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

as the waters cover the sea.

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2Samuel 1

1. Now it came <1961> to pass after <0310> the death <4194> of

Saul <7586>, when David <1732> was returned <7725> from the

slaughter <5221> of the Amalekites <6003>, and David <1732> had

abode <3427> two <8147> days <3117> in Ziklag <6860>;

2 It came <1961> even to pass on the third <7992> day <3117>,

that, behold <2009>, a man <0376> came <0935> out of the camp

<4264> from Saul <7586> with his clothes <0899> rent <7167>, and

earth <0127> upon his head <7218>: and [so] it was, when he came

<0935> to David <1732>, that he fell <5307> to the earth <0776>,

and did obeisance <7812>.

3 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, From whence comest

<0935> thou? And he said <0559> unto him, Out of the camp <4264>

of Israel <3478> am I escaped <4422>.

4 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, How <4100> went <1961>

the matter <1697>? I pray <4994> thee, tell <5046> me. And he

answered <0559>, That the people <5971> are fled <5127> from the

battle <4421>, and many <7235> of the people <5971> also <1571>

are fallen <5307> and dead <4191>; and Saul <7586> and Jonathan

<3083> his son <1121> are dead <4191> also <1571>.

5 And David <1732> said <0559> unto the young <5288> man that

told <5046> him, How <0349> knowest <3045> thou that Saul <7586>

and Jonathan <3083> his son <1121> be dead <4191>?

6 And the young <5288> man that told <5046> him said <0559>, As

I happened <7136> by chance <7122> upon mount <2022> Gilboa

<1533>, behold <2009>, Saul <7586> leaned <8172> upon his spear

<2595>; and, lo <2009>, the chariots <7393> and horsemen <6571>

followed <1692> hard <1692> after him.

7 And when he looked <6437> behind <0310> him, he saw <7200> me,

and called <7121> unto me. And I answered <0559>, Here <2009>

[am] I.

8 And he said <0559> unto me, Who <4310> [art] thou? And I

answered <0559> him, I [am] an Amalekite <6003>.

9 He said <0559> unto me again, Stand <5975>, I pray <4994>

thee, upon me, and slay <4191> me: for anguish <7661> is come

<0270> upon me, because <3588> my life <5315> [is] yet <5750>

whole <3605> in me.

10 So I stood <5975> upon him, and slew <4191> him, because

<3588> I was sure <3045> that he could not live <2421> after

<0310> that he was fallen <5307>: and I took <3947> the crown

<5145> that [was] upon his head <7218>, and the bracelet <0685>

that [was] on <5921> his arm <2220>, and have brought <0935>

them hither unto my lord <0113>.

11. Then David <1732> took hold <2388> on his clothes <0899>,

and rent <7167> them; and likewise <1571> all <3605> the men

<0582> that [were] with him:

12 And they mourned <5594>, and wept <1058>, and fasted <6684>

until <5704> even <6153>, for Saul <7586>, and for Jonathan

<3083> his son <1121>, and for the people <5971> of the LORD

<3068>, and for the house <1004> of Israel <3478>; because

<3588> they were fallen <5307> by the sword <2719>.

13 And David <1732> said <0559> unto the young <5288> man that

told <5046> him, Whence [art] thou? And he answered <0559>, I

[am] the son <1121> of a stranger, an Amalekite <6003>.

14 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, How <0349> wast thou

not afraid <3372> to stretch <7971> forth thine hand <3027> to

destroy <7843> the LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899>?

15 And David <1732> called <7121> one <0259> of the young

<5288> men, and said <0559>, Go <5066> near <5066>, [and] fall

<6293> upon him. And he smote <5221> him that he died <4191>.

16 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, Thy blood <1818> [be]

upon thy head <7218>; for thy mouth <6310> hath testified <6030>

against thee, saying <0559>, I have slain <4191> the LORD'S

<3068> anointed <4899>.

17. And David <1732> lamented <6969> with this <2063>

lamentation <7015> over <5921> Saul <7586> and over <5921>

Jonathan <3083> his son <1121>:

18 (Also he bade <0559> them teach <3925> the children <1121>

of Judah <3063> [the use of] the bow <7198>: behold <2009>, [it

is] written <3789> in the book <5612> of Jasher <3477>.)

19 The beauty <6643> of Israel <3478> is slain <2491> upon thy

high <1116> places: how <0349> are the mighty <1368> fallen

<5307>!

20 Tell <5046> [it] not in Gath <1661>, publish <1319> [it] not

in the streets <2351> of Askelon <0831>; lest <6435> the

daughters <1121> of the Philistines <6430> rejoice <8055>, lest

<6435> the daughters <1121> of the uncircumcised <6189> triumph

<5937>.

21 Ye mountains <2022> of Gilboa <1533>, [let there be] no

<0408> dew <2919>, neither <0408> [let there be] rain <4306>,

upon you, nor fields <7704> of offerings <8641>: for there

<8033> the shield <4043> of the mighty <1368> is vilely <1602>

cast <1602> away, the shield <4043> of Saul <7586>, [as though

he had] not [been] anointed <4899> with oil <8081>.

22 From the blood <1818> of the slain <2491>, from the fat

<2459> of the mighty <1368>, the bow <7198> of Jonathan <3083>

turned <7734> not back <0268>, and the sword <2719> of Saul

<7586> returned <7725> not empty <7387>.

23 Saul <7586> and Jonathan <3083> [were] lovely <0157> and

pleasant <5273> in their lives <2416>, and in their death <4194>

they were not divided <6504>: they were swifter <7043> than

eagles <5404>, they were stronger <1396> than lions <0738>.

24 Ye daughters <1121> of Israel <3478>, weep <1058> over

<0413> Saul <7586>, who <4310> clothed <3847> you in scarlet

<8144>, with [other] delights <5730>, who <4310> put <5927> on

ornaments <5716> of gold <2091> upon your apparel <3830>.

25 How <0349> are the mighty <1368> fallen <5307> in the midst

<8432> of the battle <4421>! O Jonathan <3083>, [thou wast]

slain <2491> in thine high <1116> places.

26 I am distressed <6887> for thee, my brother <0251> Jonathan

<3083>: very <3966> pleasant <5276> hast thou been unto me: thy

love <0160> to me was wonderful <6381>, passing the love <0160>

of women <0802>.

27 How <0349> are the mighty <1368> fallen <5307>, and the

weapons <3627> of war <4421> perished <6>!

2Samuel 2

1. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> this <3651>, that

David <1732> enquired <7592> of the LORD <3068>, saying <0559>,

Shall I go <5927> up into any <0259> of the cities <5892> of

Judah <3063>? And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Go

<5927> up. And David <1732> said <0559>, Whither <0575> shall I

go <5927> up? And he said <0559>, Unto Hebron <2275>.

2 So David <1732> went <5927> up thither <8033>, and his two

<8147> wives <0802> also <1571>, Ahinoam <0293> the Jezreelitess

<3159>, and Abigail <26> Nabal's <5037> wife <0802> the

Carmelite <3761>.

3 And his men <0582> that [were] with him did David <1732>

bring <5927> up, every man <0376> with his household <1004>: and

they dwelt <3427> in the cities <5892> of Hebron <2275>.

4 And the men <0582> of Judah <3063> came <0935>, and there

<8033> they anointed <4886> David <1732> king <4428> over <5921>

the house <1004> of Judah <3063>. And they told <5046> David

<1732>, saying <0559>, [That] the men <0582> of Jabeshgilead

[were they] that buried <6912> Saul <7586>.

5 And David <1732> sent <7971> messengers <4397> unto the men

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

<1288> [be] ye of the LORD <3068>, that ye have shewed <6213>

this <2088> kindness <2617> unto your lord <0113>, [even] unto

Saul <7586>, and have buried <6912> him.

6 And now <6258> the LORD <3068> shew <6213> kindness <2617>

and truth <0571> unto you: and I also <1571> will requite <6213>

you this <2088> kindness <2896>, because <0834> ye have done

<6213> this <2088> thing <1697>.

7 Therefore now <6258> let your hands <3027> be strengthened

<2388>, and be ye valiant: for your master <0113> Saul <7586> is

dead <4191>, and also <1571> the house <1004> of Judah <3063>

have anointed <4886> me king <4428> over <5921> them.

8. But Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>, captain <8269>

of Saul's <7586> host <6635>, took <3947> Ishbosheth <0378> the

son <1121> of Saul <7586>, and brought <5674> him over <5674> to

Mahanaim <4266>;

9 And made him king <4427> over Gilead <1568>, and over the

Ashurites <0843>, and over Jezreel <3157>, and over Ephraim

<0669>, and over Benjamin <1144>, and over all <3605> Israel

<3478>.

10 Ishbosheth <0378> Saul's <7586> son <1121> [was] forty

<0705> years <8141> old <1121> when he began to reign <4427>

over <5921> Israel <3478>, and reigned <4427> two <8147> years

<8141>. But the house <1004> of Judah <3063> followed David

<1732>.

11 And the time that David <1732> was king <4428> in Hebron

<2275> over <5921> the house <1004> of Judah <3063> was seven

<7651> years <8141> and six <8337> months <2320>.

12 And Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>, and the

servants <5650> of Ishbosheth <0378> the son <1121> of Saul

<7586>, went <3318> out from Mahanaim <4266> to Gibeon <1391>.

13 And Joab <3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah <6870>, and the

servants <5650> of David <1732>, went <3318> out, and met <6298>

together <3162> by the pool <1295> of Gibeon <1391>: and they

sat <3427> down, the one <0428> on <5921> the one <2088> side of

the pool <1295>, and the other <0428> on <5921> the other <2088>

side of the pool <1295>.

14 And Abner <74> said <0559> to Joab <3097>, Let the young

<5288> men now <4994> arise <6965>, and play <7832> before

<6440> us. And Joab <3097> said <0559>, Let them arise <6965>.

15 Then there arose <6965> and went <5674> over <5674> by

number <4557> twelve of Benjamin <1144>, which [pertained] to

Ishbosheth <0378> the son <1121> of Saul <7586>, and twelve of

the servants <5650> of David <1732>.

16 And they caught <2388> every <0376> one <0376> his fellow

<7453> by the head <7218>, and [thrust] his sword <2719> in his

fellow's <7453> side <6654>; so they fell <5307> down together

<3162>: wherefore that place <4725> was called <7121>

Helkathhazzurim <2521>, which <0834> [is] in Gibeon <1391>.

17 And there was a very <3966> sore <7188> battle <4421> that

day <3117>; and Abner <74> was beaten <5062>, and the men <0582>

of Israel <3478>, before <6440> the servants <5650> of David

<1732>.

18. And there were three <7969> sons <1121> of Zeruiah <6870>

there <8033>, Joab <3097>, and Abishai <52>, and Asahel <0760>:

and Asahel <6214> [was as] light <7031> of foot <7272> as a wild

<7704> roe <6643>.

19 And Asahel <6214> pursued <7291> after <0310> Abner <74>;

and in going <3212> he turned <5186> not to the right <3225>

hand nor to the left <8040> from following <0310> Abner <74>.

20 Then Abner <74> looked <6437> behind <0310> him, and said

<0559>, [Art] thou Asahel <6214>? And he answered <0559>, I [am].

21 And Abner <74> said <0559> to him, Turn <5186> thee aside

<5186> to thy right <3225> hand or <0176> to thy left <8040>,

and lay thee hold <0270> on one <0259> of the young <5288> men,

and take <3947> thee his armour <2488>. But Asahel <6214> would

<14> not turn <5493> aside from following <0310> of him.

22 And Abner <74> said <0559> again to Asahel <6214>, Turn

<5493> thee aside from following <0310> me: wherefore <4100>

should I smite <5221> thee to the ground <0776>? how <0349> then

should I hold <5375> up my face <6440> to Joab <3097> thy

brother <0251>?

23 Howbeit he refused <3985> to turn <5493> aside: wherefore

Abner <74> with the hinder <0310> end of the spear <2595> smote

<5221> him under <0413> the fifth <2570> [rib], that the spear

<2595> came <3318> out behind <0310> him; and he fell <5307>

down there <8033>, and died <4191> in the same <8478> place

<8478>: and it came <0935> to pass, [that] as many as came

<0935> to the place <4725> where Asahel <6214> fell <5307> down

and died <4191> stood <5975> still.

24 Joab <3097> also and Abishai <52> pursued <7291> after

<0310> Abner <74>: and the sun <8121> went <0935> down when they

were come <0935> to the hill <1389> of Ammah <0522>, that

[lieth] before Giah <1520> by the way <1870> of the wilderness

<4057> of Gibeon <1391>.

25. And the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144> gathered <6908>

themselves together after <0310> Abner <74>, and became <1961>

one <0259> troop <92>, and stood <5975> on <5921> the top <7218>

of an hill <1389>.

26 Then Abner <74> called <7121> to Joab <3097>, and said

<0559>, Shall the sword <2719> devour <0398> for ever <5331>?

knowest <3045> thou not that it will be bitterness <4751> in the

latter <0314> end? how <5704> long <5704> shall it be then, ere

<3808> thou bid <0559> the people <5971> return <7725> from

following <0310> their brethren <0251>?

27 And Joab <3097> said <0559>, [As] God <0430> liveth <2416>,

unless thou hadst spoken <1696>, surely <3588> then in the

morning <1242> the people <5971> had gone <5927> up every <0376>

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

28 So Joab <3097> blew <8628> a trumpet <7782>, and all <3605>

the people <5971> stood <5975> still, and pursued <7291> after

<0310> Israel <3478> no <3808> more <5750>, neither <3808>

fought <3898> they any more.

29 And Abner <74> and his men <0582> walked <1980> all <3605>

that night <3915> through the plain <6160>, and passed <5674>

over <5674> Jordan <3383>, and went <3212> through all <3605>

Bithron <1338>, and they came <0935> to Mahanaim <4266>.

30 And Joab <3097> returned <7725> from following <0310> Abner

<74>: and when he had gathered <6908> all <3605> the people

<5971> together, there lacked <6485> of David's <1732> servants

<5650> nineteen men <0376> and Asahel <6214>.

31 But the servants <5650> of David <1732> had smitten <5221>

of Benjamin <1144>, and of Abner's <74> men <0582>, [so that]

three <7969> hundred <3967> and threescore <8346> men <0376>

died <4191>.

32 And they took <5375> up Asahel <6214>, and buried <6912> him

in the sepulchre <6913> of his father <1>, which <0834> [was in]

Bethlehem <1035>. And Joab <3097> and his men <0582> went <3212>

all <3605> night <3915>, and they came <0935> to Hebron <2275>

at break <0215> of day <0215>.

2Samuel 3

1. Now there was long <0752> war <4421> between <0996> the

house <1004> of Saul <7586> and the house <1004> of David <1732>:

but David <1732> waxed <1980> stronger <2390> and stronger

<2390>, and the house <1004> of Saul <7586> waxed <1980> weaker

<1800> and weaker <1800>.

2 And unto David <1732> were sons <1121> born <3205> in Hebron

<2275>: and his firstborn <1060> was Amnon <0550>, of Ahinoam

<0293> the Jezreelitess <3159>;

3 And his second <4932>, Chileab <3609>, of Abigail <26> the

wife <0802> of Nabal <5037> the Carmelite <3761>; and the third

<7992>, Absalom <53> the son <1121> of Maacah <4601> the

daughter <1323> of Talmai <8526> king <4428> of Geshur <1650>;

4 And the fourth <7243>, Adonijah <0138> the son <1121> of

Haggith <2294>; and the fifth <2549>, Shephatiah <8203> the son

<1121> of Abital <37>;

5 And the sixth <8345>, Ithream <3507>, by Eglah <5698> David's

<1732> wife <0802>. These <0428> were born <3205> to David

<1732> in Hebron <2275>.

6 And it came <1961> to pass, while there was war <4421>

between <0996> the house <1004> of Saul <7586> and the house

<1004> of David <1732>, that Abner <74> made himself strong

<2388> for the house <1004> of Saul <7586>.

7. And Saul <7586> had a concubine <6370>, whose name <8034>

[was] Rizpah <7532>, the daughter <1323> of Aiah <0345>: and

[Ishbosheth] said <0559> to Abner <74>, Wherefore <4069> hast

thou gone <0935> in unto my father's <1> concubine <6370>?

8 Then was Abner <74> very <3966> wroth <2734> for the words

<1697> of Ishbosheth <0378>, and said <0559>, [Am] I a dog's

<3611> head <7218>, which <0834> against Judah <3063> do <6213>

shew <6213> kindness <2617> this day <3117> unto the house

<1004> of Saul <7586> thy father <1>, to his brethren <0251>,

and to his friends <4828>, and have not delivered <4672> thee

into the hand <3027> of David <1732>, that thou chargest <6485>

me to day <3117> with a fault <5771> concerning this woman

<0802>?

9 So <3541> do <6213> God <0430> to Abner <74>, and more <3254>

also <3541>, except <3588>, as the LORD <3068> hath sworn <7650>

to David <1732>, even <3588> so <3651> I do <6213> to him;

10 To translate <5674> the kingdom <4467> from the house <1004>

of Saul <7586>, and to set <6965> up the throne <3678> of David

<1732> over <5921> Israel <3478> and over <5921> Judah <3063>,

from Dan <1835> even to Beersheba <0884>.

11 And he could <3201> not answer <7725> Abner <74> a word

<1697> again <5750>, because he feared <3372> him.

12 And Abner <74> sent <7971> messengers <4397> to David <1732>

on his behalf <8478>, saying <0559>, Whose <4310> [is] the land

<0776>? saying <0559> [also], Make <3772> thy league <1285> with

me, and, behold <2009>, my hand <3027> [shall be] with thee, to

bring <5437> about <5437> all <3605> Israel <3478> unto thee.

13 And he said <0559>, Well <2896>; I will make <3772> a league

<1285> with thee: but one <0259> thing <1697> I require <7592>

of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see <7200> my face <6440>,

except thou first <6440> bring <0935> Michal <4324> Saul's

<7586> daughter <1323>, when thou comest <0935> to see <7200> my

face <6440>.

14 And David <1732> sent <7971> messengers <4397> to Ishbosheth

<0378> Saul's <7586> son <1121>, saying <0559>, Deliver <5414>

[me] my wife <0802> Michal <4324>, which <0834> I espoused

<0781> to me for an hundred <3967> foreskins <6190> of the

Philistines <6430>.

15 And Ishbosheth <0378> sent <7971>, and took <3947> her from

[her] husband <0376>, [even] from Phaltiel <6409> the son <1121>

of Laish <3919>.

16 And her husband <0376> went <3212> with her along <1980>

weeping <1058> behind <0310> her to Bahurim <0980>. Then said

<0559> Abner <74> unto him, Go <3212>, return <7725>. And he

returned <7725>.

17 And Abner <74> had communication <1697> with the elders

<2205> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, Ye sought <1245> for

David <1732> in times <8543> past <8032> [to be] king <4428>

over <5921> you:

18 Now <6258> then do <6213> [it]: for the LORD <3068> hath

spoken <0559> of David <1732>, saying <0559>, By the hand <3027>

of my servant <5650> David <1732> I will save <3467> my people

<5971> Israel <3478> out of the hand <3027> of the Philistines

<6430>, and out of the hand <3027> of all <3605> their enemies

<0341>.

19 And Abner <74> also <1571> spake <1696> in the ears <0241>

of Benjamin <1144>: and Abner <74> went <3212> also <1571> to

speak <1696> in the ears <0241> of David <1732> in Hebron <2275>

all <3605> that seemed <5869> good <2896> to Israel <3478>, and

that seemed <5869> good to the whole <3605> house <1004> of

Benjamin <1144>.

20 So Abner <74> came <0935> to David <1732> to Hebron <2275>,

and twenty <6242> men <0582> with him. And David <1732> made

<6213> Abner <74> and the men <0582> that [were] with him a

feast <4960>.

21 And Abner <74> said <0559> unto David <1732>, I will arise

<6965> and go <3212>, and will gather <6908> all <3605> Israel

<3478> unto my lord <0113> the king <4428>, that they may make

<3772> a league <1285> with thee, and that thou mayest reign

<4427> over all <3605> that thine heart <5315> desireth <8378>.

And David <1732> sent <7971> Abner <74> away; and he went <3212>

in peace <7965>.

22. And, behold <2009>, the servants <5650> of David <1732> and

Joab <3097> came <0935> from [pursuing] a troop <1416>, and

brought <0935> in a great <7227> spoil <7998> with them: but

Abner <74> [was] not with David <1732> in Hebron <2275>; for he

had sent <7971> him away, and he was gone <3212> in peace <7965>.

23 When Joab <3097> and all <3605> the host <6635> that [was]

with him were come <0935>, they told <5046> Joab <3097>, saying

<0559>, Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369> came <0935> to

the king <4428>, and he hath sent <7971> him away, and he is

gone <3212> in peace <7965>.

24 Then Joab <3097> came <0935> to the king <4428>, and said

<0559>, What <4100> hast thou done <6213>? behold <2009>, Abner

<74> came <0935> unto thee; why <4100> [is] it [that] thou hast

sent <7971> him away, and he is quite gone <3212>?

25 Thou knowest <3045> Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>,

that he came <0935> to deceive <6601> thee, and to know <3045>

thy going <4161> out and thy coming <4126> in, and to know

<3045> all <3605> that thou doest <6213>.

26 And when Joab <3097> was come <3318> out from David <1732>,

he sent <7971> messengers <4397> after <0310> Abner <74>, which

brought <7725> him again <5750> from the well <0953> of Sirah

<5626>: but David <1732> knew <3045> [it] not.

27 And when Abner <74> was returned <7725> to Hebron <2275>,

Joab <3097> took him aside <5186> in the gate <8179> to speak

<1696> with him quietly <7987>, and smote <5221> him there

<8033> under the fifth <2570> [rib], that he died <4191>, for

the blood <1818> of Asahel <6214> his brother <0251>.

28 And afterward when David <1732> heard <8085> [it], he said

<0559>, I and my kingdom <4467> [are] guiltless <5355> before

<5973> the LORD <3068> for ever <5769> from the blood <1818> of

Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner <5369>:

29 Let it rest <2342> on <5921> the head <7218> of Joab <3097>,

and on <0413> all <3605> his father's <1> house <1004>; and let

there not fail <3772> from the house <1004> of Joab <3097> one

that hath an issue <2100>, or that is a leper <6879>, or that

leaneth <2388> on a staff <6418>, or that falleth <5307> on the

sword <2719>, or that lacketh <2638> bread <3899>.

30 So Joab <3097> and Abishai <52> his brother <0251> slew

<2026> Abner <74>, because he had slain <4191> their brother

<0251> Asahel <6214> at Gibeon <1391> in the battle <4421>.

31 And David <1732> said <0559> to Joab <3097>, and to all

<3605> the people <5971> that [were] with him, Rend <7167> your

clothes <0899>, and gird <2296> you with sackcloth <8242>, and

mourn <5594> before <6440> Abner <74>. And king <4428> David

<1732> [himself] followed the bier <4296>.

