<03478> are after <0310> Absalom <053>.

14 And David <01732> said <0559> unto all <03605> his servants

<05650> that [were] with him at Jerusalem <03389>, Arise <06965>,

and let us flee <01227>; for we shall not [else] escape <06413>

from Absalom <053>: make speed <04116> to depart <03212>, lest

<06435> he overtake <05381> us suddenly <04116>, and bring

<05080> evil <07451> upon us, and smite <05221> the city <05892>

with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>.

15 And the king's <04428> servants <05650> said <0559> unto the

king <04428>, Behold <02009>, thy servants <05650> [are ready to

do] whatsoever my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall appoint

<0977>.

16 And the king <04428> went <03318> forth <03318>, and all

<03605> his household <01004> after <07272> him. And the king

<04428> left <05800> ten <06235> women <0802>, [which were]

concubines <06370>, to keep <08104> the house <01004>.

17 And the king <04428> went <03318> forth <03318>, and all

<03605> the people <05971> after <07272> him, and tarried

<05975> in a place <01004> that was far <04801> off.

18 And all <03605> his servants <05650> passed <05674> on

beside him; and all <03605> the Cherethites <03774>, and all

<03605> the Pelethites <06432>, and all <03605> the Gittites

<01663>, six <08337> hundred <03967> men <0376> which <0834>

came <0935> after <07272> him from Gath <01661>, passed <05674>

on before the king <04428>.

19 Then said <0559> the king <04428> to Ittai <0863> the

Gittite <01663>, Wherefore <04100> goest <03212> thou also

<01571> with us? return <07725> to thy place <04725>, and abide

<03427> with the king <04428>: for thou [art] a stranger <05237>,

and also <01571> an exile <01540>.

20 Whereas thou camest <0935> [but] yesterday <08543>, should I

this day <03117> make thee go <03212> up and down <05128> with

us? seeing I go <01980> whither I may, return <07725> thou, and

take back <07725> thy brethren <0251>: mercy <02617> and truth

<0571> [be] with thee.

21 And Ittai <0863> answered <06030> the king <04428>, and said

<0559>, [As] the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, and [as] my lord

<0113> the king <04428> liveth <02416>, surely <03588> in what

<0834> place <04725> my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall be,

whether <0518> in death <04194> or life <02416>, even <03588>

there <08033> also will thy servant <05650> be.

22 And David <01732> said <0559> to Ittai <0863>, Go <03212>

and pass <05674> over <05674>. And Ittai <0863> the Gittite

<01663> passed <05674> over <05674>, and all <03605> his men

<0582>, and all <03605> the little <02945> ones that [were] with

him.

23 And all <03605> the country <0776> wept <01058> with a loud

<01419> voice <06963>, and all <03605> the people <05971> passed

<05674> over <05674>: the king <04428> also himself passed

<05674> over <05674> the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>, and all

<03605> the people <05971> passed <05674> over <05674>, toward

the way <01870> of the wilderness <04057>.

24. And lo <02009> Zadok <06659> also <01571>, and all <03605>

the Levites <03881> [were] with him, bearing <05375> the ark

<0727> of the covenant <01285> of God <0430>: and they set

<03332> down <03332> the ark <0727> of God <0430>; and Abiathar

<054> went <05927> up, until <05704> all <03605> the people

<05971> had done <06213> passing <05674> out of the city <05892>.

25 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Zadok <06659>, Carry

<07725> back <07725> the ark <0727> of God <0430> into the city

<05892>: if I shall find <04672> favour <02580> in the eyes

<05869> of the LORD <03068>, he will bring <07725> me again

<07725>, and shew <07200> me [both] it, and his habitation

<05116>:

26 But if <0518> he thus <03541> say <0559>, I have no <03808>

delight <02654> in thee; behold <02005>, [here am] I, let him do

<06213> to me as seemeth <05869> good <02896> unto him.

27 The king <04428> said <0559> also unto Zadok <06659> the

priest <03548>, [Art not] thou a seer <07200>? return <07725>

into the city <05892> in peace <07965>, and your two <08147>

sons <01121> with you, Ahimaaz <0290> thy son <01121>, and

Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Abiathar <054>.

28 See <07200>, I will tarry <04102> in the plain <06160> of

the wilderness <04057>, until <05704> there come <0935> word

<01697> from you to certify <05046> me.

29 Zadok <06659> therefore and Abiathar <054> carried <07725>

the ark <0727> of God <0430> again <07725> to Jerusalem <03389>:

and they tarried <03427> there <08033>.

30 And David <01732> went <05927> up by the ascent <04608> of

[mount] Olivet <02132>, and wept <01058> as he went <05927> up,

and had his head <07218> covered <02645>, and he went <01980>

barefoot <03182>: and all <03605> the people <05971> that [was]

with him covered <02645> every man <0376> his head <07218>, and

they went <05927> up, weeping <01058> as they went <05927> up.

31. And [one] told <05046> David <01732>, saying <0559>,

Ahithophel <0302> [is] among the conspirators <07194> with

Absalom <053>. And David <01732> said <0559>, O LORD <03068>, I

pray <04994> thee, turn the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>

into foolishness <05528>.

32 And it came <01961> to pass, that [when] David <01732> was

come <0935> to the top <07218> [of the mount], where he

worshipped <07812> God <0430>, behold <02009>, Hushai <02365>

the Archite <0757> came to meet <07125> him with his coat

<03801> rent <07167>, and earth <0127> upon his head <07218>:

33 Unto whom David <01732> said <0559>, If <0518> thou passest

<05674> on with me, then thou shalt be a burden <04853> unto me:

34 But if <0518> thou return <07725> to the city <05892>, and

say <0559> unto Absalom <053>, I will be thy servant <05650>, O

king <04428>; [as] I [have been <01961>] thy father's <01>

servant <05650> hitherto <0227>, so [will] I now <06258> also

[be] thy servant <05650>: then mayest thou for me defeat <06565>

the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>.

35 And [hast thou] not there <08033> with thee Zadok <06659>

and Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>? therefore it shall be,

[that] what <03605> thing <01697> soever <0834> thou shalt hear

<08085> out of the king's <04428> house <01004>, thou shalt tell

<05046> [it] to Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> the priests

<03548>.

36 Behold <02009>, [they have] there <08033> with them their

two <08147> sons <01121>, Ahimaaz <0290> Zadok's [son], and

Jonathan <03083> Abiathar's <054> [son]; and by them ye shall

send <07971> unto me every <03605> thing <01697> that ye can

hear <08085>.

37 So Hushai <02365> David's <01732> friend <07463> came <0935>

into the city <05892>, and Absalom <053> came <0935> into

Jerusalem <03389>.

2Samuel 16

1. And when David <01732> was a little <04592> past <05674> the

top <07218> [of the hill], behold <02009>, Ziba <06717> the

servant <05288> of Mephibosheth <04648> met <07135> him, with a

couple <06776> of asses <02543> saddled <02280>, and upon them

two hundred <03967> [loaves] of bread <03899>, and an hundred

<03967> bunches <06778> of raisins <06778>, and an hundred

<03967> of summer <07019> fruits, and a bottle <05035> of wine

<03196>.

2 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Ziba <06717>, What

<04100> meanest thou by these <0428>? And Ziba <06717> said

<0559>, The asses <02543> [be] for the king's <04428> household

<01004> to ride <07392> on; and the bread <03899> and summer

<07019> fruit for the young <05288> men to eat <0398>; and the

wine <03196>, that such as be faint <03287> in the wilderness

<04057> may drink <08354>.

3 And the king <04428> said <0559>, And where <0346> [is] thy

master's <0113> son <01121>? And Ziba <06717> said <0559> unto

the king <04428>, Behold <02009>, he abideth <03427> at

Jerusalem <03389>: for he said <0559>, To day shall the house

<01004> of Israel <03478> restore <07725> me the kingdom <04468>

of my father <01>.

4 Then said <0559> the king <04428> to Ziba <06717>, Behold

<02009>, thine [are] all <03605> that [pertained] unto

Mephibosheth <04648>. And Ziba <06717> said <0559>, I humbly

<07812> beseech thee [that] I may find <04672> grace <02580> in

thy sight <05869>, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>.

5. And when king <04428> David <01732> came <0935> to Bahurim

<0980>, behold <02009>, thence <08033> came <03318> out a man

<0376> of the family <04940> of the house <01004> of Saul

<07586>, whose name <08034> [was] Shimei <08096>, the son

<01121> of Gera <01617>: he came <03318> forth <03318>, and

cursed <07043> still as he came <03318>.

6 And he cast <05619> stones <068> at David <01732>, and at all

<03605> the servants <05650> of king <04428> David <01732>: and

all <03605> the people <05971> and all <03605> the mighty

<01368> men [were] on his right <03225> hand and on his left

<08040>.

7 And thus <03541> said <0559> Shimei <08096> when he cursed

<07043>, Come <03318> out, come <03318> out, thou bloody <01818>

man <0376>, and thou man <0376> of Belial <01100>:

8 The LORD <03068> hath returned <07725> upon thee all <03605>

the blood <01818> of the house <01004> of Saul <07586>, in whose

<0834> stead <08478> thou hast reigned <04427>; and the LORD

<03068> hath delivered <05414> the kingdom <04410> into the hand

<03027> of Absalom <053> thy son <01121>: and, behold <02009>,

thou [art taken] in thy mischief <07451>, because <03588> thou

[art] a bloody <01818> man <0376>.

9 Then said <0559> Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah

<06870> unto the king <04428>, Why <04100> should this <02088>

dead <04191> dog <03611> curse <07043> my lord <0113> the king

<04428>? let me go <05674> over <05674>, I pray <04994> thee,

and take <05493> off his head <07218>.

10 And the king <04428> said <0559>, What <04100> have I to do

with you, ye sons <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>? so <03588> let him

curse <07043>, because <03588> the LORD <03068> hath said <0559>

unto him, Curse <07043> David <01732>. Who <04310> shall then

say <0559>, Wherefore <04069> hast thou done <06213> so <03651>?

11 And David <01732> said <0559> to Abishai <052>, and to all

<03605> his servants <05650>, Behold <02009>, my son <01121>,

which <0834> came <03318> forth <03318> of my bowels <04578>,

seeketh <01245> my life <05315>: how <0637> much <0637> more now

<06258> [may this] Benjamite <01145> [do it]? let <03240> him

alone, and let <03240> him curse <07043>; for the LORD <03068>

hath bidden <0559> him.

