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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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2Sa 01:01 ¶ Now it came to pass after <0310> the death <04194>

of Saul <07586>, when David <01732> was returned <07725> (8804)

from the slaughter <05221> (8687) of the Amalekites <06002>, and

David <01732> had abode <03427> (8799) two <08147> days <03117>

in Ziklag <06860>;

2Sa 01:02 It came even to pass on the third <07992> day <03117>,

that, behold, a man <0376> came <0935> (8802) out of the camp

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

(8803), and earth <0127> upon his head <07218>: and so it was,

when he came <0935> (8800) to David <01732>, that he fell

<05307> (8799) to the earth <0776>, and did obeisance <07812>

(8691).

2Sa 01:03 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, From

whence comest <0935> (8799) thou? And he said <0559> (8799) unto

him, Out of the camp <04264> of Israel <03478> am I escaped

<04422> (8738).

2Sa 01:04 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, How

<04100> went the matter <01697>? I pray thee, tell <05046>

(8685) me. And he answered <0559> (8799), That the people

<05971> are fled <05127> (8804) from the battle <04421>, and

many <07235> (8687) of the people <05971> also are fallen

<05307> (8804) and dead <04191> (8799); and Saul <07586> and

Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> are dead <04191> (8804) also.

2Sa 01:05 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the young

man <05288> that told <05046> (8688) him, How knowest <03045>

(8804) thou that Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> his son

<01121> be dead <04191> (8804)?

2Sa 01:06 And the young man <05288> that told <05046> (8688)

him said <0559> (8799), As I happened <07136> (8738) by chance

<07122> (8736) upon mount <02022> Gilboa <01533>, behold, Saul

<07586> leaned <08172> (8737) upon his spear <02595>; and, lo,

the chariots <07393> and horsemen <01167> <06571> followed hard

<01692> (8689) after him.

2Sa 01:07 And when he looked <06437> (8799) behind <0310> him,

he saw <07200> (8799) me, and called <07121> (8799) unto me. And

I answered <0559> (8799), Here am I.

2Sa 01:08 And he said <0559> (8799) unto me, Who art thou? And

I answered <0559> (8799) him, I am an Amalekite <06003>.

2Sa 01:09 He said <0559> (8799) unto me again, Stand <05975>

(8798), I pray thee, upon me, and slay <04191> (8786) me: for

anguish <07661> is come <0270> (8804) upon me, because my life

<05315> is yet whole in me.

2Sa 01:10 So I stood <05975> (8799) upon him, and slew <04191>

(8787) him, because I was sure <03045> (8804) that he could not

live <02421> (8799) after <0310> that he was fallen <05307>

(8800): and I took <03947> (8799) the crown <05145> that was

upon his head <07218>, and the bracelet <0685> that was on his

arm <02220>, and have brought <0935> (8686) them hither unto my

lord <0113>.

2Sa 01:11 ¶ Then David <01732> took hold <02388> (8686) on his

clothes <0899>, and rent <07167> (8799) them; and likewise all

the men <0582> that were with him:

2Sa 01:12 And they mourned <05594> (8799), and wept <01058>

(8799), and fasted <06684> (8799) until 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 they were fallen <05307> (8804) by the

sword <02719>.

2Sa 01:13 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the young

man <05288> that told <05046> (8688) him, Whence art thou? And

he answered <0559> (8799), I am the son <01121> of a stranger

<0376> <01616>, an Amalekite <06003>.

2Sa 01:14 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, How

wast thou not afraid <03372> (8804) to stretch forth <07971>

(8800) thine hand <03027> to destroy <07843> (8763) the LORD’S

<03068> anointed <04899>?

2Sa 01:15 And David <01732> called <07121> (8799) one <0259> of

the young men <05288>, and said <0559> (8799), Go near <05066>

(8798), and fall <06293> (8798) upon him. And he smote <05221>

(8686) him that he died <04191> (8799).

2Sa 01:16 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thy

blood <01818> be upon thy head <07218>; for thy mouth <06310>

hath testified <06030> (8804) against thee, saying <0559> (8800),

I have slain <04191> (8790) the LORD’S <03068> anointed <04899>.

2Sa 01:17 ¶ And David <01732> lamented <06969> (8787) with this

lamentation <07015> over Saul <07586> and over Jonathan <03083>

his son <01121>:

2Sa 01:18 (Also he bade <0559> (8799) them teach <03925> (8763)

the children <01121> of Judah <03063> the use of the bow <07198>:

behold, it is written <03789> (8803) in the book <05612> of

Jasher <03477>.)

2Sa 01:19 The beauty <06643> of Israel <03478> is slain <02491>

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

<05307> (8804)!

2Sa 01:20 Tell <05046> (8686) it not in Gath <01661>, publish

<01319> (8762) it not in the streets <02351> of Askelon <0831>;

lest the daughters <01323> of the Philistines <06430> rejoice

<08055> (8799), lest the daughters <01323> of the uncircumcised

<06189> triumph <05937> (8799).

2Sa 01:21 Ye mountains <02022> of Gilboa <01533>, let there be

no dew <02919>, neither let there be rain <04306>, upon you, nor

fields <07704> of offerings <08641>: for there the shield

<04043> of the mighty <01368> is vilely cast away <01602> (8738),

the shield <04043> of Saul <07586>, as though he had not been

anointed <04899> with oil <08081>.

2Sa 01:22 From the blood <01818> of the slain <02491>, from the

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

<03083> turned <07734> (8738) not back <0268>, and the sword

<02719> of Saul <07586> returned <07725> (8799) not empty

<07387>.

2Sa 01:23 Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> were lovely <0157>

(8737) and pleasant <05273> in their lives <02416>, and in their

death <04194> they were not divided <06504> (8738): they were

swifter <07043> (8804) than eagles <05404>, they were stronger

<01396> (8804) than lions <0738>.

2Sa 01:24 Ye daughters <01323> of Israel <03478>, weep over

<01058> (8798) Saul <07586>, who clothed <03847> (8688) you in

scarlet <08144>, with other delights <05730>, who put <05927>

(8688) on ornaments <05716> of gold <02091> upon your apparel

<03830>.

2Sa 01:25 How are the mighty <01368> fallen <05307> (8804) in

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

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

2Sa 01:26 I am distressed <06887> (8804) for thee, my brother

<0251> Jonathan <03083>: very <03966> pleasant <05276> (8804)

hast thou been unto me: thy love <0160> to me was wonderful

<06381> (8738), passing the love <0160> of women <0802>.

2Sa 01:27 How are the mighty <01368> fallen <05307> (8804), and

the weapons <03627> of war <04421> perished <06> (8799)!

2Sa 02:01 ¶ And it came to pass after this <0310>, that David

<01732> enquired <07592> (8799) of the LORD <03068>, saying

<0559> (8800), Shall I go up <05927> (8799) into any <0259> of

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

<0559> (8799) unto him, Go up <05927> (8798). And David <01732>

said <0559> (8799), Whither shall I go up <05927> (8799)? And he

said <0559> (8799), Unto Hebron <02275>.

2Sa 02:02 So David <01732> went up <05927> (8799) thither, and

his two <08147> wives <0802> also, Ahinoam <0293> the

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

<0802> the Carmelite <03761>.

2Sa 02:03 And his men <0582> that were with him did David

<01732> bring up <05927> (8689), every man <0376> with his

household <01004>: and they dwelt <03427> (8799) in the cities

<05892> of Hebron <02275>.

2Sa 02:04 And the men <0582> of Judah <03063> came <0935>

(8799), and there they anointed <04886> (8799) David <01732>

king <04428> over the house <01004> of Judah <03063>. And they

told <05046> (8686) David <01732>, saying <0559> (8800), That

the men <0582> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568> were they that

buried <06912> (8804) Saul <07586>.

2Sa 02:05 And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) messengers

<04397> unto the men <0582> of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568>, and

said <0559> (8799) unto them, Blessed <01288> (8803) be ye of

the LORD <03068>, that ye have shewed <06213> (8804) this

kindness <02617> unto your lord <0113>, even unto Saul <07586>,

and have buried <06912> (8799) him.

2Sa 02:06 And now the LORD <03068> shew <06213> (8799) kindness

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

<06213> (8799) you this kindness <02896>, because ye have done

<06213> (8804) this thing <01697>.

2Sa 02:07 Therefore now let your hands <03027> be strengthened

<02388> (8799), and be ye valiant <01121> <02428>: for your

master <0113> Saul <07586> is dead <04191> (8804), and also the

house <01004> of Judah <03063> have anointed <04886> (8804) me

king <04428> over them.

2Sa 02:08 ¶ But Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>,

captain <08269> of Saul’s <07586> host <06635>, took <03947>

(8804) Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, and

brought him over <05674> (8686) to Mahanaim <04266>;

2Sa 02:09 And made him king <04427> (8686) over Gilead <01568>,

and over the Ashurites <0805>, and over Jezreel <03157>, and

over Ephraim <0669>, and over Benjamin <01144>, and over all

Israel <03478>.

2Sa 02:10 Ishbosheth <0378> Saul’s <07586> son <01121> was

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

<04427> (8800) over Israel <03478>, and reigned <04427> (8804)

two <08147> years <08141>. But the house <01004> of Judah

<03063> followed <0310> David <01732>.

2Sa 02:11 And the time <04557> <03117> that David <01732> was

king <04428> in Hebron <02275> over the house <01004> of Judah

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

<02320>.

2Sa 02:12 And Abner <074> the son <01121> of Ner <05369>, and

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

Saul <07586>, went out <03318> (8799) from Mahanaim <04266> to

Gibeon <01391>.

2Sa 02:13 And Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>,

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

(8804), and met <06298> (8799) together <03162> by the pool

<01295> of Gibeon <01391>: and they sat down <03427> (8799), the

one on the one side of the pool <01295>, and the other on the

other side of the pool <01295>.

2Sa 02:14 And Abner <074> said <0559> (8799) to Joab <03097>,

Let the young men <05288> now arise <06965> (8799), and play

<07832> (8762) before <06440> us. And Joab <03097> said <0559>

(8799), Let them arise <06965> (8799).

2Sa 02:15 Then there arose <06965> (8799) and went over <05674>

(8799) by number <04557> twelve <08147> <06240> of Benjamin

<01144>, which pertained to Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of

Saul <07586>, and twelve <08147> <06240> of the servants <05650>

of David <01732>.

2Sa 02:16 And they caught <02388> (8686) every one <0376> his

fellow <07453> by the head <07218>, and thrust his sword <02719>

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

(8799) together <03162>: wherefore that place <04725> was called

<07121> (8799) Helkathhazzurim <02521>, which is in Gibeon

<01391>.

2Sa 02:17 And there was a very <03966> sore <07186> battle

<04421> that day <03117>; and Abner <074> was beaten <05062>

(8735), and the men <0582> of Israel <03478>, before <06440> the

servants <05650> of David <01732>.

2Sa 02:18 ¶ And there were three <07969> sons <01121> of Zeruiah

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

<06214>: and Asahel <06214> was as light <07031> of foot <07272>

as a <0259> wild <07704> roe <06643>.

2Sa 02:19 And Asahel <06214> pursued <07291> (8799) after

<0310> Abner <074>; and in going <03212> (8800) he turned

<05186> (8804) not to the right hand <03225> nor to the left

<08040> from following <0310> Abner <074>.

2Sa 02:20 Then Abner <074> looked <06437> (8799) behind <0310>

him, and said <0559> (8799), Art thou Asahel <06214>? And he

answered <0559> (8799), I am.

2Sa 02:21 And Abner <074> said <0559> (8799) to him, Turn thee

aside <05186> (8798) to thy right hand <03225> or to thy left

<08040>, and lay thee hold <0270> (8798) on one <0259> of the

young men <05288>, and take <03947> (8798) thee his armour

<02488>. But Asahel <06214> would <014> (8804) not turn aside

<05493> (8800) from following <0310> of him.

2Sa 02:22 And Abner <074> said <0559> (8800) again <03254>

(8686) to Asahel <06214>, Turn thee aside <05493> (8798) from

following <0310> me: wherefore should I smite <05221> (8686)

thee to the ground <0776>? how then should I hold up <05375>

(8799) my face <06440> to Joab <03097> thy brother <0251>?

2Sa 02:23 Howbeit he refused <03985> (8762) to turn aside

<05493> (8800): wherefore Abner <074> with the hinder end <0310>

of the spear <02595> smote <05221> (8686) him under <0413> the

fifth <02570> rib, that the spear <02595> came out <03318>

(8799) behind <0310> him; and he fell down <05307> (8799) there,

and died <04191> (8799) in the same place <08478>: and it came

to pass, that as many as came <0935> (8802) to the place <04725>

where Asahel <06214> fell down <05307> (8804) and died <04191>

(8799) stood still <05975> (8799).

2Sa 02:24 Joab <03097> also and Abishai <052> pursued <07291>

(8799) after <0310> Abner <074>: and the sun <08121> went down

<0935> (8804) when they were come <0935> (8804) to the hill

<01389> of Ammah <0522>, that lieth before <06440> Giah <01520>

by the way <01870> of the wilderness <04057> of Gibeon <01391>.

2Sa 02:25 ¶ And the children <01121> of Benjamin <01144>

gathered themselves together <06908> (8691) after <0310> Abner

<074>, and became one <0259> troop <092>, and stood <05975>

(8799) on the top <07218> of an hill <01389>.

2Sa 02:26 Then Abner <074> called <07121> (8799) to Joab

<03097>, and said <0559> (8799), Shall the sword <02719> devour

<0398> (8799) for ever <05331>? knowest <03045> (8804) thou not

that it will be bitterness <04751> in the latter end <0314>? how

long shall it be then, ere thou bid <0559> (8799) the people

<05971> return <07725> (8800) from following <0310> their

brethren <0251>?

2Sa 02:27 And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799), As God <0430>

liveth <02416>, unless <03884> thou hadst spoken <01696> (8765),

surely then in the morning <01242> the people <05971> had gone

up <05927> (8738) every one <0376> from following <0310> his

brother <0251>.

2Sa 02:28 So Joab <03097> blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782>,

and all the people <05971> stood still <05975> (8799), and

pursued <07291> (8799) after <0310> Israel <03478> no more,

neither fought <03898> (8736) they any more <03254> (8804).

2Sa 02:29 And Abner <074> and his men <0582> walked <01980>

(8804) all that night <03915> through the plain <06160>, and

passed over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383>, and went through

<03212> (8799) all Bithron <01338>, and they came <0935> (8799)

to Mahanaim <04266>.

2Sa 02:30 And Joab <03097> returned <07725> (8804) from

following <0310> Abner <074>: and when he had gathered <06908>

<00> all the people <05971> together <06908> (8799), there

lacked <06485> (8735) of David’s <01732> servants <05650>

nineteen <08672> <06240> men <0376> and Asahel <06214>.

2Sa 02:31 But the servants <05650> of David <01732> had smitten

<05221> (8689) of Benjamin <01144>, and of Abner’s <074> men

<0582>, so that three <07969> hundred <03967> and threescore

<08346> men <0376> died <04191> (8804).

2Sa 02:32 And they took up <05375> (8799) Asahel <06214>, and

buried <06912> (8799) him in the sepulchre <06913> of his father

<01>, which was in Bethlehem <01035>. And Joab <03097> and his

men <0582> went <03212> (8799) all night <03915>, and they came

to Hebron <02275> at break of day <0215> (8735).

2Sa 03:01 ¶ Now there was long <0752> war <04421> between the

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

<01732>: but David <01732> waxed <01980> (8802) stronger <02390>

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

waxed <01980> (8802) weaker <01800> and weaker <01800>.

2Sa 03:02 And unto David <01732> were sons <01121> born <03205>

(8735) (8675) <03205> (8795) in Hebron <02275>: and his

firstborn <01060> was Amnon <0550>, of Ahinoam <0293> the

Jezreelitess <03159>;

2Sa 03:03 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>;

2Sa 03:04 And the fourth <07243>, Adonijah <0138> the son

<01121> of Haggith <02294>; and the fifth <02549>, Shephatiah

<08203> the son <01121> of Abital <037>;

2Sa 03:05 And the sixth <08345>, Ithream <03507>, by Eglah

<05698> David’s <01732> wife <0802>. These were born <03205>

(8795) to David <01732> in Hebron <02275>.

2Sa 03:06 And it came to pass, while there was war <04421>

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

of David <01732>, that Abner <074> made himself strong <02388>

(8693) for the house <01004> of Saul <07586>.

2Sa 03:07 ¶ And Saul <07586> had a concubine <06370>, whose name

<08034> was Rizpah <07532>, the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345>:

and Ishbosheth said <0559> (8799) to Abner <074>, Wherefore hast

thou gone in <0935> (8804) unto my father’s <01> concubine

<06370>?

2Sa 03:08 Then was Abner <074> very <03966> wroth <02734>

(8799) for the words <01697> of Ishbosheth <0378>, and said

<0559> (8799), Am I a dog’s <03611> head <07218>, which against

Judah <03063> do shew <06213> (8799) 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> (8689) thee into the hand <03027> of David

<01732>, that thou chargest <06485> (8799) me to day <03117>

with a fault <05771> concerning this woman <0802>?

2Sa 03:09 So do <06213> (8799) God <0430> to Abner <074>, and

more also <03254> (8686), except, as the LORD <03068> hath sworn

<07650> (8738) to David <01732>, even so I do <06213> (8799) to

him;

2Sa 03:10 To translate <05674> (8687) the kingdom <04467> from

the house <01004> of Saul <07586>, and to set up <06965> (8687)

the throne <03678> of David <01732> over Israel <03478> and over

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

2Sa 03:11 And he could <03201> (8804) not answer <07725> (8687)

Abner <074> a word <01697> again, because he feared <03372>

(8800) him.

2Sa 03:12 And Abner <074> sent <07971> (8799) messengers

<04397> to David <01732> on his behalf, saying <0559> (8800),

Whose is the land <0776>? saying <0559> (8800) also, Make

<03772> (8798) thy league <01285> with me, and, behold, my hand

<03027> shall be with thee, to bring about <05437> (8687) all

Israel <03478> unto thee.

2Sa 03:13 And he said <0559> (8799), Well <02896>; I will make

<03772> (8799) a league <01285> with thee: but one <0259> thing

<01697> I require <07592> (8802) of thee, that is <0559> (8800),

Thou shalt not see <07200> (8799) my face <06440>, except thou

first <06440> bring <0935> (8687) Michal <04324> Saul’s <07586>

daughter <01323>, when thou comest <0935> (8800) to see <07200>

(8800) my face <06440>.

2Sa 03:14 And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) messengers

<04397> to Ishbosheth <0378> Saul’s <07586> son <01121>, saying

<0559> (8800), Deliver <05414> (8798) me my wife <0802> Michal

<04324>, which I espoused <0781> (8765) to me for an hundred

<03967> foreskins <06190> of the Philistines <06430>.

2Sa 03:15 And Ishbosheth <0378> sent <07971> (8799), and took

<03947> (8799) her from her husband <0376>, even from Phaltiel

<06409> the son <01121> of Laish <03889> (8675) <03919>.

2Sa 03:16 And her husband <0376> went <03212> (8799) with her

along weeping <01980> (8800) <01058> (8800) behind <0310> her to

Bahurim <0980>. Then said <0559> (8799) Abner <074> unto him, Go

<03212> (8798), return <07725> (8798). And he returned <07725>

(8799).

2Sa 03:17 And Abner <074> had communication <01961> (8804)

<01697> with the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>, saying <0559>

(8800), Ye sought <01245> (8764) for David <01732> in times

<08543> past <08032> to be king <04428> over you:

2Sa 03:18 Now then do <06213> (8798) it: for the LORD <03068>

hath spoken <0559> (8804) of David <01732>, saying <0559> (8800),

By the hand <03027> of my servant <05650> David <01732> I will

save <03467> (8687) my people <05971> Israel <03478> out of the

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

<03027> of all their enemies <0341> (8802).

2Sa 03:19 And Abner <074> also spake <01696> (8762) in the ears

<0241> of Benjamin <01144>: and Abner <074> went <03212> (8799)

also to speak <01696> (8763) in the ears <0241> of David <01732>

in Hebron <02275> all that seemed <05869> good <02896> to Israel

<03478>, and that seemed good <05869> to the whole house <01004>

of Benjamin <01144>.

2Sa 03:20 So Abner <074> came <0935> (8799) to David <01732> to

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

David <01732> made <06213> (8799) Abner <074> and the men <0582>

that were with him a feast <04960>.

2Sa 03:21 And Abner <074> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>,

I will arise <06965> (8799) and go <03212> (8799), and will

gather <06908> (8799) all Israel <03478> unto my lord <0113> the

king <04428>, that they may make <03772> (8799) a league <01285>

with thee, and that thou mayest reign <04427> (8804) over all

that thine heart <05315> desireth <0183> (8762). And David

<01732> sent <07971> <00> Abner <074> away <07971> (8762); and

he went <03212> (8799) in peace <07965>.

2Sa 03:22 ¶ And, behold, the servants <05650> of David <01732>

and Joab <03097> came <0935> (8802) from pursuing a troop

<01416>, and brought in <0935> (8689) a great <07227> spoil

<07998> with them: but Abner <074> was not with David <01732> in

Hebron <02275>; for he had sent him away <07971> (8765), and he

was gone <03212> (8799) in peace <07965>.

2Sa 03:23 When Joab <03097> and all the host <06635> that was

with him were come <0935> (8804), they told <05046> (8686) Joab

<03097>, saying <0559> (8800), Abner <074> the son <01121> of

Ner <05369> came <0935> (8804) to the king <04428>, and he hath

sent him away <07971> (8762), and he is gone <03212> (8799) in

peace <07965>.

2Sa 03:24 Then Joab <03097> came <0935> (8799) to the king

<04428>, and said <0559> (8799), What hast thou done <06213>

(8804)? behold, Abner <074> came <0935> (8802) unto thee; why is

it that thou hast sent him away <07971> (8765), and he is quite

<01980> (8800) gone <03212> (8799)?

2Sa 03:25 Thou knowest <03045> (8804) Abner <074> the son

<01121> of Ner <05369>, that he came <0935> (8804) to deceive

<06601> (8763) thee, and to know <03045> (8800) thy going out

<04161> and thy coming in <04126> (8675) <03996>, and to know

<03045> (8800) all that thou doest <06213> (8802).

2Sa 03:26 And when Joab <03097> was come out <03318> (8799)

from David <01732>, he sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397>

after <0310> Abner <074>, which brought him again <07725> (8686)

from the well <0953> of Sirah <05626>: but David <01732> knew

<03045> (8804) it not.

2Sa 03:27 And when Abner <074> was returned <07725> (8799) to

Hebron <02275>, Joab <03097> took him aside <05186> (8686) in

<0413> <08432> the gate <08179> to speak <01696> (8763) with him

quietly <07987>, and smote <05221> (8686) him there under the

fifth <02570> rib, that he died <04191> (8799), for the blood

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

2Sa 03:28 And afterward <0310> when David <01732> heard <08085>

(8799) it, he said <0559> (8799), I and my kingdom <04467> are

guiltless <05355> before the LORD <03068> for <05704> ever

<05769> from the blood <01818> of Abner <074> the son <01121> of

Ner <05369>:

2Sa 03:29 Let it rest <02342> (8799) on the head <07218> of

Joab <03097>, and on all his father’s <01> house <01004>; and

let there not fail <03772> (8735) from the house <01004> of Joab

<03097> one that hath an issue <02100> (8802), or that is a

leper <06879> (8794), or that leaneth <02388> (8688) on a staff

<06418>, or that falleth <05307> (8802) on the sword <02719>, or

that lacketh <02638> bread <03899>.

2Sa 03:30 So Joab <03097> and Abishai <052> his brother <0251>

slew <02026> (8804) Abner <074>, because he had slain <04191>

(8689) their brother <0251> Asahel <06214> at Gibeon <01391> in

the battle <04421>.

2Sa 03:31 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Joab <03097>,

and to all the people <05971> that were with him, Rend <07167>

(8798) your clothes <0899>, and gird <02296> (8798) you with

sackcloth <08242>, and mourn <05594> (8798) before <06440> Abner

<074>. And king <04428> David <01732> himself followed <01980>

(8802) <0310> the bier <04296>.

2Sa 03:32 And they buried <06912> (8799) Abner <074> in Hebron

<02275>: and the king <04428> lifted up <05375> (8799) his voice

<06963>, and wept <01058> (8799) at the grave <06913> of Abner

<074>; and all the people <05971> wept <01058> (8799).

2Sa 03:33 And the king <04428> lamented <06969> (8787) over

Abner <074>, and said <0559> (8799), Died <04191> (8799) Abner

<074> as a fool <05036> dieth <04194>?