32 And they buried <6912> Abner <74> in Hebron <2275>: and the

king <4428> lifted <5375> up his voice <6963>, and wept <1058>

at the grave <6913> of Abner <74>; and all <3605> the people

<5971> wept <1058>.

33 And the king <4428> lamented <6969> over <0413> Abner <74>,

and said <0559>, Died <4191> Abner <74> as a fool <5036> dieth

<4194>?

34 Thy hands <3027> [were] not bound <0631>, nor <3808> thy

feet <7272> put <5056> into fetters <5178>: as a man <1121>

falleth <5307> before <6440> wicked <5766> men <1121>, [so]

fellest <5307> thou. And all <3605> the people <5971> wept

<1058> again <3254> over <5921> him.

35 And when all <3605> the people <5971> came <0935> to cause

David <1732> to eat <1262> meat <3899> while it was yet <5750>

day <3117>, David <1732> sware <7650>, saying <0559>, So <3541>

do <6213> God <0430> to me, and more <3254> also <3541>, if I

taste <2938> bread <3899>, or <0176> ought <3972> else, till

<6440> the sun <8121> be down <0935>.

36 And all <3605> the people <5971> took <5384> notice <5234>

[of it], and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king <4428> did

<6213> pleased all <3605> the people <5971>.

37 For all <3605> the people <5971> and all <3605> Israel

<3478> understood <3045> that day <3117> that it was not of the

king <4428> to slay <4191> Abner <74> the son <1121> of Ner

<5369>.

38 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto his servants <5650>,

Know <3045> ye not that there is a prince <8269> and a great

<1419> man fallen <5307> this <2088> day <3117> in Israel <3478>?

39 And I [am] this day <3117> weak <7390>, though anointed

<4886> king <4428>; and these <0428> men <0582> the sons <1121>

of Zeruiah <6870> [be] too hard <7186> for me: the LORD <3068>

shall reward <7999> the doer <6218> of evil <7451> according to

his wickedness <7451>.

2Samuel 4

1. And when Saul's <7586> son <1121> heard <8085> that Abner

<74> was dead <4191> in Hebron <2275>, his hands <3027> were

feeble <7503>, and all <3605> the Israelites <3478> were

troubled <0926>.

2 And Saul's <7586> son <1121> had <1961> two <8147> men <0582>

[that were] captains <8269> of bands <1416>: the name <8034> of

the one <0259> [was] Baanah <1195>, and the name <8034> of the

other <8145> Rechab <7394>, the sons <1121> of Rimmon <7417> a

Beerothite <0886>, of the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144>:

(for Beeroth <0881> also <1571> was reckoned <2803> to Benjamin

<1144>:

3 And the Beerothites <0886> fled <1272> to Gittaim <1664>, and

were sojourners <1481> there <8033> until <5704> this <2088> day

<3117>.)

4 And Jonathan <3083>, Saul's <7586> son <1121>, had a son

<1121> [that was] lame <5223> of [his] feet <7272>. He was five

<2568> years <8141> old <1121> when the tidings <8052> came

<0935> of Saul <7586> and Jonathan <3083> out of Jezreel <3157>,

and his nurse <0539> took <5375> him up, and fled <5127>: and it

came <1961> to pass, as she made haste <2648> to flee <5127>,

that he fell <5307>, and became <6452> lame <6452>. And his name

<8034> [was] Mephibosheth <4648>.

5 And the sons <1121> of Rimmon <7417> the Beerothite <0886>,

Rechab <7394> and Baanah <1195>, went <3212>, and came <0935>

about the heat <2527> of the day <3117> to the house <1004> of

Ishbosheth <0378>, who <4310> lay <7901> on a bed <4904> at noon

<6672>.

6 And they came <0935> thither into <5704> the midst <8432> of

the house <1004>, [as though] they would have fetched <3947>

wheat <2406>; and they smote <5221> him under <0413> the fifth

<2570> [rib]: and Rechab <7394> and Baanah <1195> his brother

<0251> escaped <4422>.

7 For when they came <0935> into the house <1004>, he lay

<7901> on <5921> his bed <4296> in his bedchamber, and they

smote <5221> him, and slew <4191> him, and beheaded him, and

took <3947> his head <7218>, and gat <3212> them away <3212>

through <1870> the plain <6160> all <3605> night <3915>.

8 And they brought <0935> the head <7218> of Ishbosheth <0378>

unto David <1732> to Hebron <2275>, and said <0559> to the king

<4428>, Behold <2009> the head <7218> of Ishbosheth <0378> the

son <1121> of Saul <7586> thine enemy <0341>, which <0834>

sought <1245> thy life <5315>; and the LORD <3068> hath avenged

my lord <3068> the king <4428> this <2088> day <3117> of Saul

<7586>, and of his seed <2233>.

9. And David <1732> answered <6030> Rechab <7394> and Baanah

<1195> his brother <0251>, the sons of Rimmon <7417> the

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

<3068> liveth <2416>, who <0834> hath redeemed <6299> my soul

<5315> out of all <3605> adversity <6869>,

10 When one told <5046> me, saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, Saul

<7586> is dead <4191>, thinking to have brought <1319> good

<1319> tidings <1319>, I took hold <0270> of him, and slew

<2026> him in Ziklag <6860>, who <0834> [thought] that I would

have given <5414> him a reward <1309> for his tidings <1309>:

11 How <0637> much <0637> more, when <3588> wicked <7563> men

<0582> have slain <2026> a righteous <6662> person <0376> in his

own house <1004> upon his bed <4904>? shall I not therefore now

<6258> require <1245> his blood <1818> of your hand <3027>, and

take <1197> you away from the earth <0776>?

12 And David <1732> commanded <6680> his young <5288> men, and

they slew <2026> them, and cut <7112> off their hands <3027> and

their feet <7272>, and hanged <8518> [them] up over <5921> the

pool <1295> in Hebron <2275>. But they took <3947> the head

<7218> of Ishbosheth <0378>, and buried <6912> [it] in the

sepulchre <6913> of Abner <74> in Hebron <2275>.

2Samuel 5

1. Then came <0935> all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel

<3478> to David <1732> unto Hebron <2275>, and spake <0559>,

saying <0559>, Behold <2005>, we [are] thy bone <6106> and thy

flesh <1320>.

2 Also <1571> in time past <8032>, when Saul <7586> was king

<4428> over <5921> us, thou wast <1961> he that leddest <3318>

out and broughtest <0935> in Israel <3478>: and the LORD <3068>

said <0559> to thee, Thou shalt feed <7462> my people <5971>

Israel <3478>, and thou shalt be a captain <5057> over <5921>

Israel <3478>.

3 So all <3605> the elders <2205> of Israel <3478> came <0935>

to the king <4428> to Hebron <2275>; and king <4428> David

<1732> made <3772> a league <1285> with them in Hebron <2275>

before <6440> the LORD <3068>: and they anointed <4886> David

<1732> king <4428> over <5921> Israel <3478>.

4 David <1732> [was] thirty <7970> years <8141> old <1121> when

<3588> he began to reign <4427>, [and] he reigned <4427> forty

<0705> years <8141>.

5 In Hebron <2275> he reigned <4427> over <5921> Judah <3063>

seven <7651> years <8141> and six <8337> months <2320>: and in

Jerusalem <3389> he reigned <4427> thirty <7970> and three

<7969> years <8141> over <5921> all <3605> Israel <3478> and

Judah <3063>.

6. And the king <4428> and his men <0582> went <3212> to

Jerusalem <3389> unto the Jebusites <2983>, the inhabitants

<3427> of the land <0776>: which spake <0559> unto David <1732>,

saying <0559>, Except thou take <5493> away <5493> the blind

<5787> and the lame <6455>, thou shalt not come <0935> in hither:

thinking <0559>, David <1732> cannot <3808> come <0935> in

hither.

7 Nevertheless David <1732> took <3920> the strong <4686> hold

<4686> of Zion <6726>: the same <1931> [is] the city <5892> of

David <1732>.

8 And David <1732> said <0559> on that day <3117>, Whosoever

getteth <5060> up to the gutter <6794>, and smiteth <5221> the

Jebusites <2983>, and the lame <6455> and the blind <5787>,

[that are] hated <8130> of David's <1732> soul <5315>, [he shall

be chief and captain]. Wherefore <4100> they said <0559>, The

blind <5787> and the lame <6455> shall not come <0935> into

<0413> the house <1004>.

9 So David <1732> dwelt <3427> in the fort <4686>, and called

<7121> it the city <5892> of David <1732>. And David <1732>

built <1129> round <5439> about from Millo <4407> and inward

<1004>.

10 And David <1732> went <3212> on, and grew great <1419>, and

the LORD <3068> God <0430> of hosts <6635> [was] with him.

11. And Hiram <2438> king <4428> of Tyre <6865> sent <7971>

messengers <4397> to David <1732>, and cedar <0730> trees <6086>,

and carpenters <2796>, and masons: and they built <1129> David

<1732> an house <1004>.

12 And David <1732> perceived <3045> that the LORD <3068> had

established <3559> him king <4428> over <5921> Israel <3478>,

and that he had exalted <5375> his kingdom <4467> for his people

<5971> Israel's <3478> sake <5668>.

13 And David <1732> took <3947> [him] more <5750> concubines

<6370> and wives <0802> out of Jerusalem <3389>, after <0310> he

was come <0935> from Hebron <2275>: and there were yet <5750>

sons <1121> and daughters <1121> born <3205> to David <1732>.

14 And these <0428> [be] the names <8034> of those that were

born <3209> unto him in Jerusalem <3389>; Shammua <8051>, and

Shobab <7727>, and Nathan <5416>, and Solomon <8010>,

15 Ibhar <2984> also, and Elishua <0474>, and Nepheg <5298>,

and Japhia <3309>,

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

17. But when the Philistines <6430> heard <8085> that they had

anointed <4886> David <1732> king <4428> over <5921> Israel

<3478>, all <3605> the Philistines <6430> came <5927> up to seek

<1245> David <1732>; and David <1732> heard <8085> [of it], and

went <3381> down <3381> to the hold <4686>.

18 The Philistines <6430> also came <0935> and spread <5203>

themselves in the valley <6010> of Rephaim <7497>.

19 And David <1732> enquired <7592> of the LORD <3068>, saying

<0559>, Shall I go <5927> up to the Philistines <6430>? wilt

thou deliver <5414> them into mine hand <3027>? And the LORD

<3068> said <0559> unto David <1732>, Go <5927> up: for I will

doubtless deliver <5414> the Philistines <6430> into thine hand

<3027>.

20 And David <1732> came <0935> to Baalperazim <1188>, and

David <1732> smote <5221> them there <8033>, and said <0559>,

The LORD <3068> hath broken <6555> forth upon mine enemies

<0341> before <6440> me, as the breach <6556> of waters <4325>.

Therefore he called <7121> the name <8034> of that place <4725>

Baalperazim <1188>.

21 And there <8033> they left <5800> their images <6091>, and

David <1732> and his men <0582> burned <5375> them.

22 And the Philistines <6430> came <5927> up yet <5750> again

<3254>, and spread <5203> themselves in the valley <6010> of

Rephaim <7497>.

23 And when David <1732> enquired <7592> of the LORD <3068>, he

said <0559>, Thou shalt not go <5927> up; [but] fetch a compass

<5437> behind <0310> them, and come <0935> upon them over <4136>

against <4136> the mulberry <1057> trees.

24 And let it be, when thou hearest <8085> the sound <6963> of

a going <6807> in the tops <7218> of the mulberry <1057> trees,

that then <0227> thou shalt bestir <2782> thyself: for then

<0227> shall the LORD <3068> go <3318> out before <6440> thee,

to smite <5221> the host <4264> of the Philistines <6430>.

25 And David <1732> did <6213> so <3651>, as the LORD <3068>

had commanded <6680> him; and smote <5221> the Philistines

<6430> from Geba <1387> until <5704> thou come <0935> to Gazer

<1507>.

2Samuel 6

1. Again <5750>, David <1732> gathered <3254> together all

<3605> [the] chosen <0970> [men] of Israel <3478>, thirty <7970>

thousand <0505>.

2 And David <1732> arose <6965>, and went <3212> with all

<3605> the people <5971> that [were] with him from Baale <1184>

of Judah <3063>, to bring <5927> up from thence <8033> the ark

<0727> of God <0430>, whose <0834> name <8034> is called <7121>

by the name <8034> of the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> that

dwelleth <3427> [between] the cherubims <3742>.

3 And they set <7392> the ark <0727> of God <0430> upon a new

<2319> cart <5699>, and brought <5375> it out of the house

<1004> of Abinadab <41> that [was] in Gibeah <1390>: and Uzzah

<5798> and Ahio <0283>, the sons <1121> of Abinadab <41>, drave

<5090> the new <2319> cart <5699>.

4 And they brought <5375> it out of the house <1004> of

Abinadab <41> which <0834> [was] at Gibeah <1390>, accompanying

<5973> the ark <0727> of God <0430>: and Ahio <0283> went <1980>

before <6440> the ark <0727>.

5 And David <1732> and all <3605> the house <1004> of Israel

<3478> played <7832> before <6440> the LORD <3068> on all <3605>

manner of [instruments made of] fir <1265> wood <6086>, even on

harps <3658>, and on psalteries <5035>, and on timbrels <8596>,

and on cornets <4517>, and on cymbals <6767>.

6. And when they came <0935> to Nachon's <5225> threshingfloor

<1637>, Uzzah <5798> put <7971> forth <7971> [his hand] to the

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

oxen <1241> shook <8058> [it].

7 And the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was kindled <2734>

against Uzzah <5798>; and God <0430> smote <5221> him there

<8033> for [his] error <7944>; and there <8033> he died <4191>

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

8 And David <1732> was displeased <2734>, because the LORD

<3068> had made <6555> a breach <6556> upon Uzzah <5798>: and he

called <7121> the name of the place <4725> Perezuzzah <6560> to

this <2088> day <3117>.

9 And David <1732> was afraid <3372> of the LORD <3068> that

day <3117>, and said <0559>, How shall the ark <0727> of the

LORD <3068> come <0935> to me?

10 So David <1732> would <14> not remove <5493> the ark <0727>

of the LORD <3068> unto him into <5921> the city <5892> of David

<1732>: but David <1732> carried <5186> it aside <5186> into the

house <1004> of Obededom <5654> the Gittite <1663>.

11 And the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> continued <3427> in

the house <1004> of Obededom <5654> the Gittite <1663> three

<7969> months <2320>: and the LORD <3068> blessed <1288>

Obededom <5654>, and all <3605> his household <1004>.

12. And it was told <5046> king <4428> David <1732>, saying

<0559>, The LORD <3068> hath blessed <1288> the house <1004> of

Obededom <5654>, and all <3605> that [pertaineth] unto him,

because <5668> of the ark <0727> of God <0430>. So David <1732>

went <3212> and brought <5927> up the ark <0727> of God <0430>

from the house <1004> of Obededom <5654> into the city <5892> of

David <1732> with gladness <8057>.

13 And it was [so], that when <3588> they that bare <5375> the

ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> had gone <6805> six <8337> paces

<6806>, he sacrificed <2076> oxen <7794> and fatlings <4806>.

14 And David <1732> danced <3769> before <6440> the LORD <3068>

with all <3605> [his] might <5797>; and David <1732> [was]

girded <2296> with a linen <0906> ephod <0646>.

15 So David <1732> and all <3605> the house <1004> of Israel

<3478> brought <5927> up the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> with

shouting <8643>, and with the sound <6963> of the trumpet <7782>.

16 And as the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068> came <0935> into

the city <5892> of David <1732>, Michal <4324> Saul's <7586>

daughter <1323> looked <8259> through <1157> a window <2474>,

and saw <7200> king <4428> David <1732> leaping <6339> and

dancing <3769> before <6440> the LORD <3068>; and she despised

<0959> him in her heart <3820>.

17 And they brought <0935> in the ark <0727> of the LORD <3068>,

and set <3322> it in his place <4725>, in the midst <8432> of

the tabernacle <0168> that David had pitched <5186> for it: and

David <1732> offered <5927> burnt <5930> offerings and peace

<8002> offerings before <6440> the LORD <3068>.

18 And as soon as David <1732> had made an end <3615> of

offering <5927> burnt <5930> offerings and peace <8002>

offerings, he blessed <1288> the people <5971> in the name

<8034> of the LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>.

19 And he dealt <2505> among all <3605> the people <5971>,

[even] among the whole <3605> multitude <1995> of Israel <3478>,

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

<0376> a cake <2471> of bread <3899>, and a good piece <0829>

[of flesh <0829>], and a flagon <0809> [of wine]. So all <3605>

the people <5971> departed <3212> every <0376> one <0376> to his

house <1004>.

20. Then David <1732> returned <7725> to bless <1288> his

household <1004>. And Michal <4324> the daughter <1323> of Saul

<7586> came <3318> out to meet <7125> David <1732>, and said

<0559>, How <4100> glorious <3513> was the king <4428> of Israel

<3478> to day, who <0834> uncovered <1540> himself to day <3117>

in the eyes <5869> of the handmaids <0519> of his servants

<5650>, as one <0259> of the vain <7386> fellows shamelessly

<1540> uncovereth <1540> himself!

21 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Michal <4324>, [It was]

before <6440> the LORD <3068>, which <0834> chose <0977> me

before thy father <1>, and before all <3605> his house <1004>,

to appoint <6680> me ruler <5057> over <5921> the people <5971>

of the LORD <3068>, over <5921> Israel <3478>: therefore will I

play <7832> before <6440> the LORD <3068>.

22 And I will yet <5750> be more vile <7043> than thus <2063>,

and will be base <8217> in mine own sight <5869>: and of the

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

them shall I be had in honour <3513>.

23 Therefore Michal <4324> the daughter <1323> of Saul <7586>

had no <3808> child <3206> unto the day <3117> of her death

<4194>.

2Samuel 7

1. And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> the king <4428> sat

<3427> in his house <1004>, and the LORD <3068> had given him

rest <5117> round <5439> about from all <3605> his enemies

<0341>;

2 That the king <4428> said <0559> unto Nathan <5416> the

prophet <5030>, See <7200> now <4994>, I dwell <3427> in an

house <1004> of cedar <0730>, but the ark <0727> of God <0430>

dwelleth <3427> within <8432> curtains <3407>.

3 And Nathan <5416> said <0559> to the king <4428>, Go <3212>,

do <6213> all <3605> that [is] in thine heart <3824>; for the

LORD <3068> [is] with thee.

4. And it came <1961> to pass that night <3915>, that the word

<1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto Nathan <5416>, saying

<0559>,

5 Go <3212> and tell <0559> my servant <5650> David <1732>,

Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Shalt thou build

<1129> me an house <1004> for me to dwell <3427> in?

6 Whereas <3588> I have not dwelt <3427> in [any] house <1004>

since the time <3117> that I brought <5927> up the children

<1121> of Israel <3478> out of Egypt <4714>, even to this <2088>

day <3117>, but have walked <1980> in a tent <0168> and in a

tabernacle <4908>.

7 In all <3605> [the places] wherein <0834> I have walked

<1980> with all <3605> the children <1121> of Israel <3478>

spake <1696> I a word <1697> with any <0259> of the tribes

<7626> of Israel <3478>, whom <0834> I commanded <6680> to feed

<7462> my people <5971> Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, Why <4100>

build <1129> ye not me an house <1004> of cedar <0730>?

8 Now <6258> therefore so shalt thou say <0559> unto my servant

<5650> David <1732>, Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> of

hosts <6635>, I took <3947> thee from the sheepcote <5116>, from

following <0310> the sheep <6629>, to be ruler <5057> over

<5921> my people <5971>, over <5921> Israel <3478>:

9 And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest <1980>, and

have cut <3772> off all <3605> thine enemies <0341> out of thy

sight <6440>, and have made <6213> thee a great <1419> name

<8034>, like unto the name <8034> of the great <1419> [men] that

[are] in the earth <0776>.

10 Moreover I will appoint <7760> a place <4725> for my people

<5971> Israel <3478>, and will plant <5193> them, that they may

dwell <7931> in a place <8478> of their own, and move <7264> no

<3808> more <5750>; neither <3808> shall the children <1121> of

wickedness <5766> afflict <6031> them any more <3254>, as

beforetime <7223>,

11 And as since <4480> the time <3117> that I commanded <6680>

judges <8199> [to be] over <5921> my people <5971> Israel <3478>,

and have caused thee to rest <5117> from all <3605> thine

enemies <0341>. Also the LORD <3068> telleth <5046> thee that he

will make <6213> thee an house <1004>.

12 And when <3588> thy days <3117> be fulfilled <4390>, and

thou shalt sleep <7901> with thy fathers <1>, I will set <6965>

up thy seed <2233> after <0310> thee, which <0834> shall proceed

<3318> out of thy bowels <4578>, and I will establish <3559> his

kingdom <4467>.

13 He shall build <1129> an house <1004> for my name <8034>,

and I will stablish <3559> the throne <3678> of his kingdom

<4467> for ever <5769>.

14 I will be his father <1>, and he shall be my son <1121>. If

<0834> he commit <5753> iniquity <5753>, I will chasten <3198>

him with the rod <7626> of men <0582>, and with the stripes

<5061> of the children <1121> of men <0120>:

15 But my mercy <2617> shall not depart <5493> away from him,

as I took <5493> [it] from Saul <7586>, whom <0834> I put <5493>

away <5493> before <6440> thee.

16 And thine house <1004> and thy kingdom <4467> shall be

established <0539> for ever <5769> before <6440> thee: thy

throne <3678> shall be established <3559> for ever <5769>.

17 According to all <3605> these <0428> words <1697>, and

according to all <3605> this <2088> vision <2384>, so <3651> did

Nathan <5416> speak <1696> unto David <1732>.

18. Then went <0935> king <4428> David <1732> in, and sat

<3427> before <6440> the LORD <3068>, and he said <0559>, Who

<4310> [am] I, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>? and what <4310> [is] my

house <1004>, that thou hast brought <0935> me hitherto <1988>?

19 And this <2063> was yet <5750> a small <6994> thing in thy

sight <5869>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>; but thou hast spoken

<1696> also <1571> of thy servant's <5650> house <1004> for a

great <7350> while <7350> to come. And [is] this <2063> the

manner <8452> of man <0120>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>?

20 And what <4100> can David <1732> say <1696> more <5750> unto

thee? for thou, Lord <0136> GOD <3069>, knowest <3045> thy

servant <5650>.

21 For thy word's <1697> sake <5668>, and according to thine

own heart <3820>, hast thou done <6213> all <3605> these <2063>

great <1420> things, to make thy servant <5650> know <3045>

[them].

22 Wherefore thou art great <1431>, O LORD <3068> God <0430>:

for [there is] none <0369> like <3644> thee, neither <0369> [is

there any] God <0430> beside <2108> thee, according to all

<3605> that we have heard <8085> with our ears <0241>.

23 And what <4310> one <0259> nation <1471> in the earth <0776>

[is] like thy people <5971>, [even] like Israel <3478>, whom

<0834> God <0430> went <1980> to redeem <6299> for a people

<5971> to himself, and to make <7760> him a name <8034>, and to

do <6213> for you great <1420> things and terrible <3372>, for

thy land <0776>, before <6440> thy people <5971>, which <0834>

thou redeemedst <6299> to thee from Egypt <4714>, [from] the

nations <1471> and their gods <0430>?

