\NormalFont\ShortTitle{2 Samuel}
{\MT The Second Book of Samuel

\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
after
the
death
of
Saul,
when
David
had
returned
from
the
slaughter
of
the
Amalekites,
that
David
abode
two
days
in
Ziklag.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
third
day,
that
behold,
a
man
came
out
of
the
camp
from
Saul
with
his
garments rent,
and
earth
upon
his
head;
and
as soon
as
he
came
to
David,
he
fell
to
the
earth
and
did obeisance.
\VS{3}And
David
said
to
him, Whence comest thou?
And
he
said
to
him,
Out
of
the
camp
of
Israel am
I
escaped.
\VS{4}And
David
said
to
him,
What
has
taken
place?
I
pray thee,
tell
me.
And
he
said
that
the
people
had
fled
from
the
battle,
and
many
of
the
people
also
had
fallen
and
died,
and
that
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son
were
dead
also.
\VS{5}And
David
said
to
the
young
man
that
told
him,
How knowest thou
that
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son
are
dead?
\VS{6}And
the
young
man
that
told
him
said,
I
happened
by
chance
to be
upon
mount
Gilboa,
and
behold,
Saul
leaned
on
his
spear;
and
behold,
the
chariots
and
horsemen followed hard
after
him.
\VS{7}And
he
looked
behind
him,
and
saw
me,
and
called
to
me.
And
I
said,
Here
am
I.
\VS{8}And
he
said
to
me,
Who art thou?
And
I
said
to
him,
I
am
an
Amalekite.
\VS{9}He
said
to
me
again,
Stand,
I
pray thee,
over
me,
and
slay
me;
for anguish
has
seized
me;
for
my
life
is
yet
whole
in
me.
\VS{10}So
I
stood
over
him,
and
put
him
to
death,
for
I
knew
that
he
would
not
live
after
his
fall;
and
I
took
the
crown
that
was
upon
his
head,
and
the
bracelet
that
was
on
his
arm,
and
have
brought
them hither
to
my
lord.
\VS{11}Then
David
took
hold
of
his
garments
and rent
them;
and
all
the
men
that
were
with
him [did]
likewise.
\VS{12}And
they
mourned,
and
wept,
and
fasted
until
even
for
Saul,
and
for
Jonathan
his
son,
and
for
the
people
of
Jehovah,
and
for
the
house
of
Israel;
because
they
were
fallen
by
the
sword.
\VS{13}And
David
said
to
the
young
man
that
told
him, Whence art thou?
And
he
said,
I
am
the
son
of
an
Amalekite
stranger.
\VS{14}And
David
said
to
him,
How wast thou
not
afraid
to
stretch
forth thy
hand
to
destroy Jehovah's
anointed?
\VS{15}Then
David
called
one
of
the
young
men
and
said,
Draw
near, [and]
fall
on
him.
And
he
smote
him
that
he
died.
\VS{16}And
David
said
to
him, Thy
blood
be
upon thy
head;
for thy
mouth
has testified
against thee,
saying,
I
have slain Jehovah's
anointed.
\VS{17}And
David lamented
with
this
lamentation
over
Saul
and
over
Jonathan
his
son;
\VS{18}and
he bade
them
teach
the
children
of
Judah [the song
of]
the
bow.
Behold,
it
is
written
in
the
book
of Jasher: —
\VS{19}The beauty
of
Israel
is
slain
upon thy
high
places:
how
are
the
mighty
fallen!
\VS{20}Tell [it]
not
in
Gath,
carry
not
the
tidings
in
the
streets
of
Ashkelon;
Lest
the
daughters
of
the
Philistines
rejoice,
Lest
the
daughters
of
the
uncircumcised triumph.
\VS{21}Ye
mountains
of
Gilboa,
let
there
be
no
dew,
no
rain
upon
you,
nor
fields
of heave-offerings!
For
there
the
shield
of
the
mighty
was vilely cast away,
The
shield
of
Saul, [as]
not
anointed
with
oil.
\VS{22}From
the
blood
of
the
slain,
from
the
fat
of
the
mighty,
The
bow
of
Jonathan
turned
not
back,
And
the
sword
of
Saul
returned
not
empty.
\VS{23}Saul
and
Jonathan,
beloved
and
pleasant
in
their
lives,
Even
in
their
death
were
not
divided;
They
were
swifter
than
eagles,
they
were
stronger
than
lions.
\VS{24}Ye
daughters
of
Israel,
weep
over
Saul,
who
clothed
you
in
scarlet
with splendour,
Who
put
ornaments
of
gold
upon
your
apparel.
\VS{25}How
are
the
mighty
fallen
in
the
midst
of
the
battle!
Jonathan
is
slain
upon thy
high
places.
\VS{26}I am distressed
for thee,
my
brother
Jonathan:
very
pleasant wast thou unto
me; Thy
love
to
me
was
wonderful, passing women's
love.
\VS{27}How
are
the
mighty
fallen,
and
the
instruments
of
war
perished!

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
after
this
that
David
inquired
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Shall
I
go
up
into
one
of
the
cities
of
Judah?
And
Jehovah
said
to
him,
Go
up.
And
David
said, Whither
shall
I
go
up?
And
he
said, Unto
Hebron.
\VS{2}So
David
went
up thither,
and
his
two
wives
also,
Ahinoam
the Jizreelitess,
and
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
the
Carmelite.
\VS{3}And
his
men
that
were
with
him
did
David
bring
up,
every
man
with
his
household;
and
they
dwelt
in
the
cities
of
Hebron.
\VS{4}And
the
men
of
Judah
came,
and
there
they
anointed
David
king
over
the
house
of
Judah.
And
they
told
David,
saying,
It
is
the
men
of Jabesh-Gilead
that
have
buried
Saul.
\VS{5}And
David
sent
messengers
to
the
men
of Jabesh-Gilead,
and
said
to
them,
Blessed
be ye
of
Jehovah,
that ye
have shewn
this
kindness
to
your
lord,
to
Saul,
and
have
buried
him!
\VS{6}And
now
Jehovah shew
kindness
and
faithfulness
to
you;
and
I
also
will requite
you
this
good,
because ye
have
done
this
thing.
\VS{7}And
now
let
your
hands
be
strong,
and
be ye
valiant;
for
your
master
Saul
is
dead,
and
also
the
house
of
Judah
have
anointed
me
king
over
them.
\VS{8}And
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
captain
of Saul's
host,
took Ishbosheth
the
son
of
Saul,
and
brought
him
over
to
Mahanaim;
\VS{9}and
made
him
king
over
Gilead,
and
over
the Asshurites,
and
over Jizreel,
and
over
Ephraim,
and
over
Benjamin,
and
over
all
Israel.
\VS{10}Ishbosheth Saul's
son
was
forty
years
old
when
he
began
to
reign
over
Israel,
and
he
reigned
two
years.
However,
the
house
of
Judah
followed
David.
\VS{11}And
the
time
that
David
was
king
in
Hebron
over
the
house
of
Judah
was
seven
years
and
six
months.
\VS{12}And
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
and
the
servants
of Ishbosheth
the
son
of
Saul,
went
out
from
Mahanaim
to
Gibeon.
\VS{13}And
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
and
the
servants
of
David,
went
out.
And
they
met
together
by
the
pool
of
Gibeon;
and
they
sat
down,
these
on
the
one
side
of
the
pool,
and
those
on
the
other
side
of
the
pool.
\VS{14}And
Abner
said
to
Joab,
Let
the
young
men
now
arise
and
make
sport
before
us.
And
Joab
said,
Let
them
arise.
\VS{15}And
they
arose
and
went
over
by
number,
twelve
for
Benjamin,
and
for Ishbosheth
the
son
of
Saul,
and
twelve
of
the
servants
of
David.
\VS{16}And
they
caught
every
one
his
fellow
by
the
head,
and [thrust]
his
sword
in
his fellow's
side,
and
they
fell
down
together.
And
that
place
was
called
Helkath-hazzurim,
which
is
by
Gibeon.
\VS{17}And
the
battle
that
day
was
very
severe;
and
Abner
and
the
men
of
Israel
were
routed
before
the
servants
of
David.
\VS{18}And
there
were
three
sons
of
Zeruiah
there,
Joab,
and
Abishai,
and
Asahel.
Now
Asahel
was
swift
of
foot,
as
one
of
the
gazelles
that
are
in
the
field.
\VS{19}And
Asahel
pursued
after
Abner;
and
in going
he
turned
not
to
the
right
hand
nor
to
the
left
from
behind
Abner.
\VS{20}Then
Abner
looked
behind
him,
and
said, Art thou
Asahel?
And
he
said,
I
am.
\VS{21}And
Abner
said
to
him,
Turn thee
aside,
to thy
right
hand
or
to thy
left,
and
lay
hold
of
one
of
the
young
men,
and
take
for thyself
his armour.
But
Asahel
would
not
turn
aside
from
following
him.
\VS{22}And
Abner
said
again
to
Asahel,
Turn thee
aside
from
following
me:
why
should
I
smite thee
to
the
ground?
how
then
should
I hold
up
my
face
to
Joab thy
brother?
\VS{23}But
he
refused
to
turn
aside;
therefore
Abner
with
the hinder
end
of
the
spear
smote
him
in
the
belly,
so
that
the
spear
came
out
behind
him;
and
he
fell
down
there,
and
died
in
the same
place.
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
as many
as
came
to
the
place
where
Asahel
fell
down
and
died
stood
still.
\VS{24}And
Joab
and
Abishai
pursued
after
Abner;
and
the
sun
went
down
when
they
came
to
the
hill
of Ammah,
which
is
before
Giah
on
the
way
to
the
wilderness
of
Gibeon.
\VS{25}And
the
children
of
Benjamin
gathered
themselves
together
after
Abner,
and
became
one troop,
and
stood
on
the
top
of
a
hill.
\VS{26}And
Abner
called
to
Joab,
and
said,
Shall
the
sword
devour
for
ever? knowest thou
not
that
it
will
be
bitterness
in
the
latter
end?
and
how
long
shall
it
be ere thou bid
the
people
return
from
following
their
brethren?
\VS{27}And
Joab
said, [As]
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 2:27 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God liveth,
unless thou hadst
spoken,
surely
then
in
the
morning
the
people
had
gone
up
every
one
from
following
his
brother.
\VS{28}And
Joab
blew
the
trumpet,
and
all
the
people
stood
still,
and
pursued
after
Israel
no
more,
neither
did
they
fight
any
more.
\VS{29}And
Abner
and
his
men
walked
all
that
night
through
the
plain,
and
passed
over
the
Jordan,
and
went
through
all Bithron,
and
they
came
to
Mahanaim.
\VS{30}And
Joab
returned
from
following
Abner,
and
gathered
all
the
people
together;
and
there lacked
of David's
servants
nineteen
men,
and
Asahel.
\VS{31}And
the
servants
of
David
had
smitten
of
Benjamin,
and
of Abner's
men,
three
hundred
and
sixty
men,
who
had
died.
\VS{32}And
they
took
up
Asahel,
and
buried
him
in
the sepulchre
of
his
father,
which
was
in
Bethlehem.
And
Joab
and
his
men
went
all
night,
and
they
came
to
Hebron
at break
of day.

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
the
war
was
long
between
the
house
of
Saul
and
the
house
of
David;
but
David
became
continually
stronger,
and
the
house
of
Saul
became
continually
weaker.
\VS{2}And
to
David
were
sons
born
in
Hebron:
his
firstborn
was
Amnon,
of
Ahinoam
the Jizreelitess;
\VS{3}and
his
second,
Chileab,
of
Abigail
the
wife
of
Nabal
the
Carmelite;
and
the
third,
Absalom
the
son
of Maachah,
daughter
of
Talmai
king
of
Geshur;
\VS{4}and
the
fourth,
Adonijah
the
son
of
Haggith;
and
the
fifth,
Shephatiah
the
son
of
Abital;
\VS{5}and
the
sixth,
Ithream,
of
Eglah David's
wife.
These
were
born
to
David
in
Hebron.
\VS{6}And
it
came
to
pass
while
there
was
war
between
the
house
of
Saul
and
the
house
of
David,
that
Abner
made
himself
strong
for
the
house
of
Saul.
\VS{7}And
Saul
had
a
concubine
whose
name
was
Rizpah,
the
daughter
of
Aiah.
And [Ishbosheth]
said
to
Abner,
Why hast thou
gone
in
to
my father's
concubine?
\VS{8}Then
was
Abner
very wroth
for
the
words
of Ishbosheth,
and
said,
Am
I
a dog's
head,
I
who
against
Judah
do shew
kindness
this
day
to
the
house
of
Saul thy
father,
to
his
brethren,
and
to
his
friends,
and
have
not
delivered thee
into
the
hand
of
David,
that thou reproachest
me
this
day
with
the
fault
of
this
woman?
\VS{9}So
do
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:9 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
to
Abner,
and
more
also,
if,
as
Jehovah
has
sworn
to
David,
I
do
not
so
to
him;
\VS{10}to translate
the
kingdom
from
the
house
of
Saul,
and
to
set
up
the
throne
of
David
over
Israel
and
over
Judah,
from
Dan
even
to Beer-sheba!
\VS{11}And
he
could
not
answer
Abner
a
word
again,
because
he
feared
him.
\VS{12}And
Abner
sent
messengers
to
David
on
his
behalf,
saying,
Whose
is
the
land?
saying [also],
Make thy
covenant
with
me,
and
behold,
my
hand
shall
be
with thee,
to
turn
all
Israel
to thee.
\VS{13}And
he
said,
Well,
I
will
make
a
covenant
with thee;
only
I
require
one
thing
of thee,
that
is, Thou shalt
not
see
my
face,
except thou
first
bring
Michal Saul's
daughter,
when thou comest
to
see
my
face.
\VS{14}And
David
sent
messengers
to Ishbosheth Saul's
son,
saying,
Deliver
me
my
wife
Michal,
whom
I espoused
to
me
for
a
hundred
foreskins
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{15}And Ishbosheth
sent,
and
took
her
from [her]
husband,
from Phaltiel
the
son
of Laish.
\VS{16}And
her
husband
went
with
her
along
weeping
behind
her
to
Bahurim.
Then
said
Abner
to
him,
Go,
return.
And
he
returned.
\VS{17}Now
Abner
had communicated
with
the
elders
of
Israel,
saying, Ye
sought
for
David aforetime
to
be
king
over
you;
\VS{18}and
now
do [it],
for
Jehovah
has
spoken
of
David,
saying,
By
my
servant
David
will
I
save
my
people
Israel
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
all
their
enemies.
\VS{19}And
Abner
also
spoke
in
the
ears
of
Benjamin;
and
Abner
went
also
to
speak
in
the
ears
of
David
in
Hebron
all
that
seemed
good
to
Israel,
and
that
seemed
good
to
the
whole
house
of
Benjamin.
\VS{20}So
Abner
came
to
David
to
Hebron,
and
twenty
men
with
him.
And
David
made
Abner
and
the
men
that
were
with
him
a repast.
\VS{21}And
Abner
said
to
David,
I
will
arise
and
go,
and
will
gather
all
Israel
to
my
lord
the
king,
that
they
may
make
a
covenant
with thee,
and
that thou mayest
reign
over
all
that thy
heart
desires.
And
David
sent
Abner
away;
and
he
went
in
peace.
\VS{22}And
behold,
the
servants
of
David
and
Joab
came
from
an expedition,
and
brought
in
a
great
spoil
with
them;
but
Abner
was
no
longer
with
David
in
Hebron,
for
he
had
sent
him
away,
and
he
had
gone
in
peace.
\VS{23}And
Joab
and
all
the
host
that
was
with
him
came;
and
they
told
Joab,
saying,
Abner
the
son
of
Ner
came
to
the
king,
and
he
has
sent
him
away;
and
he
is
gone
in
peace.
\VS{24}Then
Joab
came
to
the
king,
and
said,
What hast thou
done?
behold,
Abner
came
to thee;
why
is
it [that] thou hast
sent
him
away,
and
he
is
gone?
\VS{25}Thou knowest
Abner
the
son
of
Ner,
that
he
came
to deceive thee,
to
know thy
going
out
and thy
coming
in,
and
to
know
all
that thou doest.
\VS{26}And
when
Joab
was
come
out
from
David,
he
sent
messengers
after
Abner,
who
brought
him
again
from
the
well
of
Sirah;
but
David
did
not
know
it.
\VS{27}And
when
Abner
was
returned
to
Hebron,
Joab
took
him
aside
in
the
gate
to
speak
with
him secretly,
and
smote
him
there
in
the
belly,
that
he
died,
for
the
blood
of
Asahel
his
brother.
\VS{28}And
afterwards
David
heard [it],
and
he
said,
I
and
my
kingdom
are guiltless
before
Jehovah
for
ever
from
the
blood
of
Abner
the
son
of
Ner:
\VS{29}let
it
fall
on
the
head
of
Joab,
and
on
all
his father's
house;
and
let
there
not
fail
from
the
house
of
Joab
one
that
has
an issue,
or
that
is
a
leper,
or
that leans
on
a staff,
or
that
falls
by
the
sword,
or
that
lacks
bread!
\VS{30}So
Joab
and
Abishai
his
brother
killed
Abner,
because
he
had
slain
their
brother
Asahel
at
Gibeon
in
the
battle.
\VS{31}And
David
said
to
Joab,
and
to
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
Rend
your
garments,
and
gird
yourselves
with
sackcloth,
and
mourn
before
Abner.
And
king
David
followed
the
bier.
\VS{32}And
they
buried
Abner
in
Hebron;
and
the
king
lifted
up
his
voice
and
wept
at
the
grave
of
Abner;
and
all
the
people
wept.
\VS{33}And
the
king lamented
over
Abner,
and
said,
Should
Abner
die
as
a
fool dieth?
\VS{34}Thy
hands
were
not
bound,
Nor thy
feet
put
into
fetters;
As
a
man falleth
before wicked
men, Fellest thou!
And
all
the
people
wept
again
over
him.
\VS{35}And
all
the
people
came
to cause
David
to
eat
bread
while
it
was
yet
day;
but
David
swore,
saying,
So
do
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 3:35 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
to
me,
and
more
also,
if
I
taste
bread
or aught
else till
the
sun
be
down!
\VS{36}And
all
the
people remarked
it,
and
it
pleased
them;
as
whatever
the
king
did
pleased
all
the
people.
\VS{37}And
all
the
people
and
all
Israel
understood
that
day
that
it
was
not
of
the
king
to
put
Abner
the
son
of
Ner
to
death.
\VS{38}And
the
king
said
to
his
servants,
Know ye
not
that
there
is
a
prince
and
a
great
man
fallen
this
day
in
Israel?
\VS{39}And
I
am
this
day
weak, though
anointed
king;
and
these
men,
the
sons
of
Zeruiah,
are
too
hard
for
me:
Jehovah
reward
the doer
of
evil
according
to
his
wickedness!