12 It may be that the LORD <03068> will look <07200> on mine

affliction <06040>, and that the LORD <03068> will requite

<07725> me good <02896> for his cursing <07045> this <02088> day

<03117>.

13 And as David <01732> and his men <0582> went <03212> by the

way <01870>, Shimei <08096> went <03212> along on the hill's

<02022> side <06763> over <05980> against <05980> him, and

cursed <07043> as he went <01980>, and threw <05619> stones

<068> at <05980> him, and cast <06080> dust <06083>.

14 And the king <04428>, and all <03605> the people <05971>

that [were] with him, came <0935> weary <05889>, and refreshed

<05314> themselves there <08033>.

15. And Absalom <053>, and all <03605> the people <05971> the

men <0376> of Israel <03478>, came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389>,

and Ahithophel <0302> with him.

16 And it came <01961> to pass, when <0834> Hushai <02365> the

Archite <0757>, David's <01732> friend <07463>, was come <0935>

unto Absalom <053>, that Hushai <02365> said <0559> unto Absalom

<053>, God save <02421> the king <04428>, God save <02421> the

king <04428>. 17 And Absalom <053> said <0559> to Hushai <02365>,

[Is] this <02088> thy kindness <02617> to thy friend <07453>?

why <04100> wentest <01980> thou not with thy friend <07453>?

18 And Hushai <02365> said <0559> unto Absalom <053>, Nay

<03808>; but whom <0834> the LORD <03068>, and this <02088>

people <05971>, and all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel <03478>,

choose <0977>, his will I be, and with him will I abide <03427>.

19 And again <08145>, whom <04310> should I serve <05647>?

[should I] not [serve <05647>] in the presence <06440> of his

son <01121>? as I have served <05647> in thy father's <01>

presence <06440>, so <03651> will I be in thy presence <06440>.

20 Then said <0559> Absalom <053> to Ahithophel <0302>, Give

<03051> counsel <06098> among you what <04100> we shall do

<06213>.

21 And Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> unto Absalom <053>, Go

<0935> in unto thy father's <01> concubines <06370>, which

<0834> he hath left <03240> to keep <08104> the house <01004>;

and all <03605> Israel <03478> shall hear <08085> that thou art

abhorred <0887> of thy father <01>: then shall the hands <03027>

of all <03605> that [are] with thee be strong <02388>.

22 So they spread <05186> Absalom <053> a tent <0168> upon the

top <01406> of the house <01004>; and Absalom <053> went <0935>

in unto his father's <01> concubines <06370> in the sight

<05869> of all <03605> Israel <03478>.

23 And the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>, which <0834>

he counselled <03289> in those <01992> days <03117>, [was] as if

a man <0376> had enquired <07592> at the oracle <01697> of God

<0430>: so <03651> [was] all <03605> the counsel <06098> of

Ahithophel <0302> both <01571> with David <01732> and with

Absalom <053>.

2Samuel 17

1. Moreover Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> unto Absalom <053>,

Let me now <04994> choose <0977> out twelve thousand <0505> men

<0376>, and I will arise <06965> and pursue <07291> after <0310>

David <01732> this night <03915>:

2 And I will come <0935> upon him while he [is] weary <03023>

and weak <07504> handed <03027>, and will make him afraid

<02729>: and all <03605> the people <05971> that [are] with him

shall flee <05127>; and I will smite <05221> the king <04428>

only <0905>:

3 And I will bring <07725> back <07725> all <03605> the people

<05971> unto thee: the man <0376> whom <0834> thou seekest

<01245> [is] as if all <03605> returned <07725>: [so] all

<03605> the people <05971> shall be in peace <07965>.

4 And the saying <01697> pleased Absalom <053> well, and all

<03605> the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>.

5 Then said <0559> Absalom <053>, Call <07121> now <04994>

Hushai <02365> the Archite <0757> also <01571>, and let us hear

<08085> likewise <01571> what <04100> he saith <06310>.

6 And when Hushai <02365> was come <0935> to Absalom <053>,

Absalom <053> spake <0559> unto him, saying <0559>, Ahithophel

<0302> hath spoken <01696> after this <02088> manner <01697>:

shall we do <06213> [after] his saying <01697>? if <0518> not;

speak <01696> thou.

7 And Hushai <02365> said <0559> unto Absalom <053>, The

counsel <06098> that Ahithophel <0302> hath given <03289> [is]

not good <02896> at this <02063> time <06471>.

8 For, said <0559> Hushai <02365>, thou knowest <03045> thy

father <01> and his men <0582>, that they [be] mighty <01368>

men, and they [be] chafed <04751> in their minds <05315>, as a

bear <01677> robbed <07909> of her whelps in the field <07704>:

and thy father <01> [is] a man <0376> of war <04421>, and will

not lodge <03885> with the people <05971>.

9 Behold <02009>, he is hid <02244> now <06258> in some <0259>

pit <06354>, or <0176> in some <0259> [other] place <04725>: and

it will come <01961> to pass, when some <0259> of them be

overthrown <05307> at the first <08462>, that whosoever heareth

<08085> it will say <0559>, There is a slaughter <04046> among

the people <05971> that follow <0310> Absalom <053>.

10 And he also <01571> [that is] valiant, whose <0834> heart

<03820> [is] as the heart <03820> of a lion <0738>, shall

utterly melt <04549>: for all <03605> Israel <03478> knoweth

<03045> that thy father <01> [is] a mighty <01368> man, and

[they] which <0834> [be] with him [are] valiant <02428> men

<01121>.

11 Therefore I counsel <03289> that all <03605> Israel <03478>

be generally gathered <0622> unto thee, from Dan <01835> even to

Beersheba <0884>, as the sand <02344> that [is] by the sea

<03220> for multitude <07230>; and that thou go <01980> to

battle <07128> in thine own person <06440>.

12 So shall we come <0935> upon him in some <0259> place

<04725> where he shall be found <04672>, and we will light

<05117> upon him as the dew <02919> falleth <05307> on <05921>

the ground <0127>: and of him and of all <03605> the men <0582>

that [are] with him there shall not be left <03498> so <01571

much <01571> as one <0259>.

13 Moreover <0518>, if <0518> he be gotten <0622> into <0413> a

city <05892>, then shall all <03605> Israel <03478> bring

<05375> ropes <02256> to that city <05892>, and we will draw

<05498> it into <05704> the river <05158>, until there be not

one <01571> small <01571> stone <06872> found there <08033>. 14

And Absalom <053> and all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel

<03478> said <0559>, The counsel <06098> of Hushai <02365> the

Archite <0757> [is] better <02896> than the counsel <06098> of

Ahithophel <0302>. For the LORD <03068> had appointed <06680> to

defeat <06565> the good <02896> counsel <06098> of Ahithophel

<0302>, to the intent <05668> that the LORD <03068> might bring

<0935> evil <07451> upon Absalom <053>.

15. Then said <0559> Hushai <02365> unto Zadok <06659> and to

Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>, Thus <02063> and thus

<02063> did Ahithophel <0302> counsel <03289> Absalom <053> and

the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>; and thus <02063> and thus

<02063> have I counselled <03289>.

16 Now <06258> therefore send <07971> quickly <04120>, and tell

<05046> David <01732>, saying <0559>, Lodge <03885> not this

night <03915> in the plains <06160> of the wilderness <04057>,

but speedily <05674> pass <05674> over <05674>; lest <06435> the

king <04428> be swallowed <01104> up, and all <03605> the people

<05971> that [are] with him.

17 Now Jonathan <03083> and Ahimaaz <0290> stayed <05975> by

Enrogel <05883>; for they might <03201> not be seen <07200> to

come <0935> into the city <05892>: and a wench <08198> went

<0980> and told <05046> them; and they went <03212> and told

<05046> king <04428> David <01732>.

18 Nevertheless a lad <05288> saw <07200> them, and told

<05046> Absalom <053>: but they went <03212> both <08147> of

them away quickly <04120>, and came <0935> to a man's <0376>

house <01004> in Bahurim <0980>, which had a well <0375> in his

court <02691>; whither <08033> they went <03381> down <03381>.

19 And the woman <0802> took <03947> and spread <06566> a

covering <04539> over <05921> the well's <0875> mouth <06310>,

and spread <07849> ground <07383> corn <07383> thereon <05921>;

and the thing <01697> was not known <03045>.

20 And when Absalom's <053> servants <05650> came <0935> to the

woman <0802> to the house <01004>, they said <0559>, Where

<0346> [is] Ahimaaz <0290> and Jonathan <03083>? And the woman

<0802> said <0559> unto them, They be gone <05674> over <05674>

the brook <04323> of water <04325>. And when they had sought

<01245> and could not find <04672> [them], they returned <07725>

to Jerusalem <03389>.

21 And it came <01961> to pass, after <0310> they were departed

<03212>, that they came <05927> up out of the well <0375>, and

went <03212> and told <05046> king <04428> David <01732>, and

said <0559> unto David <01732>, Arise <06965>, and pass <05674>

quickly <04120> over <05674> the water <04325>: for thus <03602>

hath Ahithophel <0302> counselled <03289> against <05921> you.

22. Then David <01732> arose <06965>, and all <03605> the

people <05971> that [were] with him, and they passed <05674>

over <05674> Jordan <03383>: by the morning <01242> light <0216>

there lacked <05737> not one <0259> of them that was not gone

<05674> over <05674> Jordan <03383>.

23 And when Ahithophel <0302> saw <07200> that his counsel

<06098> was not followed <06213>, he saddled <02280> [his] ass

<02543>, and arose <06965>, and gat <03212> him home <01004> to

his house <01004>, to his city <05892>, and put his household

<01004> in order <06680>, and hanged <02614> himself, and died

<04191>, and was buried <06912> in the sepulchre <06913> of his

father <01>. 24 Then David <01732> came <0935> to Mahanaim

<04266>. And Absalom <053> passed <05674> over <05674> Jordan

<03383>, he and all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel <03478>

with him.

25 And Absalom <053> made <07760> Amasa <06021> captain <05921>

of the host <06635> instead <08478> of Joab <03097>: which Amasa

<06021> [was] a man's <0376> son <01121>, whose name <08034>

[was] Ithra <03501> an Israelite <03481>, that went <0935> in to

Abigail <026> the daughter <01323> of Nahash <05176>, sister

<0269> to Zeruiah <06870> Joab's <03097> mother <0517>.