24 For thou hast confirmed <3559> to thyself thy people <5971>

Israel <3478> [to be] a people <5971> unto thee for ever <5769>:

and thou, LORD <3068>, art become <1961> their God <0430>.

25 And now <6258>, O LORD <3068> God <0430>, the word <1697>

that thou hast spoken <1696> concerning <5921> thy servant

<5650>, and concerning <5921> his house <1004>, establish <6965>

[it] for ever <5769>, and do <6213> as thou hast said <1696>.

26 And let thy name <8034> be magnified <1431> for ever <5769>,

saying <0559>, The LORD <3068> of hosts <6635> [is] the God

<0430> over <5921> Israel <3478>: and let the house <1004> of

thy servant <5650> David <1732> be established <3559> before

<6440> thee.

27 For thou, O LORD <3068> of hosts <6635>, God <0430> of

Israel <3478>, hast revealed <1540> to thy servant <5650>,

saying <0559>, I will build <1129> thee an house <1004>:

therefore hath thy servant <5650> found <4672> in his heart

<3820> to pray <6419> this <2063> prayer <8605> unto thee.

28 And now <6258>, O Lord <0136> GOD <3069>, thou [art] that

God <0430>, and thy words <1697> be true <0571>, and thou hast

promised <1696> this <2088> goodness <2896> unto thy servant

<5650>:

29 Therefore now <6258> let it please <2894> thee to bless

<1288> the house <1004> of thy servant <5650>, that it may

continue <1961> for ever <5769> before <6440> thee: for thou, O

Lord <0136> GOD <3069>, hast spoken <1696> [it]: and with thy

blessing <1293> let the house <1004> of thy servant <5650> be

blessed <1288> for ever <5769>.

2Samuel 8

1. And after <0310> this <3651> it came <1961> to pass, that

David <1732> smote <5221> the Philistines <6430>, and subdued

<3665> them: and David <1732> took <3947> Methegammah <4965> out

of the hand <3027> of the Philistines <6430>.

2 And he smote <5221> Moab <4124>, and measured <4058> them

with a line <2256>, casting <7901> them down <7901> to the

ground <0776>; even with two <8147> lines <2256> measured <4058>

he to put to death <4191>, and with one full <4393> line <2256>

to keep alive <2421>. And [so] the Moabites <4124> became <1961>

David's <1732> servants <5650>, [and] brought <5375> gifts

<4503>.

3 David <1732> smote <5221> also Hadadezer <1909>, the son

<1121> of Rehob <7340>, king <4428> of Zobah <6678>, as he went

<3212> to recover <7725> his border <3027> at the river <5104>

Euphrates <6578>.

4 And David <1732> took <3920> from him a thousand <0505>

[chariots], and seven <7651> hundred <3967> horsemen <6571>, and

twenty <6242> thousand <0505> footmen: and David <1732> houghed

<6131> all <3605> the chariot <7393> [horses], but reserved

<3498> of them [for] an hundred <3967> chariots <7393>.

5 And when the Syrians <0758> of Damascus <1834> came <0935> to

succour <5826> Hadadezer <1909> king <4428> of Zobah <6678>,

David <1732> slew <5221> of the Syrians <0758> two <8147> and

twenty <6242> thousand <0505> men <0376>.

6 Then David <1732> put <7760> garrisons <5333> in Syria <0758>

of Damascus <1834>: and the Syrians <0758> became <1961>

servants <5650> to David <1732>, [and] brought <5375> gifts

<4503>. And the LORD <3068> preserved <3467> David <1732>

whithersoever he went <1980>.

7 And David <1732> took <3947> the shields <7982> of gold

<2091> that were on <0413> the servants <5650> of Hadadezer

<1909>, and brought <0935> them to Jerusalem <3389>.

8 And from Betah <0984>, and from Berothai <1268>, cities

<5892> of Hadadezer <1909>, king <4428> David <1732> took <3947>

exceeding <3966> much <7235> brass <5178>.

9. When Toi <8583> king <4428> of Hamath <2574> heard <8085>

that David <1732> had <1961> smitten <5221> all <3605> the host

<2428> of Hadadezer <1909>,

10 Then Toi <8583> sent <7971> Joram <3141> his son <1121> unto

king <4428> David <1732>, to salute him, and to bless <1288> him,

because he had fought <3898> against Hadadezer <1909>, and

smitten <5221> him: for Hadadezer <1909> had wars <4421> with

Toi <8583>. And [Joram] brought <1961> with him vessels <3627>

of silver <3701>, and vessels <3627> of gold <2091>, and vessels

<3627> of brass <5178>:

11 Which also king <4428> David <1732> did dedicate <6942> unto

the LORD <3068>, with the silver <3701> and gold <2091> that he

had dedicated <6942> of all <3605> nations <1471> which <0834>

he subdued <3533>;

12 Of Syria <0758>, and of Moab <4124>, and of the children

<1121> of Ammon <5983>, and of the Philistines <6430>, and of

Amalek <6002>, and of the spoil <7998> of Hadadezer <1909>, son

<1121> of Rehob <7340>, king <4428> of Zobah <6678>.

13 And David <1732> gat <6213> [him] a name <8034> when he

returned <7725> from smiting <5221> of the Syrians <0758> in the

valley <1516> of salt <4417>, [being] eighteen thousand <0505>

[men].

14 And he put <7760> garrisons <5333> in Edom <0123>;

throughout all <3605> Edom <0123> put <7760> he garrisons <5333>,

and all <3605> they of Edom <0123> became <1961> David's <1732>

servants <5650>. And the LORD <3068> preserved <3467> David

<1732> whithersoever he went <1980>.

15. And David <1732> reigned <4427> over <5921> all <3605>

Israel <3478>; and David <1732> executed <6213> judgment <4941>

and justice <6666> unto all <3605> his people <5971>.

16 And Joab <3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah <6870> [was] over

<5921> the host <6635>; and Jehoshaphat <3092> the son <1121> of

Ahilud <0286> [was] recorder <2142>;

17 And Zadok <6659> the son <1121> of Ahitub <0285>, and

Ahimelech <0288> the son <1121> of Abiathar <54>, [were] the

priests <3548>; and Seraiah <8304> [was] the scribe <5608>;

18 And Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111> [was

over] both the Cherethites <3774> and the Pelethites <6432>; and

David's <1732> sons <1121> were chief <3548> rulers.

2Samuel 9

1. And David <1732> said <0559>, Is there yet <5750> any that

is left <3498> of the house <1004> of Saul <7586>, that I may

shew <6213> him kindness <2617> for Jonathan's <3129> sake

<5668>?

2 And [there was] of the house <1004> of Saul <7586> a servant

<5650> whose name <8034> [was] Ziba <6717>. And when they had

called <7121> him unto David <1732>, the king <4428> said <0559>

unto him, [Art] thou Ziba <6717>? And he said <0559>, Thy

servant <5650> [is he].

3 And the king <4428> said <0559>, [Is] there not yet <5750>

any <0376> of the house <1004> of Saul <7586>, that I may shew

<6213> the kindness <2617> of God <0430> unto him? And Ziba

<6717> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, Jonathan <3083> hath

yet <5750> a son <1121>, [which is] lame <5223> on [his] feet

<7272>.

4 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Where <0375> [is]

he? And Ziba <6717> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, Behold

<2009>, he [is] in the house <1004> of Machir <4353>, the son

<1121> of Ammiel <5988>, in Lodebar <3810>.

5 Then king <4428> David <1732> sent <7971>, and fetched <3947>

him out of the house <1004> of Machir <4353>, the son <1121> of

Ammiel <5988>, from Lodebar <3810>.

6 Now when Mephibosheth <4648>, the son <1121> of Jonathan

<3083>, the son <1121> of Saul <7586>, was come <0935> unto

David <1732>, he fell <5307> on <5921> his face <6440>, and did

reverence <7812>. And David <1732> said <0559>, Mephibosheth

<4648>. And he answered <0559>, Behold <2009> thy servant <5650>!

7 And David <1732> said <0559> unto him, Fear <3372> not: for I

will surely <3588> shew <6213> thee kindness <2617> for Jonathan

<3083> thy father's <1> sake <5668>, and will restore <7725>

thee all <3605> the land <7704> of Saul <7586> thy father <1>;

and thou shalt eat <0398> bread <3899> at <5921> my table <7979>

continually <8548>.

8 And he bowed <7812> himself, and said <0559>, What <4100>

[is] thy servant <5650>, that thou shouldest look <6437> upon

such a dead <4191> dog <3611> as I [am]?

9. Then the king <4428> called <7121> to Ziba <6717>, Saul's

<7586> servant <5288>, and said <0559> unto him, I have given

<5414> unto thy master's <0113> son <1121> all <3605> that

pertained <1961> to Saul <7586> and to all <3605> his house

<1004>.

10 Thou therefore, and thy sons <1121>, and thy servants <5650>,

shall till <5647> the land <0127> for him, and thou shalt bring

<0935> in [the fruits], that thy master's <0113> son <1121> may

have <1961> food <3899> to eat <0398>: but Mephibosheth <4648>

thy master's <0113> son <1121> shall eat <0398> bread <3899>

alway <8548> at <5921> my table <7979>. Now Ziba <6717> had

fifteen <6240> sons <1121> and twenty <6242> servants <5650>.

11 Then said <0559> Ziba <6717> unto the king <4428>, According

to all <3605> that my lord <0113> the king <4428> hath commanded

<6680> his servant <5650>, so <3651> shall thy servant <5650> do

<6213>. As for Mephibosheth <4648>, [said the king <4428>], he

shall eat <0398> at <5921> my table <7979>, as one <0259> of the

king's <4428> sons <1121>.

12 And Mephibosheth <4648> had a young <6996> son <1121>, whose

name <8034> [was] Micha <4316>. And all <3605> that dwelt <4186>

in the house <1004> of Ziba <6717> [were] servants <5650> unto

Mephibosheth <4648>.

13 So Mephibosheth <4648> dwelt <3427> in Jerusalem <3389>: for

he did eat <0398> continually <8548> at <5921> the king's <4428>

table <7979>; and was lame <6455> on both <8147> his feet <7272>.

2Samuel 10

1. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> this <3651>, that

the king <4428> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> died

<4191>, and Hanun <2586> his son <1121> reigned <4427> in his

stead <8478>.

2 Then said <0559> David <1732>, I will shew <6213> kindness

<2617> unto Hanun <2586> the son <1121> of Nahash <5176>, as his

father <1> shewed <6213> kindness <2617> unto me. And David

<1732> sent <7971> to comfort <5162> him by the hand <3027> of

his servants <5650> for his father <1>. And David's <1732>

servants <5650> came <0935> into the land <0776> of the children

<1121> of Ammon <5983>.

3 And the princes <8269> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>

said <0559> unto Hanun <2586> their lord <0113>, Thinkest <5869>

thou that David <1732> doth honour <3513> thy father <1>, that

he hath sent <7971> comforters <5162> unto thee? hath not David

<1732> [rather] sent <7971> his servants <5650> unto thee, to

search <2713> the city <5892>, and to spy <7270> it out, and to

overthrow <2015> it?

4 Wherefore Hanun <2586> took <3947> David's <1732> servants

<5650>, and shaved <1548> off the one half <2677> of their

beards <2206>, and cut <3772> off their garments <4063> in the

middle <2677>, [even] to their buttocks <8357>, and sent <7971>

them away.

5 When they told <5046> [it] unto David <1732>, he sent <7971>

to meet <7125> them, because <3588> the men <0582> were greatly

<3966> ashamed <3637>: and the king <4428> said <0559>, Tarry

<3427> at Jericho <3405> until <5704> your beards <2206> be

grown <6779>, and [then] return <7725>.

6. And when the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> saw <7200> that

they stank <0887> before David <1732>, the children <1121> of

Ammon <5983> sent <7971> and hired <7936> the Syrians <0758> of

Bethrehob <1050>, and the Syrians <0758> of Zoba <6678>, twenty

<6242> thousand <0505> footmen <7273>, and of king <4428> Maacah

<4601> a thousand <0505> men <0376>, and of Ishtob <0382> twelve

thousand <0505> men <0376>.

7 And when David <1732> heard <8085> of [it], he sent <7971>

Joab <3097>, and all <3605> the host <6635> of the mighty <1368>

men.

8 And the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> came <3318> out, and

put the battle <4421> in array <6186> at the entering <6607> in

of the gate <8179>: and the Syrians <0758> of Zoba <6678>, and

of Rehob <7340>, and Ishtob <0382>, and Maacah <4601>, [were] by

themselves <0905> in the field <7704>.

9 When Joab <3097> saw <7200> that the front <6440> of the

battle <4421> was against <0413> him before <6440> and behind

<0268>, he chose <0977> of all <3605> the choice <0977> [men] of

Israel <3478>, and put [them] in array <6186> against <7125> the

Syrians <0758>:

10 And the rest <3499> of the people <5971> he delivered <5414>

into the hand <3027> of Abishai <52> his brother <0251>, that he

might put [them] in array <6186> against <7125> the children

<1121> of Ammon <5983>.

11 And he said <0559>, If <0518> the Syrians <0758> be too

strong <2388> for me, then thou shalt help <3447> me: but if

<0518> the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> be too strong <2388>

for thee, then I will come <1980> and help <3467> thee.

12 Be of good courage <2388>, and let us play the men <2388>

for our people <5971>, and for the cities <5892> of our God

<0430>: and the LORD <3068> do <6213> that which seemeth <5869>

him good <2896>.

13 And Joab <3097> drew nigh <5066>, and the people <5971> that

[were] with him, unto the battle <4421> against the Syrians

<0758>: and they fled <5127> before <6440> him.

14 And when the children <1121> of Ammon <5983> saw <7200> that

the Syrians <0758> were fled <5127>, then fled <5127> they also

before <6440> Abishai <52>, and entered <0935> into the city

<5892>. So Joab <3097> returned <7725> from the children <1121>

of Ammon <5983>, and came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>.

15. And when the Syrians <0758> saw <7200> that they were

smitten <5062> before <6440> Israel <3478>, they gathered <0622>

themselves together <3162>.

16 And Hadarezer <1928> sent <7971>, and brought <3318> out the

Syrians <0758> that [were] beyond <5676> the river <5104>: and

they came <0935> to Helam <2431>; and Shobach <7731> the captain

<8269> of the host <6635> of Hadarezer <1928> [went] before

<6440> them.

17 And when it was told <5046> David <1732>, he gathered <0622>

all <3605> Israel <3478> together, and passed <5674> over <5674>

Jordan <3383>, and came <0935> to Helam <2431>. And the Syrians

<0758> set themselves in array <6186> against <7125> David

<1732>, and fought <3898> with him.

18 And the Syrians <0758> fled <5127> before <6440> Israel

<3478>; and David <1732> slew <2126> [the men of] seven <7651>

hundred <3967> chariots <7393> of the Syrians <0758>, and forty

<0705> thousand <0505> horsemen <6571>, and smote <5221> Shobach

<7731> the captain <8269> of their host <6635>, who died <4191>

there <8033>.

19 And when all <3605> the kings <4428> [that were] servants

<5650> to Hadarezer <1928> saw <7200> that they were smitten

<5062> before <6440> Israel <3478>, they made peace <7999> with

Israel <3478>, and served <5647> them. So the Syrians <0758>

feared <3372> to help <3467> the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>

any more <5750>.

2Samuel 11

1. And it came <1961> to pass, after the year <8141> was

expired <8666>, at the time <6256> when kings <4428> go <3318>

forth <3318> [to battle], that David <1732> sent <7971> Joab

<3097>, and his servants <5650> with him, and all <3605> Israel

<3478>; and they destroyed <7843> the children <1121> of Ammon

<5983>, and besieged <6696> Rabbah <7237>. But David <1732>

tarried <3427> still at Jerusalem <3389>.

2 And it came <1961> to pass in an eveningtide, that David

<1732> arose <6965> from off <5921> his bed <4904>, and walked

<1980> upon the roof <1406> of the king's <4428> house <1004>:

and from the roof <1406> he saw <7200> a woman <0802> washing

<7364> herself; and the woman <0802> [was] very <3966> beautiful

<2896> to look <4758> upon.

3 And David <1732> sent <7971> and enquired <1875> after the

woman <0802>. And [one] said <0559>, [Is] not this <2063>

Bathsheba <1339>, the daughter <1323> of Eliam <0463>, the wife

<0802> of Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850>?

4 And David <1732> sent <7971> messengers <4397>, and took

<3947> her; and she came <0935> in unto him, and he lay <7901>

with her; for she was purified <6942> from her uncleanness

<2932>: and she returned <7725> unto her house <1004>.

5 And the woman <0802> conceived <2030>, and sent <7971> and

told <5046> David <1732>, and said <0559>, I [am] with child

<2030>.

6. And David <1732> sent <7971> to Joab <3097>, [saying <0559>],

Send <7971> me Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850>. And Joab <3097>

sent <7971> Uriah <0223> to David <1732>.

7 And when Uriah <0223> was come <0935> unto him, David <1732>

demanded <7592> [of him] how Joab <3097> did <7965>, and how the

people <5971> did <7965>, and how the war <4421> prospered

<7965>.

8 And David <1732> said <0559> to Uriah <0223>, Go <3381> down

<3381> to thy house <1004>, and wash <7364> thy feet <7272>. And

Uriah <0223> departed <3318> out of the king's <4428> house

<1004>, and there followed him a mess <4864> [of meat] from the

king <4428>.

9 But Uriah <0223> slept <7901> at the door <6607> of the

king's <4428> house <1004> with all <3605> the servants <5650>

of his lord <0113>, and went <3381> not down <3381> to his house

<1004>.

10 And when they had told <5046> David <1732>, saying <0559>,

Uriah <0223> went <3381> not down <3381> unto his house <1004>,

David <1732> said <0559> unto Uriah <0223>, Camest <0935> thou

not from [thy] journey <1870>? why <4069> [then] didst thou not

go <3381> down <3381> unto thine house <1004>?

11 And Uriah <0223> said <0559> unto David <1732>, The ark

<0727>, and Israel <3478>, and Judah <3063>, abide <3427> in

tents <5521>; and my lord <0113> Joab <3097>, and the servants

<5650> of my lord <0113>, are encamped <2583> in the open <6440>

fields <7704>; shall I then go <0935> into <0413> mine house

<1004>, to eat <0398> and to drink <8354>, and to lie <7901>

with my wife <0802>? [as] thou livest <2416>, and [as] thy soul

<5315> liveth <2416>, I will not do <6213> this <2088> thing

<1697>.

12 And David <1732> said <0559> to Uriah <0223>, Tarry <3427>

here <2088> to day <3117> also <1571>, and to morrow <4279> I

will let thee depart <7971>. So Uriah <0223> abode <3427> in

Jerusalem <3389> that day <3117>, and the morrow <4283>.

13 And when <3588> David <1732> had called <7121> him, he did

eat <0398> and drink <8354> before <6440> him; and he made him

drunk <7937>: and at even <6153> he went <3318> out to lie

<7901> on his bed <4904> with the servants <5650> of his lord

<0113>, but went <3381> not down <3381> to his house <1004>.

14. And it came <1961> to pass in the morning <1242>, that

David <1732> wrote <3789> a letter <5612> to Joab <3097>, and

sent <7971> [it] by the hand <3027> of Uriah <0223>.

15 And he wrote <3789> in the letter <5612>, saying <0559>, Set

<3051> ye Uriah <0223> in the forefront of the hottest <2389>

battle <4421>, and retire <7725> ye from him, that he may be

smitten <5221>, and die <4191>.

16 And it came <1961> to pass, when Joab <3097> observed <8104>

the city <5892>, that he assigned <5414> Uriah <0223> unto a

place <4725> where <0834> he knew <3045> that valiant <2428> men

<0582> [were].

17 And the men <0582> of the city <5892> went <3318> out, and

fought <3898> with Joab <3097>: and there fell <5307> [some] of

the people <5971> of the servants <5650> of David <1732>; and

Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850> died <4191> also <1571>.

18 Then Joab <3097> sent <7971> and told <5046> David <1732>

all <3605> the things <1697> concerning the war <4421>;

19 And charged <6680> the messenger <4397>, saying <0559>, When

thou hast made an end <3615> of telling <1696> the matters

<1697> of the war <4421> unto the king <4428>,

20 And if <0518> so be that the king's <4428> wrath <2534>

arise <5927>, and he say <0559> unto thee, Wherefore <4069>

approached <5066> ye so nigh unto the city <5892> when ye did

fight <3898>? knew <3045> ye not that they would shoot <3384>

from the wall <2346>?

21 Who <4310> smote <5221> Abimelech <40> the son <1121> of

Jerubbesheth <3380>? did not a woman <0802> cast <7993> a piece

<6400> of a millstone <7393> upon him from the wall <2346>, that

he died <4191> in Thebez <8405>? why <4100> went <5066> ye nigh

<5066> the wall <2346>? then say <0559> thou, Thy servant <5650>

Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850> is dead <4191> also <1571>.

22 So the messenger <4397> went <3212>, and came <0935> and

shewed <5046> David <1732> all <3605> that Joab <3097> had sent

<7971> him for.

23 And the messenger <4397> said <0559> unto David <1732>,

Surely <3588> the men <0582> prevailed <1396> against <5921> us,

and came <3318> out unto us into the field <7704>, and we were

upon them even unto the entering <6607> of the gate <8179>.

24 And the shooters <3384> shot <3384> from off <5921> the wall

<2346> upon thy servants <5650>; and [some] of the king's <4428>

servants <5650> be dead <4191>, and thy servant <5650> Uriah

<0223> the Hittite <2850> is dead <4191> also <1571>.

25 Then David <1732> said <0559> unto the messenger <4397>,

Thus <3541> shalt thou say <0559> unto Joab <3097>, Let not this

<2088> thing <1697> displease thee, for the sword <2719>

devoureth <0398> one <2088> as well <2090> as another <2090>:

make thy battle <4421> more strong <2388> against <0413> the

city <5892>, and overthrow <2040> it: and encourage <2388> thou

him.

26 And when the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223> heard <8085> that

Uriah <0223> her husband <0376> was dead <4191>, she mourned

<5594> for her husband <1167>.

27 And when the mourning <60> was past <5493>, David <1732>

sent <7971> and fetched <0622> her to his house <1004>, and she

became <1961> his wife <0802>, and bare <3205> him a son <1121>.

But the thing <1697> that David <1732> had done <6213>

displeased the LORD <3068>.

2Samuel 12

1. And the LORD <3068> sent <7971> Nathan <5416> unto David

<1732>. And he came <0935> unto him, and said <0559> unto him,

There were two <8147> men <0582> in one <0259> city <5892>; the

one <0259> rich <6223>, and the other <0259> poor <7326>.