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
when Saul's
son
heard
that
Abner
was
dead
in
Hebron,
his
hands
were enfeebled,
and
all
Israel
was troubled.
\VS{2}And Saul's
son
had
two
men,
captains
of
bands:
the
name
of
the
one
was
Baanah,
and
the
name
of
the
other
Rechab,
the
sons
of
Rimmon
the
Beerothite,
of
the
children
of
Benjamin;
for
Beeroth
also
was
reckoned
to
Benjamin.
\VS{3}And
the
Beerothites
had
fled
to
Gittaim,
and
were sojourners
there
until
this
day.
\VS{4}And
Jonathan Saul's
son
had
a
son
that
was lame
of [his]
feet.
He
was
five
years
old
when
the
news
came
of
Saul
and
Jonathan
out
of Jizreel;
and
his
nurse
took
him
up
and
fled.
And
it
came
to
pass,
as she
made
haste
to
flee,
that
he
fell,
and
became lame.
And
his
name
was
Mephibosheth.
\VS{5}And
the
sons
of
Rimmon
the
Beerothite,
Rechab
and
Baanah,
went
and
came
in
about
the
heat
of
the
day
into
the
house
of Ishbosheth,
who
was
taking
his noonday
rest.
\VS{6}And
they
came thither
into
the
midst
of
the
house, [as though]
they would fetch
wheat;
and
they
smote
him
in
the
belly;
and
Rechab
and
Baanah
his
brother
escaped.
\VS{7}They
came
into
the
house,
as
he
lay
on
his
bed
in
his bedchamber,
and
they
smote
him,
and
slew
him,
and beheaded
him;
and
they
took
his
head,
and
went
by
the
way
of
the
plain
all
night.
\VS{8}And
they
brought
the
head
of Ishbosheth
to
David
in
Hebron,
and
said
to
the
king,
Behold
the
head
of Ishbosheth
the
son
of
Saul, thine
enemy
who
sought thy
life;
and
Jehovah
has
given
to
my
lord
the
king
to
be
avenged
this
day
of
Saul
and
of
his
seed.
\VS{9}Then
David
answered
Rechab
and
Baanah
his
brother,
the
sons
of
Rimmon
the
Beerothite,
and
said
to
them, [As]
Jehovah liveth,
who
has
redeemed
my
soul
out
of
all
distress,
\VS{10}when
one
told
me,
saying,
Behold,
Saul
is
dead!
and
he
was
in
his
own
sight
a
messenger
of
good,
I
took
hold
of
him,
and
slew
him
in
Ziklag —
to
whom forsooth
I
should
give
a
reward
for
his
good
tidings:
\VS{11}how
much
more,
when
wicked
men
have
slain
a
righteous
person
in
his
own
house
upon
his
bed?
and
should
I
not
now
demand
his
blood
of
your
hand,
and take
you
away
from
the
earth?
\VS{12}And
David
commanded
his
young
men,
and
they
slew
them,
and
cut
off
their
hands
and
their
feet,
and
hanged [them]
up
over
the
pool
in
Hebron.
But
they
took
the
head
of Ishbosheth,
and
buried
it
in
the sepulchre
of
Abner
in
Hebron.

\par }\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then
came
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
David
to
Hebron,
and
spoke,
saying,
Behold,
we
are thy
bone
and thy
flesh.
\VS{2}Even aforetime,
when
Saul
was
king
over
us, thou wast
he
that leddest
out
and broughtest
in
Israel;
and
Jehovah
said
to thee, Thou shalt
feed
my
people
Israel,
and thou shalt
be
prince
over
Israel.
\VS{3}And
all
the
elders
of
Israel
came
to
the
king
to
Hebron;
and
king
David
made
a
covenant
with
them
in
Hebron
before
Jehovah;
and
they
anointed
David
king
over
Israel.
\VS{4}David
was
thirty
years
old
when
he began
to
reign;
he
reigned
forty
years.
\VS{5}In
Hebron
he
reigned
over
Judah
seven
years
and
six
months;
and
in
Jerusalem
he
reigned
thirty-three
years
over
all
Israel
and
Judah.
\VS{6}And
the
king
and
his
men
went
to
Jerusalem
against
the
Jebusites,
the
inhabitants
of
the
land;
and
they
spoke
to
David,
saying, Thou shalt
not
come
in hither,
but
the
blind
and
the lame
will drive thee
back;
as much
as
to
say,
David
will
not
come
in hither.
\VS{7}But
David
took
the stronghold
of
Zion,
which
is
the
city
of
David.
\VS{8}And
David
said
on
that
day,
Whoever smites
the
Jebusites
and
gets
up
to
the watercourse,
and
the
lame
and
the
blind
hated
of David's
soul...!
Therefore
they
say,
The
blind
and
the
lame
shall
not
come
into
the
house.
\VS{9}So
David
dwelt
in
the stronghold,
and
called
it
the
city
of
David.
And
David
built
round
about
from
the
Millo
and
inward.
\VS{10}And
David
became
continually
greater;
and
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 5:10 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
hosts
was
with
him.
\VS{11}And
Hiram
king
of
Tyre
sent
messengers
to
David,
and
timber
of
cedars,
and
carpenters,
and
masons;
and
they
built
David
a
house.
\VS{12}And
David
perceived
that
Jehovah
had
established
him
king
over
Israel,
and
that
he
had
exalted
his
kingdom
because
of
his
people
Israel.
\VS{13}And
David
took
him
more
concubines
and
wives
out
of
Jerusalem,
after
he
had
come
from
Hebron;
and there
were
yet
sons
and
daughters
born
to
David.
\VS{14}And
these
are
the
names
of
those
that
were
born
to
him
in
Jerusalem:
Shammua,
and
Shobab,
and
Nathan,
and
Solomon,
\VS{15}and
Ibhar,
and
Elishua,
and
Nepheg,
and
Japhia,
\VS{16}and
Elishama,
and
Eliada,
and
Eliphelet.
\VS{17}And
the
Philistines
heard
that
they
had
anointed
David
king
over
Israel,
and
all
the
Philistines
went
up
to
seek
David;
and
David
heard [of
it],
and
went
down
to
the stronghold.
\VS{18}And
the
Philistines
came
and
spread themselves
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
\VS{19}And
David
inquired
of
Jehovah,
saying,
Shall
I
go
up
against
the
Philistines? wilt thou
give
them
into
my
hand?
And
Jehovah
said
to
David,
Go
up;
for
I
will
certainly
give
the
Philistines
into thy
hand.
\VS{20}And
David
came
to
Baal-perazim,
and
David
smote
them
there;
and
he
said,
Jehovah
has
broken
in
upon mine
enemies
before
me,
as
the
breaking
forth
of
waters.
Therefore
he
called
the
name
of
that
place
Baal-perazim.
\VS{21}And
they
left
their
images
there,
and
David
and
his
men
took
them
away.
\VS{22}And
the
Philistines
came
up
yet
again,
and
spread themselves
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
\VS{23}And
David
inquired
of
Jehovah;
and
he
said, Thou shalt
not
go
up;
turn
round
behind
them
and
come
upon
them
opposite
the mulberry-trees.
\VS{24}And
it
shall
be,
when thou hearest
a
sound
of marching
in
the
tops
of
the mulberry-trees,
that
then thou shalt bestir thyself;
for
then
will
Jehovah
have
gone
forth
before thee,
to
smite
the
army
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{25}And
David
did
so,
as
Jehovah
had
commanded
him;
and
smote
the
Philistines
from
Geba
until thou comest
to
Gezer.

\par }\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David
again gathered
all
the chosen
men
of
Israel,
thirty
thousand.
\VS{2}And
David
arose
and
went
with
all
the
people
that
were
with
him
from
Baale-Judah,
to
bring
up
from thence
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
which
is
called
by
the
name,
the
name
of
Jehovah
of
hosts
who sitteth
between
the
cherubim.
\VS{3}And
they
set
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
upon
a
new
cart,
and
brought
it
out
of
the
house
of
Abinadab,
which
was
upon
the
hill;
and
Uzzah
and
Ahio,
the
sons
of
Abinadab,
drove
the
new
cart.
\VS{4}And
they
brought
it
with
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:4 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
out
of
the
house
of
Abinadab
which
was upon
the
hill;
and
Ahio
went
before
the
ark.
\VS{5}And
David
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
played
before
Jehovah
on
all manner
of [instruments
made
of]
cypress
wood,
with
harps,
and
with lutes,
and
with tambours,
and
with sistra,
and
with
cymbals.
\VS{6}And
when
they
came
to Nachon's threshing-floor,
Uzzah
reached
after
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:6 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and
took
hold
of
it;
for
the
oxen
had
stumbled.
\VS{7}And
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was
kindled
against
Uzzah;
and
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
smote
him
there
for
his error;
and
there
he
died
by
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{8}And
David
was indignant,
because
Jehovah
had
made
a
breach
upon
Uzzah;
and
he
called
that
place
Perez-Uzzah
to
this
day.
\VS{9}And
David
was
afraid
of
Jehovah
that
day,
and
said,
How
shall
the
ark
of
Jehovah
come
to
me?
\VS{10}So
David
would
not bring
the
ark
of
Jehovah
home unto
himself
into
the
city
of
David;
but
David
carried
it
aside
into
the
house
of
Obed-Edom
the
Gittite.
\VS{11}And
the
ark
of
Jehovah
remained
in
the
house
of
Obed-Edom
the
Gittite
three
months;
and
Jehovah
blessed
Obed-Edom
and
all
his
household.
\VS{12}And
it
was
told
king
David,
saying,
Jehovah
has
blessed
the
house
of
Obed-Edom,
and
all
that
is
his,
because
of
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:12 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
And
David
went
and
brought
up
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 6:12 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
from
the
house
of
Obed-Edom
into
the
city
of
David
with
joy.
\VS{13}And
it
was
so,
that
when
they
that
bore
the
ark
of
Jehovah
had
gone
six
paces,
he
sacrificed
an
ox
and
a fatted beast.
\VS{14}And
David danced
before
Jehovah
with
all
his
might;
and
David
was
girded
with
a
linen
ephod.
\VS{15}And
David
and
all
the
house
of
Israel
brought
up
the
ark
of
Jehovah
with
shouting,
and
with
the
sound
of
the
trumpet.
\VS{16}And
as
the
ark
of
Jehovah
came
into
the
city
of
David,
Michal
the
daughter
of
Saul
looked
through
a
window,
and
saw
king
David
leaping
and
dancing
before
Jehovah;
and
she
despised
him
in
her
heart.
\VS{17}And
they
brought
in
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
and
set
it
in
its
place,
in
the
midst
of
the
tent
that
David
had
spread
for
it.
And
David
offered
up burnt-offerings
and peace-offerings
before
Jehovah.
\VS{18}And
when
David
had
ended
offering
up
the burnt-offerings
and
the peace-offerings,
he
blessed
the
people
in
the
name
of
Jehovah
of
hosts.
\VS{19}And
he dealt
to
all
the
people,
to
the
whole
multitude
of
Israel,
both
men
and
women,
to
every
one
a
cake
of
bread,
and
a measure [of wine],
and
a raisin-cake.
And
all
the
people departed
every
one
to
his
house.
\VS{20}And
David
returned
to
bless
his
household.
And
Michal
the
daughter
of
Saul
came
out
to
meet
David,
and
said,
How honourable
did
the
king
of
Israel
make
himself to-day,
who
uncovered
himself to-day
in
the
eyes
of
the
handmaids
of
his
servants,
as
one
of
the lewd fellows
shamelessly
uncovers
himself!
\VS{21}And
David
said
to
Michal,
It
was
before
Jehovah,
who
chose
me rather
than thy
father,
and
than
all
his
house,
to
appoint
me
ruler
over
the
people
of
Jehovah,
over
Israel;
and
I
played
before
Jehovah.
\VS{22}And
I
will
make myself
yet
more vile
than
thus,
and
will
be base
in
mine
own
sight;
and
of
the
handmaids
that thou hast
spoken
of,
of
them
shall
I
be
had
in honour.
\VS{23}And
Michal
the
daughter
of
Saul
had
no
child
to
the
day
of
her
death.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
when
the
king
dwelt
in
his
house,
and
Jehovah
had
given
him
rest
round
about
from
all
his
enemies,
\VS{2}that
the
king
said
to
Nathan
the
prophet,
See
now,
I
dwell
in
a
house
of
cedars,
and
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:2 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
dwells
under
curtains.
\VS{3}And
Nathan
said
to
the
king, Go,
do
all
that
is
in thy
heart;
for
Jehovah
is
with thee.
\VS{4}And
it
came
to
pass
that
night
that
the
word
of
Jehovah
came
to
Nathan,
saying,
\VS{5}Go
and
say
to
my
servant,
to
David,
Thus saith
Jehovah: Wilt thou
build
me
a
house
for
me
to
dwell
in?
\VS{6}For
I
have
not
dwelt
in
a
house
since
the
day
that
I
brought
up
the
children
of
Israel
out
of
Egypt,
even
to
this
day,
but
I
went
about
in
a
tent
and
in
a
tabernacle.
\VS{7}In
all
my
going
about
with
all
the
children
of
Israel,
did
I
speak
a
word
with
any
of
the
tribes
of
Israel,
whom
I
commanded
to
feed
my
people
Israel,
saying,
Why
build ye
me
not
a
house
of
cedars?
\VS{8}And
now,
thus shalt thou
say unto
my
servant
David,
Thus saith
Jehovah
of
hosts:
I
took thee
from
the pasture-grounds,
from
following
the
sheep,
to
be
prince
over
my
people,
over
Israel;
\VS{9}and
I
have
been
with thee whithersoever thou wentest,
and
have
cut
off
all thine
enemies
from
before thee,
and
have
made thee
a
great
name,
like unto
the
name
of
the
great
men
that
are
on
the
earth.
\VS{10}And
I
will
appoint
a
place
for
my
people,
for
Israel,
and
will
plant
them,
that
they
may
dwell
in
a
place
of
their own,
and
be
disturbed
no
more;
neither
shall
the
sons
of
wickedness
afflict
them
any
more,
as
formerly,
\VS{11}and
since
the
time
that
I
commanded
judges
to
be
over
my
people
Israel.
And
I
have
given thee
rest
from
all thine
enemies;
and
Jehovah telleth thee
that
Jehovah
will
make thee
a
house.
\VS{12}When thy
days
are
fulfilled,
and thou shalt
sleep
with thy
fathers,
I
will
set
up thy
seed
after thee,
which
shall
proceed
out
of thy
bowels,
and
I
will
establish
his
kingdom.
\VS{13}It
is
he
who
shall
build
a
house
for
my
name,
and
I
will
establish
the
throne
of
his
kingdom
for
ever.
\VS{14}I
will
be
his
father,
and
he
shall
be
my
son.
If
he commit iniquity,
I
will chasten
him
with
the
rod
of
men
and
with
the
stripes
of
the
sons
of
men;
\VS{15}but
my mercy
shall
not
depart
away
from
him,
as
I
took
it
from
Saul,
whom
I
put
away
from
before thee.
\VS{16}And thy
house
and thy
kingdom
shall
be
made
firm
for
ever
before thee: thy
throne
shall
be
established
for
ever.
\VS{17}According
to
all
these
words,
and
according
to
all
this
vision,
so
did
Nathan
speak
to
David.
\VS{18}And
king
David
went
in
and
sat
before
Jehovah,
and
said,
Who
am
I,
Lord
Jehovah,
and
what
is
my
house,
that thou hast
brought
me hitherto?
\VS{19}And
yet
this hath been
a
small
thing
in thy
sight,
Lord Jehovah;
but thou hast
spoken
also
of thy servant's
house
for
a
great
while
to
come.
And
is
this
the manner
of
man,
Lord Jehovah?
\VS{20}And
what
can
David
say
more
to thee?
for thou,
Lord Jehovah, knowest thy
servant.
\VS{21}For thy word's
sake,
and according
to thine own
heart, hast thou
done
all
this
greatness,
to
make thy
servant
know [it].
\VS{22}Wherefore thou art
great, Jehovah
Elohim;
for
there
is
none
like thee,
neither
is
there
any
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:22 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
beside thee,
according
to
all
that
we
have
heard
with
our
ears.
\VS{23}And
who
is
like thy
people,
like
Israel,
the
one
nation
in
the
earth
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
went
to
redeem
to
be
a
people
to
himself,
and
to
make
himself
a
name,
and
to
do
for
them
great
things
and terrible,
for thy
land,
before thy
people,
which thou redeemedst
to thyself
from
Egypt,
from
the
nations
and
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}gods?
\VS{24}And thou hast
established
to thyself thy
people
Israel
to
be
a
people unto thee
for
ever;
and thou,
Jehovah, art
become
their
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:24 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{25}And
now,
Jehovah
Elohim,
the
word
that thou hast
spoken
concerning thy
servant
and
concerning
his
house, fulfil
it
for
ever,
and
do
as thou hast
said.
\VS{26}And
let thy
name
be
magnified
for
ever,
saying,
Jehovah
of
hosts
is
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:26 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
over
Israel;
and
let
the
house
of thy
servant
David
be
established
before thee.
\VS{27}For thou,
Jehovah
of
hosts,
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:27 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel, hast
revealed
to thy
servant,
saying,
I
will
build thee
a
house;
therefore hath thy
servant
found
in
his
heart
to
pray
this
prayer unto thee.
\VS{28}And
now,
Lord Jehovah, thou art
that
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 7:28 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
and thy
words
are
true,
and thou hast
promised
this goodness unto thy
servant;
\VS{29}and
now
let
it
please thee
to
bless
the
house
of thy
servant,
that
it
may
be
before thee
for
ever;
for thou,
Lord Jehovah, hast
spoken
it;
and
with thy
blessing
shall
the
house
of thy
servant
be
blessed
for
ever.