2Sa 03:34 Thy hands <03027> were not bound <0631> (8803), nor

thy feet <07272> put <05066> (8717) into fetters <05178>: as a

man falleth <05307> (8800) before <06440> wicked <05766> men

<01121>, so fellest <05307> (8804) thou. And all the people

<05971> wept <01058> (8800) again <03254> (8686) over him.

2Sa 03:35 And when all <03605> the people <05971> came <0935>

(8799) to cause <01262> <00> David <01732> to eat <01262> (8687)

meat <03899> while it was yet <05750> day <03117>, David <01732>

sware <07650> (8735), saying <0559> (8800), So do <06213> (8799)

God <0430> to me, and more also <03254> (8686), if I taste

<02938> (8799) bread <03899>, or ought <03972> else, till

<06440> the sun <08121> be down <0935> (8800).

2Sa 03:36 And all the people <05971> took notice <05234> (8689)

of it, and it pleased <03190> (8799) <05869> them: as whatsoever

the king <04428> did <06213> (8804) pleased <05869> <02896> all

the people <05971>.

2Sa 03:37 For all the people <05971> and all Israel <03478>

understood <03045> (8799) that day <03117> that it was not of

the king <04428> to slay <04191> (8687) Abner <074> the son

<01121> of Ner <05369>.

2Sa 03:38 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto his

servants <05650>, Know <03045> (8799) ye not that there is a

prince <08269> and a great man <01419> fallen <05307> (8804)

this day <03117> in Israel <03478>?

2Sa 03:39 And I am this day <03117> weak <07390>, though

anointed <04886> (8803) king <04428>; and these men <0582> the

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

LORD <03068> shall reward <07999> (8762) the doer of evil

<06213> (8802) according to his wickedness <07451>.

2Sa 04:01 ¶ And when Saul’s <07586> son <01121> heard <08085>

(8799) that Abner <074> was dead <04191> (8804) in Hebron

<02275>, his hands <03027> were feeble <07503> (8799), and all

the Israelites <03478> were troubled <0926> (8738).

2Sa 04:02 And Saul’s <07586> son <01121> had <01961> (8804) two

<08147> men <0582> that were captains <08269> of bands <01416>:

the name <08034> of the one <0259> was Baanah <01196>, 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 was

reckoned <02803> (8735) to Benjamin <01144>:

2Sa 04:03 And the Beerothites <0886> fled <01272> (8799) to

Gittaim <01664>, and were sojourners <01481> (8802) there until

this day <03117>.)

2Sa 04:04 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> (8800) of Saul <07586> and Jonathan <03083> out of

Jezreel <03157>, and his nurse <0539> (8802) took him up <05375>

(8799), and fled <05127> (8799): and it came to pass, as she

made haste <02648> (8800) to flee <05127> (8800), that he fell

<05307> (8799), and became lame <06452> (8735). And his name

<08034> was Mephibosheth <04648>.

2Sa 04:05 And the sons <01121> of Rimmon <07417> the Beerothite

<0886>, Rechab <07394> and Baanah <01196>, went <03212> (8799),

and came <0935> (8799) about the heat <02527> of the day <03117>

to the house <01004> of Ishbosheth <0378>, who lay <07901>

(8802) on a bed <04904> at noon <06672>.

2Sa 04:06 And they came thither <0935> (8804) into the midst

<08432> of the house <01004>, as though they would have fetched

<03947> (8802) wheat <02406>; and they smote <05221> (8686) him

under the fifth <02570> rib: and Rechab <07394> and Baanah

<01196> his brother <0251> escaped <04422> (8738).

2Sa 04:07 For when they came <0935> (8799) into the house

<01004>, he lay <07901> (8802) on his bed <04296> in his

bedchamber <02315> <04904>, and they smote <05221> (8686) him,

and slew <04191> (8686) him, and beheaded <05493> (8686) him,

and took <03947> (8799) his head <07218>, and gat them away

<03212> (8799) through <01870> the plain <06160> all night

<03915>.

2Sa 04:08 And they brought <0935> (8686) the head <07218> of

Ishbosheth <0378> unto David <01732> to Hebron <02275>, and said

<0559> (8799) to the king <04428>, Behold the head <07218> of

Ishbosheth <0378> the son <01121> of Saul <07586> thine enemy

<0341> (8802), which sought <01245> (8765) thy life <05315>; and

the LORD <03068> hath <05414> (8799) avenged <05360> my lord

<0113> the king <04428> this day <03117> of Saul <07586>, and of

his seed <02233>.

2Sa 04:09 ¶ And David <01732> answered <06030> (8799) Rechab

<07394> and Baanah <01196> his brother <0251>, the sons <01121>

of Rimmon <07417> the Beerothite <0886>, and said <0559> (8799)

unto them, As the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>, who hath redeemed

<06299> (8804) my soul <05315> out of all adversity <06869>,

2Sa 04:10 When one told <05046> (8688) me, saying <0559> (8800),

Behold, Saul <07586> is dead <04191> (8804), thinking to have

brought <05869> good tidings <01319> (8764), I took hold <0270>

(8799) of him, and slew <02026> (8799) him in Ziklag <06860>,

who thought that I would have given <05414> (8800) him a reward

for his tidings <01309>:

2Sa 04:11 How much more, when wicked <07563> men <0582> have

slain <02026> (8804) a righteous <06662> person <0376> in his

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

now require <01245> (8762) his blood <01818> of your hand

<03027>, and take you away <01197> (8765) from the earth <0776>?

2Sa 04:12 And David <01732> commanded <06680> (8762) his young

men <05288>, and they slew <02026> (8799) them, and cut off

<07112> (8762) their hands <03027> and their feet <07272>, and

hanged them up <08518> (8799) over the pool <01295> in Hebron

<02275>. But they took <03947> (8804) the head <07218> of

Ishbosheth <0378>, and buried <06912> (8799) it in the sepulchre

<06913> of Abner <074> in Hebron <02275>.

2Sa 05:01 ¶ Then came <0935> (8799) all the tribes <07626> of

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

<0559> (8799), saying <0559> (8800), Behold, we are thy bone

<06106> and thy flesh <01320>.

2Sa 05:02 Also in time past <0865> <08032>, when Saul <07586>

was king <04428> over us, thou wast he that leddest out <03318>

(8688) and broughtest in <0935> (8688) Israel <03478>: and the

LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799) to thee, Thou shalt feed <07462>

(8799) my people <05971> Israel <03478>, and thou shalt be a

captain <05057> over Israel <03478>.

2Sa 05:03 So all the elders <02205> of Israel <03478> came

<0935> (8799) to the king <04428> to Hebron <02275>; and king

<04428> David <01732> made <03772> (8799) a league <01285> with

them in Hebron <02275> before <06440> the LORD <03068>: and they

anointed <04886> (8799) David <01732> king <04428> over Israel

<03478>.

2Sa 05:04 David <01732> was thirty <07970> years <08141> old

<01121> when he began to reign <04427> (8800), and he reigned

<04427> (8804) forty <0705> years <08141>.

2Sa 05:05 In Hebron <02275> he reigned <04427> (8804) over

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

<02320>: and in Jerusalem <03389> he reigned <04427> (8804)

thirty <07970> and three <07969> years <08141> over all Israel

<03478> and Judah <03063>.

2Sa 05:06 ¶ And the king <04428> and his men <0582> went <03212>

(8799) to Jerusalem <03389> unto the Jebusites <02983>, the

inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776>: which spake

<0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, saying <0559> (8800), Except

thou take away <05493> (8687) the blind <05787> and the lame

<06455>, thou shalt not come in <0935> (8799) hither: thinking

<0559> (8800), David <01732> cannot come in <0935> (8799) hither.

2Sa 05:07 Nevertheless David <01732> took <03920> (8799) the

strong hold <04686> of Zion <06726>: the same is the city

<05892> of David <01732>.

2Sa 05:08 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) on that day

<03117>, Whosoever getteth up <05060> (8799) to the gutter

<06794>, and smiteth <05221> (8688) the Jebusites <02983>, and

the lame <06455> and the blind <05787>, that are hated <08130>

(8803) of David’s <01732> soul <05315>, he shall be chief and

captain. Wherefore they said <0559> (8799), The blind <05787>

and the lame <06455> shall not come <0935> (8799) into the house

<01004>.

2Sa 05:09 So David <01732> dwelt <03427> (8799) in the fort

<04686>, and called <07121> (8799) it the city <05892> of David

<01732>. And David <01732> built <01129> (8799) round about

<05439> from Millo <04407> and inward <01004>.

2Sa 05:10 And David <01732> went <03212> (8799) on <01980>

(8800), and grew great <01419>, and the LORD <03068> God <0430>

of hosts <06635> was with him.

2Sa 05:11 ¶ And Hiram <02438> king <04428> of Tyre <06865> sent

<07971> (8799) messengers <04397> to David <01732>, and cedar

<0730> trees <06086>, and carpenters <02796>, and masons <07023>

<068>: and they built <01129> (8799) David <01732> an house

<01004>.

2Sa 05:12 And David <01732> perceived <03045> (8799) that the

LORD <03068> had established <03559> (8689) him king <04428>

over Israel <03478>, and that he had exalted <05375> (8765) his

kingdom <04467> for his people <05971> Israel’s <03478> sake.

2Sa 05:13 And David <01732> took <03947> (8799) him more

concubines <06370> and wives <0802> out of Jerusalem <03389>,

after <0310> he was come <0935> (8800) from Hebron <02275>: and

there were yet sons <01121> and daughters <01323> born <03205>

(8735) to David <01732>.

2Sa 05:14 And these 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>,

2Sa 05:15 Ibhar <02984> also, and Elishua <0474>, and Nepheg

<05298>, and Japhia <03309>,

2Sa 05:16 And Elishama <0476>, and Eliada <0450>, and Eliphalet

<0467>.

2Sa 05:17 ¶ But when the Philistines <06430> heard <08085>

(8799) that they had anointed <04886> (8804) David <01732> king

<04428> over Israel <03478>, all the Philistines <06430> came up

<05927> (8799) to seek <01245> (8763) David <01732>; and David

<01732> heard <08085> (8799) of it, and went down <03381> (8799)

to the hold <04686>.

2Sa 05:18 The Philistines <06430> also came <0935> (8804) and

spread <05203> (8735) themselves in the valley <06010> of

Rephaim <07497>.

2Sa 05:19 And David <01732> enquired <07592> (8799) of the LORD

<03068>, saying <0559> (8800), Shall I go up <05927> (8799) to

the Philistines <06430>? wilt thou deliver <05414> (8799) them

into mine hand <03027>? And the LORD <03068> said <0559> (8799)

unto David <01732>, Go up <05927> (8798): for I will doubtless

<05414> (8800) deliver <05414> (8799) the Philistines <06430>

into thine hand <03027>.

2Sa 05:20 And David <01732> came <0935> (8799) to Baalperazim

<01188>, and David <01732> smote <05221> (8686) them there, and

said <0559> (8799), The LORD <03068> hath broken forth <06555>

(8804) upon mine enemies <0341> (8802) before <06440> me, as the

breach <06556> of waters <04325>. Therefore he called <07121>

(8804) the name <08034> of that place <04725> Baalperazim

<01188>.

2Sa 05:21 And there they left <05800> (8799) their images

<06091>, and David <01732> and his men <0582> burned <05375>

(8799) them.

2Sa 05:22 And the Philistines <06430> came up <05927> (8800)

yet again <03254> (8686), and spread <05203> (8735) themselves

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

2Sa 05:23 And when David <01732> enquired <07592> (8799) of the

LORD <03068>, he said <0559> (8799), Thou shalt not go up

<05927> (8799); but fetch a compass <05437> (8685) behind <0310>

them, and come <0935> (8804) upon them over against <04136> the

mulberry trees <01057>.

2Sa 05:24 And let it be, when thou hearest <08085> (8800) the

sound <06963> of a going <06807> in the tops <07218> of the

mulberry trees <01057>, that then thou shalt bestir <02782>

(8799) thyself: for then shall the LORD <03068> go out <03318>

(8804) before <06440> thee, to smite <05221> (8687) the host

<04264> of the Philistines <06430>.

2Sa 05:25 And David <01732> did so <06213> (8799), as the LORD

<03068> had commanded <06680> (8765) him; and smote <05221>

(8686) the Philistines <06430> from Geba <01387> until thou come

<0935> (8800) to Gazer <01507>.

2Sa 06:01 ¶ Again, David <01732> gathered together <0622> (8799)

(8676) <03254> (8686) all the chosen <0977> (8803) men of Israel

<03478>, thirty <07970> thousand <0505>.

2Sa 06:02 And David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and went

<03212> (8799) with all the people <05971> that were with him

from Baale of Judah <01184>, to bring up <05927> (8687) from

thence the ark <0727> of God <0430>, whose name <08034> is

called <07121> (8738) by the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> of

hosts <06635> that dwelleth <03427> (8802) between the cherubims

<03742>.

2Sa 06:03 And they set <07392> (8686) the ark <0727> of God

<0430> upon a new <02319> cart <05699>, and brought <05375>

(8799) 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> (8802) the new <02319>

cart <05699>.

2Sa 06:04 And they brought <05375> (8799) it out of the house

<01004> of Abinadab <041> which was at Gibeah <01390>,

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

<0283> went <01980> (8802) before <06440> the ark <0727>.

2Sa 06:05 And David <01732> and all the house <01004> of Israel

<03478> played <07832> (8764) before <06440> the LORD <03068> on

all 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>.

2Sa 06:06 ¶ And when they came <0935> (8799) to Nachon’s <05225>

threshingfloor <01637>, Uzzah <05798> put forth <07971> (8799)

his hand to the ark <0727> of God <0430>, and took hold <0270>

(8799) of it; for the oxen <01241> shook <08058> (8804) it.

2Sa 06:07 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <03068> was kindled

<02734> (8799) against Uzzah <05798>; and God <0430> smote

<05221> (8686) him there for his error <07944>; and there he

died <04191> (8799) by the ark <0727> of God <0430>.

2Sa 06:08 And David <01732> was displeased <02734> (8799),

because the LORD <03068> had made <06555> (8804) a breach

<06556> upon Uzzah <05798>: and he called <07121> (8799) the

name of the place <04725> Perezuzzah <06560> to this day <03117>.

2Sa 06:09 And David <01732> was afraid <03372> (8799) of the

LORD <03068> that day <03117>, and said <0559> (8799), How shall

the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> come <0935> (8799) to me?

2Sa 06:10 So David <01732> would <014> (8804) not remove

<05493> (8687) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> unto him into

the city <05892> of David <01732>: but David <01732> carried it

aside <05186> (8686) into the house <01004> of Obededom <05654>

the Gittite <01663>.

2Sa 06:11 And the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> continued

<03427> (8799) in the house <01004> of Obededom <05654> the

Gittite <01663> three <07969> months <02320>: and the LORD

<03068> blessed <01288> (8762) Obededom <05654>, and all his

household <01004>.

2Sa 06:12 ¶ And it was told <05046> (8714) king <04428> David

<01732>, saying <0559> (8800), The LORD <03068> hath blessed

<01288> (8765) the house <01004> of Obededom <05654>, and all

that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark <0727> of God

<0430>. So David <01732> went <03212> (8799) and brought up

<05927> (8686) the ark <0727> of God <0430> from the house

<01004> of Obededom <05654> into the city <05892> of David

<01732> with gladness <08057>.

2Sa 06:13 And it was so, that when they that bare <05375>

(8802) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> had gone <06805>

(8804) six <08337> paces <06806>, he sacrificed <02076> (8799)

oxen <07794> and fatlings <04806>.

2Sa 06:14 And David <01732> danced <03769> (8772) before

<06440> the LORD <03068> with all his might <05797>; and David

<01732> was girded <02296> (8803) with a linen <0906> ephod

<0646>.

2Sa 06:15 So David <01732> and all the house <01004> of Israel

<03478> brought up <05927> (8688) the ark <0727> of the LORD

<03068> with shouting <08643>, and with the sound <06963> of the

trumpet <07782>.

2Sa 06:16 And as the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> came <0935>

(8802) into the city <05892> of David <01732>, Michal <04324>

Saul’s <07586> daughter <01323> looked <08259> (8738) through a

window <02474>, and saw <07200> (8799) king <04428> David

<01732> leaping <06339> (8764) and dancing <03769> (8772) before

<06440> the LORD <03068>; and she despised <0959> (8799) him in

her heart <03820>.

2Sa 06:17 And they brought <0935> (8686) in the ark <0727> of

the LORD <03068>, and set <03322> (8686) it in his place <04725>,

in the midst <08432> of the tabernacle <0168> that David

<01732> had pitched <05186> (8804) for it: and David <01732>

offered <05927> (8686) burnt offerings <05930> and peace

offerings <08002> before <06440> the LORD <03068>.

2Sa 06:18 And as soon as David <01732> had made an end <03615>

(8762) of offering <05927> (8687) burnt offerings <05930> and

peace offerings <08002>, he blessed <01288> (8762) the people

<05971> in the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>.

2Sa 06:19 And he dealt <02505> (8762) among all the people

<05971>, even among the whole multitude <01995> of Israel

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

<0376> a <0259> cake <02471> of bread <03899>, and a good piece

<0829> of flesh, and a flagon <0809> of wine. So all the people

<05971> departed <03212> (8799) every one <0376> to his house

<01004>.

2Sa 06:20 ¶ Then David <01732> returned <07725> (8799) to bless

<01288> (8763) his household <01004>. And Michal <04324> the

daughter <01323> of Saul <07586> came out <03318> (8799) to meet

<07125> (8800) David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799), How

glorious <03513> (8738) was the king <04428> of Israel <03478>

to day <03117>, who uncovered <01540> (8738) himself to day

<03117> in the eyes <05869> of the handmaids <0519> of his

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

shamelessly <01540> (8736) uncovereth <01540> (8736) himself!

2Sa 06:21 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Michal

<04324>, It was before <06440> the LORD <03068>, which chose

<0977> (8804) me before thy father <01>, and before all his

house <01004>, to appoint <06680> (8763) me ruler <05057> over

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

therefore will I play <07832> (8765) before <06440> the LORD

<03068>.

2Sa 06:22 And I will yet be more vile <07043> (8738) than thus

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

of the maidservants <0519> which thou hast spoken <0559> (8804)

of, of them shall I be had in honour <03513> (8735).

2Sa 06:23 Therefore Michal <04324> the daughter <01323> of Saul

<07586> had no child <02056> (8675) <03206> unto the day <03117>

of her death <04194>.

2Sa 07:01 ¶ And it came to pass, when the king <04428> sat

<03427> (8804) in his house <01004>, and the LORD <03068> had

given him rest <05117> (8689) round about <05439> from all his

enemies <0341> (8802);

2Sa 07:02 That the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Nathan

<05416> the prophet <05030>, See <07200> (8798) now, I dwell

<03427> (8802) in an house <01004> of cedar <0730>, but the ark

<0727> of God <0430> dwelleth <03427> (8802) within <08432>

curtains <03407>.

2Sa 07:03 And Nathan <05416> said <0559> (8799) to the king

<04428>, Go <03212> (8798), do <06213> (8798) all that is in

thine heart <03824>; for the LORD <03068> is with thee.

2Sa 07:04 ¶ And it came to pass that night <03915>, that the

word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto Nathan <05416>,

saying <0559> (8800),

2Sa 07:05 Go <03212> (8798) and tell <0559> (8804) my servant

<05650> David <01732>, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>,

Shalt thou build <01129> (8799) me an house <01004> for me to

dwell in <03427> (8800)?

2Sa 07:06 Whereas I have not dwelt <03427> (8804) in any house

<01004> since the time <03117> that I brought up <05927> (8687)

the children <01121> of Israel <03478> out of Egypt <04714>,

even to this day <03117>, but have walked <01980> (8693) in a

tent <0168> and in a tabernacle <04908>.

2Sa 07:07 In all the places wherein I have walked <01980>

(8694) with all the children <01121> of Israel <03478> spake

<01696> (8765) I a word <01697> with any <0259> of the tribes

<07626> of Israel <03478>, whom I commanded <06680> (8765) to

feed <07462> (8800) my people <05971> Israel <03478>, saying

<0559> (8800), Why build <01129> (8804) ye not me an house

<01004> of cedar <0730>?

2Sa 07:08 Now therefore so shalt thou say <0559> (8799) unto my

servant <05650> David <01732>, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD

<03068> of hosts <06635>, I took <03947> (8804) thee from the

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

be ruler <05057> over my people <05971>, over Israel <03478>:

2Sa 07:09 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest

<01980> (8804), and have cut off <03772> (8686) all thine

enemies <0341> (8802) out of thy sight <06440>, and have made

<06213> (8804) thee a great <01419> name <08034>, like unto the

name <08034> of the great <01419> men that are in the earth

<0776>.

2Sa 07:10 Moreover I will appoint <07760> (8804) a place

<04725> for my people <05971> Israel <03478>, and will plant

<05193> (8804) them, that they may dwell <07931> (8804) in a

place of their own, and move <07264> (8799) no more; neither

shall the children <01121> of wickedness <05766> afflict <06031>

(8763) them any more <03254> (8686), as beforetime <07223>,

2Sa 07:11 And as since the time <03117> that I commanded

<06680> (8765) judges <08199> (8802) to be over my people

<05971> Israel <03478>, and have caused thee to rest <05117>

(8689) from all thine enemies <0341> (8802). Also the LORD

<03068> telleth <05046> (8689) thee that he will make <06213>

(8799) thee an house <01004>.

2Sa 07:12 And when thy days <03117> be fulfilled <04390> (8799),

and thou shalt sleep <07901> (8804) with thy fathers <01>, I

will set up <06965> (8689) thy seed <02233> after <0310> thee,

which shall proceed <03318> (8799) out of thy bowels <04578>,

and I will establish <03559> (8689) his kingdom <04467>.

2Sa 07:13 He shall build <01129> (8799) an house <01004> for my

name <08034>, and I will stablish <03559> (8790) the throne

<03678> of his kingdom <04467> for <05704> ever <05769>.

2Sa 07:14 I will be his father <01>, and he shall be my son

<01121>. If he commit iniquity <05753> (8687), I will chasten

<03198> (8689) him with the rod <07626> of men <0582>, and with

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

2Sa 07:15 But my mercy <02617> shall not depart away <05493>

(8799) from him, as I took <05493> (8689) it from Saul <07586>,

whom I put away <05493> (8689) before <06440> thee.

2Sa 07:16 And thine house <01004> and thy kingdom <04467> shall

be established <0539> (8738) for <05704> ever <05769> before

<06440> thee: thy throne <03678> shall be established <03559>

(8737) for <05704> ever <05769>.

2Sa 07:17 According to all these words <01697>, and according

to all this vision <02384>, so did Nathan <05416> speak <01696>

(8765) unto David <01732>.

2Sa 07:18 ¶ Then went <0935> (8799) king <04428> David <01732>

in, and sat <03427> (8799) before <06440> the LORD <03068>, and

he said <0559> (8799), Who am I, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>? and

what is my house <01004>, that thou hast brought <0935> (8689)

me hitherto <01988>?

2Sa 07:19 And this was yet a small thing <06994> (8799) in thy

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

<01696> (8762) also of thy servant’s <05650> house <01004> for a

great while to come <07350>. And is this the manner <08452> of

man <0120>, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>?

2Sa 07:20 And what can <03254> <00> David <01732> say <01696>

(8763) more <03254> (8686) unto thee? for thou, Lord <0136> GOD

<03069>, knowest <03045> (8804) thy servant <05650>.

2Sa 07:21 For thy word’s <01697> sake, and according to thine

own heart <03820>, hast thou done <06213> (8804) all these great

things <01420>, to make thy servant <05650> know <03045> (8687)

them.

2Sa 07:22 Wherefore thou art great <01431> (8804), O LORD

<03068> God <0430>: for there is none like thee, neither is

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

we have heard <08085> (8804) with our ears <0241>.

2Sa 07:23 And what one <0259> nation <01471> in the earth

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

whom God <0430> went <01980> (8804) to redeem <06299> (8800) for

a people <05971> to himself, and to make <07760> (8800) him a

name <08034>, and to do <06213> (8800) for you great things

<01420> and terrible <03372> (8737), for thy land <0776>, before

<06440> thy people <05971>, which thou redeemedst <06299> (8804)

to thee from Egypt <04714>, from the nations <01471> and their

gods <0430>?

2Sa 07:24 For thou hast confirmed <03559> (8787) to thyself thy

people <05971> Israel <03478> to be a people <05971> unto thee

for <05704> ever <05769>: and thou, LORD <03068>, art become

<01961> (8804) their God <0430>.

2Sa 07:25 And now, O LORD <03068> God <0430>, the word <01697>

that thou hast spoken <01696> (8765) concerning thy servant

<05650>, and concerning his house <01004>, establish <06965>

(8685) it for <05704> ever <05769>, and do <06213> (8798) as

thou hast said <01696> (8765).