2 The rich <6223> [man] had <1961> exceeding <3966> many <7235>

flocks <6629> and herds <1241>:

3 But the poor <7326> [man] had nothing, save one <0259> little

<6996> ewe <3535> lamb <3535>, which <0834> he had <1961> bought

<7069> and nourished <2421> up: and it grew <1431> up together

<3162> with him, and with his children <1121>; it did eat <0398>

of his own meat <6595>, and drank <8354> of his own cup <3563>,

and lay <7901> in his bosom <2436>, and was unto him as a

daughter <1323>.

4 And there came <0935> a traveller <1982> unto the rich <6223>

man <0376>, and he spared <2550> to take <3947> of his own flock

<6629> and of his own herd <1241>, to dress <6213> for the

wayfaring <0732> man that was come <0935> unto him; but took

<3947> the poor <7326> man's <0376> lamb <3535>, and dressed

<6213> it for the man <0376> that was come <0935> to him.

5 And David's <1732> anger <0639> was greatly <3966> kindled

<2734> against the man <0376>; and he said <0559> to Nathan

<5416>, [As] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, the man <0376> that

hath done <6213> this <2063> [thing] shall surely die <4194>:

6 And he shall restore <7999> the lamb <3535> fourfold <0706>,

because he did <6213> this <2088> thing <1697>, and because he

had no <3808> pity <2550>.

7 And Nathan <5416> said <0559> to David <1732>, Thou [art] the

man <0376>. Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068> God <0430>

of Israel <3478>, I anointed <4886> thee king <4428> over <5921>

Israel <3478>, and I delivered <5337> thee out of the hand

<3027> of Saul <7586>;

8 And I gave <5414> thee thy master's <0113> house <1004>, and

thy master's <0113> wives <0802> into thy bosom <2436>, and gave

<5414> thee the house <1004> of Israel <3478> and of Judah

<3063>; and if <0518> [that had been] too little <4592>, I would

moreover <3254> have given <3254> unto thee such <2007> and such

<2007> things.

9 Wherefore <4069> hast thou despised <0959> the commandment

<1697> of the LORD <3068>, to do <6213> evil <7451> in his sight

<5869>? thou hast killed <5221> Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850>

with the sword <2719>, and hast taken <3947> his wife <0802> [to

be] thy wife <0802>, and hast slain <2026> him with the sword

<2719> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>.

10 Now <6258> therefore the sword <2719> shall never depart

<5493> from thine house <1004>; because thou hast despised

<0959> me, and hast taken <3947> the wife <0802> of Uriah <0223>

the Hittite <2850> to be thy wife <0802>.

11 Thus <3541> saith <0559> the LORD <3068>, Behold <2005>, I

will raise <6965> up evil <7451> against <5921> thee out of

thine own house <1004>, and I will take <3947> thy wives <0802>

before thine eyes <5869>, and give <5414> [them] unto thy

neighbour <7453>, and he shall lie <7901> with thy wives <0802>

in the sight <5869> of this <2063> sun <8121>.

12 For thou didst <6213> [it] secretly <5643>: but I will do

<6213> this <2088> thing <1697> before <5048> all <3605> Israel

<3478>, and before <5048> the sun <8121>.

13 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Nathan <5416>, I have

sinned <2398> against the LORD <3068>. And Nathan <5416> said

<0559> unto David <1732>, The LORD <3068> also <1571> hath put

<5674> away <5674> thy sin <2403>; thou shalt not die <4191>.

14 Howbeit <0657>, because <3588> by this <2088> deed <1697>

thou hast given great <5006> occasion to the enemies <0341> of

the LORD <3068> to blaspheme <5006>, the child <1121> also

<1571> [that is] born <3209> unto thee shall surely die <4191>.

15. And Nathan <5416> departed <3212> unto his house <1004>.

And the LORD <3068> struck <5062> the child <3206> that Uriah's

<0223> wife <0802> bare <3205> unto David <1732>, and it was

very sick <0605>.

16 David <1732> therefore besought <1245> God <0430> for the

child <5288>; and David <1732> fasted <6684>, and went <0935> in,

and lay <7901> all <3605> night upon the earth <0776>.

17 And the elders <2205> of his house <1004> arose <6965>, [and

went] to him, to raise <6965> him up from the earth <0776>: but

he would <14> not, neither <3808> did he eat <1262> bread <3899>

with them.

18 And it came <1961> to pass on the seventh <7637> day <3117>,

that the child <3206> died <4191>. And the servants <5650> of

David <1732> feared <3372> to tell <5046> him that the child

<3206> was dead <4191>: for they said <0559>, Behold <2009>,

while the child <3206> was yet alive <2416>, we spake <1696>

unto him, and he would not hearken <8085> unto our voice <6963>:

how <0349> will he then vex himself, if we tell <0559> him that

the child <3206> is dead <4191>?

19 But when David <1732> saw <7200> that his servants <5650>

whispered <3907>, David <1732> perceived <0995> that the child

<3206> was dead <4191>: therefore David <1732> said <0559> unto

his servants <5650>, Is the child <3206> dead <4191>? And they

said <0559>, He is dead <4191>.

20 Then David <1732> arose <6965> from the earth <0776>, and

washed <7364>, and anointed <5480> [himself], and changed <2498>

his apparel <8071>, and came <0935> into the house <1004> of the

LORD <3068>, and worshipped <7812>: then he came <0935> to his

own house <1004>; and when he required <7592>, they set <7760>

bread <3899> before him, and he did eat <0398>.

21 Then said <0559> his servants <5650> unto him, What <4100>

thing <1697> [is] this <2088> that thou hast done <6213>? thou

didst fast <6684> and weep <1058> for the child <3206>, [while

it was] alive <2416>; but when <0834> the child <3206> was dead

<4191>, thou didst rise <6965> and eat <0398> bread <3899>.

22 And he said <0559>, While the child <3206> was yet <5750>

alive <2416>, I fasted <6684> and wept <1058>: for I said <0559>,

Who <4310> can tell <3045> [whether] GOD <3068> will be

gracious <2603> to me, that the child <3206> may live <2416>?

23 But now <6258> he is dead <4191>, wherefore <4100> should I

fast <6684>? can <3201> I bring <7725> him back <7725> again

<5750>? I shall go <1980> to him, but he shall not return <7725>

to me.

24 And David <1732> comforted <5162> Bathsheba <1339> his wife

<0802>, and went <0935> in unto her, and lay <7901> with her:

and she bare <3205> a son <1121>, and he called <7121> his name

<8034> Solomon <8010>: and the LORD <3068> loved <0157> him.

25 And he sent <7971> by the hand <3027> of Nathan <5416> the

prophet <5030>; and he called <7121> his name <8034> Jedidiah

<3041>, because <5668> of the LORD <3068>.

26. And Joab <3097> fought <3898> against Rabbah <7237> of the

children <1121> of Ammon <5983>, and took <3920> the royal

<4410> city <5892>.

27 And Joab <3097> sent <7971> messengers <4397> to David

<1732>, and said <0559>, I have fought <3898> against Rabbah

<7237>, and have taken <3920> the city <5892> of waters <4325>.

28 Now <6258> therefore gather <0622> the rest <3499> of the

people <5971> together, and encamp <2583> against <5921> the

city <5892>, and take <3920> it: lest <6435> I take <3920> the

city <5892>, and it be called <7121> after <5921> my name <8034>.

29 And David <1732> gathered <0622> all <3605> the people

<5971> together, and went <3212> to Rabbah <7237>, and fought

<3898> against it, and took <3920> it.

30 And he took <3947> their king's <4428> crown <5850> from off

<5921> his head <7218>, the weight <4948> whereof [was] a talent

<3603> of gold <2091> with the precious <3368> stones <68>: and

it was [set] on <5921> David's <1732> head <7218>. And he

brought <3318> forth <3318> the spoil <7998> of the city <5892>

in great <3966> abundance <7235>.

31 And he brought <3318> forth <3318> the people <5971> that

[were] therein, and put <7760> [them] under saws <4050>, and

under harrows <2757> of iron <1270>, and under axes <4037> of

iron <1270>, and made them pass <5674> through the brickkiln

<4404>: and thus <3651> did <6213> he unto all <3605> the cities

<5892> of the children <1121> of Ammon <5983>. So David <1732>

and all <3605> the people <5971> returned <7725> unto Jerusalem

<3389>.

2Samuel 13

1. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> this <3651>, that

Absalom <53> the son <1121> of David <1732> had a fair <3303>

sister <0269>, whose name <8034> [was] Tamar <8559>; and Amnon

<0550> the son <1121> of David <1732> loved <0157> her.

2 And Amnon <0550> was so vexed <3334>, that he fell sick

<2470> for his sister <0269> Tamar <8559>; for she [was] a

virgin <1330>; and Amnon <0550> thought <5869> it hard <6381>

for him to do <6213> any <3972> thing to her.

3 But Amnon <0550> had a friend <7453>, whose name <8034> [was]

Jonadab <3122>, the son <1121> of Shimeah <8093> David's <1732>

brother <0251>: and Jonadab <3122> [was] a very <3966> subtil

<2450> man <0376>.

4 And he said <0559> unto him, Why <4069> [art] thou, [being]

the king's <4428> son <1121>, lean <1800> from day <1242> to day

<1242>? wilt thou not tell <5046> me? And Amnon <0550> said

<0559> unto him, I love <0157> Tamar <8559>, my brother <0251>

Absalom's <53> sister <0269>.

5 And Jonadab <3122> said <0559> unto him, Lay <7901> thee down

<7901> on <5921> thy bed <4904>, and make thyself sick <2470>:

and when thy father <1> cometh <0935> to see <7200> thee, say

<0559> unto him, I pray <4994> thee, let my sister <0269> Tamar

<8559> come <0935>, and give <1262> me meat <3899>, and dress

<6213> the meat <1279> in my sight <5869>, that I may see <7200>

[it], and eat <0398> [it] at her hand <3027>.

6 So Amnon <0550> lay <7901> down <7901>, and made himself sick

<2470>: and when the king <4428> was come <0935> to see <7200>

him, Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, I pray

<4994> thee, let Tamar <8559> my sister <0269> come <0935>, and

make <3823> me a couple <8147> of cakes <3834> in my sight

<5869>, that I may eat <1262> at her hand <3027>.

7 Then David <1732> sent <7971> home <1004> to Tamar <8559>,

saying <0559>, Go <3212> now <4994> to thy brother <0251>

Amnon's <0550> house <1004>, and dress <6213> him meat <1279>.

8 So Tamar <8559> went <3212> to her brother <0251> Amnon's

<0550> house <1004>; and he was laid <7901> down <7901>. And she

took <3947> flour <1217>, and kneaded <3888> [it], and made

<3835> cakes <3823> in his sight <5869>, and did bake <1310> the

cakes <3834>.

9 And she took <3947> a pan <4958>, and poured <3332> [them]

out before <6440> him; but he refused <3985> to eat <0398>. And

Amnon <0550> said <0559>, Have <3318> out all <3605> men <0376>

from me. And they went <3318> out every man <0376> from him.

10 And Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto Tamar <8559>, Bring <0935>

the meat <1279> into the chamber <2315>, that I may eat <1262>

of thine hand <3027>. And Tamar <8559> took <3947> the cakes

<3834> which <0834> she had made <6213>, and brought <0935>

[them] into the chamber <2315> to Amnon <0550> her brother

<0251>.

11 And when she had brought <5066> [them] unto him to eat

<0398>, he took hold <2388> of her, and said <0559> unto her,

Come <0935> lie <7901> with me, my sister <0269>.

12 And she answered <0559> him, Nay <0408>, my brother <0251>,

do <6213> not force <6031> me; for no <3808> such <3651> thing

<3651> ought to be done <6213> in Israel <3478>: do <6213> not

thou this <2063> folly <5039>.

13 And I, whither <0575> shall I cause my shame <2781> to go

<3212>? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one <0259> of the

fools <5036> in Israel <3478>. Now <6258> therefore, I pray

<4994> thee, speak <1696> unto the king <4428>; for he will not

withhold <4513> me from thee.

14 Howbeit he would <14> not hearken <8085> unto her voice

<6963>: but, being stronger <2388> than she, forced <6031> her,

and lay <7901> with her.

15 Then Amnon <0550> hated <8130> her exceedingly; so that the

hatred <8135> wherewith <0834> he hated <8130> her [was] greater

<1419> than the love <0160> wherewith <0834> he had loved <0157>

her. And Amnon <0550> said <0559> unto her, Arise <6965>, be

gone <3212>.

16 And she said <0559> unto him, [There is] no <0408> cause:

this <2063> evil <7451> in sending <7971> me away [is] greater

<1419> than the other <0312> that thou didst <6213> unto me. But

he would <14> not hearken <8085> unto her.

17 Then he called <7121> his servant <5288> that ministered

<8334> unto him, and said <0559>, Put <7971> now <4994> this

<2063> [woman] out from me, and bolt <5274> the door <1817>

after <0310> her.

18 And [she had] a garment <3801> of divers <6446> colours

<6446> upon her: for with such <3651> robes <4598> were the

king's <4428> daughters <1121> [that were] virgins <1330>

apparelled <3847>. Then his servant <8334> brought <3318> her

out, and bolted <5274> the door <1817> after <0310> her.

19 And Tamar <8559> put <3947> ashes <0665> on <5921> her head

<7218>, and rent <7167> her garment <3801> of divers <6446>

colours <6446> that [was] on <5921> her, and laid <7760> her

hand <3027> on <5921> her head <7218>, and went <3212> on crying

<2201>.

20 And Absalom <53> her brother <0251> said <0559> unto her,

Hath Amnon <0550> thy brother <0251> been <1961> with thee? but

hold <2790> now <6258> thy peace <2790>, my sister <0269>: he

[is] thy brother <0251>; regard <3820> not this <2063> thing

<1697>. So Tamar <8559> remained <3427> desolate <8076> in her

brother <0251> Absalom's <53> house <1004>.

21. But when king <4428> David <1732> heard <8085> of all

<3605> these <0428> things <1697>, he was very <3966> wroth

<2734>.

22 And Absalom <53> spake <1696> unto his brother Amnon <0550>

neither <3808> good <2896> nor bad <7451>: for Absalom <53>

hated <8130> Amnon <0550>, because he had forced <6031> his

sister <0269> Tamar <8559>.

23 And it came <1961> to pass after two full <3117> years

<8141>, that Absalom <53> had sheepshearers <1494> in Baalhazor

<1178>, which <0834> [is] beside <5973> Ephraim <0669>: and

Absalom <53> invited <7121> all <3605> the king's <4428> sons

<1121>.

24 And Absalom <53> came <0935> to the king <4428>, and said

<0559>, Behold <2009> now <4994>, thy servant <5650> hath

sheepshearers <1494>; let <3381> the king <4428>, I beseech

<4994> thee, and his servants <5650> go <3212> with thy servant

<5650>.

25 And the king <4428> said <0559> to Absalom <53>, Nay <0408>,

my son <1121>, let us not all <3605> now <4994> go <3212>, lest

<3808> we be chargeable <3513> unto thee. And he pressed <6555>

him: howbeit he would <14> not go <3212>, but blessed <1288> him.

26 Then said <0559> Absalom <53>, If <3808> not, I pray <4994>

thee, let my brother <0251> Amnon <0550> go <3212> with us. And

the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Why <4100> should he go

<3212> with thee?

27 But Absalom <53> pressed <6555> him, that he let Amnon

<0550> and all <3605> the king's <4428> sons <1121> go <7971>

with him.

28 Now Absalom <53> had commanded <6680> his servants <5288>,

saying <0559>, Mark <7200> ye now <4994> when Amnon's <0550>

heart <3820> is merry <2896> with wine <3196>, and when I say

<0559> unto you, Smite <5221> Amnon <0550>; then kill <4191> him,

fear <3372> not: have not I commanded <6680> you? be courageous

<2388>, and be valiant.

29 And the servants <5288> of Absalom <53> did <6213> unto

Amnon <0550> as Absalom <53> had commanded <6680>. Then all

<3605> the king's <4428> sons <1121> arose <6965>, and every man

<0376> gat <7392> him up upon his mule <6505>, and fled <5127>.

30. And it came <1961> to pass, while they were in the way

<1870>, that tidings <8052> came <0935> to David <1732>, saying

<0559>, Absalom <53> hath slain <5221> all <3605> the king's

<4428> sons <1121>, and there is not one <0259> of them left

<3498>.

31 Then the king <4428> arose <6965>, and tare <7167> his

garments <0899>, and lay <7901> on the earth <0776>; and all

<3605> his servants <5650> stood <5324> by with their clothes

<0899> rent <7167>.

32 And Jonadab <3122>, the son <1121> of Shimeah <8093> David's

<1732> brother <0251>, answered <6030> and said <0559>, Let not

my lord <0113> suppose <0559> [that] they have slain <4191> all

<3605> the young <5288> men the king's <4428> sons <1121>; for

Amnon <0550> only <0905> is dead <4191>: for by the appointment

<6310> of Absalom <53> this hath been <1961> determined <7760>

from the day <3117> that he forced <6031> his sister <0269>

Tamar <8559>.

33 Now <6258> therefore let not my lord <0113> the king <4428>

take <7760> the thing <1697> to his heart <3820>, to think

<0559> that all <3605> the king's <4428> sons <1121> are dead

<4191>: for Amnon <0550> only <0905> is dead <4191>.

34 But Absalom <53> fled <1272>. And the young <5288> man that

kept the watch <6822> lifted <5375> up his eyes <5869>, and

looked <7200>, and, behold <2009>, there came <1980> much <7227>

people <5971> by the way <1870> of the hill <2022> side <6654>

behind <0310> him.

35 And Jonadab <3122> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, Behold

<2009>, the king's <4428> sons <1121> come <0935>: as thy

servant <5650> said <1697>, so <3651> it is.

36 And it came <1961> to pass, as soon as he had made an end

<3615> of speaking <1696>, that, behold <2009>, the king's

<4428> sons <1121> came <0935>, and lifted <5375> up their voice

<6963> and wept <1058>: and the king <4428> also <1571> and all

<3605> his servants <5650> wept <1058> very <3966> sore <1419>.

37 But Absalom <53> fled <1272>, and went <3212> to Talmai

<8526>, the son <1121> of Ammihud <5989>, king <4428> of Geshur

<1650>. And [David] mourned <56> for his son <1121> every <3605>

day <3117>.

38 So Absalom <53> fled <1272>, and went <3212> to Geshur

<1650>, and was there <8033> three <7969> years <8141>.

39 And [the soul of] king <4428> David <1732> longed <3615> to

go <3318> forth <3318> unto Absalom <53>: for he was comforted

<5162> concerning <5921> Amnon <0550>, seeing he was dead <4191>.

2Samuel 14

1. Now Joab <3097> the son <1121> of Zeruiah <6870> perceived

<3045> that the king's <4428> heart <3820> [was] toward <5921>

Absalom <53>.

2 And Joab <3097> sent <7971> to Tekoah <8620>, and fetched

<3947> thence <8033> a wise <2450> woman <0802>, and said <0559>

unto her, I pray <4994> thee, feign thyself to be a mourner <56>,

and put <3847> on now <4994> mourning <60> apparel <0899>, and

anoint <5480> not thyself with oil <8081>, but be as a woman

<0802> that had a long <7227> time <3117> mourned <56> for the

dead <4191>:

3 And come <0935> to the king <4428>, and speak <1696> on this

<2088> manner <1697> unto him. So Joab <3097> put <7760> the

words <1697> in her mouth <6310>.

4 And when the woman <0802> of Tekoah <8621> spake <0559> to

the king <4428>, she fell <5307> on <5921> her face <0639> to

the ground <0776>, and did obeisance <7812>, and said <0559>,

Help <3467>, O king <4428>.

5 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto her, What <4100> aileth

thee? And she answered <0559>, I [am] indeed <61> a widow <0490>

woman <0802>, and mine husband <0376> is dead <4191>.

6 And thy handmaid <8198> had two <8147> sons <1121>, and they

two <8147> strove <5327> together in the field <7704>, and

[there was] none <0369> to part <5337> them, but the one <0259>

smote <5221> the other <0259>, and slew <4191> him.

7 And, behold <2009>, the whole <3605> family <4940> is risen

<6965> against <5921> thine handmaid <8198>, and they said

<0559>, Deliver <5414> him that smote <5221> his brother <0251>,

that we may kill <4191> him, for the life <5315> of his brother

<0251> whom <0834> he slew <2026>; and we will destroy <8045>

the heir <3423> also <1571>: and so they shall quench <3518> my

coal <1513> which <0834> is left <7604>, and shall not leave

<7604> to my husband <0376> [neither <1115>] name <8034> nor

remainder <7611> upon the earth <0127>.

8 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto the woman <0802>, Go

<3212> to thine house <1004>, and I will give charge <6680>

concerning <5921> thee.

9 And the woman <0802> of Tekoah <8621> said <0559> unto the

king <4428>, My lord <0113>, O king <4428>, the iniquity <5771>

[be] on <5921> me, and on <5921> my father's <1> house <1004>:

and the king <4428> and his throne <3678> [be] guiltless <5355>.

10 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Whosoever saith <1696>

[ought] unto thee, bring <0935> him to me, and he shall not

touch <5060> thee any more.

11 Then said <0559> she, I pray <4994> thee, let the king

<4428> remember <2142> the LORD <3068> thy God <0430>, that thou

wouldest not suffer the revengers <1350> of blood <1818> to

destroy <7843> any more <7235>, lest they destroy <8045> my son

<1121>. And he said <0559>, [As] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>,

there shall not one hair <8185> of thy son <1121> fall <5307> to

the earth <0776>.

12 Then the woman <0802> said <0559>, Let thine handmaid <8198>,

I pray <4994> thee, speak <1696> [one] word <1697> unto my lord

<0113> the king <4428>. And he said <0559>, Say <1696> on.

13 And the woman <0802> said <0559>, Wherefore <4100> then hast

thou thought <2803> such <2063> a thing against <5921> the

people <5971> of God <0430>? for the king <4428> doth speak

<1696> this <2088> thing <1697> as one which is faulty <0818>,

in that the king <4428> doth not fetch <7725> home <7725> again

<7725> his banished <5080>.

14 For we must needs die <4191>, and [are] as water <4325>

spilt <5064> on the ground <0776>, which <0834> cannot <3808> be

gathered <0622> up again; neither <3808> doth God <0430> respect

<5375> [any] person <5315>: yet doth he devise <2803> means

<4284>, that his banished <5080> be not expelled <5080> from him.

15 Now <6258> therefore that I am come <0935> to speak <1696>

of this <2088> thing <1697> unto my lord <0113> the king <4428>,

[it is] because <3588> the people <5971> have made me afraid

<3372>: and thy handmaid <8198> said <0559>, I will now <4994>

speak <1696> unto the king <4428>; it may be that the king

<4428> will perform <6213> the request <1697> of his handmaid

<0519>.

16 For the king <4428> will hear <8085>, to deliver <5337> his

handmaid <0519> out of the hand <3709> of the man <0376> [that

would] destroy <8045> me and my son <1121> together <3162> out

of the inheritance <5159> of God <0430>.