26 So Israel <03478> and Absalom <053> pitched <02583> in the

land <0776> of Gilead <01568>.

27 And it came <01961> to pass, when David <01732> was come

<0935> to Mahanaim <04266>, that Shobi <07629> the son <01121>

of Nahash <05176> of Rabbah <07237> of the children <01121> of

Ammon <05983>, and Machir <04353> the son <01121> of Ammiel

<05988> of Lodebar <03810>, and Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite

<01569> of Rogelim <07274>,

28 Brought <05066> beds <04904>, and basons <05592>, and

earthen <03335> vessels <03627>, and wheat <02406>, and barley

<08184>, and flour <07058>, and parched <07039> [corn], and

beans <06321>, and lentiles <05742>, and parched <07039> [pulse],

29 And honey <01706>, and butter <02529>, and sheep <06629>,

and cheese <08194> of kine <01241>, for David <01732>, and for

the people <05971> that [were] with him, to eat <0398>: for they

said <0559>, The people <05971> [is] hungry <07456>, and weary

<05889>, and thirsty <06771>, in the wilderness <04057>.

2Samuel 18

1. And David <01732> numbered <06485> the people <05971> that

[were] with him, and set <07760> captains <08269> of thousands

<0505> and captains <08269> of hundreds <03967> over <05921>

them.

2 And David <01732> sent <07971> forth a third <07992> part of

the people <05971> under the hand <03027> of Joab <03097>, and a

third <07992> part under the hand <03027> of Abishai <052> the

son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, Joab's <03097> brother <0251>,

and a third <07992> part under the hand <03027> of Ittai <0863>

the Gittite <01663>. And the king <04428> said <0559> unto the

people <05971>, I will surely go <03318> forth <03318> with you

myself <0589> also <01571>.

3 But the people <05971> answered <0559>, Thou shalt not go

<03318> forth <03318>: for if <0518> we flee <05127> away, they

will not care for us; neither <0518> if <0518> half <02677> of

us die <04191>, will they care for us: but now <06258> [thou

art] worth <03644> ten <06235> thousand <0505> of us: therefore

now <06258> [it is] better <02896> that thou succour <05826> us

out of the city <05892>.

4 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto them, What <0834>

seemeth <05869> you best <03190> I will do <06213>. And the king

<04428> stood <05975> by the gate <08179> side <03027>, and all

<03605> the people <05971> came <03318> out by hundreds <03967>

and by thousands <0505>.

5 And the king <04428> commanded <06680> Joab <03097> and

Abishai <052> and Ittai <0863>, saying <0559>, [Deal] gently

<03814> for my sake with the young <05288> man, [even] with

Absalom <053>. And all <03605> the people <05971> heard <08085>

when the king <04428> gave all <03605> the captains <08269>

charge <06680> concerning Absalom <053>.

6 So the people <05971> went <03318> out into the field <07704>

against <07125> Israel <03478>: and the battle <04421> was in

the wood <03293> of Ephraim <0669>;

7 Where <08033> the people <05971> of Israel <03478> were slain

<05062> before <06440> the servants <05650> of David <01732>,

and there <08033> was there <08033> a great <01419> slaughter

<04046> that day <03117> of twenty <06242> thousand <0505> [men].

8 For the battle <04421> was there <08033> scattered <06327>

over <05921> the face <06440> of all <03605> the country <0776>:

and the wood <03293> devoured <0398> more <07235> people <05971>

that day <03117> than the sword <02719> devoured <0398>.

9. And Absalom <053> met <07122> the servants <05650> of David

<01732>. And Absalom <053> rode <07392> upon a mule <06505>, and

the mule <06505> went <0935> under <08478> the thick boughs

<07730> of a great <01419> oak <0424>, and his head <07218>

caught <02388> hold <02388> of the oak <0424>, and he was taken

<05414> up between <0996> the heaven <08064> and the earth

<0776>; and the mule <06505> that [was] under <08478> him went

<05674> away.

10 And a certain <0259> man <0376> saw <07200> [it], and told

<05046> Joab <03097>, and said <0559>, Behold <02009>, I saw

<07200> Absalom <053> hanged <08518> in an oak <0424>.

11 And Joab <03097> said <0559> unto the man <0376> that told

<05046> him, And, behold <02009>, thou sawest <07200> [him], and

why <04069> didst thou not smite <05221> him there <08033> to

the ground <0776>? and I would have given <05414> thee ten

<06235> [shekels] of silver <03701>, and a girdle <02290>.

12 And the man <0376> said <0559> unto Joab <03097>, Though

<03863> I should receive <08254> a thousand <0505> [shekels] of

silver <03701> in mine hand <03709>, [yet] would I not put

<07971> forth <07971> mine hand <03027> against <0413> the

king's <04428> son <01121>: for in our hearing <0241> the king

<04428> charged <06680> thee and Abishai <052> and Ittai <0863>,

saying <0559>, Beware <08104> that none [touch] the young

<05288> man Absalom <053>.

13 Otherwise <0176> I should have wrought <06213> falsehood

<08267> against mine own life <05315>: for there is no <03808>

matter <01697> hid <03582> from the king <04428>, and thou

thyself <0859> wouldest have set <03320> thyself against <05048>

[me].

14 Then said <0559> Joab <03097>, I may not tarry <03176> thus

<03651> with thee. And he took <03947> three <07969> darts

<07626> in his hand <03027>, and thrust <08628> them through the

heart <03820> of Absalom <053>, while <05750> he [was] yet alive

<02416> in the midst <03820> of the oak <0424>.

15 And ten <06235> young <05288> men that bare <05375> Joab's

<03097> armour <03627> compassed <05437> about <05437> and smote

<05221> Absalom <053>, and slew <04191> him.

16 And Joab <03097> blew <08628> the trumpet <07782>, and the

people <05971> returned <07725> from pursuing <07291> after

<0310> Israel <03478>: for Joab <03097> held <02820> back

<02820> the people <05971>.

17 And they took <03947> Absalom <053>, and cast <07993> him

into <0413> a great <01419> pit <06354> in the wood <03293>, and

laid <05324> a very <03966> great <01419> heap <01530> of stones

<068> upon him: and all <03605> Israel <03478> fled <05127>

every <0376> one <0376> to his tent <0168>.

18 Now Absalom <053> in his lifetime <02416> had taken <03947>

and reared <05324> up for himself a pillar <04678>, which <0834>

[is] in the king's <04428> dale <06010>: for he said <0559>, I

have no <0369> son <01121> to keep my name <08034> in

remembrance <02142>: and he called <07121> the pillar <04678>

after <05921> his own name <08034>: and it is called <07121>

unto this <02088> day <03117>, Absalom's <053> place <03027>.

19. Then said <0559> Ahimaaz <0290> the son <01121> of Zadok

<06659>, Let me now <04994> run <07323>, and bear <01319> the

king <04428> tidings <01319>, how that the LORD <03068> hath

avenged <08199> him of his enemies <0341>.

20 And Joab <03097> said <0559> unto him, Thou shalt not bear

<01319> tidings <01309> this <02088> day <03117>, but thou shalt

bear <01319> tidings <01319> another <0312> day <03117>: but

this <02088> day <03117> thou shalt bear <01319> no <03808>

tidings <01319>, because the king's <04428> son <01121> is dead

<04191>.

21 Then said <0559> Joab <03097> to Cushi <03569>, Go <03212>

tell <05046> the king <04428> what <0834> thou hast seen <07200>.

And Cushi <03569> bowed <07812> himself unto Joab <03097>, and

ran <07323>.

22 Then said <0559> Ahimaaz <0290> the son <01121> of Zadok

<06659> yet <05750> again <03254> to Joab <03097>, But howsoever,

let me, I pray <04994> thee, also <01571> run <07323> after

<0310> Cushi <03569>. And Joab <03097> said <0559>, Wherefore

wilt thou run <07323>, my son <01121>, seeing that thou hast no

<0369> tidings <01309> ready <04672>?

23 But howsoever, [said he], let me run <07323>. And he said

<0559> unto him, Run <07323>. Then Ahimaaz <0290> ran <07323> by

the way <01870> of the plain <03603>, and overran <05674> Cushi

<03569>.

24 And David <01732> sat <03427> between <0996> the two <08147>

gates <08179>: and the watchman <06822> went <03212> up to the

roof <01406> over <0413> the gate <08179> unto the wall <02346>,

and lifted <05375> up his eyes <05869>, and looked <07200>, and

behold <02009> a man <0376> running <07323> alone <0905>.

25 And the watchman <06822> cried <07121>, and told <05046> the

king <04428>. And the king <04428> said <0559>, If <0518> he

[be] alone <0905>, [there is] tidings <01309> in his mouth

<06310>. And he came <03212> apace, and drew near <07126>.

26 And the watchman <06822> saw <07200> another <0312> man

<0376> running <07323>: and the watchman <06822> called <07121>

unto the porter <07778>, and said <0559>, Behold <02009>

[another] man <0376> running <07323> alone <0905>. And the king

<04428> said <0559>, He also <01571> bringeth <01319> tidings

<01319>.

27 And the watchman <06822> said <0559>, Me thinketh <07200>

the running <04794> of the foremost <07223> is like the running

<04794> of Ahimaaz <0290> the son <01121> of Zadok <06659>. And

the king <04428> said <0559>, He [is] a good <02896> man <0376>,

and cometh <0935> with good <02896> tidings <01309>.

28 And Ahimaaz <0290> called <07121>, and said <0559> unto the

king <04428>, All is well <07965>. And he fell <07812> down

<07821> to the earth <0776> upon his face <0639> before the king

<04428>, and said <0559>, Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD <03068>

thy God <0430>, which <0834> hath delivered <05462> up the men

<0582> that lifted <05375> up their hand <03027> against my lord

<0113> the king <04428>.

29 And the king <04428> said <0559>, Is the young <05288> man

Absalom <053> safe <07965>? And Ahimaaz <0290> answered <0559>,

When Joab <03097> sent <07971> the king's <04428> servant

<05650>, and [me] thy servant <05650>, I saw <07200> a great

<01419> tumult <01995>, but I knew <03045> not what <04100> [it

was].

30 And the king <04428> said <0559> [unto him], Turn <05437>

aside <05437>, [and] stand <03320> here <03541>. And he turned

<05437> aside <05437>, and stood <05975> still.