\par }\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
after
this
it
came
to
pass
that
David
smote
the
Philistines,
and
subdued
them;
and
David
took
the
power
of
the capital
out
of
the
hand
of
the
Philistines.
\VS{2}And
he
smote
the
Moabites,
and
measured
them
with
a
line, making
them
lie
down
on
the
ground;
and
he
measured
two lines
to
put
to
death,
and
one
full
line
to keep
alive.
And
the
Moabites
became David's
servants, [and]
brought
gifts.
\VS{3}And
David
smote
Hadadezer,
the
son
of
Rehob,
king
of
Zobah,
as
he
went
to recover
his dominion
by
the
river
Euphrates.
\VS{4}And
David
took
from
him
one
thousand
seven
hundred
horsemen,
and
twenty
thousand
footmen;
and
David houghed
all
the
chariot [horses],
but
reserved
of
them [for]
a
hundred
chariots.
\VS{5}And
the Syrians
of
Damascus
came
to
help
Hadadezer
king
of
Zobah,
and
David
smote
of
the Syrians
twenty-two
thousand
men.
\VS{6}And
David
put
garrisons
in
Syria
of
Damascus;
and
the Syrians
became
servants
to
David, [and]
brought
gifts.
And
Jehovah preserved
David whithersoever
he
went.
\VS{7}And
David
took
the
shields
of
gold
that
were
on
the
servants
of
Hadadezer,
and
brought
them
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{8}And
from
Betah,
and
from Berothai,
cities
of
Hadadezer,
king
David
took
exceeding
much
bronze.
\VS{9}And
Toi
king
of
Hamath
heard
that
David
had
smitten
all
the forces
of
Hadadezer;
\VS{10}and
Toi
sent
Joram
his
son
to
king
David,
to
inquire
of
his
welfare,
and
to congratulate
him,
because
he
had
fought
against
Hadadezer
and
smitten
him;
for
Hadadezer
was continually
at
war
with
Toi.
And
he
brought
with
him
vessels
of
silver,
and
vessels
of
gold,
and
vessels
of
bronze.
\VS{11}Them
also
king
David
dedicated
to
Jehovah,
with
the
silver
and
the
gold
that
he
had
dedicated
of
all
the
nations
that
he
had
subdued:
\VS{12}of
the Syrians,
and
of
the
Moabites,
and
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
of
the
Philistines,
and
of
the
Amalekites,
and
of
the
spoil
of
Hadadezer,
the
son
of
Rehob,
king
of
Zobah.
\VS{13}And
David
made
him
a
name
when
he
returned,
after
he
had
smitten
the Syrians
in
the
valley
of
salt,
eighteen
thousand [men].
\VS{14}And
he
put
garrisons
in
Edom:
throughout
Edom
did
he
put
garrisons;
and
all
they
of
Edom
became
servants
to
David.
And
Jehovah preserved
David whithersoever
he
went.
\VS{15}And
David
reigned
over
all
Israel;
and
David executed
judgment
and
justice
to
all
his
people.
\VS{16}And
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
was
over
the
host;
and
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was chronicler;
\VS{17}and
Zadok
the
son
of
Ahitub,
and
Ahimelech
the
son
of
Abiathar,
were
the
priests;
and
Seraiah
was
scribe;
\VS{18}and
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was over
the
Cherethites
and
the
Pelethites;
and David's
sons
were
chief rulers.

\par }\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David
said,
Is
there
yet
any
that
is
left
of
the
house
of
Saul,
that
I
may shew
him
kindness
for Jonathan's
sake?
\VS{2}And there
was
of
the
house
of
Saul
a
servant
whose
name
was
Ziba;
and
they
called
him
to
David.
And
the
king
said
to
him, Art thou
Ziba?
And
he
said, Thy
servant!
\VS{3}And
the
king
said,
Is
there
not
yet
any
of
the
house
of
Saul,
that
I
may shew
the
kindness
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 9:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
to
him?
And
Ziba
said
to
the
king,
Jonathan
has
yet
a
son,
who
is lame
on [his]
feet.
\VS{4}And
the
king
said
to
him,
Where
is
he?
And
Ziba
said
to
the
king,
Behold,
he
is
in
the
house
of
Machir
the
son
of
Ammiel,
in
Lodebar.
\VS{5}And
king
David
sent,
and fetched
him
out
of
the
house
of
Machir
the
son
of
Ammiel,
from
Lodebar.
\VS{6}And
Mephibosheth,
the
son
of
Jonathan,
the
son
of
Saul,
came
to
David,
and
fell
on
his
face
and
did obeisance.
And
David
said,
Mephibosheth.
And
he
said,
Behold thy
servant!
\VS{7}And
David
said
to
him,
Fear
not;
for
I
will
certainly shew thee
kindness
for
Jonathan thy father's
sake,
and
will
restore thee
all
the
land
of
Saul thy
father;
and thou shalt
eat
bread
at
my
table
continually.
\VS{8}And
he
bowed
himself,
and
said,
What
is thy
servant,
that thou shouldest
look
upon
such
a
dead
dog
as
I am?
\VS{9}Then
the
king
called
Ziba, Saul's
servant,
and
said
to
him,
I
have
given
to thy master's
son
all
that
belonged
to
Saul
and
to
all
his
house.
\VS{10}And thou,
and thy
sons,
and thy
servants,
shall
till
the
land
for
him,
and thou shalt
bring
in [the fruits],
that thy master's
son
may
have
food
to
eat.
And
Mephibosheth thy master's
son
shall
eat
bread
at
my
table
continually.
Now
Ziba
had
fifteen
sons
and
twenty
servants.
\VS{11}And
Ziba
said
to
the
king,
According
to
all
that
my
lord
the
king
has
commanded
his
servant,
so
will thy
servant
do.
And
Mephibosheth [said David]
shall
eat
at
my
table,
as
one
of
the king's
sons.
\VS{12}And
Mephibosheth
had
a
young
son,
whose
name
was
Mica.
And
all
who dwelt
in
the
house
of
Ziba
were
servants
to
Mephibosheth.
\VS{13}So
Mephibosheth
dwelt
in
Jerusalem;
for
he did
eat
continually
at
the king's
table.
And
he
was
lame
on
both
his
feet.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
after
this
that
the
king
of
the
children
of
Ammon
died,
and
Hanun
his
son
reigned
in
his
stead.
\VS{2}And
David
said,
I
will shew
kindness
to
Hanun
the
son
of
Nahash,
as
his
father shewed
kindness
to
me.
And
David
sent
to
comfort
him
by
the
hand
of
his
servants
for
his
father.
And David's
servants
came
into
the
land
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{3}And
the
princes
of
the
children
of
Ammon
said
to
Hanun
their
lord,
Is
it,
in thine
eyes,
to honour thy
father
that
David
has
sent
comforters
to thee?
Is
it
not
to
search
the
city
and
to
spy
it
out,
and
to
overthrow
it,
that
David
has
sent
his
servants
to thee?
\VS{4}And
Hanun
took David's
servants,
and
had
the one
half
of
their
beards
shaved
off,
and
their raiment
cut
off
in
the
midst,
as
far
as
their buttocks,
and
sent
them
away.
\VS{5}And
they
told [it]
to
David;
and
he
sent
to
meet
them,
for
the
men
were
greatly
ashamed.
And
the
king
said,
Abide
at
Jericho
until
your
beards
be
grown,
and
then
return.
\VS{6}And
the
children
of
Ammon
saw
that
they
had
made
themselves
odious
to
David;
and
the
children
of
Ammon
sent
and
hired
the Syrians
of
Beth-Rehob,
and
the Syrians
of Zoba,
twenty
thousand
footmen,
and
the
king
of
Maacah [with]
a
thousand
men,
and
the
men
of
Tob
twelve
thousand
men.
\VS{7}And
David
heard [of
it],
and
he
sent
Joab,
and
all
the
host,
the
mighty
men.
\VS{8}And
the
children
of
Ammon
came
out,
and
put
the
battle
in
array
at
the
entrance
of
the
gate;
and
the Syrians
of Zoba
and
of
Rehob,
and
the
men
of
Tob
and
Maacah
were
by
themselves
in
the
field.
\VS{9}And
Joab
saw
that
the
front
of
the
battle
was
against
him
before
and
behind;
and
he
chose
out
of
all
the
choice
men
of
Israel,
and put
them
in
array
against
the Syrians;
\VS{10}and
the
rest
of
the
people
he
gave
into
the
hand
of
Abishai
his
brother
that
he
might array
them
against
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{11}And
he
said,
If
the Syrians
be
too
strong
for
me,
then thou shalt
help
me;
and
if
the
children
of
Ammon
be
too
strong
for thee,
then
I
will
come
and
help thee.
\VS{12}Be
strong,
and let
us shew
ourselves valiant
for
our
people
and
for
the
cities
of
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 10:12 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
and
Jehovah
do
what
is
good
in
his
sight.
\VS{13}And
Joab
drew
near,
and
the
people
that
were
with
him, unto
the
battle
against
the Syrians;
and
they
fled
before
him.
\VS{14}And
when
the
children
of
Ammon
saw
that
the Syrians
fled,
they
fled
before
Abishai,
and
entered
into
the
city.
And
Joab
returned
from
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
came
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{15}And
when
the Syrians
saw
that
they
were
routed
before
Israel,
they
gathered
themselves
together.
\VS{16}And Hadarezer
sent,
and drew
forth
the Syrians
that
were
beyond
the
river;
and
they
came
to
Helam;
and
Shobach
the
captain
of
the
host
of Hadarezer [went]
before
them.
\VS{17}And
it
was
told
David;
and
he
gathered
all
Israel,
and
passed
over
the
Jordan,
and
came
to
Helam.
And
the Syrians
set
themselves
in array
against
David,
and
fought
with
him.
\VS{18}And
the Syrians
fled
before
Israel;
and
David
slew
of
the Syrians
seven
hundred [in]
chariots,
and
forty
thousand
horsemen,
and
smote
Shobach
the
captain
of
their
host,
who
died
there.
\VS{19}And
all
the
kings
that
were
servants
to Hadarezer
saw
that
they
were
routed
before
Israel,
and
they
made peace
with
Israel,
and
served
them.
And
the Syrians
feared
to
help
the
children
of
Ammon
any
more.