17 Then thine handmaid <8198> said <0559>, The word <1697> of

my lord <0113> the king <4428> shall now <4994> be comfortable

<4496>: for as an angel <4397> of God <0430>, so <3651> [is] my

lord <0113> the king <4428> to discern <8085> good <2896> and

bad <7451>: therefore the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> will be

with thee.

18 Then the king <4428> answered <6030> and said <0559> unto

the woman <0802>, Hide <3582> not from me, I pray <4994> thee,

the thing <1697> that I shall ask <7592> thee. And the woman

<0802> said <0559>, Let my lord <0113> the king <4428> now

<4994> speak <1696>.

19 And the king <4428> said <0559>, [Is not] the hand <3027> of

Joab <3097> with thee in all <3605> this <2063>? And the woman

<0802> answered <6030> and said <0559>, [As] thy soul <5315>

liveth <2416>, my lord <0113> the king <4428>, none <0376> can

turn to the right <3231> hand or to the left <8041> from ought

that my lord <0113> the king <4428> hath spoken <1696>: for thy

servant <5650> Joab <3097>, he bade <6680> me, and he put <7760>

all <3605> these <0428> words <1697> in the mouth <6310> of

thine handmaid <8198>:

20 To fetch <5437> about <5437> this form <6440> of speech

<1697> hath thy servant <5650> Joab <3097> done <6213> this

<2088> thing <1697>: and my lord <0113> [is] wise <2450>,

according to the wisdom <2451> of an angel <4397> of God <0430>,

to know <3045> all <3605> [things] that [are] in the earth

<0776>.

21. And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Joab <3097>, Behold

<2009> now <4994>, I have done <6213> this <2088> thing <1697>:

go <3212> therefore, bring <7725> the young <5288> man Absalom

<53> again <7725>.

22 And Joab <3097> fell <5307> to the ground <0776> on <0413>

his face <6440>, and bowed <7812> himself, and thanked <1288>

the king <4428>: and Joab <3097> said <0559>, To day thy servant

<5650> knoweth <3045> that I have found <4672> grace <2580> in

thy sight <5869>, my lord <0113>, O king <4428>, in that the

king <4428> hath fulfilled <6213> the request <1697> of his

servant <5650>.

23 So Joab <3097> arose <6965> and went <3212> to Geshur <1650>,

and brought <0935> Absalom <53> to Jerusalem <3389>.

24 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Let him turn <5437> to his

own house <1004>, and let him not see <7200> my face <6440>. So

<3651> Absalom <53> returned <5437> to his own house <1004>, and

saw <7200> not the king's <4428> face <6440>.

25 But in all <3605> Israel <3478> there was none to be so much

<3966> praised <1984> as Absalom <53> for his beauty <3308>:

from the sole <3709> of his foot <7272> even to the crown <6936>

of his head <6936> there was no <3808> blemish <3971> in him.

26 And when he polled <1548> his head <7218>, (for it was at

every year's <3117> end <7093> that he polled <1548> [it]:

because <3588> [the hair] was heavy <3513> on <5921> him,

therefore he polled <1548> it:) he weighed <8254> the hair

<8181> of his head <7218> at two <8147> hundred <3967> shekels

<8255> after the king's <4428> weight <68>.

27 And unto Absalom <53> there were born <3205> three <7969>

sons <1121>, and one <0259> daughter <1323>, whose name <8034>

[was] Tamar <8559>: she was a woman <0802> of a fair <3303>

countenance <4758>.

28. So Absalom <53> dwelt <3427> two full <3117> years <8141>

in Jerusalem <3389>, and saw <7200> not the king's <4428> face

<6440>.

29 Therefore Absalom <53> sent <7971> for Joab <3097>, to have

sent him to the king <4428>; but he would <14> not come <0935>

to him: and when he sent <7971> again <5750> the second <8145>

time, he would <14> not come <0935>.

30 Therefore he said <0559> unto his servants <5650>, See

<7200>, Joab's <3097> field <2513> is near <0413> mine <3027>,

and he hath barley <8184> there <8033>; go <3212> and set it on

fire <0784>. And Absalom's <53> servants <5650> set the field

<2513> on fire <0784>.

31 Then Joab <3097> arose <6965>, and came <0935> to Absalom

<53> unto [his] house <1004>, and said <0559> unto him,

Wherefore <4100> have thy servants <5650> set my field <2513> on

fire <0784>?

32 And Absalom <53> answered <0559> Joab <3097>, Behold <2009>,

I sent <7971> unto thee, saying <0559>, Come <0935> hither, that

I may send <7971> thee to the king <4428>, to say <0559>,

Wherefore <4100> am I come <0935> from Geshur <1650>? [it had

been] good <2896> for me [to have been] there <8033> still: now

<6258> therefore let me see <7200> the king's <4428> face <6440>;

and if <0518> there be [any] iniquity <5771> in me, let him

kill <4191> me.

33 So Joab <3097> came <0935> to the king <4428>, and told

<5046> him: and when he had called <7121> for Absalom <53>, he

came <0935> to the king <4428>, and bowed <7812> himself on

<5921> his face <0639> to the ground <0776> before <6440> the

king <4428>: and the king <4428> kissed <5401> Absalom <53>.

2Samuel 15

1. And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> this <3651>, that

Absalom <53> prepared <6213> him chariots <4818> and horses

<5483>, and fifty <2572> men <0376> to run <7323> before <6440>

him.

2 And Absalom <53> rose <7925> up early <7925>, and stood

beside the way <1870> of the gate <8179>: and it was [so], that

when any <3605> man <0376> that had <1961> a controversy <7379>

came <0935> to the king <4428> for judgment <4941>, then Absalom

<53> called <7121> unto him, and said <0559>, Of what <4310>

city <5892> [art] thou? And he said <0559>, Thy servant <5650>

[is] of one <0259> of the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>.

3 And Absalom <53> said <0559> unto him, See <7200>, thy

matters <1697> [are] good <2896> and right <5228>; but [there

is] no <0369> man [deputed] of the king <4428> to hear <8085>

thee.

4 Absalom <53> said <0559> moreover, Oh that I were made <7760>

judge <8199> in the land <0776>, that every <3605> man <0376>

which <0834> hath any suit <7379> or cause <4941> might come

<0935> unto me, and I would do him justice <6663>!

5 And it was [so], that when any man <0376> came <7126> nigh

<7126> [to him] to do him obeisance <7812>, he put <7971> forth

<7971> his hand <3027>, and took <2388> him, and kissed <5401>

him.

6 And on this <2088> manner <1697> did <6213> Absalom <53> to

all <3605> Israel <3478> that came <0935> to the king <4428> for

judgment <4941>: so Absalom <53> stole <1589> the hearts <3820>

of the men <0582> of Israel <3478>.

7. And it came <1961> to pass after <7093> forty <0705> years

<8141>, that Absalom <53> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, I

pray <4994> thee, let me go <3212> and pay <7999> my vow <5088>,

which <0834> I have vowed <5087> unto the LORD <3068>, in Hebron

<2275>.

8 For thy servant <5650> vowed <5087> a vow <5088> while I

abode <3427> at Geshur <1650> in Syria <0758>, saying <0559>, If

<0518> the LORD <3068> shall bring <7725> me again <7725> indeed

to Jerusalem <3389>, then I will serve <5647> the LORD <3068>.

9 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Go <3212> in peace

<7965>. So he arose <6965>, and went <3212> to Hebron <2275>.

10 But Absalom <53> sent <7971> spies <7270> throughout all

<3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>, saying <0559>, As

soon as ye hear <8085> the sound <6963> of the trumpet <7782>,

then ye shall say <0559>, Absalom <53> reigneth <4427> in Hebron

<2275>.

11 And with Absalom <53> went <1980> two hundred <3967> men

<0376> out of Jerusalem <3389>, [that were] called <7121>; and

they went <1980> in their simplicity <8537>, and they knew

<3045> not any <3605> thing <1697>.

12 And Absalom <53> sent <7971> for Ahithophel <0302> the

Gilonite <1526>, David's <1732> counsellor <3289>, from his city

<5892>, [even] from Giloh <1542>, while he offered <2076>

sacrifices <2077>. And the conspiracy <7195> was strong <0533>;

for the people <5971> increased <7227> continually <1980> with

Absalom <53>.

13. And there came <0935> a messenger <5046> to David <1732>,

saying <0559>, The hearts <3820> of the men <0376> of Israel

<3478> are after <0310> Absalom <53>.

14 And David <1732> said <0559> unto all <3605> his servants

<5650> that [were] with him at Jerusalem <3389>, Arise <6965>,

and let us flee <1227>; for we shall not [else] escape <6413>

from Absalom <53>: make speed <4116> to depart <3212>, lest

<6435> he overtake <5381> us suddenly <4116>, and bring <5080>

evil <7451> upon us, and smite <5221> the city <5892> with the

edge <6310> of the sword <2719>.

15 And the king's <4428> servants <5650> said <0559> unto the

king <4428>, Behold <2009>, thy servants <5650> [are ready to

do] whatsoever my lord <0113> the king <4428> shall appoint

<0977>.

16 And the king <4428> went <3318> forth <3318>, and all <3605>

his household <1004> after <7272> him. And the king <4428> left

<5800> ten <6235> women <0802>, [which were] concubines <6370>,

to keep <8104> the house <1004>.

17 And the king <4428> went <3318> forth <3318>, and all <3605>

the people <5971> after <7272> him, and tarried <5975> in a

place <1004> that was far <4801> off.

18 And all <3605> his servants <5650> passed <5674> on beside

him; and all <3605> the Cherethites <3774>, and all <3605> the

Pelethites <6432>, and all <3605> the Gittites <1663>, six

<8337> hundred <3967> men <0376> which <0834> came <0935> after

<7272> him from Gath <1661>, passed <5674> on before the king

<4428>.

19 Then said <0559> the king <4428> to Ittai <0863> the Gittite

<1663>, Wherefore <4100> goest <3212> thou also <1571> with us?

return <7725> to thy place <4725>, and abide <3427> with the

king <4428>: for thou [art] a stranger <5237>, and also <1571>

an exile <1540>.

20 Whereas thou camest <0935> [but] yesterday <8543>, should I

this day <3117> make thee go <3212> up and down <5128> with us?

seeing I go <1980> whither I may, return <7725> thou, and take

back <7725> thy brethren <0251>: mercy <2617> and truth <0571>

[be] with thee.

21 And Ittai <0863> answered <6030> the king <4428>, and said

<0559>, [As] the LORD <3068> liveth <2416>, and [as] my lord

<0113> the king <4428> liveth <2416>, surely <3588> in what

<0834> place <4725> my lord <0113> the king <4428> shall be,

whether <0518> in death <4194> or life <2416>, even <3588> there

<8033> also will thy servant <5650> be.

22 And David <1732> said <0559> to Ittai <0863>, Go <3212> and

pass <5674> over <5674>. And Ittai <0863> the Gittite <1663>

passed <5674> over <5674>, and all <3605> his men <0582>, and

all <3605> the little <2945> ones that [were] with him.

23 And all <3605> the country <0776> wept <1058> with a loud

<1419> voice <6963>, and all <3605> the people <5971> passed

<5674> over <5674>: the king <4428> also himself passed <5674>

over <5674> the brook <5158> Kidron <6939>, and all <3605> the

people <5971> passed <5674> over <5674>, toward the way <1870>

of the wilderness <4057>.

24. And lo <2009> Zadok <6659> also <1571>, and all <3605> the

Levites <3881> [were] with him, bearing <5375> the ark <0727> of

the covenant <1285> of God <0430>: and they set <3332> down

<3332> the ark <0727> of God <0430>; and Abiathar <54> went

<5927> up, until <5704> all <3605> the people <5971> had done

<6213> passing <5674> out of the city <5892>.

25 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Zadok <6659>, Carry

<7725> back <7725> the ark <0727> of God <0430> into the city

<5892>: if I shall find <4672> favour <2580> in the eyes <5869>

of the LORD <3068>, he will bring <7725> me again <7725>, and

shew <7200> me [both] it, and his habitation <5116>:

26 But if <0518> he thus <3541> say <0559>, I have no <3808>

delight <2654> in thee; behold <2005>, [here am] I, let him do

<6213> to me as seemeth <5869> good <2896> unto him.

27 The king <4428> said <0559> also unto Zadok <6659> the

priest <3548>, [Art not] thou a seer <7200>? return <7725> into

the city <5892> in peace <7965>, and your two <8147> sons <1121>

with you, Ahimaaz <0290> thy son <1121>, and Jonathan <3083> the

son <1121> of Abiathar <54>.

28 See <7200>, I will tarry <4102> in the plain <6160> of the

wilderness <4057>, until <5704> there come <0935> word <1697>

from you to certify <5046> me.

29 Zadok <6659> therefore and Abiathar <54> carried <7725> the

ark <0727> of God <0430> again <7725> to Jerusalem <3389>: and

they tarried <3427> there <8033>.

30 And David <1732> went <5927> up by the ascent <4608> of

[mount] Olivet <2132>, and wept <1058> as he went <5927> up, and

had his head <7218> covered <2645>, and he went <1980> barefoot

<3182>: and all <3605> the people <5971> that [was] with him

covered <2645> every man <0376> his head <7218>, and they went

<5927> up, weeping <1058> as they went <5927> up.

31. And [one] told <5046> David <1732>, saying <0559>,

Ahithophel <0302> [is] among the conspirators <7194> with

Absalom <53>. And David <1732> said <0559>, O LORD <3068>, I

pray <4994> thee, turn the counsel <6098> of Ahithophel <0302>

into foolishness <5528>.

32 And it came <1961> to pass, that [when] David <1732> was

come <0935> to the top <7218> [of the mount], where he

worshipped <7812> God <0430>, behold <2009>, Hushai <2365> the

Archite <0757> came to meet <7125> him with his coat <3801> rent

<7167>, and earth <0127> upon his head <7218>:

33 Unto whom David <1732> said <0559>, If <0518> thou passest

<5674> on with me, then thou shalt be a burden <4853> unto me:

34 But if <0518> thou return <7725> to the city <5892>, and say

<0559> unto Absalom <53>, I will be thy servant <5650>, O king

<4428>; [as] I [have been <1961>] thy father's <1> servant

<5650> hitherto <0227>, so [will] I now <6258> also [be] thy

servant <5650>: then mayest thou for me defeat <6565> the

counsel <6098> of Ahithophel <0302>.

35 And [hast thou] not there <8033> with thee Zadok <6659> and

Abiathar <54> the priests <3548>? therefore it shall be, [that]

what <3605> thing <1697> soever <0834> thou shalt hear <8085>

out of the king's <4428> house <1004>, thou shalt tell <5046>

[it] to Zadok <6659> and Abiathar <54> the priests <3548>.

36 Behold <2009>, [they have] there <8033> with them their two

<8147> sons <1121>, Ahimaaz <0290> Zadok's [son], and Jonathan

<3083> Abiathar's <54> [son]; and by them ye shall send <7971>

unto me every <3605> thing <1697> that ye can hear <8085>.

37 So Hushai <2365> David's <1732> friend <7463> came <0935>

into the city <5892>, and Absalom <53> came <0935> into

Jerusalem <3389>.

2Samuel 16

1. And when David <1732> was a little <4592> past <5674> the

top <7218> [of the hill], behold <2009>, Ziba <6717> the servant

<5288> of Mephibosheth <4648> met <7135> him, with a couple

<6776> of asses <2543> saddled <2280>, and upon them two hundred

<3967> [loaves] of bread <3899>, and an hundred <3967> bunches

<6778> of raisins <6778>, and an hundred <3967> of summer <7019>

fruits, and a bottle <5035> of wine <3196>.

2 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Ziba <6717>, What <4100>

meanest thou by these <0428>? And Ziba <6717> said <0559>, The

asses <2543> [be] for the king's <4428> household <1004> to ride

<7392> on; and the bread <3899> and summer <7019> fruit for the

young <5288> men to eat <0398>; and the wine <3196>, that such

as be faint <3287> in the wilderness <4057> may drink <8354>.

3 And the king <4428> said <0559>, And where <0346> [is] thy

master's <0113> son <1121>? And Ziba <6717> said <0559> unto the

king <4428>, Behold <2009>, he abideth <3427> at Jerusalem

<3389>: for he said <0559>, To day shall the house <1004> of

Israel <3478> restore <7725> me the kingdom <4468> of my father

<1>.

4 Then said <0559> the king <4428> to Ziba <6717>, Behold

<2009>, thine [are] all <3605> that [pertained] unto

Mephibosheth <4648>. And Ziba <6717> said <0559>, I humbly

<7812> beseech thee [that] I may find <4672> grace <2580> in thy

sight <5869>, my lord <0113>, O king <4428>.

5. And when king <4428> David <1732> came <0935> to Bahurim

<0980>, behold <2009>, thence <8033> came <3318> out a man

<0376> of the family <4940> of the house <1004> of Saul <7586>,

whose name <8034> [was] Shimei <8096>, the son <1121> of Gera

<1617>: he came <3318> forth <3318>, and cursed <7043> still as

he came <3318>.

6 And he cast <5619> stones <68> at David <1732>, and at all

<3605> the servants <5650> of king <4428> David <1732>: and all

<3605> the people <5971> and all <3605> the mighty <1368> men

[were] on his right <3225> hand and on his left <8040>.

7 And thus <3541> said <0559> Shimei <8096> when he cursed

<7043>, Come <3318> out, come <3318> out, thou bloody <1818> man

<0376>, and thou man <0376> of Belial <1100>:

8 The LORD <3068> hath returned <7725> upon thee all <3605> the

blood <1818> of the house <1004> of Saul <7586>, in whose <0834>

stead <8478> thou hast reigned <4427>; and the LORD <3068> hath

delivered <5414> the kingdom <4410> into the hand <3027> of

Absalom <53> thy son <1121>: and, behold <2009>, thou [art

taken] in thy mischief <7451>, because <3588> thou [art] a

bloody <1818> man <0376>.

9 Then said <0559> Abishai <52> the son <1121> of Zeruiah

<6870> unto the king <4428>, Why <4100> should this <2088> dead

<4191> dog <3611> curse <7043> my lord <0113> the king <4428>?

let me go <5674> over <5674>, I pray <4994> thee, and take

<5493> off his head <7218>.

10 And the king <4428> said <0559>, What <4100> have I to do

with you, ye sons <1121> of Zeruiah <6870>? so <3588> let him

curse <7043>, because <3588> the LORD <3068> hath said <0559>

unto him, Curse <7043> David <1732>. Who <4310> shall then say

<0559>, Wherefore <4069> hast thou done <6213> so <3651>?

11 And David <1732> said <0559> to Abishai <52>, and to all

<3605> his servants <5650>, Behold <2009>, my son <1121>, which

<0834> came <3318> forth <3318> of my bowels <4578>, seeketh

<1245> my life <5315>: how <0637> much <0637> more now <6258>

[may this] Benjamite <1145> [do it]? let <3240> him alone, and

let <3240> him curse <7043>; for the LORD <3068> hath bidden

<0559> him.

12 It may be that the LORD <3068> will look <7200> on mine

affliction <6040>, and that the LORD <3068> will requite <7725>

me good <2896> for his cursing <7045> this <2088> day <3117>.

13 And as David <1732> and his men <0582> went <3212> by the

way <1870>, Shimei <8096> went <3212> along on the hill's <2022>

side <6763> over <5980> against <5980> him, and cursed <7043> as

he went <1980>, and threw <5619> stones <68> at <5980> him, and

cast <6080> dust <6083>.

14 And the king <4428>, and all <3605> the people <5971> that

[were] with him, came <0935> weary <5889>, and refreshed <5314>

themselves there <8033>.

15. And Absalom <53>, and all <3605> the people <5971> the men

<0376> of Israel <3478>, came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389>, and

Ahithophel <0302> with him.

16 And it came <1961> to pass, when <0834> Hushai <2365> the

Archite <0757>, David's <1732> friend <7463>, was come <0935>

unto Absalom <53>, that Hushai <2365> said <0559> unto Absalom

<53>, God save <2421> the king <4428>, God save <2421> the king

<4428>.

17 And Absalom <53> said <0559> to Hushai <2365>, [Is] this

<2088> thy kindness <2617> to thy friend <7453>? why <4100>

wentest <1980> thou not with thy friend <7453>?

18 And Hushai <2365> said <0559> unto Absalom <53>, Nay <3808>;

but whom <0834> the LORD <3068>, and this <2088> people <5971>,

and all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel <3478>, choose <0977>,

his will I be, and with him will I abide <3427>.

19 And again <8145>, whom <4310> should I serve <5647>? [should

I] not [serve <5647>] in the presence <6440> of his son <1121>?

as I have served <5647> in thy father's <1> presence <6440>, so

<3651> will I be in thy presence <6440>.

20 Then said <0559> Absalom <53> to Ahithophel <0302>, Give

<3051> counsel <6098> among you what <4100> we shall do <6213>.

21 And Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> unto Absalom <53>, Go

<0935> in unto thy father's <1> concubines <6370>, which <0834>

he hath left <3240> to keep <8104> the house <1004>; and all

<3605> Israel <3478> shall hear <8085> that thou art abhorred

<0887> of thy father <1>: then shall the hands <3027> of all

<3605> that [are] with thee be strong <2388>.

22 So they spread <5186> Absalom <53> a tent <0168> upon the

top <1406> of the house <1004>; and Absalom <53> went <0935> in

unto his father's <1> concubines <6370> in the sight <5869> of

all <3605> Israel <3478>.

23 And the counsel <6098> of Ahithophel <0302>, which <0834> he

counselled <3289> in those <1992> days <3117>, [was] as if a man

<0376> had enquired <7592> at the oracle <1697> of God <0430>:

so <3651> [was] all <3605> the counsel <6098> of Ahithophel

<0302> both <1571> with David <1732> and with Absalom <53>.

2Samuel 17

1. Moreover Ahithophel <0302> said <0559> unto Absalom <53>,

Let me now <4994> choose <0977> out twelve thousand <0505> men

<0376>, and I will arise <6965> and pursue <7291> after <0310>

David <1732> this night <3915>:

2 And I will come <0935> upon him while he [is] weary <3023>

and weak <7504> handed <3027>, and will make him afraid <2729>:

and all <3605> the people <5971> that [are] with him shall flee

<5127>; and I will smite <5221> the king <4428> only <0905>:

3 And I will bring <7725> back <7725> all <3605> the people

<5971> unto thee: the man <0376> whom <0834> thou seekest <1245>

[is] as if all <3605> returned <7725>: [so] all <3605> the

people <5971> shall be in peace <7965>.

4 And the saying <1697> pleased Absalom <53> well, and all

<3605> the elders <2205> of Israel <3478>.

5 Then said <0559> Absalom <53>, Call <7121> now <4994> Hushai

<2365> the Archite <0757> also <1571>, and let us hear <8085>

likewise <1571> what <4100> he saith <6310>.

6 And when Hushai <2365> was come <0935> to Absalom <53>,

Absalom <53> spake <0559> unto him, saying <0559>, Ahithophel

<0302> hath spoken <1696> after this <2088> manner <1697>: shall

we do <6213> [after] his saying <1697>? if <0518> not; speak

<1696> thou.