2Sa 07:26 And let thy name <08034> be magnified <01431> (8799)

for <05704> ever <05769>, saying <0559> (8800), The LORD <03068>

of hosts <06635> is the God <0430> over Israel <03478>: and let

the house <01004> of thy servant <05650> David <01732> be

established <03559> (8737) before <06440> thee.

2Sa 07:27 For thou, O LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>, God <0430>

of Israel <03478>, hast revealed <01540> (8804) <0241> to thy

servant <05650>, saying <0559> (8800), I will build <01129>

(8799) thee an house <01004>: therefore hath thy servant <05650>

found <04672> (8804) in his heart <03820> to pray <06419> (8692)

this prayer <08605> unto thee.

2Sa 07:28 And now, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, thou art that God

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

promised <01696> (8762) this goodness <02896> unto thy servant

<05650>:

2Sa 07:29 Therefore now let it please <02974> (8685) thee to

bless <01288> (8761) the house <01004> of thy servant <05650>,

that it may continue for ever <05769> before <06440> thee: for

thou, O Lord <0136> GOD <03069>, hast spoken <01696> (8765) it:

and with thy blessing <01293> let the house <01004> of thy

servant <05650> be blessed <01288> (8792) for ever <05769>.

2Sa 08:01 ¶ And after <0310> this it came to pass, that David

<01732> smote <05221> (8686) the Philistines <06430>, and

subdued <03665> (8686) them: and David <01732> took <03947>

(8799) Methegammah <04965> out of the hand <03027> of the

Philistines <06430>.

2Sa 08:02 And he smote <05221> (8686) Moab <04124>, and

measured <04058> (8762) them with a line <02256>, casting them

down <07901> (8687) to the ground <0776>; even with two <08147>

lines <02256> measured <04058> (8762) he to put to death <04191>

(8687), and with one full <04393> line <02256> to keep alive

<02421> (8687). And so the Moabites <04124> became David’s

<01732> servants <05650>, and brought <05375> (8802) gifts

<04503>.

2Sa 08:03 David <01732> smote <05221> (8686) also Hadadezer

<01909>, the son <01121> of Rehob <07340>, king <04428> of Zobah

<06678>, as he went <03212> (8800) to recover <07725> (8687) his

border <03027> at the river <05104> Euphrates <06578>.

2Sa 08:04 And David <01732> took <03920> (8799) from him a

thousand <0505> chariots, and seven <07651> hundred <03967>

horsemen <06571>, and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> footmen

<0376> <07273>: and David <01732> houghed <06131> (8762) all the

chariot <07393> horses, but reserved <03498> (8686) of them for

an hundred <03967> chariots <07393>.

2Sa 08:05 And when the Syrians <0758> of Damascus <01834> came

<0935> (8799) to succour <05826> (8800) Hadadezer <01909> king

<04428> of Zobah <06678>, David <01732> slew <05221> (8686) of

the Syrians <0758> two <08147> and twenty <06242> thousand

<0505> men <0376>.

2Sa 08:06 Then David <01732> put <07760> (8799) garrisons

<05333> in Syria <0758> of Damascus <01834>: and the Syrians

<0758> became servants <05650> to David <01732>, and brought

<05375> (8802) gifts <04503>. And the LORD <03068> preserved

<03467> (8686) David <01732> whithersoever he went <01980>

(8804).

2Sa 08:07 And David <01732> took <03947> (8799) the shields

<07982> of gold <02091> that were on the servants <05650> of

Hadadezer <01909>, and brought <0935> (8686) them to Jerusalem

<03389>.

2Sa 08:08 And from Betah <0984>, and from Berothai <01268>,

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

took <03947> (8804) exceeding <03966> much <07235> (8687) brass

<05178>.

2Sa 08:09 ¶ When Toi <08583> king <04428> of Hamath <02574>

heard <08085> (8799) that David <01732> had smitten <05221>

(8689) all the host <02428> of Hadadezer <01909>,

2Sa 08:10 Then Toi <08583> sent <07971> (8799) Joram <03141>

his son <01121> unto king <04428> David <01732>, to salute

<07592> (8800) <07965> him, and to bless <01288> (8763) him,

because he had fought <03898> (8738) against Hadadezer <01909>,

and smitten <05221> (8686) him: for Hadadezer <01909> had wars

<0376> <04421> with Toi <08583>. And Joram brought with him

<03027> vessels <03627> of silver <03701>, and vessels <03627>

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

2Sa 08:11 Which also king <04428> David <01732> did dedicate

<06942> (8689) unto the LORD <03068>, with the silver <03701>

and gold <02091> that he had dedicated <06942> (8689) of all

nations <01471> which he subdued <03533> (8765);

2Sa 08:12 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>.

2Sa 08:13 And David <01732> gat <06213> (8799) him a name

<08034> when he returned <07725> (8800) from smiting <05221>

(8687) of the Syrians <0758> in the valley <01516> of salt

<04417>, being eighteen <08083> <06240> thousand <0505> men.

2Sa 08:14 And he put <07760> (8799) garrisons <05333> in Edom

<0123>; throughout all Edom <0123> put <07760> (8804) he

garrisons <05333>, and all they of Edom <0123> became David’s

<01732> servants <05650>. And the LORD <03068> preserved <03467>

(8686) David <01732> whithersoever he went <01980> (8804).

2Sa 08:15 ¶ And David <01732> reigned <04427> (8799) over all

Israel <03478>; and David <01732> executed <06213> (8802)

judgment <04941> and justice <06666> unto all his people <05971>.

2Sa 08:16 And Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>

was over the host <06635>; and Jehoshaphat <03092> the son

<01121> of Ahilud <0286> was recorder <02142> (8688);

2Sa 08:17 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>

(8802);

2Sa 08:18 And Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada

<03077> was over both the Cherethites <03774> and the Pelethites

<06432>; and David’s <01732> sons <01121> were chief rulers

<03548>.

2Sa 09:01 ¶ And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), Is there yet

<03426> any that is left <03498> (8738) of the house <01004> of

Saul <07586>, that I may shew <06213> (8799) him kindness

<02617> for Jonathan’s <03083> sake?

2Sa 09:02 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> (8799) him unto David <01732>, the king

<04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Art thou Ziba <06717>? And

he said <0559> (8799), Thy servant <05650> is he.

2Sa 09:03 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Is there not

<0657> yet any <0376> of the house <01004> of Saul <07586>, that

I may shew <06213> (8799) the kindness <02617> of God <0430>

unto him? And Ziba <06717> said <0559> (8799) unto the king

<04428>, Jonathan <03083> hath yet a son <01121>, which is lame

<05223> on his feet <07272>.

2Sa 09:04 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him,

Where <0375> is he? And Ziba <06717> said <0559> (8799) unto the

king <04428>, Behold, he is in the house <01004> of Machir

<04353>, the son <01121> of Ammiel <05988>, in Lodebar <03810>.

2Sa 09:05 Then king <04428> David <01732> sent <07971> (8799),

and fetched <03947> (8799) him out of the house <01004> of

Machir <04353>, the son <01121> of Ammiel <05988>, from Lodebar

<03810>.

2Sa 09:06 Now when Mephibosheth <04648>, the son <01121> of

Jonathan <03083>, the son <01121> of Saul <07586>, was come

<0935> (8799) unto David <01732>, he fell <05307> (8799) on his

face <06440>, and did reverence <07812> (8691). And David

<01732> said <0559> (8799), Mephibosheth <04648>. And he

answered <0559> (8799), Behold thy servant <05650>!

2Sa 09:07 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Fear

<03372> (8799) not: for I will surely <06213> (8800) shew

<06213> (8799) thee kindness <02617> for Jonathan <03083> thy

father’s <01> sake, and will restore <07725> (8689) thee all the

land <07704> of Saul <07586> thy father <01>; and thou shalt eat

<0398> (8799) bread <03899> at my table <07979> continually

<08548>.

2Sa 09:08 And he bowed <07812> (8691) himself, and said <0559>

(8799), What is thy servant <05650>, that thou shouldest look

<06437> (8804) upon such a dead <04191> (8801) dog <03611> as I

am?

2Sa 09:09 ¶ Then the king <04428> called <07121> (8799) to Ziba

<06717>, Saul’s <07586> servant <05288>, and said <0559> (8799)

unto him, I have given <05414> (8804) unto thy master’s <0113>

son <01121> all that pertained <01961> (8804) to Saul <07586>

and to all his house <01004>.

2Sa 09:10 Thou therefore, and thy sons <01121>, and thy

servants <05650>, shall till <05647> (8804) the land <0127> for

him, and thou shalt bring <0935> (8689) in the fruits, that thy

master’s <0113> son <01121> may have food <03899> to eat <0398>

(8804): but Mephibosheth <04648> thy master’s <0113> son <01121>

shall eat <0398> (8799) bread <03899> alway <08548> at my table

<07979>. Now Ziba <06717> had fifteen <02568> <06240> sons

<01121> and twenty <06242> servants <05650>.

2Sa 09:11 Then said <0559> (8799) Ziba <06717> unto the king

<04428>, According to all that my lord <0113> the king <04428>

hath commanded <06680> (8762) his servant <05650>, so shall thy

servant <05650> do <06213> (8799). As for Mephibosheth <04648>,

said the king, he shall eat <0398> (8802) at my table <07979>,

as one <0259> of the king’s <04428> sons <01121>.

2Sa 09:12 And Mephibosheth <04648> had a young <06996> son

<01121>, whose name <08034> was Micha <04316>. And all that

dwelt <04186> in the house <01004> of Ziba <06717> were servants

<05650> unto Mephibosheth <04648>.

2Sa 09:13 So Mephibosheth <04648> dwelt <03427> (8802) in

Jerusalem <03389>: for he did eat <0398> (8802) continually

<08548> at the king’s <04428> table <07979>; and was lame

<06455> on both <08147> his feet <07272>.

2Sa 10:01 ¶ And it came to pass after this <0310>, that the king

<04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> died <04191>

(8799), and Hanun <02586> his son <01121> reigned <04427> (8799)

in his stead.

2Sa 10:02 Then said <0559> (8799) David <01732>, I will shew

<06213> (8799) kindness <02617> unto Hanun <02586> the son

<01121> of Nahash <05176>, as his father <01> shewed <06213>

(8804) kindness <02617> unto me. And David <01732> sent <07971>

(8799) to comfort <05162> (8763) him by the hand <03027> of his

servants <05650> for his father <01>. And David’s <01732>

servants <05650> came <0935> (8799) into the land <0776> of the

children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.

2Sa 10:03 And the princes <08269> of the children <01121> of

Ammon <05983> said <0559> (8799) unto Hanun <02586> their lord

<0113>, Thinkest <05869> thou that David <01732> doth honour

<03513> (8764) thy father <01>, that he hath sent <07971> (8804)

comforters <05162> (8764) unto thee? hath not David <01732>

rather sent <07971> (8804) his servants <05650> unto thee, to

<05668> search <02713> (8800) the city <05892>, and to spy it

out <07270> (8763), and to overthrow <02015> (8800) it?

2Sa 10:04 Wherefore Hanun <02586> took <03947> (8799) David’s

<01732> servants <05650>, and shaved off <01548> (8762) the one

half <02677> of their beards <02206>, and cut off <03772> (8799)

their garments <04063> in the middle <02677>, even to their

buttocks <08357>, and sent them away <07971> (8762).

2Sa 10:05 When they told <05046> (8686) it unto David <01732>,

he sent <07971> (8799) to meet <07125> (8800) them, because the

men <0582> were greatly <03966> ashamed <03637> (8737): and the

king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Tarry <03427> (8798) at Jericho

<03405> until your beards <02206> be grown <06779> (8762), and

then return <07725> (8804).

2Sa 10:06 ¶ And when the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> saw

<07200> (8799) that they stank <0887> (8738) before David

<01732>, the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> sent <07971>

(8799) and hired <07936> (8799) 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 <06240> <08147> thousand <0505> men <0376>.

2Sa 10:07 And when David <01732> heard <08085> (8799) of it, he

sent <07971> (8799) Joab <03097>, and all the host <06635> of

the mighty men <01368>.

2Sa 10:08 And the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> came out

<03318> (8799), and put the battle <04421> in array <06186>

(8799) at the entering in <06607> 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>.

2Sa 10:09 When Joab <03097> saw <07200> (8799) that the front

<06440> of the battle <04421> was against him before <06440> and

behind <0268>, he chose <0977> (8799) of all the choice <0977>

(8803) men of Israel <03478>, and put them in array <06186>

(8799) against <07125> (8800) the Syrians <0758>:

2Sa 10:10 And the rest <03499> of the people <05971> he

delivered <05414> (8804) into the hand <03027> of Abishai <052>

his brother <0251>, that he might put them in array <06186>

(8799) against <07125> (8800) the children <01121> of Ammon

<05983>.

2Sa 10:11 And he said <0559> (8799), If the Syrians <0758> be

too strong <02388> (8799) for me, then thou shalt help <03444>

me: but if the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> be too strong

<02388> (8799) for thee, then I will come <01980> (8804) and

help <03467> (8687) thee.

2Sa 10:12 Be of good courage <02388> (8798), and let us play

the men <02388> (8691) for our people <05971>, and for the

cities <05892> of our God <0430>: and the LORD <03068> do

<06213> (8799) that which seemeth <05869> him good <02896>.

2Sa 10:13 And Joab <03097> drew nigh <05066> (8799), and the

people <05971> that were with him, unto the battle <04421>

against the Syrians <0758>: and they fled <05127> (8799) before

<06440> him.

2Sa 10:14 And when the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> saw

<07200> (8804) that the Syrians <0758> were fled <05127> (8804),

then fled <05127> (8799) they also before <06440> Abishai <052>,

and entered <0935> (8799) into the city <05892>. So Joab <03097>

returned <07725> (8799) from the children <01121> of Ammon

<05983>, and came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>.

2Sa 10:15 ¶ And when the Syrians <0758> saw <07200> (8799) that

they were smitten <05062> (8738) before <06440> Israel <03478>,

they gathered <0622> (8735) themselves together <03162>.

2Sa 10:16 And Hadarezer <01928> sent <07971> (8799), and

brought out <03318> (8686) the Syrians <0758> that were beyond

<05676> the river <05104>: and they came <0935> (8799) to Helam

<02431>; and Shobach <07731> the captain <08269> of the host

<06635> of Hadarezer <01928> went before <06440> them.

2Sa 10:17 And when it was told <05046> (8714) David <01732>, he

gathered <0622> <00> all Israel <03478> together <0622> (8799),

and passed over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383>, and came <0935>

(8799) to Helam <02431>. And the Syrians <0758> set themselves

in array <06186> (8799) against <07125> (8800) David <01732>,

and fought <03898> (8735) with him.

2Sa 10:18 And the Syrians <0758> fled <05127> (8799) before

<06440> Israel <03478>; and David <01732> slew <02026> (8799)

the men of seven <07651> hundred <03967> chariots <07393> of the

Syrians <0758>, and forty <0705> thousand <0505> horsemen

<06571>, and smote <05221> (8689) Shobach <07731> the captain

<08269> of their host <06635>, who died <04191> (8799) there.

2Sa 10:19 And when all the kings <04428> that were servants

<05650> to Hadarezer <01928> saw <07200> (8799) that they were

smitten <05062> (8738) before <06440> Israel <03478>, they made

peace <07999> (8686) with Israel <03478>, and served <05647>

(8799) them. So the Syrians <0758> feared <03372> (8799) to help

<03467> (8687) the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> any more.

2Sa 11:01 ¶ And it came to pass, after the year <08141> was

expired <08666>, at the time <06256> when kings <04428> (8675)

<04397> go forth <03318> (8800) to battle, that David <01732>

sent <07971> (8799) Joab <03097>, and his servants <05650> with

him, and all Israel <03478>; and they destroyed <07843> (8686)

the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and besieged <06696>

(8799) Rabbah <07237>. But David <01732> tarried still <03427>

(8802) at Jerusalem <03389>.

2Sa 11:02 And it came to pass in an eveningtide <06153> <06256>,

that David <01732> arose <06965> (8799) from off his bed

<04904>, and walked <01980> (8691) upon the roof <01406> of the

king’s <04428> house <01004>: and from the roof <01406> he saw

<07200> (8799) a woman <0802> washing <07364> (8801) herself;

and the woman <0802> was very <03966> beautiful <02896> to look

upon <04758>.

2Sa 11:03 And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) and enquired

<01875> (8799) after the woman <0802>. And one said <0559>

(8799), Is not this Bathsheba <01339>, the daughter <01323> of

Eliam <0463>, the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> the Hittite

<02850>?

2Sa 11:04 And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) messengers

<04397>, and took <03947> (8799) her; and she came in <0935>

(8799) unto him, and he lay <07901> (8799) with her; for she was

purified <06942> (8693) from her uncleanness <02932>: and she

returned <07725> (8799) unto her house <01004>.

2Sa 11:05 And the woman <0802> conceived <02029> (8799), and

sent <07971> (8799) and told <05046> (8686) David <01732>, and

said <0559> (8799), I am with child <02030>.

2Sa 11:06 ¶ And David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) to Joab

<03097>, saying, Send <07971> (8798) me Uriah <0223> the Hittite

<02850>. And Joab <03097> sent <07971> (8799) Uriah <0223> to

David <01732>.

2Sa 11:07 And when Uriah <0223> was come <0935> (8799) unto him,

David <01732> demanded <07592> (8799) of him how Joab <03097>

did <07965>, and how the people <05971> did <07965>, and how the

war <04421> prospered <07965>.

2Sa 11:08 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Uriah <0223>,

Go down <03381> (8798) to thy house <01004>, and wash <07364>

(8798) thy feet <07272>. And Uriah <0223> departed out <03318>

(8799) of the king’s <04428> house <01004>, and there followed

<0310> him a mess <04864> of meat from the king <04428>.

2Sa 11:09 But Uriah <0223> slept <07901> (8799) at the door

<06607> of the king’s <04428> house <01004> with all the

servants <05650> of his lord <0113>, and went not down <03381>

(8804) to his house <01004>.

2Sa 11:10 And when they had told <05046> (8686) David <01732>,

saying <0559> (8800), Uriah <0223> went not down <03381> (8804)

unto his house <01004>, David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto

Uriah <0223>, Camest <0935> (8802) thou not from thy journey

<01870>? why then didst thou not go down <03381> (8804) unto

thine house <01004>?

2Sa 11:11 And Uriah <0223> said <0559> (8799) unto David

<01732>, The ark <0727>, and Israel <03478>, and Judah <03063>,

abide <03427> (8802) in tents <05521>; and my lord <0113> Joab

<03097>, and the servants <05650> of my lord <0113>, are

encamped <02583> (8802) in the open <06440> fields <07704>;

shall I <0589> then go <0935> (8799) into mine house <01004>, to

eat <0398> (8800) and to drink <08354> (8800), and to lie

<07901> (8800) with my wife <0802>? as thou livest <02416>, and

as thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, I will not do <06213> (8799)

this thing <01697>.

2Sa 11:12 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Uriah <0223>,

Tarry <03427> (8798) here to day <03117> also, and to morrow

<04279> I will let thee depart <07971> (8762). So Uriah <0223>

abode <03427> (8799) in Jerusalem <03389> that day <03117>, and

the morrow <04283>.

2Sa 11:13 And when David <01732> had called <07121> (8799) him,

he did eat <0398> (8799) and drink <08354> (8799) before <06440>

him; and he made him drunk <07937> (8762): and at even <06153>

he went out <03318> (8799) to lie <07901> (8800) on his bed

<04904> with the servants <05650> of his lord <0113>, but went

not down <03381> (8804) to his house <01004>.

2Sa 11:14 ¶ And it came to pass in the morning <01242>, that

David <01732> wrote <03789> (8799) a letter <05612> to Joab

<03097>, and sent <07971> (8799) it by the hand <03027> of Uriah

<0223>.

2Sa 11:15 And he wrote <03789> (8799) in the letter <05612>,

saying <0559> (8800), Set <03051> (8798) ye Uriah <0223> in the

forefront <06440> <04136> of the hottest <02389> battle <04421>,

and retire <07725> (8804) ye from him <0310>, that he may be

smitten <05221> (8738), and die <04191> (8804).

2Sa 11:16 And it came to pass, when Joab <03097> observed

<08104> (8800) the city <05892>, that he assigned <05414> (8799)

Uriah <0223> unto a place <04725> where he knew <03045> (8804)

that valiant <02428> men <0582> were.

2Sa 11:17 And the men <0582> of the city <05892> went out

<03318> (8799), and fought <03898> (8735) with Joab <03097>: and

there fell <05307> (8799) some of the people <05971> of the

servants <05650> of David <01732>; and Uriah <0223> the Hittite

<02850> died <04191> (8799) also.

2Sa 11:18 Then Joab <03097> sent <07971> (8799) and told

<05046> (8686) David <01732> all the things <01697> concerning

the war <04421>;

2Sa 11:19 And charged <06680> (8762) the messenger <04397>,

saying <0559> (8800), When thou hast made an end <03615> (8763)

of telling <01696> (8763) the matters <01697> of the war <04421>

unto the king <04428>,

2Sa 11:20 And if so be that the king’s <04428> wrath <02534>

arise <05927> (8799), and he say <0559> (8804) unto thee,

Wherefore approached ye so nigh <05066> (8738) unto the city

<05892> when ye did fight <03898> (8736)? knew <03045> (8804) ye

not that they would shoot <03384> (8686) from the wall <02346>?

2Sa 11:21 Who smote <05221> (8689) Abimelech <040> the son

<01121> of Jerubbesheth <03380>? did not a woman <0802> cast

<07993> (8689) a piece <06400> of a millstone <07393> upon him

from the wall <02346>, that he died <04191> (8799) in Thebez

<08405>? why went ye nigh <05066> (8738) the wall <02346>? then

say <0559> (8804) thou, Thy servant <05650> Uriah <0223> the

Hittite <02850> is dead <04191> (8804) also.

2Sa 11:22 So the messenger <04397> went <03212> (8799), and

came <0935> (8799) and shewed <05046> (8686) David <01732> all

that Joab <03097> had sent <07971> (8804) him for.

2Sa 11:23 And the messenger <04397> said <0559> (8799) unto

David <01732>, Surely the men <0582> prevailed <01396> (8804)

against us, and came out <03318> (8799) unto us into the field

<07704>, and we were upon them even unto the entering <06607> of

the gate <08179>.

2Sa 11:24 And the shooters <03384> (8688) shot <03384> (8686)

from off the wall <02346> upon thy servants <05650>; and some of

the king’s <04428> servants <05650> be dead <04191> (8799), and

thy servant <05650> Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> is dead

<04191> (8804) also.

2Sa 11:25 Then David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the

messenger <04397>, Thus shalt thou say <0559> (8799) unto Joab

<03097>, Let not this thing <01697> displease <03415> (8799)

<05869> thee, for the sword <02719> devoureth <0398> (8799) one

as well as another <02090>: make thy battle <04421> more strong

<02388> (8685) against the city <05892>, and overthrow <02040>

(8798) it: and encourage <02388> (8761) thou him.

2Sa 11:26 And when the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> heard

<08085> (8799) that Uriah <0223> her husband <0376> was dead

<04191> (8804), she mourned <05594> (8799) for her husband

<01167>.

2Sa 11:27 And when the mourning <060> was past <05674> (8799),

David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) and fetched <0622> (8799) her

to his house <01004>, and she became his wife <0802>, and bare

<03205> (8799) him a son <01121>. But the thing <01697> that

David <01732> had done <06213> (8804) displeased <03415> (8799)

<05869> the LORD <03068>.

2Sa 12:01 ¶ And the LORD <03068> sent <07971> (8799) Nathan

<05416> unto David <01732>. And he came <0935> (8799) unto him,

and said <0559> (8799) unto him, There were two <08147> men

<0582> in one <0259> city <05892>; the one <0259> rich <06223>,

and the other <0259> poor <07326> (8802).

2Sa 12:02 The rich <06223> man had exceeding <03966> many

<07235> (8687) flocks <06629> and herds <01241>:

2Sa 12:03 But the poor <07326> (8802) man had nothing, save one

<0259> little <06996> ewe lamb <03535>, which he had bought

<07069> (8804) and nourished up <02421> (8762): and it grew up

<01431> (8799) together <03162> with him, and with his children

<01121>; it did eat <0398> (8799) of his own meat <06595>, and

drank <08354> (8799) of his own cup <03563>, and lay <07901>

(8799) in his bosom <02436>, and was unto him as a daughter

<01323>.