\par }\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass,
at
the
return
of
the
year,
at
the
time
when
kings
go
forth,
that
David
sent
Joab,
and
his
servants
with
him,
and
all
Israel;
and
they
laid
waste
the [land
of
the]
children
of
Ammon,
and besieged
Rabbah.
But
David
abode
at
Jerusalem.
\VS{2}And
it
came
to
pass
at
evening
time
that
David
arose
from
off
his
couch,
and
walked
upon
the
roof
of
the king's
house;
and
from
the
roof
he
saw
a
woman
bathing,
and
the
woman
was
very
beautiful;
\VS{3}and
David
sent
and
inquired
after
the
woman.
And
one
said,
Is
not
this
Bathsheba,
the
daughter
of
Eliam,
the
wife
of Urijah
the
Hittite?
\VS{4}And
David
sent
messengers,
and
took
her;
and
she
came
in
to
him,
and
he
lay
with
her;
and
she
had
purified
herself
from
her
uncleanness;
and
she
returned
to
her
house.
\VS{5}And
the
woman
conceived,
and
sent
and
told
David,
and
said,
I
am
with
child.
\VS{6}And
David
sent
to
Joab [saying],
Send
me Urijah
the
Hittite.
And
Joab
sent Urijah
to
David.
\VS{7}And
when Urijah
had
come
to
him,
David
asked
how
Joab prospered,
and
how
the
people prospered,
and
how
the
war prospered.
\VS{8}And
David
said
to Urijah,
Go
down
to thy
house
and
wash thy
feet.
And Urijah
departed
out
of
the king's
house,
and there
followed
him presents
from
the
king.
\VS{9}And Urijah
slept
at
the
entrance
of
the king's
house
with
all
the
servants
of
his
lord,
and
went
not
down
to
his
house.
\VS{10}And
they
had
told
David
saying, Urijah
did
not
go
down
to
his
house;
and
David
said
to Urijah, Art thou
not
come
from
a
journey?
why didst thou
not
go
down
to thy
house?
\VS{11}And Urijah
said
to
David,
The
ark,
and
Israel,
and
Judah
abide
in
booths;
and
my
lord
Joab,
and
the
servants
of
my
lord,
are
encamped
in
the
open
fields:
shall
I
then
go
into
my
house,
to
eat
and
to
drink,
and
to
lie
with
my
wife? [As] thou livest,
and [as] thy
soul liveth,
I
will
not
do
this
thing.
\VS{12}And
David
said
to Urijah,
Abide
here to-day
also,
and to-morrow
I
will
let thee depart.
And Urijah
abode
in
Jerusalem
that
day
and
the morrow.
\VS{13}And
David
invited
him,
and
he
ate
and
drank
before
him;
and
he
made
him
drunk.
And
in
the
evening
he
went
out
to
lie
on
his
couch
with
the
servants
of
his
lord,
but
did
not
go
down
to
his
house.
\VS{14}And
it
came
to
pass
in
the
morning,
that
David
wrote
a
letter
to
Joab,
and
sent
it
by Urijah.
\VS{15}And
he
wrote
in
the
letter
saying,
Set Urijah
in
the
front
of
the thickest
fight,
and
withdraw
from
him,
that
he
may
be
smitten
and
die.
\VS{16}And
it
came
to
pass
as
Joab
watched
the
city,
that
he
assigned Urijah
to
a
place
where
he
knew
that
the
valiant
men
were.
\VS{17}And
the
men
of
the
city
went
out
and
fought
with
Joab;
and there
fell
some
of
the
people,
of
the
servants
of
David;
and Urijah
the
Hittite
died
also.
\VS{18}Then
Joab
sent
and
told
David
all
the
matters
of
the
war;
\VS{19}and
charged
the
messenger,
saying,
When thou hast
ended
telling
the
matters
of
the
war
to
the
king,
\VS{20}and
if
so
be
that
the king's
wrath
arise,
and
he
say
to thee,
Why
did ye
go
so
near
to
the
city
to
fight?
did ye
not
know
that
they
would
shoot
from
the
wall?
\VS{21}Who
smote
Abimelech
the
son
of
Jerubbesheth?
did
not
a
woman
cast
the
upper stone
of
a handmill
from
the
wall,
that
he
died
in
Thebez?
why
did ye
go
near
the
wall? —
then
say thou, Thy
servant Urijah
the
Hittite
is
dead
also.
\VS{22}And
the
messenger
went;
and
he
came
and
told
David
all
that
Joab
had
sent
him
for.
\VS{23}And
the
messenger
said
to
David,
The
men
prevailed
against
us,
and
came
out
against
us
into
the
field,
and
we
were
upon
them
as
far
as
the
entrance
of
the
gate.
\VS{24}And
the shooters
shot
from
upon
the
wall
against thy
servants;
and some
of
the king's
servants
are
dead,
and thy
servant Urijah
the
Hittite
is
dead
also.
\VS{25}Then
David
said
to
the
messenger,
Thus shalt thou
say
to
Joab:
Let
not
this
thing displease thee,
for
the
sword
devours
one
as well
as
another:
make thy
battle
strong
against
the
city,
and
overthrow
it; —
and
encourage
him.
\VS{26}And
the
wife
of Urijah
heard
that Urijah
her
husband
was
dead,
and
she
mourned
for
her
husband.
\VS{27}And
when
the
mourning
was past,
David
sent
and fetched
her
to
his
house,
and
she
became
his
wife,
and
bore
him
a
son.
But
the
thing
that
David
had
done
was
evil
in
the
sight
of
Jehovah.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Jehovah
sent
Nathan
to
David.
And
he
came
to
him,
and
said
to
him,
There
were
two
men
in
one
city;
the
one
rich,
and
the
other
poor.
\VS{2}The
rich
had
very
many
flocks
and
herds;
\VS{3}but
the
poor
man
had
nothing
at
all,
but
one
little
ewe
lamb
which
he
had
bought,
and
was nourishing;
and
it
grew
up
with
him,
and
together
with
his
children:
it
ate
of
his
morsel,
and
drank
of
his
own
cup,
and
slept
in
his
bosom,
and
was
to
him
as
a
daughter.
\VS{4}And there
came
a traveller
to
the
rich
man,
and
he
spared
to
take
of
his
own
flock
and
of
his
own
herd,
to dress
for
the wayfaring
man
that
had
come
to
him;
and
he
took
the
poor man's
lamb,
and dressed
it
for
the
man
that
had
come
to
him.
\VS{5}Then David's
anger
was
greatly
kindled
against
the
man;
and
he
said
to
Nathan,
As
Jehovah liveth,
the
man
that hath
done
this
thing
is worthy
of
death;
\VS{6}and
he
shall restore
the
lamb
fourfold,
because
he
did
this
thing,
and
because
he
had
no
pity.
\VS{7}And
Nathan
said
to
David, Thou art
the
man!
Thus saith
Jehovah
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel:
I
anointed thee
king
over
Israel,
and
I
delivered thee
out
of
the
hand
of
Saul;
\VS{8}and
I
gave thee thy master's
house,
and thy master's
wives
into thy
bosom,
and
gave thee
the
house
of
Israel
and
of
Judah;
and
if [that]
had
been too
little,
I
would moreover
have
given unto thee
such
and
such
things.
\VS{9}Wherefore hast thou
despised
the
word
of
Jehovah
to
do
evil
in
his
sight? thou hast
smitten Urijah
the
Hittite
with
the
sword,
and hast
taken
his
wife
to
be thy
wife,
and hast
slain
him
with
the
sword
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
\VS{10}Now
therefore
the
sword
shall
never
depart
from thy
house;
because thou hast
despised
me,
and hast
taken
the
wife
of Urijah
the
Hittite
to
be thy
wife.
\VS{11}Thus saith
Jehovah:
Behold,
I
will
raise
up
evil
against thee
out
of thine
own
house,
and
I
will
take thy
wives
before thine
eyes,
and
give
them unto thy neighbour,
and
he
shall
lie
with thy
wives
in
the
sight
of
this
sun.
\VS{12}For thou didst [it] secretly;
but
I
will
do
this
thing
before
all
Israel
and
before
the
sun.
\VS{13}And
David
said
to
Nathan,
I
have
sinned
against
Jehovah.
And
Nathan
said
to
David,
Jehovah
has
also
put
away thy
sin: thou shalt
not
die.
\VS{14}Howbeit,
because
by
this
deed thou hast
given great occasion
to
the
enemies
of
Jehovah
to
blaspheme,
even
the
child
that
is
born
to thee
shall
certainly
die.
\VS{15}And
Nathan departed
to
his
house.
And
Jehovah
smote
the
child
that Urijah's
wife
bore
to
David,
and
it
became very
sick.
\VS{16}And
David besought
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 12:16 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
for
the
child;
and
David
fasted,
and
went
in,
and
lay
all night
on
the
earth.
\VS{17}And
the
elders
of
his
house
arose, [and
went]
to
him,
to
raise
him
up
from
the
earth;
but
he
would
not,
and
he ate
no
bread
with
them.
\VS{18}And
it
came
to
pass
on
the
seventh
day,
that
the
child
died.
And
the
servants
of
David
feared
to
tell
him
that
the
child
was
dead;
for
they
said,
Behold,
while
the
child
was
yet
alive,
we
spoke
to
him,
and
he
would
not hearken
to
our
voice;
and
how
shall
we
say
to
him,
The
child
is
dead?
he
may
do
some
harm.
\VS{19}But
David
saw
that
his
servants whispered,
and
David
perceived
that
the
child
was
dead;
and
David
said
to
his
servants,
Is
the
child
dead?
And
they
said,
He
is
dead.
\VS{20}Then
David
arose
from
the
earth,
and
washed,
and anointed
himself,
and
changed
his
clothing,
and
entered
into
the
house
of
Jehovah
and worshipped;
then
he
came
to
his own
house
and
required
them
to
set
bread
before
him,
and
he
ate.
\VS{21}And
his
servants
said
to
him,
What
thing
is
this
which thou hast
done? thou didst
fast
and
weep
for
the
child
alive;
but
as soon
as
the
child
is
dead, thou dost
rise
and
eat
bread.
\VS{22}And
he
said,
While
the
child
was
yet
alive,
I
fasted
and
wept;
for
I
thought,
Who
knows? [perhaps]
Jehovah
will
be gracious
to
me,
that
the
child
may
live.
\VS{23}But
now
he
is
dead,
why
should
I
fast?
can
I
bring
him
back
again?
I
shall
go
to
him,
but
he
will
not
return
to
me.
\VS{24}And
David
comforted
Bathsheba
his
wife,
and
went
in
to
her
and
lay
with
her;
and
she
bore
a
son,
and
he
called
his
name
Solomon;
and
Jehovah
loved
him.
\VS{25}And
he
sent
by
the
hand
of
Nathan
the
prophet;
and
he
called
his
name
Jedidiah,
for Jehovah's
sake.
\VS{26}And
Joab
fought
against
Rabbah
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
took
the
royal
city.
\VS{27}And
Joab
sent
messengers
to
David,
and
said,
I
have
fought
against
Rabbah,
and
have
taken
the
city
of
waters.
\VS{28}And
now
gather
the
rest
of
the
people,
and
encamp
against
the
city
and
take
it:
lest
I
take
the
city
and
it
be
called
by
my
name.
\VS{29}And
David
gathered
all
the
people,
and went
to
Rabbah,
and
fought
against
it
and
took
it.
\VS{30}And
he
took
the
crown
of
their
king
from
off
his
head,
the
weight
of which
was
a
talent
of
gold
with [the]
precious
stones;
and
it
was [set]
on David's
head;
and
he
brought
forth
the
spoil
of
the
city
in
great
abundance.
\VS{31}And
he
brought
out
the
people
that
were
in
it,
and
put
them
under
the saw,
and
under harrows
of
iron,
and
under
axes
of
iron,
and
made
them
pass
through
the brickkilns.
And
so
did
he
to
all
the
cities
of
the
children
of
Ammon.
And
David
and
all
the
people
returned
to
Jerusalem.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
after
this,
that
Absalom
the
son
of
David
having
a
beautiful
sister,
whose
name
was
Tamar,
Amnon
the
son
of
David
loved
her.
\VS{2}And
Amnon
was
so vexed,
that
he fell
sick
for
his
sister
Tamar;
for
she
was
a
virgin;
and
it
seemed
difficult
for
Amnon
to
do
the least
thing
to
her.
\VS{3}And
Amnon
had
a
friend
whose
name
was
Jonadab,
the
son
of
Shimeah David's
brother;
and
Jonadab
was
a
very
shrewd
man.
\VS{4}And
he
said
to
him,
Why dost thou,
the king's
son, get thinner
from
morning
to
morning? Wilt thou
not
tell
me?
And
Amnon
said
to
him,
I
love
Tamar,
my
brother Absalom's
sister.
\VS{5}And
Jonadab
said
to
him,
Lay thee
down
on thy
bed
and feign thyself
sick;
and
when thy
father
comes
to
see thee,
say
to
him,
I
pray thee,
let
my
sister
Tamar
come,
and
give
me
food,
and dress
the
food
in
my
sight,
that
I
may
see
it,
and
eat
it
from
her
hand.
\VS{6}So
Amnon
lay
down
and feigned
himself
sick;
and
the
king
came
to
see
him,
and
Amnon
said
to
the
king,
I
pray thee,
let
Tamar
my
sister
come,
and
make
a
couple
of
cakes
in
my
sight,
that
I
may
eat
from
her
hand.
\VS{7}And
David
sent
home
to
Tamar,
saying,
Go,
I
pray thee,
to thy
brother Amnon's
house,
and dress
him
food.
\VS{8}And
Tamar
went
to
her
brother Amnon's
house;
and
he
had
lain
down.
And
she
took flour
and
kneaded
it,
and
made
cakes
in
his
sight,
and
baked
the
cakes.
\VS{9}And
she
took
the
pan,
and
poured
them
out
before
him;
but
he
refused
to
eat.
And
Amnon
said,
Put
every
man
out
from
me.
And
they
went
out
every
man
from
him.
\VS{10}And
Amnon
said
to
Tamar,
Bring
the dish
into
the
chamber,
that
I
may
eat
of thy
hand.
And
Tamar
took
the
cakes
that
she
had
made,
and
brought
them
into
the
chamber
to
Amnon
her
brother.
\VS{11}And
she
presented
them
to
him
to
eat;
and
he
took
hold
of
her,
and
said
to
her,
Come,
lie
with
me,
my
sister.
\VS{12}And
she
said
to
him,
No,
my
brother,
do
not humble
me;
for
no
such
thing
is
done
in
Israel:
do
not
this infamy.
\VS{13}And
I, whither
shall
I carry
my
reproach?
and thou wouldest
be
as
one
of
the infamous
in
Israel.
And
now,
I
pray thee,
speak
to
the
king;
for
he
will
not
withhold
me
from thee.
\VS{14}But
he
would
not hearken
to
her
voice,
and
was
stronger
than
she,
and humbled
her
and
lay
with
her.
\VS{15}And
Amnon
hated
her
with
an
exceeding
great
hatred,
for
the
hatred
with
which
he
hated
her
was
greater
than
the
love
with
which
he
had
loved
her.
And
Amnon
said
to
her,
Arise,
be gone.
\VS{16}And
she
said
to
him,
There
is
no cause
for
this
evil
in
sending
me
away, [which]
is
greater
than
the
other
that thou didst
to
me.
But
he
would
not hearken
to
her.
\VS{17}Then
he
called
his
young
man
that
attended
upon
him,
and
said,
Put
now
this [woman]
out
from
me,
and bolt
the
door
after
her.
\VS{18}Now
she
had
a vest
of many colours
upon
her;
for
so
were
the king's
daughters
that
were
virgins apparelled.
And
his
attendant
brought
her
out,
and bolted
the
door
after
her.
\VS{19}And
Tamar
put
ashes
on
her
head,
and rent
her vest
of many colours
which
was
on
her,
and
laid
her
hand
on
her
head,
and
went
away,
crying
out
as
she
went.
\VS{20}And
Absalom
her
brother
said
to
her,
Has
Amnon thy
brother
been
with thee?
and
now,
my
sister,
be
still:
he
is thy
brother;
take
not
this
thing
to
heart.
And
Tamar
remained,
and [that]
desolate,
in
her
brother Absalom's
house.
\VS{21}And
king
David
heard
of
all
these
things,
and
he
was
very
angry.
\VS{22}And
Absalom
spoke
to
Amnon
neither
good
nor
bad;
for
Absalom
hated
Amnon,
because
he
had humbled
his
sister
Tamar.
\VS{23}And
it
came
to
pass
after two
full
years,
that
Absalom
had
sheepshearers
in
Baal-Hazor,
which
is
beside
Ephraim;
and
Absalom
invited
all
the king's
sons.
\VS{24}And
Absalom
came
to
the
king,
and
said,
Behold,
now, thy
servant
has
sheepshearers;
let
the
king,
I
pray thee,
and
his
servants
go
with thy
servant.
\VS{25}And
the
king
said
to
Absalom,
No,
my
son,
let
us
not
all
go, lest
we
be
burdensome
to thee.
And
he
urged
him,
but
he
would
not
go;
and
he
blessed
him.
\VS{26}And
Absalom
said, If
not,
I
pray thee,
let
my
brother
Amnon
go
with
us.
And
the
king
said
to
him,
Why
should
he
go
with thee?
\VS{27}But
Absalom
pressed
him;
and
he
let
Amnon
and
all
the king's
sons
go
with
him.
\VS{28}And
Absalom
commanded
his
servants,
saying, Mark ye
now
when Amnon's
heart
is merry
with
wine,
and
when
I
say
to
you,
Smite
Amnon;
then
slay
him,
fear
not:
have
not
I
commanded
you?
be
courageous,
and
be
valiant.
\VS{29}And
the
servants
of
Absalom
did
to
Amnon
as
Absalom
had
commanded.
Then
all
the king's
sons
arose,
and
they
rode
each
upon
his
mule
and
fled.
\VS{30}And
it
came
to
pass,
while
they
were
in
the
way,
that
tidings
came
to
David,
saying,
Absalom
has
smitten
all
the king's
sons,
and
there
is
not
one
of
them
left.
\VS{31}Then
the
king
arose,
and rent
his
garments,
and
lay
on
the
earth;
and
all
his
servants
stood
by
with
their
garments rent.
\VS{32}And
Jonadab,
the
son
of
Shimeah David's
brother,
answered
and
said,
Let
not
my
lord
suppose
that
they
have slain
all
the
young
men
the king's
sons;
for
Amnon
only
is
dead;
for
by
the appointment
of
Absalom
this
has
been
determined
from
the
day
that
he humbled
his
sister
Tamar.
\VS{33}And
now
let
not
my
lord
the
king
take
the
thing
to
heart,
to
say,
All
the king's
sons
are
dead;
for
Amnon
only
is
dead.
\VS{34}And
Absalom
fled.
And
the
young
man
that
watched
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked,
and
behold,
there
came
much
people
from
the
way
behind
him,
from
the hill-side.
\VS{35}And
Jonadab
said
to
the
king,
Behold,
the king's
sons
come:
as thy
servant
said,
so
it
is.
\VS{36}And
as soon
as
he
had
ended
speaking,
behold,
the king's
sons
came,
and
lifted
up
their
voice
and
wept;
and
the
king
also
and
all
his
servants
wept
very
bitterly.
\VS{37}And
Absalom
fled,
and
went
to
Talmai,
the
son
of Ammihud,
king
of
Geshur.
And [David]
mourned
for
his
son
every
day.
\VS{38}Now
Absalom
fled,
and
went
to
Geshur,
and
was
there
three
years.
\VS{39}And
king
David
longed
to
go
forth
to
Absalom;
for
he
was
comforted
concerning
Amnon,
seeing
he
was
dead.