7 And Hushai <2365> said <0559> unto Absalom <53>, The counsel

<6098> that Ahithophel <0302> hath given <3289> [is] not good

<2896> at this <2063> time <6471>.

8 For, said <0559> Hushai <2365>, thou knowest <3045> thy

father <1> and his men <0582>, that they [be] mighty <1368> men,

and they [be] chafed <4751> in their minds <5315>, as a bear

<1677> robbed <7909> of her whelps in the field <7704>: and thy

father <1> [is] a man <0376> of war <4421>, and will not lodge

<3885> with the people <5971>.

9 Behold <2009>, he is hid <2244> now <6258> in some <0259> pit

<6354>, or <0176> in some <0259> [other] place <4725>: and it

will come <1961> to pass, when some <0259> of them be overthrown

<5307> at the first <8462>, that whosoever heareth <8085> it

will say <0559>, There is a slaughter <4046> among the people

<5971> that follow <0310> Absalom <53>.

10 And he also <1571> [that is] valiant, whose <0834> heart

<3820> [is] as the heart <3820> of a lion <0738>, shall utterly

melt <4549>: for all <3605> Israel <3478> knoweth <3045> that

thy father <1> [is] a mighty <1368> man, and [they] which <0834>

[be] with him [are] valiant <2428> men <1121>.

11 Therefore I counsel <3289> that all <3605> Israel <3478> be

generally gathered <0622> unto thee, from Dan <1835> even to

Beersheba <0884>, as the sand <2344> that [is] by the sea <3220>

for multitude <7230>; and that thou go <1980> to battle <7128>

in thine own person <6440>.

12 So shall we come <0935> upon him in some <0259> place <4725>

where he shall be found <4672>, and we will light <5117> upon

him as the dew <2919> falleth <5307> on <5921> the ground <0127>:

and of him and of all <3605> the men <0582> that [are] with him

there shall not be left <3498> so <1571> much <1571> as one

<0259>.

13 Moreover <0518>, if <0518> he be gotten <0622> into <0413> a

city <5892>, then shall all <3605> Israel <3478> bring <5375>

ropes <2256> to that city <5892>, and we will draw <5498> it

into <5704> the river <5158>, until there be not one <1571>

small <1571> stone <6872> found there <8033>.

14 And Absalom <53> and all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel

<3478> said <0559>, The counsel <6098> of Hushai <2365> the

Archite <0757> [is] better <2896> than the counsel <6098> of

Ahithophel <0302>. For the LORD <3068> had appointed <6680> to

defeat <6565> the good <2896> counsel <6098> of Ahithophel

<0302>, to the intent <5668> that the LORD <3068> might bring

<0935> evil <7451> upon Absalom <53>.

15. Then said <0559> Hushai <2365> unto Zadok <6659> and to

Abiathar <54> the priests <3548>, Thus <2063> and thus <2063>

did Ahithophel <0302> counsel <3289> Absalom <53> and the elders

<2205> of Israel <3478>; and thus <2063> and thus <2063> have I

counselled <3289>.

16 Now <6258> therefore send <7971> quickly <4120>, and tell

<5046> David <1732>, saying <0559>, Lodge <3885> not this night

<3915> in the plains <6160> of the wilderness <4057>, but

speedily <5674> pass <5674> over <5674>; lest <6435> the king

<4428> be swallowed <1104> up, and all <3605> the people <5971>

that [are] with him.

17 Now Jonathan <3083> and Ahimaaz <0290> stayed <5975> by

Enrogel <5883>; for they might <3201> not be seen <7200> to come

<0935> into the city <5892>: and a wench <8198> went <0980> and

told <5046> them; and they went <3212> and told <5046> king

<4428> David <1732>.

18 Nevertheless a lad <5288> saw <7200> them, and told <5046>

Absalom <53>: but they went <3212> both <8147> of them away

quickly <4120>, and came <0935> to a man's <0376> house <1004>

in Bahurim <0980>, which had a well <0375> in his court <2691>;

whither <8033> they went <3381> down <3381>.

19 And the woman <0802> took <3947> and spread <6566> a

covering <4539> over <5921> the well's <0875> mouth <6310>, and

spread <7849> ground <7383> corn <7383> thereon <5921>; and the

thing <1697> was not known <3045>.

20 And when Absalom's <53> servants <5650> came <0935> to the

woman <0802> to the house <1004>, they said <0559>, Where <0346>

[is] Ahimaaz <0290> and Jonathan <3083>? And the woman <0802>

said <0559> unto them, They be gone <5674> over <5674> the brook

<4323> of water <4325>. And when they had sought <1245> and

could not find <4672> [them], they returned <7725> to Jerusalem

<3389>.

21 And it came <1961> to pass, after <0310> they were departed

<3212>, that they came <5927> up out of the well <0375>, and

went <3212> and told <5046> king <4428> David <1732>, and said

<0559> unto David <1732>, Arise <6965>, and pass <5674> quickly

<4120> over <5674> the water <4325>: for thus <3602> hath

Ahithophel <0302> counselled <3289> against <5921> you.

22. Then David <1732> arose <6965>, and all <3605> the people

<5971> that [were] with him, and they passed <5674> over <5674>

Jordan <3383>: by the morning <1242> light <0216> there lacked

<5737> not one <0259> of them that was not gone <5674> over

<5674> Jordan <3383>.

23 And when Ahithophel <0302> saw <7200> that his counsel

<6098> was not followed <6213>, he saddled <2280> [his] ass

<2543>, and arose <6965>, and gat <3212> him home <1004> to his

house <1004>, to his city <5892>, and put his household <1004>

in order <6680>, and hanged <2614> himself, and died <4191>, and

was buried <6912> in the sepulchre <6913> of his father <1>.

24 Then David <1732> came <0935> to Mahanaim <4266>. And

Absalom <53> passed <5674> over <5674> Jordan <3383>, he and all

<3605> the men <0376> of Israel <3478> with him.

25 And Absalom <53> made <7760> Amasa <6021> captain <5921> of

the host <6635> instead <8478> of Joab <3097>: which Amasa

<6021> [was] a man's <0376> son <1121>, whose name <8034> [was]

Ithra <3501> an Israelite <3481>, that went <0935> in to Abigail

<26> the daughter <1323> of Nahash <5176>, sister <0269> to

Zeruiah <6870> Joab's <3097> mother <0517>.

26 So Israel <3478> and Absalom <53> pitched <2583> in the land

<0776> of Gilead <1568>.

27 And it came <1961> to pass, when David <1732> was come

<0935> to Mahanaim <4266>, that Shobi <7629> the son <1121> of

Nahash <5176> of Rabbah <7237> of the children <1121> of Ammon

<5983>, and Machir <4353> the son <1121> of Ammiel <5988> of

Lodebar <3810>, and Barzillai <1271> the Gileadite <1569> of

Rogelim <7274>,

28 Brought <5066> beds <4904>, and basons <5592>, and earthen

<3335> vessels <3627>, and wheat <2406>, and barley <8184>, and

flour <7058>, and parched <7039> [corn], and beans <6321>, and

lentiles <5742>, and parched <7039> [pulse],

29 And honey <1706>, and butter <2529>, and sheep <6629>, and

cheese <8194> of kine <1241>, for David <1732>, and for the

people <5971> that [were] with him, to eat <0398>: for they said

<0559>, The people <5971> [is] hungry <7456>, and weary <5889>,

and thirsty <6771>, in the wilderness <4057>.

2Samuel 18

1. And David <1732> numbered <6485> the people <5971> that

[were] with him, and set <7760> captains <8269> of thousands

<0505> and captains <8269> of hundreds <3967> over <5921> them.

2 And David <1732> sent <7971> forth a third <7992> part of the

people <5971> under the hand <3027> of Joab <3097>, and a third

<7992> part under the hand <3027> of Abishai <52> the son <1121>

of Zeruiah <6870>, Joab's <3097> brother <0251>, and a third

<7992> part under the hand <3027> of Ittai <0863> the Gittite

<1663>. And the king <4428> said <0559> unto the people <5971>,

I will surely go <3318> forth <3318> with you myself <0589> also

<1571>.

3 But the people <5971> answered <0559>, Thou shalt not go

<3318> forth <3318>: for if <0518> we flee <5127> away, they

will not care for us; neither <0518> if <0518> half <2677> of us

die <4191>, will they care for us: but now <6258> [thou art]

worth <3644> ten <6235> thousand <0505> of us: therefore now

<6258> [it is] better <2896> that thou succour <5826> us out of

the city <5892>.

4 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto them, What <0834>

seemeth <5869> you best <3190> I will do <6213>. And the king

<4428> stood <5975> by the gate <8179> side <3027>, and all

<3605> the people <5971> came <3318> out by hundreds <3967> and

by thousands <0505>.

5 And the king <4428> commanded <6680> Joab <3097> and Abishai

<52> and Ittai <0863>, saying <0559>, [Deal] gently <3814> for

my sake with the young <5288> man, [even] with Absalom <53>. And

all <3605> the people <5971> heard <8085> when the king <4428>

gave all <3605> the captains <8269> charge <6680> concerning

Absalom <53>.

6 So the people <5971> went <3318> out into the field <7704>

against <7125> Israel <3478>: and the battle <4421> was in the

wood <3293> of Ephraim <0669>;

7 Where <8033> the people <5971> of Israel <3478> were slain

<5062> before <6440> the servants <5650> of David <1732>, and

there <8033> was there <8033> a great <1419> slaughter <4046>

that day <3117> of twenty <6242> thousand <0505> [men].

8 For the battle <4421> was there <8033> scattered <6327> over

<5921> the face <6440> of all <3605> the country <0776>: and the

wood <3293> devoured <0398> more <7235> people <5971> that day

<3117> than the sword <2719> devoured <0398>.

9. And Absalom <53> met <7122> the servants <5650> of David

<1732>. And Absalom <53> rode <7392> upon a mule <6505>, and the

mule <6505> went <0935> under <8478> the thick boughs <7730> of

a great <1419> oak <0424>, and his head <7218> caught <2388>

hold <2388> of the oak <0424>, and he was taken <5414> up

between <0996> the heaven <8064> and the earth <0776>; and the

mule <6505> that [was] under <8478> him went <5674> away.

10 And a certain <0259> man <0376> saw <7200> [it], and told

<5046> Joab <3097>, and said <0559>, Behold <2009>, I saw <7200>

Absalom <53> hanged <8518> in an oak <0424>.

11 And Joab <3097> said <0559> unto the man <0376> that told

<5046> him, And, behold <2009>, thou sawest <7200> [him], and

why <4069> didst thou not smite <5221> him there <8033> to the

ground <0776>? and I would have given <5414> thee ten <6235>

[shekels] of silver <3701>, and a girdle <2290>.

12 And the man <0376> said <0559> unto Joab <3097>, Though

<3863> I should receive <8254> a thousand <0505> [shekels] of

silver <3701> in mine hand <3709>, [yet] would I not put <7971>

forth <7971> mine hand <3027> against <0413> the king's <4428>

son <1121>: for in our hearing <0241> the king <4428> charged

<6680> thee and Abishai <52> and Ittai <0863>, saying <0559>,

Beware <8104> that none [touch] the young <5288> man Absalom

<53>.

13 Otherwise <0176> I should have wrought <6213> falsehood

<8267> against mine own life <5315>: for there is no <3808>

matter <1697> hid <3582> from the king <4428>, and thou thyself

<0859> wouldest have set <3320> thyself against <5048> [me].

14 Then said <0559> Joab <3097>, I may not tarry <3176> thus

<3651> with thee. And he took <3947> three <7969> darts <7626>

in his hand <3027>, and thrust <8628> them through the heart

<3820> of Absalom <53>, while <5750> he [was] yet alive <2416>

in the midst <3820> of the oak <0424>.

15 And ten <6235> young <5288> men that bare <5375> Joab's

<3097> armour <3627> compassed <5437> about <5437> and smote

<5221> Absalom <53>, and slew <4191> him.

16 And Joab <3097> blew <8628> the trumpet <7782>, and the

people <5971> returned <7725> from pursuing <7291> after <0310>

Israel <3478>: for Joab <3097> held <2820> back <2820> the

people <5971>.

17 And they took <3947> Absalom <53>, and cast <7993> him into

<0413> a great <1419> pit <6354> in the wood <3293>, and laid

<5324> a very <3966> great <1419> heap <1530> of stones <68>

upon him: and all <3605> Israel <3478> fled <5127> every <0376>

one <0376> to his tent <0168>.

18 Now Absalom <53> in his lifetime <2416> had taken <3947> and

reared <5324> up for himself a pillar <4678>, which <0834> [is]

in the king's <4428> dale <6010>: for he said <0559>, I have no

<0369> son <1121> to keep my name <8034> in remembrance <2142>:

and he called <7121> the pillar <4678> after <5921> his own name

<8034>: and it is called <7121> unto this <2088> day <3117>,

Absalom's <53> place <3027>.

19. Then said <0559> Ahimaaz <0290> the son <1121> of Zadok

<6659>, Let me now <4994> run <7323>, and bear <1319> the king

<4428> tidings <1319>, how that the LORD <3068> hath avenged

<8199> him of his enemies <0341>.

20 And Joab <3097> said <0559> unto him, Thou shalt not bear

<1319> tidings <1309> this <2088> day <3117>, but thou shalt

bear <1319> tidings <1319> another <0312> day <3117>: but this

<2088> day <3117> thou shalt bear <1319> no <3808> tidings

<1319>, because the king's <4428> son <1121> is dead <4191>.

21 Then said <0559> Joab <3097> to Cushi <3569>, Go <3212> tell

<5046> the king <4428> what <0834> thou hast seen <7200>. And

Cushi <3569> bowed <7812> himself unto Joab <3097>, and ran

<7323>.

22 Then said <0559> Ahimaaz <0290> the son <1121> of Zadok

<6659> yet <5750> again <3254> to Joab <3097>, But howsoever,

let me, I pray <4994> thee, also <1571> run <7323> after <0310>

Cushi <3569>. And Joab <3097> said <0559>, Wherefore wilt thou

run <7323>, my son <1121>, seeing that thou hast no <0369>

tidings <1309> ready <4672>?

23 But howsoever, [said he], let me run <7323>. And he said

<0559> unto him, Run <7323>. Then Ahimaaz <0290> ran <7323> by

the way <1870> of the plain <3603>, and overran <5674> Cushi

<3569>.

24 And David <1732> sat <3427> between <0996> the two <8147>

gates <8179>: and the watchman <6822> went <3212> up to the roof

<1406> over <0413> the gate <8179> unto the wall <2346>, and

lifted <5375> up his eyes <5869>, and looked <7200>, and behold

<2009> a man <0376> running <7323> alone <0905>.

25 And the watchman <6822> cried <7121>, and told <5046> the

king <4428>. And the king <4428> said <0559>, If <0518> he [be]

alone <0905>, [there is] tidings <1309> in his mouth <6310>. And

he came <3212> apace, and drew near <7126>.

26 And the watchman <6822> saw <7200> another <0312> man <0376>

running <7323>: and the watchman <6822> called <7121> unto the

porter <7778>, and said <0559>, Behold <2009> [another] man

<0376> running <7323> alone <0905>. And the king <4428> said

<0559>, He also <1571> bringeth <1319> tidings <1319>.

27 And the watchman <6822> said <0559>, Me thinketh <7200> the

running <4794> of the foremost <7223> is like the running <4794>

of Ahimaaz <0290> the son <1121> of Zadok <6659>. And the king

<4428> said <0559>, He [is] a good <2896> man <0376>, and cometh

<0935> with good <2896> tidings <1309>.

28 And Ahimaaz <0290> called <7121>, and said <0559> unto the

king <4428>, All is well <7965>. And he fell <7812> down <7821>

to the earth <0776> upon his face <0639> before the king <4428>,

and said <0559>, Blessed <1288> [be] the LORD <3068> thy God

<0430>, which <0834> hath delivered <5462> up the men <0582>

that lifted <5375> up their hand <3027> against my lord <0113>

the king <4428>.

29 And the king <4428> said <0559>, Is the young <5288> man

Absalom <53> safe <7965>? And Ahimaaz <0290> answered <0559>,

When Joab <3097> sent <7971> the king's <4428> servant <5650>,

and [me] thy servant <5650>, I saw <7200> a great <1419> tumult

<1995>, but I knew <3045> not what <4100> [it was].

30 And the king <4428> said <0559> [unto him], Turn <5437>

aside <5437>, [and] stand <3320> here <3541>. And he turned

<5437> aside <5437>, and stood <5975> still.

31 And, behold <2009>, Cushi <3569> came <0935>; and Cushi

<3569> said <0559>, Tidings <1319>, my lord <0113> the king

<4428>: for the LORD <3068> hath avenged <8199> thee this day

<3117> of all <3605> them that rose <6965> up against <5921>

thee.

32 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Cushi <3569>, Is the

young <5288> man Absalom <53> safe <7965>? And Cushi <3569>

answered <0559>, The enemies <0341> of my lord <0113> the king

<4428>, and all <3605> that rise <6965> against <5921> thee to

do [thee] hurt <7451>, be as [that] young <5288> man [is].

33 And the king <4428> was much moved <7264>, and went <5927>

up to the chamber <5944> over <5921> the gate <8179>, and wept

<1058>: and as he went <3212>, thus <3541> he said <0559>, O my

son <1121> Absalom <53>, my son <1121>, my son <1121> Absalom

<53>! would God I had died <4191> for thee, O Absalom <53>, my

son <1121>, my son <1121>!

2Samuel 19

1. And it was told <5046> Joab <3097>, Behold <2009>, the king

<4428> weepeth <1058> and mourneth <56> for Absalom <53>.

2 And the victory <8668> that day <3117> was [turned] into

mourning <60> unto all <3605> the people <5971>: for the people

<5971> heard <8085> say <0559> that day <3117> how the king

<4428> was grieved <6087> for his son <1121>.

3 And the people <5971> gat <0935> them by stealth <1589> that

day <3117> into the city <5892>, as people <5971> being ashamed

<3637> steal <1589> away when they flee <5127> in battle <4421>.

4 But the king <4428> covered <3813> his face <6440>, and the

king <4428> cried <2199> with a loud <1419> voice <6963>, O my

son <1121> Absalom <53>, O Absalom <53>, my son <1121>, my son

<1121>!

5 And Joab <3097> came <0935> into the house <1004> to the king

<4428>, and said <0559>, Thou hast shamed <3001> this day <3117>

the faces <6440> of all <3605> thy servants <5650>, which this

day <3117> have saved <4422> thy life <5315>, and the lives

<5315> of thy sons <1121> and of thy daughters <1121>, and the

lives <5315> of thy wives <0802>, and the lives <5315> of thy

concubines <6370>;

6 In that thou lovest <0157> thine enemies <8130>, and hatest

<8130> thy friends <0157>. For thou hast declared <5046> this

day <3117>, that thou regardest neither <0369> princes <8269>

nor servants <5650>: for this day <3117> I perceive <3045>, that

if <3863> Absalom <53> had lived <2416>, and all <3605> we had

died <4191> this day <3117>, then <0227> it had pleased thee

well.

7 Now <6258> therefore arise <6965>, go <3318> forth <3318>,

and speak <1696> comfortably unto thy servants <5650>: for I

swear <7650> by the LORD <3068>, if <3588> thou go <3318> not

forth <3318>, there will not tarry <3885> one <0376> with thee

this night <3915>: and that will be worse <7489> unto thee than

all <3605> the evil <7451> that befell <0935> thee from thy

youth <5271> until <5704> now <6258>.

8 Then the king <4428> arose <6965>, and sat <3427> in the gate

<8179>. And they told <5046> unto all <3605> the people <5971>,

saying <0559>, Behold <2009>, the king <4428> doth sit <3427> in

the gate <8179>. And all <3605> the people <5971> came <0935>

before <6440> the king <4428>: for Israel <3478> had fled <5127>

every man <0376> to his tent <0168>.

9. And all <3605> the people <5971> were at strife <1777>

throughout all <3605> the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478>, saying

<0559>, The king <4428> saved <5337> us out of the hand <3709>

of our enemies <0341>, and he delivered <4422> us out of the

hand <3709> of the Philistines <6430>; and now <6258> he is fled

<1272> out of the land <0776> for Absalom <53>.

10 And Absalom <53>, whom <0834> we anointed <4886> over <5921>

us, is dead <4191> in battle <4421>. Now <6258> therefore why

<4100> speak <2790> ye not a word of bringing <7725> the king

<4428> back <7725>?

11 And king <4428> David <1732> sent <7971> to Zadok <6659> and

to Abiathar <54> the priests <3548>, saying <0559>, Speak <1696>

unto the elders <2205> of Judah <3063>, saying <0559>, Why

<4100> are ye the last <0314> to bring <7725> the king <4428>

back <7725> to his house <1004>? seeing the speech <1697> of all

<3605> Israel <3478> is come <0935> to the king <4428>, [even]

to his house <1004>.

12 Ye [are] my brethren <0251>, ye [are] my bones <6106> and my

flesh <1320>: wherefore <4100> then are ye the last <0314> to

bring <7725> back <7725> the king <4428>?

13 And say <0559> ye to Amasa <6021>, [Art] thou not of my bone

<6106>, and of my flesh <1320>? God <0430> do <6213> so <3541>

to me, and more <3254> also <3541>, if <0518> thou be not

captain <8269> of the host <6635> before <6440> me continually

in the room <8478> of Joab <3097>.

14 And he bowed <5186> the heart <3824> of all <3605> the men

<0376> of Judah <3063>, even as [the heart of] one <0259> man

<0376>; so that they sent <7971> [this word] unto the king

<4428>, Return <7725> thou, and all <3605> thy servants <5650>.

15 So the king <4428> returned <7725>, and came <0935> to

Jordan <3383>. And Judah <3063> came <0935> to Gilgal <1537>, to

go <3212> to meet <7125> the king <4428>, to conduct <5674> the

king <4428> over <5674> Jordan <3383>.

16. And Shimei <8096> the son <1121> of Gera <1617>, a

Benjamite <1145>, which <0834> [was] of Bahurim <0980>, hasted

<4116> and came <3381> down <3381> with the men <0376> of Judah

<3063> to meet <7125> king <4428> David <1732>.

17 And [there were] a thousand <0505> men <0376> of Benjamin

<1144> with him, and Ziba <6717> the servant <5288> of the house

<1004> of Saul <7586>, and his fifteen <6240> sons <1121> and

his twenty <6242> servants <5650> with him; and they went <6743>

over <6743> Jordan <3383> before <6440> the king <4428>.

18 And there went <5674> over <5674> a ferry <5679> boat <5679>

to carry <5674> over <5674> the king's <4428> household <1004>,

and to do <6213> what he thought <5869> good <2896>. And Shimei

<8096> the son <1121> of Gera <1617> fell <5307> down before

<6440> the king <4428>, as he was come <5674> over <5674> Jordan

<3383>;

19 And said <0559> unto the king <4428>, Let not my lord <0113>

impute <2803> iniquity <5771> unto me, neither <0408> do thou

remember <2142> that which <0834> thy servant <5650> did

perversely <5753> the day <3117> that my lord <0113> the king

<4428> went <3318> out of Jerusalem <3389>, that the king <4428>

should take <7760> it to his heart <3820>.