2Sa 12:04 And there came <0935> (8799) a traveller <01982> unto

the rich <06223> man <0376>, and he spared <02550> (8799) to

take <03947> (8800) of his own flock <06629> and of his own herd

<01241>, to dress <06213> (8800) for the wayfaring man <0732>

(8802) that was come <0935> (8802) unto him; but took <03947>

(8799) the poor <07326> (8802) man’s <0376> lamb <03535>, and

dressed <06213> (8799) it for the man <0376> that was come

<0935> (8802) to him.

2Sa 12:05 And David’s <01732> anger <0639> was greatly <03966>

kindled <02734> (8799) against the man <0376>; and he said

<0559> (8799) to Nathan <05416>, As the LORD <03068> liveth

<02416>, the man <0376> that hath done <06213> (8802) this thing

shall surely <01121> die <04194>:

2Sa 12:06 And he shall restore <07999> (8762) the lamb <03535>

fourfold <0706>, because <06118> he did <06213> (8804) this

thing <01697>, and because <0834> he had no pity <02550> (8804).

2Sa 12:07 And Nathan <05416> said <0559> (8799) to David

<01732>, Thou art the man <0376>. Thus saith <0559> (8804) the

LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, I anointed <04886>

(8804) thee king <04428> over Israel <03478>, and I delivered

<05337> (8689) thee out of the hand <03027> of Saul <07586>;

2Sa 12:08 And I gave <05414> (8799) thee thy master’s <0113>

house <01004>, and thy master’s <0113> wives <0802> into thy

bosom <02436>, and gave <05414> (8799) thee the house <01004> of

Israel <03478> and of Judah <03063>; and if that had been too

little <04592>, I would moreover have given <03254> (8686) unto

thee such <02007> and such things <02007>.

2Sa 12:09 Wherefore hast thou despised <0959> (8804) the

commandment <01697> of the LORD <03068>, to do <06213> (8800)

evil <07451> in his sight <05869>? thou hast killed <05221>

(8689) Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850> with the sword <02719>,

and hast taken <03947> (8804) his wife <0802> to be thy wife

<0802>, and hast slain <02026> (8804) him with the sword <02719>

of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.

2Sa 12:10 Now therefore the sword <02719> shall never <05704>

<05769> depart <05493> (8799) from thine house <01004>; because

<06118> thou hast despised <0959> (8804) me, and hast taken

<03947> (8799) the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> the Hittite

<02850> to be thy wife <0802>.

2Sa 12:11 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, Behold, I

will raise up <06965> (8688) evil <07451> against thee out of

thine own house <01004>, and I will take <03947> (8804) thy

wives <0802> before thine eyes <05869>, and give <05414> (8804)

them unto thy neighbour <07453>, and he shall lie <07901> (8804)

with thy wives <0802> in the sight <05869> of this sun <08121>.

2Sa 12:12 For thou didst <06213> (8804) it secretly <05643>:

but I will do <06213> (8799) this thing <01697> before all

Israel <03478>, and before the sun <08121>.

2Sa 12:13 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Nathan

<05416>, I have sinned <02398> (8804) against the LORD <03068>.

And Nathan <05416> said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>, The

LORD <03068> also hath put away <05674> (8689) thy sin <02403>;

thou shalt not die <04191> (8799).

2Sa 12:14 Howbeit <0657>, because by this deed <01697> thou

hast given <05006> <00> great occasion <05006> (8763) to the

enemies <0341> (8802) of the LORD <03068> to blaspheme <05006>

(8765), the child <01121> also that is born <03209> unto thee

shall surely <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799).

2Sa 12:15 ¶ And Nathan <05416> departed <03212> (8799) unto his

house <01004>. And the LORD <03068> struck <05062> (8799) the

child <03206> that Uriah’s <0223> wife <0802> bare <03205>

(8804) unto David <01732>, and it was very sick <0605> (8735).

2Sa 12:16 David <01732> therefore besought <01245> (8762) God

<0430> for the child <05288>; and David <01732> fasted <06684>

(8799) <06685>, and went in <0935> (8804), and lay <07901>

(8804) all night <03885> (8804) upon the earth <0776>.

2Sa 12:17 And the elders <02205> of his house <01004> arose

<06965> (8799), and went to him, to raise him up <06965> (8687)

from the earth <0776>: but he would <014> (8804) not, neither

did he eat <01262> (8804) bread <03899> with them.

2Sa 12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh <07637> day

<03117>, that the child <03206> died <04191> (8799). And the

servants <05650> of David <01732> feared <03372> (8799) to tell

<05046> (8687) him that the child <03206> was dead <04191>

(8804): for they said <0559> (8804), Behold, while the child

<03206> was yet alive <02416>, we spake <01696> (8765) unto him,

and he would not hearken <08085> (8804) unto our voice <06963>:

how will he then <06213> <00> vex <07451> himself <06213> (8804),

if we tell <0559> (8799) him that the child <03206> is dead

<04191> (8804)?

2Sa 12:19 But when David <01732> saw <07200> (8799) that his

servants <05650> whispered <03907> (8693), David <01732>

perceived <0995> (8799) that the child <03206> was dead <04191>

(8804): therefore David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto his

servants <05650>, Is the child <03206> dead <04191> (8804)? And

they said <0559> (8799), He is dead <04191> (8804).

2Sa 12:20 Then David <01732> arose <06965> (8799) from the

earth <0776>, and washed <07364> (8799), and anointed <05480>

(8686) himself, and changed <02498> (8762) his apparel <08071>,

and came <0935> (8799) into the house <01004> of the LORD

<03068>, and worshipped <07812> (8691): then he came <0935>

(8799) to his own house <01004>; and when he required <07592>

(8799), they set <07760> (8799) bread <03899> before him, and he

did eat <0398> (8799).

2Sa 12:21 Then said <0559> (8799) his servants <05650> unto him,

What thing <01697> is this that thou hast done <06213> (8804)?

thou didst fast <06684> (8804) and weep <01058> (8799) for the

child <03206>, while it was alive <02416>; but when the child

<03206> was dead <04191> (8804), thou didst rise <06965> (8804)

and eat <0398> (8799) bread <03899>.

2Sa 12:22 And he said <0559> (8799), While the child <03206>

was yet alive <02416>, I fasted <06684> (8804) and wept <01058>

(8799): for I said <0559> (8804), Who can tell <03045> (8802)

whether GOD <03068> will be gracious <02603> (8804) (8675)

<02603> (8762) to me, that the child <03206> may live <02416>?

2Sa 12:23 But now he is dead <04191> (8804), wherefore should I

fast <06684> (8802)? can <03201> (8799) I bring him back again

<07725> (8687)? I shall go <01980> (8802) to him, but he shall

not return <07725> (8799) to me.

2Sa 12:24 And David <01732> comforted <05162> (8762) Bathsheba

<01339> his wife <0802>, and went in <0935> (8799) unto her, and

lay <07901> (8799) with her: and she bare <03205> (8799) a son

<01121>, and he called <07121> (8799) his name <08034> Solomon

<08010>: and the LORD <03068> loved <0157> (8804) him.

2Sa 12:25 And he sent <07971> (8799) by the hand <03027> of

Nathan <05416> the prophet <05030>; and he called <07121> (8799)

his name <08034> Jedidiah <03041>, because of the LORD <03068>.

2Sa 12:26 ¶ And Joab <03097> fought <03898> (8735) against

Rabbah <07237> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and

took <03920> (8799) the royal <04410> city <05892>.

2Sa 12:27 And Joab <03097> sent <07971> (8799) messengers

<04397> to David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799), I have fought

<03898> (8738) against Rabbah <07237>, and have taken <03920>

(8804) the city <05892> of waters <04325>.

2Sa 12:28 Now therefore gather <0622> <00> the rest <03499> of

the people <05971> together <0622> (8798), and encamp <02583>

(8798) against the city <05892>, and take <03920> (8798) it:

lest I take <03920> (8799) the city <05892>, and it be called

<07121> (8738) after my name <08034>.

2Sa 12:29 And David <01732> gathered <0622> <00> all the people

<05971> together <0622> (8799), and went <03212> (8799) to

Rabbah <07237>, and fought <03898> (8735) against it, and took

<03920> (8799) it.

2Sa 12:30 And he took <03947> (8799) their king’s <04428> crown

<05850> from off 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 David’s <01732> head <07218>.

And he brought forth <03318> (8689) the spoil <07998> of the

city <05892> in great <03966> abundance <07235> (8687).

2Sa 12:31 And he brought forth <03318> (8689) the people

<05971> that were therein, and put <07760> (8799) them under

saws <04050>, and under harrows <02757> of iron <01270>, and

under axes <04037> of iron <01270>, and made them pass <05674>

(8689) through the brickkiln <04404>: and thus did <06213>

(8799) he unto all the cities <05892> of the children <01121> of

Ammon <05983>. So David <01732> and all the people <05971>

returned <07725> (8799) unto Jerusalem <03389>.

2Sa 13:01 ¶ And it came to pass after <0310> this, 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> (8799) her.

2Sa 13:02 And Amnon <0550> was so vexed <03334> (8799), that he

fell sick <02470> (8692) for his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>;

for she was a virgin <01330>; and Amnon <0550> thought <05869>

it hard <06381> (8735) for him to do <06213> (8800) any thing

<03972> to her.

2Sa 13:03 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>.

2Sa 13:04 And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why art thou,

being the king’s <04428> son <01121>, lean <01800> from day

<01242> to day <01242>? wilt thou not tell <05046> (8686) me?

And Amnon <0550> said <0559> (8799) unto him, I love <0157>

(8802) Tamar <08559>, my brother <0251> Absalom’s <053> sister

<0269>.

2Sa 13:05 And Jonadab <03082> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Lay

thee down <07901> (8798) on thy bed <04904>, and make thyself

sick <02470> (8690): and when thy father <01> cometh <0935>

(8804) to see <07200> (8800) thee, say <0559> (8804) unto him, I

pray thee, let my sister <0269> Tamar <08559> come <0935> (8799),

and give <01262> (8686) me meat <03899>, and dress <06213>

(8804) the meat <01279> in my sight <05869>, that I may see

<07200> (8799) it, and eat <0398> (8804) it at her hand <03027>.

2Sa 13:06 So Amnon <0550> lay down <07901> (8799), and made

himself sick <02470> (8691): and when the king <04428> was come

<0935> (8799) to see <07200> (8800) him, Amnon <0550> said

<0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, I pray thee, let Tamar

<08559> my sister <0269> come <0935> (8799), and make <03823>

(8762) me a couple <08147> of cakes <03834> in my sight <05869>,

that I may eat <01262> (8799) at her hand <03027>.

2Sa 13:07 Then David <01732> sent <07971> (8799) home <01004>

to Tamar <08559>, saying <0559> (8800), Go <03212> (8798) now to

thy brother <0251> Amnon’s <0550> house <01004>, and dress

<06213> (8798) him meat <01279>.

2Sa 13:08 So Tamar <08559> went <03212> (8799) to her brother

<0251> Amnon’s <0550> house <01004>; and he was laid down

<07901> (8802). And she took <03947> (8799) flour <01217>, and

kneaded <03888> (8799) it, and made cakes <03823> (8762) in his

sight <05869>, and did bake <01310> (8762) the cakes <03834>.

2Sa 13:09 And she took <03947> (8799) a pan <04958>, and poured

them out <03332> (8799) before <06440> him; but he refused

<03985> (8762) to eat <0398> (8800). And Amnon <0550> said

<0559> (8799), Have out <03318> (8685) all men <0376> from me.

And they went out <03318> (8799) every man <0376> from him.

2Sa 13:10 And Amnon <0550> said <0559> (8799) unto Tamar

<08559>, Bring <0935> (8685) the meat <01279> into the chamber

<02315>, that I may eat <01262> (8799) of thine hand <03027>.

And Tamar <08559> took <03947> (8799) the cakes <03834> which

she had made <06213> (8804), and brought <0935> (8686) them into

the chamber <02315> to Amnon <0550> her brother <0251>.

2Sa 13:11 And when she had brought <05066> (8686) them unto him

to eat <0398> (8800), he took hold <02388> (8686) of her, and

said <0559> (8799) unto her, Come <0935> (8798) lie <07901>

(8798) with me, my sister <0269>.

2Sa 13:12 And she answered <0559> (8799) him, Nay, my brother

<0251>, do not force <06031> (8762) me; for no such thing ought

<03651> to be done <06213> (8735) in Israel <03478>: do <06213>

(8799) not thou this folly <05039>.

2Sa 13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame <02781> to go

<03212> (8686)? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one <0259> of

the fools <05036> in Israel <03478>. Now therefore, I pray thee,

speak <01696> (8761) unto the king <04428>; for he will not

withhold <04513> (8799) me from thee.

2Sa 13:14 Howbeit he would <014> (8804) not hearken <08085>

(8800) unto her voice <06963>: but, being stronger <02388>

(8799) than she, forced <06031> (8762) her, and lay <07901>

(8799) with her.

2Sa 13:15 Then Amnon <0550> hated <08130> (8799) her

exceedingly <03966> <01419>; so that the hatred <08135>

wherewith he hated <08130> (8804) her was greater <01419> than

the love <0160> wherewith he had loved <0157> (8804) her. And

Amnon <0550> said <0559> (8799) unto her, Arise <06965> (8798),

be gone <03212> (8798).

2Sa 13:16 And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, There is no

cause <0182>: this evil <07451> in sending me away <07971>

(8763) is greater <01419> than the other <0312> that thou didst

<06213> (8804) unto me. But he would <014> (8804) not hearken

<08085> (8800) unto her.

2Sa 13:17 Then he called <07121> (8799) his servant <05288>

that ministered <08334> (8764) unto him, and said <0559> (8799),

Put <07971> (8798) now this woman out <02351> from me, and bolt

<05274> (8798) the door <01817> after <0310> her.

2Sa 13:18 And she had a garment <03801> of divers colours

<06446> upon her: for with such robes <04598> were the king’s

<04428> daughters <01323> that were virgins <01330> apparelled

<03847> (8799). Then his servant <08334> (8764) brought <03318>

(8686) her out <02351>, and bolted <05274> (8804) the door

<01817> after <0310> her.

2Sa 13:19 And Tamar <08559> put <03947> (8799) ashes <0665> on

her head <07218>, and rent <07167> (8804) her garment <03801> of

divers colours <06446> that was on her, and laid <07760> (8799)

her hand <03027> on her head <07218>, and went <03212> (8799) on

<01980> (8800) crying <02199> (8804).

2Sa 13:20 And Absalom <053> her brother <0251> said <0559>

(8799) unto her, Hath Amnon <0550> thy brother <0251> been with

thee? but hold now thy peace <02790> (8685), my sister <0269>:

he is thy brother <0251>; regard <07896> (8799) <03820> not this

thing <01697>. So Tamar <08559> remained <03427> (8799) desolate

<08074> (8802) in her brother <0251> Absalom’s <053> house

<01004>.

2Sa 13:21 ¶ But when king <04428> David <01732> heard <08085>

(8804) of all these things <01697>, he was very <03966> wroth

<02734> (8799).

2Sa 13:22 And Absalom <053> spake <01696> (8765) unto his

brother Amnon <0550> neither good <02896> nor bad <07451>: for

Absalom <053> hated <08130> (8804) Amnon <0550>, because <01697>

he had forced <06031> (8765) his sister <0269> Tamar <08559>.

2Sa 13:23 And it came to pass after two full <03117> years

<08141>, that Absalom <053> had sheepshearers <01494> (8802) in

Baalhazor <01178>, which is beside Ephraim <0669>: and Absalom

<053> invited <07121> (8799) all the king’s <04428> sons <01121>.

2Sa 13:24 And Absalom <053> came <0935> (8799) to the king

<04428>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold now, thy servant <05650>

hath sheepshearers <01494> (8802); let <03212> <00> the king

<04428>, I beseech thee, and his servants <05650> go <03212>

(8799) with thy servant <05650>.

2Sa 13:25 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to Absalom

<053>, Nay, my son <01121>, let us not all now go <03212> (8799),

lest we be chargeable <03513> (8799) unto thee. And he pressed

<06555> (8799) him: howbeit he would <014> (8804) not go <03212>

(8800), but blessed <01288> (8762) him.

2Sa 13:26 Then said <0559> (8799) Absalom <053>, If not, I pray

thee, let my brother <0251> Amnon <0550> go <03212> (8799) with

us. And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why should

he go <03212> (8799) with thee?

2Sa 13:27 But Absalom <053> pressed <06555> (8799) him, that he

let Amnon <0550> and all the king’s <04428> sons <01121> go

<07971> (8799) with him.

2Sa 13:28 Now Absalom <053> had commanded <06680> (8762) his

servants <05288>, saying <0559> (8800), Mark <07200> (8798) ye

now when Amnon’s <0550> heart <03820> is merry <02896> with wine

<03196>, and when I say <0559> (8804) unto you, Smite <05221>

(8685) Amnon <0550>; then kill <04191> (8689) him, fear <03372>

(8799) not: have not I commanded <06680> (8765) you? be

courageous <02388> (8798), and be valiant <01121> <02428>.

2Sa 13:29 And the servants <05288> of Absalom <053> did <06213>

(8799) unto Amnon <0550> as Absalom <053> had commanded <06680>

(8765). Then all the king’s <04428> sons <01121> arose <06965>

(8799), and every man <0376> gat him up <07392> (8799) upon his

mule <06505>, and fled <05127> (8799).

2Sa 13:30 ¶ And it came to pass, while they were in the way

<01870>, that tidings <08052> came <0935> (8804) to David

<01732>, saying <0559> (8800), Absalom <053> hath slain <05221>

(8689) all the king’s <04428> sons <01121>, and there is not one

<0259> of them left <03498> (8738).

2Sa 13:31 Then the king <04428> arose <06965> (8799), and tare

<07167> (8799) his garments <0899>, and lay <07901> (8799) on

the earth <0776>; and all his servants <05650> stood <05324>

(8737) by with their clothes <0899> rent <07167> (8803).

2Sa 13:32 And Jonadab <03122>, the son <01121> of Shimeah

<08093> David’s <01732> brother <0251>, answered <06030> (8799)

and said <0559> (8799), Let not my lord <0113> suppose <0559>

(8799) that they have slain <04191> (8689) all the young men

<05288> the king’s <04428> sons <01121>; for Amnon <0550> only

is dead <04191> (8804): for by the appointment <06310> of

Absalom <053> this hath been determined <07760> (8803) from the

day <03117> that he forced <06031> (8763) his sister <0269>

Tamar <08559>.

2Sa 13:33 Now therefore let not my lord <0113> the king <04428>

take <07760> (8799) the thing <01697> to his heart <03820>, to

think <0559> (8800) that all the king’s <04428> sons <01121> are

dead <04191> (8804): for Amnon <0550> only is dead <04191>

(8804).

2Sa 13:34 But Absalom <053> fled <01272> (8799). And the young

man <05288> that kept the watch <06822> (8802) lifted up <05375>

(8799) his eyes <05869>, and looked <07200> (8799), and, behold,

there came <01980> (8802) much <07227> people <05971> by the way

<01870> of the hill <02022> side <06654> behind <0310> him.

2Sa 13:35 And Jonadab <03122> said <0559> (8799) unto the king

<04428>, Behold, the king’s <04428> sons <01121> come <0935>

(8804): as thy servant <05650> said <01697>, so it is.

2Sa 13:36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end

<03615> (8763) of speaking <01696> (8763), that, behold, the

king’s <04428> sons <01121> came <0935> (8804), and lifted up

<05375> (8799) their voice <06963> and wept <01058> (8799): and

the king <04428> also and all his servants <05650> wept <01058>

(8804) very <03966> sore <01065> <01419>.

2Sa 13:37 But Absalom <053> fled <01272> (8804), and went

<03212> (8799) to Talmai <08526>, the son <01121> of Ammihud

<05991> (8675) <05989>, king <04428> of Geshur <01650>. And

David mourned <056> (8691) for his son <01121> every day <03117>.

2Sa 13:38 So Absalom <053> fled <01272> (8804), and went

<03212> (8799) to Geshur <01650>, and was there three <07969>

years <08141>.

2Sa 13:39 And the soul of king <04428> David <01732> longed

<03615> (8762) to go forth <03318> (8800) unto Absalom <053>:

for he was comforted <05162> (8738) concerning Amnon <0550>,

seeing he was dead <04191> (8804).

2Sa 14:01 ¶ Now Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>

perceived <03045> (8799) that the king’s <04428> heart <03820>

was toward Absalom <053>.

2Sa 14:02 And Joab <03097> sent <07971> (8799) to Tekoah

<08620>, and fetched <03947> (8799) thence a wise <02450> woman

<0802>, and said <0559> (8799) unto her, I pray thee, feign

thyself to be a mourner <056> (8693), and put on <03847> (8798)

now mourning <060> apparel <0899>, and anoint <05480> (8799) not

thyself with oil <08081>, but be as a woman <0802> that had a

long <07227> time <03117> mourned <056> (8690) for the dead

<04191> (8801):

2Sa 14:03 And come <0935> (8804) to the king <04428>, and speak

<01696> (8765) on this manner <01697> unto him. So Joab <03097>

put <07760> (8799) the words <01697> in her mouth <06310>.

2Sa 14:04 And when the woman <0802> of Tekoah <08621> spake

<0559> (8799) to the king <04428>, she fell <05307> (8799) on

her face <0639> to the ground <0776>, and did obeisance <07812>

(8691), and said <0559> (8799), Help <03467> (8685), O king

<04428>.

2Sa 14:05 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto her,

What aileth thee? And she answered <0559> (8799), I am indeed

<061> a widow <0490> woman <0802>, and mine husband <0376> is

dead <04191> (8799).

2Sa 14:06 And thy handmaid <08198> had two <08147> sons <01121>,

and they two <08147> strove together <05327> (8735) in the

field <07704>, and there was none to part <05337> (8688) them,

but the one <0259> smote <05221> (8686) the other <0259>, and

slew <04191> (8686) him.

2Sa 14:07 And, behold, the whole family <04940> is risen

<06965> (8804) against thine handmaid <08198>, and they said

<0559> (8799), Deliver <05414> (8798) him that smote <05221>

(8688) his brother <0251>, that we may kill <04191> (8686) him,

for the life <05315> of his brother <0251> whom he slew <02026>

(8804); and we will destroy <08045> (8686) the heir <03423>

(8802) also: and so they shall quench <03518> (8765) my coal

<01513> which is left <07760> (8800), and shall not leave

<07604> (8738) to my husband <0376> neither name <08034> nor

remainder <07611> upon <06440> the earth <0127>.

2Sa 14:08 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto the

woman <0802>, Go <03212> (8798) to thine house <01004>, and I

will give charge <06680> (8762) concerning thee.

2Sa 14:09 And the woman <0802> of Tekoah <08621> said <0559>

(8799) unto the king <04428>, My lord <0113>, O king <04428>,

the iniquity <05771> be on me, and on my father’s <01> house

<01004>: and the king <04428> and his throne <03678> be

guiltless <05355>.

2Sa 14:10 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Whosoever

saith <01696> (8764) ought unto thee, bring <0935> (8689) him to

me, and he shall not touch <05060> (8800) thee any more <03254>

(8686).

2Sa 14:11 Then said <0559> (8799) she, I pray thee, let the

king <04428> remember <02142> (8799) the LORD <03068> thy God

<0430>, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers <01350>

(8802) of blood <01818> to destroy <07843> (8763) any more

<07235> (8687), lest they destroy <08045> (8686) my son <01121>.

And he said <0559> (8799), As the LORD <03068> liveth <02416>,

there shall not one hair <08185> of thy son <01121> fall <05307>

(8799) to the earth <0776>.

2Sa 14:12 Then the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799), Let thine

handmaid <08198>, I pray thee, speak <01696> (8762) one word

<01697> unto my lord <0113> the king <04428>. And he said <0559>

(8799), Say on <01696> (8761).

2Sa 14:13 And the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799), Wherefore

then hast thou thought <02803> (8804) such a thing against the

people <05971> of God <0430>? for the king <04428> doth speak

<01696> (8693) this thing <01697> as one which is faulty <0818>,

in that the king <04428> doth not fetch home again <07725>

(8687) his banished <05080> (8737).

2Sa 14:14 For we must needs <04191> (8800) die <04191> (8799),

and are as water <04325> spilt <05064> (8737) on the ground

<0776>, which cannot be gathered up again <0622> (8735); neither

doth God <0430> respect <05375> (8799) any person <05315>: yet

doth he devise <02803> (8804) means <04284>, that his banished

<05080> (8737) be not expelled <05080> (8799) from him.

2Sa 14:15 Now therefore that I am come <0935> (8804) to speak

<01696> (8763) of this thing <01697> unto my lord <0113> the

king <04428>, it is because the people <05971> have made me

afraid <03372> (8765): and thy handmaid <08198> said <0559>

(8799), I will now speak <01696> (8762) unto the king <04428>;

it may be that the king <04428> will perform <06213> (8799) the

request <01697> of his handmaid <0519>.