\par }\Chap{14}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah
perceived
that
the king's
heart
was
toward
Absalom.
\VS{2}And
Joab
sent
to Tekoah,
and fetched thence
a
wise
woman,
and
said
to
her,
I
pray thee, feign thyself
to
be
a
mourner,
and
put
on
mourning
garments,
I
pray,
and
anoint
not thyself
with
oil,
but
be
as
a
woman
that hath
a
long
time
mourned
for
the
dead;
\VS{3}and
come
to
the
king,
and
speak
after
this
manner
to
him.
And
Joab
put
the
words
into
her
mouth.
\VS{4}And
the
woman
of Tekoah
spoke
to
the
king,
and she
fell
on
her
face
to
the
ground
and
did obeisance,
and
said,
Save, O
king!
\VS{5}And
the
king
said
to
her,
What aileth thee?
And
she
said,
I
am
indeed
a
widow
woman,
and
my
husband
is
dead.
\VS{6}And thy bondmaid
had
two
sons,
and
they
two strove
together
in
the
field,
and
there
was
none
to part
them,
but
the
one
smote
the
other
and
slew
him.
\VS{7}And
behold,
the
whole
family
is
risen
against thy bondmaid,
and
they
say,
Deliver
him
that
smote
his
brother,
that
we
may
put
him
to
death,
for
the
life
of
his
brother
whom
he
killed;
and
we
will
destroy
the
heir
also:
so
they
will
quench
my
coal
which
is
left,
and
will
not
leave
to
my
husband
a
name
or
remnant
on
the
earth.
\VS{8}And
the
king
said
to
the
woman, Go
to thy
house,
and
I
will
give
charge
concerning thee.
\VS{9}And
the
woman
of Tekoah
said
to
the
king,
Upon
me,
my
lord,
O
king,
be
the
iniquity,
and
upon
my father's
house;
and
the
king
and
his
throne
be guiltless.
\VS{10}And
the
king
said, Whoever
speaks
to thee,
bring
him
to
me,
and
he
shall
not
touch thee
any
more.
\VS{11}Then
she
said,
I
pray thee,
let
the
king
remember
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:11 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
that thou wouldest
not suffer
the revengers
of
blood
to
destroy
any
more, lest
they cut
off
my
son.
And
he
said, [As]
Jehovah liveth,
there
shall
not
one
hair
of thy
son
fall
to
the
earth.
\VS{12}And
the
woman
said,
Let thy bondmaid,
I
pray thee,
speak
a
word
to
my
lord
the
king.
And
he
said,
Speak.
\VS{13}And
the
woman
said,
Why
then hast thou
thought
such
a
thing
against
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:13 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God's
people?
and
the
king
in
saying
this
thing,
is
as
one
guilty,
in
that
the
king
does
not
bring
back
his
banished
one.
\VS{14}For
we
must needs
die,
and
are
as
water spilt
on
the
ground,
which
cannot
be
gathered
up
again;
and
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
has
not
taken
away
his
life,
but
devises
means
that
the
banished
one
be
not expelled
from
him.
\VS{15}And
now
that
I am
come
to
speak
of
this
thing
to
my
lord
the
king,
it
is
because
the
people
have
made
me
afraid;
and thy bondmaid
said,
I
will
now
speak
to
the
king;
perhaps
the
king
will
perform
the
request
of
his
handmaid.
\VS{16}For
the
king
will
hear,
to
deliver
his
handmaid
out
of
the
hand
of
the
man
that
would
destroy
me
and
my
son
together
out
of
the
inheritance
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:16 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{17}And thy bondmaid
said,
Let
the
word
of
my
lord
the
king
now
be comfortable;
for
as
an
angel
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
so
is
my
lord
the
king
to
discern
good
and
bad;
and
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:17 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
will
be
with thee.
\VS{18}And
the
king
answered
and
said
to
the
woman,
Hide
not
from
me,
I
pray thee,
the
thing
that
I
shall
ask thee.
And
the
woman
said,
Let
my
lord
the
king
now
speak.
\VS{19}And
the
king
said,
Is
the
hand
of
Joab
with thee
in
all
this?
And
the
woman
answered
and
said, [As] thy
soul liveth,
my
lord,
O
king,
there
is
no turning
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left
from aught
that
my
lord
the
king
has
spoken;
for thy
servant
Joab,
he bade
me,
and
he
put
all
these
words
into
the
mouth
of thy bondmaid:
\VS{20}in
order
to
turn
the
appearance
of
the
thing
has thy
servant
Joab
done
this
thing;
but
my
lord
is
wise, according
to
the
wisdom
of
an
angel
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 14:20 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
to
know
all
that
is
in
the
earth.
\VS{21}And
the
king
said
to
Joab,
Behold
now,
I
have
done
this
thing:
so
go,
bring
back
the
young
man
Absalom.
\VS{22}And
Joab
fell
to
the
ground
on
his
face
and
bowed
himself,
and
blessed
the
king;
and
Joab
said, To-day thy
servant
knows
that
I
have
found favour
in thy
sight,
my
lord, O
king,
in
that
the
king
has fulfilled
the
request
of
his
servant.
\VS{23}And
Joab
arose
and
went
to
Geshur,
and
brought
Absalom
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{24}And
the
king
said,
Let
him
turn
to
his
own
house,
and
let
him
not
see
my
face.
And
Absalom withdrew
to
his
own
house,
and
saw
not
the king's
face.
\VS{25}But
in
all
Israel
there
was
none
to
be
so
much
praised
as
Absalom
for
his beauty:
from
the
sole
of
his
foot
even
to
the
crown
of
his
head
there
was
no
blemish
in
him.
\VS{26}And
when
he
shaved
his
head (for
it
was
at
every year's
end
that
he
shaved
it,
because
it
was
heavy
on
him,
therefore
he
shaved
it),
he
weighed
the
hair
of
his
head
at
two
hundred
shekels
after
the king's
weight.
\VS{27}And
to
Absalom
there
were
born
three
sons,
and
one
daughter,
whose
name
was
Tamar:
she
was
a
woman
of
a
beautiful countenance.
\VS{28}So
Absalom
dwelt
two
full
years
in
Jerusalem,
and
did
not
see
the king's
face.
\VS{29}Then
Absalom
sent
for
Joab,
to
send
him
to
the
king;
but
he
would
not
come
to
him;
and
he
sent
again
the
second
time,
but
he
would
not
come.
\VS{30}Then
he
said
to
his
servants,
See, Joab's allotment
is
near mine
and
he
has
barley
there: go
and
set
it
on
fire.
And Absalom's
servants
set
the allotment
on
fire.
\VS{31}Then
Joab
arose,
and
came
to
Absalom
to [his]
house,
and
said
to
him,
Why
have thy
servants
set
my allotment
on
fire?
\VS{32}And
Absalom
said
to
Joab,
Behold,
I
sent
to thee,
saying,
Come hither,
that
I
may
send thee
to
the
king,
to
say,
Why
am
I
come
from
Geshur?
it
would
have
been
better
for
me
to
be
there
still.
And
now
let
me
see
the king's
face;
and
if
there
be
iniquity
in
me,
let
him
slay
me.
\VS{33}And
Joab
came
to
the
king,
and
told
him.
And
he
called
Absalom,
and
he
came
to
the
king,
and
bowed
himself
on
his
face
to
the
ground
before
the
king;
and
the
king
kissed
Absalom.

\par }\Chap{15}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
came
to
pass
after
this,
that
Absalom
prepared
for
himself
chariots
and
horses,
and
fifty
men
to
run
before
him.
\VS{2}And
Absalom
rose
early,
and
stood
beside
the
way
of
the
gate;
and
it
was
so,
that
when
any
man
who
had
a
controversy
had
to
come
to
the
king
for
judgment,
then
Absalom
called
him,
and
said,
Of
what
city art thou?
And
he
said, Thy
servant
is
of
one
of
the
tribes
of
Israel.
\VS{3}And
Absalom
said
to
him,
See, thy
matters
are
good
and
right;
but
there
is
no
man
to
hear thee [appointed]
by
the
king.
\VS{4}And
Absalom
said,
Oh
that
I
were
made
judge
in
the
land,
that
every
man
who
has
any
controversy
and
cause
might
come
to
me,
and
I
would
do
him
justice!
\VS{5}And
it
was
so,
that
when
any
man
came
near
to
do
him obeisance,
he
put
forth
his
hand,
and
took
him,
and
kissed
him.
\VS{6}And
in
this
manner
did
Absalom
to
all
Israel
that
came
to
the
king
for
judgment;
and
Absalom
stole
the
hearts
of
the
men
of
Israel.
\VS{7}And
it
came
to
pass
at
the
end
of
forty
years,
that
Absalom
said
to
the
king,
I
pray thee,
let
me
go
and
pay
in
Hebron
my
vow
which
I
have
vowed
to
Jehovah.
\VS{8}For thy
servant
vowed
a
vow
while
I
abode
in
Geshur
in
Syria,
saying,
If
Jehovah
shall
bring
me
again
indeed
to
Jerusalem,
then
I
will
serve
Jehovah.
\VS{9}And
the
king
said
to
him,
Go
in
peace.
And
he
rose
up
and
went
to
Hebron.
\VS{10}And
Absalom
sent emissaries into
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
saying,
When ye
hear
the
sound
of
the
trumpet, ye
shall
say,
Absalom
reigns
in
Hebron.
\VS{11}And
with
Absalom
went
two
hundred
men
out
of
Jerusalem,
that
were
invited;
and
they
went
in
their simplicity,
and
they
knew
nothing.
\VS{12}And
Absalom
sent
for
Ahithophel
the
Gilonite, David's counsellor,
from
his
city,
from
Giloh,
while
he
offered
the
sacrifices.
And
the
conspiracy gathered
strength;
and
the
people increased
continually
with
Absalom.
\VS{13}And
there
came
one
to
David
who
reported
saying,
The
hearts
of
the
men
of
Israel
are
after
Absalom.
\VS{14}And
David
said
to
all
his
servants
that
were
with
him
at
Jerusalem,
Rise
up
and
let
us
flee;
for
we
shall
not [else]
escape
from
Absalom.
Be
quick
to depart,
lest
he
overtake
us
quickly,
and
bring
evil
upon
us,
and
smite
the
city
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
\VS{15}And
the king's
servants
said
to
the
king,
Behold, thy
servants [will
do]
whatever
my
lord
the
king
shall
choose.
\VS{16}And
the
king
went
forth,
and
all
his
household
after
him,
and
the
king
left
ten
women,
concubines,
to
keep
the
house.
\VS{17}And
the
king
went
forth,
and
all
the
people
after
him,
and
stayed
at
the remote house.
\VS{18}And
all
his
servants
passed
on
beside
him;
and
all
the
Cherethites,
and
all
the
Pelethites,
and
all
the
Gittites,
six
hundred
men
that
came
after
him
from
Gath,
passed
over
before
the
king.
\VS{19}And
the
king
said
to
Ittai
the
Gittite,
Why dost thou
also
go
with
us?
return
to thy
place,
and
abide
with
the
king;
for thou art
a
foreigner,
and
besides, thou hast emigrated
to
the
place
where thou [dwellest].
\VS{20}Thou didst
come
yesterday,
and
should
I
this
day
make thee
go
up
and
down
with
us, seeing
I
go whither
I
can?
Return
and
take
back thy
brethren. Mercy
and
truth
be
with thee!
\VS{21}And
Ittai
answered
the
king
and
said, [As]
Jehovah liveth,
and [as]
my
lord
the
king liveth,
surely
in
what
place
my
lord
the
king
shall
be,
whether
in
death
or
life,
even
there
also
will thy
servant
be.
\VS{22}And
David
said
to
Ittai,
Go
and
pass
over.
And
Ittai
the
Gittite
passed
over,
and
all
his
men,
and
all
the
little
ones
that
were
with
him.
\VS{23}And
all
the
country
wept
with
a
loud
voice,
and
all
the
people
passed
over;
the
king
also
himself
passed
over
the torrent
Kidron,
and
all
the
people
passed
over, towards
the
way
of
the
wilderness.
\VS{24}And
behold,
Zadok
also,
and
all
the
Levites
with
him,
bearing
the
ark
of
the
covenant
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:24 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
and
they
set
down
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:24 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
and
Abiathar
went
up,
until
all
the
people
had
passed
completely
out
of
the
city.
\VS{25}And
the
king
said
to
Zadok, Carry
back
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:25 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
into
the
city.
If
I
shall
find favour
in
the
eyes
of
Jehovah,
he
will
bring
me
again,
and shew
me
it,
and
its habitation.
\VS{26}But
if
he
thus
say,
I
have
no
delight
in thee;
behold, [here
am]
I,
let
him
do
to
me
as seemeth
good
to
him.
\VS{27}And
the
king
said
to
Zadok
the
priest, Thou art
the seer:
return
into
the
city
in
peace,
and
your
two
sons
with
you,
Ahimaaz thy
son,
and
Jonathan
the
son
of
Abiathar.
\VS{28}See,
I
will stop
in
the plains
of
the
desert,
until
there
come
word
from
you
to
inform
me.
\VS{29}And
Zadok
and
Abiathar carried
the
ark
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:29 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
again
to
Jerusalem;
and
they
abode
there.
\VS{30}But
David
went
up
by
the
ascent
of
the
Olives,
and
wept
as
he
went
up,
and
had
his
head
covered,
and
he
went
barefoot;
and
all
the
people
that
was
with
him
covered
every
man
his
head,
and
they
went
up,
weeping
as
they
went
up.
\VS{31}And
one
told
David
saying,
Ahithophel
is
among
the
conspirators
with
Absalom.
Then
said
David,
Jehovah,
I
pray thee, turn
the
counsel
of
Ahithophel into
foolishness.
\VS{32}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
David
had
come
to
the
summit,
where
he worshipped
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 15:32 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
that
behold,
Hushai
the
Archite
came
to
meet
him
with
his
coat rent,
and
earth
upon
his
head.
\VS{33}And
David
said
to
him,
If thou passest
on
with
me, thou wilt
be
a
burden
to
me;
\VS{34}but
if thou
return
to
the
city,
and
say
to
Absalom,
I
will
be thy
servant,
O
king;
as
I
have
been thy father's
servant hitherto,
so
now
will
I
be thy
servant;
then mayest thou
for
me defeat
the
counsel
of
Ahithophel.
\VS{35}And hast thou
not
there
with thee
Zadok
and
Abiathar
the
priests?
and
it
shall
be, [that]
whatsoever
thing thou shalt
hear
out
of
the king's
house, thou shalt
tell
it
to
Zadok
and
Abiathar
the
priests.
\VS{36}Behold,
they
have
there
with
them
their
two
sons,
Ahimaaz Zadok's [son],
and
Jonathan Abiathar's
son;
and
by
them ye
shall
send
to
me
everything
that ye
shall
hear.
\VS{37}And
Hushai David's
friend
came
into
the
city,
and
Absalom
came
into
Jerusalem.

\par }\Chap{16}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
when
David
was
a
little past
the
summit,
behold,
Ziba, Mephibosheth's
servant,
met
him,
with
a
couple
of asses
saddled,
and
upon
them
two
hundred [loaves]
of
bread,
and
a
hundred raisin-cakes,
and
a
hundred cakes
of
summer fruits,
and
a flask
of
wine.
\VS{2}And
the
king
said
to
Ziba,
What meanest thou
by
these?
And
Ziba
said,
The asses
are
for
the king's
household
to
ride
on;
and
the
bread
and
summer fruits
for
the
young
men
to
eat;
and
the
wine,
that
such
as
are
faint
in
the
wilderness
may
drink.
\VS{3}And
the
king
said,
And
where
is thy master's
son?
And
Ziba
said
to
the
king,
Behold,
he
abides
at
Jerusalem;
for
he
said, To-day
shall
the
house
of
Israel
restore
me
the
kingdom
of
my
father.
\VS{4}And
the
king
said
to
Ziba,
Behold, thine
are
all
that pertained
to
Mephibosheth.
And
Ziba
said,
I humbly
bow myself:
may
I
find favour
in thy
sight,
my
lord, O
king.
\VS{5}And
when
king
David
came
to
Bahurim,
behold,
there
came
out
from thence
a
man
of
the
family
of
the
house
of
Saul,
whose
name
was
Shimei,
the
son
of
Gera:
he
came
forth,
and
cursed,
\VS{6}and
cast
stones
at
David,
and
at
all
the
servants
of
king
David;
and
all
the
people
and
all
the
mighty
men
were
on
his
right
hand
and
on
his
left.
\VS{7}And
thus
said
Shimei
as
he
cursed:
Away,
away, thou
man
of
blood
and
man
of Belial!
\VS{8}Jehovah
has
returned
upon thee
all
the
blood
of
the
house
of
Saul,
in
whose
stead thou hast
reigned;
and
Jehovah
has
given
the
kingdom
into
the
hand
of
Absalom thy
son;
and
behold, thou art [taken]
in thine
own
evil,
for thou art
a
man
of
blood.
\VS{9}And
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah
said
to
the
king,
Why
should
this
dead
dog
curse
my
lord
the
king?
let
me
go
over,
I
pray thee,
and
take
off
his
head.
\VS{10}And
the
king
said,
What
have
I
to
do
with
you, ye
sons
of
Zeruiah?
so
let
him
curse,
for
Jehovah
has
said
to
him,
Curse
David!
Who
shall
then
say,
Why dost thou
so?
\VS{11}And
David
said
to
Abishai,
and
to
all
his
servants,
Behold,
my
son,
who
came
forth
of
my
bowels,
seeks
my
life:
how
much
more
now
a
Benjaminite?
let
him alone
and
let
him
curse;
for
Jehovah
has bidden
him.
\VS{12}It
may
be
that
Jehovah
will
look
on
mine affliction,
and
that
Jehovah
will requite
me
good
for
my being cursed
this
day.
\VS{13}And
David
and
his
men
went
by
the
way;
and
Shimei
went
along
on
the hill's
side over
against
him,
and
cursed
as
he
went,
and
threw
stones
at
him,
and
cast
dust.
\VS{14}And
the
king,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
came
weary,
and
refreshed themselves
there.
\VS{15}Now
Absalom,
and
all
the
people,
the
men
of
Israel,
came
to
Jerusalem,
and
Ahithophel
with
him.
\VS{16}And
it
came
to
pass,
when
Hushai
the
Archite, David's
friend,
came
to
Absalom,
that
Hushai
said
to
Absalom,
Long
live
the
king!
Long
live
the
king!
\VS{17}And
Absalom
said
to
Hushai,
Is
this thy
kindness
to thy
friend?
why didst thou
not
go
with thy
friend?
\VS{18}And
Hushai
said
to
Absalom,
No;
but
whom
Jehovah,
and
this
people,
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
choose,
his
will
I
be,
and
with
him
will
I
abide.
\VS{19}And
again,
whom
should
I
serve?
should
it
not
be
in
the
presence
of
his
son?
as
I
have
served
in thy father's
presence,
so
will
I
be
in thy
presence.
\VS{20}And
Absalom
said
to
Ahithophel,
Give
counsel
among
you
what
we
shall
do.
\VS{21}And
Ahithophel
said
to
Absalom,
Go
in
to thy father's
concubines,
whom
he
has
left
to
keep
the
house;
and
all
Israel
shall
hear
that thou art
become
odious
with thy
father;
and
the
hands
of
all
that
are
with thee
shall
be
strong.
\VS{22}So
they
spread
a
tent
for
Absalom
upon
the
roof;
and
Absalom
went
in
to
his father's
concubines
in
the
sight
of
all
Israel.
\VS{23}And
the
counsel
of
Ahithophel,
which
he counselled
in
those
days,
was
as
if
a
man
had
inquired
of
the
word
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 16:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God:
so
was
all
the
counsel
of
Ahithophel
both
with
David
and
with
Absalom.