31 And, behold <02009>, Cushi <03569> came <0935>; and Cushi

<03569> said <0559>, Tidings <01319>, my lord <0113> the king

<04428>: for the LORD <03068> hath avenged <08199> thee this day

<03117> of all <03605> them that rose <06965> up against <05921>

thee.

32 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Cushi <03569>, Is the

young <05288> man Absalom <053> safe <07965>? And Cushi <03569>

answered <0559>, The enemies <0341> of my lord <0113> the king

<04428>, and all <03605> that rise <06965> against <05921> thee

to do [thee] hurt <07451>, be as [that] young <05288> man [is].

33 And the king <04428> was much moved <07264>, and went

<05927> up to the chamber <05944> over <05921> the gate <08179>,

and wept <01058>: and as he went <03212>, thus <03541> he said

<0559>, O my son <01121> Absalom <053>, my son <01121>, my son

<01121> Absalom <053>! would God I had died <04191> for thee, O

Absalom <053>, my son <01121>, my son <01121>!

2Samuel 19

1. And it was told <05046> Joab <03097>, Behold <02009>, the

king <04428> weepeth <01058> and mourneth <056> for Absalom

<053>.

2 And the victory <08668> that day <03117> was [turned] into

mourning <060> unto all <03605> the people <05971>: for the

people <05971> heard <08085> say <0559> that day <03117> how the

king <04428> was grieved <06087> for his son <01121>.

3 And the people <05971> gat <0935> them by stealth <01589>

that day <03117> into the city <05892>, as people <05971> being

ashamed <03637> steal <01589> away when they flee <05127> in

battle <04421>.

4 But the king <04428> covered <03813> his face <06440>, and

the king <04428> cried <02199> with a loud <01419> voice <06963>,

O my son <01121> Absalom <053>, O Absalom <053>, my son <01121>,

my son <01121>!

5 And Joab <03097> came <0935> into the house <01004> to the

king <04428>, and said <0559>, Thou hast shamed <03001> this day

<03117> the faces <06440> of all <03605> thy servants <05650>,

which this day <03117> have saved <04422> thy life <05315>, and

the lives <05315> of thy sons <01121> and of thy daughters

<01121>, and the lives <05315> of thy wives <0802>, and the

lives <05315> of thy concubines <06370>;

6 In that thou lovest <0157> thine enemies <08130>, and hatest

<08130> thy friends <0157>. For thou hast declared <05046> this

day <03117>, that thou regardest neither <0369> princes <08269>

nor servants <05650>: for this day <03117> I perceive <03045>,

that if <03863> Absalom <053> had lived <02416>, and all <03605>

we had died <04191> this day <03117>, then <0227> it had pleased

thee well.

7 Now <06258> therefore arise <06965>, go <03318> forth <03318>,

and speak <01696> comfortably unto thy servants <05650>: for I

swear <07650> by the LORD <03068>, if <03588> thou go <03318>

not forth <03318>, there will not tarry <03885> one <0376> with

thee this night <03915>: and that will be worse <07489> unto

thee than all <03605> the evil <07451> that befell <0935> thee

from thy youth <05271> until <05704> now <06258>.

8 Then the king <04428> arose <06965>, and sat <03427> in the

gate <08179>. And they told <05046> unto all <03605> the people

<05971>, saying <0559>, Behold <02009>, the king <04428> doth

sit <03427> in the gate <08179>. And all <03605> the people

<05971> came <0935> before <06440> the king <04428>: for Israel

<03478> had fled <05127> every man <0376> to his tent <0168>.

9. And all <03605> the people <05971> were at strife <01777>

throughout all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>,

saying <0559>, The king <04428> saved <05337> us out of the hand

<03709> of our enemies <0341>, and he delivered <04422> us out

of the hand <03709> of the Philistines <06430>; and now <06258>

he is fled <01272> out of the land <0776> for Absalom <053>.

10 And Absalom <053>, whom <0834> we anointed <04886> over

<05921> us, is dead <04191> in battle <04421>. Now <06258>

therefore why <04100> speak <02790> ye not a word of bringing

<07725> the king <04428> back <07725>?

11 And king <04428> David <01732> sent <07971> to Zadok <06659>

and to Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>, saying <0559>, Speak

<01696> unto the elders <02205> of Judah <03063>, saying <0559>,

Why <04100> are ye the last <0314> to bring <07725> the king

<04428> back <07725> to his house <01004>? seeing the speech

<01697> of all <03605> Israel <03478> is come <0935> to the king

<04428>, [even] to his house <01004>.

12 Ye [are] my brethren <0251>, ye [are] my bones <06106> and

my flesh <01320>: wherefore <04100> then are ye the last <0314>

to bring <07725> back <07725> the king <04428>?

13 And say <0559> ye to Amasa <06021>, [Art] thou not of my

bone <06106>, and of my flesh <01320>? God <0430> do <06213> so

<03541> to me, and more <03254> also <03541>, if <0518> thou be

not captain <08269> of the host <06635> before <06440> me

continually in the room <08478> of Joab <03097>.

14 And he bowed <05186> the heart <03824> of all <03605> the

men <0376> of Judah <03063>, even as [the heart of] one <0259>

man <0376>; so that they sent <07971> [this word] unto the king

<04428>, Return <07725> thou, and all <03605> thy servants

<05650>.

15 So the king <04428> returned <07725>, and came <0935> to

Jordan <03383>. And Judah <03063> came <0935> to Gilgal <01537>,

to go <03212> to meet <07125> the king <04428>, to conduct

<05674> the king <04428> over <05674> Jordan <03383>.

16. And Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Gera <01617>, a

Benjamite <01145>, which <0834> [was] of Bahurim <0980>, hasted

<04116> and came <03381> down <03381> with the men <0376> of

Judah <03063> to meet <07125> king <04428> David <01732>.

17 And [there were] a thousand <0505> men <0376> of Benjamin

<01144> with him, and Ziba <06717> the servant <05288> of the

house <01004> of Saul <07586>, and his fifteen <06240> sons

<01121> and his twenty <06242> servants <05650> with him; and

they went <06743> over <06743> Jordan <03383> before <06440> the

king <04428>.

18 And there went <05674> over <05674> a ferry <05679> boat

<05679> to carry <05674> over <05674> the king's <04428>

household <01004>, and to do <06213> what he thought <05869>

good <02896>. And Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Gera <01617>

fell <05307> down before <06440> the king <04428>, as he was

come <05674> over <05674> Jordan <03383>;

19 And said <0559> unto the king <04428>, Let not my lord

<0113> impute <02803> iniquity <05771> unto me, neither <0408>

do thou remember <02142> that which <0834> thy servant <05650>

did perversely <05753> the day <03117> that my lord <0113> the

king <04428> went <03318> out of Jerusalem <03389>, that the

king <04428> should take <07760> it to his heart <03820>.

20 For thy servant <05650> doth know <03045> that I have sinned

<02398>: therefore, behold <02009>, I am come <0935> the first

<07223> this day <03117> of all <03605> the house <01004> of

Joseph <03130> to go <03381> down <03381> to meet <07125> my

lord <0113> the king <04428>.

21 But Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>

answered <06030> and said <0559>, Shall not Shimei <08096> be

put to death <04191> for this <02063>, because <03588> he cursed

<07043> the LORD'S <03068> anointed <04899>?

22 And David <01732> said <0559>, What <04100> have I to do

with you, ye sons <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, that ye should

this day <03117> be adversaries <07854> unto me? shall there any

man <0376> be put to death <04191> this day <03117> in Israel

<03478>? for do not I know <03045> that I [am] this day <03117>

king <04428> over <05921> Israel <03478>?

23 Therefore the king <04428> said <0559> unto Shimei <08096>,

Thou shalt not die <04191>. And the king <04428> sware <07650>

unto him.

24. And Mephibosheth <04648> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>

came <03381> down <03381> to meet <07125> the king <04428>, and

had neither <03808> dressed <06213> his feet <07272>, nor

<03808> trimmed <06213> his beard <08222>, nor <03808> washed

<03526> his clothes <0899>, from the day <03117> the king

<04428> departed <03212> until <05704> the day <03117> he came

<0935> [again] in peace <07965>.

25 And it came <01961> to pass, when <03588> he was come <0935>

to Jerusalem <03389> to meet <07125> the king <04428>, that the

king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Wherefore <04100> wentest

<01980> not thou with me, Mephibosheth <04648>?

26 And he answered <0559>, My lord <0113>, O king <04428>, my

servant <05650> deceived <07411> me: for thy servant <05650>

said <0559>, I will saddle <02280> me an ass <02543>, that I may

ride <07392> thereon <05921>, and go <03212> to the king <04428>;

because <03588> thy servant <05650> [is] lame <06455>. 27 And

he hath slandered <07270> thy servant <05650> unto my lord

<0113> the king <04428>; but my lord <0113> the king <04428>

[is] as an angel <04397> of God <0430>: do <06213> therefore

[what is] good <02896> in thine eyes <05869>.

28 For all <03605> [of] my father's <01> house <01004> were but

dead <04194> men <0582> before <06440> my lord <0113> the king

<04428>: yet didst thou set <07896> thy servant <05650> among

them that did eat <0398> at thine own table <07979>. What

<04100> right <06666> therefore have <03426> I yet to cry

<02199> any more <05750> unto the king <04428>?

29 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto him, Why <04100>

speakest <01696> thou any more <05750> of thy matters <01697>? I

have said <0559>, Thou and Ziba <06717> divide <02505> the land

<07704>.

30 And Mephibosheth <04648> said <0559> unto the king <04428>,

Yea <0637>, let him take <03947> all <03605>, forasmuch as my

lord <0113> the king <04428> is come <0935> again <07725> in

peace <07965> unto his own house <01004>.

31. And Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite <01569> came <03381>

down <03381> from Rogelim <07274>, and went <05674> over <05674>

Jordan <03383> with the king <04428>, to conduct <07971> him

over <05674> Jordan <03383>.

32 Now Barzillai <01271> was a very <03966> aged <02204> man,

[even] fourscore <08084> years <08141> old <01121>: and he had

provided the king <04428> of sustenance <03557> while he lay

<07871> at Mahanaim <04266>; for he [was] a very <03966> great

<01419> man <0376>.

33 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Barzillai <01271>,

Come <05674> thou over <05674> with me, and I will feed <03557>

thee with me in Jerusalem <03389>.