2Sa 14:16 For the king <04428> will hear <08085> (8799), to

deliver <05337> (8687) his handmaid <0519> out of the hand

<03709> of the man <0376> that would destroy <08045> (8687) me

and my son <01121> together <03162> out of the inheritance

<05159> of God <0430>.

2Sa 14:17 Then thine handmaid <08198> said <0559> (8799), The

word <01697> of my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall now be

comfortable <04496>: for as an angel <04397> of God <0430>, so

is my lord <0113> the king <04428> to discern <08085> (8800)

good <02896> and bad <07451>: therefore the LORD <03068> thy God

<0430> will be with thee.

2Sa 14:18 Then the king <04428> answered <06030> (8799) and

said <0559> (8799) unto the woman <0802>, Hide <03582> (8762)

not from me, I pray thee, the thing <01697> that I shall ask

<07592> (8802) thee. And the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799),

Let my lord <0113> the king <04428> now speak <01696> (8762).

2Sa 14:19 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Is not the

hand <03027> of Joab <03097> with thee in all this? And the

woman <0802> answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), As

thy soul <05315> liveth <02416>, my lord <0113> the king <04428>,

none <0376> can <0786> turn to the right hand <03231> (8687) or

to the left <08041> (8687) from ought that my lord <0113> the

king <04428> hath spoken <01696> (8765): for thy servant <05650>

Joab <03097>, he bade <06680> (8765) me, and he put <07760>

(8804) all these words <01697> in the mouth <06310> of thine

handmaid <08198>:

2Sa 14:20 To <05668> fetch about <05437> (8763) this form

<06440> of speech <01697> hath thy servant <05650> Joab <03097>

done <06213> (8804) this thing <01697>: and my lord <0113> is

wise <02450>, according to the wisdom <02451> of an angel

<04397> of God <0430>, to know <03045> (8800) all things that

are in the earth <0776>.

2Sa 14:21 ¶ And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Joab

<03097>, Behold now, I have done <06213> (8804) this thing

<01697>: go <03212> (8798) therefore, bring <07725> <00> the

young man <05288> Absalom <053> again <07725> (8685).

2Sa 14:22 And Joab <03097> fell <05307> (8799) to the ground

<0776> on his face <06440>, and bowed <07812> (8691) himself,

and thanked <01288> (8762) the king <04428>: and Joab <03097>

said <0559> (8799), To day <03117> thy servant <05650> knoweth

<03045> (8804) that I have found <04672> (8804) grace <02580> in

thy sight <05869>, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>, in that the

king <04428> hath fulfilled <06213> (8804) the request <01697>

of his servant <05650>.

2Sa 14:23 So Joab <03097> arose <06965> (8799) and went <03212>

(8799) to Geshur <01650>, and brought <0935> (8686) Absalom

<053> to Jerusalem <03389>.

2Sa 14:24 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Let him turn

<05437> (8735) to his own house <01004>, and let him not see

<07200> (8799) my face <06440>. So Absalom <053> returned

<05437> (8735) to his own house <01004>, and saw <07200> (8804)

not the king’s <04428> face <06440>.

2Sa 14:25 But in all Israel <03478> there was none <0376> to be

so much <03966> praised <01984> (8763) as Absalom <053> for his

beauty <03303>: from the sole <03709> of his foot <07272> even

to the crown of his head <06936> there was no blemish <03971> in

him.

2Sa 14:26 And when he polled <01548> (8763) his head <07218>,

(for it was at every year’s <03117> <03117> end <07093> that he

polled <01548> (8762) it: because the hair was heavy <03513>

(8804) on him, therefore he polled <01548> (8765) it:) he

weighed <08254> (8804) the hair <08181> of his head <07218> at

two hundred <03967> shekels <08255> after the king’s <04428>

weight <068>.

2Sa 14:27 And unto Absalom <053> there were born <03205> (8735)

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>.

2Sa 14:28 ¶ So Absalom <053> dwelt <03427> (8799) two full

<03117> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>, and saw <07200>

(8804) not the king’s <04428> face <06440>.

2Sa 14:29 Therefore Absalom <053> sent <07971> (8799) for Joab

<03097>, to have sent <07971> (8800) him to the king <04428>;

but he would <014> (8804) not come <0935> (8800) to him: and

when he sent again <07971> (8799) the second time <08145>, he

would <014> (8804) not come <0935> (8800).

2Sa 14:30 Therefore he said <0559> (8799) unto his servants

<05650>, See <07200> (8798), Joab’s <03097> field <02513> is

near <0413> mine <03027>, and he hath barley <08184> there; go

<03212> (8798) and set <03341> (8685) it on fire <0784>. And

Absalom’s <053> servants <05650> set <03341> (8686) the field

<02513> on fire <0784>.

2Sa 14:31 Then Joab <03097> arose <06965> (8799), and came

<0935> (8799) to Absalom <053> unto his house <01004>, and said

<0559> (8799) unto him, Wherefore have thy servants <05650> set

<03341> (8689) my field <02513> on fire <0784>?

2Sa 14:32 And Absalom <053> answered <0559> (8799) Joab <03097>,

Behold, I sent <07971> (8804) unto thee, saying <0559> (8800),

Come <0935> (8798) hither, that I may send <07971> (8799) thee

to the king <04428>, to say <0559> (8800), Wherefore am I come

<0935> (8804) from Geshur <01650>? it had been good <02896> for

me to have been there still: now therefore let me see <07200>

(8799) the king’s <04428> face <06440>; and if there be <03426>

any iniquity <05771> in me, let him kill <04191> (8689) me.

2Sa 14:33 So Joab <03097> came <0935> (8799) to the king

<04428>, and told <05046> (8686) him: and when he had called

<07121> (8799) for Absalom <053>, he came <0935> (8799) to the

king <04428>, and bowed <07812> (8691) himself on his face

<0639> to the ground <0776> before <06440> the king <04428>: and

the king <04428> kissed <05401> (8799) Absalom <053>.

2Sa 15:01 ¶ And it came to pass after this <0310>, that Absalom

<053> prepared <06213> (8799) him chariots <04818> and horses

<05483>, and fifty <02572> men <0376> to run <07323> (8801)

before <06440> him.

2Sa 15:02 And Absalom <053> rose up early <07925> (8689), and

stood <05975> (8804) beside <03027> the way <01870> of the gate

<08179>: and it was so, that when any man <0376> that had a

controversy <07379> came <0935> (8800) to the king <04428> for

judgment <04941>, then Absalom <053> called <07121> (8799) unto

him, and said <0559> (8799), Of what <0335> city <05892> art

thou? And he said <0559> (8799), Thy servant <05650> is of one

<0259> of the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>.

2Sa 15:03 And Absalom <053> said <0559> (8799) unto him, See

<07200> (8798), thy matters <01697> are good <02896> and right

<05228>; but there is no man deputed of the king <04428> to hear

<08085> (8802) thee.

2Sa 15:04 Absalom <053> said <0559> (8799) moreover, Oh that I

were made <07760> (8799) judge <08199> (8802) in the land <0776>,

that every man <0376> which hath any suit <07379> or cause

<04941> might come <0935> (8799) unto me, and I would do him

justice <06663> (8689)!

2Sa 15:05 And it was so, that when any man <0376> came nigh

<07126> (8800) to him to do him obeisance <07812> (8692), he put

forth <07971> (8804) his hand <03027>, and took <02388> (8689)

him, and kissed <05401> (8804) him.

2Sa 15:06 And on this manner <01697> did <06213> (8799) Absalom

<053> to all Israel <03478> that came <0935> (8799) to the king

<04428> for judgment <04941>: so Absalom <053> stole <01589>

(8762) the hearts <03820> of the men <0582> of Israel <03478>.

2Sa 15:07 ¶ And it came to pass after <07093> forty <0705> years

<08141>, that Absalom <053> said <0559> (8799) unto the king

<04428>, I pray thee, let me go <03212> (8799) and pay <07999>

(8762) my vow <05088>, which I have vowed <05087> (8804) unto

the LORD <03068>, in Hebron <02275>.

2Sa 15:08 For thy servant <05650> vowed <05087> (8804) a vow

<05088> while I abode <03427> (8800) at Geshur <01650> in Syria

<0758>, saying <0559> (8800), If the LORD <03068> shall bring me

again <07725> (8799) (8676) <07725> (8686) indeed to Jerusalem

<03389>, then I will serve <05647> (8804) the LORD <03068>.

2Sa 15:09 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go

<03212> (8798) in peace <07965>. So he arose <06965> (8799), and

went <03212> (8799) to Hebron <02275>.

2Sa 15:10 But Absalom <053> sent <07971> (8799) spies <07270>

(8764) throughout all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>,

saying <0559> (8800), As soon as ye hear <08085> (8800) the

sound <06963> of the trumpet <07782>, then ye shall say <0559>

(8804), Absalom <053> reigneth <04427> (8804) in Hebron <02275>.

2Sa 15:11 And with Absalom <053> went <01980> (8804) two

hundred <03967> men <0376> out of Jerusalem <03389>, that were

called <07121> (8803); and they went <01980> (8802) in their

simplicity <08537>, and they knew <03045> (8804) not any thing

<01697>.

2Sa 15:12 And Absalom <053> sent <07971> (8799) for Ahithophel

<0302> the Gilonite <01526>, David’s <01732> counsellor <03289>

(8802), from his city <05892>, even from Giloh <01542>, while he

offered <02076> (8800) sacrifices <02077>. And the conspiracy

<07195> was strong <0533>; for the people <05971> increased

<07227> continually <01980> (8802) with Absalom <053>.

2Sa 15:13 ¶ And there came <0935> (8799) a messenger <05046>

(8688) to David <01732>, saying <0559> (8800), The hearts

<03820> of the men <0376> of Israel <03478> are after <0310>

Absalom <053>.

2Sa 15:14 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto all his

servants <05650> that were with him at Jerusalem <03389>, Arise

<06965> (8798), and let us flee <01272> (8799); for we shall not

else escape <06413> from <06440> Absalom <053>: make speed

<04116> (8761) to depart <03212> (8800), lest he overtake

<05381> (8689) us suddenly <04116> (8762), and bring <05080>

(8689) evil <07451> upon us, and smite <05221> (8689) the city

<05892> with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>.

2Sa 15:15 And the king’s <04428> servants <05650> said <0559>

(8799) unto the king <04428>, Behold, thy servants <05650> are

ready to do whatsoever my lord <0113> the king <04428> shall

appoint <0977> (8799).

2Sa 15:16 And the king <04428> went forth <03318> (8799), and

all his household <01004> after <07272> him. And the king

<04428> left <05800> (8799) ten <06235> women <0802>, which were

concubines <06370>, to keep <08104> (8800) the house <01004>.

2Sa 15:17 And the king <04428> went forth <03318> (8799), and

all the people <05971> after <07272> him, and tarried <05975>

(8799) in a place <01004> that was far off <04801> (8677)

<01023>.

2Sa 15:18 And all his servants <05650> passed on <05674> (8802)

beside <03027> him; and all the Cherethites <03774>, and all the

Pelethites <06432>, and all the Gittites <01663>, six <08337>

hundred <03967> men <0376> which came <0935> (8804) after

<07272> him from Gath <01661>, passed on <05674> (8802) before

<06440> the king <04428>.

2Sa 15:19 Then said <0559> (8799) the king <04428> to Ittai

<0863> the Gittite <01663>, Wherefore goest <03212> (8799) thou

also with us? return <07725> (8798) to thy place <04725>, and

abide <03427> (8798) with the king <04428>: for thou art a

stranger <05237>, and also an exile <01540> (8802).

2Sa 15:20 Whereas thou camest <0935> (8800) but yesterday

<08543>, should I this day <03117> make thee go <03212> (8800)

up and down <05128> (8686) (8675) <05128> (8799) with us? seeing

I go <01980> (8802) whither I may, return <07725> (8798) thou,

and take back <07725> (8685) thy brethren <0251>: mercy <02617>

and truth <0571> be with thee.

2Sa 15:21 And Ittai <0863> answered <06030> (8799) the king

<04428>, and said <0559> (8799), As the LORD <03068> liveth

<02416>, and as my lord <0113> the king <04428> liveth <02416>,

surely in what place <04725> my lord <0113> the king <04428>

shall be, whether in death <04194> or life <02416>, even there

also will thy servant <05650> be.

2Sa 15:22 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Ittai <0863>,

Go <03212> (8798) and pass over <05674> (8798). And Ittai <0863>

the Gittite <01663> passed over <05674> (8799), and all his men

<0582>, and all the little ones <02945> that were with him.

2Sa 15:23 And all the country <0776> wept <01058> (8802) with a

loud <01419> voice <06963>, and all the people <05971> passed

over <05674> (8802): the king <04428> also himself passed over

<05674> (8802) the brook <05158> Kidron <06939>, and all the

people <05971> passed over <05674> (8802), toward <06440> the

way <01870> of the wilderness <04057>.

2Sa 15:24 ¶ And lo Zadok <06659> also, and all the Levites

<03881> were with him, bearing <05375> (8802) the ark <0727> of

the covenant <01285> of God <0430>: and they set down <03332>

(8686) the ark <0727> of God <0430>; and Abiathar <054> went up

<05927> (8799), until all the people <05971> had done <08552>

(8800) passing <05674> (8800) out of the city <05892>.

2Sa 15:25 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Zadok

<06659>, Carry back <07725> (8685) the ark <0727> of God <0430>

into the city <05892>: if I shall find <04672> (8799) favour

<02580> in the eyes <05869> of the LORD <03068>, he will bring

me again <07725> (8689), and shew <07200> (8689) me both it, and

his habitation <05116>:

2Sa 15:26 But if he thus say <0559> (8799), I have no delight

<02654> (8804) in thee; behold, here am I, let him do <06213>

(8799) to me as seemeth <05869> good <02896> unto him.

2Sa 15:27 The king <04428> said <0559> (8799) also unto Zadok

<06659> the priest <03548>, Art not thou a seer <07200> (8802)?

return <07725> (8798) 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>.

2Sa 15:28 See <07200> (8798), I will tarry <04102> (8700) in

the plain <06160> (8675) <05679> of the wilderness <04057>,

until there come <0935> (8800) word <01697> from you to certify

<05046> (8687) me.

2Sa 15:29 Zadok <06659> therefore and Abiathar <054> carried

<07725> <00> the ark <0727> of God <0430> again <07725> (8686)

to Jerusalem <03389>: and they tarried <03427> (8799) there.

2Sa 15:30 And David <01732> went up <05927> (8802) by the

ascent <04608> of mount Olivet <02132>, and wept <01058> (8802)

as he went up <05927> (8802), and had his head <07218> covered

<02645> (8802), and he went <01980> (8802) barefoot <03182>: and

all the people <05971> that was with him covered <02645> (8804)

every man <0376> his head <07218>, and they went up <05927>

(8804), weeping <01058> (8800) as they went up <05927> (8800).

2Sa 15:31 ¶ And one told <05046> (8689) David <01732>, saying

<0559> (8800), Ahithophel <0302> is among the conspirators

<07194> (8802) with Absalom <053>. And David <01732> said <0559>

(8799), O LORD <03068>, I pray thee, turn the counsel <06098> of

Ahithophel <0302> into foolishness <05528> (8761).

2Sa 15:32 And it came to pass, that when David <01732> was come

<0935> (8804) to the top <07218> of the mount, where he

worshipped <07812> (8691) God <0430>, behold, Hushai <02365> the

Archite <0757> came to meet <07125> (8800) him with his coat

<03801> rent <07167> (8803), and earth <0127> upon his head

<07218>:

2Sa 15:33 Unto whom David <01732> said <0559> (8799), If thou

passest on <05674> (8804) with me, then thou shalt be a burden

<04853> unto me:

2Sa 15:34 But if thou return <07725> (8799) to the city <05892>,

and say <0559> (8804) unto Absalom <053>, I will be thy servant

<05650>, O king <04428>; as I have been thy father’s <01>

servant <05650> hitherto <0227>, so will I now also be thy

servant <05650>: then mayest thou for me defeat <06565> (8689)

the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>.

2Sa 15:35 And hast thou not there with thee Zadok <06659> and

Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>? therefore it shall be, that

what thing <01697> soever thou shalt hear <08085> (8799) out of

the king’s <04428> house <01004>, thou shalt tell <05046> (8686)

it to Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>.

2Sa 15:36 Behold, they have there with them their two <08147>

sons <01121>, Ahimaaz <0290> Zadok’s <06659> son, and Jonathan

<03083> Abiathar’s <054> son; and by them <03027> ye shall send

<07971> (8804) unto me every thing <01697> that ye can hear

<08085> (8799).

2Sa 15:37 So Hushai <02365> David’s <01732> friend <07463> came

<0935> (8799) into the city <05892>, and Absalom <053> came

<0935> (8799) into Jerusalem <03389>.

2Sa 16:01 ¶ And when David <01732> was a little <04592> past

<05674> (8804) the top <07218> of the hill, behold, Ziba <06717>

the servant <05288> of Mephibosheth <04648> met <07125> (8800)

him, with a couple <06776> of asses <02543> saddled <02280>

(8803), and upon them two hundred <03967> loaves of bread

<03899>, and an hundred <03967> bunches of raisins <06778>, and

an hundred <03967> of summer fruits <07019>, and a bottle

<05035> of wine <03196>.

2Sa 16:02 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Ziba

<06717>, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba <06717> said

<0559> (8799), The asses <02543> be for the king’s <04428>

household <01004> to ride on <07392> (8800); and the bread

<03899> and summer fruit <07019> for the young men <05288> to

eat <0398> (8800); and the wine <03196>, that such as be faint

<03287> in the wilderness <04057> may drink <08354> (8800).

2Sa 16:03 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), And where is

thy master’s <0113> son <01121>? And Ziba <06717> said <0559>

(8799) unto the king <04428>, Behold, he abideth <03427> (8802)

at Jerusalem <03389>: for he said <0559> (8804), To day <03117>

shall the house <01004> of Israel <03478> restore <07725> (8686)

me the kingdom <04468> of my father <01>.

2Sa 16:04 Then said <0559> (8799) the king <04428> to Ziba

<06717>, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth

<04648>. And Ziba <06717> said <0559> (8799), I humbly <07812>

(8694) beseech thee that I may find <04672> (8799) grace <02580>

in thy sight <05869>, my lord <0113>, O king <04428>.

2Sa 16:05 ¶ And when king <04428> David <01732> came <0935>

(8804) to Bahurim <0980>, behold, thence came out <03318> (8802)

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 forth <03318> (8802), and cursed

<07043> (8764) still as he came <03318> (8800).

2Sa 16:06 And he cast <05619> (8762) stones <068> at David

<01732>, and at all the servants <05650> of king <04428> David

<01732>: and all the people <05971> and all the mighty men

<01368> were on his right hand <03225> and on his left <08040>.

2Sa 16:07 And thus said <0559> (8804) Shimei <08096> when he

cursed <07043> (8763), Come out <03318> (8798), come out <03318>

(8798), thou bloody <01818> man <0376>, and thou man <0376> of

Belial <01100>:

2Sa 16:08 The LORD <03068> hath returned <07725> (8689) upon

thee all the blood <01818> of the house <01004> of Saul <07586>,

in whose stead thou hast reigned <04427> (8804); and the LORD

<03068> hath delivered <05414> (8799) the kingdom <04410> into

the hand <03027> of Absalom <053> thy son <01121>: and, behold,

thou art taken in thy mischief <07451>, because thou art a

bloody <01818> man <0376>.

2Sa 16:09 Then said <0559> (8799) Abishai <052> the son <01121>

of Zeruiah <06870> unto the king <04428>, Why should this dead

<04191> (8801) dog <03611> curse <07043> (8762) my lord <0113>

the king <04428>? let me go over <05674> (8799), I pray thee,

and take off <05493> (8686) his head <07218>.

2Sa 16:10 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), What have I

to do with you, ye sons <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>? so let him

curse <07043> (8762), because the LORD <03068> hath said <0559>

(8804) unto him, Curse <07043> (8761) David <01732>. Who shall

then say <0559> (8799), Wherefore hast thou done so <06213>

(8804)?

2Sa 16:11 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abishai <052>,

and to all his servants <05650>, Behold, my son <01121>, which

came forth <03318> (8804) of my bowels <04578>, seeketh <01245>

(8764) my life <05315>: how much more now may this Benjamite

<01145> do it? let him alone <03240> (8685), and let him curse

<07043> (8762); for the LORD <03068> hath bidden <0559> (8804)

him.

2Sa 16:12 It may be that the LORD <03068> will look <07200>

(8799) on mine affliction <05869> (8675) <06040>, and that the

LORD <03068> will requite <07725> (8689) me good <02896> for his

cursing <07045> this day <03117>.

2Sa 16:13 And as David <01732> and his men <0582> went <03212>

(8799) by the way <01870>, Shimei <08096> went along <01980>

(8802) on the hill’s <02022> side <06763> over against <05980>

him, and cursed <07043> (8762) as he went <01980> (8800), and

threw <05619> (8762) stones <068> at <05980> him, and cast

<06080> (8765) dust <06083>.

2Sa 16:14 And the king <04428>, and all the people <05971> that

were with him, came <0935> (8799) weary <05889>, and refreshed

<05314> (8735) themselves there.

2Sa 16:15 ¶ And Absalom <053>, and all the people <05971> the

men <0376> of Israel <03478>, came <0935> (8804) to Jerusalem

<03389>, and Ahithophel <0302> with him.

2Sa 16:16 And it came to pass, when Hushai <02365> the Archite

<0757>, David’s <01732> friend <07463>, was come <0935> (8804)

unto Absalom <053>, that Hushai <02365> said <0559> (8799) unto

Absalom <053>, God save <02421> (8799) the king <04428>, God

save <02421> (8799) the king <04428>.

2Sa 16:17 And Absalom <053> said <0559> (8799) to Hushai

<02365>, Is this thy kindness <02617> to thy friend <07453>? why

wentest <01980> (8804) thou not with thy friend <07453>?

2Sa 16:18 And Hushai <02365> said <0559> (8799) unto Absalom

<053>, Nay; but whom the LORD <03068>, and this people <05971>,

and all the men <0376> of Israel <03478>, choose <0977> (8804),

his will I be, and with him will I abide <03427> (8799).

2Sa 16:19 And again <08145>, whom should I serve <05647>

(8799)? should I not serve in the presence <06440> of his son

<01121>? as I have served <05647> (8804) in thy father’s <01>

presence <06440>, so will I be in thy presence <06440>.

2Sa 16:20 Then said <0559> (8799) Absalom <053> to Ahithophel

<0302>, Give <03051> (8798) counsel <06098> among you what we

shall do <06213> (8799).

2Sa 16:21 And Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> (8799) unto Absalom

<053>, Go in <0935> (8798) unto thy father’s <01> concubines

<06370>, which he hath left <03240> (8689) to keep <08104>

(8800) the house <01004>; and all Israel <03478> shall hear

<08085> (8804) that thou art abhorred <0887> (8738) of thy

father <01>: then shall the hands <03027> of all that are with

thee be strong <02388> (8804).

2Sa 16:22 So they spread <05186> (8686) Absalom <053> a tent

<0168> upon the top of the house <01406>; and Absalom <053> went

in <0935> (8799) unto his father’s <01> concubines <06370> in

the sight <05869> of all Israel <03478>.

2Sa 16:23 And the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>, which

he counselled <03289> (8804) in those days <03117>, was as if a

man <0376> had enquired <07592> (8799) at the oracle <01697> of

God <0430>: so was all the counsel <06098> of Ahithophel <0302>

both with David <01732> and with Absalom <053>.

2Sa 17:01 ¶ Moreover Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> (8799) unto

Absalom <053>, Let me now choose out <0977> (8799) twelve

<08147> <06240> thousand <0505> men <0376>, and I will arise

<06965> (8799) and pursue <07291> (8799) after <0310> David

<01732> this night <03915>:

2Sa 17:02 And I will come <0935> (8799) upon him while he is

weary <03023> and weak <07504> handed <03027>, and will make him

afraid <02729> (8689): and all the people <05971> that are with

him shall flee <05127> (8804); and I will smite <05221> (8689)

the king <04428> only:

2Sa 17:03 And I will bring back <07725> (8686) all the people

<05971> unto thee: the man <0376> whom thou seekest <01245>

(8764) is as if all returned <07725> (8800): so all the people

<05971> shall be in peace <07965>.

2Sa 17:04 And the saying <01697> pleased <03474> (8799) Absalom

<053> well <05869>, and all the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>.