\par }\Chap{17}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
Ahithophel
said
to
Absalom,
Let
me,
I
pray,
choose
out
twelve
thousand
men,
and
I
will
arise
and
pursue
after
David to-night;
\VS{2}and
I
will
come
upon
him
while
he
is
weary
and weak-handed,
and
will
make
him
afraid;
and
all
the
people
that
are
with
him
shall
flee;
and
I
will
smite
the
king
only;
\VS{3}and
I
will
bring
back
all
the
people
to thee.
The
man
whom thou seekest
is
as
if
all
returned:
all
the
people
shall
be
in
peace.
\VS{4}And
the
saying
was
right
in
the
eyes
of
Absalom,
and
in
the
eyes
of
all
the
elders
of
Israel.
\VS{5}And
Absalom
said,
Call
now
Hushai
the
Archite
also,
and
we
will
hear
also
what
he
says.
\VS{6}And
Hushai
came
to
Absalom,
and
Absalom
spoke
to
him
saying,
Ahithophel
has
spoken
after
this
manner:
shall
we
carry
out
his
word?
If
not,
speak thou.
\VS{7}And
Hushai
said
to
Absalom,
The
counsel
that
Ahithophel
has
given
this
time
is
not
good.
\VS{8}And
Hushai
said, Thou knowest thy
father
and
his
men,
that
they
are
mighty
men,
and
they
are
of exasperated
spirit,
as
a
bear robbed
of
her whelps
in
the
field;
and thy
father
is
a
man
of
war,
and
will
not lodge
with
the
people.
\VS{9}Behold,
he
is
hid
now
in
some
pit,
or
some
such
place;
and
it
will
come
to
pass,
when
some
of
them
fall
at
the
first,
whoever heareth
it
will
say,
There
has
been
slaughter among
the
people
that
follow
Absalom,
\VS{10}and
even
the
valiant
man
whose
heart
is
as
the
heart
of
a
lion
shall utterly
melt;
for
all
Israel
knows
that thy
father
is
a
mighty
man,
and
they
that
are
with
him
are
valiant
men.
\VS{11}But
I
counsel
that
all
Israel
be speedily
gathered
to thee,
from
Dan
even
to Beer-sheba,
as
the
sand
that
is
by
the
sea
for
multitude;
and
that thou
go
to
battle
in thine
own
person.
\VS{12}And
we
shall
come
upon
him
in
some
place
where
he
shall
be
found,
and
we
will light
upon
him
as
the
dew
falls
on
the
ground;
and
of
him
and
of
all
the
men
that
are
with
him
there
shall
not
be
left
so
much
as
one.
\VS{13}And
if
he
withdraw
into
a
city,
then
shall
all
Israel
bring
ropes
to
that
city,
and
we
will draw
it
into
the torrent,
until
there
be
not
one small
stone
found
there.
\VS{14}And
Absalom
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
said,
The
counsel
of
Hushai
the
Archite
is
better
than
the
counsel
of
Ahithophel.
And
Jehovah
had
appointed
to defeat
the
good
counsel
of
Ahithophel,
in
order
that
Jehovah
might
bring
evil
upon
Absalom.
\VS{15}And
Hushai
said
to
Zadok
and
to
Abiathar
the
priests, Thus
and thus did
Ahithophel
counsel
Absalom
and
the
elders
of
Israel;
and thus
and thus
have
I counselled.
\VS{16}And
now
send
quickly,
and
tell
David
saying, Lodge
not
this
night
in
the
plains
of
the
wilderness,
but
speedily
pass
over;
lest
the
king
be
swallowed
up,
and
all
the
people
that
are
with
him.
\VS{17}And
Jonathan
and
Ahimaaz
stayed
by
En-rogel;
and
the
maid
went
and
told
them;
and
they
went
and
told
king
David,
for
they might
not
be
seen
to
come
into
the
city.
\VS{18}But
a
lad
saw
them,
and
told
Absalom.
Then
they
went
both
of
them
away
quickly,
and
came
to
the
house
of
a
man
at
Bahurim,
who
had
a
well
in
his
court;
and
they
went
down
there.
\VS{19}And
the
woman
took
and
spread
the
covering
over
the well's
mouth,
and
spread ground corn
on
it;
and
the
thing
was
not
known.
\VS{20}And Absalom's
servants
came
to
the
woman
to
the
house,
and
said,
Where
are
Ahimaaz
and
Jonathan?
And
the
woman
said
to
them,
They
have
gone
over
the
brook
of
water.
And
they
sought
and could
not
find [them],
and
returned
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{21}And
it
came
to
pass
after
they
had departed,
that
they
came
up
out
of
the
well,
and
went
and
told
king
David;
and
they
said
to
David,
Arise
and
pass
quickly
over
the
water;
for
thus
has
Ahithophel counselled
against
you.
\VS{22}Then
David
arose,
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
him,
and
they
passed
over
the
Jordan;
by
the
morning
light
there
was
not
one
of
them
missing
that
had
not
gone
over
the
Jordan.
\VS{23}And
when
Ahithophel
saw
that
his
counsel
was
not followed,
he
saddled
his ass,
and
arose
and
went
to
his
house,
to
his
city,
and
gave
charge
to
his
household,
and hanged
himself,
and
he
died;
and
he
was
buried
in
the sepulchre
of
his
father.
\VS{24}And
David
came
to
Mahanaim.
And
Absalom
passed
over
the
Jordan,
he
and
all
the
men
of
Israel
with
him.
\VS{25}And
Absalom
set
Amasa
over
the
host
instead
of
Joab;
which
Amasa
was
the
son
of
a
man
whose
name
was Jithra
the
Israelite,
that
went
in
to
Abigail
the
daughter
of
Nahash,
sister
to
Zeruiah, Joab's
mother.
\VS{26}And
Israel
and
Absalom
encamped
in
the
land
of
Gilead.
\VS{27}And
as soon
as
David
came
to
Mahanaim,
Shobi
the
son
of
Nahash
of
Rabbah
of
the
children
of
Ammon,
and
Machir
the
son
of
Ammiel
of
Lo-debar,
and
Barzillai
the
Gileadite
of
Rogelim,
\VS{28}brought
beds,
and basons,
and earthen
vessels,
and
wheat,
and
barley,
and
flour,
and
parched [corn],
and
beans,
and
lentils,
and
parched [pulse],
\VS{29}and
honey,
and cream,
and
sheep,
and
cheese
of kine
to
David,
and
to
the
people
that
were
with
him,
to
eat;
for
they
said,
The
people
is
hungry,
and
weary,
and
thirsty
in
the
wilderness.

\par }\Chap{18}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David marshalled
the
people
that
were
with
him,
and
set
captains
of
thousands
and
captains
of
hundreds
over
them.
\VS{2}And
David
sent
forth
the
people,
a
third
part
under
the
hand
of
Joab,
and
a
third
part
under
the
hand
of
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah, Joab's
brother,
and
a
third
part
under
the
hand
of
Ittai
the
Gittite.
And
the
king
said
to
the
people,
I
will
surely
go
forth
with
you
myself
also.
\VS{3}But
the
people
said, Thou shalt
not
go
forth,
for
if
we
should
in
any
case
flee,
they
will
not care
for
us;
neither
if
half
of
us
die,
will
they care
for
us;
for
{\BD{thou}} art worth
ten
thousand
of
us;
and
now
it
is
better
that thou succour
us
out
of
the
city.
\VS{4}And
the
king
said
to
them,
I
will
do
what
is
good
in
your
sight.
And
the
king
stood
by
the gate-side,
and
all
the
people
came
out
by
hundreds
and
by
thousands.
\VS{5}And
the
king
commanded
Joab
and
Abishai
and
Ittai,
saying, [Deal]
gently
for
my
sake
with
the
young
man
Absalom.
And
all
the
people
heard
when
the
king
gave
all
the
captains
charge
concerning
Absalom.
\VS{6}And
the
people
went
out
into
the
field
against
Israel;
and
the
battle
was
in
the
forest
of
Ephraim.
\VS{7}And
the
people
of
Israel
were
routed
before
the
servants
of
David,
and
there
was
a
great
slaughter
there
that
day:
twenty
thousand
men.
\VS{8}And
the
battle
was
there
scattered
over
the
face
of
all
the
country;
and
the
forest
devoured
more
people
that
day
than
the
sword
devoured.
\VS{9}And
Absalom found
himself
in
the
presence
of David's
servants.
And
Absalom
was
riding
upon
a
mule,
and
the
mule
went
under
the
thick boughs
of
the
great
terebinth,
and
his
head
caught
in
the
terebinth,
and
he
was
taken
up
between
the
heaven
and
the
earth;
and
the
mule
that
was
under
him
went
away.
\VS{10}And
a
man
saw
it,
and
told
Joab,
and
said,
Behold,
I
saw
Absalom
hanging
in
a
terebinth.
\VS{11}And
Joab
said
to
the
man
that
told
him,
And
behold, thou sawest [him],
and
why didst thou
not
smite
him
there
to
the
ground?
and
I
would
have
given thee
ten
silver pieces
and
a girdle.
\VS{12}And
the
man
said
to
Joab,
Though
I
should
receive
a
thousand
silver pieces
in
my
hand,
yet
would
I
not
put
forth
my
hand
against
the king's
son;
for
in
our
hearing
the
king
charged thee
and
Abishai
and
Ittai,
saying,
Take
care,
whoever
it
be [of
you],
of
the
young
man
Absalom.
\VS{13}Or
I
should
have
acted
falsely
against
mine
own
life,
for
there
is
no
matter
concealed
from
the
king,
and thou wouldest
have
set thyself
against [me].
\VS{14}Then
said
Joab,
I
may
not tarry
thus
with thee.
And
he
took
three
spears
in
his
hand,
and
thrust
them
into Absalom's body,
while
he
was
yet
alive
in
the
midst
of
the
terebinth.
\VS{15}And
ten
young
men
that
bore Joab's armour
surrounded
and
smote
Absalom,
and
killed
him.
\VS{16}And
Joab
blew
the
trumpet,
and
the
people
returned
from
pursuing
after
Israel;
for
Joab
kept
back
the
people.
\VS{17}And
they
took
Absalom,
and
cast
him
into
a
great
pit
in
the wood,
and raised
a
very
great
heap
of
stones
upon
him.
And
all
Israel
fled
every
one
to
his
tent.
\VS{18}Now
Absalom
in
his
lifetime
had
taken
and reared
up
for
himself
a
monument,
which
is
in
the king's dale;
for
he
said,
I
have
no
son
to
keep
my
name
in
remembrance;
and
he
called
the
monument
after
his own
name;
and
it
is
called unto
this
day, Absalom's
memorial.
\VS{19}And
Ahimaaz
the
son
of
Zadok
said,
Let
me
run,
I
pray,
and
carry
the
king
the
news
that
Jehovah
has avenged
him
of
his
enemies.
\VS{20}And
Joab
said
to
him, Thou shalt
not
be
a
bearer
of
news to-day,
but thou shalt
carry
the
news
another
day;
but to-day thou shalt
carry
no
news,
because
the king's
son
is
dead.
\VS{21}Then
said
Joab
to
the
Cushite, Go,
tell
the
king
what thou hast
seen.
And
the
Cushite
bowed
himself
to
Joab,
and
ran.
\VS{22}And
Ahimaaz
the
son
of
Zadok
said
yet
again
to
Joab,
Come
what
may,
let
me,
I
pray thee,
also
run
after
the
Cushite.
And
Joab
said,
Why wilt thou
run,
my
son, seeing
that
there
is
no
news suited [to thee]?
\VS{23}—
But,
come
what
may,
let
me
run.
And
he
said
to
him,
Run.
And
Ahimaaz
ran
by
the
way
of
the
plain,
and outstripped
the
Cushite.
\VS{24}And
David
sat
between
the
two
gates;
and
the
watchman
went
up
to
the
roof
of
the
gate,
on
to
the
wall,
and
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked,
and
behold,
a
man
running
alone.
\VS{25}And
the
watchman
cried,
and
told
the
king.
And
the
king
said,
If
he
be
alone, there
is
news
in
his
mouth.
And
he
came
on
and
drew
near.
\VS{26}And
the
watchman
saw
another
man
running;
and
the
watchman
called
to
the porter
and
said,
Behold
a
man
running
alone.
And
the
king
said,
He
also
is
a
bearer
of
news.
\VS{27}And
the
watchman
said,
I
see
the
running
of
the
foremost
like
the
running
of
Ahimaaz
the
son
of
Zadok.
And
the
king
said,
He
is
a
good
man;
and
comes
with
good
news.
\VS{28}And
Ahimaaz
called
and
said
to
the
king,
Peace!
And
he fell
down
to
the
earth
on
his
face
before
the
king,
and
said,
Blessed
be
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:28 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
who
has
delivered
up
the
men
that
lifted
up
their
hand
against
my
lord
the
king.
\VS{29}And
the
king
said,
Is
it
well
with
the
young
man
Absalom?
And
Ahimaaz
said,
I
saw
a
great
tumult
when
Joab
sent
the king's
servant,
and
me thy
servant;
but
I
knew
not
what
it
was.
\VS{30}And
the
king
said,
Turn
aside [and]
stand
here.
And
he
turned
aside
and
stood
still.
\VS{31}And
behold,
the
Cushite
came;
and
the
Cushite
said, Let
my
lord
the
king
receive
good
tidings,
for
Jehovah
has avenged thee
this
day
of
all
them
that
rose
up
against thee.
\VS{32}And
the
king
said
to
the
Cushite,
Is
it
well
with
the
young
man
Absalom?
And
the
Cushite
said,
The
enemies
of
my
lord
the
king,
and
all
that
rise
against thee
for
evil,
be
as
that
young
man.
\VS{33}And the king was much moved, and went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 18:33 }
Elohim}God I had died in thy stead, O Absalom, my son, my son!

\par }\Chap{19}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
it
was
told
Joab, Behold,
the
king
weeps
and mourns
for
Absalom.
\VS{2}And
the victory
that day
was [turned]
into
mourning
for
all
the people;
for
the people
heard say
that day,
The
king
is
grieved
for
his son.
\VS{3}And
the
people stole
away
that
day
into
the
city,
as
people steal
away
when ashamed
of fleeing
in
battle.
\VS{4}And
the king covered
his face,
and
the king cried
with
a loud voice,
My son Absalom! Absalom,
my son,
my son!
\VS{5}And Joab came into
the house
to
the
king,
and said, Thou hast put
to shame this day
the
faces
of
all thy servants
who
have this day saved thy life,
and
the lives
of thy
sons
and
of thy daughters,
and
the lives
of thy wives
and
the lives
of thy concubines;
\VS{6}in
that thou lovest
them
that hate thee,
and hatest
those
that love thee.
For thou hast
declared
this
day,
that neither princes
nor
servants
are
anything
to thee:
for to-day
I perceive,
that
if Absalom
had
lived,
and
all
we
had died to-day,
then
it
would
have
been right
in thine eyes.
\VS{7}But
now arise, go
forth,
and speak consolingly
to thy
servants;
for
I
swear
by Jehovah,
if thou go
not
forth,
there
will
not tarry
one
with thee
this night;
and
that
would
be worse
to thee
than
all
the evil
that
has befallen thee
from thy youth until
now.
\VS{8}Then
the
king
arose,
and sat
in
the gate.
And
they
told
all
the
people,
saying, Behold,
the
king
is sitting
in
the gate.
And
all
the
people
came
before
the
king.
Now Israel
had fled
every
man
to
his tent.
\VS{9}And
all
the
people
were
at strife
throughout
the tribes
of
Israel,
saying,
The
king delivered
us
out
of
the hand
of
our
enemies,
and
he saved
us
out
of
the hand
of
the Philistines;
and
now
he
is
fled
out
of
the
land
because
of Absalom.
\VS{10}And
Absalom, whom
we anointed
over
us,
is dead
in battle;
and
now why
are ye silent
as
to bringing
the
king back?
\VS{11}And
king David
sent
to Zadok
and
to Abiathar
the priests, saying, Speak
to
the elders
of Judah saying,
Why
are ye
the last
to
bring
the
king
back
to
his house? seeing
the speech
of all
Israel
is
come
to
the
king,
to
his house.
\VS{12}Ye
are
my brethren, ye
are
my bone
and
my flesh;
and
why
will ye
be
the
last
to
bring
back
the
king?
\VS{13}And say
to Amasa, Art thou
not
my
bone
and
my
flesh?
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 19:13 }
Elohim}God
do
so
to
me
and more
also,
if thou
be
not captain
of
the host before
me continually instead
of Joab.
\VS{14}And
he bowed
the heart
of
all
the
men
of Judah
as
of
one
man;
and
they
sent
to
the king,
Return, thou
and
all thy servants.
\VS{15}And
the
king
returned
and
came
as
far
as
the Jordan.
And
Judah
came
to Gilgal,
to
go
to meet
the
king,
to
conduct
the
king
over
the Jordan.
\VS{16}And Shimei
the son
of Gera,
the Benjaminite,
who
was
of Bahurim, hasted
and
came down
with
the men
of
Judah
to
meet
king David.
\VS{17}And
there
were
a thousand
men
of Benjamin
with
him,
and Ziba
the servant
of
the house
of Saul,
and
his fifteen
sons
and
his twenty
servants
with
him;
and
they forded
the Jordan
before
the
king.
\VS{18}And
a ferry boat passed
to
and fro
to carry
over
the king's
household,
and
to do what
he thought good.
And Shimei
the
son
of Gera fell
down
before
the
king
as
he
was [just] crossing
over
the
Jordan.
\VS{19}And
he said
to
the
king, Let
not
my lord impute iniquity
to
me, neither
do thou remember
that
which thy servant
did perversely
the day
that
my lord
the
king
went
out
of Jerusalem,
that
the
king
should take
it
to heart.
\VS{20}For thy
servant knows
that
I
have sinned;
and behold,
I am
come
the
first
this
day
of
all
the house
of
Joseph
to
go
down
to
meet
my
lord
the
king.
\VS{21}And Abishai
the son
of Zeruiah
answered
and said,
Should
not Shimei
be
put
to death
for
this,
because
he cursed Jehovah's anointed?
\VS{22}And David
said,
What
have
I
to do
with
you, ye
sons
of
Zeruiah,
that ye
should
this day
be adversaries
to
me?
Should
there
any
man
be
put
to
death
this day
in Israel?
for do
not
I know
that
I
am
this day king
over Israel?
\VS{23}And
the
king
said
to Shimei, Thou shalt
not
die.
And
the
king swore
to
him.
\VS{24}And
Mephibosheth
the son
of
Saul
came down
to meet
the
king. Now
he
had
neither washed
his feet,
nor trimmed
his beard,
nor washed
his clothes,
from
the day
the
king departed until
the day
he
came [again]
in peace.
\VS{25}And
as soon
as Jerusalem
came
to
meet
the
king,
the
king said
to
him,
Why didst thou
not
go
with
me,
Mephibosheth?
\VS{26}And
he
said,
My lord,
O
king,
my servant deceived
me;
for thy servant
said,
I
will saddle
me
the ass,
and ride thereon,
and
go
with
the
king;
for thy servant
is lame.
\VS{27}And
he
has slandered thy
servant
to
my
lord
the
king;
but
my
lord
the
king
is
as
an angel
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 19:27 }
Elohim}God; do
therefore
what
is good
in thy sight.
\VS{28}For all
my father's house
were
but dead
men
before
my
lord
the
king;
and thou didst
set thy
servant
among
them
that eat
at thine
own table.
What further
right therefore
have
I?
and
for
what
should
I cry any more
to
the
king?
\VS{29}And
the
king
said
to
him,
Why speakest thou
any
more
of thy matters?
I
have
said, Thou
and Ziba divide
the land.
\VS{30}And Mephibosheth
said
to
the
king, Let
him
even take
all,
since
my lord
the
king
is come
again
in peace
to
his own house.
\VS{31}And Barzillai
the Gileadite
came down
from Rogelim,
and
went
over
the Jordan
with
the
king,
to conduct
him
over
the Jordan.
\VS{32}And
Barzillai
was very aged, eighty years old;
and
it
was
he
that
had maintained
the
king
while
he abode
at Mahanaim;
for
he
was
a very great man.
\VS{33}And
the
king said
to
Barzillai, Pass thou
over
with
me,
and
I
will
maintain thee
with
me
in Jerusalem.
\VS{34}And
Barzillai
said
to
the
king, How many
are
the days
of
the years
of
my life,
that
I
should
go
up
with
the
king
to
Jerusalem?
\VS{35}I am
this
day eighty
years old:
can
I discern between good
and bad?
can thy servant taste
what
I eat
and
what
I drink?
can
I hear
any
more
the voice
of singing
men
and singing women?
and
why
should thy servant
be
yet
a
burden
to
my lord
the
king?
\VS{36}Thy
servant
will
go
a little way
over
the Jordan
with
the
king;
and
why
should
the
king recompense
it
to
me
with
this reward?
\VS{37}Let thy
servant,
I pray thee,
turn back again,
that
I
may die
in mine own city,
by
the grave
of
my father
and
of
my mother.
But behold thy
servant Chimham: let
him
go
over
with
my lord
the
king;
and
do
to
him
what seems good
to thee.
\VS{38}And
the
king said,
Chimham
shall
go
over
with
me,
and
I
will
do
to
him
that
which
seems
good
to thee;
and whatsoever thou shalt require
of
me,
that
will
I
do
for thee.
\VS{39}And
all
the
people went
over
the Jordan;
and
the
king went
over;
and
the
king kissed Barzillai,
and blessed
him;
and
he returned
to
his
own
place.
\VS{40}And
the
king
went
on
to Gilgal,
and Chimham
went
on
with
him;
and
all
the
people
of Judah conducted
the
king,
and
also half
the
people
of
Israel.
\VS{41}And behold,
all
the
men
of
Israel came
to
the
king,
and said
to
the
king, Why
have
our brethren
the
men
of
Judah stolen thee
away,
and
have brought
the
king,
and
his household,
and
all David's
men
with
him,
over
the Jordan?
\VS{42}And
all
the
men
of
Judah
answered
the
men
of
Israel,
Because
the
king
is
near
of kin
to
me;
and
why
then
are ye angry
for
this matter?
have
we eaten
anything
which
came
from
the
king,
or
has
he given
us
any
present?
\VS{43}And
the
men
of
Israel
answered
the
men
of
Judah
and
said,
I
have ten
parts
in
the
king
and
I
have
also
more right
in David
than thou;
and
why didst thou slight
me?
and
was
not
my
advice
the
first,
to
bring
back
my
king?
And
the
words
of
the
men
of
Judah
were harsher
than
the
words
of
the
men
of
Israel.