20 For thy servant <5650> doth know <3045> that I have sinned

<2398>: therefore, behold <2009>, I am come <0935> the first

<7223> this day <3117> of all <3605> the house <1004> of Joseph

<3130> to go <3381> down <3381> to meet <7125> my lord <0113>

the king <4428>.

21 But Abishai <52> the son <1121> of Zeruiah <6870> answered

<6030> and said <0559>, Shall not Shimei <8096> be put to death

<4191> for this <2063>, because <3588> he cursed <7043> the

LORD'S <3068> anointed <4899>?

22 And David <1732> said <0559>, What <4100> have I to do with

you, ye sons <1121> of Zeruiah <6870>, that ye should this day

<3117> be adversaries <7854> unto me? shall there any man <0376>

be put to death <4191> this day <3117> in Israel <3478>? for do

not I know <3045> that I [am] this day <3117> king <4428> over

<5921> Israel <3478>?

23 Therefore the king <4428> said <0559> unto Shimei <8096>,

Thou shalt not die <4191>. And the king <4428> sware <7650> unto

him.

24. And Mephibosheth <4648> the son <1121> of Saul <7586> came

<3381> down <3381> to meet <7125> the king <4428>, and had

neither <3808> dressed <6213> his feet <7272>, nor <3808>

trimmed <6213> his beard <8222>, nor <3808> washed <3526> his

clothes <0899>, from the day <3117> the king <4428> departed

<3212> until <5704> the day <3117> he came <0935> [again] in

peace <7965>.

25 And it came <1961> to pass, when <3588> he was come <0935>

to Jerusalem <3389> to meet <7125> the king <4428>, that the

king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Wherefore <4100> wentest

<1980> not thou with me, Mephibosheth <4648>?

26 And he answered <0559>, My lord <0113>, O king <4428>, my

servant <5650> deceived <7411> me: for thy servant <5650> said

<0559>, I will saddle <2280> me an ass <2543>, that I may ride

<7392> thereon <5921>, and go <3212> to the king <4428>; because

<3588> thy servant <5650> [is] lame <6455>.

27 And he hath slandered <7270> thy servant <5650> unto my lord

<0113> the king <4428>; but my lord <0113> the king <4428> [is]

as an angel <4397> of God <0430>: do <6213> therefore [what is]

good <2896> in thine eyes <5869>.

28 For all <3605> [of] my father's <1> house <1004> were but

dead <4194> men <0582> before <6440> my lord <0113> the king

<4428>: yet didst thou set <7896> thy servant <5650> among them

that did eat <0398> at thine own table <7979>. What <4100> right

<6666> therefore have <3426> I yet to cry <2199> any more <5750>

unto the king <4428>?

29 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto him, Why <4100>

speakest <1696> thou any more <5750> of thy matters <1697>? I

have said <0559>, Thou and Ziba <6717> divide <2505> the land

<7704>.

30 And Mephibosheth <4648> said <0559> unto the king <4428>,

Yea <0637>, let him take <3947> all <3605>, forasmuch as my lord

<0113> the king <4428> is come <0935> again <7725> in peace

<7965> unto his own house <1004>.

31. And Barzillai <1271> the Gileadite <1569> came <3381> down

<3381> from Rogelim <7274>, and went <5674> over <5674> Jordan

<3383> with the king <4428>, to conduct <7971> him over <5674>

Jordan <3383>.

32 Now Barzillai <1271> was a very <3966> aged <2204> man,

[even] fourscore <8084> years <8141> old <1121>: and he had

provided the king <4428> of sustenance <3557> while he lay

<7871> at Mahanaim <4266>; for he [was] a very <3966> great

<1419> man <0376>.

33 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Barzillai <1271>, Come

<5674> thou over <5674> with me, and I will feed <3557> thee

with me in Jerusalem <3389>.

34 And Barzillai <1271> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, How

<4100> long <3117> have I to live <2416>, that I should go

<5927> up with the king <4428> unto Jerusalem <3389>?

35 I [am] this day <3117> fourscore <8084> years <8141> old

<1121>: [and] can I discern <3045> between <0996> good <2896>

and evil <7451>? can thy servant <5650> taste <2938> what I eat

<0398> or <0854> what I drink <8354>? can I hear <8085> any more

<5750> the voice <6963> of singing <7891> men <0582> and singing

<7891> women? wherefore <4100> then should thy servant <5650> be

yet <5750> a burden <4853> unto my lord <0113> the king <4428>?

36 Thy servant <5650> will go <5674> a little <4592> way over

<5674> Jordan <3383> with the king <4428>: and why <4100> should

the king <4428> recompense <1580> it me with such <2063> a

reward <1578>?

37 Let thy servant <5650>, I pray <4994> thee, turn <7725> back

<7725> again <7725>, that I may die <4191> in mine own city

<5892>, [and be buried] by the grave <6913> of my father <1> and

of my mother <0517>. But behold <2009> thy servant <5650>

Chimham <3643>; let him go <5674> over <5674> with my lord

<3068> the king <4428>; and do <6213> to him what shall seem

good <2896> unto thee.

38 And the king <4428> answered <0559>, Chimham <3643> shall go

<5674> over with me, and I will do <6213> to him that which

shall seem good <2896> unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt

require <0977> of me, [that] will I do <6213> for thee.

39 And all <3605> the people <5971> went <5674> over Jordan

<3383>. And when the king <4428> was come <5674> over, the king

<4428> kissed <5401> Barzillai <1271>, and blessed <1288> him;

and he returned <7725> unto his own place <4725>.

40. Then the king <4428> went <5674> on to Gilgal <1537>, and

Chimham <3643> went <5674> on with him: and all <3605> the

people <5971> of Judah <3063> conducted <5674> the king <4428>,

and also <1571> half <2677> the people <5971> of Israel <3478>.

41 And, behold <2009>, all <3605> the men <0376> of Israel

<3478> came <0935> to the king <4428>, and said <0559> unto the

king <4428>, Why <4069> have our brethren <0251> the men <0376>

of Judah <3063> stolen <1589> thee away, and have brought <5674>

the king <4428>, and his household <1004>, and all <3605>

David's <1732> men <0582> with him, over Jordan <3383>?

42 And all <3605> the men <0376> of Judah <3063> answered

<6030> the men <0376> of Israel <3478>, Because <3588> the king

<4428> [is] near <7138> of kin to us: wherefore <4100> then be

ye angry <2734> for this <2088> matter <1697>? have we eaten

<0398> at all of the king's <4428> [cost]? or hath he given

<5375> us any gift <5379>?

43 And the men <0376> of Israel <3478> answered <6030> the men

<0376> of Judah <3063>, and said <0559>, We have ten <6235>

parts in the king <4428>, and we have also <1571> more [right

<3225>] in David <1732> than ye: why <4069> then did ye despise

<7043> us, that our advice <1697> should not be first <7223> had

in bringing <7725> back <7725> our king <4428>? And the words

<1697> of the men <0376> of Judah <3063> were fiercer <7185>

than the words <1697> of the men <0376> of Israel <3478>.

2Samuel 20

1. And there <8033> happened <7122> to be there a man <0376> of

Belial <1100>, whose name <8034> [was] Sheba <7652>, the son

<1121> of Bichri <1075>, a Benjamite <1145>: and he blew <8628>

a trumpet <7782>, and said <0559>, We have no <0369> part <2506>

in David <1732>, neither <3808> have we inheritance <5159> in

the son <1121> of Jesse <3448>: every <0376> man <0376> to his

tents <0168>, O Israel <3478>.

2 So every <0376> man <0376> of Israel <3478> went <5927> up

from after <0310> David <1732>, [and] followed <0310> Sheba

<7652> the son <1121> of Bichri <1075>: but the men <0376> of

Judah <3063> clave <1692> unto their king <4428>, from Jordan

<3383> even to Jerusalem <3389>.

3 And David <1732> came <0935> to his house <1004> at Jerusalem

<3389>; and the king <4428> took <3947> the ten <6235> women

<0802> [his] concubines <6370>, whom <0834> he had left <3240>

to keep <8104> the house <1004>, and put <5414> them in ward

<4931>, and fed <3557> them, but went <0935> not in unto them.

So they were shut <6887> up unto the day <3117> of their death

<4191>, living <2424> in widowhood <0491>.

4. Then said <0559> the king <4428> to Amasa <6021>, Assemble

<2199> me the men <0376> of Judah <3063> within three <7969>

days <3117>, and be thou here <6311> present <5975>.

5 So Amasa <6021> went <3212> to assemble <2199> [the men of]

Judah <3063>: but he tarried <3186> longer than <4480> the set

<4150> time which <0834> he had appointed <3259> him.

6 And David <1732> said <0559> to Abishai <52>, Now <6258>

shall Sheba <7652> the son <1121> of Bichri <1075> do us more

harm <3415> than <4480> [did] Absalom <53>: take <3947> thou thy

lord's <0113> servants <5650>, and pursue <7291> after <0310>

him, lest <6435> he get <4672> him fenced <1211> cities <5892>,

and escape <5337> us.

7 And there went <3318> out after <0310> him Joab's <3097> men

<0582>, and the Cherethites <3774>, and the Pelethites <6432>,

and all <3605> the mighty <1368> men: and they went <3318> out

of Jerusalem <3389>, to pursue <7291> after <0310> Sheba <7652>

the son <1121> of Bichri <1075>.

8 When they [were] at <5973> the great <1419> stone <68> which

<0834> [is] in Gibeon <1391>, Amasa <6021> went <0935> before

<6440> them. And Joab's <3097> garment <4055> that he had put

<5414> on was girded <2296> unto him, and upon it a girdle

<2290> [with] a sword <2719> fastened <6775> upon his loins

<4975> in the sheath <8593> thereof; and as he went <3318> forth

<3318> it fell <5307> out.

9 And Joab <3097> said <0559> to Amasa <6021>, [Art] thou in

health <7965>, my brother <0251>? And Joab <3097> took <0270>

Amasa <6021> by the beard <2206> with the right <3225> hand

<3027> to kiss <5401> him.

10 But Amasa <6021> took no <3808> heed <8104> to the sword

<2719> that [was] in Joab's <3097> hand <3027>: so he smote

<5221> him therewith in the fifth <2570> [rib], and shed <8210>

out his bowels <4578> to the ground <0776>, and struck <8138>

him not again <8138>; and he died <4191>. So Joab <3097> and

Abishai <52> his brother <0251> pursued <7291> after <0310>

Sheba <7652> the son <1121> of Bichri <1075>.

11 And one <0376> of Joab's <3097> men <0376> stood <5975> by

him, and said <0559>, He that favoureth <2654> Joab <3097>, and

he that [is] for David <1732>, [let him go] after <0310> Joab

<3097>.

12 And Amasa <6021> wallowed <1556> in blood <1818> in the

midst <8432> of the highway <4546>. And when the man <0376> saw

<7200> that all <3605> the people <5971> stood <5975> still, he

removed <5437> Amasa <6021> out of the highway <4546> into the

field <7704>, and cast <7993> a cloth <0899> upon him, when he

saw <7200> that every <3605> one that came <0935> by him stood

<5975> still.

13 When he was removed <3014> out of the highway <4546>, all

<3605> the people <0376> went <5674> on after <0310> Joab <3097>,

to pursue <7291> after <0310> Sheba <7652> the son <1121> of

Bichri <1075>.

14. And he went <5674> through all <3605> the tribes <7626> of

Israel <3478> unto Abel <62>, and to Bethmaachah <1038>, and all

<3605> the Berites <1276>: and they were gathered <7035>

together, and went <0935> also <0637> after <0310> him.

15 And they came <0935> and besieged <6696> him in Abel <62> of

Bethmaachah <1038>, and they cast <8210> up a bank <5550>

against <0413> the city <5892>, and it stood <5975> in the

trench <2426>: and all <3605> the people <5971> that [were] with

Joab <3097> battered <7843> the wall <2346>, to throw <5307> it

down <5307>.

16 Then cried <7121> a wise <2450> woman <0802> out of the city

<5892>, Hear <8085>, hear <8085>; say <0559>, I pray <4994> you,

unto Joab <3097>, Come <7126> near <7126> hither, that I may

speak <1696> with thee.

17 And when he was come <7126> near <7126> unto her, the woman

<0802> said <0559>, [Art] thou Joab <3097>? And he answered

<0559>, I [am he]. Then she said <0559> unto him, Hear <8085>

the words <1697> of thine handmaid <0519>. And he answered

<0559>, I do hear <8085>.

18 Then she spake <0559>, saying <0559>, They were wont <1696>

to speak <1696> in old <7223> time, saying <0559>, They shall

surely ask <7592> [counsel] at Abel <59>: and so <3651> they

ended <8552> [the matter].

19 I [am one of them that are] peaceable <7999> [and] faithful

<0539> in Israel <3478>: thou seekest <1245> to destroy <4191> a

city <5892> and a mother <0517> in Israel <3478>: why <4100>

wilt thou swallow <1104> up the inheritance <5159> of the LORD

<3068>?

20 And Joab <3097> answered <6030> and said <0559>, Far <2486>

be it, far <2486> be it from me, that I should swallow <1104> up

or destroy <7843>.

21 The matter <1697> [is] not so <3651>: but a man <0376> of

mount <2022> Ephraim <0669>, Sheba <7652> the son <1121> of

Bichri <1075> by name <8034>, hath lifted <5375> up his hand

<3027> against the king <4428>, [even] against David <1732>:

deliver <5414> him only, and I will depart <3212> from the city

<5892>. And the woman <0802> said <0559> unto Joab <3097>,

Behold <2009>, his head <7218> shall be thrown <7993> to thee

over <1157> the wall <2346>.

22 Then the woman <0802> went <0935> unto all <3605> the people

<5971> in her wisdom <2451>. And they cut <3772> off the head

<7218> of Sheba <7652> the son <1121> of Bichri <1075>, and cast

<7993> [it] out to Joab <3097>. And he blew <8628> a trumpet

<7782>, and they retired <6327> from the city <5892>, every man

<0376> to his tent <0168>. And Joab <3097> returned <7725> to

Jerusalem <3389> unto the king <4428>.

23. Now Joab <3097> [was] over <0413> all <3605> the host

<6635> of Israel <3478>: and Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of

Jehoiada <3111> [was] over <5921> the Cherethites <3774> and

over <5921> the Pelethites <6432>:

24 And Adoram <0151> [was] over <5921> the tribute <4522>: and

Jehoshaphat <3092> the son <1121> of Ahilud <0286> [was]

recorder <2142>:

25 And Sheva <7724> [was] scribe <5608>: and Zadok <6659> and

Abiathar <54> [were] the priests <3548>:

26 And Ira <5896> also <1571> the Jairite <2972> was a chief

<3548> ruler about David <1732>.

2Samuel 21

1. Then there was a famine <7458> in the days <3117> of David

<1732> three <7969> years <8141>, year <8141> after <0310> year

<8141>; and David <1732> enquired <1245> of the LORD <3068>. And

the LORD <3068> answered <0559>, [It is] for Saul <7586>, and

for [his] bloody <1818> house <1004>, because he slew <4191> the

Gibeonites <1393>.

2 And the king <4428> called <7121> the Gibeonites <1393>, and

said <0559> unto them; (now the Gibeonites <1393> [were] not of

the children <1121> of Israel <3478>, but of the remnant <3499>

of the Amorites <0567>; and the children <1121> of Israel <3478>

had sworn <7650> unto them: and Saul <7586> sought <1245> to

slay <5221> them in his zeal <7065> to the children <1121> of

Israel <3478> and Judah <3063>.)

3 Wherefore David <1732> said <0559> unto the Gibeonites <1393>,

What <4100> shall I do <6213> for you? and wherewith <4100>

shall I make the atonement <3722>, that ye may bless <1288> the

inheritance <5159> of the LORD <3068>?

4 And the Gibeonites <1393> said <0559> unto him, We will have

no <0369> silver <3701> nor gold <2091> of Saul <7586>, nor of

his house <1004>; neither <0369> for us shalt thou kill <4191>

any man <0376> in Israel <3478>. And he said <0559>, What <4100>

ye shall say <0559>, [that] will I do <6213> for you.

5 And they answered <0559> the king <4428>, The man <0376> that

consumed <3615> us, and that devised <1819> against us [that] we

should be destroyed <8045> from remaining <3320> in any <3605>

of the coasts <1366> of Israel <3478>,

6 Let seven <7651> men <0582> of his sons <1121> be delivered

<5414> unto us, and we will hang <3363> them up unto the LORD

<3068> in Gibeah <1390> of Saul <7586>, [whom] the LORD <3068>

did choose <0972>. And the king <4428> said <0559>, I will give

<5414> [them].

7 But the king <4428> spared <2550> Mephibosheth <4648>, the

son <1121> of Jonathan <3083> the son <1121> of Saul <7586>,

because <5921> of the LORD'S <3068> oath <7621> that [was]

between <0996> them, between <0996> David <1732> and Jonathan

<3083> the son <1121> of Saul <7586>.

8 But the king <4428> took <3947> the two <8147> sons <1121> of

Rizpah <7532> the daughter <1323> of Aiah <0345>, whom <0834>

she bare <3205> unto Saul <7586>, Armoni <0764> and Mephibosheth

<4648>; and the five <2568> sons <1121> of Michal <4324> the

daughter <1323> of Saul <7586>, whom she brought <3205> up for

Adriel <5741> the son <1121> of Barzillai <1271> the Meholathite

<4259>:

9 And he delivered <5414> them into the hands <3027> of the

Gibeonites <1393>, and they hanged <3363> them in the hill

<2022> before <6440> the LORD <3068>: and they fell <5307> [all]

seven <7651> together <3162>, and were put to death <4191> in

the days of harvest <7105>, in the first <7223> [days], in the

beginning <8462> of barley <8184> harvest <7105>.

10. And Rizpah <7532> the daughter <1323> of Aiah <0345> took

<3947> sackcloth <8242>, and spread <5186> it for her upon the

rock <6697>, from the beginning <8462> of harvest <7105> until

<5704> water <4325> dropped <5413> upon them out of heaven

<8064>, and suffered <5414> neither <3808> the birds <5775> of

the air <8064> to rest <5117> on <5921> them by day <3119>, nor

the beasts <2416> of the field <7704> by night <3915>.

11 And it was told <5046> David <1732> what Rizpah <7532> the

daughter <1323> of Aiah <0345>, the concubine <6370> of Saul

<7586>, had done <6213>.

12 And David <1732> went <3212> and took <3947> the bones

<6106> of Saul <7586> and the bones <6106> of Jonathan <3083>

his son <1121> from the men <1167> of Jabeshgilead, which <0834>

had stolen <1589> them from the street <7339> of Bethshan <1052>,

where the Philistines <6430> had hanged <8511> them, when

<3117> the Philistines <6430> had <1961> slain <5221> Saul

<7586> in Gilboa <1533>:

13 And he brought <5927> up from thence <8033> the bones <6106>

of Saul <7586> and the bones <6106> of Jonathan <3083> his son

<1121>; and they gathered <0622> the bones <6106> of them that

were hanged <3363>.

14 And the bones <6106> of Saul <7586> and Jonathan <3083> his

son <1121> buried <6912> they in the country <0776> of Benjamin

<1144> in Zelah <6762>, in the sepulchre <6913> of Kish <7027>

his father <1>: and they performed <6213> all <3605> that the

king <4428> commanded <6680>. And after <0310> that God <0430>

was intreated <6279> for the land <0776>.

15. Moreover the Philistines <6430> had <1961> yet <5750> war

<4421> again <5750> with Israel <3478>; and David <1732> went

<3381> down <3381>, and his servants <5650> with him, and fought

<3898> against the Philistines <6430>: and David <1732> waxed

faint <5774>.

16 And Ishbibenob <3430>, which <0834> [was] of the sons <3211>

of the giant <7497>, the weight <4948> of whose spear <7013>

[weighed] three <7969> hundred <3967> [shekels] of brass <5178>

in weight <4948>, he being girded <2296> with a new <2319>

[sword], thought <0559> to have slain <5221> David <1732>.

17 But Abishai <52> the son <1121> of Zeruiah <6870> succoured

<5826> him, and smote <5221> the Philistine <6430>, and killed

<4191> him. Then <0227> the men <0582> of David <1732> sware

<7650> unto him, saying <0559>, Thou shalt go <3318> no <3808>

more <5750> out with us to battle <4421>, that thou quench

<3518> not the light <5216> of Israel <3478>.

18 And it came <1961> to pass after <0310> this <3651>, that

there was again <5750> a battle <4421> with the Philistines

<6430> at Gob <1359>: then <0227> Sibbechai <5444> the

Hushathite <2843> slew <5221> Saph <5593>, which <0834> [was] of

the sons <3211> of the giant <7497>.

19 And there was again <5750> a battle <4421> in Gob <1359>

with the Philistines <6430>, where Elhanan <0445> the son <1121>

of Jaareoregim <3296>, a Bethlehemite <1022>, slew <5221> [the

brother of] Goliath <1555> the Gittite <1663>, the staff <6086>

of whose spear <2595> [was] like a weaver's <0707> beam <4500>.

20 And there was yet <5750> a battle <4421> in Gath <1661>,

where was a man <0376> of [great] stature <4055>, that had on

every hand <3027> six <8337> fingers <0676>, and on every foot

<7272> six <8337> toes <0676>, four <0702> and twenty <6242> in

number <4557>; and he also <1571> was born <3205> to the giant

<7497>.

21 And when he defied <2778> Israel <3478>, Jonathan <3083> the

son <1121> of Shimea <8096> the brother <0251> of David <1732>

slew <5221> him.

22 These <0428> four <0702> were born <3205> to the giant

<7497> in Gath <1661>, and fell <5307> by the hand <3027> of

David <1732>, and by the hand <3027> of his servants <5650>.

2Samuel 22

1. And David <1732> spake <1696> unto the LORD <3068> the words

<1697> of this <2063> song <7892> in the day <3117> [that] the

LORD <3068> had delivered <5337> him out of the hand <3709> of

all <3605> his enemies <0341>, and out of the hand <3709> of

Saul <7586>:

2. And he said <0559>, The LORD <3068> [is] my rock <5553>, and

my fortress <4686>, and my deliverer <6403>;

3 The God <0430> of my rock <6697>; in him will I trust <2620>:

[he is] my shield <4043>, and the horn <7161> of my salvation

<3468>, my high <4869> tower <4869>, and my refuge <4498>, my

saviour <3467>; thou savest <3467> me from violence <2555>.

4 I will call <7121> on the LORD <3068>, [who is] worthy to be

praised <1984>: so shall I be saved <3467> from mine enemies

<0341>.