2Sa 17:05 Then said <0559> (8799) Absalom <053>, Call <07121>

(8798) now Hushai <02365> the Archite <0757> also, and let us

hear <08085> (8799) likewise what he saith <06310>.

2Sa 17:06 And when Hushai <02365> was come <0935> (8799) to

Absalom <053>, Absalom <053> spake <0559> (8799) unto him,

saying <0559> (8800), Ahithophel <0302> hath spoken <01696>

(8765) after this manner <01697>: shall we do <06213> (8799)

after his saying <01697>? if not; speak <01696> (8761) thou.

2Sa 17:07 And Hushai <02365> said <0559> (8799) unto Absalom

<053>, The counsel <06098> that Ahithophel <0302> hath given

<03289> (8804) is not good <02896> at this time <06471>.

2Sa 17:08 For, said <0559> (8799) Hushai <02365>, thou knowest

<03045> (8804) thy father <01> and his men <0582>, that they be

mighty men <01368>, 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> (8799) with the people

<05971>.

2Sa 17:09 Behold, he is hid <02244> (8737) now in some <0259>

pit <06354>, or in some <0259> other place <04725>: and it will

come to pass, when some of them be overthrown <05307> (8800) at

the first <08462>, that whosoever <08085> (8802) heareth <08085>

(8804) it will say <0559> (8804), There is a slaughter <04046>

among the people <05971> that follow <0310> Absalom <053>.

2Sa 17:10 And he also that is valiant <01121> <02428>, whose

heart <03820> is as the heart <03820> of a lion <0738>, shall

utterly <04549> (8736) melt <04549> (8735): for all Israel

<03478> knoweth <03045> (8802) that thy father <01> is a mighty

man <01368>, and they which be with him are valiant <02428> men

<01121>.

2Sa 17:11 Therefore I counsel <03289> (8804) that all Israel

<03478> be generally <0622> (8736) gathered <0622> (8735) 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> (8802) to battle <07128> in thine own

person <06440>.

2Sa 17:12 So shall we come <0935> (8804) upon him in some

<0259> place <04725> where he shall be found <04672> (8738), and

we will light <05168> upon him as the dew <02919> falleth

<05307> (8799) on the ground <0127>: and of him and of all the

men <0582> that are with him there shall not be left <03498>

(8738) so much as <01571> one <0259>.

2Sa 17:13 Moreover, if <0518> he be gotten <0622> (8735) into a

city <05892>, then shall all Israel <03478> bring <05375> (8689)

ropes <02256> to that city <05892>, and we will draw <05498>

(8804) it into the river <05158>, until there be not one <01571>

small stone <06872> found <04672> (8738) there.

2Sa 17:14 And Absalom <053> and all the men <0376> of Israel

<03478> said <0559> (8799), 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> (8765) to defeat <06565> (8687) the good <02896> counsel

<06098> of Ahithophel <0302>, to the intent <05668> that the

LORD <03068> might bring <0935> (8687) evil <07451> upon Absalom

<053>.

2Sa 17:15 ¶ Then said <0559> (8799) Hushai <02365> unto Zadok

<06659> and to Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>, Thus and thus

did Ahithophel <0302> counsel <03289> (8804) Absalom <053> and

the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>; and thus and thus have I

counselled <03289> (8804).

2Sa 17:16 Now therefore send <07971> (8798) quickly <04120>,

and tell <05046> (8685) David <01732>, saying <0559> (8800),

Lodge <03885> (8799) not this night <03915> in the plains

<06160> (8675) <05679> of the wilderness <04057>, but speedily

<05674> (8800) pass over <05674> (8799); lest the king <04428>

be swallowed up <01104> (8792), and all the people <05971> that

are with him.

2Sa 17:17 Now Jonathan <03083> and Ahimaaz <0290> stayed

<05975> (8802) by Enrogel <05883>; for they might <03201> (8799)

not be seen <07200> (8736) to come <0935> (8800) into the city

<05892>: and a wench <08198> went <01980> (8804) and told

<05046> (8689) them; and they went <03212> (8799) and told

<05046> (8689) king <04428> David <01732>.

2Sa 17:18 Nevertheless a lad <05288> saw <07200> (8799) them,

and told <05046> (8686) Absalom <053>: but they went <03212>

(8799) both <08147> of them away quickly <04120>, and came

<0935> (8799) to a man’s <0376> house <01004> in Bahurim <0980>,

which had a well <0875> in his court <02691>; whither <08033>

they went down <03381> (8799).

2Sa 17:19 And the woman <0802> took <03947> (8799) and spread

<06566> (8799) a covering <04539> over the well’s <0875> mouth

<06440>, and spread <07849> (8799) ground corn <07383> thereon;

and the thing <01697> was not known <03045> (8738).

2Sa 17:20 And when Absalom’s <053> servants <05650> came <0935>

(8799) to the woman <0802> to the house <01004>, they said

<0559> (8799), Where is Ahimaaz <0290> and Jonathan <03083>? And

the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799) unto them, They be gone over

<05674> (8804) the brook <04323> of water <04325>. And when they

had sought <01245> (8762) and could not find <04672> (8804) them,

they returned <07725> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389>.

2Sa 17:21 And it came to pass, after <0310> they were departed

<03212> (8800), that they came up <05927> (8799) out of the well

<0875>, and went <03212> (8799) and told <05046> (8686) king

<04428> David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799) unto David <01732>,

Arise <06965> (8798), and pass quickly <04120> over <05674>

(8798) the water <04325>: for thus hath Ahithophel <0302>

counselled <03289> (8804) against you.

2Sa 17:22 ¶ Then David <01732> arose <06965> (8799), and all the

people <05971> that were with him, and they passed over <05674>

(8799) Jordan <03383>: by the morning <01242> light <0216> there

lacked <05737> (8738) not one <0259> of them that was not gone

over <05674> (8804) Jordan <03383>.

2Sa 17:23 And when Ahithophel <0302> saw <07200> (8804) that

his counsel <06098> was not followed <06213> (8738), he saddled

<02280> (8799) his ass <02543>, and arose <06965> (8799), and

gat him home <03212> (8799) to his house <01004>, to his city

<05892>, and put his household <01004> in order <06680> (8762),

and hanged <02614> (8735) himself, and died <04191> (8799), and

was buried <06912> (8735) in the sepulchre <06913> of his father

<01>.

2Sa 17:24 Then David <01732> came <0935> (8804) to Mahanaim

<04266>. And Absalom <053> passed over <05674> (8804) Jordan

<03383>, he and all the men <0376> of Israel <03478> with him.

2Sa 17:25 And Absalom <053> made <07760> (8804) Amasa <06021>

captain of the host <06635> instead of Joab <03097>: which Amasa

<06021> was a man’s <0376> son <01121>, whose name <08034> was

Ithra <03501> an Israelite <03481>, that went in <0935> (8804)

to Abigail <026> the daughter <01323> of Nahash <05176>, sister

<0269> to Zeruiah <06870> Joab’s <03097> mother <0517>.

2Sa 17:26 So Israel <03478> and Absalom <053> pitched <02583>

(8799) in the land <0776> of Gilead <01568>.

2Sa 17:27 And it came to pass, when David <01732> was come

<0935> (8800) 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>,

2Sa 17:28 Brought <05066> (8689) beds <04904>, and basons

<05592>, and earthen <03335> (8802) 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,

2Sa 17:29 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>

(8800): for they said <0559> (8804), The people <05971> is

hungry <07457>, and weary <05889>, and thirsty <06771>, in the

wilderness <04057>.

2Sa 18:01 ¶ And David <01732> numbered <06485> (8799) the people

<05971> that were with him, and set <07760> (8799) captains

<08269> of thousands <0505> and captains <08269> of hundreds

<03967> over them.

2Sa 18:02 And David <01732> sent forth <07971> (8762) a third

part <07992> of the people <05971> under the hand <03027> of

Joab <03097>, and a third part <07992> under the hand <03027> of

Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, Joab’s <03097>

brother <0251>, and a third part <07992> under the hand <03027>

of Ittai <0863> the Gittite <01663>. And the king <04428> said

<0559> (8799) unto the people <05971>, I will surely <03318>

(8800) go forth <03318> (8799) with you myself <0589> also.

2Sa 18:03 But the people <05971> answered <0559> (8799), Thou

shalt not go forth <03318> (8799): for if we flee <05127> (8799)

away <05127> (8800), they will not care <07760> (8799) <03820>

for us; neither if half <02677> of us die <04191> (8799), will

they care <07760> (8799) <03820> for us: but now thou art worth

<03644> ten <06235> thousand <0505> of us: therefore now it is

better <02896> that thou succour <05826> (8800) (8675) <05826>

(8687) us out of the city <05892>.

2Sa 18:04 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto them,

What seemeth <05869> you best <03190> (8799) I will do <06213>

(8799). And the king <04428> stood <05975> (8799) by the gate

<08179> side <03027>, and all the people <05971> came out

<03318> (8804) by hundreds <03967> and by thousands <0505>.

2Sa 18:05 And the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8762) Joab

<03097> and Abishai <052> and Ittai <0863>, saying <0559> (8800),

Deal gently <0328> for my sake with the young man <05288>, even

with Absalom <053>. And all the people <05971> heard <08085>

(8804) when the king <04428> gave all the captains <08269>

charge <06680> (8763) concerning <01697> Absalom <053>.

2Sa 18:06 So the people <05971> went out <03318> (8799) into

the field <07704> against <07125> (8800) Israel <03478>: and the

battle <04421> was in the wood <03293> of Ephraim <0669>;

2Sa 18:07 Where the people <05971> of Israel <03478> were slain

<05062> (8735) before <06440> the servants <05650> of David

<01732>, and there was there a great <01419> slaughter <04046>

that day <03117> of twenty <06242> thousand <0505> men.

2Sa 18:08 For the battle <04421> was there scattered <06327>

(8737) over the face <06440> of all the country <0776>: and the

wood <03293> devoured <0398> (8800) more <07235> (8686) people

<05971> that day <03117> than the sword <02719> devoured <0398>

(8804).

2Sa 18:09 ¶ And Absalom <053> met <07122> (8735) the servants

<06440> <05650> of David <01732>. And Absalom <053> rode <07392>

(8802) upon a mule <06505>, and the mule <06505> went <0935>

(8799) under the thick boughs <07730> of a great <01419> oak

<0424>, and his head <07218> caught hold <02388> (8799) of the

oak <0424>, and he was taken up <05414> (8714) between the

heaven <08064> and the earth <0776>; and the mule <06505> that

was under him went away <05674> (8804).

2Sa 18:10 And a certain <0259> man <0376> saw <07200> (8799) it,

and told <05046> (8686) Joab <03097>, and said <0559> (8799),

Behold, I saw <07200> (8804) Absalom <053> hanged <08518> (8803)

in an oak <0424>.

2Sa 18:11 And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799) unto the man

<0376> that told <05046> (8688) him, And, behold, thou sawest

<07200> (8804) him, and why didst thou not smite <05221> (8689)

him there to the ground <0776>? and I would have given <05414>

(8800) thee ten <06235> shekels of silver <03701>, and a <0259>

girdle <02290>.

2Sa 18:12 And the man <0376> said <0559> (8799) unto Joab

<03097>, Though <03863> I should receive <08254> (8802) a

thousand <0505> shekels of silver <03701> in mine hand <03709>,

yet would I not put forth <07971> (8799) mine hand <03027>

against the king’s <04428> son <01121>: for in our hearing

<0241> the king <04428> charged <06680> (8765) thee and Abishai

<052> and Ittai <0863>, saying <0559> (8800), Beware <08104>

(8798) that none touch the young man <05288> Absalom <053>.

2Sa 18:13 Otherwise <0176> I should have wrought <06213> (8804)

falsehood <08267> against mine own life <05315>: for there is no

matter <01697> hid <03582> (8735) from the king <04428>, and

thou thyself wouldest have set <03320> (8691) thyself against me.

2Sa 18:14 Then said <0559> (8799) Joab <03097>, I may not tarry

<03176> (8686) thus with thee <06440>. And he took <03947>

(8799) three <07969> darts <07626> in his hand <03709>, and

thrust <08628> (8799) them through the heart <03820> of Absalom

<053>, while he was yet alive <02416> in the midst of the oak

<0424>.

2Sa 18:15 And ten <06235> young men <05288> that bare <05375>

(8802) Joab’s <03097> armour <03627> compassed about <05437>

(8799) and smote <05221> (8686) Absalom <053>, and slew <04191>

(8686) him.

2Sa 18:16 And Joab <03097> blew <08628> (8799) the trumpet

<07782>, and the people <05971> returned <07725> (8799) from

pursuing <07291> (8800) after <0310> Israel <03478>: for Joab

<03097> held back <02820> (8804) the people <05971>.

2Sa 18:17 And they took <03947> (8799) Absalom <053>, and cast

<07993> (8686) him into a great <01419> pit <06354> in the wood

<03293>, and laid <05324> (8686) a very <03966> great <01419>

heap <01530> of stones <068> upon him: and all Israel <03478>

fled <05127> (8804) every one <0376> to his tent <0168>.

2Sa 18:18 Now Absalom <053> in his lifetime <02416> had taken

<03947> (8804) and reared up <05324> (8686) for himself a pillar

<04678>, which is in the king’s <04428> dale <06010>: for he

said <0559> (8804), I have no son <01121> to keep my name

<08034> in remembrance <02142> (8687): and he called <07121>

(8799) the pillar <04678> after his own name <08034>: and it is

called <07121> (8735) unto this day <03117>, Absalom’s <053>

place <03027>.

2Sa 18:19 ¶ Then said <0559> (8804) Ahimaaz <0290> the son

<01121> of Zadok <06659>, Let me now run <07323> (8799), and

bear <01319> <00> the king <04428> tidings <01319> (8762), how

that the LORD <03068> hath avenged <08199> (8804) him of his

enemies <03027> <0341> (8802).

2Sa 18:20 And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thou

<0376> shalt not bear tidings <01309> this day <03117>, but thou

shalt bear tidings <01319> (8765) another <0312> day <03117>:

but this day <03117> thou shalt bear no tidings <01319> (8762),

because the king’s <04428> son <01121> is dead <04191> (8804).

2Sa 18:21 Then said <0559> (8799) Joab <03097> to Cushi <03569>,

Go <03212> (8798) tell <05046> (8685) the king <04428> what

thou hast seen <07200> (8804). And Cushi <03569> bowed <07812>

(8691) himself unto Joab <03097>, and ran <07323> (8799).

2Sa 18:22 Then said <0559> (8799) Ahimaaz <0290> the son

<01121> of Zadok <06659> yet again <03254> (8686) to Joab

<03097>, But howsoever <04100>, let me, I pray thee, also run

<07323> (8799) after <0310> Cushi <03569>. And Joab <03097> said

<0559> (8799), Wherefore wilt thou run <07323> (8801), my son

<01121>, seeing that thou hast no tidings <01309> ready <04672>

(8802)?

2Sa 18:23 But howsoever, said he, let me run <07323> (8799).

And he said <0559> (8799) unto him, Run <07323> (8798). Then

Ahimaaz <0290> ran <07323> (8799) by the way <01870> of the

plain <03603>, and overran <05674> (8799) Cushi <03569>.

2Sa 18:24 And David <01732> sat <03427> (8802) between the two

<08147> gates <08179>: and the watchman <06822> (8802) went up

<03212> (8799) to the roof <01406> over the gate <08179> unto

the wall <02346>, and lifted up <05375> (8799) his eyes <05869>,

and looked <07200> (8799), and behold a man <0376> running

<07323> (8801) alone.

2Sa 18:25 And the watchman <06822> (8802) cried <07121> (8799),

and told <05046> (8686) the king <04428>. And the king <04428>

said <0559> (8799), If he be alone, there is tidings <01309> in

his mouth <06310>. And he came <03212> (8799) apace <01980>

(8800), and drew near <07131>.

2Sa 18:26 And the watchman <06822> (8802) saw <07200> (8799)

another <0312> man <0376> running <07323> (8801): and the

watchman <06822> (8802) called <07121> (8799) unto the porter

<07778>, and said <0559> (8799), Behold another man <0376>

running <07323> (8801) alone. And the king <04428> said <0559>

(8799), He also bringeth tidings <01319> (8764).

2Sa 18:27 And the watchman <06822> (8802) said <0559> (8799),

Me thinketh <07200> (8802) 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>

(8799), He is a good <02896> man <0376>, and cometh <0935>

(8799) with good <02896> tidings <01309>.

2Sa 18:28 And Ahimaaz <0290> called <07121> (8799), and said

<0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, All is well <07965>. And he

fell down <07812> (8691) to the earth <0776> upon his face

<0639> before the king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799), Blessed

<01288> (8803) be the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>, which hath

delivered up <05462> (8765) the men <0582> that lifted up

<05375> (8804) their hand <03027> against my lord <0113> the

king <04428>.

2Sa 18:29 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799), Is the young

man <05288> Absalom <053> safe <07965>? And Ahimaaz <0290>

answered <0559> (8799), When Joab <03097> sent <07971> (8800)

the king’s <04428> servant <05650>, and me thy servant <05650>,

I saw <07200> (8804) a great <01419> tumult <01995>, but I knew

<03045> (8804) not what it was.

2Sa 18:30 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him,

Turn aside <05437> (8798), and stand <03320> (8690) here <03541>.

And he turned aside <05437> (8735), and stood still <05975>

(8799).

2Sa 18:31 And, behold, Cushi <03569> came <0935> (8802); and

Cushi <03569> said <0559> (8799), Tidings <01319> (8691), my

lord <0113> the king <04428>: for the LORD <03068> hath avenged

<08199> (8804) thee this day <03117> of all them <03027> that

rose up <06965> (8801) against thee.

2Sa 18:32 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Cushi

<03569>, Is the young man <05288> Absalom <053> safe <07965>?

And Cushi <03569> answered <0559> (8799), The enemies <0341>

(8802) of my lord <0113> the king <04428>, and all that rise

<06965> (8804) against thee to do thee hurt <07451>, be as that

young man <05288> is.

2Sa 18:33 And the king <04428> was much moved <07264> (8799),

and went up <05927> (8799) to the chamber <05944> over the gate

<08179>, and wept <01058> (8799): and as he went <03212> (8800),

thus he said <0559> (8804), O my son <01121> Absalom <053>, my

son <01121>, my son <01121> Absalom <053>! would God I had died

<04191> (8800) for thee <05414> (8799), O Absalom <053>, my son

<01121>, my son <01121>!

2Sa 19:01 ¶ And it was told <05046> (8714) Joab <03097>, Behold,

the king <04428> weepeth <01058> (8802) and mourneth <056>

(8691) for Absalom <053>.

2Sa 19:02 And the victory <08668> that day <03117> was turned

into mourning <060> unto all the people <05971>: for the people

<05971> heard <08085> (8804) say <0559> (8800) that day <03117>

how the king <04428> was grieved <06087> (8738) for his son

<01121>.

2Sa 19:03 And the people <05971> gat <0935> (8800) them by

stealth <01589> (8691) that day <03117> into the city <05892>,

as people <05971> being ashamed <03637> (8737) steal away

<01589> (8691) when they flee <05127> (8800) in battle <04421>.

2Sa 19:04 But the king <04428> covered <03813> (8804) his face

<06440>, and the king <04428> cried <02199> (8799) with a loud

<01419> voice <06963>, O my son <01121> Absalom <053>, O Absalom

<053>, my son <01121>, my son <01121>!

2Sa 19:05 And Joab <03097> came <0935> (8799) into the house

<01004> to the king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799), Thou hast

shamed <03001> (8689) this day <03117> the faces <06440> of all

thy servants <05650>, which this day <03117> have saved <04422>

(8764) thy life <05315>, and the lives <05315> of thy sons

<01121> and of thy daughters <01323>, and the lives <05315> of

thy wives <0802>, and the lives <05315> of thy concubines

<06370>;

2Sa 19:06 In that thou lovest <0157> (8800) thine enemies

<08130> (8802), and hatest <08130> (8800) thy friends <0157>

(8802). For thou hast declared <05046> (8689) this day <03117>,

that thou regardest neither princes <08269> nor servants <05650>:

for this day <03117> I perceive <03045> (8804), that if <03863>

Absalom <053> had lived <02416>, and all we had died <04191>

(8801) this day <03117>, then it had pleased thee well <03477>

<05869>.

2Sa 19:07 Now therefore arise <06965> (8798), go forth <03318>

(8798), and speak <01696> (8761) comfortably <03820> unto thy

servants <05650>: for I swear <07650> (8738) by the LORD <03068>,

if thou go not forth <03318> (8802), there will not tarry

<03885> (8799) one <0376> with thee this night <03915>: and that

will be worse <07489> (8804) unto thee than all the evil <07451>

that befell <0935> (8804) thee from thy youth <05271> until now.

2Sa 19:08 Then the king <04428> arose <06965> (8799), and sat

<03427> (8799) in the gate <08179>. And they told <05046> (8689)

unto all the people <05971>, saying <0559> (8800), Behold, the

king <04428> doth sit <03427> (8802) in the gate <08179>. And

all the people <05971> came <0935> (8799) before <06440> the

king <04428>: for Israel <03478> had fled <05127> (8804) every

man <0376> to his tent <0168>.

2Sa 19:09 ¶ And all the people <05971> were at strife <01777>

(8737) throughout all the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478>,

saying <0559> (8800), The king <04428> saved <05337> (8689) us

out of the hand <03709> of our enemies <0341> (8802), and he

delivered <04422> (8765) us out of the hand <03709> of the

Philistines <06430>; and now he is fled <01272> (8804) out of

the land <0776> for Absalom <053>.

2Sa 19:10 And Absalom <053>, whom we anointed <04886> (8804)

over us, is dead <04191> (8804) in battle <04421>. Now therefore

why speak <02790> (8688) ye not a word of bringing <07725> <00>

the king <04428> back <07725> (8687)?

2Sa 19:11 And king <04428> David <01732> sent <07971> (8804) to

Zadok <06659> and to Abiathar <054> the priests <03548>, saying

<0559> (8800), Speak <01696> (8761) unto the elders <02205> of

Judah <03063>, saying <0559> (8800), Why are ye the last <0314>

to bring <07725> <00> the king <04428> back <07725> (8687) to

his house <01004>? seeing the speech <01697> of all Israel

<03478> is come <0935> (8804) to the king <04428>, even to his

house <01004>.

2Sa 19:12 Ye are my brethren <0251>, ye are my bones <06106>

and my flesh <01320>: wherefore then are ye the last <0314> to

bring back <07725> (8687) the king <04428>?

2Sa 19:13 And say <0559> (8799) ye to Amasa <06021>, Art thou

not of my bone <06106>, and of my flesh <01320>? God <0430> do

<06213> (8799) so to me, and more <03254> (8686) also, if thou

be not captain <08269> of the host <06635> before <06440> me

continually <03117> in the room <08478> of Joab <03097>.

2Sa 19:14 And he bowed <05186> (8686) the heart <03824> of all

the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, even as the heart of one <0259>

man <0376>; so that they sent <07971> (8799) this word unto the

king <04428>, Return <07725> (8798) thou, and all thy servants

<05650>.

2Sa 19:15 So the king <04428> returned <07725> (8799), and came

<0935> (8799) to Jordan <03383>. And Judah <03063> came <0935>

(8804) to Gilgal <01537>, to go <03212> (8800) to meet <07125>

(8800) the king <04428>, to conduct <05674> <00> the king

<04428> over <05674> (8687) Jordan <03383>.

2Sa 19:16 ¶ And Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Gera <01617>,

a Benjamite <01145>, which was of Bahurim <0980>, hasted <04116>

(8762) and came down <03381> (8799) with the men <0376> of Judah

<03063> to meet <07125> (8800) king <04428> David <01732>.

2Sa 19:17 And there were a thousand <0505> men <0376> of

Benjamin <01145> with him, and Ziba <06717> the servant <05288>

of the house <01004> of Saul <07586>, and his fifteen <02568>

<06240> sons <01121> and his twenty <06242> servants <05650>

with him; and they went over <06743> (8804) Jordan <03383>

before <06440> the king <04428>.

2Sa 19:18 And there went over <05674> (8804) a ferry boat

<05679> to carry over <05674> (8687) the king’s <04428>

household <01004>, and to do <06213> (8800) what he thought

<05869> good <02896>. And Shimei <08096> the son <01121> of Gera

<01617> fell down <05307> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428>,

as he was come over <05674> (8800) Jordan <03383>;

2Sa 19:19 And said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, Let not

my lord <0113> impute <02803> (8799) iniquity <05771> unto me,

neither do thou remember <02142> (8799) that which thy servant

<05650> did perversely <05753> (8689) the day <03117> that my

lord <0113> the king <04428> went out <03318> (8804) of

Jerusalem <03389>, that the king <04428> should take <07760>

(8800) it to his heart <03820>.