\par }\Chap{20}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
there
happened
to
be
there
a
man
of Belial,
whose
name
was
Sheba,
the
son
of
Bichri,
a Benjaminite;
and
he
blew
a
trumpet,
and
said,
We
have
no
portion
in
David,
neither
have
we
inheritance
in
the
son
of
Jesse:
every
man
to
his
tents,
Israel.
\VS{2}Then
all
the
men
of
Israel
went
up
from
after
David,
following
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri.
But
the
men
of
Judah clave
to
their
king,
from
the
Jordan
even
to
Jerusalem.
\VS{3}And
David
came
to
his
house
at
Jerusalem;
and
the
king
took
the
ten
women,
concubines,
whom
he
had
left
to
keep
the
house,
and
put
them
in
a
house
of confinement
and
maintained
them,
but
did
not
go
in
to
them.
So
they
were shut
up unto
the
day
of
their
death,
living
in
widowhood.
\VS{4}And
the
king
said
to
Amasa,
Call
me
the
men
of
Judah
together
within
three
days,
and do thou attend
here.
\VS{5}So
Amasa went
to
call
together [the men
of]
Judah;
but
he delayed longer
than
the
set
time
which
he
had
appointed
him.
\VS{6}And
David
said
to
Abishai,
Now
shall
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri do
us
more harm
than did
Absalom.
Take thou thy lord's
servants,
and
pursue
after
him,
lest
he
get
him
fortified
cities
and
escape
our
sight.
\VS{7}And
there
went
out
after
him Joab's
men,
and
the
Cherethites,
and
the
Pelethites,
and
all
the
mighty
men;
and
they
went
out
of
Jerusalem,
to
pursue
after
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri.
\VS{8}When
they
were
at
the
great
stone
which
is
in
Gibeon,
Amasa
came
before
them.
And
Joab
was
girded
with
his coat,
his dress,
and
upon
it
was
the girdle
of
the
sword
which
was
fastened
on
his
loins
in
its
sheath;
and
as
he
went
forth
it
fell
out.
\VS{9}And
Joab
said
to
Amasa, Art thou
well,
my
brother?
And
Joab
took
Amasa
by
the
beard
with
the
right
hand
to kiss
him.
\VS{10}And
Amasa
had
taken
no notice
of
the
sword
that
was
in Joab's
hand:
so
he
smote
him
with
it
in
the
belly
and
shed
out
his
bowels
to
the
ground,
and
struck
him
not
again;
and
he
died.
And
Joab
and
Abishai
his
brother
pursued
after
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri.
\VS{11}And
one
of Joab's
young
men stood
by [Amasa]
and
said,
He
that favours
Joab,
and
he
that
is
for
David, let
him
follow
Joab.
\VS{12}Now
Amasa wallowed
in
blood
in
the
midst
of
the
highway.
And
when
the
man
saw
that
all
the
people
stood
still,
he
removed
Amasa
out
of
the
highway
into
the
field,
and
cast
a
cloth
upon
him,
when
he
saw
that
every
one
that
came
by
stood
still.
\VS{13}When
he
was
removed
out
of
the
highway,
all
the
people
went
on
after
Joab,
to
pursue
after
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri,
\VS{14}who
went
through
all
the
tribes
of
Israel
to
Abel,
and
to
Beth-Maacah,
and
all
the Berim;
and
they gathered together,
and
went
also
after
him.
\VS{15}And
they
came
and besieged
him
in Abel-Beth-Maacah,
and
they
cast
up
a bank
against
the
city,
and
it
was
raised
in
the trench;
and
all
the
people
that
were
with
Joab sapped
the
wall,
to
throw
it
down.
\VS{16}And
a
wise
woman
cried
out
of
the
city,
Hear,
hear:
say,
I
pray
you, unto
Joab,
Come
near hither,
that
I
may
speak
with thee.
\VS{17}And
he
came
near
to
her;
and
the
woman
said, Art thou
Joab?
And
he
said,
I [am
he].
And she
said
to
him,
Listen
to
the
words
of thy
handmaid.
And
he
said,
I
am
listening.
\VS{18}And
she
spoke
saying,
They
were wont
to
speak
in
old
time
saying,
Just
inquire
in
Abel;
and
so
they
ended.
\VS{19}I
am peaceable [and]
faithful
in
Israel: thou seekest
to
destroy
a
city
and
a
mother
in
Israel.
Why wilt thou
swallow
up
the
inheritance
of
Jehovah?
\VS{20}And
Joab
answered
and
said,
Far be
it,
far be
it
from
me,
that
I
should
swallow
up
or
destroy.
\VS{21}The
matter
is
not
so;
but
a
man
of
mount
Ephraim,
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri
by
name,
has
lifted
up
his
hand
against
the
king,
against
David:
give
up
him
only,
and
I
will depart
from
the
city.
And
the
woman
said
to
Joab,
Behold,
his
head
shall
be
thrown
to thee
over
the
wall.
\VS{22}Then
the
woman
went
to
all
the
people
in
her
wisdom.
And
they
cut
off
the
head
of
Sheba
the
son
of
Bichri,
and
cast
it
to
Joab.
And
he
blew
a
trumpet,
and
they
dispersed
from
the
city,
every
man
to
his
tent.
And
Joab
returned
to
Jerusalem
to
the
king.
\VS{23}And
Joab
was
over
all
the
host
of
Israel;
and
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada
was
over
the Cherethites
and
over
the
Pelethites;
\VS{24}and
Adoram
was
over
the levy;
and
Jehoshaphat
the
son
of
Ahilud
was
recorder;
\VS{25}and Sheva
was
scribe;
and
Zadok
and
Abiathar
were
priests;
\VS{26}and
Ira
also,
the
Jairite,
was David's
chief ruler.

\par }\Chap{21}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
there
was
a
famine
in
the
days
of
David
three
years,
year
after
year;
and
David
inquired
of
Jehovah.
And
Jehovah
said,
It
is
for
Saul,
and
for [his]
house
of
blood,
because
he slew
the
Gibeonites.
\VS{2}And
the
king
called
the
Gibeonites,
and
spoke
to
them. (Now
the
Gibeonites
were
not
of
the
children
of
Israel,
but
of
the
remainder
of
the
Amorites;
and
the
children
of
Israel
had
sworn
to
them;
and
Saul
sought
to
smite
them
in
his
zeal
for
the
children
of
Israel
and
Judah.)
\VS{3}And
David
said
to
the
Gibeonites,
What
shall
I
do
for
you?
and
with
what
shall
I
make
atonement,
that ye
may
bless
the
inheritance
of
Jehovah?
\VS{4}And
the
Gibeonites
said
to
him,
As
to
Saul
and
his
house,
it
is
with
us
no question
of receiving
silver
or
gold,
neither
is
it
for
us
to
have
any
man
put
to
death
in
Israel.
And
he
said,
What ye
say
will
I
do
for
you.
\VS{5}And
they
said
to
the
king,
The
man
that
consumed
us,
and
that devised
against
us
that
we
should
be
destroyed
from
remaining
in
all
the
borders
of
Israel,
\VS{6}let
seven
men
of
his
sons
be
given
up
to
us,
and
we
will
hang
them
up
to
Jehovah
in
Gibeah
of
Saul,
the
chosen
of
Jehovah.
And
the
king
said,
I
will
give [them].
\VS{7}But
the
king
spared
Mephibosheth,
the
son
of
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul,
because
of Jehovah's
oath
that
was
between
them,
between
David
and
Jonathan
the
son
of
Saul.
\VS{8}And
the
king
took
the
two
sons
of
Rizpah
the
daughter
of
Aiah,
whom
she
had
borne
to
Saul,
Armoni
and
Mephibosheth;
and
the
five
sons
of [the sister
of]
Michal
the
daughter
of
Saul,
whom
she
had
borne
to
Adriel
the
son
of
Barzillai
the
Meholathite;
\VS{9}and
he
gave
them
into
the
hands
of
the
Gibeonites,
and
they
hanged
them
on
the
hill
before
Jehovah.
And
they
fell
all
seven
together,
and
were
put
to
death
in
the
first
days
of
the
harvest,
in
the
beginning
of
barley
harvest.
\VS{10}Then
Rizpah
the
daughter
of
Aiah
took
sackcloth,
and
spread
it
for
her
upon
the
rock,
from
the
beginning
of
harvest
until
water
poured
on
them
out
of
the
heavens,
and suffered
neither
the
fowl
of
the
heavens
to
rest
on
them
by
day,
nor
the
beasts
of
the
field
by
night.
\VS{11}And
it
was
told
David
what
Rizpah
the
daughter
of
Aiah,
the
concubine
of
Saul,
had
done.
\VS{12}And
David went
and
took
the
bones
of
Saul
and
the
bones
of
Jonathan
his
son
from
the
men
of Jabesh-Gilead,
who
had
stolen
them
from
the
open
place
of
Beth-shan,
where
the
Philistines
had
hanged
them,
the
day
the
Philistines
had
smitten
Saul
in
Gilboa;
\VS{13}and
he
brought
up
from thence
the
bones
of
Saul
and
the
bones
of
Jonathan
his
son;
and
they
gathered
the
bones
of
them
that
were
hanged.
\VS{14}And
they
buried [them]
with
the
bones
of
Saul
and
Jonathan
his
son
in
the
country
of
Benjamin
in
Zela,
in
the sepulchre
of
Kish
his
father;
and
they
did
all
that
the
king
had
commanded.
And
afterwards
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 21:14 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
was propitious
to
the
land.
\VS{15}And
the
Philistines
had
yet
war
again
with
Israel;
and
David
went
down,
and
his
servants
with
him,
and
fought
with
the
Philistines.
And
David
was
exhausted.
\VS{16}And Ishbibenob,
who
was
of
the
children
of Raphah —
the
weight
of
his lance
was
three
hundred
shekels
of
bronze,
and
he
was
girded
with
new [armour] —
thought
to
smite
David.
\VS{17}And
Abishai
the
son
of
Zeruiah succoured
him,
and
smote
the
Philistine
and
killed
him.
Then
the
men
of
David
swore
to
him,
saying, Thou shalt
go
no
more
out
with
us
to
battle,
that thou
quench
not
the
lamp
of
Israel.
\VS{18}And
it
came
to
pass
after
this,
that
there
was
again
a
battle
with
the
Philistines,
at
Gob;
then Sibbechai
the
Hushathite
smote
Saph,
who
was
of
the
children
of Raphah.
\VS{19}And
there
was
again
a
battle
at
Gob
with
the
Philistines;
and
Elhanan
the
son
of
Jaare-oregim,
a
Bethlehemite,
smote
Goliath
the
Gittite;
now
the
shaft
of
his
spear
was
like
a weaver's
beam.
\VS{20}And
there
was
again
a
battle,
at
Gath;
and
there
was
a
man [there]
of great stature,
that
had
on
each
hand
six
fingers,
and
on
each
foot
six
toes,
four
and
twenty
in
number;
and
he
also
was
born
to Raphah.
\VS{21}And
he defied
Israel;
but
Jonathan
the
son
of Shimea David's
brother
smote
him.
\VS{22}These
four
were
born
to Raphah,
in
Gath;
and
they
fell
by
the
hand
of
David,
and
by
the
hand
of
his
servants.