34 And Barzillai <01271> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, How

<04100> long <03117> have I to live <02416>, that I should go

<05927> up with the king <04428> unto Jerusalem <03389>?

35 I [am] this day <03117> fourscore <08084> years <08141> old

<01121>: [and] can I discern <03045> between <0996> good <02896>

and evil <07451>? can thy servant <05650> taste <02938> what I

eat <0398> or <0854> what I drink <08354>? can I hear <08085>

any more <05750> the voice <06963> of singing <07891> men <0582>

and singing <07891> women? wherefore <04100> then should thy

servant <05650> be yet <05750> a burden <04853> unto my lord

<0113> the king <04428>?

36 Thy servant <05650> will go <05674> a little <04592> way

over <05674> Jordan <03383> with the king <04428>: and why

<04100> should the king <04428> recompense <01580> it me with

such <02063> a reward <01578>?

37 Let thy servant <05650>, I pray <04994> thee, turn <07725>

back <07725> again <07725>, that I may die <04191> in mine own

city <05892>, [and be buried] by the grave <06913> of my father

<01> and of my mother <0517>. But behold <02009> thy servant

<05650> Chimham <03643>; let him go <05674> over <05674> with my

lord <03068> the king <04428>; and do <06213> to him what shall

seem good <02896> unto thee.

38 And the king <04428> answered <0559>, Chimham <03643> shall

go <05674> over with me, and I will do <06213> to him that which

shall seem good <02896> unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt

require <0977> of me, [that] will I do <06213> for thee.

39 And all <03605> the people <05971> went <05674> over Jordan

<03383>. And when the king <04428> was come <05674> over, the

king <04428> kissed <05401> Barzillai <01271>, and blessed

<01288> him; and he returned <07725> unto his own place <04725>.

40. Then the king <04428> went <05674> on to Gilgal <01537>,

and Chimham <03643> went <05674> on with him: and all <03605>

the people <05971> of Judah <03063> conducted <05674> the king

<04428>, and also <01571> half <02677> the people <05971> of

Israel <03478>.

41 And, behold <02009>, all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel

<03478> came <0935> to the king <04428>, and said <0559> unto

the king <04428>, Why <04069> have our brethren <0251> the men

<0376> of Judah <03063> stolen <01589> thee away, and have

brought <05674> the king <04428>, and his household <01004>, and

all <03605> David's <01732> men <0582> with him, over Jordan

<03383>?

42 And all <03605> the men <0376> of Judah <03063> answered

<06030> the men <0376> of Israel <03478>, Because <03588> the

king <04428> [is] near <07138> of kin to us: wherefore <04100>

then be ye angry <02734> for this <02088> matter <01697>? have

we eaten <0398> at all of the king's <04428> [cost]? or hath he

given <05375> us any gift <05379>?

43 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> answered <06030> the

men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and said <0559>, We have ten

<06235> parts in the king <04428>, and we have also <01571> more

[right <03225>] in David <01732> than ye: why <04069> then did

ye despise <07043> us, that our advice <01697> should not be

first <07223> had in bringing <07725> back <07725> our king

<04428>? And the words <01697> of the men <0376> of Judah

<03063> were fiercer <07185> than the words <01697> of the men

<0376> of Israel <03478>.

2Samuel 20

1. And there <08033> happened <07122> to be there a man <0376>

of Belial <01100>, whose name <08034> [was] Sheba <07652>, the

son <01121> of Bichri <01075>, a Benjamite <01145>: and he blew

<08628> a trumpet <07782>, and said <0559>, We have no <0369>

part <02506> in David <01732>, neither <03808> have we

inheritance <05159> in the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>: every

<0376> man <0376> to his tents <0168>, O Israel <03478>.

2 So every <0376> man <0376> of Israel <03478> went <05927> up

from after <0310> David <01732>, [and] followed <0310> Sheba

<07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>: but the men <0376> of

Judah <03063> clave <01692> unto their king <04428>, from Jordan

<03383> even to Jerusalem <03389>.

3 And David <01732> came <0935> to his house <01004> at

Jerusalem <03389>; and the king <04428> took <03947> the ten

<06235> women <0802> [his] concubines <06370>, whom <0834> he

had left <03240> to keep <08104> the house <01004>, and put

<05414> them in ward <04931>, and fed <03557> them, but went

<0935> not in unto them. So they were shut <06887> up unto the

day <03117> of their death <04191>, living <02424> in widowhood

<0491>.

4. Then said <0559> the king <04428> to Amasa <06021>, Assemble

<02199> me the men <0376> of Judah <03063> within three <07969>

days <03117>, and be thou here <06311> present <05975>.

5 So Amasa <06021> went <03212> to assemble <02199> [the men

of] Judah <03063>: but he tarried <03186> longer than <04480>

the set <04150> time which <0834> he had appointed <03259> him.

6 And David <01732> said <0559> to Abishai <052>, Now <06258>

shall Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075> do us more

harm <03415> than <04480> [did] Absalom <053>: take <03947> thou

thy lord's <0113> servants <05650>, and pursue <07291> after

<0310> him, lest <06435> he get <04672> him fenced <01211>

cities <05892>, and escape <05337> us.

7 And there went <03318> out after <0310> him Joab's <03097>

men <0582>, and the Cherethites <03774>, and the Pelethites

<06432>, and all <03605> the mighty <01368> men: and they went

<03318> out of Jerusalem <03389>, to pursue <07291> after <0310>

Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>.

8 When they [were] at <05973> the great <01419> stone <068>

which <0834> [is] in Gibeon <01391>, Amasa <06021> went <0935>

before <06440> them. And Joab's <03097> garment <04055> that he

had put <05414> on was girded <02296> unto him, and upon it a

girdle <02290> [with] a sword <02719> fastened <06775> upon his

loins <04975> in the sheath <08593> thereof; and as he went

<03318> forth <03318> it fell <05307> out.

9 And Joab <03097> said <0559> to Amasa <06021>, [Art] thou in

health <07965>, my brother <0251>? And Joab <03097> took <0270>

Amasa <06021> by the beard <02206> with the right <03225> hand

<03027> to kiss <05401> him.

10 But Amasa <06021> took no <03808> heed <08104> to the sword

<02719> that [was] in Joab's <03097> hand <03027>: so he smote

<05221> him therewith in the fifth <02570> [rib], and shed

<08210> out his bowels <04578> to the ground <0776>, and struck

<08138> him not again <08138>; and he died <04191>. So Joab

<03097> and Abishai <052> his brother <0251> pursued <07291>

after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>.

11 And one <0376> of Joab's <03097> men <0376> stood <05975> by

him, and said <0559>, He that favoureth <02654> Joab <03097>,

and he that [is] for David <01732>, [let him go] after <0310>

Joab <03097>.

12 And Amasa <06021> wallowed <01556> in blood <01818> in the

midst <08432> of the highway <04546>. And when the man <0376>

saw <07200> that all <03605> the people <05971> stood <05975>

still, he removed <05437> Amasa <06021> out of the highway

<04546> into the field <07704>, and cast <07993> a cloth <0899>

upon him, when he saw <07200> that every <03605> one that came

<0935> by him stood <05975> still.

13 When he was removed <03014> out of the highway <04546>, all

<03605> the people <0376> went <05674> on after <0310> Joab

<03097>, to pursue <07291> after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son

<01121> of Bichri <01075>.

14. And he went <05674> through all <03605> the tribes <07626>

of Israel <03478> unto Abel <062>, and to Bethmaachah <01038>,

and all <03605> the Berites <01276>: and they were gathered

<07035> together, and went <0935> also <0637> after <0310> him.

15 And they came <0935> and besieged <06696> him in Abel <062>

of Bethmaachah <01038>, and they cast <08210> up a bank <05550>

against <0413> the city <05892>, and it stood <05975> in the

trench <02426>: and all <03605> the people <05971> that [were]

with Joab <03097> battered <07843> the wall <02346>, to throw

<05307> it down <05307>.

16 Then cried <07121> a wise <02450> woman <0802> out of the

city <05892>, Hear <08085>, hear <08085>; say <0559>, I pray

<04994> you, unto Joab <03097>, Come <07126> near <07126> hither,

that I may speak <01696> with thee.

17 And when he was come <07126> near <07126> unto her, the

woman <0802> said <0559>, [Art] thou Joab <03097>? And he

answered <0559>, I [am he]. Then she said <0559> unto him, Hear

<08085> the words <01697> of thine handmaid <0519>. And he

answered <0559>, I do hear <08085>.

18 Then she spake <0559>, saying <0559>, They were wont <01696>

to speak <01696> in old <07223> time, saying <0559>, They shall

surely ask <07592> [counsel] at Abel <059>: and so <03651> they

ended <08552> [the matter].

19 I [am one of them that are] peaceable <07999> [and] faithful

<0539> in Israel <03478>: thou seekest <01245> to destroy

<04191> a city <05892> and a mother <0517> in Israel <03478>:

why <04100> wilt thou swallow <01104> up the inheritance <05159>

of the LORD <03068>?

1 20 And Joab <03097> answered <06030> and said <0559>, Far

<02486> be it, far <02486> be it from me, that I should swallow

<01104> up or destroy <07843>.

21 The matter <01697> [is] not so <03651>: but a man <0376> of

mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of

Bichri <01075> by name <08034>, hath lifted <05375> up his hand

<03027> against the king <04428>, [even] against David <01732>:

deliver <05414> him only, and I will depart <03212> from the

city <05892>. And the woman <0802> said <0559> unto Joab <03097>,

Behold <02009>, his head <07218> shall be thrown <07993> to

thee over <01157> the wall <02346>.

22 Then the woman <0802> went <0935> unto all <03605> the

people <05971> in her wisdom <02451>. And they cut <03772> off

the head <07218> of Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri

<01075>, and cast <07993> [it] out to Joab <03097>. And he blew

<08628> a trumpet <07782>, and they retired <06327> from the

city <05892>, every man <0376> to his tent <0168>. And Joab

<03097> returned <07725> to Jerusalem <03389> unto the king

<04428>.

23. Now Joab <03097> [was] over <0413> all <03605> the host

<06635> of Israel <03478>: and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121>

of Jehoiada <03111> [was] over <05921> the Cherethites <03774>

and over <05921> the Pelethites <06432>:

24 And Adoram <0151> [was] over <05921> the tribute <04522>:

and Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Ahilud <0286> [was]

recorder <02142>:

25 And Sheva <07724> [was] scribe <05608>: and Zadok <06659>

and Abiathar <054> [were] the priests <03548>:

26 And Ira <05896> also <01571> the Jairite <02972> was a chief

<03548> ruler about David <01732>.