2Sa 19:20 For thy servant <05650> doth know <03045> (8804) that

I have sinned <02398> (8804): therefore, behold, I am come

<0935> (8804) the first <07223> this day <03117> of all the

house <01004> of Joseph <03130> to go down <03381> (8800) to

meet <07125> (8800) my lord <0113> the king <04428>.

2Sa 19:21 But Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>

answered <06030> (8799) and said <0559> (8799), Shall not Shimei

<08096> be put to death <04191> (8714) for this, because he

cursed <07043> (8765) the LORD’S <03068> anointed <04899>?

2Sa 19:22 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), What 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> (8714) this day <03117> in

Israel <03478>? for do not I know <03045> (8804) that I am this

day <03117> king <04428> over Israel <03478>?

2Sa 19:23 Therefore the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto

Shimei <08096>, Thou shalt not die <04191> (8799). And the king

<04428> sware <07650> (8735) unto him.

2Sa 19:24 ¶ And Mephibosheth <04648> the son <01121> of Saul

<07586> came down <03381> (8804) to meet <07125> (8800) the king

<04428>, and had neither <03808> dressed <06213> (8804) his feet

<07272>, nor trimmed <06213> (8804) his beard <08222>, nor

washed <03526> (8765) his clothes <0899>, from the day <03117>

the king <04428> departed <03212> (8800) until the day <03117>

he came <0935> (8804) again in peace <07965>.

2Sa 19:25 And it came to pass, when he was come <0935> (8804)

to Jerusalem <03389> to meet <07125> (8800) the king <04428>,

that the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Wherefore

wentest <01980> (8804) not thou with me, Mephibosheth <04648>?

2Sa 19:26 And he answered <0559> (8799), My lord <0113>, O king

<04428>, my servant <05650> deceived <07411> (8765) me: for thy

servant <05650> said <0559> (8804), I will saddle <02280> (8799)

me an ass <02543>, that I may ride <07392> (8799) thereon, and

go <03212> (8799) to the king <04428>; because thy servant

<05650> is lame <06455>.

2Sa 19:27 And he hath slandered <07270> (8762) 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> (8798) therefore what is good <02896> in thine eyes

<05869>.

2Sa 19:28 For all of my father’s <01> house <01004> were but

<03808> dead <04194> men <0582> before my lord <0113> the king

<04428>: yet didst thou set <07896> (8799) thy servant <05650>

among them that did eat <0398> (8802) at thine own table <07979>.

What right <06666> therefore have <03426> I yet to cry <02199>

(8800) any more unto the king <04428>?

2Sa 19:29 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Why

speakest <01696> (8762) thou any more of thy matters <01697>? I

have said <0559> (8804), Thou and Ziba <06717> divide <02505>

(8799) the land <07704>.

2Sa 19:30 And Mephibosheth <04648> said <0559> (8799) unto the

king <04428>, Yea, let him take <03947> (8799) all, forasmuch

<0310> as <0834> my lord <0113> the king <04428> is come again

<0935> (8804) in peace <07965> unto his own house <01004>.

2Sa 19:31 ¶ And Barzillai <01271> the Gileadite <01569> came

down <03381> (8804) from Rogelim <07274>, and went over <05674>

(8799) Jordan <03383> with the king <04428>, to conduct <07971>

(8763) him over Jordan <03383>.

2Sa 19:32 Now Barzillai <01271> was a very <03966> aged <02204>

(8804) man, even fourscore <08084> years <08141> old <01121>:

and he had provided the king <04428> of sustenance <03557>

(8773) while he lay <07871> at Mahanaim <04266>; for he was a

very <03966> great <01419> man <0376>.

2Sa 19:33 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto

Barzillai <01271>, Come thou over <05674> (8798) with me, and I

will feed <03557> (8773) thee with me in Jerusalem <03389>.

2Sa 19:34 And Barzillai <01271> said <0559> (8799) unto the

king <04428>, How long <03117> have I to live <08141> <02416>,

that I should go up <05927> (8799) with the king <04428> unto

Jerusalem <03389>?

2Sa 19:35 I am this day <03117> fourscore <08084> years <08141>

old <01121>: and can I discern <03045> (8799) between good

<02896> and evil <07451>? can thy servant <05650> taste <02938>

(8799) what <0834> I eat <0398> (8799) or what <0834> I drink

<08354> (8799)? can I hear <08085> (8799) any more the voice

<06963> of singing men <07891> (8802) and singing women <07891>

(8802)? wherefore then should thy servant <05650> be yet a

burden <04853> unto my lord <0113> the king <04428>?

2Sa 19:36 Thy servant <05650> will go <05674> <00> a little way

<04592> over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383> with the king <04428>:

and why should the king <04428> recompense <01580> (8799) it me

with such a reward <01578>?

2Sa 19:37 Let thy servant <05650>, I pray thee, turn back again

<07725> (8799), that I may die <04191> (8799) in mine own city

<05892>, and be buried by the grave <06913> of my father <01>

and of my mother <0517>. But behold thy servant <05650> Chimham

<03643>; let him go over <05674> (8799) with my lord <0113> the

king <04428>; and do <06213> (8798) to him what shall seem good

<02896> <05869> unto thee.

2Sa 19:38 And the king <04428> answered <0559> (8799), Chimham

<03643> shall go <05674> (8799) over with me, and I will do

<06213> (8799) to him that which shall seem good <02896> <05869>

unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require <0977> (8799) of me,

that will I do <06213> (8799) for thee.

2Sa 19:39 And all the people <05971> went over <05674> (8799)

Jordan <03383>. And when the king <04428> was come over <05674>

(8804), the king <04428> kissed <05401> (8799) Barzillai <01271>,

and blessed <01288> (8762) him; and he returned <07725> (8799)

unto his own place <04725>.

2Sa 19:40 ¶ Then the king <04428> went on <05674> (8799) to

Gilgal <01537>, and Chimham <03643> went on <05674> (8804) with

him: and all the people <05971> of Judah <03063> conducted

<05674> (8689) (8675) <05674> (8686) the king <04428>, and also

half <02677> the people <05971> of Israel <03478>.

2Sa 19:41 And, behold, all the men <0376> of Israel <03478>

came <0935> (8802) to the king <04428>, and said <0559> (8799)

unto the king <04428>, Why have our brethren <0251> the men

<0376> of Judah <03063> stolen thee away <01589> (8804), and

have brought <05674> (8686) the king <04428>, and his household

<01004>, and all David’s <01732> men <0582> with him, over

Jordan <03383>?

2Sa 19:42 And all the men <0376> of Judah <03063> answered

<06030> (8799) the men <0376> of Israel <03478>, Because the

king <04428> is near of kin <07138> to us: wherefore then be ye

angry <02734> (8804) for this matter <01697>? have we eaten

<0398> (8804) at all <0398> (8800) of the king’s <04428> cost?

or hath he given <05375> (8765) us any gift <05379>?

2Sa 19:43 And the men <0376> of Israel <03478> answered <06030>

(8799) the men <0376> of Judah <03063>, and said <0559> (8799),

We have ten <06235> parts <03027> in the king <04428>, and we

<0589> have also more right in David <01732> than ye: why then

did ye despise <07043> (8689) us, that our advice <01697> should

not be first <07223> had in bringing back <07725> (8687) our

king <04428>? And the words <01697> of the men <0376> of Judah

<03063> were fiercer <07185> (8799) than the words <01697> of

the men <0376> of Israel <03478>.

2Sa 20:01 ¶ And there happened <07122> (8738) 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> (8799) a trumpet <07782>, and said <0559> (8799),

We have no part <02506> in David <01732>, neither have we

inheritance <05159> in the son <01121> of Jesse <03448>: every

<0376> man <0376> to his tents <0168>, O Israel <03478>.

2Sa 20:02 So every man <0376> of Israel <03478> went up <05927>

(8799) 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> (8804) unto their king

<04428>, from Jordan <03383> even to Jerusalem <03389>.

2Sa 20:03 And David <01732> came <0935> (8799) to his house

<01004> at Jerusalem <03389>; and the king <04428> took <03947>

(8799) the ten <06235> women <0802> his concubines <06370>, whom

he had left <03240> (8689) to keep <08104> (8800) the house

<01004>, and put <05414> (8799) them in ward <04931>, and fed

<03557> (8770) them, but went not in <0935> (8804) unto them. So

they were shut up <06887> (8803) unto the day <03117> of their

death <04191> (8800), living <02424> in widowhood <0491>.

2Sa 20:04 ¶ Then said <0559> (8799) the king <04428> to Amasa

<06021>, Assemble <02199> (8685) me the men <0376> of Judah

<03063> within three <07969> days <03117>, and be thou here

present <05975> (8798).

2Sa 20:05 So Amasa <06021> went <03212> (8799) to assemble

<02199> (8687) the men of Judah <03063>: but he tarried longer

<0309> (8799) (8675) <03186> (8799) than the set time <04150>

which he had appointed <03259> (8804) him.

2Sa 20:06 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) to Abishai <052>,

Now shall Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075> do us

more harm <03415> (8799) than did Absalom <053>: take <03947>

(8798) thou thy lord’s <0113> servants <05650>, and pursue

<07291> (8798) after <0310> him, lest he get <04672> (8804) him

fenced <01219> (8803) cities <05892>, and escape <05337> (8689)

us <05869>.

2Sa 20:07 And there went out <03318> (8799) after <0310> him

Joab’s <03097> men <0582>, and the Cherethites <03774>, and the

Pelethites <06432>, and all the mighty men <01368>: and they

went out <03318> (8799) of Jerusalem <03389>, to pursue <07291>

(8800) after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of Bichri

<01075>.

2Sa 20:08 When they were at the great <01419> stone <068> which

is in Gibeon <01391>, Amasa <06021> went <0935> (8804) before

<06440> them. And Joab’s <03097> garment <04055> that he had put

on <03830> was girded <02296> (8803) unto him, and upon it a

girdle <02289> with a sword <02719> fastened <06775> (8794) upon

his loins <04975> in the sheath <08593> thereof; and as he went

forth <03318> (8804) it fell out <05307> (8799).

2Sa 20:09 And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799) to Amasa <06021>,

Art thou in health <07965>, my brother <0251>? And Joab <03097>

took <0270> (8799) Amasa <06021> by the beard <02206> with the

right <03225> hand <03027> to kiss <05401> (8800) him.

2Sa 20:10 But Amasa <06021> took no heed <08104> (8738) to the

sword <02719> that was in Joab’s <03097> hand <03027>: so he

smote <05221> (8686) him therewith in the fifth <02570> rib, and

shed out <08210> (8799) his bowels <04578> to the ground <0776>,

and struck him not again <08138> (8804); and he died <04191>

(8799). So Joab <03097> and Abishai <052> his brother <0251>

pursued <07291> (8804) after <0310> Sheba <07652> the son

<01121> of Bichri <01075>.

2Sa 20:11 And one <0376> of Joab’s <03097> men <05288> stood

<05975> (8804) by him, and said <0559> (8799), He <04310> that

favoureth <02654> (8804) Joab <03097>, and he that is for David

<01732>, let him go after <0310> Joab <03097>.

2Sa 20:12 And Amasa <06021> wallowed <01556> (8706) in blood

<01818> in the midst <08432> of the highway <04546>. And when

the man <0376> saw <07200> (8799) that all the people <05971>

stood still <05975> (8804), he removed <05437> (8686) Amasa

<06021> out of the highway <04546> into the field <07704>, and

cast <07993> (8686) a cloth <0899> upon him, when he saw <07200>

(8804) that every one that came <0935> (8802) by him stood still

<05975> (8804).

2Sa 20:13 When he was removed <03014> (8689) out of the highway

<04546>, all the people <0376> went on <05674> (8804) after

<0310> Joab <03097>, to pursue <07291> (8800) after <0310> Sheba

<07652> the son <01121> of Bichri <01075>.

2Sa 20:14 ¶ And he went <05674> (8799) through all the tribes

<07626> of Israel <03478> unto Abel <059>, and to Bethmaachah

<01038>, and all the Berites <01276>: and they were gathered

together <06950> (8735) (8675) <07035> (8735), and went <0935>

(8799) also after <0310> him.

2Sa 20:15 And they came <0935> (8799) and besieged <06696>

(8799) him in Abel <059> of Bethmaachah <01038>, and they cast

up <08210> (8799) a bank <05550> against the city <05892>, and

it stood <05975> (8799) in the trench <02426>: and all the

people <05971> that were with Joab <03097> battered <07843>

(8688) the wall <02346>, to throw it down <05307> (8687).

2Sa 20:16 Then cried <07121> (8799) a wise <02450> woman <0802>

out of the city <05892>, Hear <08085> (8798), hear <08085>

(8798); say <0559> (8798), I pray you, unto Joab <03097>, Come

near <07126> (8798) hither, that I may speak <01696> (8762) with

thee.

2Sa 20:17 And when he was come near <07126> (8799) unto her,

the woman <0802> said <0559> (8799), Art thou Joab <03097>? And

he answered <0559> (8799), I am he. Then she said <0559> (8799)

unto him, Hear <08085> (8798) the words <01697> of thine

handmaid <0519>. And he answered <0559> (8799), I do hear

<08085> (8802).

2Sa 20:18 Then she spake <0559> (8799), saying <0559> (8800),

They were wont <01696> (8763) to speak <01696> (8762) in old

time <07223>, saying <0559> (8800), They shall surely <07592>

(8800) ask <07592> (8762) counsel at Abel <059>: and so they

ended <08552> (8689) the matter.

2Sa 20:19 I am one of them that are peaceable <07999> (8803)

and faithful <0539> (8803) in Israel <03478>: thou seekest

<01245> (8764) to destroy <04191> (8687) a city <05892> and a

mother <0517> in Israel <03478>: why wilt thou swallow up

<01104> (8762) the inheritance <05159> of the LORD <03068>?

2Sa 20:20 And Joab <03097> answered <06030> (8799) and said

<0559> (8799), Far be it <02486>, far be it <02486> from me,

that I should swallow up <01104> (8762) or destroy <07843>

(8686).

2Sa 20:21 The matter <01697> is not so: but a man <0376> of

mount <02022> Ephraim <0669>, Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of

Bichri <01075> by name <08034>, hath lifted up <05375> (8804)

his hand <03027> against the king <04428>, even against David

<01732>: deliver <05414> (8798) him only, and I will depart

<03212> (8799) from the city <05892>. And the woman <0802> said

<0559> (8799) unto Joab <03097>, Behold, his head <07218> shall

be thrown <07993> (8716) to thee over <01157> the wall <02346>.

2Sa 20:22 Then the woman <0802> went <0935> (8799) unto all the

people <05971> in her wisdom <02451>. And they cut off <03772>

(8799) the head <07218> of Sheba <07652> the son <01121> of

Bichri <01075>, and cast <07993> (8686) it out to Joab <03097>.

And he blew <08628> (8799) a trumpet <07782>, and they retired

<06327> (8799) from the city <05892>, every man <0376> to his

tent <0168>. And Joab <03097> returned <07725> (8804) to

Jerusalem <03389> unto the king <04428>.

2Sa 20:23 ¶ Now Joab <03097> was over all the host <06635> of

Israel <03478>: and Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada

<03077> was over the Cherethites <03774> (8675) <03746> and over

the Pelethites <06432>:

2Sa 20:24 And Adoram <0151> was over the tribute <04522>: and

Jehoshaphat <03092> the son <01121> of Ahilud <0286> was

recorder <02142> (8688):

2Sa 20:25 And Sheva <07864> (8675) <07724> was scribe <05608>

(8802): and Zadok <06659> and Abiathar <054> were the priests

<03548>:

2Sa 20:26 And Ira <05896> also the Jairite <02972> was a chief

ruler <03548> about David <01732>.

2Sa 21:01 ¶ 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> (8762)

of <06440> the LORD <03068>. And the LORD <03068> answered

<0559> (8799), It is for Saul <07586>, and for his bloody

<01818> house <01004>, because he slew <04191> (8689) the

Gibeonites <01393>.

2Sa 21:02 And the king <04428> called <07121> (8799) the

Gibeonites <01393>, and said <0559> (8799) 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> (8738)

unto them: and Saul <07586> sought <01245> (8762) to slay

<05221> (8687) them in his zeal <07065> (8763) to the children

<01121> of Israel <03478> and Judah <03063>.)

2Sa 21:03 Wherefore David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the

Gibeonites <01393>, What shall I do <06213> (8799) for you? and

wherewith shall I make the atonement <03722> (8762), that ye may

bless <01288> (8761) the inheritance <05159> of the LORD <03068>?

2Sa 21:04 And the Gibeonites <01393> said <0559> (8799) unto

him, We will have no silver <03701> nor gold <02091> of <05973>

Saul <07586>, nor of his house <01004>; neither for us shalt

thou kill <04191> (8687) any man <0376> in Israel <03478>. And

he said <0559> (8799), What ye shall say <0559> (8802), that

will I do <06213> (8799) for you.

2Sa 21:05 And they answered <0559> (8799) the king <04428>, The

man <0376> that consumed <03615> (8765) us, and that devised

<01819> (8765) against us that we should be destroyed <08045>

(8738) from remaining <03320> (8692) in any of the coasts

<01366> of Israel <03478>,

2Sa 21:06 Let seven <07651> men <0582> of his sons <01121> be

delivered <05414> (8714) unto us, and we will hang them up

<03363> (8689) unto the LORD <03068> in Gibeah <01390> of Saul

<07586>, whom the LORD <03068> did choose <0972>. And the king

<04428> said <0559> (8799), I will give <05414> (8799) them.

2Sa 21:07 But the king <04428> spared <02550> (8799)

Mephibosheth <04648>, the son <01121> of Jonathan <03083> the

son <01121> of Saul <07586>, because of the LORD’S <03068> oath

<07621> that was between them, between David <01732> and

Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Saul <07586>.

2Sa 21:08 But the king <04428> took <03947> (8799) the two

<08147> sons <01121> of Rizpah <07532> the daughter <01323> of

Aiah <0345>, whom she bare <03205> (8804) 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 up <03205> (8804) for Adriel <05741>

the son <01121> of Barzillai <01271> the Meholathite <04259>:

2Sa 21:09 And he delivered <05414> (8799) them into the hands

<03027> of the Gibeonites <01393>, and they hanged <03363>

(8686) them in the hill <02022> before <06440> the LORD <03068>:

and they fell <05307> (8799) all seven <07651> (8675) <07659>

together <03162>, and were put to death <04191> (8717) in the

days <03117> of harvest <07105>, in the first <07223> days, in

the beginning <08462> of barley <08184> harvest <07105>.

2Sa 21:10 ¶ And Rizpah <07532> the daughter <01323> of Aiah

<0345> took <03947> (8799) sackcloth <08242>, and spread <05186>

(8686) it for her upon the rock <06697>, from the beginning

<08462> of harvest <07105> until water <04325> dropped <05413>

(8738) upon them out of heaven <08064>, and suffered <05414>

(8804) neither the birds <05775> of the air <08064> to rest

<05117> (8800) on them by day <03119>, nor the beasts <02416> of

the field <07704> by night <03915>.

2Sa 21:11 And it was told <05046> (8714) David <01732> what

Rizpah <07532> the daughter <01323> of Aiah <0345>, the

concubine <06370> of Saul <07586>, had done <06213> (8804).

2Sa 21:12 And David <01732> went <03212> (8799) and took

<03947> (8799) the bones <06106> of Saul <07586> and the bones

<06106> of Jonathan <03083> his son <01121> from the men <01167>

of Jabeshgilead <03003> <01568>, which had stolen <01589> (8804)

them from the street <07339> of Bethshan <01052>, where the

Philistines <06430> had hanged <08511> (8804) (8675) <08518>

(8804) them, when <03117> the Philistines <06430> had slain

<05221> (8687) Saul <07586> in Gilboa <01533>:

2Sa 21:13 And he brought up <05927> (8686) from thence the

bones <06106> of Saul <07586> and the bones <06106> of Jonathan

<03083> his son <01121>; and they gathered <0622> (8799) the

bones <06106> of them that were hanged <03363> (8716).

2Sa 21:14 And the bones <06106> of Saul <07586> and Jonathan

<03083> his son <01121> buried <06912> (8799) 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> (8799) all that the king <04428> commanded

<06680> (8765). And after <0310> that God <0430> was intreated

<06279> (8735) for the land <0776>.

2Sa 21:15 ¶ Moreover the Philistines <06430> had yet war <04421>

again with Israel <03478>; and David <01732> went down <03381>

(8799), and his servants <05650> with him, and fought <03898>

(8735) against the Philistines <06430>: and David <01732> waxed

faint <05774> (8799).

2Sa 21:16 And Ishbibenob <03430>, which 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> (8803) with a new

<02319> sword, thought <0559> (8799) to have slain <05221>

(8687) David <01732>.

2Sa 21:17 But Abishai <052> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>

succoured <05826> (8799) him, and smote <05221> (8686) the

Philistine <06430>, and killed <04191> (8686) him. Then the men

<0582> of David <01732> sware <07650> (8738) unto him, saying

<0559> (8800), Thou shalt go <03318> (8799) no more out with us

to battle <04421>, that thou quench <03518> (8762) not the light

<05216> of Israel <03478>.

2Sa 21:18 And it came to pass after this <0310>, that there was

again a battle <04421> with the Philistines <06430> at Gob

<01359>: then Sibbechai <05444> the Hushathite <02843> slew

<05221> (8689) Saph <05593>, which was of the sons <03211> of

the giant <07497>.

2Sa 21:19 And there was again a battle <04421> in Gob <01359>

with the Philistines <06430>, where Elhanan <0445> the son

<01121> of Jaareoregim <03296>, a Bethlehemite <01022>, slew

<05221> (8686) the brother of Goliath <01555> the Gittite

<01663>, the staff <06086> of whose spear <02595> was like a

weaver’s <0707> (8802) beam <04500>.

2Sa 21:20 And there was yet a battle <04421> in Gath <01661>,

where was a man <0376> of great stature <04067> (8675) <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 was born <03205>

(8795) to the giant <07497>.

2Sa 21:21 And when he defied <02778> (8762) Israel <03478>,

Jonathan <03083> the son <01121> of Shimea <08092> the brother

<0251> of David <01732> slew <05221> (8686) him.

2Sa 21:22 These four <0702> were born <03205> (8795) to the

giant <07497> in Gath <01661>, and fell <05307> (8799) by the

hand <03027> of David <01732>, and by the hand <03027> of his

servants <05650>.

2Sa 22:01 ¶ And David <01732> spake <01696> (8762) unto the LORD

<03068> the words <01697> of this song <07892> in the day

<03117> that the LORD <03068> had delivered <05337> (8689) him

out of the hand <03709> of all his enemies <0341> (8802), and

out of the hand <03709> of Saul <07586>:

2Sa 22:02 ¶ And he said <0559> (8799), The LORD <03068> is my

rock <05553>, and my fortress <04686>, and my deliverer <06403>

(8764);

2Sa 22:03 The God <0430> of my rock <06697>; in him will I

trust <02620> (8799): he is my shield <04043>, and the horn

<07161> of my salvation <03468>, my high tower <04869>, and my

refuge <04498>, my saviour <03467> (8688); thou savest <03467>

(8686) me from violence <02555>.

2Sa 22:04 I will call <07121> (8799) on the LORD <03068>, who

is worthy to be praised <01984> (8794): so shall I be saved

<03467> (8735) from mine enemies <0341> (8802).

2Sa 22:05 When the waves <04867> of death <04194> compassed

<0661> (8804) me, the floods <05158> of ungodly men <01100> made

me afraid <01204> (8762);

2Sa 22:06 The sorrows <02256> of hell <07585> compassed me

about <05437> (8804); the snares <04170> of death <04194>

prevented <06923> (8765) me;

2Sa 22:07 In my distress <06862> I called <07121> (8799) upon

the LORD <03068>, and cried <07121> (8799) to my God <0430>: and

he did hear <08085> (8799) my voice <06963> out of his temple

<01964>, and my cry <07775> did enter into his ears <0241>.

2Sa 22:08 Then the earth <0776> shook <01607> (8691) (8675)

<01607> (8799) and trembled <07493> (8799); the foundations

<04146> of heaven <08064> moved <07264> (8799) and shook <01607>

(8691), because he was wroth <02734> (8804).

2Sa 22:09 There went up <05927> (8804) a smoke <06227> out of

his nostrils <0639>, and fire <0784> out of his mouth <06310>

devoured <0398> (8799): coals <01513> were kindled <01197>

(8804) by it.

2Sa 22:10 He bowed <05186> (8799) the heavens <08064> also, and

came down <03381> (8799); and darkness <06205> was under his

feet <07272>.

2Sa 22:11 And he rode <07392> (8799) upon a cherub <03742>, and

did fly <05774> (8799): and he was seen <07200> (8735) upon the

wings <03671> of the wind <07307>.