\par }\Chap{22}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
David
spoke
to
Jehovah
the
words
of
this
song
in
the
day
that
Jehovah
had
delivered
him
out
of
the
hand
of
all
his
enemies,
and
out
of
the
hand
of
Saul.
\VS{2}And
he
said,
Jehovah
is
my
rock,
and
my fortress,
and
my
deliverer;
\VS{3}\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
is
my
rock,
in
him
will I trust —
My
shield,
and
the
horn
of
my
salvation,
My high tower,
and
my
refuge,
My saviour: thou wilt
save
me
from
violence.
\VS{4}I
will
call
upon
Jehovah,
who
is
to
be
praised;
So
shall
I
be
saved
from mine
enemies.
\VS{5}For
the
waves
of
death
encompassed
me, Torrents
of Belial made
me afraid.
\VS{6}The bands
of
Sheol
surrounded
me;
The
cords
of
death encountered
me;
\VS{7}In
my
distress
I
called
upon
Jehovah,
And
I
cried
to
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:7 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
And
he
heard
my
voice
out
of
his
temple,
And
my
cry [came]
into
his
ears.
\VS{8}Then
the
earth
shook,
and
quaked;
The
foundations
of
the
heavens
trembled
And
shook
because
he
was wroth.
\VS{9}There
went
up
a
smoke
out
of
his
nostrils,
And
fire
out
of
his
mouth
devoured:
Coals
burned forth
from
it.
\VS{10}And
he
bowed
the
heavens,
and
came
down;
And
darkness
was
under
his
feet.
\VS{11}And
he
rode
upon
a
cherub,
and did
fly;
And
he
was
seen
upon
the
wings
of
the
wind.
\VS{12}And
he
made
darkness
round
about
him
a tent, Gatherings
of
waters,
thick
clouds
of
the
skies.
\VS{13}From
the
brightness
before
him
Burned forth
coals
of
fire.
\VS{14}Jehovah
thundered
from
the
heavens,
And
the
Most High
uttered
his
voice.
\VS{15}And
he
sent
arrows,
and
scattered [mine enemies];
Lightning,
and discomfited
them.
\VS{16}And
the beds
of
the
sea
were
seen,
The
foundations
of
the
world
were
uncovered
At
the
rebuke
of
Jehovah,
At
the
blast
of
the
breath
of
his
nostrils.
\VS{17}He
reached
forth
from
above,
he
took
me,
He
drew
me
out
of
great
waters;
\VS{18}He
delivered
me
from
my
strong
enemy,
From
them
that
hated
me;
For
they were mightier
than
I.
\VS{19}They encountered
me
in
the
day
of
my
calamity;
But
Jehovah
was
my stay.
\VS{20}And
he
brought
me
forth
into
a
large
place;
He delivered
me,
because
he delighted
in
me.
\VS{21}Jehovah hath
rewarded
me
according
to
my
righteousness,
According
to
the
cleanness
of
my
hands hath
he
recompensed
me.
\VS{22}For
I
have
kept
the
ways
of
Jehovah,
And
have
not
wickedly
departed
from
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:22 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God.
\VS{23}For
all
his
ordinances
were
before
me,
And
his
statutes,
I
did
not
depart
from
them,
\VS{24}And
I
was upright before
him,
And
kept myself
from mine
iniquity.
\VS{25}And
Jehovah hath
recompensed
me according
to
my
righteousness, According
to
my
cleanness
in
his
sight.
\VS{26}With
the
gracious thou dost shew thyself
gracious;
With
the upright
man thou dost shew thyself upright;
\VS{27}With
the
pure thou dost shew thyself
pure;
And
with
the
perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
\VS{28}And
the
afflicted
people thou dost
save;
And thine
eyes
are
upon
the
haughty, [whom] thou bringest
down.
\VS{29}For thou art
my
lamp,
Jehovah;
And
Jehovah enlighteneth
my
darkness.
\VS{30}For
by thee
I
have
run
through
a
troop;
By
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:30 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
have
I leaped over
a
wall.
\VS{31}As
for
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:31 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
his
way
is
perfect;
The
word
of
Jehovah
is
tried:
He
is
a
shield
to
all
that trust
in
him.
\VS{32}For
who
is
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:32 }

El|strong="H0410"}God, save
Jehovah?
And
who
is
a
rock, save
our
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:32 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God?
\VS{33}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:33 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
is
my
strong
fortress,
And
he maketh
my
way perfectly smooth.
\VS{34}He maketh
my
feet
like hinds' [feet],
And setteth
me
upon
my
high
places.
\VS{35}He teacheth
my
hands
to
war,
And mine
arms
bend
a
bow
of brass.
\VS{36}And thou didst
give
me
the
shield
of thy
salvation,
And thy condescending gentleness hath
made
me great.
\VS{37}Thou enlargedst
my
steps
under
me;
And
mine ankles
did
not
slip.
\VS{38}I
pursued mine
enemies,
and
destroyed
them,
And
I
turned
not
again
till
they
were
consumed.
\VS{39}And
I
have
consumed
them
and
have crushed
them,
and
they
rose
not
again; Yea,
they
fell
under
my
feet.
\VS{40}And thou girdedst
me
with
strength
to
battle: Thou didst subdue
under
me those
that
rose
up
against
me.
\VS{41}And mine
enemies didst thou
make
to
turn
their
backs unto
me,
And
those
that
hated
me
I
destroyed.
\VS{42}They
looked,
and
there
was
none
to
save — Unto
Jehovah,
and
he
answered
them
not.
\VS{43}And
I did
beat
them small
as
the
dust
of
the
earth,
I trod
them
as
the
mire
of
the
streets;
I
stamped upon
them.
\VS{44}And thou hast
delivered
me
from
the strivings
of
my
people, Thou hast
kept
me
to
be
head
of
the
nations:
A
people
I
knew
not doth
serve
me:
\VS{45}Strangers come cringing unto
me:
At
the
hearing
of
the
ear,
they
obey
me.
\VS{46}Strangers
have faded
away,
And they
come
trembling forth
from their close places.
\VS{47}Jehovah liveth;
and
blessed
be
my
rock;
And
exalted
be
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 22:47 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God,
the
rock
of
my
salvation,
\VS{48}The
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 22:48 }

El|strong="H0410"}God
who hath
avenged
me,
And hath
brought
the
peoples
under
me.
\VS{49}He
brought
me
forth
from mine
enemies: Yea, thou hast
lifted
me
up above
them
that
rose
up
against
me;
From
the
man
of
violence hast thou
delivered
me.
\VS{50}Therefore
will
I
give
thanks
to thee,
Jehovah,
among
the
nations,
And
will
sing psalms
to thy
name.
\VS{51}[It
is
he]
who giveth great deliverances
to
his
king,
And sheweth loving-kindness
to
his
anointed,
To
David,
and
to
his
seed
for evermore.

\par }\Chap{23}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Now
these
are
the
last
words
of
David:
David
the
son
of
Jesse saith,
And
the
man
who
was
raised
up
on
high,
The
anointed
of
the
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:1 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Jacob,
And
the sweet
psalmist
of
Israel saith,
\VS{2}The
Spirit
of
Jehovah
spoke
by
me,
And
his
word
was
on
my
tongue.
\VS{3}The
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
of
Israel
said,
The
Rock
of
Israel
spoke
to
me,
The
ruler
among
men
shall
be
just,
Ruling
in
the
fear
of
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 23:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God;
\VS{4}And [he
shall
be]
as
the
light
of
the
morning, [like]
the rising
of
the
sun,
A
morning
without
clouds; [When]
from
the
sunshine,
after
rain,
The
green
grass springeth
from
the
earth.
\VS{5}Although
my
house
be
not
so
before
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 23:5 }

El|strong="H0410"}God,
Yet
he hath
made
with
me
an
everlasting
covenant, Ordered
in
every
way
and sure;
For [this
is]
all
my
salvation,
and
every
desire,
Although
he
make [it]
not
to
grow.
\VS{6}But [the sons]
of Belial [are]
all
of
them
as
thorns
thrust
away,
Because
they
cannot
be
taken
with
hands;
\VS{7}And
the
man
that
will
touch
them provideth
himself
with
iron
and
the staff
of
a
spear;
And
they
shall
be utterly
burned
with
fire
in [their]
place.
\VS{8}These
are
the
names
of
the
mighty
men
whom
David
had: Joseb-Bassebeth, Tachkemonite
the
chief
of
the
captains:
he
was
Adino
the
Eznite;
he [fought]
against
eight
hundred,
slain [by
him]
at
one
time.
\VS{9}And
after
him,
Eleazar
the
son
of
Dodo
the
son
of
an
Ahohite:
he
was
one
of
the
three
mighty
men
with
David,
when
they
had defied
the
Philistines
that
were
there
gathered
together
to
battle,
and
the
men
of
Israel
were
gone
up.
\VS{10}He
arose
and
smote
the
Philistines
until
his
hand
was
weary,
and
his
hand clave
to
the
sword;
and
Jehovah wrought
a
great
deliverance
that
day;
and
the
people
returned
after
him
only
to spoil.
\VS{11}And
after
him, Shammah
the
son
of
Agee
the
Hararite:
the
Philistines
were
gathered
into
a troop,
and
there
was
there
a
plot
of
ground
full
of
lentils,
and
the
people
had
fled
before
the
Philistines;
\VS{12}and
he
stood
in
the
midst
of
the
plot
and
delivered
it,
and
smote
the
Philistines,
and
Jehovah wrought
a
great
deliverance.
\VS{13}And
three
of
the
thirty
chiefs
went
down,
and
came
to
David
in
the
harvest
time
to
the
cave
of
Adullam,
when
the troop
of
the
Philistines
was
encamped
in
the
valley
of
Rephaim.
\VS{14}And
David
was
then
in
the stronghold;
and
the Philistines'
garrison
was
then
at
Bethlehem.
\VS{15}And
David
longed,
and
said,
Oh
that
one
would
give
me
to
drink
of
the
water
of
the
well
of
Bethlehem,
which
is
in
the
gate!
\VS{16}And
the
three
mighty
men
broke
through
the
camp
of
the
Philistines,
and
drew
water
out
of
the
well
of
Bethlehem,
which
is
in
the
gate,
and
took
it,
and
brought
it
to
David; however
he
would
not
drink
of
it,
but poured
it
out
to
Jehovah.
\VS{17}And
he
said,
Be
it
far
from
me,
Jehovah,
that
I
should
do
this
thing!
is
it
not
the
blood
of
the
men
that
went
at
the risk
of
their
lives?
Therefore
he
would
not
drink
it.
These
things
did
the
three
mighty
men.
\VS{18}And
Abishai,
the
brother
of
Joab,
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
was
the
chief
of
three;
and
he brandished
his
spear
against
three
hundred
and slew
them;
and
he
had
a
name
among
the
three.
\VS{19}Was
he
not
most honourable
of
three?
and
he
was
their
captain;
but
he
did
not
attain
to
the [first]
three.
\VS{20}And
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada,
son
of
a valiant
man,
great
in
exploits,
of
Kabzeel:
he
it
was
that
smote
two
lions
of
Moab;
and
he
went
down
and
smote
a
lion
in
the
midst
of
a
pit
on
a
snowy
day.
\VS{21}He
also
smote
the
Egyptian,
an imposing
man:
and
the
Egyptian
had
a
spear
in
his
hand;
and
he
went
down
to
him
with
a
staff,
and plucked
the
spear
out
of
the Egyptian's
hand,
and
slew
him
with
his
own
spear.
\VS{22}These
things
did
Benaiah
the
son
of
Jehoiada,
and
he
had
a
name
among
the
three
mighty
men.
\VS{23}He
was honoured
above
the
thirty,
but
he
did
not
attain
to
the [first]
three.
And
David
set
him
in
his council.
\VS{24}Asahel
the
brother
of
Joab
was
one
of
the
thirty;
Elhanan
the
son
of
Dodo
of
Bethlehem,
\VS{25}Shammah
the
Harodite,
Elika
the
Harodite,
\VS{26}Helez
the
Paltite,
Ira
the
son
of
Ikkesh
the
Tekoite,
\VS{27}Abiezer
the
Anathothite,
Mebunnai
the
Hushathite,
\VS{28}Zalmon
the
Ahohite,
Maharai
the
Netophathite,
\VS{29}Heleb
the
son
of
Baanah,
the
Netophathite,
Ittai
the
son
of
Ribai
of
Gibeah
of
the
children
of
Benjamin,
\VS{30}Benaiah
a
Pirathonite,
Hiddai of
the brooks of
Gaash,
\VS{31}Abi-albon
the
Arbathite,
Azmaveth
the Barhumite,
\VS{32}Eliahba
the
Shaalbonite,
of
the
sons
of
Jashen,
Jonathan,
\VS{33}Shammah
the
Ararite,
Ahiam
the
son
of
Sharar
the
Ararite,
\VS{34}Eliphelet
the
son
of
Ahasbai,
the
son
of
the Maachathite,
Eliam
the
son
of
Ahithophel
the
Gilonite,
\VS{35}Hezrai
the
Carmelite,
Paarai
the
Arbite,
\VS{36}Igal
the
son
of
Nathan
of
Zobah,
Bani
the
Gadite,
\VS{37}Zelek
the
Ammonite,
Naharai
the
Beerothite,
the armour-bearer
of
Joab
the
son
of
Zeruiah,
\VS{38}Ira
the
Ithrite,
Gareb
the
Ithrite,
\VS{39}Uriah
the
Hittite: thirty-seven
in
all.

\par }\Chap{24}{\PP \VerseOne{1}And
again
the
anger
of
Jehovah
was
kindled
against
Israel,
and
he
moved
David
against
them
saying, Go,
number
Israel
and
Judah.
\VS{2}And
the
king
said
to
Joab
the
captain
of
the host,
who
was
with
him,
Go,
I
pray thee,
through
all
the
tribes
of
Israel,
from
Dan
even
to Beer-sheba,
and
count
the
people,
that
I
may
know
the
number
of
the
people.
\VS{3}And
Joab
said
to
the
king,
May
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 24:3 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
even
add
to
the
people,
how
many soever
they
be,
a hundredfold,
and
that
the
eyes
of
my
lord
the
king
may
see [it];
but
why
does
my
lord
the
king
delight
in
this
thing?
\VS{4}But
the king's
word
prevailed
against
Joab,
and
against
the
captains
of
the
army.
And
Joab
and
the
captains
of
the
army
went
out
from
the
presence
of
the
king
to count
the
people
of
Israel.
\VS{5}And
they
passed
over
the
Jordan,
and
encamped
in
Aroer,
on
the
right
side
of
the
city
that
is
in
the
midst
of
the ravine
of
Gad,
and
toward Jaazer.
\VS{6}And
they
came
to
Gilead,
and
to
the
land
of
Tahtim-hodshi;
and
came
to
Dan-jaan,
and
to
the
environs
of
Sidon;
\VS{7}and
they
came
to
the
fortified
city
of
Tyre,
and
to
all
the
cities
of
the
Hivites
and
of
the
Canaanites;
and
went
out
to
the
south
of
Judah,
to Beer-sheba.
\VS{8}And
they
went
through
all
the
land,
and
came
to
Jerusalem
at
the
end
of
nine
months
and
twenty
days.
\VS{9}And
Joab
gave
the sum
of
the
number
of
the
people
to
the
king;
and
there
were
of
Israel
eight
hundred
thousand
valiant
men
that
drew
sword;
and
the
men
of
Judah
were
five
hundred
thousand
men.
\VS{10}And David's
heart
smote
him
after
he
had
numbered
the
people.
And
David
said
to
Jehovah,
I
have
sinned
greatly
in
what
I
have
done;
and
now,
I
beseech thee,
Jehovah, put
away
the
iniquity
of thy
servant;
for
I
have
done
very
foolishly.
\VS{11}And
when
David
arose
in
the
morning,
the
word
of
Jehovah
came
to
the
prophet
Gad, David's
seer,
saying,
\VS{12}Go
and
say
to
David,
Thus saith
Jehovah:
I impose
on thee
three [things];
choose
one
of
them
that
I
may
do
it unto thee.
\VS{13}And
Gad
came
to
David,
and
told
him,
and
said
to
him,
Shall
seven
years
of
famine
come
to thee
in thy
land?
or wilt thou
flee
three
months
before thine adversaries
while
they
pursue thee?
or
shall
there
be
three days'
pestilence
in thy
land?
Now
be
aware
and
consider
what
word
I
shall
bring
again
to
him
that
sent
me.
\VS{14}And
David
said
to
Gad,
I
am
in
a
great strait:
let
us
fall,
I
pray thee,
into
the
hand
of
Jehovah;
for
his
mercies
are
great;
but
let
me
not
fall
into
the
hand
of
man.
\VS{15}And
Jehovah
sent
a
pestilence
upon
Israel
from
the
morning
even
to
the
set
time;
and
there
died
of
the
people
from
Dan
even
to Beer-sheba
seventy
thousand
men.
\VS{16}And
the
angel
stretched
out
his
hand
upon
Jerusalem
to
destroy
it;
but
Jehovah
repented
him
of
the
evil,
and
said
to
the
angel
that
destroyed
among
the
people,
It
is
enough: withdraw
now thine
hand.
And
the
angel
of
Jehovah
was
by
the threshing-floor
of
Araunah
the
Jebusite.
\VS{17}And
David
spoke
to
Jehovah
when
he
saw
the
angel
that
smote
among
the
people,
and
said,
Behold,
it
is
I
that
have
sinned,
and
it
is
I
that
have
committed iniquity;
but
these
sheep,
what
have
they
done?
let thy
hand,
I
pray thee,
be
on
me,
and
on
my father's
house!
\VS{18}And
Gad
came
that
day
to
David,
and
said
to
him,
Go
up, rear
an
altar
to
Jehovah
in
the threshing-floor
of
Araunah
the
Jebusite.
\VS{19}And
David, according
to
the
saying
of
Gad,
went
up
as
Jehovah
had
commanded.
\VS{20}And
Araunah
looked,
and
saw
the
king
and
his
servants
coming
on towards
him;
and
Araunah
went
out,
and
bowed
himself
before
the
king
with
his
face
to
the
ground.
\VS{21}And
Araunah
said,
Why
is
my
lord
the
king
come
to
his
servant?
And
David
said,
To
buy
the threshing-floor
of thee,
to
build
an
altar
to
Jehovah,
that
the
plague
may
be
stayed
from
the
people.
\VS{22}And
Araunah
said
to
David, Let
my
lord
the
king
take
and
offer
up
that
which
is
good
in
his
sight:
see, [here
are]
oxen
for
the burnt-offering,
and
the threshing-sledges
and
implements
of
the
oxen
for
wood.
\VS{23}All
these
things,
O
king, doth
Araunah
give
to
the
king.
And
Araunah
said
to
the
king,
Jehovah thy
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 24:23 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God
accept thee.
\VS{24}And
the
king
said
to
Araunah,
No;
but
I
will
in
any
case
buy [them]
of thee
at
a
price:
neither
will
I
offer
up
to
Jehovah
my
\FTNT{°}{{\FR 24:24 }

Elohim|strong="H0430"}God burnt-offerings
without
cost.
And
David
bought
the threshing-floor
and
the
oxen
for
fifty
shekels
of
silver.
\VS{25}And
David
built
there
an
altar
to
Jehovah,
and
offered
up burnt-offerings
and peace-offerings.
And
Jehovah
was propitious
to
the
land,
and
the
plague
was
stayed
from
Israel.
\par }