2Samuel 21

1. Then there was a famine <07458> in the days <03117> of David

<01732> three <07969> years <08141>, year <08141> after <0310>

year <08141>; and David <01732> enquired <01245> of the LORD

<03068>. And the LORD <03068> answered <0559>, [It is] for Saul

<07586>, and for [his] bloody <01818> house <01004>, because he

slew <04191> the Gibeonites <01393>.

2 And the king <04428> called <07121> the Gibeonites <01393>,

and said <0559> unto them; (now the Gibeonites <01393> [were]

not of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, but of the

remnant <03499> of the Amorites <0567>; and the children <01121>

of Israel <03478> had sworn <07650> unto them: and Saul <07586>

sought <01245> to slay <05221> them in his zeal <07065> to the

children <01121> of Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>.)

3 Wherefore David <01732> said <0559> unto the Gibeonites

<01393>, What <04100> shall I do <06213> for you? and wherewith

<04100> shall I make the atonement <03722>, that ye may bless

<01288> the inheritance <05159> of the LORD <03068>?

4 And the Gibeonites <01393> said <0559> unto him, We will have

no <0369> silver <03701> nor gold <02091> of Saul <07586>, nor

of his house <01004>; neither <0369> for us shalt thou kill

<04191> any man <0376> in Israel <03478>. And he said <0559>,

What <04100> ye shall say <0559>, [that] will I do <06213> for

you.

5 And they answered <0559> the king <04428>, The man <0376>

that consumed <03615> us, and that devised <01819> against us

[that] we should be destroyed <08045> from remaining <03320> in

any <03605> of the coasts <01366> of Israel <03478>,

6 Let seven <07651> men <0582> of his sons <01121> be delivered

<05414> unto us, and we will hang <03363> them up unto the LORD

<03068> in Gibeah <01390> of Saul <07586>, [whom] the LORD

<03068> did choose <0972>. And the king <04428> said <0559>, I

will give <05414> [them].

7 But the king <04428> spared <02550> Mephibosheth <04648>, the

son <01121> of Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>,

because <05921> of the LORD'S <03068> oath <07621> that [was]

between <0996> them, between <0996> David <01732> and Jonathan

<03083> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>.

8 But the king <04428> took <03947> the two <08147> sons

<01121> of Rizpah <07532> the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345>,

whom <0834> she bare <03205> unto Saul <07586>, Armoni <0764>

and Mephibosheth <04648>; and the five <02568> sons <01121> of

Michal <04324> the daughter <01323> of Saul <07586>, whom she

brought <03205> up for Adriel <05741> the son <01121> of

Barzillai <01271> the Meholathite <04259>:

9 And he delivered <05414> them into the hands <03027> of the

Gibeonites <01393>, and they hanged <03363> them in the hill

<02022> before <06440> the LORD <03068>: and they fell <05307>

[all] seven <07651> together <03162>, and were put to death

<04191> in the days of harvest <07105>, in the first <07223>

[days], in the beginning <08462> of barley <08184> harvest

<07105>.

10. And Rizpah <07532> the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345> took

<03947> sackcloth <08242>, and spread <05186> it for her upon

the rock <06697>, from the beginning <08462> of harvest <07105>

until <05704> water <04325> dropped <05413> upon them out of

heaven <08064>, and suffered <05414> neither <03808> the birds

<05775> of the air <08064> to rest <05117> on <05921> them by

day <03119>, nor the beasts <02416> of the field <07704> by

night <03915>.

11 And it was told <05046> David <01732> what Rizpah <07532>

the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345>, the concubine <06370> of

Saul <07586>, had done <06213>.

12 And David <01732> went <03212> and took <03947> the bones

<06106> of Saul <07586> and the bones <06106> of Jonathan

<03083> his son <01121> from the men <01167> of Jabeshgilead,

which <0834> had stolen <01589> them from the street <07339> of

Bethshan <01052>, where the Philistines <06430> had hanged

<08511> them, when <03117> the Philistines <06430> had <01961>

slain <05221> Saul <07586> in Gilboa <01533>:

13 And he brought <05927> up from thence <08033> the bones

<06106> of Saul <07586> and the bones <06106> of Jonathan

<03083> his son <01121>; and they gathered <0622> the bones

<06106> of them that were hanged <03363>.

14 And the bones <06106> of Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083>

his son <01121> buried <06912> they in the country <0776> of

Benjamin <01144> in Zelah <06762>, in the sepulchre <06913> of

Kish <07027> his father <01>: and they performed <06213> all

<03605> that the king <04428> commanded <06680>. And after

<0310> that God <0430> was intreated <06279> for the land <0776>.

15. Moreover the Philistines <06430> had <01961> yet <05750>

war <04421> again <05750> with Israel <03478>; and David <01732>

went <03381> down <03381>, and his servants <05650> with him,

and fought <03898> against the Philistines <06430>: and David

<01732> waxed faint <05774>.

16 And Ishbibenob <03430>, which <0834> [was] of the sons

<03211> of the giant <07497>, the weight <04948> of whose spear

<07013> [weighed] three <07969> hundred <03967> [shekels] of

brass <05178> in weight <04948>, he being girded <02296> with a

new <02319> [sword], thought <0559> to have slain <05221> David

<01732>.

17 But Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>

succoured <05826> him, and smote <05221> the Philistine <06430>,

and killed <04191> him. Then <0227> the men <0582> of David

<01732> sware <07650> unto him, saying <0559>, Thou shalt go

<03318> no <03808> more <05750> out with us to battle <04421>,

that thou quench <03518> not the light <05216> of Israel <03478>.

18 And it came <01961> to pass after <0310> this <03651>, that

there was again <05750> a battle <04421> with the Philistines

<06430> at Gob <01359>: then <0227> Sibbechai <05444> the

Hushathite <02843> slew <05221> Saph <05593>, which <0834> [was]

of the sons <03211> of the giant <07497>.

19 And there was again <05750> a battle <04421> in Gob <01359>

with the Philistines <06430>, where Elhanan <0445> the son

<01121> of Jaareoregim <03296>, a Bethlehemite <01022>, slew

<05221> [the brother of] Goliath <01555> the Gittite <01663>,

the staff <06086> of whose spear <02595> [was] like a weaver's

<0707> beam <04500>.

20 And there was yet <05750> a battle <04421> in Gath <01661>,

where was a man <0376> of [great] stature <04055>, that had on

every hand <03027> six <08337> fingers <0676>, and on every foot

<07272> six <08337> toes <0676>, four <0702> and twenty <06242>

in number <04557>; and he also <01571> was born <03205> to the

giant <07497>.

21 And when he defied <02778> Israel <03478>, Jonathan <03083>

the son <01121> of Shimea <08096> the brother <0251> of David

<01732> slew <05221> him.

22 These <0428> four <0702> were born <03205> to the giant

<07497> in Gath <01661>, and fell <05307> by the hand <03027> of

David <01732>, and by the hand <03027> of his servants <05650>.

2Samuel 22

1. And David <01732> spake <01696> unto the LORD <03068> the

words <01697> of this <02063> song <07892> in the day <03117>

[that] the LORD <03068> had delivered <05337> him out of the

hand <03709> of all <03605> his enemies <0341>, and out of the

hand <03709> of Saul <07586>:

2. And he said <0559>, The LORD <03068> [is] my rock <05553>,

and my fortress <04686>, and my deliverer <06403>;

3 The God <0430> of my rock <06697>; in him will I trust

<02620>: [he is] my shield <04043>, and the horn <07161> of my

salvation <03468>, my high <04869> tower <04869>, and my refuge

<04498>, my saviour <03467>; thou savest <03467> me from

violence <02555>.

4 I will call <07121> on the LORD <03068>, [who is] worthy to

be praised <01984>: so shall I be saved <03467> from mine

enemies <0341>.

5 When <03588> the waves <04867> of death <04194> compassed

<0661> me, the floods <05158> of ungodly <01100> men made

<07760> me afraid <01204>;

6 The sorrows <02256> of hell <07585> compassed <05437> me

about <05437>; the snares <04170> of death <04194> prevented

<06923> me;

7 In my distress <06362> I called <07121> upon the LORD <03068>,

and cried <07121> to my God <0430>: and he did hear <08085> my

voice <06963> out of his temple <01964>, and my cry <07775> [did

enter] into his ears <0241>.

8 Then the earth <0776> shook <01607> and trembled <07493>; the

foundations <04146> of heaven <08064> moved <07264> and shook

<01607>, because <03588> he was wroth <02734>.

9 There went <05927> up a smoke <06227> out of his nostrils

<0639>, and fire <0784> out of his mouth <06310> devoured <0398>:

coals <01513> were kindled <01197> by it.

10 He bowed <05186> the heavens <08064> also, and came <03381>

down <03381>; and darkness <06205> [was] under <08478> his feet

<07272>.

11 And he rode <07392> upon a cherub <03742>, and did fly

<05774>: and he was seen <07200> upon the wings <03671> of the

wind <07307>.

12 And he made <07896> darkness <02822> pavilions <05521> round

<05439> about him, dark <02841> waters <04325>, [and] thick

clouds <05645> of the skies <07834>.

13 Through the brightness <05051> before <05048> him were coals

<01513> of fire <0784> kindled <01197>.

14 The LORD <03068> thundered <07481> from heaven <08064>, and

the most <06944> High <05945> uttered <05414> his voice <06963>.

15 And he sent <07971> out arrows <02671>, and scattered

<06327> them; lightning <01300>, and discomfited <02000> them.

16 And the channels <0650> of the sea <03220> appeared <07200>,

the foundations <04146> of the world <08398> were discovered

<01540>, at the rebuking <01606> of the LORD <03068>, at the

blast <05397> of the breath <07307> of his nostrils <0639>.

17 He sent <07971> from above <04791>, he took <03947> me; he

drew <04871> me out of many <07227> waters <04325>;

18 He delivered <05337> me from my strong <05794> enemy <0341>,

[and] from them that hated <08130> me: for they were too strong

<0553> for me.

19 They prevented <06923> me in the day <03117> of my calamity

<0343>: but the LORD <03068> was my stay <04937>.