2Sa 22:12 And he made <07896> (8799) darkness <02822> pavilions

<05521> round about <05439> him, dark <02841> waters <04325>,

and thick clouds <05645> of the skies <07834>.

2Sa 22:13 Through the brightness <05051> before him were coals

<01513> of fire <0784> kindled <01197> (8804).

2Sa 22:14 The LORD <03068> thundered <07481> (8686) from heaven

<08064>, and the most High <05945> uttered <05414> (8799) his

voice <06963>.

2Sa 22:15 And he sent out <07971> (8799) arrows <02671>, and

scattered <06327> (8686) them; lightning <01300>, and

discomfited <02000> (8799) them.

2Sa 22:16 And the channels <0650> of the sea <03220> appeared

<07200> (8735), the foundations <04146> of the world <08398>

were discovered <01540> (8735), at the rebuking <01606> of the

LORD <03068>, at the blast <05397> of the breath <07307> of his

nostrils <0639>.

2Sa 22:17 He sent <07971> (8799) from above <04791>, he took

<03947> (8799) me; he drew <04871> (8686) me out of many <07227>

waters <04325>;

2Sa 22:18 He delivered <05337> (8686) me from my strong <05794>

enemy <0341> (8802), and from them that hated <08130> (8802) me:

for they were too strong <0553> (8804) for me.

2Sa 22:19 They prevented <06923> (8762) me in the day <03117>

of my calamity <0343>: but the LORD <03068> was my stay <04937>.

2Sa 22:20 He brought me forth <03318> (8686) also into a large

place <04800>: he delivered <02502> (8762) me, because he

delighted <02654> (8804) in me.

2Sa 22:21 The LORD <03068> rewarded <01580> (8799) me according

to my righteousness <06666>: according to the cleanness <01252>

of my hands <03027> hath he recompensed <07725> (8686) me.

2Sa 22:22 For I have kept <08104> (8804) the ways <01870> of

the LORD <03068>, and have not wickedly departed <07561> (8804)

from my God <0430>.

2Sa 22:23 For all his judgments <04941> were before me: and as

for his statutes <02708>, I did not depart <05493> (8799) from

them.

2Sa 22:24 I was also upright <08549> before him, and have kept

<08104> (8691) myself from mine iniquity <05771>.

2Sa 22:25 Therefore the LORD <03068> hath recompensed <07725>

(8686) me according to my righteousness <06666>; according to my

cleanness <01252> in his eye sight <05048> <05869>.

2Sa 22:26 With the merciful <02623> thou wilt shew thyself

merciful <02616> (8691), and with the upright <08549> man

<01368> thou wilt shew thyself upright <08552> (8691).

2Sa 22:27 With the pure <01305> (8737) thou wilt shew thyself

pure <01305> (8691); and with the froward <06141> thou wilt shew

thyself unsavoury <06617> (8691).

2Sa 22:28 And the afflicted <06041> people <05971> thou wilt

save <03467> (8686): but thine eyes <05869> are upon the haughty

<07311> (8802), that thou mayest bring them down <08213> (8686).

2Sa 22:29 For thou art my lamp <05216>, O LORD <03068>: and the

LORD <03068> will lighten <05050> (8686) my darkness <02822>.

2Sa 22:30 For by thee I have run <07323> (8799) through a troop

<01416>: by my God <0430> have I leaped over <01801> (8762) a

wall <07791>.

2Sa 22:31 As for God <0410>, his way <01870> is perfect <08549>;

the word <0565> of the LORD <03068> is tried <06884> (8803): he

is a buckler <04043> to all them that trust <02620> (8802) in

him.

2Sa 22:32 For who is God <0410>, save <01107> the LORD <03068>?

and who is a rock <06697>, save <01107> our God <0430>?

2Sa 22:33 God <0410> is my strength <04581> and power <02428>:

and he maketh <05425> (8686) my way <01870> perfect <08549>.

2Sa 22:34 He maketh <07737> <00> my feet <07272> like <07737>

(8764) hinds <0355>‘ feet: and setteth <05975> (8686) me upon my

high places <01116>.

2Sa 22:35 He teacheth <03925> (8764) my hands <03027> to war

<04421>; so that a bow <07198> of steel <05154> is broken

<05181> (8765) by mine arms <02220>.

2Sa 22:36 Thou hast also given <05414> (8799) me the shield

<04043> of thy salvation <03468>: and thy gentleness <06031>

(8800) (8676) <06038> hath made me great <07235> (8686).

2Sa 22:37 Thou hast enlarged <07337> (8686) my steps <06806>

under me; so that my feet <07166> did not slip <04571> (8804).

2Sa 22:38 I have pursued <07291> (8799) mine enemies <0341>

(8802), and destroyed <08045> (8686) them; and turned not again

<07725> (8799) until I had consumed <03615> (8763) them.

2Sa 22:39 And I have consumed <03615> (8762) them, and wounded

<04272> (8799) them, that they could not arise <06965> (8799):

yea, they are fallen <05307> (8799) under my feet <07272>.

2Sa 22:40 For thou hast girded <0247> (8762) me with strength

<02428> to battle <04421>: them that rose up <06965> (8801)

against me hast thou subdued <03766> (8686) under me.

2Sa 22:41 Thou hast also given <05414> (8804) me the necks

<06203> of mine enemies <0341> (8802), that I might destroy

<06789> (8686) them that hate <08130> (8764) me.

2Sa 22:42 They looked <08159> (8799), but there was none to

save <03467> (8688); even unto the LORD <03068>, but he answered

<06030> (8804) them not.

2Sa 22:43 Then did I beat <07833> (8799) them as small as the

dust <06083> of the earth <0776>, I did stamp <01854> (8686)

them as the mire <02916> of the street <02351>, and did spread

them abroad <07554> (8799).

2Sa 22:44 Thou also hast delivered <06403> (8762) me from the

strivings <07379> of my people <05971>, thou hast kept <08104>

(8799) me to be head <07218> of the heathen <01471>: a people

<05971> which I knew <03045> (8804) not shall serve <05647>

(8799) me.

2Sa 22:45 Strangers <01121> <05236> shall submit <03584> (8691)

themselves unto me: as soon as they hear <08085> (8800) <0241>,

they shall be obedient <08085> (8735) unto me.

2Sa 22:46 Strangers <01121> <05236> shall fade away <05034>

(8799), and they shall be afraid <02296> (8799) out of their

close places <04526>.

2Sa 22:47 The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>; and blessed <01288>

(8803) be my rock <06697>; and exalted <07311> (8799) be the God

<0430> of the rock <06697> of my salvation <03468>.

2Sa 22:48 It is God <0410> that avengeth <05414> (8802) <05360>

me, and that bringeth down <03381> (8688) the people <05971>

under me,

2Sa 22:49 And that bringeth me forth <03318> (8688) from mine

enemies <0341> (8802): thou also hast lifted me up on high

<07311> (8787) above them that rose up <06965> (8801) against me:

thou hast delivered <05337> (8686) me from the violent <02555>

man <0376>.

2Sa 22:50 Therefore I will give thanks <03034> (8686) unto thee,

O LORD <03068>, among the heathen <01471>, and I will sing

praises <02167> (8762) unto thy name <08034>.

2Sa 22:51 He is the tower <04024> (8675) <01431> (8688) of

salvation <03444> for his king <04428>: and sheweth <06213>

(8802) mercy <02617> to his anointed <04899>, unto David <01732>,

and to his seed <02233> for <05704> evermore <05769>.

2Sa 23:01 ¶ Now these be the last <0314> words <01697> of David

<01732>. David <01732> the son <01121> of Jesse <03448> said

<05002> (8803), and the man <01397> who was raised up <06965>

(8717) on high <05920>, the anointed <04899> of the God <0430>

of Jacob <03290>, and the sweet <05273> psalmist <02158> of

Israel <03478>, said <05002> (8803),

2Sa 23:02 The Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> spake <01696>

(8765) by me, and his word <04405> was in my tongue <03956>.

2Sa 23:03 The God <0430> of Israel <03478> said <0559> (8804),

the Rock <06697> of Israel <03478> spake <01696> (8765) to me,

He that ruleth <04910> (8802) over men <0120> must be just

<06662>, ruling <04910> (8802) in the fear <03374> of God <0430>.

2Sa 23:04 And he shall be as the light <0216> of the morning

<01242>, when the sun <08121> riseth <02224> (8799), 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>.

2Sa 23:05 Although my house <01004> be not so with God <0410>;

yet he hath made <07760> (8804) with me an everlasting <05769>

covenant <01285>, ordered <06186> (8803) in all things, and sure

<08104> (8803): for this is all my salvation <03468>, and all my

desire <02656>, although he make it not to grow <06779> (8686).

2Sa 23:06 But the sons of Belial <01100> shall be all of them

as thorns <06975> thrust away <05074> (8716), because they

cannot be taken <03947> (8799) with hands <03027>:

2Sa 23:07 But the man <0376> that shall touch <05060> (8799)

them must be fenced <04390> (8735) with iron <01270> and the

staff <06086> of a spear <02595>; and they shall be utterly

<08313> (8800) burned <08313> (8735) with fire <0784> in the

same place <07675> (8800).

2Sa 23:08 ¶ These be the names <08034> of the mighty men <01368>

whom David <01732> had: The Tachmonite <08461> that sat <03427>

(8802) in the seat <07675> (8800) (8677) <03429>, chief <07218>

among the captains <07991>; the same was Adino <05722> the

Eznite <06112>: he lift up his spear against eight <08083>

hundred <03967>, whom he slew <02491> at one <0259> time <06471>.

2Sa 23:09 And after <0310> him was Eleazar <0499> the son

<01121> of Dodo <01734> the Ahohite <0266>, one of the three

<07969> mighty men <01368> with David <01732>, when they defied

<02778> (8763) the Philistines <06430> that were there gathered

together <0622> (8738) to battle <04421>, and the men <0376> of

Israel <03478> were gone away <05927> (8799):

2Sa 23:10 He arose <06965> (8804), and smote <05221> (8686) the

Philistines <06430> until <03588> his hand <03027> was weary

<03021> (8804), and his hand <03027> clave <01692> (8799) unto

the sword <02719>: and the LORD <03068> wrought <06213> (8799) a

great <01419> victory <08668> that day <03117>; and the people

<05971> returned <07725> (8799) after <0310> him only to spoil

<06584> (8763).

2Sa 23:11 And after <0310> him was Shammah <08048> the son

<01121> of Agee <089> the Hararite <02043>. And the Philistines

<06430> were gathered together <0622> (8735) into a troop

<02416>, where was a piece <02513> of ground <07704> full

<04392> of lentiles <05742>: and the people <05971> fled <05127>

(8804) from <06440> the Philistines <06430>.

2Sa 23:12 But he stood <03320> (8691) in the midst <08432> of

the ground <02513>, and defended <05337> (8686) it, and slew

<05221> (8686) the Philistines <06430>: and the LORD <03068>

wrought <06213> (8799) a great <01419> victory <08668>.

2Sa 23:13 And three <07969> (8675) <07970> of the thirty

<07970> chief <07218> went down <03381> (8799), and came <0935>

(8799) to David <01732> in the harvest time <07105> unto the

cave <04631> of Adullam <05725>: and the troop <02416> of the

Philistines <06430> pitched <02583> (8802) in the valley <06010>

of Rephaim <07497>.

2Sa 23:14 And David <01732> was then in an hold <04686>, and

the garrison <04673> of the Philistines <06430> was then in

Bethlehem <01035>.

2Sa 23:15 And David <01732> longed <0183> (8691), and said

<0559> (8799), Oh that one would give me drink <08248> (8686) of

the water <04325> of the well <0953> of Bethlehem <01035>, which

is by the gate <08179>!

2Sa 23:16 And the three <07969> mighty men <01368> brake

through <01234> (8799) the host <04264> of the Philistines

<06430>, and drew <07579> (8799) water <04325> out of the well

<0953> of Bethlehem <01035>, that was by the gate <08179>, and

took <05375> (8799) it, and brought <0935> (8686) it to David

<01732>: nevertheless he would <014> (8804) not drink <08354>

(8800) thereof, but poured it out <05258> (8686) unto the LORD

<03068>.

2Sa 23:17 And he said <0559> (8799), Be it far <02486> from me,

O LORD <03068>, that I should do <06213> (8800) this: is not

this the blood <01818> of the men <0582> that went <01980>

(8802) in jeopardy of their lives <05315>? therefore he would

<014> (8804) not drink <08354> (8800) it. These things did

<06213> (8804) these three <07969> mighty men <01368>.

2Sa 23:18 And Abishai <052>, the brother <0251> of Joab <03097>,

the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>, was chief <07218> among

three <07992>. And he lifted up <05782> (8790) his spear <02595>

against three <07969> hundred <03967>, and slew <02491> them,

and had the name <08034> among three <07969>.

2Sa 23:19 Was he not most honourable <03513> (8737) of three

<07969>? therefore he was their captain <08269>: howbeit he

attained <0935> (8804) not unto the first three <07969>.

2Sa 23:20 And Benaiah <01141> the son <01121> of Jehoiada

<03077>, the son <01121> of a valiant <02428> man <0376> (8677)

<0381>, of Kabzeel <06909>, who had done many <07227> acts

<06467>, he slew <05221> (8689) two <08147> lionlike men <0739>

of Moab <04124>: he went down <03381> (8804) also and slew

<05221> (8689) a lion <0738> in the midst <08432> of a pit

<0953> in time <03117> of snow <07950>:

2Sa 23:21 And he slew <02026> (8799) an Egyptian <04713>, a

goodly <04758> man <0376>: and the Egyptian <04713> had a spear

<02595> in his hand <03027>; but he went down <03381> (8799) to

him with a staff <07626>, and plucked <01497> (8799) the spear

<02595> out of the Egyptian’s <04713> hand <03027>, and slew

<05221> (8689) him with his own spear <02595>.

2Sa 23:22 These things did <06213> (8804) Benaiah <01141> the

son <01121> of Jehoiada <03077>, and had the name <08034> among

three <07969> mighty men <01368>.

2Sa 23:23 He was more honourable <03513> (8737) than the thirty

<07970>, but he attained <0935> (8804) not to the first three

<07969>. And David <01732> set <07760> (8799) him over his guard

<04928>.

2Sa 23:24 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>,

2Sa 23:25 Shammah <08048> the Harodite <02733>, Elika <0470>

the Harodite <02733>,

2Sa 23:26 Helez <02503> the Paltite <06407>, Ira <05896> the

son <01121> of Ikkesh <06142> the Tekoite <08621>,

2Sa 23:27 Abiezer <044> the Anethothite <06069>, Mebunnai

<04012> the Hushathite <02843>,

2Sa 23:28 Zalmon <06756> the Ahohite <0266>, Maharai <04121>

the Netophathite <05200>,

2Sa 23:29 Heleb <02460> the son <01121> of Baanah <01196>, a

Netophathite <05200>, Ittai <0863> the son <01121> of Ribai

<07380> out of Gibeah <01390> of the children <01121> of

Benjamin <01144>,

2Sa 23:30 Benaiah <01141> the Pirathonite <06553>, Hiddai

<01914> of the brooks <05158> of Gaash <01608>,

2Sa 23:31 Abialbon <045> the Arbathite <06164>, Azmaveth

<05820> the Barhumite <01273>,

2Sa 23:32 Eliahba <0455> the Shaalbonite <08170>, of the sons

<01121> of Jashen <03464>, Jonathan <03083>,

2Sa 23:33 Shammah <08048> the Hararite <02043>, Ahiam <0279>

the son <01121> of Sharar <08325> the Hararite <02043>,

2Sa 23:34 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>,

2Sa 23:35 Hezrai <02695> the Carmelite <03761>, Paarai <06474>

the Arbite <0701>,

2Sa 23:36 Igal <03008> the son <01121> of Nathan <05416> of

Zobah <06678>, Bani <01137> the Gadite <01425>,

2Sa 23:37 Zelek <06768> the Ammonite <05984>, Naharai <05171>

the Beerothite <0886>, armourbearer <05375> (8802) <03627> to

Joab <03097> the son <01121> of Zeruiah <06870>,

2Sa 23:38 Ira <05896> an Ithrite <03505>, Gareb <01619> an

Ithrite <03505>,

2Sa 23:39 Uriah <0223> the Hittite <02850>: thirty <07970> and

seven <07651> in all.

2Sa 24:01 ¶ And again <03254> (8686) the anger <0639> of the

LORD <03068> was kindled <02734> (8800) against Israel <03478>,

and he moved <05496> (8686) David <01732> against them to say

<0559> (8800), Go <03212> (8798), number <04487> (8798) Israel

<03478> and Judah <03063>.

2Sa 24:02 For the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to Joab

<03097> the captain <08269> of the host <02428>, which was with

him, Go now through <07751> (8798) all the tribes <07626> of

Israel <03478>, from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884>, and

number <06485> (8798) ye the people <05971>, that I may know

<03045> (8804) the number <04557> of the people <05971>.

2Sa 24:03 And Joab <03097> said <0559> (8799) unto the king

<04428>, Now the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> add <03254> (8686)

unto the people <05971>, how many soever <01992> they be, an

hundredfold <03967> <06471>, and that the eyes <05869> of my

lord <0113> the king <04428> may see <07200> (8802) it: but why

doth my lord <0113> the king <04428> delight <02654> (8804) in

this thing <01697>?

2Sa 24:04 Notwithstanding the king’s <04428> word <01697>

prevailed <02388> (8799) against Joab <03097>, and against the

captains <08269> of the host <02428>. And Joab <03097> and the

captains <08269> of the host <02428> went out <03318> (8799)

from the presence <06440> of the king <04428>, to number <06485>

(8800) the people <05971> of Israel <03478>.

2Sa 24:05 And they passed over <05674> (8799) Jordan <03383>,

and pitched <02583> (8799) in Aroer <06177>, on the right side

<03225> of the city <05892> that lieth in the midst <08432> of

the river <05158> of Gad <01410>, and toward Jazer <03270>:

2Sa 24:06 Then they came <0935> (8799) to Gilead <01568>, and

to the land <0776> of Tahtimhodshi <08483>; and they came <0935>

(8799) to Danjaan <01842>, and about <05439> to Zidon <06721>,

2Sa 24:07 And came <0935> (8799) to the strong hold <04013> of

Tyre <06865>, and to all the cities <05892> of the Hivites

<02340>, and of the Canaanites <03669>: and they went out

<03318> (8799) to the south <05045> of Judah <03063>, even to

Beersheba <0884>.

2Sa 24:08 So when they had gone <07751> (8799) through all the

land <0776>, they came <0935> (8799) to Jerusalem <03389> at the

end <07097> of nine <08672> months <02320> and twenty <06242>

days <03117>.

2Sa 24:09 And Joab <03097> gave up <05414> (8799) 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>

(8677) <0381> that drew <08025> (8802) the sword <02719>; and

the men <0376> of Judah <03063> were five <02568> hundred

<03967> thousand <0505> men <0376>.

2Sa 24:10 ¶ And David’s <01732> heart <03820> smote <05221>

(8686) him after <0310> that he had numbered <05608> (8804) the

people <05971>. And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto the

LORD <03068>, I have sinned <02398> (8804) greatly <03966> in

that I have done <06213> (8804): and now, I beseech thee, O LORD

<03068>, take away <05674> (8685) the iniquity <05771> of thy

servant <05650>; for I have done very <03966> foolishly <05528>

(8738).

2Sa 24:11 For when David <01732> was up <06965> (8799) in the

morning <01242>, the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> came unto

the prophet <05030> Gad <01410>, David’s <01732> seer <02374>,

saying <0559> (8800),

2Sa 24:12 Go <01980> (8800) and say <0559> (8804) unto David

<01732>, Thus saith <01696> (8765) the LORD <03068>, I offer

<05190> (8802) thee three <07969> things; choose <0977> (8798)

thee one <0259> of them, that I may do it unto thee <06213>

(8799).

2Sa 24:13 So Gad <01410> came <0935> (8799) to David <01732>,

and told <05046> (8686) him, and said <0559> (8799) unto him,

Shall seven <07651> years <08141> of famine <07458> come <0935>

(8799) unto thee in thy land <0776>? or wilt thou flee <05127>

(8800) three <07969> months <02320> before <06440> thine enemies

<06862>, while they pursue <07291> (8802) thee? or that there be

three <07969> days <03117>‘ pestilence <01698> in thy land

<0776>? now advise <03045> (8798), and see <07200> (8798) what

answer <01697> I shall return <07725> (8686) to him that sent

<07971> (8802) me.

2Sa 24:14 And David <01732> said <0559> (8799) unto Gad <01410>,

I am in a great <03966> strait <06887> (8804): let us fall

<05307> (8799) now into the hand <03027> of the LORD <03068>;

for his mercies <07356> are great <07227>: and let me not fall

<05307> (8799) into the hand <03027> of man <0120>.

2Sa 24:15 So the LORD <03068> sent <05414> (8799) a pestilence

<01698> upon Israel <03478> from the morning <01242> even to the

time <06256> appointed <04150>: and there died <04191> (8799) of

the people <05971> from Dan <01835> even to Beersheba <0884>

seventy <07657> thousand <0505> men <0376>.

2Sa 24:16 And when the angel <04397> stretched out <07971>

(8799) his hand <03027> upon Jerusalem <03389> to destroy

<07843> (8763) it, the LORD <03068> repented <05162> (8735) him

of the evil <07451>, and said <0559> (8799) to the angel <04397>

that destroyed <07843> (8688) the people <05971>, It is enough

<07227>: stay <07503> (8685) now thine hand <03027>. And the

angel <04397> of the LORD <03068> was by the threshingplace

<01637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <02983>.

2Sa 24:17 And David <01732> spake <0559> (8799) unto the LORD

<03068> when he saw <07200> (8800) the angel <04397> that smote

<05221> (8688) the people <05971>, and said <0559> (8799), Lo, I

have sinned <02398> (8804), and I have done wickedly <05753>

(8689): but these sheep <06629>, what have they done <06213>

(8804)? let thine hand <03027>, I pray thee, be against me, and

against my father’s <01> house <01004>.

2Sa 24:18 ¶ And Gad <01410> came <0935> (8799) that day <03117>

to David <01732>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Go up <05927>

(8798), rear <06965> (8685) an altar <04196> unto the LORD

<03068> in the threshingfloor <01637> of Araunah <0728> the

Jebusite <02983>.

2Sa 24:19 And David <01732>, according to the saying <01697> of

Gad <01410>, went up <05927> (8799) as the LORD <03068>

commanded <06680> (8765).

2Sa 24:20 And Araunah <0728> looked <08259> (8686), and saw

<07200> (8799) the king <04428> and his servants <05650> coming

on <05674> (8802) toward him: and Araunah <0728> went out

<03318> (8799), and bowed <07812> (8691) himself before the king

<04428> on his face <0639> upon the ground <0776>.

2Sa 24:21 And Araunah <0728> said <0559> (8799), Wherefore is

my lord <0113> the king <04428> come <0935> (8804) to his

servant <05650>? And David <01732> said <0559> (8799), To buy

<07069> (8800) the threshingfloor <01637> of thee, to build

<01129> (8800) an altar <04196> unto the LORD <03068>, that the

plague <04046> may be stayed <06113> (8735) from the people

<05971>.

2Sa 24:22 And Araunah <0728> said <0559> (8799) unto David

<01732>, Let my lord <0113> the king <04428> take <03947> (8799)

and offer up <05927> (8686) what seemeth good <02896> unto him

<05869>: behold <07200> (8798), here be oxen <01241> for burnt

sacrifice <05930>, and threshing instruments <04173> and other

instruments <03627> of the oxen <01241> for wood <06086>.

2Sa 24:23 All these things did Araunah <0728>, as a king

<04428>, give <05414> (8804) unto the king <04428>. And Araunah

<0728> said <0559> (8799) unto the king <04428>, The LORD

<03068> thy God <0430> accept <07521> (8799) thee.

2Sa 24:24 And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Araunah

<0728>, Nay; but I will surely <07069> (8800) buy <07069> (8799)

it of thee at a price <04242>: neither will I offer <05927>

(8686) burnt offerings <05930> unto the LORD <03068> my God

<0430> of that which doth cost me nothing <02600>. So David

<01732> bought <07069> (8799) the threshingfloor <01637> and the

oxen <01241> for fifty <02572> shekels <08255> of silver <03701>.

2Sa 24:25 And David <01732> built <01129> (8799) there an altar

<04196> unto the LORD <03068>, and offered <05927> (8686) burnt

offerings <05930> and peace offerings <08002>. So the LORD

<03068> was intreated <06279> (8735) for the land <0776>, and

the plague <04046> was stayed <06113> (8735) from Israel <03478>.