5 When <3588> the waves <4867> of death <4194> compassed <0661>

me, the floods <5158> of ungodly <1100> men made <7760> me

afraid <1204>;

6 The sorrows <2256> of hell <7585> compassed <5437> me about

<5437>; the snares <4170> of death <4194> prevented <6923> me;

7 In my distress <6362> I called <7121> upon the LORD <3068>,

and cried <7121> to my God <0430>: and he did hear <8085> my

voice <6963> out of his temple <1964>, and my cry <7775> [did

enter] into his ears <0241>.

8 Then the earth <0776> shook <1607> and trembled <7493>; the

foundations <4146> of heaven <8064> moved <7264> and shook

<1607>, because <3588> he was wroth <2734>.

9 There went <5927> up a smoke <6227> out of his nostrils

<0639>, and fire <0784> out of his mouth <6310> devoured <0398>:

coals <1513> were kindled <1197> by it.

10 He bowed <5186> the heavens <8064> also, and came <3381>

down <3381>; and darkness <6205> [was] under <8478> his feet

<7272>.

11 And he rode <7392> upon a cherub <3742>, and did fly <5774>:

and he was seen <7200> upon the wings <3671> of the wind <7307>.

12 And he made <7896> darkness <2822> pavilions <5521> round

<5439> about him, dark <2841> waters <4325>, [and] thick clouds

<5645> of the skies <7834>.

13 Through the brightness <5051> before <5048> him were coals

<1513> of fire <0784> kindled <1197>.

14 The LORD <3068> thundered <7481> from heaven <8064>, and the

most <6944> High <5945> uttered <5414> his voice <6963>.

15 And he sent <7971> out arrows <2671>, and scattered <6327>

them; lightning <1300>, and discomfited <2000> them.

16 And the channels <0650> of the sea <3220> appeared <7200>,

the foundations <4146> of the world <8398> were discovered

<1540>, at the rebuking <1606> of the LORD <3068>, at the blast

<5397> of the breath <7307> of his nostrils <0639>.

17 He sent <7971> from above <4791>, he took <3947> me; he drew

<4871> me out of many <7227> waters <4325>;

18 He delivered <5337> me from my strong <5794> enemy <0341>,

[and] from them that hated <8130> me: for they were too strong

<0553> for me.

19 They prevented <6923> me in the day <3117> of my calamity

<0343>: but the LORD <3068> was my stay <4937>.

20 He brought <3318> me forth <3318> also into a large <4800>

place: he delivered <2502> me, because <3588> he delighted

<2654> in me.

21 The LORD <3068> rewarded <1580> me according to my

righteousness <6666>: according to the cleanness <1252> of my

hands <3027> hath he recompensed <7725> me.

22 For I have kept <8104> the ways <1870> of the LORD <3068>,

and have not wickedly <7561> departed from my God <0430>.

23 For all <3605> his judgments <4941> [were] before <5048> me:

and [as for] his statutes <2708>, I did not depart <5493> from

them.

24 I was also upright <8549> before him, and have kept <8104>

myself from mine iniquity <5771>.

25 Therefore the LORD <3068> hath recompensed <7725> me

according to my righteousness <6666>; according to my cleanness

<1252> in his eye <5869> sight <5869>.

26 With the merciful <2623> thou wilt shew thyself merciful

<2616>, [and] with the upright <8549> man thou wilt shew thyself

upright <8552>.

27 With the pure <2889> thou wilt shew thyself pure <1305>; and

with the froward <6141> thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury <6617>.

28 And the afflicted <6041> people <5971> thou wilt save <3467>:

but thine eyes <5869> [are] upon the haughty <7311>, [that]

thou mayest bring <8213> [them] down <3381>.

29 For thou [art] my lamp <5216>, O LORD <3068>: and the LORD

<3068> will lighten <5050> my darkness <2822>.

30 For by thee I have run <7323> through a troop <1416>: by my

God <0430> have I leaped <1801> over a wall <7791>.

31 [As for] God <0410>, his way <1870> [is] perfect <8549>; the

word <0565> of the LORD <3068> [is] tried <6884>: he [is] a

buckler <4043> to all <3605> them that trust <2620> in him.

32 For who <4310> [is] God <0410>, save <1107> the LORD <3068>?

and who [is] a rock <6697>, save <1107> our God <0430>?

33 God <0410> [is] my strength <4581> [and] power <2428>: and

he maketh my way <1870> perfect <8549>.

34 He maketh <7737> my feet <7272> like <7737> hinds <0355>'

[feet <7272>]: and setteth <5975> me upon my high <1116> places.

35 He teacheth <3925> my hands <3027> to war <4421>; so that a

bow <7198> of steel <5154> is broken <5181> by mine arms <2220>.

36 Thou hast also given <5414> me the shield <4043> of thy

salvation <3468>: and thy gentleness <6031> hath made me great

<7235>.

37 Thou hast enlarged <7337> my steps <6806> under <8478> me;

so that my feet <7166> did not slip <4571>.

38 I have pursued <7291> mine enemies <0341>, and destroyed

<8045> them; and turned <7725> not again <7725> until <5704> I

had consumed <3615> them.

39 And I have consumed <3615> them, and wounded <4272> them,

that they could not arise <6965>: yea, they are fallen <5307>

under <8478> my feet <7272>.

40 For thou hast girded <0247> me with strength <2428> to

battle <4421>: them that rose <6965> up against me hast thou

subdued <3766> under <8478> me.

41 Thou hast also given <5414> me the necks <6203> of mine

enemies <0341>, that I might destroy <6789> them that hate

<8130> me.

42 They looked <8159>, but [there was] none <0369> to save

<3467>; [even] unto the LORD <3068>, but he answered <6030> them

not.

43 Then did I beat <7833> them as small as the dust <6083> of

the earth <0776>, I did stamp <1854> them as the mire <2916> of

the street <2351>, [and] did spread <7554> them abroad <7554>.

44 Thou also hast delivered <6403> me from the strivings <7379>

of my people <5971>, thou hast kept <8104> me [to be] head

<7218> of the heathen <1471>: a people <5971> [which] I knew

<3045> not shall serve <5647> me.

45 Strangers shall submit <3584> themselves unto me: as soon as

they hear <8085>, they shall be obedient <8085> unto me.

46 Strangers shall fade <5034> away, and they shall be afraid

<2296> out of their close <4526> places.

47 The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>; and blessed <1288> [be] my

rock <6697>; and exalted <7311> be the God <0430> of the rock

<6697> of my salvation <3468>.

48 It [is] God <0410> that avengeth me, and that bringeth

<3381> down <8213> the people <5971> under <8478> me,

49 And that bringeth <3318> me forth <4161> from mine enemies

<0341>: thou also hast lifted <7311> me up on high <7311> above

them that rose <6965> up against me: thou hast delivered <5337>

me from the violent <2555> man <0376>.

50 Therefore I will give thanks <3034> unto thee, O LORD <3068>,

among the heathen <1471>, and I will sing praises unto thy name

<8034>.

51 [He is] the tower <1431> of salvation <3444> for his king

<4428>: and sheweth <6213> mercy <2617> to his anointed <4899>,

unto David <1732>, and to his seed <2233> for evermore <5769>.

2Samuel 23

1. Now these <0428> [be] the last <0314> words <1697> of David

<1732>. David <1732> the son <1121> of Jesse <3448> said <5002>,

and the man <1397> [who was] raised <6965> up on high <5920>,

the anointed <4899> of the God <0430> of Jacob <3290>, and the

sweet <5273> psalmist <2158> of Israel <3478>, said <5002>,

2 The Spirit <7307> of the LORD <3068> spake <1696> by me, and

his word <4405> [was] in my tongue <3956>.

3 The God <0430> of Israel <3478> said <0559>, the Rock <6697>

of Israel <3478> spake <1696> to me, He that ruleth <4910> over

men <0120> [must be] just <6662>, ruling <4910> in the fear

<3374> of God <0430>.

4 And [he shall be] as the light <0216> of the morning <1242>,

[when] the sun <8121> riseth <2224>, [even] a morning <1242>

without <3808> clouds <5645>; [as] the tender grass <1877>

[springing] out of the earth <0776> by clear shining <5051>

after rain <4306>.

5 Although <3588> my house <1004> [be] not so <3651> with God

<0410>; yet <3588> he hath made <7760> with me an everlasting

<5769> covenant <1285>, ordered <6186> in all <3605> [things],

and sure <8104>: for [this is] all <3605> my salvation <3468>,

and all <3605> [my] desire <2656>, although <3588> he make [it]

not to grow <6779>.

6 But [the sons] of Belial <1100> [shall be] all <3605> of them

as thorns <6975> thrust <5074> away <5074>, because <3588> they

cannot <3808> be taken <3947> with hands <3027>:

7 But the man <0376> [that] shall touch <5060> them must be

fenced <4390> with iron <1270> and the staff <6086> of a spear

<2595>; and they shall be utterly burned <8313> with fire <0784>

in the [same] place <7675>.

8. These <0428> [be] the names <8034> of the mighty <1368> men

whom <0834> David <1732> had: The Tachmonite <8461> that sat

<3427> in the seat <7674>, chief <7218> among the captains

<7991>; the same <1931> [was] Adino <5722> the Eznite <6112>:

[he lift up his spear] against <5921> eight <8083> hundred

<3967>, whom he slew <2491> at one <0259> time <6471>.

9 And after <0310> him [was] Eleazar <0499> the son <1121> of

Dodo <1734> the Ahohite, [one] of the three <7969> mighty <1368>

men with David <1732>, when they defied <2778> the Philistines

<6430> [that] were there <8033> gathered <0622> together to

battle <4421>, and the men <0376> of Israel <3478> were gone

<5927> away:

10 He arose <6965>, and smote <5221> the Philistines <6430>

until his hand <3027> was weary <3021>, and his hand <3027>

clave <1692> unto the sword <2719>: and the LORD <3068> wrought

<6213> a great <1419> victory <8668> that day <3117>; and the

people <5971> returned <7725> after <0310> him only <0389> to

spoil <6584>.

11 And after <0310> him [was] Shammah <8048> the son <1121> of

Agee <89> the Hararite <2043>. And the Philistines <6430> were

gathered <0622> together into a troop <2416>, where <8033> was a

piece <2513> of ground <7704> full <4392> of lentiles <5742>:

and the people <5971> fled <1272> from the Philistines <6430>.

12 But he stood <3320> in the midst <8432> of the ground <2513>,

and defended <5337> it, and slew <5221> the Philistines <6430>:

and the LORD <3068> wrought <6213> a great <1419> victory <8668>.

13 And three <7991> of the thirty <7970> chief <7218> went

<3381> down <3381>, and came <0935> to David <1732> in the

harvest <7105> time unto the cave <4631> of Adullam <5725>: and

the troop <2416> of the Philistines <6430> pitched <2583> in the

valley <6010> of Rephaim <7497>.

14 And David <1732> [was] then <0227> in an hold <4686>, and

the garrison <4673> of the Philistines <6430> [was] then [in]

Bethlehem <1035>.

15 And David <1732> longed <0183>, and said <0559>, Oh that one

would give me drink <8248> of the water <4325> of the well

<0953> of Bethlehem <1035>, which <0834> [is] by the gate <8179>!

16 And the three <7969> mighty <1368> men brake <1234> through

<1234> the host <4264> of the Philistines <6430>, and drew

<7579> water <4325> out of the well <0953> of Bethlehem <1035>,

that [was] by the gate <8179>, and took <5375> [it], and brought

<0935> [it] to David <1732>: nevertheless he would <14> not

drink <8354> thereof, but poured <5258> it out unto the LORD

<3068>.

17 And he said <0559>, Be it far <2486> from me, O LORD <3068>,

that I should do <6213> this <2063>: [is not this] the blood

<1818> of the men <0582> that went <1980> in jeopardy of their

lives <5315>? therefore he would <14> not drink <8354> it. These

<0428> things did <6213> these <0428> three <7969> mighty <1368>

men.

18 And Abishai <52>, the brother <0251> of Joab <3097>, the son

<1121> of Zeruiah <6870>, was chief <7218> among three <7992>.

And he lifted <5782> up his spear <2595> against <5921> three

<7969> hundred <3967>, [and] slew <2491> [them], and had the

name <8034> among three <7969>.

19 Was he not most honourable <3513> of three <7969>? therefore

he was their captain <8269>: howbeit he attained <0935> not unto

the [first] three <7969>.

20 And Benaiah <1141> the son <1121> of Jehoiada <3111>, the

son <1121> of a valiant <2428> man <0376>, of Kabzeel <6909>,

who had done <6213> many <7227> acts <6467>, he slew <5221> two

<8147> lionlike <0739> men of Moab <4124>: he went <3381> down

<3381> also and slew <5221> a lion <0738> in the midst <8432> of

a pit <0953> in time <3117> of snow <7950>:

21 And he slew <2026> an Egyptian <4713>, a goodly <4758> man

<0376>: and the Egyptian <4713> had a spear <2595> in his hand

<3027>; but he went <3381> down <3381> to him with a staff

<7626>, and plucked <1497> the spear <2595> out of the

Egyptian's <4713> hand <3027>, and slew <5221> him with his own

spear <2595>.

22 These <0428> [things] did <6213> Benaiah <1141> the son

<1121> of Jehoiada <3111>, and had the name <8034> among three

<7969> mighty <1368> men.

23 He was more honourable <3513> than <4480> the thirty <7970>,

but he attained <0935> not to the [first] three <7969>. And

David <1732> set <7760> him over <0413> his guard <4928>.

24 Asahel <6214> the brother <0251> of Joab <3097> [was] one of

the thirty <7970>; Elhanan <0445> the son <1121> of Dodo <1734>

of Bethlehem <1035>,

25 Shammah <8048> the Harodite <2733>, Elika <0470> the

Harodite <2733>,

26 Helez <2503> the Paltite <6407>, Ira <5896> the son <1121>

of Ikkesh <6142> the Tekoite <8621>,

27 Abiezer <44> the Anethothite <6069>, Mebunnai <4012> the

Hushathite <2843>,

28 Zalmon <6756> the Ahohite <0266>, Maharai <4121> the

Netophathite <5200>,

29 Heleb <2460> the son <1121> of Baanah <1195>, a Netophathite

<5200>, Ittai <0863> the son <1121> of Ribai <7380> out of

Gibeah <1390> of the children <1121> of Benjamin <1144>,

30 Benaiah <1141> the Pirathonite <6553>, Hiddai <1914> of the

brooks <5158> of Gaash <1608>,

31 Abialbon <45> the Arbathite <6164>, Azmaveth <5820> the

Barhumite <1273>,

32 Eliahba <0455> the Shaalbonite <8170>, of the sons <1121> of

Jashen <3464>, Jonathan <3083>,

33 Shammah <8048> the Hararite <2043>, Ahiam <0279> the son

<1121> of Sharar <8325> the Hararite <2043>,

34 Eliphelet <0467> the son <1121> of Ahasbai <0308>, the son

<1121> of the Maachathite <4602>, Eliam <0463> the son <1121> of

Ahithophel <0302> the Gilonite <1526>,

35 Hezrai <2695> the Carmelite <3761>, Paarai <6474> the Arbite

<0701>,

36 Igal <3008> the son <1121> of Nathan <5416> of Zobah <6678>,

Bani <1137> the Gadite <1425>,

37 Zelek <6768> the Ammonite <5984>, Naharai <5171> the

Beerothite <0886>, armourbearer <3627> to Joab <3097> the son

<1121> of Zeruiah <6870>,

38 Ira <5896> an Ithrite <3505>, Gareb <1619> an Ithrite <3505>,

39 Uriah <0223> the Hittite <2850>: thirty <7970> and seven

<7651> in all <3605>.

2Samuel 24

1. And again <3254> the anger <0639> of the LORD <3068> was

kindled <2734> against Israel <3478>, and he moved <5493> David

<1732> against them to say <0559>, Go <3212>, number <4487>

Israel <3478> and Judah <3063>.

2 For the king <4428> said <0559> to Joab <3097> the captain

<8269> of the host <2428>, which <0834> [was] with him, Go

<7751> now <4994> through <7751> all <3605> the tribes <7626> of

Israel <3478>, from Dan <1835> even to Beersheba <0884>, and

number <6485> ye the people <5971>, that I may know <3045> the

number <4557> of the people <5971>.

3 And Joab <3097> said <0559> unto the king <4428>, Now the

LORD <3068> thy God <0430> add <3254> unto the people <5971>,

how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes

<5869> of my lord <0113> the king <4428> may see <7200> [it]:

but why <4100> doth my lord <0113> the king <4428> delight

<2654> in this <2088> thing <1697>?

4 Notwithstanding the king's <4428> word <1697> prevailed

<2388> against <0413> Joab <3097>, and against <5921> the

captains <8269> of the host <2428>. And Joab <3097> and the

captains <8269> of the host <2428> went <3318> out from the

presence <6440> of the king <4428>, to number <6485> the people

<5971> of Israel <3478>.

5 And they passed <5674> over <5674> Jordan <3383>, and pitched

<2583> in Aroer <6177>, on the right <3225> side <3225> of the

city <5892> that [lieth] in the midst <8432> of the river <5158>

of Gad <1410>, and toward Jazer <3270>:

6 Then they came <0935> to Gilead <1568>, and to the land

<0776> of Tahtimhodshi <8483>; and they came <0935> to Danjaan

<1842>, and about <5439> to Zidon <6721>,

7 And came <0935> to the strong <4013> hold <4013> of Tyre

<6865>, and to all <3605> the cities <5892> of the Hivites

<2340>, and of the Canaanites <3669>: and they went <3318> out

to the south <5045> of Judah <3063>, [even] to Beersheba <0884>.

8 So when they had gone <7751> through all <3605> the land

<0776>, they came <0935> to Jerusalem <3389> at the end <7097>

of nine <8672> months <2320> and twenty <6242> days <3117>.

9 And Joab <3097> gave <5414> up the sum <4557> of the number

<4662> of the people <5971> unto the king <4428>: and there were

in Israel <3478> eight <8083> hundred <3967> thousand <0505>

valiant <2428> men <0376> that drew <8025> the sword <2719>; and

the men <0376> of Judah <3063> [were] five <2568> hundred <3967>

thousand <0505> men <0376>.

10. And David's <1732> heart <3820> smote <5221> him after

<0310> that he had numbered <5608> the people <5971>. And David

<1732> said <0559> unto the LORD <3068>, I have sinned <2398>

greatly <3966> in that I have done <6213>: and now <6258>, I

beseech <4994> thee, O LORD <3068>, take <5674> away <5674> the

iniquity <5771> of thy servant <5650>; for I have done very

<3966> foolishly <5528>.

11 For when David <1732> was up in the morning <1242>, the word

<1697> of the LORD <3068> came <1961> unto the prophet <5030>

Gad <1410>, David's <1732> seer <2374>, saying <0559>,

12 Go <1980> and say <0559> unto David <1732>, Thus <3541>

saith <1696> the LORD <3068>, I offer <5190> thee three <7969>

[things]; choose <0977> thee one <0259> of them, that I may [do

<6213> it] unto thee.

13 So Gad <1410> came <0935> to David <1732>, and told <5046>

him, and said <0559> unto him, Shall seven <7651> years <8141>

of famine <7458> come <0935> unto thee in thy land <0776>? or

wilt thou flee <5127> three <7969> months <2320> before <6440>

thine enemies <6862>, while they pursue <7291> thee? or that

there be three <7969> days <3117>' pestilence <1698> in thy land

<0776>? now <6258> advise <3045>, and see <7200> what <4100>

answer <1697> I shall return <7725> to him that sent <7971> me.

14 And David <1732> said <0559> unto Gad <1410>, I am in a

great <3966> strait <6887>: let us fall <5307> now <4994> into

the hand <3027> of the LORD <3068>; for his mercies <7356> [are]

great <7227>: and let me not fall <5307> into the hand <3027> of

man <0120>.

15 So the LORD <3068> sent <5414> a pestilence <1698> upon

Israel <3478> from the morning <1242> even to the time <6256>

appointed <4150>: and there died <4191> of the people <5971>

from Dan <1835> even to Beersheba <0884> seventy <7657> thousand

<0505> men <0376>.

16 And when the angel <4397> stretched <7971> out his hand

<3027> upon Jerusalem <3389> to destroy <7843> it, the LORD

<3068> repented <5162> him of the evil <7451>, and said <0559>

to the angel <4397> that destroyed <7843> the people <5971>, It

is enough <7227>: stay <7503> now <6258> thine hand <3027>. And

the angel <4397> of the LORD <3068> was by the threshingplace

<1637> of Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <2983>.

17 And David <1732> spake <0559> unto the LORD <3068> when he

saw <7200> the angel <4397> that smote <5221> the people <5971>,

and said <0559>, Lo <2009>, I have sinned <2398>, and I have

done wickedly <5753>: but these <0428> sheep <6629>, what <4100>

have they done <6213>? let thine hand <3027>, I pray <4994> thee,

be against me, and against my father's <1> house <1004>.

18. And Gad <1410> came <0935> that day <3117> to David <1732>,

and said <0559> unto him, Go <5927> up, rear <6965> an altar

<4196> unto the LORD <3068> in the threshingfloor <1637> of

Araunah <0728> the Jebusite <2983>.

19 And David <1732>, according to the saying <1697> of Gad

<1410>, went <5927> up as the LORD <3068> commanded <6680>.

20 And Araunah <0728> looked <8259>, and saw <7200> the king

<4428> and his servants <5650> coming <5674> on toward <5921>

him: and Araunah <0728> went <3318> out, and bowed <7812>

himself before the king <4428> on his face <0639> upon the

ground <0776>.

21 And Araunah <0728> said <0559>, Wherefore <4069> is my lord

<0113> the king <4428> come <0935> to his servant <5650>? And

David <1732> said <0559>, To buy <7069> the threshingfloor

<1637> of thee, to build <1129> an altar <4196> unto the LORD

<3068>, that the plague <4046> may be stayed <6113> from the

people <5971>.

22 And Araunah <0728> said <0559> unto David <1732>, Let my

lord <0113> the king <4428> take <3947> and offer <5927> up what

[seemeth <5869>] good <2896> unto him: behold <7200>, [here be]

oxen <1241> for burnt <5930> sacrifice, and threshing <4173>

instruments and [other] instruments <3627> of the oxen <1241>

for wood <6086>.

23 All <3605> these [things] did Araunah <0728>, [as] a king

<4428>, give <5414> unto the king <4428>. And Araunah <0728>

said <0559> unto the king <4428>, The LORD <3068> thy God <0430>

accept <7521> thee.

24 And the king <4428> said <0559> unto Araunah <0728>, Nay

<3808>; but I will surely buy <7069> [it] of thee at a price

<4242>: neither <3808> will I offer <5927> burnt <5930>

offerings unto the LORD <3068> my God <0430> of that which

<0834> doth cost <2600> me nothing <2600>. So David <1732>

bought <7069> the threshingfloor <1637> and the oxen <1241> for

fifty <2572> shekels <8255> of silver <3701>.

25 And David <1732> built <1129> there <8033> an altar <4196>

unto the LORD <3068>, and offered <5927> burnt <5930> offerings

and peace <8002> offerings. So the LORD <3068> was intreated

<6279> for the land <0776>, and the plague <4046> was stayed

<6113> from Israel <3478>.