20 He brought <03318> me forth <03318> also into a large

<04800> place: he delivered <02502> me, because <03588> he

delighted <02654> in me.

21 The LORD <03068> rewarded <01580> me according to my

righteousness <06666>: according to the cleanness <01252> of my

hands <03027> hath he recompensed <07725> me.

22 For I have kept <08104> the ways <01870> of the LORD <03068>,

and have not wickedly <07561> departed from my God <0430>.

23 For all <03605> his judgments <04941> [were] before <05048>

me: and [as for] his statutes <02708>, I did not depart <05493>

from them.

24 I was also upright <08549> before him, and have kept <08104>

myself from mine iniquity <05771>.

25 Therefore the LORD <03068> hath recompensed <07725> me

according to my righteousness <06666>; according to my cleanness

<01252> in his eye <05869> sight <05869>.

26 With the merciful <02623> thou wilt shew thyself merciful

<02616>, [and] with the upright <08549> man thou wilt shew

thyself upright <08552>.

27 With the pure <02889> thou wilt shew thyself pure <01305>;

and with the froward <06141> thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury

<06617>.

28 And the afflicted <06041> people <05971> thou wilt save

<03467>: but thine eyes <05869> [are] upon the haughty <07311>,

[that] thou mayest bring <08213> [them] down <03381>.

29 For thou [art] my lamp <05216>, O LORD <03068>: and the LORD

<03068> will lighten <05050> my darkness <02822>.

30 For by thee I have run <07323> through a troop <01416>: by

my God <0430> have I leaped <01801> over a wall <07791>.

31 [As for] God <0410>, his way <01870> [is] perfect <08549>;

the word <0565> of the LORD <03068> [is] tried <06884>: he [is]

a buckler <04043> to all <03605> them that trust <02620> in him.

32 For who <04310> [is] God <0410>, save <01107> the LORD

<03068>? and who [is] a rock <06697>, save <01107> our God

<0430>?

33 God <0410> [is] my strength <04581> [and] power <02428>: and

he maketh my way <01870> perfect <08549>.

34 He maketh <07737> my feet <07272> like <07737> hinds <0355>'

[feet <07272>]: and setteth <05975> me upon my high <01116>

places.

35 He teacheth <03925> my hands <03027> to war <04421>; so that

a bow <07198> of steel <05154> is broken <05181> by mine arms

<02220>.

36 Thou hast also given <05414> me the shield <04043> of thy

salvation <03468>: and thy gentleness <06031> hath made me great

<07235>.

37 Thou hast enlarged <07337> my steps <06806> under <08478> me;

so that my feet <07166> did not slip <04571>.

38 I have pursued <07291> mine enemies <0341>, and destroyed

<08045> them; and turned <07725> not again <07725> until <05704>

I had consumed <03615> them.

39 And I have consumed <03615> them, and wounded <04272> them,

that they could not arise <06965>: yea, they are fallen <05307>

under <08478> my feet <07272>.

40 For thou hast girded <0247> me with strength <02428> to

battle <04421>: them that rose <06965> up against me hast thou

subdued <03766> under <08478> me.

41 Thou hast also given <05414> me the necks <06203> of mine

enemies <0341>, that I might destroy <06789> them that hate

<08130> me.

42 They looked <08159>, but [there was] none <0369> to save

<03467>; [even] unto the LORD <03068>, but he answered <06030>

them not.

43 Then did I beat <07833> them as small as the dust <06083> of

the earth <0776>, I did stamp <01854> them as the mire <02916>

of the street <02351>, [and] did spread <07554> them abroad

<07554>.

44 Thou also hast delivered <06403> me from the strivings

<07379> of my people <05971>, thou hast kept <08104> me [to be]

head <07218> of the heathen <01471>: a people <05971> [which] I

knew <03045> not shall serve <05647> me.

45 Strangers shall submit <03584> themselves unto me: as soon

as they hear <08085>, they shall be obedient <08085> unto me.

46 Strangers shall fade <05034> away, and they shall be afraid

<02296> out of their close <04526> places.

47 The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>; and blessed <01288> [be] my

rock <06697>; and exalted <07311> be the God <0430> of the rock

<06697> of my salvation <03468>.

48 It [is] God <0410> that avengeth me, and that bringeth

<03381> down <08213> the people <05971> under <08478> me,

49 And that bringeth <03318> me forth <04161> from mine enemies

<0341>: thou also hast lifted <07311> me up on high <07311>

above them that rose <06965> up against me: thou hast delivered

<05337> me from the violent <02555> man <0376>. 50 Therefore I

will give thanks <03034> unto thee, O LORD <03068>, among the

heathen <01471>, and I will sing praises unto thy name <08034>.

51 [He is] the tower <01431> of salvation <03444> for his king

<04428>: and sheweth <06213> mercy <02617> to his anointed

<04899>, unto David <01732>, and to his seed <02233> for

evermore <05769>.

2Samuel 23

1. Now these <0428> [be] the last <0314> words <01697> of David

<01732>. David <01732> the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> said

<05002>, and the man <01397> [who was] raised <06965> up on high

<05920>, the anointed <04899> of the God <0430> of Jacob <03290>,

and the sweet <05273> psalmist <02158> of Israel <03478>, said

<05002>,

2 The Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> spake <01696> by me,

and his word <04405> [was] in my tongue <03956>.

3 The God <0430> of Israel <03478> said <0559>, the Rock

<06697> of Israel <03478> spake <01696> to me, He that ruleth

<04910> over men <0120> [must be] just <06662>, ruling <04910>

in the fear <03374> of God <0430>.

4 And [he shall be] as the light <0216> of the morning <01242>,

[when] the sun <08121> riseth <02224>, [even] a morning <01242>

without <03808> clouds <05645>; [as] the tender grass <01877>

[springing] out of the earth <0776> by clear shining <05051>

after rain <04306>.

5 Although <03588> my house <01004> [be] not so <03651> with

God <0410>; yet <03588> he hath made <07760> with me an

everlasting <05769> covenant <01285>, ordered <06186> in all

<03605> [things], and sure <08104>: for [this is] all <03605> my

salvation <03468>, and all <03605> [my] desire <02656>, although

<03588> he make [it] not to grow <06779>.

6 But [the sons] of Belial <01100> [shall be] all <03605> of

them as thorns <06975> thrust <05074> away <05074>, because

<03588> they cannot <03808> be taken <03947> with hands <03027>:

7 But the man <0376> [that] shall touch <05060> them must be

fenced <04390> with iron <01270> and the staff <06086> of a

spear <02595>; and they shall be utterly burned <08313> with

fire <0784> in the [same] place <07675>.

8. These <0428> [be] the names <08034> of the mighty <01368>

men whom <0834> David <01732> had: The Tachmonite <08461> that

sat <03427> in the seat <07674>, chief <07218> among the

captains <07991>; the same <01931> [was] Adino <05722> the

Eznite <06112>: [he lift up his spear] against <05921> eight

<08083> hundred <03967>, whom he slew <02491> at one <0259> time

<06471>.

9 And after <0310> him [was] Eleazar <0499> the son <01121> of

Dodo <01734> the Ahohite, [one] of the three <07969> mighty

<01368> men with David <01732>, when they defied <02778> the

Philistines <06430> [that] were there <08033> gathered <0622>

together to battle <04421>, and the men <0376> of Israel <03478>

were gone <05927> away:

10 He arose <06965>, and smote <05221> the Philistines <06430>

until his hand <03027> was weary <03021>, and his hand <03027>

clave <01692> unto the sword <02719>: and the LORD <03068>

wrought <06213> a great <01419> victory <08668> that day <03117>;

and the people <05971> returned <07725> after <0310> him only

<0389> to spoil <06584>.

11 And after <0310> him [was] Shammah <08048> the son <01121>

of Agee <089> the Hararite <02043>. And the Philistines <06430>

were gathered <0622> together into a troop <02416>, where

<08033> was a piece <02513> of ground <07704> full <04392> of

lentiles <05742>: and the people <05971> fled <01272> from the

Philistines <06430>.

12 But he stood <03320> in the midst <08432> of the ground

<02513>, and defended <05337> it, and slew <05221> the

Philistines <06430>: and the LORD <03068> wrought <06213> a

great <01419> victory <08668>.

13 And three <07991> of the thirty <07970> chief <07218> went

<03381> down <03381>, and came <0935> to David <01732> in the

harvest <07105> time unto the cave <04631> of Adullam <05725>:

and the troop <02416> of the Philistines <06430> pitched <02583>

in the valley <06010> of Rephaim <07497>.

14 And David <01732> [was] then <0227> in an hold <04686>, and

the garrison <04673> of the Philistines <06430> [was] then [in]

Bethlehem <01035>. 15 And David <01732> longed <0183>, and said

<0559>, Oh that one would give me drink <08248> of the water

<04325> of the well <0953> of Bethlehem <01035>, which <0834>

[is] by the gate <08179>!

16 And the three <07969> mighty <01368> men brake <01234>

through <01234> the host <04264> of the Philistines <06430>, and

drew <07579> water <04325> out of the well <0953> of Bethlehem

<01035>, that [was] by the gate <08179>, and took <05375> [it],

and brought <0935> [it] to David <01732>: nevertheless he would

<014> not drink <08354> thereof, but poured <05258> it out unto

the LORD <03068>.

17 And he said <0559>, Be it far <02486> from me, O LORD

<03068>, that I should do <06213> this <02063>: [is not this]

the blood <01818> of the men <0582> that went <01980> in

jeopardy of their lives <05315>? therefore he would <014> not

drink <08354> it. These <0428> things did <06213> these <0428>

three <07969> mighty <01368> men.

18 And Abishai <052>, the brother <0251> of Joab <03097>, the

son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, was chief <07218> among three

<07992>. And he lifted <05782> up his spear <02595> against

<05921> three <07969> hundred <03967>, [and] slew <02491> [them],

and had the name <08034> among three <07969>.

19 Was he not most honourable <03513> of three <07969>?

therefore he was their captain <08269>: howbeit he attained

<0935> not unto the [first] three <07969>.

