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>.







 

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