20 And Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada <03111>, the

son <01121> of a valiant <02428> man <0376>, of Kabzeel <06909>,

who had done <06213> many <07227> acts <06467>, he slew <05221>

two <08147> lionlike <0739> men of Moab <04124>: he went <03381>

down <03381> also and slew <05221> a lion <0738> in the midst

<08432> of a pit <0953> in time <03117> of snow <07950>:

21 And he slew <02026> an Egyptian <04713>, a goodly <04758>

man <0376>: and the Egyptian <04713> had a spear <02595> in his

hand <03027>; but he went <03381> down <03381> to him with a

staff <07626>, and plucked <01497> the spear <02595> out of the

Egyptian's <04713> hand <03027>, and slew <05221> him with his

own spear <02595>.

22 These <0428> [things] did <06213> Benaiah <01141> the son

<01121> of Jehoiada <03111>, and had the name <08034> among

three <07969> mighty <01368> men.

23 He was more honourable <03513> than <04480> the thirty

<07970>, but he attained <0935> not to the [first] three <07969>.

And David <01732> set <07760> him over <0413> his guard <04928>.

24 Asahel <06214> the brother <0251> of Joab <03097> [was] one

of the thirty <07970>; Elhanan <0445> the son <01121> of Dodo

<01734> of Bethlehem <01035>, 25 Shammah <08048> the Harodite

<02733>, Elika <0470> the Harodite <02733>,

26 Helez <02503> the Paltite <06407>, Ira <05896> the son

<01121> of Ikkesh <06142> the Tekoite <08621>,

27 Abiezer <044> the Anethothite <06069>, Mebunnai <04012> the

Hushathite <02843>, 28 Zalmon <06756> the Ahohite <0266>,

Maharai <04121> the Netophathite <05200>, 29 Heleb <02460> the

son <01121> of Baanah <01195>, a Netophathite <05200>, Ittai

<0863> the son <01121> of Ribai <07380> out of Gibeah <01390> of

the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144>,

30 Benaiah <01141> the Pirathonite <06553>, Hiddai <01914> of

the brooks <05158> of Gaash <01608>,

31 Abialbon <045> the Arbathite <06164>, Azmaveth <05820> the

Barhumite <01273>,

32 Eliahba <0455> the Shaalbonite <08170>, of the sons <01121>

of Jashen <03464>, Jonathan <03083>,

33 Shammah <08048> the Hararite <02043>, Ahiam <0279> the son

<01121> of Sharar <08325> the Hararite <02043>,

34 Eliphelet <0467> the son <01121> of Ahasbai <0308>, the son

<01121> of the Maachathite <04602>, Eliam <0463> the son <01121>

of Ahithophel <0302> the Gilonite <01526>,

35 Hezrai <02695> the Carmelite <03761>, Paarai <06474> the

Arbite <0701>,

36 Igal <03008> the son <01121> of Nathan <05416> of Zobah

<06678>, Bani <01137> the Gadite <01425>,

37 Zelek <06768> the Ammonite <05984>, Naharai <05171> the

Beerothite <0886>, armourbearer <03627> to Joab <03097> the son

<01121> of Zeruiah <06870>,

38 Ira <05896> an Ithrite <03505>, Gareb <01619> an Ithrite

<03505>,

39 Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>: thirty <07970> and seven

<07651> in all <03605>.

2Samuel 24

1. And again <03254> the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was

kindled <02734> against Israel <03478>, and he moved <05493>

David <01732> against them to say <0559>, Go <03212>, number

<04487> Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>.

2 For the king <04428> said <0559> to Joab <03097> the captain

<08269> of the host <02428>, which <0834> [was] with him, Go

<07751> now <04994> through <07751> all <03605> the tribes

<07626> of Israel <03478>, from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba

<0884>, and number <06485> ye the people <05971>, that I may

know <03045> the number <04557> of the people <05971>.

3 And Joab <03097> said <0559> unto the king <04428>, Now the

LORD <03068> thy God <0430> add <03254> unto the people <05971>,

how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes

<05869> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> may see <07200> [it]:

but why <04100> doth my lord <0113> the king <04428> delight

<02654> in this <02088> thing <01697>?

4 Notwithstanding the king's <04428> word <01697> prevailed

<02388> against <0413> Joab <03097>, and against <05921> the

captains <08269> of the host <02428>. And Joab <03097> and the

captains <08269> of the host <02428> went <03318> out from the

presence <06440> of the king <04428>, to number <06485> the

people <05971> of Israel <03478>.

5 And they passed <05674> over <05674> Jordan <03383>, and

pitched <02583> in Aroer <06177>, on the right <03225> side

<03225> of the city <05892> that [lieth] in the midst <08432> of

the river <05158> of Gad <01410>, and toward Jazer <03270>:

6 Then they came <0935> to Gilead <01568>, and to the land

<0776> of Tahtimhodshi <08483>; and they came <0935> to Danjaan

<01842>, and about <05439> to Zidon <06721>,

7 And came <0935> to the strong <04013> hold <04013> of Tyre

<06865>, and to all <03605> the cities <05892> of the Hivites

<02340>, and of the Canaanites <03669>: and they went <03318>

out to the south <05045> of Judah <03063>, [even] to Beersheba

<0884>.

8 So when they had gone <07751> through all <03605> the land

<0776>, they came <0935> to Jerusalem <03389> at the end <07097>

of nine <08672> months <02320> and twenty <06242> days <03117>.

9 And Joab <03097> gave <05414> up the sum <04557> of the

number <04662> of the people <05971> unto the king <04428>: and

there were in Israel <03478> eight <08083> hundred <03967>

thousand <0505> valiant <02428> men <0376> that drew <08025> the

sword <02719>; and the men <0376> of Judah <03063> [were] five

<02568> hundred <03967> thousand <0505> men <0376>.

10. And David's <01732> heart <03820> smote <05221> him after

<0310> that he had numbered <05608> the people <05971>. And

David <01732> said <0559> unto the LORD <03068>, I have sinned

<02398> greatly <03966> in that I have done <06213>: and now

<06258>, I beseech <04994> thee, O LORD <03068>, take <05674>

away <05674> the iniquity <05771> of thy servant <05650>; for I

have done very <03966> foolishly <05528>.

11 For when David <01732> was up in the morning <01242>, the

word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came <01961> unto the prophet

<05030> Gad <01410>, David's <01732> seer <02374>, saying <0559>,

12 Go <01980> and say <0559> unto David <01732>, Thus <03541>

saith <01696> the LORD <03068>, I offer <05190> thee three

<07969> [things]; choose <0977> thee one <0259> of them, that I

may [do <06213> it] unto thee.

13 So Gad <01410> came <0935> to David <01732>, and told

<05046> him, and said <0559> unto him, Shall seven <07651> years

<08141> of famine <07458> come <0935> unto thee in thy land

<0776>? or wilt thou flee <05127> three <07969> months <02320>

before <06440> thine enemies <06862>, while they pursue <07291>

thee? or that there be three <07969> days <03117>' pestilence

<01698> in thy land <0776>? now <06258> advise <03045>, and see

<07200> what <04100> answer <01697> I shall return <07725> to

him that sent <07971> me.

14 And David <01732> said <0559> unto Gad <01410>, I am in a

great <03966> strait <06887>: let us fall <05307> now <04994>

into the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068>; for his mercies

<07356> [are] great <07227>: and let me not fall <05307> into

the hand <03027> of man <0120>.

15 So the LORD <03068> sent <05414> a pestilence <01698> upon

Israel <03478> from the morning <01242> even to the time <06256>

appointed <04150>: and there died <04191> of the people <05971>

from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884> seventy <07657>

thousand <0505> men <0376>.

16 And when the angel <04397> stretched <07971> out his hand

<03027> upon Jerusalem <03389> to destroy <07843> it, the LORD

<03068> repented <05162> him of the evil <07451>, and said

<0559> to the angel <04397> that destroyed <07843> the people

<05971>, It is enough <07227>: stay <07503> now <06258> thine

hand <03027>. And the angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> was by

the threshingplace <01637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite

<02983>.

17 And David <01732> spake <0559> unto the LORD <03068> when he

saw <07200> the angel <04397> that smote <05221> the people

<05971>, and said <0559>, Lo <02009>, I have sinned <02398>, and

I have done wickedly <05753>: but these <0428> sheep <06629>,

what <04100> have they done <06213>? let thine hand <03027>, I

pray <04994> thee, be against me, and against my father's <01>

house <01004>.

18. And Gad <01410> came <0935> that day <03117> to David

<01732>, and said <0559> unto him, Go <05927> up, rear <06965>

an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068> in the threshingfloor

<01637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <02983>.

19 And David <01732>, according to the saying <01697> of Gad

<01410>, went <05927> up as the LORD <03068> commanded <06680>.

20 And Araunah <0728> looked <08259>, and saw <07200> the king

<04428> and his servants <05650> coming <05674> on toward

<05921> him: and Araunah <0728> went <03318> out, and bowed

<07812> himself before the king <04428> on his face <0639> upon

the ground <0776>.

21 And Araunah <0728> said <0559>, Wherefore <04069> is my lord

<0113> the king <04428> come <0935> to his servant <05650>? And

David <01732> said <0559>, To buy <07069> the threshingfloor

<01637> of thee, to build <01129> an altar <04196> unto the LORD

<03068>, that the plague <04046> may be stayed <06113> from the

people <05971>.

22 And Araunah <0728> said <0559> unto David <01732>, Let my

lord <0113> the king <04428> take <03947> and offer <05927> up

what [seemeth <05869>] good <02896> unto him: behold <07200>,

[here be] oxen <01241> for burnt <05930> sacrifice, and

threshing <04173> instruments and [other] instruments <03627> of

the oxen <01241> for wood <06086>.

23 All <03605> these [things] did Araunah <0728>, [as] a king

<04428>, give <05414> unto the king <04428>. And Araunah <0728>

said <0559> unto the king <04428>, The LORD <03068> thy God

<0430> accept <07521> thee.

24 And the king <04428> said <0559> unto Araunah <0728>, Nay

<03808>; but I will surely buy <07069> [it] of thee at a price

<04242>: neither <03808> will I offer <05927> burnt <05930>

offerings unto the LORD <03068> my God <0430> of that which

<0834> doth cost <02600> me nothing <02600>. So David <01732>

bought <07069> the threshingfloor <01637> and the oxen <01241>

for fifty <02572> shekels <08255> of silver <03701>.

25 And David <01732> built <01129> there <08033> an altar

<04196> unto the LORD <03068>, and offered <05927> burnt <05930>

offerings and peace <08002> offerings. So the LORD <03068> was

intreated <06279> for the land <0776>, and the plague <04046>

was stayed <06113> from Israel <03478>.